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FARNBOROUGH CLASSICS BRISTOL BRABAZON

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    FARNBOROUGH CLASSICS BRISTOL BRABAZON

    picked this up off ebay last weekend. a Farnborough classics Bristol brabazon. sadly another airframe that never went into service. but it did get to fly test flights in 1949! check out that H-U-G-E WINGSPAN!!!! it weighed a WHOPPING 130 tons!! yet was airbourne in only 500 yards!! it cost TWELVE MILLION GBP back in 1949, and has 1.5 million rivets. its wings are the length of 5 tennis courts.

    test flight footage on youtube!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSNwQCOXSoo


    interesting full history info on wiki!!!

    Bristol Brabazon - Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Brabazon


























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    I would LOVE to have one of these in my collection. Well done.

    Tnat
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Transnat View Post
      I would LOVE to have one of these in my collection. Well done.

      Tnat
      be careful what you wish for tnat!!! simply amazing aircraft built in the late 1940s!! sadly was too far ahead of its time.
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    • #4
      that one on ARD site has been there for about a year! they did have a few brabazons like mine, but they obviously sold. here is a picture of that model taken off SMTS website. not sure if its available anymore.





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      • #5
        For those who could be interested, another Brabazon is expected to be available in the coming months, a Saro Princess will be there too, they will be resin models far less expensive.

        ​Jean Pierre.
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        https://www.diecastmodelaircraft.com/...AIR+FRANCE+340

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        • #6
          do you know who is making them JP?? cost/due etc???
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          • #7
            This information is from the last TOTS, www.the-one-true-scale.co.uk, click newsletter, select the last one June 2015.
            The Brabazon will be made by Shed Models and the Princess by Cloudbreak Models, both will be in resin and it is said that the price will be much more attractive than the existing models.
            There is a picture of the hull of the Princess.
            I think we could expect this in the early months of 2016.

            Jean pierre.
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            https://www.diecastmodelaircraft.com/...AIR+FRANCE+340

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            • #8
              mmmm interesting info JP!! be interested to see the price difference between the 2 when they finally arrive!!!!
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