Bomber_County Posted December 27, 2020 Posted December 27, 2020 Looking nice John, are IP etc AM or kit parts? 3
JohnB Posted December 27, 2020 Author Posted December 27, 2020 23 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: Looking nice John, are IP etc AM or kit parts? Thanks. The IP is Eduard. Easy peasy. 3
JohnB Posted December 27, 2020 Author Posted December 27, 2020 Fuselage closed up now it's on to the wings. 4
FME erk Posted December 27, 2020 Posted December 27, 2020 John Its been done so many times, any particular reason for doing so . . . ? 1
JohnB Posted December 27, 2020 Author Posted December 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, FME erk said: John Its been done so many times, any particular reason for doing so . . . ? Yes, I like it. 4 2
Jeff Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 On any particular date or op , John? Time frame , like ? ............................The Squadron converted to Lancasters and became operational in February 1945, and it looks like she flew her first operational sortee February 20/21 1945 , to Dortmund, bombed at 0112 , from 18,500ft, heading 028 at 175 IAS, 10/10 stratus cloud, but visibility was good. P/O Nichol and crew returned safely to base. That looks to be her first op. 2
Bomber_County Posted December 31, 2020 Posted December 31, 2020 I’m sure you’ve seen this page...... https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bomber-command/bomber-command-no-424-tiger-squadron/ Didn’t realise they were so late converting, half way through the 6 Group history. Presumably they were flying the Hally with Hercules engines up until then.... 2 1
Jeff Posted December 31, 2020 Posted December 31, 2020 59 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: I’m sure you’ve seen this page...... https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bomber-command/bomber-command-no-424-tiger-squadron/ Didn’t realise they were so late converting, half way through the 6 Group history. Presumably they were flying the Hally with Hercules engines up until then.... Yeah, according to their ORB, February was their first Lanc op, otherwise it was the venerable Halifax, my quote above came directly from the ORB.... 2
JohnB Posted December 31, 2020 Author Posted December 31, 2020 I wonder if this particular Lanc was new or passed on from another squadron, etc. 2
Bomber_County Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 12 hours ago, JohnB said: I wonder if this particular Lanc was new or passed on from another squadron, etc. I’m intrigued because this a B Mk 1, I’m not sure if the later marks superseded the Mk 1. I also didn’t realise that the Mk X coming out of Canada had the Packard Merlins, which apparently caused havoc when they were sent to RAF squadrons rather than RCAF. The RAF had no spares for the Packard as they were very slightly different. 3
Jeff Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Bomber_County said: I’m intrigued because this a B Mk 1, I’m not sure if the later marks superseded the Mk 1. I also didn’t realise that the Mk X coming out of Canada had the Packard Merlins, which apparently caused havoc when they were sent to RAF squadrons rather than RCAF. The RAF had no spares for the Packard as they were very slightly different. You are dead on , Phil, and I think that was part of the issues with KB700 being such a dog, at first, plus I read they rushed her out to operations when she wasn't completely ready........
JohnB Posted January 8, 2021 Author Posted January 8, 2021 Making some progress. Tail sections are next. 8
Bomber_County Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 Looking good John, I read one report that the nacelles were a nightmare to fix or align? Yours look perfect!..... 2
JohnB Posted January 9, 2021 Author Posted January 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Looking good John, I read one report that the nacelles were a nightmare to fix or align? Yours look perfect!..... Thanks Phil. Yes, they are a nightmare to get a decent fit. I had to do a fair amount of trimming and filling with plastic putty and they still aren't 100%. I finally said to heck with it as I was tired of fooling with 'em (and was very tempted to put it on the SOD). Pretty high cuss-factor actually! 1 1
JohnB Posted January 9, 2021 Author Posted January 9, 2021 Tail sections added. Next thing is masking all the clear parts which should be quite tedious. 6
FME erk Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Look forward to seeing some colours on her . .. Ian 3
JohnB Posted January 12, 2021 Author Posted January 12, 2021 31 minutes ago, FME erk said: Look forward to seeing some colours on her . .. Ian Me too! 2
JohnB Posted January 14, 2021 Author Posted January 14, 2021 Uppers done. Now for the black undersides. 5 1
GazzaS Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 Good bloody show, old chap! ... sorry... that's as Brit as I git. Ooh... I forgot! "Innit!" 2
JohnB Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 10 hours ago, GazzaS said: Good bloody show, old chap! ... sorry... that's as Brit as I git. Ooh... I forgot! "Innit!" LOL Thanks Gaz. LOTS of painting time! 1
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