Crimea_River
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I posted this over at Britmodeller as well and will cross-pollinate any info received in either place
I'm in need of some basic information on the types of UBCs carried on British planes in WW2. I'm modelling Mosquito "Hairless Joe" over in the GB threads and have run into a situation where the kit-supplied UBCs are very rudimentary and in dire need of upgrading. I have found another set on my Revell B. IV that look a lot beefier but that have much more detail. The two look quite different and it makes me wonder how "universal" these things really were, or are Tamiya and Revell just winging it a bit. Here's a pic, Tamiya at bottom, Revell at top:
What I really need is if someone could post some good pictures or steer me to a reference that describes these things in detail. I'm a decent scratch builder and want to make them look correct for my model. I want to have the model fitted out to carry the 500 pound bombs but will not install the bombs so the details on the two UBCs will be visible and important. The only pictures that I've been able to find on the net are a few at Spitfirespares.com, with one example below:
I also have this on file, which seems to show the Mosquito-specific installation that I need. There seem to be some plates riveted to the longitudinal frame of the UBC making it look wider like the Revell one above.
I also know there were several Marks of UBCs and am not sure which one(s) would be correct for my late 1944 model. Dimensioned drawings would be ideal. Can anyone help?
I'm in need of some basic information on the types of UBCs carried on British planes in WW2. I'm modelling Mosquito "Hairless Joe" over in the GB threads and have run into a situation where the kit-supplied UBCs are very rudimentary and in dire need of upgrading. I have found another set on my Revell B. IV that look a lot beefier but that have much more detail. The two look quite different and it makes me wonder how "universal" these things really were, or are Tamiya and Revell just winging it a bit. Here's a pic, Tamiya at bottom, Revell at top:
What I really need is if someone could post some good pictures or steer me to a reference that describes these things in detail. I'm a decent scratch builder and want to make them look correct for my model. I want to have the model fitted out to carry the 500 pound bombs but will not install the bombs so the details on the two UBCs will be visible and important. The only pictures that I've been able to find on the net are a few at Spitfirespares.com, with one example below:
I also have this on file, which seems to show the Mosquito-specific installation that I need. There seem to be some plates riveted to the longitudinal frame of the UBC making it look wider like the Revell one above.
I also know there were several Marks of UBCs and am not sure which one(s) would be correct for my late 1944 model. Dimensioned drawings would be ideal. Can anyone help?
