fatalbert Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Can anyone tell me what the radar was between the bomb bays on RAF Washingtons and are there any suitable aftermarket 1/72 scale ones available.Brengun do one but it looks differant to the photos i have seen. Thanks Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I imagine it was something similar to H2S ground mapping radar. The British were the first to develop it then gave the tech to the Americans. They developed their own system, H2X. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2S_(radar) Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) I think it was H2X, an X-band version of H2S. See here... Edited May 28, 2020 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Thanks guys,interesting stuff,Wez,that picture is amazing, two grandslams 😳😲🤯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 More here. May help show shape. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/washingtons/washingtonwf566.htm David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Thanks David,,that radome reminds me of the one fitted to the as6 avenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, fatalbert said: Thanks guys,interesting stuff,Wez,that picture is amazing, two grandslams 😳😲🤯 An un-cropped view. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwenS Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 The set fitted to B-29s was the AN/APQ-13 which did the same thing as H2S/H2X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/APQ-13 http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/A/n/AN_APQ-13_airborne_radar.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 9:57 PM, fatalbert said: Thanks guys,interesting stuff,Wez,that picture is amazing, two grandslams 😳😲🤯 Asynchronous release is going to be fun with that load.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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