Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Rob, look closely at that photo.
The waist gun positions are glazed, as they were on all this Block number, and as shown in your other photo. They are larger than the kit apertures, and the kit will need to be altered if you want a reasonably accurate rendition of SoCo III.
The give away when identifying the window in pics which aren't clear, is the position of the 'Star and Bar' - on earlier versions, with the open waist hatches, part of the 'bar' was painted over the hatch cover which, when open and folded up inside the fuselage, showed a 'notch' in the bar.
On glazed waist windows, the 'Star and Bar' was painted lower down, beneath the window.
What Squadron really need to add is the A6 series nose turret, to allow early 'J' models to be built, as well as some 'H' models, and perhaps add a couple of different styles of Navigator's windows. The waist window conversion is so simple, they don't need to include it, and couldn't really anyway, as it's a flat panel.
BTW, that other pic of a 'J' is not exactly the same as SoCo III - it has the 'high' bombardier's scanning windows, and also carries the three Azon antenna beneath the fuselage.
The waist gun positions are glazed, as they were on all this Block number, and as shown in your other photo. They are larger than the kit apertures, and the kit will need to be altered if you want a reasonably accurate rendition of SoCo III.
The give away when identifying the window in pics which aren't clear, is the position of the 'Star and Bar' - on earlier versions, with the open waist hatches, part of the 'bar' was painted over the hatch cover which, when open and folded up inside the fuselage, showed a 'notch' in the bar.
On glazed waist windows, the 'Star and Bar' was painted lower down, beneath the window.
What Squadron really need to add is the A6 series nose turret, to allow early 'J' models to be built, as well as some 'H' models, and perhaps add a couple of different styles of Navigator's windows. The waist window conversion is so simple, they don't need to include it, and couldn't really anyway, as it's a flat panel.
BTW, that other pic of a 'J' is not exactly the same as SoCo III - it has the 'high' bombardier's scanning windows, and also carries the three Azon antenna beneath the fuselage.
