Inverted Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hi all, i’m building a GR7 that operated in Herrick. ZD404 ‘Lucy’. The pilot who flew her wants a payload which includes 500lb free fall (dumb) bombs on the outers. I’m struggling to find any modern 500lbers. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, Inverted said: Hi all, i’m building a GR7 that operated in Herrick. ZD404 ‘Lucy’. The pilot who flew her wants a payload which includes 500lb free fall (dumb) bombs on the outers. I’m struggling to find any modern 500lbers. Any ideas? Try looking for 540lb bombs. The RAF standard bombs postwar were 1000lb and 540lb. Selwyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hmm... if I remember correctly, there are non.... put a 1000lber.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Try a 1/72 1000lb? If all else fails... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thanks for the tips..... looking for 540lb, it seems the 540’s in the airfix buck maybe a good option. Next question, does anyone want to part with the bombs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twobad Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 If it's a 500 lbs bomb, isn't that a Mk.82? I know that such beasts were routinely included as part of the Hawk and Harrier weapons clearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Twobad said: If it's a 500 lbs bomb, isn't that a Mk.82? I know that such beasts were routinely included as part of the Hawk and Harrier weapons clearances. No, I think they are different beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 The Mk.82s are US low drag shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 The Airfix Buccaneer FAA boxing had 540lb bombs in it and possibly one of their other kits but can’t remember which one, Sea Vixen maybe? I certainly have the Airfix S2B FAA boxing and gave the 540lb’ers away to someone some time ago. Murray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) On 8/13/2018 at 5:19 PM, Twobad said: If it's a 500 lbs bomb, isn't that a Mk.82? I know that such beasts were routinely included as part of the Hawk and Harrier weapons clearances. The British 540 Lb bomb is basically a 2/3 scale version of the British 1000lb bomb it had identical low drag and high drag tails as the 1000lb bomb but obviously smaller (116 and 118 tails IIRC) Just now, Selwyn said: Edited August 15, 2018 by Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrier/ViperFan Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Flightpath do a 1000lb iron bomb in resin that you could reshape to a 540lb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 35 minutes ago, Harrier/ViperFan said: Flightpath do a 1000lb iron bomb in resin that you could reshape to a 540lb? Not really feasible i'm afraid, you couldn't scale down the tail unit. Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloegin57 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Does this help ?. No dimensions for the "bang" bit but should be scalable :- HTH Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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