Avro Anson

[ratfugel]

Some time back Otters showed us a nice drawing of the Anson, so I thought someone ought to flesh this out a bit. Foolishly I had a go, and soon found that good pics were practically nil, so more research had to be done and eventually I got what I was looking for. What kept me interested was that this was the very first powered aircraft that I flew in. (It got better after that!). I've included the technicolour version as it makes a nice screensaver!

rat.

[inkworm]

Nice profile but the tail looks like it needs a lot of work doing to it.

[pkassak]

also if the personnel is so clearly visible, why is not the gear and instruments inside ?

[ratfugel]

Thanks for comment Inkworm. As I said, very little close-up detail about this machine, even though many thousands were produced. Couldn't find a decent walk-around anywhere. Liiked your Hart, although the one I've seen seemed to have shiny metalwork over the engine, as I recall. Maybe I'm wrong, so I wouldn't swear to it.

rat

[BLOWHARD]

Shouldn't the camouflage be more hard edged and even? Brits had pretty neat tightly feathered and deliberate demarcations usually-

[JMSmith]

i hate to say this but i must,

go back to the beginning and find a proper drawing, this one is so far out its unreal sorry mate, i really did not want to say this

[inkworm]

Google is your friend

Follow either the cyber modeller or airfix links for some great shots.

And yeah the Hawker biplanes were aluminium dope finish on the rear and polished on the front, hence the difference in finishes, but recreating the polish when there was a very limited time scale wasn't easy.

[JMSmith]

right first an apology
i now have found all the photo proof i need to show that your drawing is correct, see GM i ain't always right

here is a little drawing showing the internal tube layout.

[gamary]

see GM i ain't always right

Well, often enough for it to be annoying. A late happy birthday, BTW! I was at work all day so I sort of forgot!

[ratfugel]

Better get on to Otters, JM, it was his drawing that got me going. Lol! Even that didn't quite correspond with what I found when I was digging.
Like they say in the film 'nobody's perfect'.

rat.