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    Photo-Recon Marauder

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Plus there were the overall black B-17`s and B-24`s used by the USAAF leaflet dropping units and the `Carpetbaggers' which dropped agents.

    Hope thist helps

    Tony

    Hi

    slightly O/T but any ideas the years the unit operated, or unit/Sqn numbers

    cheers

    Jerry

    matchbox P-70 Havoc is it a revell kit ?

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    Hi All,

    Curiosity,before I think of trying to get one

    The matchbox p-70, is it just the old revell p-70 kit ? if so I presume an original revell issue would be better quality.

    Secondly is the kit reasonably accurate, or one not worth bothering with.

    cheers

    Jerry

    airfix recovery set

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    hey guys.

    does anyone know when the RAF stopped using the 'queen mary' trailer to drag broken airplanes around?. Also, did the royal navy use them or a similar type. last question, if anyone here has one, built up, what are the dimensions of the trailer, so I can work out wether to get one for a project i have in mind? need to know the length and width of the 'well' part of the trailer so I can work out if my idea will fit

    thanks guys

    steve

    Hi Steve,

    I can send you a photo of a set of plans,from old airfix mag article.

    if you wish, PM me your e mail and i can send them this weekend.

    cheers

    Jerry ( an ex devonport dockyardie )

    stirling bomber in us markings july 1943

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi All,

    browsing a book I had not read for many years,bombing colours by bowyer.

    On page 156 it states

    off all the stirlings I recorded in 1943 the most unusual was surely that seen on the evening of july 24 in the usual british camouglage but with usaaf star and bar markings on the fuselage side, she wore only a white star with bars flanking it.

    presumably he only saw the sides & undersurfaces of the aircraft,

    I was wondering if any info existed on the a/c and if it had upper wing markings.

    cheers

    Jerry

    BoB Silhouttes

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    My Dad has a full set of these cards from when he was in the ATC during the War. I have yet to see any for sale on-line.

    Hi

    I must admitt I have never seen a full set for sale, I managed to get a some small sets off e bay quite a few years ago, but they are all packed way.

    cheers

    Jerry

    Lysander In TSS

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    DCRanger said:
    For an ASR Lizzie you should really have SBC's (Small Bomb Containers) attached to the stup wings via Iniversal carriers. These contained the dinghies and other bits of recue gear. For strict accuracy you also need Light Series bomb rack (as seen on Harts, Blenheims and Swordfish etc) fitted under the gunners position and carrying smoke floats.

    SBC1.jpg

    A nice bit of footage can be seen here. Sorry, but you have to watch an advert before the film clip starts. Don't forget to enlarge the picture by clicking on the @expand' button next to the volume indicator.

    Hi

    a nice clip, at one time you could download lo-rez film free from the pathe site.

    there is more footage available from this film,it shows spits scrambling etc,if i remember the link i will post it.

    the walrus was the one done by airfix in the old days.

    276Sqn also had hurricanes but i have found out little on the fittings,etc.

    link

    http://www.rafweb.org/SqnMark271-299.htm

    http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/quarter2/defiants.htm

    cheers

    Jerry

    PRU Blue Walruses

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi

    276 Sqn I can well believe,

    The stories I heard from ex members were very interesting, it seems they were mostly aircrew who had just come from frontline combat units.

    Most of their aircraft seemed to be painted just not quite exactly as should be, the few photos of 278 Sqn aircraft I saw also were similar.

    cheers

    Jerry

    Turbinlite Boston lll

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    Hi

    I think the boston III had the larger tail as well, so you would have to fit a high planes nose to an airfix boston.

    Maybe buy a highplanes kit, for use as the pattern, then sell it afterwards....

    Not sure but i think there was an old airifx mag conversion article many many moons ago.......

    cheers

    Jerry

    curiosity poll do you open the box or leave it sealed

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi All,

    Well it seems it was a successful poll..glad I am not alone...

    Todays impulse buy .... ( 40% off any item voucher for michaels store, my excuse..) ..... was a 1:48 revell P-39, it made to the front door, then the wrapping came off, seems a nice re issue kit by the look of it, all parts present,now re-bagged, and ready for storage until the bad weather,it even came with some free extra stuff, ( pilot & mechanic, underwing guns )

    Cheers

    jerry

    One for the bin

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    .....Looks it's time to find out how merciful Revell are. .....

    Hi

    If the model has been in recent production, revell are excellent with the part replacement service.

    But if it has been out of production for a while there is not much chance of the part.

    Cheers

    Jerry

    Four-blade typhoon prop?

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    Hi

    Maybe browse e bay,I recently got two resin tailplane sets cheap, I had to wait a few months before they came up tho.

    Likewise there are usually some cheap monogram kits that could be a donor.

    cheers

    Jerry

    Crikey! Whirlwind Projections & Thoughts

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi

    Again just my personal opinion,but i think the prop was a minor item, I just compared the 'larger' merlin prop with a scale drawing of the whirlwind, ( a very course method, I know but it would fit ) I think westlands would have worked this out.

    The bigger problem was the merlin XX was an updraft carb, the peregrine a downdraft carb, as the whirlwinds peregrine was very tight in the rear of the engine bay,when a merlin would be installed it would interfere with the space needed for the undercarriage, hence the undercarriage retraction problems, mentioned by menesforth,which he claims to had solved.

    The first downdraft carb merlin was, as I understand it the 130,131,134,135 series engines for the hornet.

    If this discussion keeps up,and some more input, we should be able to draw a good impression of what the merlin XX whirlwind could have looked like.

    Cheers

    Jerry

    Beuteauswertung 10: Spitfire VI cockpit walk-around

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    PS The library of the Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo – museum is very interesting if aircraft used by Finnish Air Force is your thing. Technical manuals etc. can be found for many of them. I would say that pieces like these Beuteauswertung reports are few and far between. My intention is not to scare anyone out of visiting the museum but plan ahead to avoid too high expectations. I have been told that mr. Timo Heinonen knows best the museum library collection (including the photo collection).

    Hi Kari,

    Many thanks for posting the photos & info, for people like me on this side of the pond......your post is awesome.

    Anything else on any aircraft from any of these reports you can post,would no doubt, be really welcome here on the board.

    Cheers

    Jerry

    Crikey! Whirlwind Projections & Thoughts

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    Hi

    Well looks like I am the voice in the wildernes then,

    Just my thoughts but my clue is from the letter.

    .....because of the solution of certain undercarriage retraction problems, to offer to install in the whirlwind twin merlin XX engines ....

    Which makes me think it is engines being fitted into the whirlwind to enable westlands to continue the production line,due to no more peregrines available.

    As I wonder why there would be undercarriage retraction problems with a new design,(welkin),surely most of it should have been designed correctly.

    Likewise why would mensforth offer something to the ministry that three months previously, had been accepted by them, and had on 9 jan 41 been given permission (and funding) from MAP to build two prototype welkin aircraft.

    Anway as they say there are always more ways than one to interpret things, it always leads to a good discussion.

    Cheers

    Jerry

    Beuteauswertung 6: North American "Mustang"

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by brewerjerry

    Hi

    I will go for the codes being HB, 239 Sqn.

    individual letter might be an O or B , hard to tell from light.

    I will try to see if I can find out more.

    Is there a list of all these reports, identifying which aircraft which report is on.

    Thees reports are awesome, anymore you can post...

    cheers

    Jerry

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