112 Squadron

Once again I have to thank you for showing more of your highly interesting Finnish Air Force collection.

The foilage green RAAF Beaufighters look particularly attractive. Thank you for sharing Alain.

Thank you for sharing your latest 109 Alain.

Excellent built as always Russ. 👍

As always you did excellent work with the brush Alain when applying the camo of this Luftwaffe plane.

Thank you for sharing more of your Finnish Air Force collection Alain.

A very beautiful Hurricane Alain. May I ask which colour did you use for the dark blue?

In my opinion, the code letters look rather a bit too small for 1/72. You may check it out by yourself by comparing the decal sheet here: https://www.super-hobby.de/products/Spitfire-MK.Vb-TROP-993201.html#gallery_start to the pictures of the original planes: https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/AB502 https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/EP688 Judging from my own experience with the simple single engine WW2 planes from Hobby Boss the sizes of the roundels and letters were often too small. In particular with the early kits that came out more than a decade ago. Later releases such as the new 1/72 scale F8F Bearcat have pretty nice and accurate decal sheets in the box. The Italeri ones for AB502 look more accurate as you may check out here: https://www.super-hobby.at/products/Spitfire-Mk.-VB.html However, I don´t know whether these kits are available in your country. A good source for SAAF roundels may be the initial Airfix Spitfire Vc kit which features a SAAF version: https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/airfix-a02108-supermarine-spitfire-mkvc--1260494

Thank you for sharing more of your Finnish Fokkers Alain.

A very beautiful Spitfire Alain. May I ask what are your usual modifications when you are building the Airfix Mk Vc? Finally I may share a link to a picture of the pilot: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C276571

A plane from a little known WW2 campaign. In 1941 a detachment of the Luftwaffe was sent to Iraq to support the uprising against the British. The force consisted of Bf 110s, He 111 and Ju 52 transport planes. All Luftwaffe markings were overpainted with Iraqi insignia. Thank you for sharing Alain.

Seeing two USAAF Spitfires with markings of the 31st FG 309th FS side by side is indeed a rare sight. Thank you for sharing these excellent photos.

Thank you for sharing these outstanding pictures.

Sorry Steve I totally overlooked that you already posted a link to this picture so my post was actually redundant. Concerning the Squadron letters "GA" they could be any size as you have pointed out and crudely painted as well. Originally, the letters "GA" were already assigned to 112 Squadron in June 1941. They were supposed to be painted on the aircraft in the second half of November. According to Andre Zbiegniewski´s book 112 Squadron 1939-41, due to the heavy fighting during Operation Crusader the squadron codes were applied to the Tomahawks somewhat later than planned and most of them in a hurry. With regard to the area behind the rear clear panels I may link to this thread here from a couple of years ago where were the issue of the colour is discussed in more detail:

I may share a link to a picture of AK457 for further reference:

In 1/72 scale there was a conversion set released by Blackbird Models for the Tamiya Mk VI kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/blackbird-models-bma72043-mosquito-tiii-conversion--1193546 Freightdog released a sheet with decals for an overall yellow T III both in 1/72 and 1/48 scale: https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/freightdog-models-fsd48002-weekend-warriors--167380 https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/freightdog-models-fsd72003s-weekend-warriors--901329

It is impressive how you have captured the formations with your camera. These pictures are first class.👍

Excellent pictures of a beautiful day in Duxford. Once again thank for sharing them.

Thank you for sharing the video and these amazing pictures.

Thank you for sharing these excellent pictures.

You are right the Coffman Starter hub also needs to be removed from the upper cowling parts in order to convert it to a Seafire Mk XV.

You are right the two brigade conversion sets actually contain identical parts. Only the decal sheets are different. There is both a rudder for the Mk XV and one for the Mk XII in the set. I guess a spare pointed rudder from an Mk IX can easily be sourced from an Eduard kit that is not a major problem. If you want to convert the XTRAKIT Mk XII into a Seafire it is involved with some major modifications. The rudder in the XTRAKIT would need to be cut off and exchanged with the spare Brigade Mk XV rudder. Also note that the Mk XII has clipped wings so some spares would be required to convert them and of course you have to replace the oil cooler with a radiator from your spares. Finally, you have to rescribe the wings. If you invest time and effort it can be done. IMHO it is far easier to built the Mk XII out of the box instead of doing all those conversions.

Thank you for sharing your latest SEAC Spitfire Alain. I may share a link about the pilot S/L Davies: https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/DaviesGGA.htm

Thank you for sharing again more rare Finnish Fokkers Alain.

A very beautiful Kiwi Warhawk Alain. This P-40 is still preserved today: https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/new-zealand-p-40-re-assembled