Radpoe Spitfire
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Just a quick query, but does anyone know the codes & serials for any of the author's aircraft- Hurricanes or S pit fires?
Regards Rad
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"I'm going to get Katy to Alex if it kills me. It's personal, see."
This is my Jubilee Weekend build to mark the fall of Tobruk to Rommel's Gazala offensive 70 years ago this month.
It's the Airfix 1/76 Emergency Set ambulance, painted to represent a Western Desert based example. It is also as near as I could get to the star of one of my favourite films, Ice Cold In Alex.
An Allied Casualty Station in the Desert © Crown copyright.IWM (E 13327)The ambulance in the film was in fact several different ambulances - for most close-in shots a genuine K2 is used, but for many of the desert scenes, the vehicle used is actually an Austin K2 body on top of a rather more mobile 4x4 Canadian Army truck, clearly evident by the live front axle differential casing that can be seen in many shots, plus the rather larger wheels.
The diorama base and palm tree come from an old Matchbox kit of the Sd Kfz 124 Wespe - which it seems didn't enter service until 1943, so never actually served in the desert - well done Matchbox!
Coincidentally, HM the Queen (as HRH Princess Elizabeth) also served in the ATS as an Austin K2 Ambulance driver during WW2, making this a doubly ideal build for the Jubilee weekend.
© Crown copyright. IWM (TR 2832)Fred T
Hi Fred,
cracking Katie build there!!!
However if you'd like to get up close and personal with one of the stars of the film, I work for the East Midlands Ambulance Service who have an ambulance preservation group that own one of the K2's used in the film. If I'm right, there's a photo on the EMAS website.Regards Adrian.
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Hello all,
Just wanting to know what the RM B-17G kit is like to build?
What is the difference between the basic kit and the pro-modeler edition?
Any help/info/tips would be appreciated.
Cheers
Dave
A lovely old kit for it's age, not too bad to build OOB, but in the right hands becomes a cracker
-despite the raised detail !!!!!!! My only gripe was the annoying ( with most of their kits) Monogram Habit of putting the MMI logo on the outside of the moulding -
Pity about the Markings . but I suppose with the Film Doing the rounds might generate more sales for Airfix
Will have to get the Xtradecal sheet.
Oh I don't know, it's a rather attractive scheme.
Without trying to sound political- and I don't want it to ,to my understanding of the unit's history (If I'm wrong, please correct me) , the subject of the "Red-Tails" (Tuskagee Airmen) deserves more mention & recognition for it's pilots. For starters not one US bomber was lost while being escorted by them- a unique testimony. Despite this record, it is right to remember none of its pilots were allowed to become aces, those who came close were shipped back home.
Yes it was a different world in those days & yes IMO, Airfix did right to choose it.
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Neither, for all its age I still prefer the Airfix kit. (reaching for his helmet)!
Nick
I'll second that, years ago I built one as PA474 for my Nephew & after a careful rub down of the rivets I found the surface finish looked like that of the real aircraft.
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Hi all,
I am working on the Frog kit in order to make one of the 3 Comets of the race, I don't know exactly which one at the moment. I am more inclined to Black Magic but I have much more references of Grosvenor House. Were there any differences between the 3 aircraft at the moment of the race, mainly in the interior, or can I use Harry Robinson data - in Aircraft Archive - for any one?
Thanks in advance,
Carlos
Hi CarLos, "Black Magic" is under rebuild at the moment and there is a website about the project www.cometracer.co.uk - it may be worth looking at.
regards Adrian
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Many thanks great news, get paid a week on friday too!!
S'alright for some, thanks to the financial slump I'm skint on this one
Still, it'll be nice to see one built.
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One of those, "I'll believe it when I see it…" things for me.
For once this seems to have some credibility, given the political involvment, however until they see the light of day.............
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Looking at the photo's on the Polish web-site, 1 & 2 are debateable, but the last three- I know Eastern modellers are good- appear to show the real MacCoy.
If it's a real warbird it ought to be recovered asap.
