QANTAS B707 "City of..." Crests"

[RayS]

A question for our QANTAS Guru(s).

Is there a place where I can find pictures of the crests worn by QF B707s. I now have a scheme and rego for my Heller B707 kit.

I will be doing it as VH-EBU, it wore 3 "city of.." titles during its service; Broken Hill, Wollongong and Parramatta. I am interested in the "City of Wollongong" name as I grew up there.

Most pictures of EBU don't show the Wollongong titles and the crest are hard to see anyway. Would there be a place where I could source the crest from?

EBU had the distinction of being the the first to wear the red/ochre scheme I believe and it also ended its life as USAF E-8C 93-0597. E-8C JSTARS, tail number 93-0597, assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, experienced a near catastrophic fuel tank over-pressurisation during aerial refueling. The aircraft terminated its mission and returned to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The aircraft has since been dismantled and did not fly again.

I will be building USAF E-8C 93-0597 as it is about to be released on a new Wolfpak sheet "72-077 Bandits".

So time to clear the benches for 2 1/72 B707 builds

This also give me an idea for a group build or perhaps display them of "then and now". Build an aircraft (civil or Military) that started life in Australia (Airline, Defence or civil operator) and was then sold to other operators and then model it in one of its later schemes.

[tor lives]

G'day Ray,
Not sure if you are aware of these sites:
http://www.adastron.com/707/qantas/qantas.htm
http://www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebu/vhebu.html
They may be of some use to you but, if not, they are just a dam interesting sites anyway.
You could also try contacting the Wollongong City Council who would have access to and copyright ownership of the city crest.
TOR

[RayS]

Thanks Ray, I had been through both sites. Some great pictures and info there.

[scotty100368]

Ray(s),

My research reveals that "City of Wollongong" was first worn by -EBR, of which numerous pics abound. When it was sold to MAS in '74, Wollongong moved to -EBU in '75 for only 3 months before changing again to Parramatta, so pics of -EBU Wollongong are rare to say the least!

I have enlarged this pic I found on Ed Coates' site (for information only, no infringement intended).
Note the crest appears to be a shield shape inside a ring but is not on a white background like other aircraft. The best I can do I'm afraid, but it points you in the right direction.

Cheers!

Scott.

[RayS]

Thanks Scott,

Another lead, great!. B747 VH-EBV was also "City of Wollongong" so I had a quick look last night. Some more research required.

All this info is for Pete to update the Hawkeye B707 sheet to include EBU. Not sure if the sheet already includes the city names and crest/coat of arms for the existing regos on the sheet.

Found a colour shot of EBR on Airliners.net, older scheme though

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Qantas/B ... 6d8f9aa375

[erussell]

I imagine the finding the right person in the City of Wollongong city council offices would be the best approach. It worked for me in Novorossiysk so I should think it would work here.