elger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Hello all, Working on an early (ish) Lancaster, lost in January 1943 and I think it was equipped with the early course setting bomb sight, rather than the Mk. XIV which I think was fitted to Lancasters later on. The reason for thinking this is because the aircraft I'm building was fitted with the brackets discussed in this thread: My question is: is there a diagram or a clear photo that shows how the bomb sight was mounted in relation to these V shaped brackets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warhawk Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) If You look at the image below, You will see that each 'V' frame has a vertical metal plate holding the gun-sight from each side (one plate on port, one on starboard of the gun-sight), which itself is a bit lower than the frames Edited January 21, 2020 by warhawk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Bear in mind though that unless you are building a model of an aircraft with a crew in it, it wouldn't have had a bombsight in it. They didn't live in the aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Work In Progress said: Bear in mind though that unless you are building a model of an aircraft with a crew in it, it wouldn't have had a bombsight in it. They didn't live in the aircraft. Same with maps on the navigator's table. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Work In Progress said: Bear in mind though that unless you are building a model of an aircraft with a crew in it, it wouldn't have had a bombsight in it. They didn't live in the aircraft. My way out is to imagine the model as ready to be boarded, or with the crew just having left the aircraft for some reason just before takeoff. Maybe a navigator got out his maps, but for some reason left the aircraft behind. Like what happens in the movie Memphis Belle, when there is a weather delay. Or the rapture has happened (The same goes for guns, protective covers for the wheels, covers for turrets, access doors either open or closed, throttle levers left up or down... it's an infinite exercise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Oh, you're at complete liberty to build anything you like. rapture or otherwise. Really I just wanted to make the point in case the earlier bombsight is creating a modelling problem which you could very justifiably side-step if you wished. But if the bombsight is part of the attraction of the subject for you, then stick with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Work In Progress said: Oh, you're at complete liberty to build anything you like. rapture or otherwise. Really I just wanted to make the point in case the earlier bombsight is creating a modelling problem which you could very justifiably side-step if you wished. But if the bombsight is part of the attraction of the subject for you, then stick with it. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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