brewerjerry

Hi slightly off topic a vet wrote that some of the US PR aircraft used paper over the camera windows before take off and allowed the slipstream to take it off when airborne just wondered if raf units did the same ? cheers jerry

Hi there is a high altitude resin conversion kit https://www.scalemates.com/kits/unicraft-models-unc1297-wellington-mkv-conversion-kit--1037280 not sure how it will fit the new airfix kit cheers jerry

Hi From memory there is an official ww2 camo memo of using gloss white on certain external areas of the CC B-17's & matt on other external areas think i posted the details in an older thread somewhere not sure if this was due to corrosion issues cheers jerry

Hi Pm me which type of 109 ( e/f/g etc ) when you are ready i may have some manuals etc of use to you cheers jerry

Hi This thread on TOCH forum, mentions use of C-3 in bombers http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=24915 cheers jerry

Hi Start of the week grump, the fridge freezer failed and the hot water tank started leaking this weekend, finally my watch has stopped working pinched myself to ensure i felt pain and was still alive felt more pain when i paid for the replacement bye bye hobby budget for a month or so cheers jerry

Hi Hopefully someone comes along I cant get to my files at the moment but net searches seem to say the original DO-217 engines were 801A/L run on B-3 the later DO-217 engines were a modified 801D-2 which ran on C-3 so maybe ? possibly ? the bombers did the same thing ? a friend of mine in the uk, many years ago recovered a FW-190A-5 fighter bomber u/c leg that had red paint on it which crashed off devon coast any experts ? cheers jerry

Hi interesting link quotes 16.12.21 as a date could be the release date ? just in time for my hobby budget to recover sufficient funds cheers jerry

Hi vaguely in my memory i recall luftwaffe a/c had a portion of the u/c legs painted red if they used 100 octane fuel,(C-3?) for groundcrew info. I cant recall what octane the DO-217 used at the mo cheers jerry

Hi Well i think it is good advertising on this thread it has 757 views and two pages so far and we are talking about it what a sales team tries to achieve cheers jerry

Hi I would happily pay the extra postage cheers jerry

Hi figured out how to link the original photo mentioned https://www.facebook.com/groups/805861913399811/permalink/823640101621992/ cheers jerry

Hi link to interesting photo of aries at boundary bay, canada before the nose conversion cheers jerry https://www.facebook.com/groups/805861913399811/permalink/836266480359354/

Hi Also one with a nose mounted 40mm cannon you may need three kits ? https://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6901973971/ cheers jerry

Hi when i was an apprentice in the 70's one of the guys training me was ex RN ww2 he said he was happy he did badly in his trade test, as after he found out that the top couple of percent always went straight to the submarine service he scored enough to get on frigates he was a mechanic but scored high enough to be put in the electrical trade and he had great RN stories to tell cheers jerry

Hi slightly o/t I gave up selling on ebay years ago, only buy now wierd things happen i ordered a kit never arrived, got a refund then months later seller told me i had it and signed for it which was interesting as i was at work that day and no one was in, and he couldnt produce sny copy of a signature cheers jerry

Hi Might be worth searching for a book it was about the 109 in the battle of britain but it was in french by michael payne it covered lots of the shot down 109 with photos and profiles https://www.amazon.com/messerschmitt-dans-bataille-dAngleterre-109e/dp/273120012X many years ago i borrowed it from the local library on inter lib loan cheers jerry

Hi Chris Thanks exactly the same as the ones that came with the book I have cheers jerry

Hi Thanks I will keep an eye out for the other one that is hopefully within my hobby budget cheers jerry

Hi Carl Many thanks for the reply and your help in the past here on BM Yes there is one sheet in the pocket and like the book is in very good condition, I think i got a bargain The book is excellent and the content is way beyond what i was expecting, especially for me the sections with info the west coast Libs It mentions other books , were there any others produced after No 2 ? cheers jerry

Hi All, Just managed to get a copy of canada's wings 2 B-24 & B-17 for only $20 cad At the back is a pouch with pull out drawings of the B-24 I just wondered if anyone knows as the book is secondhand if there was only ever one pull out sheet of drawings or it there was more than one ? cheers jerry

Hi There is a close up/ clipped photo here of the R2274 photo that is above in the thread https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/bristol-156-beaufighter interesting info I never knew the conversion retained two of the 20mm nose cannon cheers jerry

Hi Many thanks for your extremely detailed reply great info cheers jerry

Hi I have been searching on the net as I have no Hudson books and can't find the answer So can anyone tell me ? What is the main differences between the mark I onwards thro to and including the mark VI Just engines and cowlings ? cheers Jerry

Bump found a link to photos cheers J