[Airfix 1/72 Blenheim IV query]

Hi

     I think this review is better, actually shows the gun pack sprue in a photo, the other review leaves it out as far as i can see 

 

  cheers

   jerry 

 

[Holy Grail kits]

On 4/24/2022 at 12:04 PM, VMA131Marine said:

The SS Canberra is due for a rerelease. It was last issued in 1999.

Hi

     I  'e-mailled'   airfix sales a few years ago

     they stated the only canberra kit that they have is an aircraft 

   

  maybe the mold no longer exists 

 

      cheers

         jerry 

[did anyone make a kit of the Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS]

4 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

From what I found Formaplane made a 1/72 scale vacu model of the Mig-5.The kit number is D32.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

Hi

     Many thanks, I now know what to search for, even thou' it maybe a bit rare

   cheers

       jerry 

[did anyone make a kit of the Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS]

Hi

     Did anyone make a kit of the 

Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS , preferable in  1:72 

    not fussed if vac or resin 

        cheers

          jerry 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_DIS

 

[Holy Grail kits]

Hi

    Must mean that i am getting old, I recognise quite a few kits 

      amongst others i have a 1:96 valiant unbuilt and one partially built, also a free enterprise kit

 

   one regret is i never got an airfix 1:600 S.S. Canberra kit 

 

     cheers

       jerry 

[Short Sunderland Mk.III - Waist Guns?]

Hi

    The talk of 10 Sqn RAAF sunderlands reminded me somewhere i have an original ww2 photo of the unofficial Sqn crest/ insignia used on sunderlands 

  I must try to find it again sometime 

     cheers

         Jerry 

[Beaufort Upper Colour?]

On 4/8/2022 at 3:04 PM, dogsbody said:

The first 11 are mentioned here, at the bottom of the page: http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_L5332_N1045_detailed.html

 

Some other serials are here, but the site doesn't have details on them: http://www.rwrwalker.ca/list_by_type.html#B

 

 

 

Chris

Hi

     pity my idea doesn''t help then from the details 

   cheers

      jerry 

[Bf109E, Astonishing color footage of III./JG 3 at Desvres in late 1940/early 1941]

Hi

    Many years ago i  was told red paint was used on german undercarriage legs as an instant easy reminder to ground crew to use a different type of fuel 

    cheers

        jerry 

[Beaufort Upper Colour?]

4 hours ago, dogsbody said:

 

 

 

Chris

 

Hi

     This one is interesting 1943,  but still early type roundel and fin flash

  It would be nice to view the AM 78 movement card at the RAFM to see when it was shipped to canada, it might give an idea as to the colours

 

   cheers

      Jerry 

[Beaufort Upper Colour?]

Hi

    not sure if you know this link for coastal colours 

 

http://www.hrmtech.com/SIG/coastal_cam.asp

 

  cheers

    jerry 

[Hampden torpedo bomber]

Hi 

     BM thread on the MKII

 

 

    cheers

        jerry

[Beaufort Upper Colour?]

Hi

    I was thinking of using the colour photos of the bolingbrokes in the lassie film shot at pat bay as a guideline for my 1:48 beaufort when i get back to building it

  cheers

     jerry 

 

https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Son_of_Lassie

[ARMA HOBBY 1/72 Hurricane Mk.II B/C Set decals]

On 4/1/2022 at 3:30 AM, fishplanebeer said:

The 4 photos of BD949 in the book I mention do not include the one posted in the blog but due to copyright I can't post them, however they are available from the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz. Alternatively the book is still available on Amazon for less than £6.

 

Regards

Colin.

