JWM

Very nice result! Regards J-W

Only mother could love him.... nicely executed. Regards JW

Very interesting to see an old Contrail a true jewel build. Why it is "jewel"? Recently I have bought a Contrail's Saro London for nearly 70 GBP, which was a very good price despite that it has a shop stamp with printed price of 2.10 GBP! Earlier, while googling, I have found on ebay that Saro London is available on request but for almost 150 GBP (and Short SIngapore for 200 GBP) . It means, that old Contrails must contain some substencial mass of gold! The price of gold grown exactly some 70 times in recent 50 years, so very similar to prices of Contrail kits... Regarding your plans I have similar.., I am also going to do my recent catch - the Saro London as well as some other interesting vac-forms from my stash. And still I am trying to catch Short Calcutta (to do a French one from WW2) and Short Singapore.... So far I did from Contrail their Vickers Valentia (about 2 years ago) and Northrop N3PB (~25 yeas ago). Just in case - it is here: Regards Jerzy-Wojtek

On FRROM web page it is said "Our next kit, two boxes, should be released probably in july, we are a bit behind schedule. This is the Martin Type 166 in 1/72 nd (please see page FR0060), we will show some tests shots in St Doulchard event (Bourges) . " I guess it is about this event on next Sunday (22 June) https://www.facebook.com/groups/103995076609636/posts/bonjour-mon-club-organise-une-expo-le-22-juin-a-st-doulchard-bourgescher-il-rest/2503838329958620/ On FRROM web page there are already test shots http://frrom.com/index.php?page=frrom-fr0060-2 Regards J-W

What about a scan from this picture https://www.scalemates.com/pl/kits/kora-models-kpk72101-saiman-202--1220506 or a decal set from here https://www.modelimex.eu/172-saiman-202-italian-service-civilian-korpk72101 Regards J-W

Here is someone's conversion of Wellington into Warwick in 1/144 https://archive.aeroscale.net/forums/235223-page=1/index.htm#google_vignette. It gives an impression how to do it Regards J-W

Regarding the all three PW engines variant. The engines are parallel but how it was with its fairings? Were there angled like in BMW driven regular Ju52 or parallel as the engines were? Do you know any reliable drawings? Regards JW

Nice result!

I think so. The roundels of A type seen in colorized photo are in fact French roundels with yellow outline, as it was since perhaps 1943 http://www.ffaa.net/aircraft/ju-188/ju-188.htm Here is British one Regards J-W

Many thanks! BTW - one of AI answers when I was searching for a data on Warwick "The Vickers Warwick was a British heavy bomber developed during World War II. It was part of the same specification (B.1/35) as the Vickers Wellington, sharing 85% of their structural components. The Warwick was a four-engine aircraft, while the Wellington was twin-engined. The Warwick was designed to be a larger, more powerful bomber than the Wellington. " The algorithm apparently still needs some improvement.... Regards J-W

Thank you! I have nor heard before about this 1999 re-issue of old Contrail kit. Indeed, the fuselage looks terrible here https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/aircraft-in-miniature-ltd-hw04-006-vickers-warwick-raf-boac--205964 and the 3 blade pops are much bigger then the plastic one (2x27 mm in my orignal Contrail set) as well as the wheels looks much nicer. BTW - could you check what diameter the wheels are? Is it a Lancaster size? Regards J-W

Many thanks! The name of propeller is a great advice which might be helpful in googling. SO far I have found that Tempest Mk II has R21/4B6/6.. Apparently (?) 4B is for four blades. Moreover it means also, that it was not the same prop. Perhaps it was the same as in Bristol Bukingham/Buckmaster...? The A5/150 code of Hamilton Standard is not that obvious. I have foundsomething about the codding of hub and blades of HS props but not on the props as entire part... Regards J-W

Here are resin wings

if not the Academy kit exists with radial engine option, sometimes available at the really bargain prices . But so far IBG was exploring wide range of variants, for example in case of Pulawski's PZL fighters. Regards J-W

Hi, Two years ago I bought a Contrail Vickers Warwick. I was considering for long time which variant to do and recently I took up to the idea of doing two (Mk I and Mk V) out of a single kit. .. So far I've made the resin copies of wings and tail plane. So the most important extra parts exists. I was trying to copy the fuselage. I am not happy from what I've got so far with fuselage. Perhaps I will buy a Wellington as a donor of fuselage (with aim to work out of a scratch the extension) as well as a donor of many other parts . But I have questions. First question I have is that while I am looking at the box content and noticed, that 3 blade propellers are clearly too small. They have 54 mm diameter and in Net I have found that they were Hamilton Standard propellers of 15 feet diameter, so 4.60 m which gives 6.4 cm in 1/72. The four blade props are in kit of 6.6 cm diameter - but is it a right size? I have not found data on the diameter of, it, only info that they were produced by Rotol. Another question is the U/C. The wheels in kit are much larger that the Wellington one. Again is it correct? Maybe the size of them is also known? Regards J-W