TERRY MASONS OVERHAUL OF HIS ALREADY MAGNIFICENT VC-10 IS NOTHING SHORT OF OUTSTANDING !
HE HAS REPAINTED HER IN THE BOAC AIRLINER COLORS AND SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS !
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TERRY MASON SENT OVER THIS INFO ON THE REFURBISHMENT-
By the end of 2016 the VC10 model had been in it’s RAF tanker configuration for 4 years. At that point it had completed 76 fights including early test fights. A decision was made to ‘refresh’ the model by repainting it in civil BOAC colours.
In October 2017 the task of rubbing down the existing paint began, filling where necessary and rubbing down again (and again !). All of this, including re applying primer, was carried out outdoors
when weather allowed. A local car body shop agreed to do the final colour scheme at a reasonable price so further research on the BOAC colours was carried out in stages in December 2017.
It caused some interest at the paint shop and at various other firms on the trading estate that got to hear about it !
A friend who had done the vinyl decals for the military paint scheme kindly agreed to do the new ones including the beautiful gold speed bird for the fin. Once applied the model really came to life and all the long hours of rubbing down and filling had paid off.
A lot of other work was done in parallel. General inspection and maintenance including control linkage upgrades,
an improved landing gear sequencer and a better gyro for directional control, a beefed up tailplane mounting, additional fuel tankage, improved lights etc.
All turbines were returned to Wren for servicing and conversion to internal kero starting – we are very appreciative of the support that Wren continue to give us.
The necessary test fights after the modification were completed on 17th April this year clearing the model for the LMA 2017 show season.CHECK OUT OUR PLAYLIST OF VIDEOS FROM LMA COSFORD – 2017 HERE –
TERRY MASON THE OWNER / BUILDER SENT THIS INFO ON THE MODEL – SHE IS A VICKERS ARMSTRONG VC-10 K3 RAF TANKER MODELED ON AIRCRAFT ZA147,
SHE HAS A WING SPAN OF 4.9 MTRS AND A LENGTH OF 5.75 MTRS,
SHE WEIGHS IN AT 63 KGS AND IS POWERED BY FOUR WREN SUPER SPORT TURBINES OF 18 KG THRUST EACH !
SHE WAS DESIGNED FROM BRITISH AEROSPACE DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTED FROM BALSA & PLY & COVERED IN FIBERGLASS CLOTH COATED WITH EPOXY RESIN,
TERRY USES ALL FUTABA RADIO WITH FOUR RECEIVERS PROVIDING CONTROL REDUNDANCY,
SHE FIRST FLEW ON 25th JULY 2012 AT WOODFORD AIRFIELD,
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INFO ON THE REAL AIRCRAFT –
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Length: 31 m
Wingspan: 28 m
Range: 2,710 km
Top speed: 943 km/h
Cruise speed: 845 km/h
Unit cost: 20,000,000–20,000,000 USD (2013)
Engine type: Turbofan
The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner produced by Fokker as a smaller version of the Fokker 100. Both the F70 and F100 were preceded by the first jet airliner manufactured by Fokker, the Fokker F28 Fellowship. Since its first flight in 1993, 47 aircraft, plus one prototype, have been manufactured and 38 are still in active service with airlines around the world.
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