gunpowder17 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 What would be involved in building a T3 from the airfix 1/24 kit? Does anyone have any cockpit drawings/photos please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Cockit pics are hard to find, but there are some pics of the Canadian built examples - if you do a search, I asked a similar question a few years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Obviously there are dual controls on the T.III but I believe there's also a difference in the seat layout. On the ordinary combat types the right-hand seat is set further back than the pilot's, so allow both crew members a bit of elbow room. On the trainer, the seats are level so that the controls are in the same fore-and-aft position. This makes the already tight cockpit an even tighter fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Aeroplane magazine is currently doing a quarterly series called Collector's Archive at £7.95: they basically provide, for each aircraft covered, a handful of nice large clear photos from the Aeroplane archive and a cutaway, mostly from the period. The one currently on newstands is British Fighters of World War 2 and on p.78 is a half-page photo of a Mosquito T.3 instrument panel. It's captioned as an FB one but the 2 control columns are a bit of a giveaway. Unfortunately there is no corresponding shot of the rear half of the cockpit: the seats have been removed. Other than that, I think there might be some T.3 cockpit info, either photos or sketches from the relevant APs, in the SAM Guide to the Mosquito. I agree with Work In Progress that the seats were not staggered in the trainer version. I also think rpt think I recall that the T.3 was one of the variants with the radios moved off the cockpit rear shelf into the rear fuselage: happy to be corrected on that. PS Rest of the magazine is not without interest, including a shot of the observer's instrument panel in a Beaufighter and some nice Whirlwind photos (are those round circles just inboard of the upper wing roundels on P7062 HE-L gas detection paint?). HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Other than that, I think there might be some T.3 cockpit info, either photos or sketches from the relevant APs, in the SAM Guide to the Mosquito. I agree with Work In Progress that the seats were not staggered in the trainer version. I also think rpt think I recall that the T.3 was one of the variants with the radios moved off the cockpit rear shelf into the rear fuselage: happy to be corrected on that. I think you are right on that re radios. The seats were certainly unstaggered as well. Good thread here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...amp;mode=linear Note the point about tropical filters. Pics (Click on pic for a bigger photo) http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=r...0&rd=109214 http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=r...0&rd=109215 http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=r...&rd=109217# http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=r...0&rd=109218 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Comparison with the Canadian pictures indicates that the photo in the Aeroplane publication is of an aircraft under construction, so beware one or two little quirks (eg the covers over the control linkages in the control columns are missing). But it is a lovely, large, easy-to-interpret photo. PS I think the photo occupying the other half of the same page is of a T.3 as well (no gun ports visible); maybe it's the same aircraft. With all of the nacelle skin missing, there's plenty of clear detail of the port engine installation, firewall and undercarriage leg top. Edited February 20, 2012 by Seahawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Thanks Chaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi all. Just testing to if I'm able to post these pics from the T.III at the museum in Bodø. It seems to go ok. Please have in mind that it's very cramped inside the cockpit and not easy to find the right angles when using the camera. Hope these will help. Bengt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Wow! Thanks! Especially for the crucial shot of the Instructor's seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Brilliant - especially as TW117 is the aircraft I am modelling!! Are the denims original or Norwegian add on? Edited February 22, 2012 by Dave Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welkin Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Wow! Thanks! Especially for the crucial shot of the Instructor's seat. I would second that - thanks indeed! I am also planning a T.3, and your photos couldn't have come at a better time! Am I correct in thinking that the instructor's seat has a low back, whereas the pilot's seat is the standard high-backed one with arm-rests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Ordinary US denims, I'm afraid Yes. The back of the instructors seat is low back. I'll post a pic of it. Bengt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here are some more photos of the T. III cockpit. Behind the instructors seat: Starboard side wall facing aft: Behind student or pilots seat: Bengt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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