brewerjerry

Hi my vote a whirlwind fighter, a nice size in 1:24 and not to big, and not much competition out there,as the subject has had little coverage apart from airfix and limited run kits. cheers Jerry

Hi All, Haven't found drawings yet but found these thought they might be of interest photos of russian DO-215 http://spasticforplastic.1hwy.com/TRANSIENTS/Do%20215.html cheers Jerry

Hi there maybe some interesting photos in this website http://www.404squadron.com/gallery2.html http://www.404squadron.com/images/gallery/PL41043.jpg cheers jerry

Hi All, thanks for the replies,seems I just have to check how close the nacelles are,I will have to turn out some books with drawings.. cheers Jerry

Hi a well looks like i have to buy an icm kit then cheers jerry

Hi I am a bit of a lazy modeller and I like mix and match, for easy conversions. would the wings of a do-17e mated with a fuselage of a do-17z, give a good start/basis to a do-215 conversion ? and would the left over fuselage 'e' and wings 'z' , produce anything. cheers jerry

Hi Mark It seems they did have fulmars from this extract from chris shores book. apparently they had a total of 18 fulmars and three buffaloes at maleme. http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/squadrons/805.html Account of 805 squadron and the Brewster Buffalo 1941 805 Squadron formed Feb 1941 with 12 Fairey Fulmar two-seat fighters, carrier capable, to support a planned invasion of Rhodes, off the coast of Turkey, held by Italians. Based at Maleme in northeastern Crete, the squadron also had three Buffaloes (AS419, AS420, AX814) along with 6 more Fulmars flew in from Dekheila (?) on 6 March 1941. The Buffalo flight was commanded by Lt. Rupert Brabner, formerly Member of Parliament for Hyth. The Brewsters were equipped with an antique post-and-ring sight, proof that they were Belgian 339Bs rather than the British 339E model. Recollections by 805 squadron CO, Lt Cmdr Alan Black, RN: "The Buffalo was a delight to fly--very maneuverable (compared to the Fulmar). It would have been an excellent fighter but the guns could not be fired because the ends of the wires which were part of the interrupter gear, failed and 805 did not have the necessary spares." He does not explain what happened to the two .50-cal wing guns. Evidently there was a story abroad that Black thought so little of the Brewstger that he tried to swap them for Gloster biplane fighters, for he added: "At no time did I request that the Buffalos [sic] be exchanged for Sea Gladiators, but I do remember that in the light of the inadequacy of Fulmars against CR43s I requested that the Sea Gladiators, if not required for other operations, should be send to Maleme, to reinforce 805." (p141) March 18, Lt. Brabner had his first skirmish, chasing a Ju88 without catching it--while flying a Fulmar, perhaps indicative of his opinion of the Buffalo. He was up again next day, mounted on AS419, only to turn back because of engine trouble. He crash- landed short of the airfield, and the Brewster flipped over on its back, fortunately without injury to the MP. A photograph shows it resting very sturdily on its plexiglass canopy--an evident tribute to Dayton Brown's roll-bar. That seems to have been the Brewster's only sortie from Crete. In the British Order of Battle on April 5, 805 Squadron is shown only as having Fulmars and Sea Gladiators on strength, and by the end of April: "The two remaining Buffalos were also totally unservicable now." When German paratroopers over-ran Crete at the end of May, the Brewsters were apparently left in the boneyard. German photographers delighted in photographing their planes landing over the hulk of a derelict Brewster. Ref: Christopher Shores et al: Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41 (London: Grub Street 1987) also on the same web page sea gladiator N5513; marked 6F, lost on Crete. from 0sprey rn aces of ww2, pg 31 12 may 41 805 NAS was down to just two fulmars and four sea gladiators. ( seems they lost 16 ? fulmars ) from web also it seems that 806Sqn were there with fulmars at Heraklion Crete cheers Jerry

Hi only other eference again a bit vague I came across was ..... CAPTURED FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT Fairey FULMAR Fulmar X8700 of 807 squadron of HMS Argus force landed near Cluminzata, south Portugal. Crew interned, November 1941. Fate of aircraft not known. http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft...ftHomepage.html One long shot for lutwaffe fulmar might be the Fleet Air Arm No. 805 squadron with its complement of Fairey Fulmars, Gloster Sea Gladiators and Brewster F2A Buffaloes, at crete, I have seen the photos of captured buffalos but not fulmars cheers Jerry

