Jonny Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I'm planning on modelling this aeroplane. Some photos Ive seen seem to show both a straight demarcation between the Night and Dark Earth / Dark Green camouflage on the fuselage, others seem to have a wavy line. Is it my eyes or was the scheme changed at some point? Can anyone advise, lease? Many thanks, Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Anything other than a straight line demarcation was exceptionally rare on late Halifaxes (I can't think of another), but a close-up of the port nose of LV907 when on display in Oxford Street clearly shows just that, at least aft of the cockpit. In one of the higher views the starboard fuselage is also seen to be wavy. "Halifax at War" has two nose photos. One is of a crew at the end of their tour, showing one complete row plus five symbols in the second: this has the standard straight demarcation. The other photo shows the total for 100 operations, and the demarcation is wavy, and slightly higher. So yes, the aircraft was repainted at some time. Interestingly, the original Airfix boxing showed NP917 with a similar wavy demarcation. Whether this was confusion or something specific to Lisset aircraft I can't say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 If you are interested in doing Friday the 13th.. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234943652-halifaxes-158-sq-use-of-coloured-land-gear-legs-and-spinners-bosses/ since I'm getting cynical about folks not reading links... Hi Just posted this on the other Halifax thread. All the below, and more, was from a series of threads on Hyperscale in Jan 2010, but I've see no mention of it here. [though I note Graham Boak was posting on this] so... If nothing else enjoy the Friday the 13th pics.... the [probably] yellow gear legs [pics posted by Greg Taylor] there are a load of photos in link below, as well as other 158 sq machines. NOT a photo 'effect' and the coloured prop bosses, look carefully, red with a blue stripe. Taken when on display in Oxford street. see here for the full story , note the links to previous threads! http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1264046918/Halifax+-+undercart+colours+%28you+there+Terry%29 don't believe me? here's D -Dog note gear legs, prop tips and tail fins. Also note planes in background, left with pale gear leg, right with coloured fin. Note white in fin flash is brighter than the fin paint. spinner bosses, D-Dog again Also "D" has the aircraft letter painted(with a painted shadow) on the gear leg front. Much clearer below. This has been done with care. Look closely at the prop spinners. compare with Friday 13th colour pic above. Light effect? how about some stripes.. But, here are a couple more from 158 Sq, showing striped gear legs. frohttp://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/warstory1.htm, 158 Sq flight engineer, note stripes on gear legs. I don't know if this the same plane, one thing in common with the mission tally on Friday the 13th is the use of a key for 21st mission marker. here's the Hyperscale links 1 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1262542974/Halifax+Landing+Gear+Color 2 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1262656458/Terry's+Halifax+post+bumped 3 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1262914407/More+Intriguing+Halifax+Discoveries 4 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1262914994/Halifax+discoveries+Part+II 5 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1263083359/Halifax+158+Sq+%2C+stripes+on+gear+legs+part+5! 6 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1264046918/Halifax+-+undercart+colours+%28you+there+Terry%29 hope of interest. I did write to the 158 sq association but without success. cheers Troy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 That's a FANTASTIC response! Many thanks, Graham & Troy. I'm very grateful, Cheers, Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Nichols Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Please tell me when the H2S radar was installed on the LV907 "Friday the 13th"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 10/24/2015 at 5:37 AM, Troy Smith said: since I'm getting cynical about folks not reading links... All duly followed, and very interesting reading they are too - thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 On 23/10/2015 at 19:37, Troy Smith said: On 31/07/2020 at 05:33, Nick Nichols said: Please tell me when the H2S radar was installed on the LV907 "Friday the 13th"? well, in the pics above, you can see the bomb tallies, the top image shows about 45 missions, and has the H2S. I would guess that LV907 was built with H2S, it was a standard piece of equipment. @woody37 is good on this kind of information. HTH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Nichols Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Troy Smith said: well, in the pics above, you can see the bomb tallies, the top image shows about 45 missions, and has the H2S. I would guess that LV907 was built with H2S, it was a standard piece of equipment. Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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