Vic Balshaw
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Username: Vic Balshaw
First name: Vic
Category: 2 – Intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Special Hobby Kit No SH48050
Model Type: Blackburn Roc L3085 from 2 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit) Gosport and flown by Sqn Ldr Clark RAF, with air gunner Sgt Hunt on the evening of 26 September 1940.
Subject to general acceptance, for my first entry into the BofB Group Build I have selected a bit of a lemon as far as aircraft go, one that was not directly involved in the conflict because of its poor performance but was never the less involved in an aerial combat with an He 59 when on a search and find mission out of Gosport in late September 1940.
The story attached to this aircraft and its mission is vividly told in the words of the pilot, Sqn Ldr Clark at
The Decision Is Always The Pilot's
The Roc lacked forward guns and it's only armament was a motorised Fraser-Nash turret that could only traverse from the horizontal upwards and I believe lacked the ability to point fully forward, consequently as an aggressor or even in defence, the aircraft was somewhat limited. As a result most of the aircraft had the turret gun removed and were converted to target tugs, one of the few exceptions being L3085.
Extras: This is a out of the box build the kit having resin detail for the Fraser-Nash turret and a small etched detail sheet.
Profile of Clarks Roc with the 'Saint' logo on the rear fuselage.
Sqn Ldr Clark standing besides his personal Roc, note the 'Saint' logo. (Picture from FlyPast March 2007).
The kit with box art, plastic bits and resin parts all inclusive of the kit.
First name: Vic
Category: 2 – Intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Special Hobby Kit No SH48050
Model Type: Blackburn Roc L3085 from 2 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit) Gosport and flown by Sqn Ldr Clark RAF, with air gunner Sgt Hunt on the evening of 26 September 1940.
Subject to general acceptance, for my first entry into the BofB Group Build I have selected a bit of a lemon as far as aircraft go, one that was not directly involved in the conflict because of its poor performance but was never the less involved in an aerial combat with an He 59 when on a search and find mission out of Gosport in late September 1940.
The story attached to this aircraft and its mission is vividly told in the words of the pilot, Sqn Ldr Clark at
The Decision Is Always The Pilot's
The Roc lacked forward guns and it's only armament was a motorised Fraser-Nash turret that could only traverse from the horizontal upwards and I believe lacked the ability to point fully forward, consequently as an aggressor or even in defence, the aircraft was somewhat limited. As a result most of the aircraft had the turret gun removed and were converted to target tugs, one of the few exceptions being L3085.
Extras: This is a out of the box build the kit having resin detail for the Fraser-Nash turret and a small etched detail sheet.
Profile of Clarks Roc with the 'Saint' logo on the rear fuselage.
Sqn Ldr Clark standing besides his personal Roc, note the 'Saint' logo. (Picture from FlyPast March 2007).
The kit with box art, plastic bits and resin parts all inclusive of the kit.
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