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    Paging Soviet Air Force Experts; TU-95 Question...

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    Hello UberDaveToo

    I am not an expert on Tu-95, but the plane on the photo looks like Tu-95 RT Bear-D to me. Given the transparent nose and various radomes and other bumps on the fuselage you are probably better off converting a Tu-142 kit.

    However, my suggestion is to reconsider your choice of basis kit. I have 1/72 Trumpeter Tu-95 MS kit. Its leading part of the wing (I can hardly call it a leading edge, it reaches half an inch into a kit's wing) is terrible, just a 90° arc with hardly any resemblance to the actual wing. Until I figure out how to mend it, or some good soul produces AM replacement, I am not touching the Trumpeter kit. Cheers

    Jure

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    X-Scale Trident 1

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

    Posted

    Hello,

    I checked my Trident and Mi-6 kits. As Smallscaller said Trident is in about 1/87 scale but only for short span 1C version. Scale of the Mi-6 kit's fuselage is slightly less than 1/74, but the kit's rotor has way too small diameter and is in 1/87,5 scale. Pity that passenger version of Mi-6 with large panoramic windows never existed. Cheers

    Jure

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    X-Scale Trident 1

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

    Posted

    Hello,

    I have both Trident and Mi-6 Plasticard kits, and while the former is in 1/87(ish) scale, the latter is so large it could easily pass as 1/72 kit. I think it is actually in 1/75 scale, My Mi-6 also came with fuselage half in different colours, but for Plasticard kits this is hardly out of ordinary. Will measure both kits in the evening when I return home. Cheers

    Jure

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    Mystery band on 1 (RCAF) Sqn Hurricane

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hello MilneBay

    I agree. I am away from my sources, but I think on 21st July 1940 an inbound recconnaisance Bf 110 C-5 5F-CM dispatched a RAF training aircraft, unfortunate enough to cross her path, before in turn she was shot down and forced to land later.

    Back on topic: very interesting discovery. Finn, you got the point, at such speeds exact colour hardly matters. During head-on passes yellow, orange or Sky bands would look more or less the same, a light colour patch near the empennage. Of course, for us modellers, this information is cruical ... Cheers

    Jure

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    Fokker-Atlantic C.2 Scale Drawings Needed

    in Aircraft Interwar

    Posted

    Hello, Space Ranger

    Not sure if they were accurate enough, but three-view colour drawings of C-2 appeared in various aviation magazines and books. Back in 2002 I used the one from The classic civil aircraft guide from 1920 to 1964 (Blitz editions) as a basis to draw a C-2 America colour profile (I also drew profiles of L'Oiesau Blanc, Bellanca and Spirit of St. Louis) to illustrate an article in local magazine about 75 anniversary of New York - Paris flight.

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    Obviously it was one of my first CorelDraw drawings. If your friend can use scans of original three-view drawings, drop me a PM. Cheers

    Jure

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    Bong P-38 H Ligthning 42-66847 tail boom national insignia

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hello

    Sorry chaps, apparently another can of worms ... I checked my references again and the photo of white 73 appears in John Stanaway book P-38 Lightning aces of the CBI & Pacific (Osprey). The caption says: "This P-38 G-5 is reckoned to be a Lightning used by the newly-promoted Capt. Dick Bong to gain his 16th victory (an Oscar) 28 July 1943 north-west of Rein Bay ..." According to the same source this was the Lightning which had been written-off in early September after a fire exchange with Betty gunners, again flown by Bong. However, according to William Hess book 49th Fighter Group - aces of the Pacific (Osprey) on that occasion Bong flew P-38 H-1. The same photo also appears in other publications (I am still browsing through my Schiffer books, looking for it), but as Charlie Hugo said, captions vary considerably: for example in the old In action booklet it is said to show 475 FG planes.

    Will stop now before I veer off topic even further. Cheers

    Jure

    Hurricane IV KZ243 left wing at Belgrade Air Musem

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hello

    I understand W/Cdr Selby was in charge of airstrip construction in BAF, according to one of the books dealing with WW II airstrips on Slovenian territory. S/L Selby is mentioned in this capacity in connection with Nadlesk airstrip construction in early 1944, presumably also later with Otok and Krasinec. I understand his Hurricane was captured on Zaluzani airfield near Banja Luka (at the time part of Croat puppet state NDH). The airfield had been liberated by Croat partisans earlier with several NDH aircraft captured there and put into use with partisans. When NDH forces were about to retake the airfield in counter-offensive, W/Cdr Selby could not start the engine of his aircraft so she was abandoned on the airfield. The story is described in the book about 352(Y) Squadron. I would very much like to learn the serial of this Hurricane. Cheers

    Jure

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    Spitfire MK.XII Rivets

    in Aircraft WWII

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    Hello Tom

    Not Mk.XII, but these links may help:

    http://airwar.ru/other/draw/spitfireaik.html

    http://airwar.ru/other/draw/spitfire_sam.html

    Half of the Spitfires Mk.XII were rebuilt Mk.V, the other half Mk.VIII. I understand fuselages of the early Spitfires Mk.IX (some of them converted Mk.V) were still not fully flush-riveted. As Mk.IX predated Mk.VIII I imagine on latter there would have been even fewer dome-rivets. Also take into account that on parts with thicker skin (like wing leading edge) flush riveting would practically disappear anyway. Cheers

    Jure

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    Nakajima Ki43-II Hayabusa colors questions

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hello

    I thought there is no firm rule about the use of blue or green Aotake. Photos of fuselage interior and undercarriage wells on unrestored Hayabusa I in Aero Details book look more Aotake green than blue to me, although wing fuel tank straps are definitely blue.

    Not about painting but perhaps these links might help:

    http://soyuyo.main.jp/ki43d/ki43e-3.html

    http://soyuyo.main.jp/ki43d/ki43e-1.html

    Cheers! Jure

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    What color(s) is this Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun painted?

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hello

    Correct Duncan B, the well know KG+EM (photo found on Asisbiz webpage):

    Bf-108B2Trop-Stkz-KG+EM-Sonderkommando-B

    Quite some time ago there was a pre-war photo of NF+AW somewhere on the web (perhaps on now defunct AWF or LEMB webpages) still in civilian paint scheme. I did not bother to download it as it was already published in one of the books I had. I couple of years ago I toyed with the idea of building this particular Bf 108, but by then already forgot in which book I have seen it. FWIW I vaguely remember the plane looked painted in light colour overall. Cheers

    Jure

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    Bf.110 Zerstorer early camouflage

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hello Peter Roberts

    Typo, I am sorry. I meant RLM 71/02. The photo in the book is brighter and one can tell RLM 71 and RLM 02 apart, but only just. I would like to see the original. Looks like propaganda photo to me so it was probably published in Adler or some similar publication. Cheers

    Jure

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