Jump to content

avro683

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,706

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by avro683

    Handley Page Hampden

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Tony,

    This scheme was featured in SAM many years ago. IIRC it was torpedo equipped Hampdens coloured Dark Sea Grey over Sky. I believe that the rear end of the bomb bay doors were lower to accomodate the torpedo.

    Unless anyone beats me to it, I can get you a scan from the article.

    Clive

    Clive

    Many thanks for the quick response. The scan would be much appreciated. Does it show the alterations to the bomb bay as well or would that need to be sourced elsewhere?

    Tony :clif:

    Handley Page Hampden

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Does anyone out there have access to Warpaint no 57 covering Hampden and Hereford variants? A friend at model club has recently purchased the FM (Fit Mal!?) kit as I have and he has asked me to enquire if anyone can shed any light on Hampdens painted in Medium Sea grey and/or Dark Sea Grey over Sky. The schemes were illustrated in a 1970's Air Illustrated (I think- it has a red cover) and he would like confirmation as to the authenticity of these schemes.

    Having discovered the Warpaint exists I thought that might be a good place to start?

    Thank you all.

    Tony :clif:

    Trumpeter 350th HMS Repulse in 2008

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    I'll definitely be investing in one of these Matt. I bought the Airfix kit on release but never built it. I hsve the Trumpeter Hood, Tamiya and Mini hobby Models King George V all in 1/350 scale so Repulse will look great amongst them. Hopefully though the new kit will cause less of a rumpus than Hood did; even Trumpeter issued update parts.

    Tony :clif:

    Vulcan panels

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted · Edited by Tony Honour

    There is one at Newark Air Museum also and I understand that the museum has plans to build a third hangar (they have secured the land) to specifically house the Vulcan, Shackleton and Hastings. I am a member of the museum and make several visits a year not only to keep tabs on the marvellous work they do (they are self-financing) but also to to raid the shop!

    Tony :clif:

    Jens Hurricane : FINISHED.

    in Air

    Posted

    Lovely work, Jen. The hasegawa Hurricane raised the bar for me in terms of "from the Box" quality in 1/48th scale. Crafty though that they make them "Limited Edition by re-boxing with different decals!

    Tony :clif:

    Tamiya Lancaster

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi Dave I've built a few of these iun my time but it wasn't until recently that I was made aware that the radio operators window (the Square one) is in the wrong place. It needs to be moved back so it is directly underneath the canopy blister. Also, the cockpit from the nav's position ie forward of the rear edge of the cockpit opening should be black. Belcher bits do outstanding replacement nacelles They way a ton (solid resin) but make all the difference.

    Tony :clif:

    Mattie's Nimrod R1

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by Tony Honour

    I will have a go with my next build, on the real aircraft the Fairing Door should sit just below the top of the Wheels and it should have a slight nose down sit or be level, depending on the tempreture, How much to take off? I would't like to say its going to be trial and error, but once I have done it I will let everyone know

    Many thanks Mattie really enjoying the build - your help is invaluable.

    Tony :clif:

    Mattie's Nimrod R1

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Mattie still works on them :D

    I was thinking that when I placed them on, but I don't want to pull them out as its a very tight fit and I do not want to damage the gear, I will be filing the bottom of the wheels so it'll sit realistically

    I have not moved the windows just filled some in, because I am doing R1 XW664 in her Grey Colours scheme with the lightened roof, which apparantly lowers the cabin temprature by 5 Degrees C,

    Why 64 because it was the first R1 I worked on, moving the ground lock stowage from behind the Air Engineer to the toilet wall at the back door

    Mattie re the undercarriage, I was toying with lowering the main gear by reducing the solid block of part 29E. How much plastic do you think I should remove? Presumably a similar amount would need to come off the nose gear?

    Tony :clif:

    Airfix B-29

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Last one I built was thirty odd years ago before all this help was available. If I remember right the only gotcha I came across is if you leave the main gear as retractrable it's difficult to get the model to stand on it's own three feet.

    Tony :clif:

×
×
  • Create New...