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Max Headroom

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  1. My understanding is that ex factory, Va's had the fabric aelirons of the I/II and Vc's metal and that the changeover occured sometime during the Vb production run. Of course once in the field........... MH
  2. I seem to remember that the mainwheels were incorrectly positioned and when looking at it from the front should hang directly underneath the position of the booms. Miggers' linked article doesn't seem to adress this. MH
  3. Gorgeous build. Mine will only be a shadow of your superb effort. MH
  4. There is one such vet flying today a late Westland built example 1a AR213. There have been numerous photos over the years (originally in FlyPast) which show her coded JZ*F (or was it U?). Her cowling has horizontal red white and blue stripes and the serial painted on the fin flash. Less well known is her sister '212 which appeared with a solid yellow nose. I've been Googling to see if picture of either turn up. No luck so far. MH
  5. Back in the mid 70's I recall an edition of Airfix Magazine. There was a photospread of a Hurricat ready for action. One shot was from above, the plane on the catapult and I assume the pilot sitting on the wing. What interested me though were at least three tonal values for the upper surface camo, suggesting at least a partial repaint. Unfortunately, my Airfix mags disappeared many moons ago so cannot give more info. However if someone out there has them to hand........... MH
  6. Dan This is the "Takoradi Route" from the Gold Coast, now Ghana, as you can see it was quite a long haul http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kIWY2DV0KnE/R8wq...i+Air+Route.jpg not been able to find a picci though. MH
  7. Just watching an episode of 'Aircraft Stories' that I recorded from Discovery Knowledge this morning. It covers the Belenheim, Wellington and the Lancaster. Other types also make an appearance - well worth a watch if you come across the episode. About three minutes in there is an air to air sequence of a Blenheim IV and at least three Hurricanes flying over what appears to be tropical forest. All three aircraft have single letters but are indistinguishable. What makes them odd is that all three appear to have a uniform light colour (white?) on the rear top fuselage - from behind the aerial mast on the Hurri's and behind the turret on the Blenheim. The fixed part of the horizontal stabilizers are in the same colour. Upper surface roundels are what I still call B type, whilst the fuselage is A1. The fin flash is equal red, white and blue. Now I know aircraft bound for Egypt ferried via Takoradi in West Africa had upper surfaces painted white as a visual aid in case they forced landed. However, the 'jungle' underneath to me at least looks more far east. India/Burma/Singapore based aircraft used European camouflage and markings before adopting more appropriate schemes, so its not beyond the bounds of possibility? Is my topography to pot or not? MH
  8. Can I start the totally unfounded rumour that Revell will bring out a 1/144 model to accompany the the C-17! MH
  9. Logic says that since they were supplied from diverted stocks they would have been RAF bog standard on delivery. However, once they arrived with the USAAF equivalent of M.U.'s who knows? MH
  10. The Boulton Paul Association have a link. They appear to be (very slowly) building a replica it is assumed from archive plans. See this link from 2005 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/markansell/bpa/ Cross fertilizing from the useless fact threat, the Overtrand (or was it the Sidestrand?) was the first RAF plane with a power operated turret. MH
  11. See here............. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...ficial%26um%3D1 looks pretty level to me. Yes it's a lovely model all the same. MH
  12. clap: :frantic: good grief! Utterly utterly brilliant. MH
  13. Excellent build Libor. I can't see the join - whereabouts did you perform the surgery? MH p.s. my Hobbyboss Hurri was binned because the underside fillet join wouldn't meet the fuselage at all - even with superglue.
  14. form a queue here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-32nd-TAMIYA-SPITFI...=item1c0e63031b I won't be in it! Now if it was a Balliol.................. MH thinx.........could use the Merlin, prop and wheels, throw away the rest and scratchbuild?
  15. Didn't it come out with an USMC option originally? MH
  16. see the thread here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...37684&st=20 MH
  17. A number of civilianised versions potter through Livepool city centre daily, starting and finishing in Albert Dock. As far as I know, this is the only one with a sharkmouth! Just google 'yellow duckmarine' for other examples. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24891683.jpg MH
  18. I bought the Hurricane IIC and failed to get the underfuselage fillet to snap into place with the fuselage, even when I removed the locating lugs. For that reason alone it's a dog. On a happier note the F86F-30 is a delight and goes together like a dream. The only reason it's not finished and displayed for your edification is my painting skills (think dyslexic chimp wearing boxing gloves whilst wielding a hairy stick) - Mr. Muscle oven spray and a plastic bag I think............. MH
  19. Please comfort me by saying it will stay grey/green. 'Pink' and grey Jags are awful (as is any aircraft..........look just don't get me started ok?) MH
  20. Real beer is brown and is pumped manually http://www.thefoxandhoundsinn.com/images/beer_pumps.jpg ...........and for the ultimate arbitrators of this nectar, http://www.camra.org.uk/ my preferred tipple is Cains http://www.cainsbeers.com/index/articles_v...;first_art=true yes they do "lager" but GQ called it the best in the world so that kind of takes the hex off it ..........and now back to the thread
  21. A couple of thoughts here. I saw in an old Airfix Magazine (?) a picture of a rear three quarters port side shot of a 43 Sqn Hunter possibly in West Germany zapped with a maple leaf on its roundel. The caption suggested that this was the first recorded 'zap' However, there was a rumour that as HMS Hermes sailed to the South Atlantic in 1982, underneath the name on the stern was painted the slogan "The Empire Strikes Back". A friend who was posted on her at the time wouldn't confirm this one way or the other. I'm still none the wiser, but hope it was true! MH
  22. Oliver My gast is totally flabbered. Stunning, simply stunning. MH If I ever make a model half as good as yours, you will still be twice as good as me
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