Westland Lysander series

Nice!

Good work!

And wonderful photography! Would love to see some closeups.

Regarding "1 Lysander Mk I K6127 Yeovil 1941"

Was this a real version?? Really?! What is the background of that abomination?

Matt, it was a trials aircraft, originally conceived as a ground-support aircraft for anti-invasion use, and for general ground support. Thought up in desperate times, the project was, not surprisingly, dropped.

Many thanks to all of you.

My father has done a new batch of 3 Westland Lysander. We already have 22 models out of the 28 selected.

In this case the new Lysanders are the following:

20) Westland Lyander Mk II LV-G 478 - Donald Archibald "Gil" Gillis - No 5 Coastal Artillery Cooperation (CAC) Detachment, stationed at Torbay St. John's harbour July 10, 1942. It was used for anti submarine patrols fitted with depth charges. Reference Don Gillis
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Donald Archibald Gillis while conducting a search for a submarine off the mouth of St. John's harbour here in 1942. He was on the verge of dropping depth charges on a local fishing vessel that was not supposed be in those waters.
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21) Westland Lyander Mk III T1771 A&AEE June 1941.











22) Westland Lyander used for air brakes trails










Here are all the 22 Westland Lysander done so far.





The next batch of this series will include the following Lysanders:

23) Westland Lysander Mk III MA/B V9367 – Sqdn 161 – Tempsford 1942 (Special Duties)
24) Westland Lysander Mk III T1508 – Sqdn Leader Nesbit Dufort - Sqdn 161 – Issoudun - January 28, 1942 (Special Duties)
25) Westland Lysander Mk III JR/P – Sqdn 161 – Tempsford 1942 (Special Duties)

Thanks for looking

Kind regards
Santiago

That's quite a fleet you guys have, well done!

nice work as always

I agree, a very nice collection so far.

Nice work!

Hi

Many thanks guys for your kindly comments. The end of this project is getting closer.

Cheers
Santiago

very nice work as usual!

Hello to all of you

I am sorry for not been posting quite often lately but my father and I have not had too much time for modeling during the latest weeks.

Fortunately my father was able to finished 3 more Lysander. Here are the photos:

23) Westland Lysander Mk III JR/P 161 Sqdn









24) Westland Lysander Mk III T1508 161 Sqdn Issoudun January 28th, 1942









25) Westland Lysander Mk III MA/B V9367 161 Sqdn Tempsford 1942








All the 25 Lysander finished so far.




The latest 3 models of this project will be the following:

26) Westland Lysander Mk III V9289 357 Sqdn Mingaladon, Burma February 1945
27) Westland Lysander Mk I LXN L4781 (fitted with bombs).
28) Westland Lysander Mk I LXX N1209 (fitted with cannister)

Many thanks for lookings.

Kind regards
Santiago

Cool!

Great stuff !

Some Nice work going on here Cheers

After 6 months of hard work my father completed our Westland Lysander sub collection

This is the list of the aircrafts represented on this sub collection:

