Corgi Aviation - anyone collect?

[father ted]

Just got my hands on this little beauty (rare polished finish)



also got

E-3D awacs (RAF) 1:144
B-52 (Duxford AAM colours) 1:144
B-52 (Castle Hill AFB) 1:144
Canberra (90 SQN signals) 1:72
Phantom (Duxford USN) 1:72

[Eric Mc]

I have been sorely tempted on occasion but so far, with one exception, have held off indulging myself. The one exception is the 1/144 Aer Lingus Vickers Viscount.

[father ted]

Eric, you have to see the polished finish mate ......it's a cracker

there's currently one on flea-bay too.

There's also a v. limited run ETPS (empire test pilots) viscount on there at the moment too (only 1000 made for Corgi collectors club)

[Eric Mc]

I have to admit, I've never seen a real life Lightning so highly polished.

I regret not buying the Corgi DC-3 when it was originally released in Aer Lingus colours.

[father ted]

Fill your boots Eric!

[Eric Mc]

That's it - isn't it nice?

Aer Lingus operated original DC-3s from 1940 and, after the war, added to the fleet with war surplus C-47 Dakotas. They operated them up until the early 1960s. That colour scheme was the one they wore in their last years with the airline.

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[father ted]

Do you remember the the series Airline? (the one with the daks in starring Roy Marsden ,i think?)........i was addicted to that i was when it was showing on TV........always had a thing for Daks......my grandad was an engine man out in Burma during WWII with 96 SQN and he used to work on them.

Nice to see the odd one out of Coventry now and then.....

>> Edited by father ted on Monday 6th February 22:12

[Eric Mc]

Yes, I remember "Airline" which did indeed star Roy Marsden. The "Airline" in question was called "Ruskin Air Services" and the TV show was made in 1982. Unfortunately, s second series was cancelled when the proposed Dak replacement (Constellation N7777G) was found to be too badly corroded for restoration to airworthy condition. Instead, the Connie was shipped from Dublin (where she had been stored for 9 years) to The Science Museum's site at Wroughton. The Constellation was restored to static display condition and is now resplendent in 1940s TWA colours.