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Hi
Thanks for the reply, I will have a look.
cheers
Jerry
Hi Jerry,
Somewhere in storage I have a modellers book about the Lancaster written by Gerald Scarborough & Nevill Franklyn- this has side veiw drawings for the Mk II showing the Bombay doors.
I will try to dig it out- if I can scan them OK I will let you know so I can e-mail them on. Failing that I will see if the book has an ISBN no if that helps.
regards Adrian.
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I'd love to see a kit produced that has the parts to make all marks of Spitfire in one box- standard & bubble top!!!!!!
But I live in hope.
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The only incident I know was at RAF Windrush in Oxon in 1940, the airfield was under attack by a He 111 while a Sgt ( Bruce ??)Hancock was in an Avro Anson doing circuits during a night flying exercise. No-one can be certain if his act was accidental or deliberate, many feel it was the latter, but the the Anson collided with the Heinkel causing both to crash, with fatal results for both crews.
I've just read a little more about this incident, which occcured on the night of 18th August 1940. The airfield was attacked by 50 He 111's, one of which saw the Anson & decided to attack the aircraft.
The account goes on to say that after being shot at, the Sgt Pilot turned off his navigation lights, turned towards his attacker and deliberately rammed it.
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see it on
http://www.hyperscale.com/2011/reviews/kit...04preview_1.htm
looks a nice little plane if somewhat overlooked by history.
Was there not an article speculating that an Oxford pilot had rammed an german bomber while he was under attack from it while on a training flight with fatal outcomes for all?
JohnT
The only incident I know was at RAF Windrush in Oxon in 1940, the airfield was under attack by a He 111 while a Sgt ( Bruce ??)Hancock was in an Avro Anson doing circuits during a night flying exercise. No-one can be certain if his act was accidental or deliberate, many feel it was the latter, but the the Anson collided with the Heinkel causing both to crash, with fatal results for both crews.
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... and just to show that pilots are really quite slack sometimes, here's exactly what you are looking for: an F.3 with no-one in sight which combines the earlier two sins of open canopy and unlocked controls with a third one: leaving the harness ends dangling outside the cockpit.
Note also the off-centre nosewheel which adds a bit of life. (There is no nosewheel steering, incidentally: you steer it on the ground using asymmetric brake and/or power, and the nosewheel just castors.)
If I were the C.O. I would be having words. Joking apart, however, and in defence of the pilot, he's probably the one who took the photo and therefore he hasn't actually left the aeroplane unattended in this rather gash state. So, thinking on, another way of bringing the scene to life would be to build in a little vignette of a Meatbox pilot with a box brownie taking a picture of his trusty steed.
C'mon, be fair it was wartime when this photo was taken, smiles. Personally a bit of displacement of flying surfaces can often enhance another-wise unanimated appearence of a model.
regards Rad
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Hi Folks,
Having completed a 1:48 scale Lanc and Stirling, I'm looking to complete the set of 'heavies' with a Halifax ..................could any members recommend a particular make / brand? I've heard of a number of pros and cons with different types.
Also, please correct me if I'm wrong but there doesn't seem to be much, if any, on the market to purchase.
Cheers,
John
Hello John,
Having built the FM kit, I can say that it builds to a nice model despite any issues. As a limited run injection don't expect perfect fit or mouldings, However I did replace the engines on mine with Tamiya Beafighter ones- at the end of the day, on the plus side it tests your skill & is a blank canvas. Anyone interested in seeing the result I will try to down load a photo ( it was in SAMI a few yeras ago) when I get my PC up & running - I moved house yesterday so having to use the works PC.
regards rad.
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While I'm not holding my breath & I will believe it when I see one, it'll be a kit I'd smash the piggy bank for.
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What a beauty straight OOB!!!! Cracking job that man-well done.
If anyone from Airfix are reading these replies- this is the standard what we modellers have been crying out for- thank you for listening, its taken a fair few years, but good things come to those who wait...................... boy has it been worth it- PLEASE KEEP IT UP.
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Hi Mark,
Mmmm- piccies of a Meteor Boxing? Which mark is it please? Sounds interesting
Belated Happy Xmas & al the best for 2012
Regards Adrian.
