Description
The HS.748 was a British short/medium-range twin-engined airliner designed during the late 1950s. It was originally developed and initially produced by A.V. Roe & Co., then – after its dissolution – by Hawker Siddeley Aviation and later by its successor, British Aerospace.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Siddeley HS.748 (Srs.2 Model 206) Andover CC Mk.2, XS789 (c/n 1561), No.32 Sq., Royal Air Force, Northolt Air Base, Greater London, U.K., early 1990s
2) Hawker Siddeley HS.748 (Srs.1 Model 107), XW750 (ex-Smiths Industries Ltd. G-ASJT, c/n 1559), ‘Raspberry Ripple’, Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE)/ Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA)/QinetiQ, Royal Air Force, Bedford/Farnborough/Boscombe Down Air Bases, Bedfordshire/Hampshire/Wiltshire, U.K., 1983-2004
3) Hawker Siddeley HS.748 (Srs.2A Model 288), CS-03 (c/n 1743), Yellow 43, 21e Esc. ‘Sioux’, 15e Wing Transport Aérien, Belgian Air Force (Force aérienne belge/Belgische Luchtmacht), Brussels/Melsbroek Air Base, Belgium, 1978
Assembly instructions: