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Tony Whittingham

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  • Birthday 10/01/1954

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    Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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  1. Hello All, I need one of these for my 1/24 BPF Hellcat build. Any recommendations? TW
  2. Hi all, At the risk of pouring more fuel on the fire than necessary, I looked at a specific batch of Seafire 1b’s: the MB328-375 serials. It was my hope to identify a specific factory, or contract that would consistently have the strengthening strips. In this group I found 3 factories, and 3 contracts associated with them: 10 came from Westland, 16 from Supermarine, and 21 from Castle Bromwich. The ones that came from Castle Bromwich with BL prefixed serials before conversion are the ones I suspect had the strips. Westland ones don’t seem to. TW
  3. Thanks @ClaudioN, I have in mind to build one of the MB batch you quoted above. The presence of the stiffeners is a conundrum for me. My understanding was that the structure over the wheel wells needed reinforcement, ergo the stiffeners. So, my assumption was that once the problem was identified, that all subsequent “B” wing production had the fix, until the “c” wing production commenced. Either that, or there was a mod number for the stiffener, and another for thicker wing skin. Any thoughts?
  4. Thanks to you all for your responses. @Graham Boak, the images I could find weren’t very large, or very clear. I’m glad to see that the Britmodeller massif concurs!😀 TW
  5. Hi all, I’m building a 1/32 Seafire 1b based on a Hasegawa Spitfire V kit, and I’ve come across some photos of Seafire 1b’s with what looks like the chord wise strengthening strips over the wheel bays like the Spitfire Vb. Can anyone confirm this? Valiant wings no. 12, page 90 is an example. Thanks, TW
  6. Thanks for the fast responses, everyone! I may have to mask and paint my own, even though I have never tried that. TW
  7. Hi All, Is there an agent for Peddinghaus decals on my side of the pond? Their website is enigmatic, to say the least. TW
  8. I think you’ve got the fabric wing right. I did G-AFKX in 1/24 a few years ago, and your build matches. But, watch out for the wing underside, the cartridge chutes have a different pattern than those on metal wings, and the landing lights are further inboard, IIRC. TW
  9. Looks great! My late uncle was Wing Cmdr. -Flying at Finningley in 1978. The Flying wing had Dominies, and JP’s at the time, as I remember.
  10. Marvellous! I have one in the stash, to go with my Sea Vixen and Hunter GA.11 TW
  11. Hi All, I'm wondering if the Luftwaffe had a standard for the instrument panel layout on aircraft in WW2. There doesn't seem to be any fixed placement. Anyone have any information to support or refute this issue? TW
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