Stew Dapple Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 5 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Don't suppose you know how those sighting lines worked being behind the pilot ? Or are they for the rear gunner ? They're not sighting lines for bombing but for navigation, I believe the way it worked is that you dropped a smoke marker and measured wind-drift from that Cheers, Stew 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Stew Dapple said: They're not sighting lines for bombing but for navigation, I believe the way it worked is that you dropped a smoke marker and measured wind-drift from that Cheers, Stew Hi Stew, Yes, that is what I had heard as well. They were usually red on grey painted planes and white on green, though could also be black or red with white outlines depending on the camo scheme, and both my Val and Jake kits came with them. The old article in SAMI says they were used on planes operating over the sea and were at 5o intervals radiating from a point in the observer's rear cockpit. Some dive bombers also had dive angle lines under the pilot's canopy. Pete Edited May 10, 2022 by PeterB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tucker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Lots of progress on the Val. I think it is nearly done now. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Cracking job Richard, looks the business Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Sorry it has taken me so long to catch up with progress on this build..... But boy she's looking nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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