I Can Bear A-nother Airfix kit...

Nein.

photos of the sprues:

http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/airfix-1-72-canberra-pr-9/5345/

No PE or resin in the kit.

Ordered this MOJ0:

Possibly due to his experience in the Bang Seat of a West German variant of the Canberra a/c.

Gotta admit it looks pretty cool in this scheme...

It seems its one of the new-tool offerings.  Reading about this thing it seems it has lasted over 60 years in a lot of countries' air-forces... '

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=airfix+canberra+1%2f72&view=detail&id=412C8AA8E512D543FC46CB52952DEC82B7F4CE93&qpvt=airfix+canberra+1%2f72

Lasted that long in part due to, from what I understand, durable construction and low wing loading.

Even the USAF used a variant

Was that the B-57???

Manstein's revenge

 

 

Was that the B-57???

In various, variations!

I ordered this MOJ0 as well to learn-up on these MOJ0's...

Oh yeah----got the Eduard colored PE set for the pit...looks to be like a pretty interesting a/c...

...turns out the Argentine's flew them against the Brits in '82...lost two shot down...one from a sidewinder and one from a sea-dart...

Looks very fallout new vegas to me

Fallout Neu Vegans???

I've seen one flying around Southern Houston a few months back. was really cool to see

So this is another new-tool?? Can't decide if I like it or not. I kinda like the quirky offset cockpit and tip-tanks, but the wing is soooo thick.

Yeah, its one of their newer (thus much better than the old Airfix) offerings...loads of model for the money...full bomb bay with different stores options...

Airfix is becoming the next Revell of Germany...of course Airfix is in Britain, and Revell is not Airfix...but other than that...

Anyone know what type of bang-seat this MOJ0 had?  I do know that only the pilot had one---the navigator/bomber had to bail out the old-fashioned way...

Manstein's revenge

Anyone know what type of bang-seat this MOJ0 had?  I do know that only the pilot had one---the navigator/bomber had to bail out the old-fashioned way...

According to Wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra

Each crew member has a Martin-Baker ejection seat except in the B(I)8 and its export versions where the navigator makes use of an escape hatch and parachute.^{[citation needed]}

.....roger...over...

Yeah, I know---the B(I)8 is the one I ordered...some refs imply maybe a Martin Baker Mk2 seat...

I hope it's all new as the old 1/72 Airfix Crannies were crap.

I always wondered if the Harrier pilot had a weird moment as he lined up on it....

Manstein's revenge

...turns out the Argentine's flew them against the Brits in '82...lost two shot down...one from a sidewinder and one from a sea-dart...

GMorrison

I hope it's all new as the old 1/72 Airfix Crannies were crap.

Argentina honors last airman downed in Falklands’ war. In a moving military ceremony the remains of an Argentine Air Force Canberra navigator shot down over the Falkland Islands in 1982 were handed on Monday to his family for burial in Cordoba.

Mayor Casado urn and sword before been handed to his family
The ceremony in the military premises of Buenos Aires Aeroparque was headed by Defence minister Nilda Garré and Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Victorio Taccetti as well as Joint Chief of Staff Brigadier Jorge Chevalier and the whole command from the Air Force, several of them Malvinas war veterans.
Mayor (post mortem) Fernando Juan Casado and his BMK 62 Canberra were shot down on June 13th, the day before the end of the conflict, but remains were not found until 1986 in a near by beach, and were later deposited in the Stanley Police station.
Earlier this year the remains were returned to Argentina and with the scientific support of the country’s Genetic Data Bank, following DNA tests they were identified as belonging to navigator Casado.
During the ceremony Argentine Air Force commander Brigadier Normando Constantino expressed gratitude to the ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs for their efforts in obtaining the remains.
Constantino also thanked the Genetic Bank for the identification and praised Mayor Casado who was to be the last airman downed over the Islands during combat with the British task force.
The last mission, two Canberra escorted by two Mirage III, left from Rio Gallegos to bomb Port Harriet House at 21:30 hours but only one of the bombers returned. His companion pilot Roberto Pastrán managed to parachute and was made prisoner.
The Canberra was shot down by a Sea Dart missile from HMS Exeter in Fitz Roy. The following day Argentine forces surrendered in Stanley.
The ceremony ended with the presentation of the remains plus a Malvinas veterans’ cap, graduation sword and an Argentine flag to his widow and three children, one of them Air Force captain.
Casado’s remains and his family were then flown to Cordoba in a Hercules C-130 for the final resting place in the Malvinas mausoleum of Carlos Paz cemetery.
Brigadier Chevalier and Constantino are both Malvinas war veteran pilots. Chevalier belonged to the Canberra bombers wing.
(Mercopress)

Anyone have the dope on the type of ejection seat in this MOJ0?

A Martin B-57 Tropic Moon Canberra, in SEA camo. Lots of goodies stuck on this one.

I read this WIP ( http://www.romseymodellers.co.uk/build-articles/aircraft/aircraft-post-wwii/english-electric-canberra-bi8 )  and found that it was probably a Martin Baker Mk2CA.

Cool---thanks.  PE Set from Eduard came in today for my kit, which is still on its way...looks like its gonna dress up the PIT very nicely...

Just got my Osprey book on Canberra Units in the Vietnam War...have read about a quarter of it...

WOW.  I NEVER realized how much action these ***'s saw!!!  I've always heard about this a/c, but now think this is really an incredible airplane that I had no real clue about until a couple of weeks ago...I'm a BIG Canberra Groupie...

I will be doing my new Airfix Can in the suplied SAAF sceeme but use allover PRU blue instead of the shown silver. Just as a matter of interest regarding the kit's SAAF decals, they are one of the very few makers who actually got the blue castle insignea with the gold springbuck corect!

Theuns

I was looking for that kit but the US version (B-57) seems to be hard to find these days...