Sph72356 172 Special Hobby Boulton Paul Balliolcivilian And Foreign Users Model Building Kit]

Description

The Balliol Was A Highly Interesting Machine Having A Folding Wing Of A Laminar Airflow Crosssection And A Huge Cockpit With Sidebyside Pilot Seats For The Use Of The Raf, The T2 Version Was Produced And The Machines Saw Service Mainly With No7 Flying Training School At Cottesmore And The Raf College At Cranwell The Navalized T21 Vesion Was Delivered To The Faa Having A Special Naval Equipment, Arrester Hook, Smallerdiameter Propeller, Strenghtened Undercarriage Legs And Hydraulically Operated Folding Wings (The Original Balliol Design Featured Manually Operated Folding System) The Production Gave A Total Of 196 T2S And Another 30 Of The Navalized T21S The Latter Saw Service With Faa Training Units As Well As Aboard Hms Triumph, Then A Cadet Training Ship The Balliol Sea Balliol Remained In Service Until The Early 1960S When They Were Replaced By More Modern Jet Engine Powered Types And Were Offered For Export To The Royal Ceylon Air Force The Rcyaf Made Use Of A Dozen Of Refurbished Airframes, Six Of Which Were Lost During Their Service With The Rcyaf, The Survivors Withdrawn In The Late 1960S Baulton Paul Company Had Also One Airframe In Use As A Demonstrator, Being Painted Plum Red Overall With White Trimmings, Bearing Civil Registration Ganzf And Serial Vr603 Our Reissue Of The Balliol Kit Caters For Company Demonstrator Machine Ganzf And Two Ceylon Machines The Decal Sheet Brings Also Detailed Stencils Besides The Styrene Parts, The Kit Contains Also Resin Parts Along With Undercarriage Wheels And Fuel Tanks And A Set Of Pe Parts The Kit Allows For A Folded Wing Option By Means Of Resin Parts