All misty about the F-27 myself . First ever flight was in an F-27 ( BIA to the Channel Islands in the UK) and it was a TAA F-27 that carried my family from Melbourne to Wynyard when we emigrated in 1978 ( it was such a big event in Tassie in those days our phot was in the paper).
Might have to track down the afforementioned Airfix kit .
The Pax windows were Fantastic and I loved to sit near the gear too.