Billos

Lovely model and great diorama. Just one niggle -GPS per se did not exist in 1953. He may have had inertial nav which is not the same thing. The first basic GPS was 1958. It's contested whether whether it was a nav system failure or if the pilot intentionally defected. Certainly the fact is the US paid him a great deal of money for the 'delivery'. (Just imagine a 1953 GPS garmin lady shouting (in Korean) "Perform a u-turn!")

@perdu Sorry I'm in Ottawa which is a 6.5 hr flight to Vancouver! Else I would! I don't have any contacts in Vancouver. Don't know if you can search britmodeller for location to ask someone?

@perdu Have you seen this? https://www.carthrottle.com/news/bisected-ford-f-250-seaplane-tug-hurting-our-brains

@perdu hope you're not giving up on the electric Beaver. Still, you can blame me for all the pain it's caused you.

are you sure you didn't mean to post this in the unpopular opinions blog? 😁 Don't get me wrong, I love the "Tonka" but pretty she aint!

At least the yellow plastic will save you having to paint it pink as an undercoat for the yellow paint.....maybe. One of Canada's greatest exports.

@Elias they are very small. I understand that clicking on the pic takes to the original postimage site, but that gets a bit annoying cos it's not a gallery, and continual clicking back and forth is tedious. it would be a shame if people skipped over this marvellous model because of the inconvenience of viewing the pics.

I have the full size version of the pic and The aileron looks to be the same as the roundel outer ring, so, yellow. look also at the rudder which is definitively yellow, yet appears a different shade again. It's down to reflection and the angle of the surfaces, I think. Lets just be grateful it's not a orthochrome photo with its well know dark representation of yellow, in which case we'd be here for years arguing about whether it's red, blue, green, purple with pink spots.... etc.

let's hope it's not ...🚂

Here is my Fairey Battle of No3 Bombing and Gunnery Training School, RCAF Macdonald, Portage le Prairie, Manitoba, between 1941 and April 1943. thanks to @Tigerausfb, @brewerjerry, @Mike Starmer, @Phoenix44, @MOK61 for help with digging out the history of this scheme. Straightforward out of box build, nothing special, it was the colour scheme that was the reason for this build. didn't do a wip cos there's plenty others for this model, all much better than mine!

Finally found a definitive picture in the History of Manitoba wiki:

Guess that makes sense it being a "Stork"🤣 Lovely little plane always been on of my faves. Well done!

It's not a case of performance per se: A and C variants aren't made for carrier operations, which at the time ws the primary role needed. (gotta have something to use on those white elephants magnificent ships.)

Thanks for pointing out that detail. I was thinking I would have to paint it in, but then I notice that FRROM have carefully included that detail in their fin flash for this aircraft. Top marks to them.

Opus (of Bloom county fame) would be proud