Simon Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Hi everyone Does anyone make 1/72 supply canisters for Special Ops Halifaxes or Stirlings? I saw from a post from 2011 that Heritage used to do them, but I can't find anything on the KitsForCash website (found that linked via the Heritage Scalemates page). Thanks, Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Are those the CLE canisters that you're after? A quick squizz at Hannants found this if it is CLEs you are after... https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/PAVW72039 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 The SOE also had their own container designs which were similar but different to the CLE range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 11 minutes ago, Aeronut said: The SOE also had their own container designs which were similar but different to the CLE range. Thanks for that Aeronut. Hopefully someone can help the OP out so he doesn't have to go down the dreaded scratch building path! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hello, Heritage Aviation did a set of resin ones, the company is now called Kits for Cash,...might be worth contacting them; https://www.kitsforcash.com/Latest-News-p5.htm I used them on a Stirling A.Mk.IV kit; They are pretty basic and some of mine were a bit bent,....but they look great once fitted; Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 The CLE MkIII container (as modelled by Heritage) was 14 inches in diameter and 5ft 6.5 inches long including the crash head, so in 1:72 you are looking at 4.9mm diameter and 23.46mm overall. The supporting cradle could be moved over a range of 7 inches for centre of gravity reasons. the container and cradle were supplied with a dark RAF blue grey finish which could be overpainted by the user to aid location and identification. A location aid containing bells and lights could be added between the container body and the crash head increasing the overall length by 2 inches. The CLE III survived in service to be used on the Nimrod fleet, although by then it had become the Container, Land Equipment and was painted signal red. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thank you for all the replies everyone. The Heritage ones are the ones I was thinking of. I dropped an e-mail to KitsForCash, and they're no longer available, which is a shame. Quite fancy having a go at scratchbuilding some at a later date, so thanks for the dimensions Aeronut. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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