Hi My thoughts are the airfix mossie is to big, where would I put one, ( apart from in the bin after completing it). The revell 1/32 to me looks like a mossie, and there are as mentioned, aftermarket stuff to correct it. Unless revell do an update model, I imagine any price for a new kit would be to prohibitive for me. Cheers Jerry

Hi If you are going on e bay look out for the old esci whirlwind/battle decals, they are very old by now, but i think they did decals for a bridge battle. cheers Jerry a few links painting of the last flight http://www.stevenheyenart.com/Battles_enlargement.html the history of the four garland brothers all killed whilst in the RAF. http://www.cfww2.com/forums/showthread.php...arland-Brothers

Hi Well if it has gone wrong they have no excuses...... They are supposed to have copied most of the info, from the one in the museum in norway, ( as they did with the JU-88 ), hence each type of version released. i am thinking about one for a casa 2-111, ( it will temp me into doing a revell beau as a MKII.) cheers Jerry http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftw...s/He111Oslo.jpg

Hi I have not tried it yet, but was told that this may work http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ cheers Jerry

Hi On the website mentioned, is this text extracted below, which could be one reason why at least one sea gladiator was repainted in raf colours. "Both aircraft were deemed non-repairable and one Gladiator had sustained damage to the front of the fuselage and the other was damaged at the rear. The Command Engineering Officer, Squadron Leader A. E. Louks, assessed the damage and considered one good aircraft could be constructed out of the two wrecks. He said: ”…a hybrid was born out of two corpses.” Just a ... 'wag'.... but to me, it seems logical that this hybrid might be the one with a blenheim engine fitted. cheers jerry p.s. Gladiators over Malta: The Story of Faith, Hope and Charity – Brian Cull and Frederick Galea, 2008 Wise Owl Publications, ISBN 978-99932-92-78-4 is qouted amongst the many references on the website.

Hi Reading the website I linked to above, not only were six 'raf' sea gladiators, but it seems there was also an RN flight. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/malta.htm 'HMS Eagle Fighter Flight was officially formed with four Sea Gladiators (N5512, N5513, N5517 and N5567)' cheers Jerry

Hi from memory an old article said one had an engine from a blenheim fitted. an excellent link below, which is very interesting to read as there were more than three gladiators....etc... http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/malta.htm cheers Jerry

Hi as they say..... omg omg omg.... and the engines are seperate sprues, maybe more variants later? cheers Jerry

Hi curiosity is getting me, is the red a primer for a fabric surface, or something else ? cheers Jerry

Hi All, To reply to my thread, a revell lanc, complete with caramac bars ..... My 17 yr old daughter got a 1:32 hasegawa spit Vb,( as requested by her) cheers Jerry

Hi All, Thought this may be approriate for any to post/boast about the new arrivals. cheers Jerry

Hi just for info, a lancaster BII also had jet engines for testing,( according to the raf mod uk website), it should make a different conversion given a bit of research. cheers jerry

Hi All, I have just watched ' we attack' a ww2 film, in one shot is a hurricane, day fighter , type C fin flash having it's damaged rudder removed, also can be seen the serial, but to small to work out. in style Zxxxx any ideas on when this style was used . cheers Jerry

Hi I would have to start saving for a house extension first...... 1:32 b-17...... cheers Jerry

[quote name='Work In Progress' date='Dec 19 2010, 03:25 AM' post='654877' In the old days we used to do it with bits of a Halifax and lots of filler, and decals nicked or adaoped from other sources, or hand painted. Hi I have a revell lanc, matchbox lanc, and in the post an airfix halifax. for just this, a trip down memory lane. Sorry to hear of the job loss. cheers Jerry

Hi Nice photos, Anyone know what the old Frog / Novo / etc / etc .... Beaufort was like for accuracy. I still remember my 'spin a props' from the old Frog days.. cheers jerry

Hi Probably not the first time someone has seen corecting something not wrong as a way to make a sale/profit.... But in this particular case I have no personal knowledge. cheers Jerry