Dave Fleming
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I'd imagine the scheme will be very similar to the BAE146 scheme, white with a red/blue cheat line
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3 hours ago, Homebee said:
New boxing announced - ref. 72045 - Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31
Sources:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/YLF72045
V.P.
That's the one I've been waiting for!
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4 hours ago, junglierating said:
Hmm arent them Under Como...so strictly still civi only with a mil s/n ?
The RN ones are, but the Army Dauphin N2s are purchases as far as I know
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The latest French types would be the SAS/Army Dauphins
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2 hours ago, Selwyn said:
The fin tip error was on the 1/72 kit not the 1/24!
I know, the bit Airfix missed was the change to the electrical system outlets on the upper fuselage (Hence the 'And' before)
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Nose, RWR on the fin and tail, increase the height of the fin tip and (missed by Airfix) convert the two electrical system outlets on the upper fuselage to a single one slightly further back. (They got that right on the SHAR). I think there is an additional mesh vent on the tail boom (first appeared on the GR1A)
If Falklands, you need to add the bump under the nose too.
There are a few antennae as well.
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13 hours ago, SafetyDad said:
Thanks to @Dave Fleming for this detail - helpful here as it confirms this as a G-10
Just passing on what I learnt elsewhere!
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Re the upper wing colour, this photo clearly shows it's a two tone finish and it may just have been the wing roots that were repainted
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14 hours ago, Flintstone said:
I forgot to add that the mottling was original, I was thinking more of the whole wing, which appears to be a single colour?
I think it was in splinter camo, let me see if I can fins some images, but there are several of VF241 that suggest a two-tone upper wing
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On 21/03/2022 at 20:41, Flintstone said:
Clearly the upper surface was changed in places, particularly covering the marking on the rudder, but the close up of the lower tail area shows a different background colour only on some of the German text. The text for the support point forward of the rear wheel strut looks to be the same colour as the majority of the the underside. There could many reasons b
If you look at the enlarged photo you can see the original paint colour behind all the German text - this was quite common for captured aircraft
One point to remember with VF241 is that it was captured before the end of the War, It's not one of the Air Min aircraft, it was already at Farnborugh in April 1945, and flew in July 1945. It's understandable that wartime rules (e.g. underside yellow) may have been applied
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re Black 10, this is the only photo I know after it had been re-painted in Allied markings (and yes, it is a tiny pic!)
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2 hours ago, Marklo said:
I too love this kind of thread. I’m no rivet counter but I like to get things broadly correct. Once you get up to the G6 Me109 configuration gets very complex to the point that I reckon you’d need to see the logbook to see what model the factory thought they’d just built,
But black 4 is a case in point, if it’s accuracy you’re after study your photo references. I’m
And even then, sometimes the dataplate says one thing as the aircraft was modified on the production line!
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An senior offices (e.g. Wing leaders) were allowed to use personal codes, which could look like squadron codes!
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Is it mottling or just bumps and dirt on the surface? It always looks pretty solid at the front. I've always thought the fin and the wing root to be in RAF green, but it looks like the wing still shows it's Luftwaffe colours further out. There is a rear view in (I think) Wings of the Luftwaffe too, but I don't have a good copy of that one.
A difference in tone between the P/Roundel outline and the yellow underside could just be the anngle of relection, or different paint tins - I've seen it before on other RAF prototypes
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I'm gpoing to say any primer looks like possibly just on the leading edge of the fin - the control surfaces look like a darker metal when you see then at a different angle; Possibly the jet pipe but again I suspect just a different alloy
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12 minutes ago, Black Knight said:
The only rules were;
1. The squadron Codes were never to be separated, ie always DW-D, QV-K, never D-WD or Q-VK
And even then, you can find exceptions to that rule!
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Gotta say I'm impressed with this kit out the box, much nicer than the last couple of KP/AZ kits I've bought
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2 hours ago, FalkeEins said:
the Typhoon (72nd) was the same - but very nice when built up. No colour call-outs for the gear bay on the instruction sheet. The Hendon Tempest's is green - does that sound right?
I’d guess painted aluminium, but….
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On 15/03/2022 at 14:32, czaralko said:
Wow Bf-109 derivatives in 1/72 starting to roll off the plastic production line!
Where did you see that?
Good to see another issue of the 1/72 Spitfire IX - first they've done since the BFC issue in 2020, and I think 2019 was the last 'main' issue
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On 14/02/2022 at 08:45, Homebee said:
Released
- ref. KPM0226 - Hawker Tempest F.2 - export - https://www.mn-modelar.com/1-72-tempest-f-2-export-en/
- ref. KPM0227 - Hawker Tempest Mk.II/F.2 - https://www.mn-modelar.com/1-72-tempest-mk-ii-f-2-en/
- ref. KPM0228 - Hawker Tempest F.2 - silver wings - https://www.mn-modelar.com/1-72-tempest-f-2-silver-wings-en/
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Ordered the mk ll boxing today, but there is a slight error in the colour scheme for the SEAC option. PR527 had white identification stripes on the tail plane and under the wings as well. Hard to tell from photos if it had them on the upper surfaces, if pushed I’d say no.. there were some nice photos posted on the RAF in Burma Facebook page last year.
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On 11/03/2022 at 19:58, Troy Smith said:
IIRC it was posted by the late Edgar Brooks, some of his photobucket is still up, some not. As it's a photo of a chip, I can't see why sharing that would cause a problem,
Edgar posted he had found the chips in the archives, but didn't say where, and didn't want to either, but did post up the image. This was years ago. If I can find the thread, I'll add a link.
Hi Troy, it wasn't Edgar (I don't think he ever posted his files) - although he may have been the original source of the images. They came from this post by Nick Millman. I've uploaded the image and the accompanying correspondence below. This is obviously the document that @303sqn mentions in his Paul Lucas quote. The rear of the chips also references a DTD308-83A
PRUPinkBlue-vi by Dave Fleming2, on Flickr
OR4170841-vi by Dave Fleming2, on Flickr
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Having dug into my saved files, I'd saved a photo of an archive chip of PRU pink alongside a PRU blue one. I think it was on here, but not sure so I won't share it but it is a very light colour.
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Somewhere I have a note of the mix, which was one part red to 4 parts white if I recalll
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Beaufighter TT10
in Aircraft Cold War
Posted · Edited by Dave Fleming
SR915 was a TF10 used at the RAE, but used to test the ML target pod that was later used on the Tempest, hence why it had the pod. The pod wasn't adopted for the Beaufighter
When looking for other pictures, I found one of RD850 in this scan from Flypast (p93, p4 of the PDF)- not sure if that's a standard or thimble nose?
https://www.jets-are-for-kids.ch/pdf/bristol_beaufighter_target-tug_FlyPast_01-2019.pdf
Also here
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Aircraft-Royal-Air-Force-1918-Thetford/30178449795/bd#&gid=1&pid=5