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  1. By 1941 230 Squadron were in the MTO October 1939, a Detachment of 230 Squadron Sunderland's were at Koggala Ceylon, and the rest of 230 Squadron had left Seletar by February 1940 to join the detachment. May 1940, 230 Squadron were on their way to Greece. Sunderland's were Mk I/II (early production Mk II's)s 230 Squadron Sunderland photos from IWM collection Greece - 2nd Sunderland, 230 Sqn Sunderland Mk I, L2160 (NM-X) - 230 Sqn Sunderland's assisted in evacuations 230 Sqn Sunderland Peggie Engine Change on the water - Malta Are you just doing research, or looking to build a model? Regards Alan
  2. I really don't get this "controversy". We New Zealander's do know our Air Force's aircraft, especially with RNZAF Corsairs. Our RNZAF Corsairs were stock standard USN Schemes, and served on the same airstrips as their US counterparts, weathered the same as their US counterparts, and you really never see controversial muppitism on US schemes. Granted the RNZAF Pacific roundel did weather differently (due to the paint) but not to a point where the colour is light blue. I had one foreign muppet tell me once that RNZAF Roundels were convoluted. Convoluted to Who??? I have come to see that people in Model building land use these terms to save face or hide their true ignorance. There are a couple of well written papers written by New Zealander's (shock /horror) that give a very concise and expert history of our RNZAF WWII Roundels, that I have read, it's really not that difficult a concept to grasp. Anyways rant over, I had a discussion with the RNZAF Museum experts on the Roundels used on the 16 FG-1D's sent to Japan, (as I too are planning a Post War RNZAF 14 Sqn Corsair) Whilst for all intents and purpose they resemble RAF Roundels, they were termed by the RNZAF as "Post War" Roundels Graham Clayton Author of last Stand Singapore (story of 488 Sqn), his Father Bert served with both 488 Sqn in Singapore, but also went to Japan with 14 Sqn too. In a discussion with Graham I mentioned that must have been a Bitter Sweet moment in his Dads life. Graham's book has some great photos and history of the Japan Corsairs, if you want to read it. Regards Alan
  3. As Ed says above Mk III's operated in SEAC markings (230 Sqn) You have the options (from Ocean Sentinel - Short Sunderland), operating from Kogalla, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Mk III EJ143 "S" ML865 "J" ML868 H All had Mk II ASV aerials and no upper Turret If you can give me a couple of days, I can see what I can find about Mk V's in SEAC markings (though don't hold your breath ) If using the Special Hobby Mk V, and you mostly (by 1945) will find that the upper turret had been deleted from production (Mk III/V) the Kit part of the Special Hobby Sunderland is pure fiction (a lot of the SH Sunderland interior is fictional) Actual shape in real Sunderland Mk V/MR5 Regards Alan
  4. Hi Edger, Asked some questions, did some digging and found your mystery RNZAF Mossie As per attached Link, NZ2308 is a former RNZAF Mosquito that has been rebuilt/restored at Avspecs at Ardmore South Auckland (Ardmore is a former RNZAF Station/Base). Avspec Mosquito NZ2308 I actually got to see this Mosquito on a visit to Avspecs about a year ago. So some issues with the marking, the aircraft. Codes should be Black, not red. and IMHO the D-Day markings are more artistic License than actual, you can see NZ2308 (YC-Z) in this Photo from the RNZAF Museum (third aircraft in), no D-Day stripes (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) From information my friend at the RNZAF Museum supplied to me, the serial is Ohakea type, and should read NZ 2308 Interestingly NZ2308 being a former RAAF Mossie, is the sibling to our Mosquito NZ2305 at MOTAT here in Auckland, also a former RAAF Mossie Hope that helps clarify your query? Regards Alan
  5. Hi Edgar Do you have a source stating that 75 Sqn Mossies had black and white stripes added? - I have never seen any photos of that. Some (not all) had "Black" anti glare areas painted on the inner panels of the engine cowlings, and nose panel when in the HSS paint scheme. Thanks Alan
  6. They were not Half White and Black When the buffaloes arrived, they were painted in Upper colours (US Manufactured) Dark Earth/Dark Green with lower colour Duck Egg Blue (aka Sky) The Black was painted on half of the fuselage/wing (portside) as an Identification measure, lest the air defenses at say Kallang decided to shoot the them down. In this Life magazine photo, you can see them being assembled with Duck Egg Blue (aka Sky undersides) The wheel covers would have been the same as the undersides Duck Egg Blue (aka Sky) as in this Life Magazine photo When the time came to paint the half black colour (portside) the wheel cover was also painted black The below photo is of a 488 (NZ) Squadron Buffalo (W8191) at Kallang circa 1941 - note the black wheel cover (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand Used with Permissions) Hope that answers your query? Regards Alan
