Corgi Aviation Archive

BAC TSR-2, XS954, RAF No.40 Sqn

RAF Coningsby, Special 'What If' Operational Livery

Model Number: AA38604
Registration: XS954
Scale: 1:48
Length: 38 cm
Width: 16 cm
Height: 8.5 cm

This item is not a toy. It is a collectors model recommended ages 14 years and over. Please check scale and size before ordering.

• Includes model and stand
• Detailed Crew Figures
• Open/Closed Airbrake
  
• Optional Undercarriage Down

For anyone fortunate enough to have ever visited the Test Flight hangar at RAF Museum Midlands, you will undoubtedly have marvelled at the sight of an aircraft which enjoys an almost mythical status within the annals of British aviation, an aircraft which looks as impressive today as it did when making its first flight back in 1964.

BAC TSR-2 was arguably the most advanced aircraft in the world at that time and held the potential of presenting the RAF with a world leading strike platform against which every design which followed would be judged. Unfortunately, the aircraft wasn’t allowed to reach its potential, with the project being cancelled with just a single aircraft taking to the air, but as you stare in amazement at the still futuristic aircraft on display at Cosford, you can’t help imagining how spectacular a squadron of these aircraft would have looked wearing the camouflage of a Cold War RAF strike jet unit.

In this 60th anniversary year of the aircraft’s first flight, we have attempted to recreate such a sight in 1/72nd scale diecast, selecting a serial number allocated to a service TSR-2 aircraft and a squadron destined to operate the aircraft, initially on a trials basis, but then potentially as the RAF’s first operational TSR-2 Squadron.

All this is clearly the subject of aviation speculation, however, there’s certainly no doubting how good a TSR-2 would have looked in RAF service.

Corgi Aviation Archive are high quality detailed die-cast model military aircraft from various theatres of war across the world. Each model aircraft comes complete with an individually numbered certificate of authenticity.

Movable sweeping wings
Rotatable propellers / rotors
Optional undercarriage down
Fixed undercarriage
Opening Canopy
Armaments / weapons
Fuel Tanks
Detailed crew figures
Wood grain effect propeller
Fine rigging detail
Sliding door
Folding wings
Rotatable turrets
Moving rear / ventral guns
Open / closed airbrake option
Stationary dropped rotor blades
Photo-etched Aerials
Removable engine covers
Moving Parts
Opening radio hatch
Visible gun bay
Opening bomb bay doors