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G'day Peter, Thanks again for the references - some worthwhile pics there. Hopefully I can build something worthy of your efforts. cheers, bj

Thanks guys - I really do appreciate the help. The one I'm looking at doing was based out of Darwin with 31Sq - would there have been many differences, do you think to those in NG? I'm really surprised at how difficult it is to find pictures of these aircraft - in some ways, that's one of...

G'day TH, Thanks for your response. The first pic, I think, comes from an article where a chap converted a 1/48 MkVI back to Mk Ic. Got a few ideas from this, at least. Sadly, the last link didn't seem to work. cheers, roo

G'day AF, No, the RAAF acquired a number of Mk Ic Beaus from Britain for service out of Australia. Because of their longer range, they were well suited to operations out of Darwin for targets in and around Timor and the like. My understanding is that they were supplied with their original...

Just about to embark on the Hiplanes Beaufighter Mk Ic in 1/72. I'm going to do it RAAF colours and have already asked in another thread for photographs. But...some of the parts in this kit more closely resemble blobs rather than whatever it is that they're supposed to be so I'm looking to...

Hi there, In the research stage of building a 1/72 Hiplanes Beaufighter Mk Ic. The kit is pretty basic with some parts closely resembling blobs. It's only small but I can see this one being challenging. Anyway, I'm after whatever I can get on this particular mark in its RAAF guise (not...

Heinz, My understanding is that there are about a half-dozen flyable P-51s in Australia and about another half-dozen in the process of being rebuilt to flying condition. roo