RFI 1/48 Hasegawa Typhoon 1B 193 Sq Raf Harrowbeer

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Personal pet project for me , building aircraft that flew from Plymouth in the war. Gazza once said 'someone has to love the Typhoon' ....I know what he means .

 

193 formed at Harrowbeer in Jan 1943 , known oddly as a "Brotherhood of the Bellows" squadron ...in that the aircraft were partly funded by ex pats in Brazil . The airfield only lasted 4 years, a lot of squadrons passed through , and eventual was abandoned in 1946 . As a kid knocking around the old dispersal pits was fascinating , although with now a relatively active preservation society much more info is available than it was 40 years ago. 

ATOM paints , custom markings minimal weathering for a new aircraft 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the presentation with the Barazilian Ambassador....apparently it was so wet and foggy in January 1943 they did a 'taxi by' rather than a 'fly by,' with one aricraft clipping the press car with it's wing ...oh dear. 

Concrete runways were removed to stop unauthorised landings, but the site is still clear with the old control tower now a cafe and open fields . A polpular sopt for learner drivers !

 

Micheal and Lucy run the Centre and have a lot of artefacts as well a nice cake ...

 

 

 

Some links 

The Tea room

 

Preservation group site

 

Laterz 

 

PW