Jump to content

Crimea River

Members
  • Posts

    827
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

Everything posted by Crimea River

  1. Thanks very much chaps. Haven't been on for a while so missed this resurrection of comments. Yes, this scheme took a while to do and I think I had to take two stabs at it as the first try came out with the "worms" a bit too large. Though I used an airbrush freehand, there's a guy on YouTube somewhere who does this using Molotow paint pens.
  2. I'm invovled in the restoration of B/PR.35 RS700 which was built post war, served briefly in the RAF, and then used in civilan service. The cockpit has evidence of black paint but also varying shades of grey/green. The presence of black, though limited, is unmistakable but it's a bit puzzling as to whether it was applied at the factory then overpainted by the civilian operator or whether the black was painted over a factory applied grey-green and subsequently largely worn off. We did not do any deep analysis on the paint layer sequence unfortunately.
  3. According to AP2019E Vol. 1, each of the 4 ammo boxes for the .303s was to be loaded with 750 rounds and each 20mm with 150 rounds.
  4. Exactly. I believe that a photo of this aircraft exists because Bracken's illustrator and the Watermark decal sheet observe that the s/n was faded where the Sky band was overpainted. The question is whether or not someone has seen or is in possession of a photo of TB891 that would prove the existence of the admittedly rare full wing as depicted by Bracken and Watermark.
  5. Greetings all. I've read through the few threads here about full wingtips on Mk.XVI Spitfires but am still in a quandry. I'm planning to model the subject aircraft flown by Chuck Darrow, RCAF of 416 Sqdn in May 1945. Code is DN_A and the serial is TB891. Robert Bracken's "Spitfire: The Canadians" shows a profile of this aircraft as a low-back XVI with full wing tips, as does a profile in the Watermark decal sheet 48004. Both documents describe the serials to be faded where the fuselage Sky Band was sprayed over so I'm led to believe that there must be a period photo of this particular bird that would have enabled such an observaiton. However, a search of my not-so-extensive library, as well as input from others here who looked in Shores' 2ND TAF Volumes and elsewhere, came up empty for an available photo. Does anyone know of the existence of a photo of this aircraft that confirms that it carried full wing tips as opposed to clipped? (I don't need the picture posted - just need to know the answer.) OR, does anyone have definitive information confirming full vs. clipped wings? Any info on this would be much appreciated, thanks!
  6. I can report that the Italeri Ar196 does not require weights. It will happily sit flat on its floats or on the supplied trolley wthout looking skyward.
  7. Built this one 5 years ago. Some reference pics included here: https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/done-gb-36-1-48-bf109g-14-axis-manufactured-aircraft-of-wwii.47495/
  8. Pretty sure it was a Spartan-designed mod. It may have been mentioned as such in one of the Department of Transport documents I scanned.
  9. I'm not much help but the resin lights were introduced via Mod #146. I don't have a copy and so have no date for you. However, with over 1600 mods for the Mosquito, that's a pretty early change.
  10. Would you happen to know if there is a manual or spec sheet available on line for this unit?
  11. Hi all, first time on this side of the forum. I usually hang out in the WW2 era but I have a question for you good folks. I'm trying to find out the manufacturer and model number of the below gyro compass indicators. First, from an F4J Fury: This one from an F-86 Saber might be the same but rotated Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
  12. If you don't like the masking idea, another solution would be to find a white field in your spare decal stash and cut a thin white strip of white decal from it with a sharp blade. Cut 2 pieces to the length of the legs on the "X" and apply them like any other decal.
  13. I'm not near my references at the moment but I think there was a small tank for primer fuel there.
  14. Thanks Jure. The Mosquito that I'm helping to restore has evidence of colour coded bands on the pipes but many appear to have been rubbed off. Typically they are applied within 2 inches of the pipe ends but many of thee pipes have threaded couplings that can chafe on the bands creating damage if not outright eradication.
  15. The info I have is on some very poor copies of original pipe schedules for the Mosquito and not an AP. What I have does match the table entitled "Air Ministry" in the above link.
  16. Thanks for the quick response guys. The Air ministry chart in the link above confirms some that I have and also fills some gaps. It's missing the narrow blue/yellow/blue for the ASI system that I have called up on some of my Mosquito info though.
  17. Hi all. Does anyone have or know of an AP or other document defining pipe colour codes for British WW2 aircraft? I have documentation for a Mosquito showing, apparently, white for hydraulic lines, red for fuel, and blue/yellow/blue for the ASI system. The pipes were identified by coloured tape bands near the end of each pipe. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
  18. Imagine that. Model box art not resembling an original photo....
  19. Pictures on the net via Google http://www.cartula.ro/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=91703
  20. Me210/410 was my first thought as well. Shame the WNr. can't be read.
  21. The grubby look is why I chose the subject. I'm aware of only the one pic of the aircraft in flight and the exhausts are not clearly visible. Do you have a picture example of what the "cut short" exhausts looked like? This could save me a lot of effort in trying to curve these ouward. I have a lot to learn about the B-25 and so will welcome your input when I post the progress. It will be a slow start with maybe a bit next week and then a resumption in late August. I'll be sure to post a thread on my build when I get going. Thanks Don.
  22. Thanks for that Don, very informative. Dirty Gertie was s/n 4129896 which is called up as a "B-25D-1-NC" in a published article found on the web. Looks like I'll need to think about scratch building the finger type stubs. The panels under the exhaust groups can be be easily filed down to create the grooves.
  23. Hoping someone might know of any aftermarket B-25 flame dampers so that I can convert my 1/48 Accurate Miniatures B-25B Doolittle Raider to a B-25C/D "Dirty Gertie from Bizerte". These dampers look like this: These would replace the large single pipe on the B model. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
×
×
  • Create New...