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List of conversion articles, source credited to MerlinJones and Jssel on UAMF.

Avro 504K to Sopwith Baby – Nov 1969

Avro 504K to Avro 504N – Jul 1967

Avro Anson MkI to pre-War Avro Anson MkI - Apr 1971

Avro Anson MkI to Avro Anson T MkI – Mar 1971

Avro Anson MkI to Avro Anson MkXII – Apr 1968

Avro Anson MkI to Avro Anson T Mk20 – Feb 1971

Avro Lancaster to Manchester – Sept 1969

Avro Lancaster to Mk II - Oct 1968

Avro Lancaster to Avro York – Sept 1967

Boulton Paul Defiant to Defiant TT3 Target Tug - Jan 1968

Bristol Beaufighter to the Mk II - Nov 1968

Bristol Beaufighter to MkX - Aug 1965

Bristol Freighter to short-nose version – May 1969

Consolidated Catalina to Nomad or P2B – Aug 1966

Consolidated Catalina to Danish PBY-6A or PBY-5A – Jun 1969

Consolidated B-24 Liberator – Liberator transport – Aug 1970

Curtiss P-40 to P-36A Hawk – Feb 1965

Dassault Mirage IIIc to Australian Mirage IIIo – July 1969

DH4 to DH9 – Feb 1968

De Havilland Tiger Moth to dHC Tiger Moth – Dec 1965

Douglas A-20G from Boston IV - April 1965

Douglas Dakota DC-3 to C-47C Amphibian or Li-2 – Dec 1969

Douglas DC-3 to “Needle-nose” version – Aug 1969

Douglas Skyraider to AEW Skyraider – Mar 1969

Fairey Swordfish to Floatplane – Feb 1964

Fiat G-91 to G-91T – Mar 1966

Gloster Gladiator to Gloster Gauntlet – Jun 1964

Handley Page Halifax MkIII to MkII – Dec 1967

Handley Page Hampden to Handley page Hereford – Feb 1969

Hawker Hart to Hawker Hector – Jun 1965

Hawker Hurricane MkIV to MkI or MkIId – Apr 1964

Heinkel HeIII H-20 to HeIII H-4 – Jan 1969

Jet Provost T Mk3 to CFS MkI – Nov 1967

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka to Ju-87G Mar 1967

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka to Ju-87 D – Feb 1967

Lockheed Hudson to Lockheed Ventura – Oct 1969

Lockheed P38J to a RAF Lightning - Sept 1968

Lockheed HC130 - Feb 1970

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II to RF-4C – Jul 1966

Me262A to Me262 VI or Me262 V3 or Me262BIa/UI or Me262B2a or Me262C-2b or Me262A-1a/UI or Me262 V56 or Me262A-2a/U2 or Me262E and A-I V-83 or Me262A-Ia/U3 or Me-262C-Ia – Dec 1966

Me262A to Me262B-Ia/UI Nightfighter – Nov 1966

Mig-21 Fishbed to Mig-21 Mongol – Jan 1971

Mitsubishi Ki 46-II Dinah to Ki 46IIIA – Apr 1966

NA Harvard MkII to MkI – Jan 1966

North American P-51D Mustang to P-51B (RAF Mustang III) – Oct 1966

Republic P-47D to P-47N – Dec 1970

Sopwith Camel and Revell Sopwith Triplane to Sopwith Pup – Apr 1969

Sopwith Baby - Nov 1969

Short Stirling to MkV Cargo version – May 1967

Supermarine Spitfire MkV to MkXVIe – May 1970

Supermarine Spitfire MkIX to PRXI or HFVII – May 1970

Supermarine Spitfire MkIX to a MkVII or MkVIII – Aug 1971

Vought Chesapeake (Rareplanes vac) - Jul 1971

Westland Scout to Westland Wasp – Sept 1966

Westland Whirlwind S-55 to H-19 – Jun 1967

List of conversions articles, source credited to John Ratzenberger of Britmodeller/UAMF.

Aug 64 - Hunter T.7

Oct 64 Ju88G1

Oct 65 Gladiator II

Nov 65 BAC Lightning F.3

Aug 67 TF104G Starfighter

Mar 68 DH4 -> DH9A

May 68 Welly III -> I

Jul 68 Mossie PR.16 & PR.34

Aug 68 Battle Trainer

Dec 68 Buccaneer S.2

Apr 69 Sopwith Pup from Camel

Jan 70 Sea King from SH-3

Mar 70 DH4A

Jun 70 Hart/ -> Osprey

Jul 70 Halifax Freighter

Aug 70 LB-30 Transport

Oct 70 Coastal Command Wellington

Dec 70 P-47N

If you have a build pledged and require an article, make a request here. Please note we will not forward articles if you have not pledged a build.

If you can add to the above list, please let me know.

peebeep

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I'll check my old Airfix magazines to see if I have any of the articles listed... The retro nature of the Alan Hall memorial build certainly is appealing....

Cheers,

ggc

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Could I have a copy of the Jet Provost article please?

You certainly can! I have a copy and will get things sorted asap.

I'd like to try the Beaufighter II conversion, if I could have a copy of the article please?

I'm not sure that I have that one in my personal archive - will need to research. If anybody does have this one please let us know.

