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Lost Cosmonauts · January 22

4 minutes ago, Jessie_C said:

The miracle of life occurs. After laying her egg, the mother aircraft will brood it until it hatches

Or what happens when you dramatically overstock on crackers for in flight snacks

Miggers · January 22

This Seahawk looks very familiar

Just as I thought,they've copied it from Airfix

Boxart A.W. Seahawk 105 Airfix

Jessie_C · January 22

40 minutes ago, PaulTRose said:

that looks a surprisingly useful plane!

no idea what it is mind you lol

This one?

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It's a Fleet Model 50 Freighter. It wasn't as successful as the designers had hoped.

Col. · January 22

43 minutes ago, Miggers said:

This Seahawk looks very familiar

Just as I thought,they've copied it from Airfix

It's a Spot the Difference competition

PaulTRose · January 22

19 minutes ago, Col. said:

It's a Spot the Difference competition

well according to the airfix instructions that real one has been painted in all the wrong shades!...............also theres no seams and you can see through the canopy

PaulTRose · January 22

im watching 'Secrets of the Transport Museum'

they have the Harrier and they invited the man himself to visit........86 years old and the smile was ear to ear when they put him in the cockpit

RWG686 · January 22

7 hours ago, PaulTRose said:

that real one has been painted in all the wrong shades!...............also theres no seams and you can see through the canopy

and can you believe it they've got it as an F2 when Airfix have XE395 , an FGA 6.

Must write to the museum at East Fortune where WF259 now resides.

All joking aside though, I wonder how much influence the Airfix kit had when NASU at HMS Fulmar rescued and repainted her ,as she never served with 804 NAS so never wore those markings.

RWG686 · January 22

@USAAF's F-4 build got me looking at 52 TFW Phantoms. Hard to believe it was 1994 they left Germany.

mac1677 · January 23

I have no idea what is going on here, but came across this picture whilst searching for F-4E pictures :analintruder:

RWG686 · January 23

3 hours ago, mac1677 said:

I have no idea what is going on here

It was for an air display celebrating something..I forget the details as it was a couple of years ago I found the photos. Sadly never did find any colour ones.

PaulTRose · January 23

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RWG686 · Tuesday at 01:07 PM

Col. · Wednesday at 09:24 AM

While the lines of H.P.'s Hastings always looked 'right' to me I've never found a kit of the type. Perhaps just as well...

20 hours ago, RWG686 said:

..imagine trying to mask up the orange sections for this scheme :blink:

Paul Brown · Wednesday at 09:55 AM

29 minutes ago, Col. said:

While the lines of H.P.'s Hastings always looked 'right' to me I've never found a kit of the type. Perhaps just as well...

Formaplane 1/72 (good luck finding one)

Mikro Mir 1/144 (current)

I don't know if Mel Bromley's S & M 1/72 resin kit ever saw the light of day.

Col. · Wednesday at 10:07 AM

10 minutes ago, Paul Brown said:

Formaplane 1/72 (good luck finding one)

Mikro Mir 1/144 (current)

I don't know if Mel Bromley's S & M 1/72 resin kit ever saw the light of day.

Thank you Paul. That's next month's modelling budget focused already. So much for me buying less kits this year :1562769345_laugh(1):

RWG686 · Wednesday at 10:36 AM

42 minutes ago, Paul Brown said:

Formaplane 1/72 (

This will probably cost more to post than the kit price :

https://simhq.com/store/Lot-571-Handley-Page-Hastings-Vacuform-1-72-Scale-Forma-Plane_203371823481.html

I have heard that AIM/Transport Wings have the Formaplane moulds so perhaps it will reappear at some point.

RWG686 · Saturday at 11:53 PM

Gorby · 2023-01-29T08:17:01Z

8 hours ago, RWG686 said:

Interesting read from https://naval-encyclopedia.com/naval-aviation/ww2/us/grumman-f4f-wildcat.php

Encounters of the Japanese A6M2-N “Rufe” an A6M-2 on floats, first encountered in the Aleutian islands made the USN reflecting on the concept of having a good flighter on floats, operating from isolated island bases as a defensive fighter when no airfield was available notably, or to be carried in complement to scout floatplanes aboard some units of the USN. The initial plan was however to have them used on forward island bases. BuNo 4038 was taken of production for modifications. The end model was known as the F4F-3S, “S” for “seaplane”. The unofficial nickname was first coined by the design team, and stuck, “Wildcatfish”.

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If the floats were not very heavy, they caused a lot of drag and agility suffered as a result. Top speed also fell to 241 mph (388 km/h). But these tradeoffs were still considered OK to some to propose a limited production. The prototype indeed flown on 28 February 1943 and it compared badly to the Rufe, even so to the Zero. This demonstrated also its XF4F-3S needed a proper keel for lift-offs and large ventral fin was installed so that testing could be resumed. The wildcatfish nevertheless setup a national record for rapid take-off in just thirty-four seconds, but in closed water and no wind.

Officials were however frustrated as the lack of results for the whole program. By May 1943 the fighter was now obsolete with a cruising speed of just 385 kph, making it vulnerable to all Japanese fighters of the time. In June, the whole program was terminated, but it was not the end of the story however:

The sole seaplane was indeed transferred to Edo’s workshops to support several test programs, testing floats and other equipments. Eventually the Wildcatfish was scrapped in 1946, but proved like the Spitfire Floatplane developed by Folland that a good land based fighters does not necessarily translate into an equally good fighter seaplane. With a limited usefulness and airfields by the “Seabees” in the matter of days or even hours just made this project no longer relevant at that stage. The single prototype remained unused in combat and the fighter with floats concept was really only mastered by the Japanese and remained for the allies a dead end concept.

Gorby · 2023-01-29T08:20:33Z

I've never seen a Dakota on floats before. This give more info about the aircraft: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=109731

DC3 · 2023-01-29T12:12:33Z

3 hours ago, Gorby said:

I've never seen a Dakota on floats before. This give more info about the aircraft: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=109731

In the days when the world was black and white Airfix mag. did a conversion article for this a/c, not sure if it was the same issue but they also did one for the glider conversion too.