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    Westland Seaking MK5 photos?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Aeronavale Lancaster Mk. 7 help needed

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    Post-war Lancaster Colour Schemes section of Avro Lancaster in Military Service 1945-1965 by Martin Derry and Neil Robinson describes as follows; Initially the Lancasters were painted in a factory-applied overall dark royal blue scheme with Aéronavale cocardes applied to all
    six positions, each narrowly outlined in yellow with a black anchor superimposed.

     

    Jun in Tokyo

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    F-14A Tomcat wing over-sweep question

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    The Flight Manual instructs to set the WING SWEEP MODE switch to BOMB (55 deg. sweep) after landing and then set the EMERGENCY WING SWEEP handle to OV SW (68 deg. sweep) finally move the EMERGENCY WING SWEEP handle full aft to 75 deg.

    Therefore, normal wing sweep in the parked position is 75 deg, but it can be changed if necessary.

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    Jun in Tokyo

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    Junkers Ju 160

    in Classic - up to 1968

    Posted

    23 hours ago, JWM said:

    Jun, very interesting but above links does not work....

     

    BTW - in Planet resin kit in 1/72 of Ju-160 they says, that after incorporation into Lufwaffe all Ju 160 remains in NMF. It does not match the reality I am affraid, since in net I was able to find a couple of photos of Ju-160 with two tone upper side camo, apparently RLM 71/71 with RLM 65 undersurface.

    https://www.luftarchiv.de/flugzeuge/junkers/ju160_4.jpg

    https://www.luftarchiv.de/flugzeuge/junkers/ju160.jpg

    Does anybody know the scheme of areas in RLM 7-/71 for this type?  Any more details on use?

     

    Regards

    J-W

     

    Hi J-W, Mr. Lam's Chinese Aircraft site has moved to the new address at:

    http://cwlam2000.epizy.com/caf14.htm

     

    Jun in Tokyo

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    Another Defiant Question

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by Junchan

    The Mk. I does not have the identification lamps, but the Mk. II has them. The upward identification lamp is mounted at the top of the fuselage just forward of the fin, and the downward lamps is in the underside of the fuselage just forward of the service hatch.

    No need to add the identification lamps to the Airfix kit which depicts the Mk. I.

     

    Jun in Tokyo

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    Airmodel B-18 Vac

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by Junchan

    Compared the wings of the B-18 and DC-3 by placing a station diagram of the B-18 and the most reliable DC-3 drawing what I have in the same scale.

    https://rara.jp/image_view/3d903c17953f29b80d1988aa4f65586a/1005624792

    As you see the center sections, Station 0 to 142, are the same except for the root fillet and the outer wings look the same up to Station 338.75 which is a breaking point of the wing tip.

    So you can use the DC-3 wings with the each wing tip shortened by 11.7 mm.

     

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    1/72 Revell Sopwith Camel, wing looks to high?

    in Aircraft WWI

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    6 hours ago, RC Boater Bill said:

    I have started working on this kit for the Classic Revell group build that is going on now.  I am very glad I found this thread before I got very far!    Thanks for posting the measurements!

     

    My kit has a flat top wing but the lower wing was very wonky.  One side has the correct(-ish) amount of dihedral, while the other side has none at all.   At first I thought the wing saddle was wrong, but it wasn’t.    I had to resort to applying a little tamiya extra thin in order to soften the styrene so I could bend it and get it to stay…..

     

     

     

     

    The upper wing dihedral is nil, the lower wing dihedral is 5 degree.

    https://rara.jp/image_view/bfa291f8d1f6666eca577c11e165a7e0/1005615545

    Jun in Tokyo

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    NASM Voisin VIII question

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted

    I found these photos of a Voisin 8, s/n V1817 taken at the Aviation Experiment Station, Langley Field on 18 June 1917.

     https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Voisin_VIII

    Some sources says that the serial number of the Smithsonian's Voisin 8 is V1718. If this info is true, the mystery items were not the original equipment, but someone would have added them to V1718 before it was transferred to the Smithsonian in September 1918.

    The mystery deepens.

    Jun in Tokyo

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    NASM Voisin VIII question

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Paul Thompson said:

    Oh, well that's interesting anyway. Thanks for making the enquiry. I'll drop a line to Ray Rimell. He may not know what it is, but may well know someone who does.

     

    Paul.

    Thanks Paul, I hope Ray or any of Windsock lovers may have some info.

    Jun in Tokyo

    NASM Voisin VIII question

    in Aircraft WWI

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    I made an enquiry directly to the National Air and Space Museum, and got a answer from them but still the mystery has not solved.

    Here's their reply to my question:

    "According to the curator of the aircraft, that item on the Voisin has always puzzled us. The Voisin was transferred to the Smithsonian from U.S. War Department in September 1918, even before the war was over, and that item was on the airplane at that time. When restoration was done on the aircraft in 1989 to 1991 we retained it on the airplane, even though we weren't sure what it is. We believe it was legitimately part of the airplane during its service. Hope this information is helpful!"

    Any further information or opinion will be appreciated.

     

    Jun in Tokyo

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    Pictures Of Repair Patches on Spitfires, Hurricanes, & Other RAF A/C?

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    A damage to a skin can be repaired by patching, but in this case a patch means a metal plate, not fabric.

    Here's an extract from the INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPAIR OF DEFIANT I AND II AIRCRAFT AND DEFIANT T.T. MKS. I AND III AIRCRAFT, describing the process of the fuselage skin repair by patching and an example of the metal patching.

     https://rara.jp/image_view/dc8680a76955ebf44440622bb9309199/1005586940

    https://rara.jp/image_view/fb3e7749d0adf1109e2e69eb8266c42c/1005586941

    https://rara.jp/image_view/43ea855c5449a92da8575b50eb3d536b/1005586942

     

    Jun in Tokyo

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