1) Westland Lysander Prototype K6127
2) Westland Lysander Mk I L4729 16 Sqdn Old Sarum may 1938
3) Westland Lysander Mk I R1992 Western Desert 1940
4) Westland Lysander Mk I KJ-L 16 (AC) Old Sarum, Wiltshire Autum 1938
5) Westland Lysander Mk I L4719 208 Sqdn Middle East 1939 (war exercise)
6) Westland Lysander Mk I V9517 Hanworth Aerodrome 01/06/1941 (glider tug)
7) Westland Lysander Mk I L4673 June 1940 Pregnat Perch
8) Westland Lysander Mk K6127 Yeovil 27/071941 twing tails
9) Westland Lysander Mk K6127 Fitted with 20 mm cannons
10) Westland Lysander Mk I serial unknow used for air brake trials.
11) Westland Lysander Mk II LXP R1998 225 Sqdn (war excersice fitted with bombs)
12) Westland Lysander Mk II LXX N1209 225 Sqdn (war excersice fitted with supply cannister)
13) Westland Lysander Mk II HB/X L4798 239 Sqdn 1940
14) Westland Lysander Mk II P1698 Feilton Pre War
15) Westland Lysander Mk II P9191 12 Anti Malarial Control Unit Corsica 1944
16) Westland Lysander Mk II 459 Rockliffe, Ontario March 1942 (fitted with skies)
17) Westland Lysander Mk II P9105 1941 (Blackburn Stieger wing)
18) Westland Lysander Mk II LV G 478 No 5 Coastal Artillery Cooperation (CAC) Detachment, stationed at Torbay St. John's harbour July 10, 1942 (fitted with depht charges)
19) Westland Lysander Mk III AR/N V9576 309 Sqdn (Polish) Ipswich December 6 1941
Excercise Scorch 7 / 14 hs on Saturday, December 6 to sunset on Sunday, December 7,1941
20) Westland Lysander Mk III BA/E V9547 277 Sqdn South East England 1942 (Air Sea Rescue duties)
21) Westland Lysander Mk III 1557 Patricia Bay 1944 (target tug)
22) Westland Lysander Mk III V9905 Yeovil 1941 (target tug)
23) Westland Lysander Mk III K-W6-K T1445 755 Sqdn NAS Worthy Down 1941-1942 (target tug)
24) Westland Lysander Mk III T1771 A&AEE June 1941 (SD)
25) Westland Lysander Mk III T1508 Issoudun January 42 (SD)
26) Westland Lysander Mk III MA/B V9367 161 Sqdn Tempsford 1942 (SD)
27) Westland Lysander Mk III JR/P 161 Sqdn (SD)
28) Westland Lysander Mk III V9289 357 Sqdn Mingaladon, Burma February 1945 (SD)


These were the main modifications performed by my father in these models.

The engines were new as well as the cowlings, spinners and propellers depending on the marks.
The interiors were also completely re built including tubular designed. Depending the particular aircraft was also included the interior fuel tank.
The tubular structure between the wings was also added.
The main cabin (were the wings get together) was not replaced but the rear cabin was replaced by new home made one.
A master of the main wheels was made and later cloned to be used in all the models. The wheels were modified in order to represent the deformation caused by the weight of the aircraft.
The main lights were done because they did not came in the kit.
The angle of the elevator was also corrected.
Regarding the decals we only used the serial number from the orignal set but the rest of the decals were supplied by our good friend Luis Cid who kindly made them for us.
All the external armament (bombs, supplier cannister, smoke curtain instalation (SCI), etc were done from scratch.
We used 24 kits from Airfix and 4 from Matchbox.


We would like to make a special mentions to the following person who has helped us on this project sharing his acknoleged and information with us:
Jed Neil, Alastair, Phillip, Alec, Paul Waring, Scott and Jose Gillis, Nelson Sherren, Luis Cid, Pablo Zieger, Ron Smith, Johan Visschedijk, David Gibbings, James Kightly, Dave Flemming, Graham Boak, Doug and many more.



Finally, these are the final photos showing the 28 Westland Lysander models altogether:














All the mark's I





All the mark's II





All the mark's III






Trial's Lysanders





Canadian's Lysanders




These are the three Westland Lysander models done in the final batch

26) Westland Lysander Mk II LXP R1998 225 Sqdn (war excersice fitted with bombs)







27) Westland Lysander Mk II LXX N1209 225 Sqdn (war excersice fitted with supply cannister)







28) Westland Lysander Mk III V9289 357 Sqdn Mingaladon, Burma February 1945 (SD)







In my opinion my father has done a great job on this project. I also enjoyed doing all the reaserch job.



Kind regards
Santiago

A really excellent, impressive collection - and superb work too. Very well done.

Impressive ......

MM
Proud Canadian

fantastic

What a great collection!