  7. Very Nice RNZAF Vampire Thanks for sharing your model with us Regards Alan
  8. 60 Years next year, when our first Herks arrived. Not a bad innings for our first team (not out). (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) And now for our next team to go into bat
  9. Hi Steve, Nice Mustang (even if a Whif ) Your build really makes one think, where if the war had dragged on against Japan, our Mustangs would have been deployed to. Your Mustang and marking aren't too far removed from real, take a look at this RNZAF Mustang below, early on in the Mustang era (you probably have seen this one I'm sure). (RNZAF Official - Air Force4 Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) I still have a 1/32 NZ2413 to finish off (but with the Checkerboards) Thanks for sharing you build with us Regards Alan
  10. Another shot of NZ6363 with Winder on outer Port Station at RNZAF Base Ohakea (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) A colour shot to help with your build camouflage These are the final colours worn on final flight with RNZAF 14 Squadron, before retirement (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) Regards Alan
  11. Hi All, An update, (been almost a month -time flies ) So from my previous post, I was waiting on a Silver pen, which finally arrived. So I thought I would trial doing the interior Geodic frames before I applied any paint. Paint pen This is my effort below, and I would state that in part my fault, even trying to be very careful, you can see the paint going in places it didn't need to be Below you can see the paint nib - maybe it was too thick for what I was trying to achieve (copying James's post above) Sooo, I had to resort to what I had originally planned masking of the Geodic framing, as I really didn't want to apply the interior colour, and end up with the a fore mentioned disaster. This took a few (okay a good few) afternoons to do Finally the end result, prior to paint being applied Now choice of paint - I thought I had some "Linen" coloured paint, but obviously I don't So I had to look at other paint I had (didn't really have time to travel an hour to and from my LHS) I ended up choosing Humbrol 71 Satin Oak - I went to spray, but I thinned the paint too much (sigh - just accept fate ) You can see the colour on the masking, but it was really thin So I went to do the interior colour. I ended up choosing Humbrol 73 Matt Wine (again didn't have the right colour) - It seems to have turned out Okay.... So time to remove the masking - though I left the cockpit masking on (mostly) I'm quite pleased with the result, though the super thinned paint seems to have affected the silver in places - ah well - it won't be seen so I'm not going to redo it Removing the the forward masking strip, some of the cock pit strips came off, won't take too long to sort though. Well that's all I have for today, now the main interior painting has been done, hopefully building will move along a little faster. Thanks for looking in Regards Alan
  12. Hi Harry, Very nice - We Kiwi's are surely blessed with some awesome aviation history, thanks for show casing it to the model world. Yes, the old 144,000 rivets flying in close formation sure has a certain sound and "Shake" to it I seem to recall SAFE Air at RNZAF Woodbourne many moons ago, though slightly different livery I think. Thanks for sharing your model with us Regards Alan
  13. Hi Marko, Interestingly, the RNZAF (probably one of the last Vildebeest/Vincent operators) had a Mk II (NZ117) and one Mk I that had been converted to Mk III's during its service with the RAF - the remainder airframes being Mk III/IV's NZ117 was allocated to 2 GR Squadron at RNZAF Station Nelson (likely Long Range patrols checking for German Raiders) "it crashed at Nelson 09 April 1941" (per NZDF Serials) "NZ135 served till 27 August 1941 as a time expired airframe, and reduced to produce/spares" (per NZDF Serials) The below photo is of Mk III's in service (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with permissions) The majority of Mk III/IV's remained in service till late 1942 the last few early 1943 At the time of either NZ117's demise or NZ135 being SOC, they would not have beem wearing the peace time colours in the photo above, but rather camouflage colours as below (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with permissions) RNZAF Camouflage would have been NZ Dark Earth/NZ Dark Green/NZ Duck Egg Blue Having had a discussion with the experts at the RNZAF Museum, it's unlikely that any Vildebeest would have worn the RNZAF Pacific scheme - The RNZAF Museum has a Vildebeest in its collection for restoration, and the colours I saw under the Yellow Target towing colour were Brown/Green Sorry I haven't as yet been able to find a photo of either NZ117 or NZ135 Hope that's of help? Regards Alan
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