1/48 Bristol Beaufighter MkVI - Heavy Hitters II GB
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Nice set of pics Terry but I must ask if the wheel struts were always in silver like shown.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Excellent.
I have to say the Beaufighter was one manly looking aircraft!
I have to say the Beaufighter was one manly looking aircraft!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Vic, yes, the main gear struts were normally painted in 'Aluminium', but could also be more of a greyish silver, and sometimes painted over in matt black, which often showed signs of wear and chipping.
dneid
Staff Sergeant
I am looking forward to this one as well. I have that kit in the stash. I hope I can learn a few things from this build.
Dale
Dale
A4K
Brigadier General
Great shots Andy! Will use those myself later in the year!
not sure if you noticed but the Beau in your Siggie is a MK I with no dihedral on the tail planes that the Mk VI had
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T Bolt
Colonel
Very nice detail shots Terry
Catch22
Major
Nice pic guys. I've always wondered what those were for Terry, as I've seen them a number of times.
fubar57
General
Nice shots guys.
Geo
Geo
found this, thought it mught help !
Are those all not Mk I's Wojtek, look at the lack of diheidral on the tails ?
Yes I have paid my attention to that. The "K" X8079 (X6089) plane is said to be the Mk.VIc but the "V" one the Mk.Ic. The problem is the serial of the "V" Beau. It is stated in the caption it was T5048 but it might have been either T5038 ot T5028 that belonged to 252 Squadron rather .
The SAM datafile on the Beaufighter mentions that T9068 was never allocated to a Beaufighter.
The SAM datafile on the Beaufighter mentions that T9068 was never allocated to a Beaufighter.
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tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
many thanks Wojtek , or should i say dziekuje bardzo
Lots to go on there
Mostly messing with my dora at the mo but i have started washing the parts prepping and making up the instructions so i hope to post some early pics soon
Lots to go on there
Mostly messing with my dora at the mo but i have started washing the parts prepping and making up the instructions so i hope to post some early pics soon
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look forward to seeing some progress...
Here is the better scan of the T9068.. that seems to be a fiction only.
was thinking the same myself Wojtek
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
This one is from the SAM guide. Note that, even though the tail planes are horizontal, it's still a MkVI. These can be done by swapping port for starboard, and turning upside down(!). Might need a bit of filler, but it works - I did the opposite on my 1/32nd scale effort.
