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Selwyn

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  1. not belly landed but 2 for one? https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/search/?type=Supermarine+Spitfire+Mk+LFIXc&date_taken=&military_unit=613+Squadron&information=&tag_fields=[] Scroll down a bit Selwyn
  2. Its to do with the film stock used. Its easily matched to the BS381c 110 standard Selwyn
  3. The F102 carried both IR and SARH versions of this missile and the procedure was to fire them in pairs. Can anyone confirm to which of the 6 stations the IR versions were loaded , and Which carried the SARH versions? Selwyn
  4. There would not be an issue with ammunition the we captured thousands of rounds for these and the 35mm guns. I was involved with the receiving of the captured 35mm Skyguard system at RAF Waddington. All the captured system equipment was sent to Waddington for assessment/recommisioning, IIRC the radars had been "sabotaged" by the Argentinians, but the sabotage involved removing a couple of circuit boards which had been put in the vehicle stowage box so not really a problem getting them going again! One radar was kaput, as the Gurkas had used it for target practice and it was riddled with holes but most of the hardware was new or nearly new. The best laugh was the ammunition, it had all been manufactured at Faldingworth for the Argentinian forces. For those who dont know Faldingworth is just north east of Lincoln so it was manufactured, sent to Argentina, shipped to the Falkland Islands, then shipped to Waddington so it ended up about 5 miles away from where it was made! We found quite a few personal letters in the equipment, One of our guys had a girl who taught Spanish who translated for us. They were generally worried family keep yourself safe letters, and some unposted of the "Dear mum we dont like it here and we have been told that the nasty British are coming" type. Selwyn
  5. Thats a De havilland Goblin engine, the Ghost had a single intake the Goblin was split. Goblin Ghost Selwyn
  6. EDSG is readily available by several manufacturers in both enamel and acrylic. just do a bit of searching on the net. Selwyn
  7. 43 sqn were not involved in the Falklands war. Maybe they supplied Aircrew? The only participents were No.29 Sqn had detached three FGR2 aircraft to Wideawake airfield on Ascension Island between May 24 and 26 to protect it against possible Argentinian long-range reconnaissance sorties. After the war Aircraft from No 23 and 29 were based on Falkland from September 82. this became The Maltese cross marked 1435 flight. XV567 and XV587 were ex Navy FG1 jets not used (as far as I know in Ascension/ Falkands all were FGR2 aircraft) Air defence colours (No FS standard colours!) B.S. 381C-626 'Camoflage Grey', upper fuselage, upper stabilator outer surfaces, tail fin, outer wing panel upper surfaces B.S. 381C-637 'Medium Sea Grey', upper surfaces of the inner wings B.S. 381C-627 'Light Aircraft Grey' all lower surfaces Selwyn
  8. Sorry coming in late to this but as a general heads up for people I thought I would mention the canopy issue on the Matchbox Phantom. The way Matchbox moulded the kit had the canopy frames moulded onto the fuselage sides. The clear parts are just that, they are just the "windows" of the canopies and when glued on have a too flat profile, and it doesnt look great. I have seen attempts of open canopies on this kit but people tend to just set the clear parts open leaving the frames on the fuselage, and it looks horrible! The solution is to cut out the frames on the fuselage sides (The frames are clearly marked) and replace the entire canopy with one from another kit or aftermarket that comes as the canopy with frames. I personally used a Haseagawa canopy on my kit and it was a perfect fit, and the final result looked fantastic. Selwyn
  9. Dug this out of the depths of the stash, going to give it either a silver Lakenheath or French faded Djbouti scheme, a bit undecided on this at the moment! Selwyn
  10. Be aware that the canopy is wrong as well being that of the early model T11. The Front windscreen is offset to the right in real life so on the port side the R/H quaterlight curves around to the windscreen frame but the the starboard side is just joins to the windscreen frame Its a quite distinctive feature of the NF canopy. Selwyn
  11. This starter was Invented by Royal Flying Corps Captain Bentfield Hucks and its named after him. His name does not have an apostrophe! Selwyn
  12. Just finishing off one of these Airfix Dornier 217E kits myself. There are no Dornier 217E decal sets available. One thing I descovered when researching a scheme is that the Dornier 217 aircraft replaced the Dornier 17 in service in KG 2 and KG40, and there are many available Dornier 17Z decals around from the same units. These decals can be adopted quite easily to the 217E as they have the same correct unit codes at the same size as seen on many of the wartime Dornier 217E's. You would obviously need to match the Dornier 17 decals to a known Dornier 217 aircraft. In the same context have also been building at the same time the old Airfix Dornier selecting the 17F recce version. This kit decal sheet was also unusable, and I discovered that fuselage Codes for the Dornier 17F are also generally unobtanium, but I wanted to build the 17F recce aircraft scheme in the Airfix box which looked good. With a bit of research I discovered that the aircraft of the particular recce unit depicted in the Airfix Dornier 17F kit were replaced in luftwaffe service by Dornier 215 aircraft after the polish campaign. Amazingly Xtradecal have a available Dornier 215 decal sheet (72277) that has a scheme with the exact same unit code and staffel/individual aircraft letter in the correct colour as depicted on the airfix boxed Dornier 17 decal sheet! The decals are of the correct size, as the 215 was basically a export Dornier 17 with different engines. I actually applied these Xtradecals to my 17F last night, and they look really good, far better in fact than the ones on the original Airfix decal sheet. Selwyn
  13. Or. as often happened, if placed in a hangar for instructional duties it didn't fade at all 😁 Selwyn
  14. It was a standard feature on all ejection seats from the beginning so they certainly would have been used in the FAA from the introduction of the Attacker. Although not an ejection seat aircraft I would assume it would have been a feature on the Gannet seats from new as well as it was put in service around the same time period. Selwyn
  15. They must have fixed it as my kit is a 7 cylinder! Selwyn
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