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Bri,
That's a first class build of a Lightning close to my heart.
You've done XS897 great justice with the natural metal finish-amazing!!!!!Many of you may know, but to those who don't, the real XS897 has, not only been one of the most luckiest survivors of the breed, but has gone almost full circle!. When it was intially sold off (scrapped) it was one of a dozen purchased by a dealer who intended to sell them for a considerable sum (£ 11,000 each, I believe)- unfortunately he'd cut the wings & had no takers for some time. Eventually all bar "two" would be cut up, with XS897 going to South Yorkshire Aircraft museum at Firbeck (Doncaster AeroVenture). It's rescue was very much an eleventh hour job as the overzealous scrappy had tried to remove what was left of its wings with a JCB- leaving holes so large you could jump through.
For a while it's future as a complete aircraft hung in the balance, almost reduced to a cockpit, until the museum exchanged a Canberra B.I8 cockpit for a " brand new pair of (??F.53??) wings"- these being fitted when SYAM moved to the Doncaster site. Work continued slowly through various owners, but now she resides at RAF Conningsby, ironically (still privately owned) now serving back in the RAF as a Sqn gateguard & finished as a convincing F.3, a Happy ending for a much loved icon.
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Belated Christmas greetings to all....................
All the best for 2012
regards Rad
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I'm in Australia and for me to get the Hasegawa B-24 from an aussie store on line would be just under $100 au before postage to get it from Hannants its $77 au without postage. or what about the silver cloud 1/72 Southampton to get it here in a shop would have been $220 au . I bought it from Hannants and with postage cost me $130 au and that was abit over a year ago now guess where most of my kits come from. Yay for Hannants( yes I know I skip GST and the UK tax, still they are very well priced)
I can vouch for what you say somewhat. On a recent visit to Ozzy Perth for the first time in 15 years I was totally gobsmacked with the costs of kits over there & not just Hasegawa.
For example an Airfix 1/48 Canberra= Au$ 120!!!, , Valiant Au$100, Tamiya 1/32 Mustang =Au$ 169 & the Revell 1/32 Ju88= Au$ 149!!!!
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Well done so far Chris- it's nice to see another "beast" being built.
I did mine in about 6 months- almost OOB & nowhere near this standard, but, using Jaques Niot's guide, I was happy with my result.
My model (is) on display at Doncaster Aeroventure & depicts NA581- KW-U, a 425 Sqn Halifax which crashed near Hodsock priory,Blyth, Notts. For those interested a memorial to the crew is on the village green- about 1 mile from the A1.
Regards Rad.
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Well, actually, the Vampire's fuselage pod WAS wood construction, so presumably covered with a layer of fabric. But that really doesn't affect your point.
Rad, take a look at the Spit XVI cockpit thread that's current- I've a hunch someone there might be able to help.
bob
Gingerbob, thanks for the quick response & info re the Spit XVI thread.
- I shall look it up now.Yes you're right in your presumtion for the Vampire's pod being fabric covered.
Regards Rad.
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Many thanks to you all for the help.
@ Rad, I'm sorry but that aircraft is just the one I want to represent
Merry Christmas an Happy new Year to you all
Roberto, from a sunny Roma
Roberto,
It's not your decals I'm after-I'm assuming these are kit decals & not after market ones.
I build model aircraft that are of my locality & RAF Finningley falls into this area & was asking via this thread if they're kit ones, did anybody else have these decals surplus to them.
However I'd love to see your model when you've finished.
regards Rad.
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However if you'd like to get up close and personal with one of the stars of the film, I work for the East Midlands Ambulance Service who have an ambulance preservation group that own one of the K2's used in the film. If I'm right, there's a photo on the EMAS website.
You've done XS897 great justice with the natural metal finish-amazing!!!!!
Roald Dahl's aircraft
in Aircraft WWII
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Ha you've caught me out!!!! At the moment my 7 year old son is reading this book, so curious as to which aircraft he flew, I thought it was Spitfires. But it has the hatchlings of a future build.