bentwaters81tfw Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 The Spit and Mossie were Private Ventures. They were built and flown before the Air Minstry could foul them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viscount806x Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I think that many if not most post-war British designs suffered from this flaw, due to exceedingly poor specifications and egregious interference from the Air Ministry. How an industry which was able to produce such masterpieces as the Spigtfire, Is this the flying porker variety? Don't forget that they saved our bacon during the battle of crackling creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Oh darn, now I've spoiled my big surprise for the next "What IF" group build! lboody tpyos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 The Spit and Mossie were Private Ventures. They were built and flown before the Air Minstry could foul them up. This is true. I guess the only saving grace is that the British Air Ministry was a perfect lesson in "How Not To Do It" which may at least have spared other countries' aviation industries the same sad fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 All right, that one's done and dusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Very smart! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 the size of that fin.....I never could get my head round it... nice job Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viscount806x Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 the size of that fin.....I never could get my head round it... Not unless your head was very large.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 too big even for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 One of Those Myths - neither the Spitfire nor the Mosquito were private ventures. Both were designed to operational requirements discussed with the designers and funded by the Ministry, with input from the RAE. As indeed is true about every major type introduced into service since WW1, at least. Just to get really up De Havilland's nose, it was Handley Page who proposed the unarmed bomber concept to the Ministry in the first place. If you want to know more, chase up Colin Sinnott's book "The RAF and Aircraft Design 1923-39 Air Staff Operational Requirements" Cass 2001, ISBN 0 7146 5158 3. The biography of Air Marshal Wilfred Freeman, who was behind both, is also useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Very, very nice! Hard to believe it's a vacform. If you think Aircraft planning was bad just look at what they did to the British Tank builders. It was a complete farce. No wonder the Germans took them to bits. Edited December 18, 2012 by Murdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Very nice finish there Jessica. What paint did you use for the white and silver? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 The white is Arctic White car paint from Canadian Tire. It's not Halfords, but it'll do. The silver is plain old Testors spray bomb with a little buffing of SNJ powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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