Avro 727 (Avro 730 Study)

[gabrielorosco]

Hello, friends!

Does anybody know this project? It seems to be a variant o Avro 730. I would like to see more images and info. Thanks every body!

 

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It looks pretty fake there. The plane is like photoshopped in there.

 

[Orionblamblam]

It looks pretty fake there. The plane is like photoshopped in there.

I agree, there's something off about it.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?imageID=29958

Its by Adrian Mann done for Chris Gibson's Vulcan's Hammer. More info can be found there.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Well, there ya go.

One of the little hints: the model is actually kinda Too Good. There's a lot of detail to the landing gear... and the doors are *too* *thin.* Back in the day, most models like this cranked out by corporate model shops would be lucky to even have open doors and landing gear; if they did, the gear is usually really simple (in order to stand a chance of not snapping off the first time someone handles it) and open doors would be noticeably thicker.

 

[CJGibson]

Yup, Avro 727 (later renamed as part of a Avro 730 study). Adrian's stuff was getting too good: cup rings, tears (as in rips, not the saline excretions from the designer of a cancelled project), sepia casts, scribbles and general dog-earedness. Things I hate to see on photos in books. He does do a very good landscape with the Slartibartfast app.

I think it's in The Avro Type 698 Vulcan: The Secrets Behind Its Design and Development by David Fildes. It was David who showed me it.

Chris

 

[kitnut617]

http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?imageID=29958

Its by Adrian Mann done for Chris Gibson's Vulcan's Hammer. More info can be found there.

D'oh! I was looking for it in the wrong book as I had seen the picture before