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  1. On the evening of 27 April 1942, 31 Halifax bombers from 10, 35 and 76sqn flew from Scotland together with two Lancasters squadrons to bomb Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord, east of Trondheim, Norway. In the low level attack (200ft) Halifax TL-S (Sugar) (W1048) of 35th sqn, on her first operational mission, was hit in the starboard wing and outer starboard engine by heavy flak and caught fire. Pilot Don MacIntyre quickly decided they wouldn't make it to safety in Sweden and found a frozen lake nearby and bellied her down on the late spring icy surface. All crew members survived the landing, but one man broke his ankle and had to be left behind. We was picked up by the germans, hospitalized and later sent to Germany. The rest fled over to Sweden aided by local resistance helpers. S(Sugar) herself mangaged to evade the germans too. Twelve hours on rotten late spring ice, she finally decided it was enough and broke through the ice and disappeared for almost 40 years in the murky lake water. By the summer of 1973 S (Sugar) resting place had been relocated and she was salvaged by a team of british and norwegian divers and taken to Britain. Today she is displayed at RAF Hendon museum, preserved but not restored. As a boy I spent the summers with my grandparents and that summer of 73 we went there almost every day on our bicycles , watching the salvaging. I've never been to Hendon to see her again but perhaps it's about time for that…. Anyway, here is my depiction of the incident and how I guess it must have looked. (Edit: corrected fin flashes and type A1 roundel)
  2. Another rendition of this Revell kit for the GB... It's going to be mainly OOB - I think I've picked up some masks (camo and window) somewhere in my stash over the years as well as some resin wheels - which may or may not get used. This has been sat in the stash some time, I think I got it when the Model Zone chain of shops closed down when they were selling off stock, certainly one of the larger kits in my stash (I'm sure I've already filled the hole it's made in it). I'm not sure I like the Mk II tailfins (I prefer the later D shaped ones) or the yellow strips on the wing leading edges but I'm not in the mood for going for any more aftermarket and will just build it as is - the kit does give 2 options and I think with the different nose and possibly the D tails for the GR coastal command version but I'm going for the box art version I think, if I can dig out that camo mask, I've been doing too many grey or black aircraft of late so a bit of sand and spinach camo will be a welcome relief.
  3. Hello All, Attached are some pictures of the start of my Revell Halifax build. I expect this one to go as long as the B-17, about 15 months. I usually build multiple kits at a time so that extends projects but 15 months is actual time...I'm kind of slow when it comes to larger projects. I am using Eduards Big Ed set. A first for me. I'm not much into photo-etch so we'll see how it goes. Also....the Revell boxes.....well how can I put this without being vulgar......are HORRIBLE. Well in any case the kit has been washed of mold release and I started on the cockpit area. Well here we go mates on with the pics. All the Best! Don The kit seat has been highly modified. The photo-etched for the seat was not what I thought would be a good representation so I went for this method. The floor board is photo-etched which looks fantastic. The cockpit bulkhead at the start of detailing. Rolling the metal was easy if you have a nice set of round end tweezers. There's suppose to be a metal shelving bracket around the two rectangular boxes...it did not fit. This is not uncommon with photo-etched parts in my experience. I'll make an alternative or of bits of plastic.
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