Three crew, or at least three canopies occuping the whole fuselage, the nearsest to the tail is bulged like the rear in beaufighter? twin contra proppelers in single shaft., auxilliary fins at the horizontal stabilizers.
Again contra props, single crew.
Just a guess but, It sounds like the Fairey Gannet.
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/gannet/
Ray
First one sounds like a Gannet.
Second one, contra props and single crew, must be the Westland Wyvern.
That’s definitely the Gannet. No other aircraft was built quite like that, very distinctive just by description alone.
Has to be a Gannet.
Yes the first is the Gannet. it was actually a twin engined aircraft and was rather large. My recolections of the beast are …FEAR… would it ever fly off and would the pilot ever land on! Sitting in the back seat with nothing but the pilots comments to reasure you was rather frightening.
The second is the Westland Wyvern. Never flown in one the were not used by the RAN(Thank God).
Dai
yes thats the ones…thanks guys…better do a kit research now. they are quite impressive in the looks for sure.
Revell Germany do a Gannet in 1/72. A Wyvern may be a little more difficult to source!
Cheers,
Rob M.
good to know magna and czechmaster have kits about 25 pounds each, that is around 40 dollars i think.