[It had to be done...Churchill Class Submarine- HMS Courageous]

On 6/9/2022 at 4:06 AM, Courageous said:

 

 

Stuart

 

Hi

     I like the diorama idea

you including a king neptune ? 

   cheers

      jerry

[HMS Conqueror]

Hi 

Thanks, i was looking in hannants etc 

      cheers

        jerry

[Which colour for the era of the Type 42s and Type 22s?]

Hi

    Another thing i just recalled was the waterlines were painted out on some of the ships

 

    can"t remember about atlantic conveyor

 

   cheers

    jerry

[Face palm]

Hi

    Watching good morning britain 8th june 

 

  the reporter describes the skyhawk as a seahawk

 

    jerry

 

  

  

[Which colour for the era of the Type 42s and Type 22s?]

Hi

    When i was in devonport dockyard, as the falklands was kicking off, the dockyard painters were mixing batches and colours of paint to make south atlantic grey as there was none available in NSN stocks

    as you went past the frigates moored on the dockside on the river tamar,  i don't think i saw one that was the same colour south atlantic grey

   cheers 

      jerry 

 

 

[HMS Conqueror]

Hi

    Where did you find the kit to purchase ? 

    cheers

      jerry 

[Mosquito Prototype (book of, plans etc)]

21 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

 

HTH

 

Hi

    Thanks for posting it

     it reminded me that i still had to find a mosquito book and a lancaster book, to complete my set

    hopefully they will soon be crossing the pond

    cheers

       jerry 

[HK Mosquitos]

Hi

    Not sure of the accuracy of it

 

 would a revell 1:32 mosquito nose make a cheaper conversion to the 1:32 tamiya, or does the revell have shape issues

    cheers

       jerry

[HK Mosquitos]

Hi

    does this help ? 

 

xvi sprues

https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=1922

 

iv sprues

https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=1518

 

cheers

   jerry 

[When is a hurricane not a hurricane (airfix is at it again)]

Hi

    What is happening to airfix QC

 

  it doesn't seem to be getting any better 

 

    cheers

       jerry

[short stirling H2S radome 1:72 source]

10 hours ago, Rafwaffe said:

I can probably help you out I have two of the new stirling IIIs coming so can spare you the radome of one if you want. Just send me a PM if you want and we’ll sort it out.

 

Alex

Hi Alex

            many thanks, PM sent

                cheers

                   jerry

[short stirling H2S radome 1:72 source]

Hi

    I have a italeri stirling IV and getting stuff ready  before starting to build the one that visited western canada in ww2 

 

   my problem is i can't find a source to buy a H2S radome

 

   i can't justify buying the new italeri III just for a H2S  radome 

 

  would one from a lanc or halifax fit ? 

 

   any ideas ?

 

  (  i have tried wants section already )

 

 

 

        cheers

            jerry 

[Intermittent 'Server Unavailable' Message - incorporating 500 & 503 Errors]

On 5/12/2022 at 7:29 AM, Adam Poultney said:

I've noticed the 500 errors have really gone up in frequency recently

Hi

     Yep i have noticed that as well

        cheers

           jerry

[Any Miles Master in the MTO ?]

Hi

    not a master but is this martinet in desert colours ?

   cheers

     jerry 

 

http://homepage.eircom.net/~wrgi/martinetcor.html

[Any Miles Master in the MTO ?]

Hi

    I vaguely recall seeing many years ago a luftwaffe photo of a wreck on e bay taken in the desert 

 

  probably it was on the no longer lemb  website 

 

   cheers

     jerry 

[Lysander In TSS]

Hi

    If you follow the footage there is nice bits of the lysander dinghy fit etc

   it was actually filmed at portreath 

 

  cheers

    jerry 

 

 

asr film 

 

 

[colour czech spitfire film]

On 4/4/2014 at 2:18 PM, Test Graham said:

.........

can't be sure about two other types seen during the takeoff - grey Harvards or similar? (But why grey? I didn't think they were PR Spits...)

  .......

Hi

    

    did anyone figure out what the grey harvards refered to are ? 

 

   cheers

       jerry 

 

 

[1942 RAF colour film + Ginger Lacey interview]

Hi

    an earlier thread with all the czech colour footage

 

 

 

[A desert-scheme Wellington with blue undersurfaces]

Hi

     would this be the thread ? 

 

     it  has a possible wellington photo candidate 

 

        cheers

           jerry 

 

 

 

[A desert-scheme Wellington with blue undersurfaces]

Hi

    Sounds vaguely familiar, as is also a three colour upper surface wellington

       but sorry I can't help with a source photo 

   cheers

     jerry 

[Dennis Waterman passed.]

Hi

     To young at 74 

   Will be missed he was in many of my favourite tv shows 

    cheers

      jerry

[Crashed Heinkel Unpublished Photographs]

On 5/5/2022 at 10:00 AM, Jochen Barett said:

I'd rather accept the code of the Heinkel pictured was G1+EM (with G1E in white and M in yellow)

Hi

    Could well be as the crash report mentioned yellow spinners 

  and underside of aircraft painted lamp black, swastikas and letters obliterated 

  cheers

     jerry 

[Crashed Heinkel Unpublished Photographs]

Hi

     Found this on the web 

 

 you may know this already but just incase 

 

"The ID discs of the crew indicated Gruppe III and Oberleutnant J Speck was the Staffelkapitän of 9/
KG55. The aircraft code lettering had apparently been recently changed to G1+EM and the compass 
card which was dated 29th April 1941 also had this lettering, so it was assumed by Air Intelligence that 
the aircraft and its crew had transferred to 4/KG55. The Bordfunker could not be interrogated owing 
to his injuries." 

 

 

cheers

   jerry

[Crashed Heinkel Unpublished Photographs]

Hi

     Read here for the correct official method of physically researching a crash site

 

  MOD permission is required 

 

     cheers

        jerry

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aviation-archaeology

[Crashed Heinkel Unpublished Photographs]

Hi 

     As to PRO / Kew maybe try a search in i think it was air 22  266/ 267 ?

or air 41 for crash reports, 

 maybe even air 50 ? or the AVIA aircraft type reports 

  mind you this is from a memory of about 20yrs ago 

 

 

WW2 dept was Ai2(g) i think 

 

  PM sent

 

     cheers

        jerry