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    Hurricanes on Malta

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Are there photos of the pink Hurricane? That would make an interesting model.

    Jim

    Hi Jim,

    No pictures that I know of, it's in the diary of the Malta rescue crew. I built the aircraft in question for the Malta GB - it was actually a converted Mk.IIb not a Mk.I - Build thread and info is here.

    Here's a pic of my finished Hurri:

    8ef87f3f.jpg

    She's still in pride of place in the cabinet.

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    Hurricanes on Malta

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Not forgetting the pink PRU Mk.I

    So that would be:

    Day fighters: primarily Temperate Land Scheme - the occasional Desert Scheme creeping in from time to time

    Night fighters: Night undersides or Night all over

    PRU aircraft: Bosun Blue and PRU Pink

    There's also one photo of a single shade Hurribomber - possibly Extra Dark Sea Grey - taken in mid-1942 that remains a bit of a quirk. That's the only one that might bear any relation to the 'blue' Spits.

    Hurricanes on Malta

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Primarily they were Temperate Land Scheme. For those few aircraft that survived on the Island for a while, namely the April-May 1941 deliveries which had a fairly quiet summer, the Dark Earth faded to a much lighter shade. Only a few early Mk.Is and some Mk.IIs flown over from Egypt in early 1942 were in Desert scheme.

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    Keith Park's Spitfire in Malta?

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by maltadefender

    I'd go with Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey with Azure Blue undersides - like the Beaufighter that's on display in the RAF Museum, which wears contemporary Malta scheme for the same period as this pic.

    Also like the Beau in Tony OT's build here.

    Hawker Hurricane MKIIC, 242 Squadron Malta - Picture Heavy!

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    242 Squadron arrived in Malta on 12 November 1941 in Operation PERPETUAL, flying 18 Hurricanes off HMS Argus under the command of Sqn Ldr W.G. Wells.

    242 is listed in the order of battle in Malta from November 1941 to March 17 1942 when the few surviving aircraft and men were absorbed into 126 Squadron.

    The confusion is that 242 Squadron's ground party was sent onward to the Far East, so for a short period at the end of 1941 there were two 242 Squadrons! Ground crew from 605 and 249 Squadrons was seconded to 242 in Malta. I have a photo of a Hurricane Mk.IIb marked LE-K crash landing at Takali that was taken on 20 December 1941.

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    Group Build Chat

    in Battle of Britain Group Build III

    Posted

    Did a news search on the BoB today, to see if I missed any stories on the events yesterday or anything upcoming, and found that some remarkable stuff about Ian Gleed has been published recently.

    For a start I never knew that 'Widge' was an amalgam of 'Wizard Midget'. Rather good, that.

    He also has a claim to be the leading gay fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain. Apparently he was fairly open about his preferences and had many a fling, the one survivor to talk about it being Christopher Gotch, who flew Hurricanes with 245 Squadron and was wounded over Dieppe. His memoirs 'Arise to Conquer' published in 1942 referred to a fictitious girlfriend called Pam, invented to spare any unwanted interest in his private life.

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    G-AFFC - The English Patient

    in de Havilland Tiger Moth Single Type Group Build

    Posted

    I think the problem is that computer fonts tend to have round "C"s and "G"s, whereas registrations are done in pre-computer "signwriter" lettering with squarer letters. So you could use an RAF font, either "RAF_WW2_841ATH Regular" or "RAF_WW2_851ATH Regular". These two (plus others) are available from here, along with others

    These are a pretty close match apart from the "A", which has the crossbar a bit low in comparison to your photo, but you can fix that quite simply with a graphics program.

    The (current?) CAA regulations for registration markings are available here. They don't give a particular font but do show some examples of how to construct your own if you don't want to go down the font route.

    Regards,

    Adrian

    Adrian - thank you what a resource!

    I think that the RAF_WW2_851ATH Regular is as good a match as could be hoped for. I'm going to plump for that one. Much appreciated, thanks again!

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    G-AFFC - The English Patient

    in de Havilland Tiger Moth Single Type Group Build

    Posted

    I've got a touch of insomnia at the moment! As I'm not scratchbuilding any additional parts like your lovely stowage compartment it's a pretty quick process to tidy the parts up, paint them and put them together so far.

    I'm going off piste a bit with the instructions. Basically the plan is to build and rig it minus engine, cowl and wheels then spray the whole lot flat aluminium, then decal and final assembly before weathering.

    That's the plan, anyway!

    Here are some very poor pics. This evening I've tried the EZ Line in the holes I've drilled and sanded down the seams in the fuselage halves.

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    74FE9998-371A-4A7E-9D77-E811776BC0D3_zps

    9C9E67B1-C153-4854-ACFC-0DA0952EAA42_zps

    Group Build Chat

    in Battle of Britain Group Build III

    Posted

    I think I've got my remaining builds sorted now. Next up will be two from the start of the Battle:

    Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I - P3144 GZ-B, 32 Squadron, Biggin Hill, July 1940 (sky blue undersides)

    Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Ia - L1045 DW-O, 610 Squadron, Biggin Hill, July 1940 (sky blue undersides)

    If there is time I will also add:

    Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Ia - P9495 DW-K, 610 Squadron, Biggin Hill, August 1940 (sky undersides)

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