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  1. On 1/14/2024 at 8:18 PM, MOK61 said:

    I've already spotted another opportunity! That window above the fillet in the corner is two separate panes in the photograph but the mask for that corner is a single piece. Interestingly, the mask for the starboard corner is in two pieces, so it may be an error in drawing up the mask set. A relatively easy fix. I hope.

    It should be a 2 part mask on both sides as the lower part is a Direct Vision window that opens inwards on each side so that the pilots can have a clear view forward and below

     

    John

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  2. hi, sorry a bit late to the party.

     

    A lot of the items in the Italeri kit are quite fanciful, notably the 'galley' installed aft of the Navigators bulkhead, you'd only find that on a Mk V fitted out for passengers.

     

    regarding other items, the only thing routinely carried was a case in the centre section for a 'Tropicalisation kit', this also had some survival equipment such as water canisters and heliographs.

     

    I expect that on ops where the aircraft had to fly a considerable distance such as the raids on Turin when flying on to north Africa, extra maintenance equipment might have been carried, but knowing the constraints of flying through the Alps en route, I think they'd have been dispensed with to save weight

     

    John

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  3. I've  seen that video and whilst it's ambitious in its intent I think it unrealistic to compare a 4 engined heavy with a Battle which carried 3 crew and was only used operationally for a short time. Same with the other twins. A more realistic view would be to compare loss rate against number of operational sorties. This would level the field a bit but wouldn't take into account improvements in technology and operational use.

    At best a Battle is a tactical light bomber as opposed to a 4 engined strategic bomber

    John

  4. Hi Heather

     

    Cracking build thus far. Not sure if anyone has responded as yet, but the fuselage interior fwd of the cockpit bulkhead is all cockpit green, with the fuselage aft of that in painted silver/aluminium. 

     

    For early Mk Is the rear turret is an FN4 as per the Manchester and most definitely not the same as a Lanc. Are you doing a Mk I, srs 1, 2 or 3?

     

    John

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  5. Hi Vince

     

    Ta for the vote, so will do my best to answer.

    As far as I know, there's no hard fast rule for astrodome installation, but I suspect that once Stirlings switched to night operations the astrodome became the standard fit. The parts catalogue allows for both types of hatch so I suppose you could switch although I doubt on an operational squadron they'd bother to switch them over. I'd lay odds that most if not all Mk IIIs would have the dome though.

    I'll do some more digging and see if I can come up with anything

    Cheers

    John

  6. Hi Pete

     

    The cockpit is indeed Cockpit green as is the Bomb Aimers compartment. However, everything aft of the cockpit bulkhead is in aluminium (except for Mk Vs)

     

    I built the Airfix kit as a Mk III last year in the markings of BK716 which is the aircraft recently recovered by the Dutch Air Force from the Markemeer

     

    regards

     

    John

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