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RAF Neptune Noses


Dave Fleming

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The discussion on Colin's new decals reminded me of something I recently discovered about RAF Neptunes. Only the first nine had the original short nose (Aero 9B), those arriving after that had the longer Aero 9C version. So all aircraft after WX902 had the longer nose.

This was BEFORE the gun turrets were replaced, so beware if converting the Hasegawa kit with the Falcon set (or building the Aeroclub one!) as I beleive they both have the original short nose

Short Nose

http://www.verslo.is/baldur/p2/british/WX500_3_640.jpg

Long Nose

http://www.verslo.is/baldur/p2/british/WX505_A-J_a_640.jpg

Side by Side

http://p2vneptune.com/i06.shtml

Colin's sheet is correct as WX500 has the short nose

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