Westland Lysander series

diamant · Jul 19, 2011

Hi to all

I have just wanted to let you know about our current project, which will deal with the Westland Lysander.

So far I have selected the following 27 Lysanders but I believe that the final number will be around 30 of them.

Serial Mk Code letter Sqdn Place Date
K6127 Prot --- ---
L4729 Mk I --- 16 Old Sarum may-38
R1992 Mk I --- --- Western Desert 1940
--- Mk I KJ-L 16 (AC) Old Sarum, Wiltshire Autum 1938
L4719 Mk I --- 208 Middle East 1939
L4673 Mk I --- --- June 1940
??? Mk I --- --- used to test air brakes
K6127 Mk I --- --- Yeovil 27/071941 a 1944
P1698 Mk II --- --- Feilton Pre War
P9105 Mk II --- --- 1941
K6127 Mk II --- ---
P9191 Mk II --- 12 Anti Malarial Control Unit Corsica 1944
459 Mk II --- --- Rockliffe, Ontario March 1942
L4798 Mk II HB/X 239 1940
V9576 Mk III AR/N 309 (Polish) Ipswich December 6 1941
T1771 Mk III --- --- A&AEE June 1941
T1508 Mk III --- --- Issoudun ene-42
V9367 Mk III MA/B 161 Tempsford 1942
--- Mk III JR/P 161
V9289 Mk III 357 Mingaladon, Burma February 1945
V9287 Mk III --- 161 Tempsford 1942
1557 Mk III --- --- Patricia Bay 1944
T1445 Mk III K-W6-K 755 NAS Worthy Down 1941-1942
V9905 Mk III --- --- Yeovil 1941
V9547 Mk III BA/E 277 South East England 1942
478 Mk II --- No 5 Coastal Artillery Cooperation (CAC) Detachment, stationed at Torbay St. John's harbour July 10, 1942

As always, If you think that we should include another Lysander (in RAF / RCAF or RAAF) please let me know.

My father has working to improve the Airfix kits and here is the progress made so far

My father has finished the first batch of 4 Lysanders.

Here a couple of photos but I will post photos of each models soon

Kind regards
Santiago

Crimea_River · Jul 19, 2011

Cool! Will one of those be the black and yellow striped target tow plane?

brucejscott · Jul 20, 2011

Very nice! I can't wait for the rest of the photos.

Wayne Little · Jul 20, 2011

Excellent, look forward to the rest!

otftch · Jul 20, 2011

Nice work.
Ed

Thorlifter · Jul 20, 2011

Nice. Always liked the Lysander.

Airframes · Jul 20, 2011

Good stuff, looking forward to more. Will you being doing the one with the rear turret ?

Gnomey · Jul 20, 2011

Good stuff!

Wurger · Jul 20, 2011

I like the V9576 Mk III AR/N 309 (Polish) the most. Well-done. :thumbright:

rochie · Jul 20, 2011

as these look as good as your Hurricanes this will be a great thread

vikingBerserker · Jul 20, 2011

NICE!

diamant · Jul 21, 2011

Hi guys

Many thanks for your comments. Yes, we will do both (The rear fuselage turret and the turget tug scheme).

The first batch is finished. I am really happy with the result . My father has dedicated a lot of time in order to improve the original kit.

Here are the photos

1) Westland Lysander Mk I L4729 – 16 Sqn - Old Sarum – May 1938

2) Westland Lysander Mk I R1992 - Western Desert – 1940

3) Westland Lysander Mk III V9576 AR/N – 309 Sqn (Polish) – Ipswich - December 6 1941 – Scorch exercise.

The anti invasion exercise was "SCORCH" held from 14 hs on Saturday, December 6 to sunset on Sunday, December 7,1941
309 (Polish) Squadron was involved in Exercise Scorch.
There is a photograph of Lysander V9576 AR*N which has a black letter N under the starboard wing. There is also a photograph of the aircraft from the other side and the port wing could be black underneath.

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4) Westland Lysander Mk II P1698 - Feilton - Pre War (probably 1938)

Cheers
Santiago

Crimea_River · Jul 21, 2011

rochie · Jul 21, 2011

nice, i do like the Polish one

Airframes · Jul 22, 2011

Very nice work, and this should be an impressive collection when completed.

diamant · Aug 18, 2011

Hi to all

The production of the Westand Lysander series do not stop. My father has finished another 4 models.

Please find below the photos

Westland Lysander K6127 - Prototype - Hendom - 1936

Westland Lysander Mk II HB/X L4798 - 239 Sqdn - 1940

Westland Lysander Mk I KJ.E - 16 AC Sqdn - Old Sarum, Wiltshire - Autum 1938

Westland Lysander Mk I L4719 - 208 Sqdn - Middle East - 1939

Here are the first 8 Westland Lysander out of the 30 already selected.

These are the aircrafts selected for the next batch.

Westland Lysander Mk II K6127 - con 2 Cañones de 20 mm
Westland Lysander Mk II P9191 - 12 Anti Malarial Control Unit - Corsica - 1944
Westland Lysander Mk III BA/E V9547 - 277 Sqdn - South East England - 1942
Westland Lysander Mk I V9517 - Hanworth Aerodrome - 01/06/1941

Kind regards

Santiago

Airframes · Aug 18, 2011

Very nicely done !

Gnomey · Aug 18, 2011

Very nice work!

LA2019 · Aug 18, 2011

Impressive...most impressive!

diamant · Sep 9, 2011

Hello

My father has just finished another batch of four Westland Lysanders.

I hope you like them. As always, all these models were modified and improved by him.

These are the photos.

Westland Lysander Mk I V9517 - Hanworth Aerodrome - 01/06/1941.