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    Thunderbolt P-47D throttle quadrants

    Hello again. You guys have been very helpful in answering my queries in the past, and I'm hoping you can help me out again. As far as I can figure out, the P-47D throttle quadrant came in three different versions. Before water injection: Water injection on the throttle lever: Automatic water...
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    Markings of aircraft at 71OTU Ismailia, 1944

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'll go and do that. :)
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    Markings of aircraft at 71OTU Ismailia, 1944

    I'm now starting work on another model of an obscure aircraft. I want to build a Hurricane IIB used at 71 Operational Training Unit, RAF, when it operated at Ismailia, specifically in late 1943 early 1944. I have a single photo of the starboard side of one such aircraft, marked A-14 (no tail...
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    1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIC

    Ah, I've seen the coloured version of that photo on-line, and (without looking closely) assumed it was was one of those hand-tinted versions of a B&W original! I will probably require a short grieving period before I repaint the red spinner ...
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    1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIC

    Thanks for the kind comments. Here's what I went on. Geoff Thomas's book, previously mentioned: "The airscrew bosses of 135 Sqn's Thunderbolts were painted in Flight colours; A Flight - red, B Flight - blue," He includes the famous flypast photo of 135 at Chittagong in late 1944, which shows...
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    1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIC

    Not certain, no. It's a "retrodiction" from documentation that 135 were using red bosses for "A" flight and blue bosses for "B" flight when they started flying the Thunderbolt I, later in 1944. I think I got that from Geoff Thomas's "Royal Air Force Thunderbolts" (Air Research Publications)...
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    1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIC

    People here have been nice enough to help me with answers to various questions about this aircraft over the years, so I thought you'd be relieved to know I've finished it. It's LB545 "D", 135 Sq. RAF, operating out of Minneriya, Ceylon in August 1944. To a large extent a reconstruction, since I...
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    Non-slip walkway, Hawker Hurricane

    Many thanks for the replies - that's got my head clear. My Hurricane was built in 1943, so it seems like it would be reasonable to have a bit of "worn to the metal" if I go down that route. (I'm not really sure how weathered I want this thing to be, at present. I'm a bit rubbish at weathering.)
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    Non-slip walkway, Hawker Hurricane

    I'm gradually progressing with the SEAC Hawker Hurricane I keep turning up and asking questions about: Before I start detailing, I'm wondering about the non-slip walkway panels on the wing roots. I have a few photos of 135 Sq. RAF Hurricanes. This one shows a ferry pilot transferring a...
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    Hawker Hurricane IIc wing hardpoints

    Ah, that's a lovely view of what I need! Many thanks.
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    Hawker Hurricane IIc wing hardpoints

    I'm about to mount a pair of long-range tanks on the wings of a Hurricane IIc model, and I'm looking for information about the exact position of the wing hardpoints that would be used. From some photographs, it looks as if the hardpoint was mounted on the first rib outboard of the inner cannon...
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    Hawker Hurricane tail-brace wires?

    So, I learn something new, and I don't need to do anything about it! Win-win. Thanks again.
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    Hawker Hurricane tail-brace wires?

    Many thanks for this, Steve. :) Very educational for me. I'm in the planning stages of modelling two Hurricanes: LB545, a IIc flown by 135 Sq. RAF in India and Ceylon in 1944 KZ138, a IIb attached to 71OTU Ismailia in 1944 Would I be correct in assuming that, because of the theatre and late...
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    Hawker Hurricane tail-brace wires?

    The side elevation of the same aircraft on the same page (which I chopped off to reduce the size of my pic) shows the antenna wire in the standard position. So it would have to be in addition to the usual.
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    Recent Purchases

    Hannant's just sent me the 1/48 Hobby Boss BV 141 I've had on back order. First impressions are good. Cockpit details is nice. The canopy is a thing of beauty compared to the 1/48 HiPM kit, and it's been designed sensibly without a seam cutting across panels. I'm rather hoping someone gets...
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