I should publicly say thank you to John Ratzenberger for kindly offering to forward any relevant articles from his archives, many thanks John!

peebeep

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I have all 3 requested so far and can get them out in next couple days.

Please confirm:

-- Paul Bradley - Jet Provost, Nov 67 (peebeep, this'll save you postage to the US :winkgrin: )

-- Desmojen - Beaufighter II, Nov 68

-- Col. - Hart to Osprey, Jun 70

I understand, but have not tried, that one can send attachments by PM.

It might be best for you to PM me your email and I will send that way -- also let me know if you have Adobe Reader - if not, I'll send as page-by-page jpeg's

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Hi John, Paul already pdf'd a copy of the JP article to me, via PM (So, yes it can be done), but thanks anyway - oh, and big thanks to PB! :clap2:

And in further reply to David earlier, DEFINITELY CFS markings on this - a very smart Red/White scheme with Bue cheatlines. Nice!

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Hi John,

Any chance of the following, as I´d like to have a bash too!

Boulton Paul Defiant to Defiant TT3 Target Tug - Jan 1968

Hawker Hart to Hawker Hector – Jun 1965

Hart to Osprey - June 1970 (hmmmm, SCW Osprey...)

Christian the Married

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Paul, Jen, and Col. have their requested articles.

Wyverns4, I sent you a PM requesting your email. I have 2 of the 3 ready to go.

I do not have the June 1965 Hart to Hector article, can someone else help him out ?

Thx, John

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TO ALL:

Paul (peebeep) and I have agreed I will be the 1st stop for Airfix magazine articles. For SAM or those Airfix articles I do not have, we'll figure something out.

Turns out that sending attachments via PM is reserved for moderators, so what I send will have to be by email. When you post a request here, I'll PM you informing you of what I have and requesting your email address if I cannot find it in your profile. I've given up offering Adobe PDF files and will send in JPG. I scan at 300dpi, do a cleanup, and reduce to 150 dpi (and they look pretty good so far), so figure about 500k per page - most articles run 4 pages. Make sure your mailbox isn't brimming over. If you request multiple articles, I'll send 'em in separate emails. If a picture doesn't come through well, let me know and I'll extract it from the original scan and send it on. And of course, if I mess it up, let me know and I'll fix it. I do ask you acknowledge receipt so I can sleep better at night ...

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CFS, I think. Haven't done much research as yet.

Hi Paul

FWIW i have a couple of mags with some info on provost markings if that helps.

Peebeep

don't want to commit myself just yet* until i can be sure i have a chance of cpmpletion- but a Hunter T7 is still a possibilty

is there a provisional time frame yet please? (rough estimate will do)

*Will wait for the men in white coats to drag me off instead

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don't want to commit myself just yet* until i can be sure i have a chance of cpmpletion- but a Hunter T7 is still a possibilty is there a provisional time frame yet please? (rough estimate will do)

The cut off for builds to appear in the proposed book will be the 28th June, but to be perfectly honest I have no idea how things stand with this, whether it will go ahead, who will author it etc etc. As the plan is to mount some sort of display at SMW 2009 either on the individual Branch/SIG tables or possibly an individual display I would be quite happy to let the GB run through until November, so there is plenty of time and no excuses for not running a build!

peebeep

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Hi Peebeep

thanks.

trouble is a straight forward OOB takes yonks- scratching takes me forever :snail:

and TWO bang seats to make :yikes:

and i have just ordered a PJ prods conversion- now Santa's elves have finally got their little green bottoms into gear :yahoo:

so now i don't really need to bother doing it "old School" :tease:

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emlra,

Re the Scout-Wasp article - please PM me your email address & I'll send it ...

walrus,

If you are going to do the Hunter T.7, PM me your email address & I'll send it ...

John

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and i have just ordered a PJ prods conversion- now Santa's elves have finally got their little green bottoms into gear :yahoo:

so now i don't really need to bother doing it "old School" :tease:

So you won't be joining the build after all.... :fraidnot:

And thanks for the offer of the JP schemes, but I'm sure I'll be doing the CFS scheme now - it's pretty and different to the later one that I shall be doing in the future with my remaining JP3 kit.

Edited by Paul Bradley
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was only teasing Paul

have sent John my email addy so he can send me the article

cheers John!

I will be using the Airfix kit - i assume that will be the one in the article.

have just come across a Matchbox T7 that i forgot i had, but having seen some of the discussions on BM about the shape i might do a conversion to single seater with that later with an Aeroclub Vacform nose i picked up on ebay. (by mistake thinking it was a T7 ) :banghead:

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  • 3 weeks later...

G'day John, Peebeep

I'd like to give the Gloster Gladiator to Gloster Gauntlet conversion a whirl if I may - probably give it Finnish or Danish markings too. Can you pm the article?

Thanks

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G'day John, Peebeep

I'd like to give the Gloster Gladiator to Gloster Gauntlet conversion a whirl if I may - probably give it Finnish or Danish markings too. Can you pm the article?

Thanks

PM me your email address and I'll send you the article tomorrow ...

John

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  • 8 months later...

Hi All,

anyone able to send me a scan of the 'Avro Lancaster to Manchester – Sept 1969' article ?

or able to point me in the way of a download ?

The main thing I regret doing before emigrating....... giving away my airfix magazines....

cheers

Jerry

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