Adrian Hills Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I am looking into doing Bolingbroke 717 on floats. It will be 1/72scale using Airfix MkIV Blenheim and probably Matchbox Twin Otter floats. I have the modern Warpaint on the Blenheim as well as the excellent Putnam book. There are various pictures online of this airframe, however; Are there any images of this airframe fitted with the ventral fin ? Were the upper coulours Dark Earth/ Dark Green or Dark Seagrey/ Dark Slate Grey? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I have never heard of or seen an image of Bolingbroke 717 fitted with a ventral fin. As for colour, I'd say it was standard DG/DE over black. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi Chris, Thanks for your input. My source for the ventral fin was WWW.rwrwalker.ca: Prototype and only Mk. III. Delivered to Test and Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario on 8 August 1940, taken on RCAF strength that day. First flight on Edo floats 28 August 1940. Ventral fin added after initial tests. This is a single source reference which is why I presented it as 'a taken as read', purposefully to stimulate debate and see if I could get any closer to actual facts. I agree with you that the upper colours are probably Dark green and Dark earth. Cheers Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I have only ever seen those same 3 or 4 pictures of 717 and never with a ventral fin. I don't have a lot of Blenheim/Bolingbroke references but I don't remember anything about an extra fin. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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