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  1. Dave Fleming
    They were either a light grey or anodised aluminium I have some walkaround shouts of XP831 at South Kensington, they used to be online but got lost in an ISP change
  2. Dave Fleming
    Not mentioning Guernsey's Girl on a Nimrod then....
  3. Dave Fleming
    I thought you had, but thought I'd mention it just in case!
  4. Dave Fleming
    I did this myself years ago using an old Revell Triplane kit and the upper wing from a Pup. I think the drawings in the Bruce book are wrong in suggesting the upper turtle deck slopes back towards the tail - based on an optical illusion in one particular photo. If you look at this photo, the upper fuselage looks standard Triplane with straight longerons
  5. Dave Fleming
    It's an area that's not well photographed - someone needs to get to Pima and photograph the survivor! I'll send you an email of the best I have - it's a sort of a triangle shape
  6. Dave Fleming
    The different tones on the underside of L1555 are interesting
  7. Dave Fleming
    They have in the past, but that was before David Hannant died, nit had any contact with them recently
  8. Dave Fleming
    I'm not sure if it's the mould or the soft plastic they use for the production. Both Academy and Hasegawa used much harder plastic, which seems to retain tha5t 'sharpness' much better
  9. Dave Fleming
    The initial release of the mk IX was 2016 through to 2019 We've since had the Fokker DVII as well.
  10. Dave Fleming
    Another example of a similar design approach was the Vickers Type 253, where the inner porting of the wing swept forward to give the pilot a clear view downwards
  11. Dave Fleming
    I have several tins of it carefully preserved! It's best described as a browny-olive drab colour. I'll see if I can find something painted in it and take a picture.
  12. Dave Fleming
    Humbrol 108 remains my favourite PC10
  13. Dave Fleming
    And lacking in kits unless you want to build a T-6G! I'm not sure if the reference to them as 'Yales' is contemporary or a modern usage. From our previous correspondence you said
  14. Dave Fleming
    And you can use the Merlin nacelles to make Beaufighter mk IIs
  15. Dave Fleming
    Indeed, likely the Airfix kit will be available in many more outlets than Eduard kits are in.
  16. Dave Fleming
    Only one I know of is in the Aeromilitaria article mentioned above, showing the natural metal one in RAF markings abandoned (No wings!) in Bombay/Mumbai in 1948. Likely it was camouflaged, as most other BVAF aircraft were (Tiger Moths, Aeronca Chief, Yales etc)
  17. Dave Fleming
    You might find these of interest https://www.flickr.com/photos/142978726@N08/albums/72157668039935828 Especially this one - note the Avengers (presumably from Bulwark) next to the island
  18. Dave Fleming
    Ventura II with martin turret! Nice and different!
  19. Dave Fleming
    Thanks Peter, I'd found that - a big help!
  20. Dave Fleming
    It's not, it's actually a hybrid nacelle that is neither Blenheim nor Bolinbroke (but matches the flying one!) - from memory too long for a Blenhiem, too short for a Bolingbroke. In which case, they are just as accurate releasing the kit as the latter!
  21. Dave Fleming
    Further research confirms upper and lower wing as far back as the front spar! Time for a sanding stick!
  22. Dave Fleming
    Partially answering my own question, I found this image, which suggests upper and lower (assuming an accurate restoration)
  23. Dave Fleming
    HI All, I know Australian-built Tiger Moths had 'hard' leading edges made of plywood under the fabric covering. Was this both upper and lower wings, and how far back did it go? Was it just the area covered by the riblets on the UK production? had a look at lots of photos, but the wing leading edge is the hardest part to see on any angle!
  24. Dave Fleming
    But late on this but Aeromilitaria 1991/1 has an article
  25. Dave Fleming
    Welsh Models do some props, I bought a set last year
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