MAG6572 - Magna Models 1/72 Blackburn Beverley C1 - WWHP113736

MAG6572 - Magna Models 1/72 Blackburn Beverley C1 XM109 84 Squadron Khormaksar 1966 - WWHP113736

Preowned, Resealed, Mint inside, Box worn

The Blackburn Beverley began as the General Aircraft GAL 60 heavy freighter, and Blackburn took over the design after the two companies merged in 1949. It entered RAF service in 1956 and was the largest aircraft the RAF had flown up to then. Four Bristol Centaurus radials drove reversible-pitch propellers, which let it land in remarkably short distances on rough desert airstrips. The Beverley had a huge cargo hold with removable clamshell doors and passenger seating in the tail boom. Squadrons flew it from Abingdon and Dishforth to Aden, Bahrain and Singapore, and No. 84 Squadron at Khormaksar flew it in desert camouflage until the Hercules replaced it in 1967.

• 1/72 resin and white metal kit, limited production
• Large resin fuselage, tail boom, wings and twin tail fins
• Resin engine nacelles, propellers and detail parts
• White metal landing gear and small parts
• Clear transparencies, with spare mouldings
• Waterslide decals for three aircraft:
  • XM109 of 84 Squadron, Khormaksar, Aden, 1966, with scorpion insignia and Middle East markings
  • XL148 of 30 Squadron, with an addendum sheet of red diamond “30” unit markings
  • XM105 “105”, with club insignia and “AA” codes
• Roundels, fin flashes, Royal Air Force and Transport Command titles, and cheatlines
• Typed instruction sheet with aircraft history, technical data, serial numbers and squadron service history
• 1999 issue, made in Spain, for experienced modellers