Hi

    seems other photos of the a/c are also here, but sadly not online 

  

 

 

https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/hurricane-ii-c-du-squadron-1-raf-du-flight-lieutenant-romas-markinkus-capture-et-un-avion-leurre-sur-un-terrain-d-aviation.html

 

 

there was also/ is ?  another french  archive, something like ECPA  ? with loads of ww2 a/c photos 

 

   cheers

      jerry

[Hampden torpedo bomber]

Hi

    in the scond photo on the upper tailplane 

   it seems to have straight paint lines, is it i/d stripes or just the camo pattern

   cheers

       jerry 

[Hampden torpedo bomber]

On 4/2/2022 at 5:54 AM, Graham Boak said:

The AZ modified transparency set for the Valom kit (presumably usable with a bit of work on the Airfix one) incorporates this and the revised windows, which can be seen at least partially in several of the photos in this thread.  

Hi

     Never thought of trying that on the airfix hsmpden, I must see when i do my hampdens 

    cheers 

      jerry

[New(ish) book on the Westland Whirlwind fighter]

Hi 

     Old age is getting me 

  i totally forgot about the 4+ book , yep another good one 

     cheers

        jerry 

   

[New(ish) book on the Westland Whirlwind fighter]

Hi

     Yep a good book , but also don't forget Naill''s book 

  and the smaller booklet by alex 

   and the old bingham book & the kookaburra booklet is not bad

 

  Kudos to them all achieved something i never got around to doing  ..... writing a whirlwind book

 

   and imho  all better than that new book that was recently re published 

 

     cheers

        jerry

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Whirlwind-Westlands-Enigmatic-Niall-Corduroy/dp/1781554307

 

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5996800-westland-whirlwind-mk-i

 

 

[Hampden torpedo bomber]

Hi

   Just to post in the correct thread, i browsed some 32 OTU Pat Bay notes i got awhile back from the web 

 

  It mentions a hampden B.1 serial AN101 crashing whilst doing a torpedo drop 

 

the notes differentiate between hampden B.1 aircraft and Hampden TB.1 

 

does anyone know if AN101 was actually a TB.1

    or a  hampden B.1 modified in canada to do torpedo drops 

 

   cheers

      jerry 

   

[Hampden Bottom Turret Confusion]

5 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Not the most aerodynamic cross section on the wing part, that sure surprised me.

Steve.

Hi

    as the photo is of a 32 OTU hampden at Pat Bay Canada, it is likely that local supply was used, hence a plank of wood,

   unlike the one in tbe other photo in the thread which looks aerodynamic 

    it might even be possibly a local canadian hampden torpedo bomber conversion ? 

   cheers

     jerry 

 

[Hampden Bottom Turret Confusion]

35 minutes ago, dogsbody said:

This photo is courtesy of author Carl Vincent.

 

It shows the underside in one of the Hampden torpedo bombers that were at No. 32 OTU RCAF, at Patricia Bay, British Columbia.

 

 

 

 

 

Chris

Hi

    Thanks for the photo

 

    cheers

          jerry

[Aoda model kits, any idea what they are like]

Hi 

   Thanks for the replies and info

      cheers

         jerry

[Aoda model kits, any idea what they are like]

Hi

    Aoda model kits 1:72 

    I have never heard of them before, any ideas what they are like ?

    cheers 

       jerry

[1/48 - Avro Anson Mk.I by Airfix - released]

On 3/22/2022 at 3:19 PM, stever219 said:

Don’t you have a first-born or kidney that you could sell?  Or an SWMBO?

Hi

    kidneys to old to sell 

    need first born to look after me in a few years time

  and swmbo left for greener pastures years ago

   which means i have a hobby budget again, but only enough for one airfix anson 

   cheers 

     jerry 

  

[Mosquito propeller question]

59 minutes ago, Troy Smith said:

To protect them from dripping oil.  Merlin engines  leak a lot of oil.  You se it on other types. 

Lancaster crew, Swinderby, 1942. by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr

 

 

Hi

     I was told once by a ex lanc crew member ?  worry when a merlin stops leaking oil

  cheers

     jerry 

 

[Mosquito propeller question]

Hi

    a better photo

 appears origin is IWM CH series 

       cheers J 

 

 

my older BM thread 

 

gives details of the code for MM150, P3-E.