"15 Minute Appearance" by steelrazer
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Description
The Westland Whirlwind...a quirky and anorexic looking fighter developed during the 1930's was mostly famous for "intruding" on the famous "Channel Dash" of the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. Four Whirlwinds on destroyer escort spotted the German warships through a heavy cloud layer and were summarily pounced on by 20 BF-109's performing the same duty for the German ships. The original flight of four was reinforced by 4 additional Whirlwinds. In the end only four returned from the hopeless encounter.
At the time of its design, the Whirlwind was the fastest and most heavily armed RAF fighter ...small and very fast. It's engine design problems,the limits imposed by its high landing speeds, and a limited range of about 300 miles contributed to its very short production run. 15 minutes of fame was all it got.
Westland Whirlwind: Beautiful model that captures the Whirlwind's anorexia and sleek mosquito like character free on sharecg by Neiwil.
Poser 8, vue6infinite, a soupcon of PS CS3
Comments (11)
taliesin86001
Great render, I can almost hear the engines! And thanks for the history.
texboy
Sweet! A fine render, and thanks for the history!
Scrib
Cool scene and interesting background info, even the fourth comrade is missing ;-)
neiwil
You always bring out the best in any model, this is stunning and the 'potted' history is informative and fittingly short for so, saddly, short a moment of glory......had but a few spare Merlins been available, who knows what might have been!!!! Thanks for the mention mate, always appreciated...
Osper
Nice!
NetWorthy
Nice work and thanks for info on a WWII era fighter about which I knew little. Wonderful done.
Maxidyne
Nice work on these Bill. They look like insects buzzing forward for the sting. Due to the wing size and huge engines the fuselage does look a bit undernourished lol.
debbielove
Yep, sad really.. They never thought of strapping a couple of Merlins to it.. Wonder what would have happened then...? Only two Squadrons were equipped with them, for a fairly short time.. They found the short period of glory ass intruders.. There high speed at low altitude made them almost uncatchable, and they could carry a couple of 250 pound bombs as well.. But as you say, the engine was their undoing and they were replaced by other aircraft.. Great work as you always produce.. :-) Hope you didn't mind me giving folks a potted History lol Rob
AliceFromLake
I like this aircraft. Good work.
Briney
There is a thought though... Model it with merlins ??? Great line astern formation, really brings out their build to the viewer.
knupps
That was a great render and I enjoyed the histoty lesson.