Thanks for all the positive comments, it's very much appreciated.
93 Squadron was also sometime described as the 93(attack) squadron. A significant part of their training involved rocket practice and demonstrations to fulfill the "attack" part of their name, and while I cannot confirm that all their Beau's were fitted with rockets, A8-159 "Nancy" definitely carried, and used them.
If rockets were fitted, the 50 cal wing guns were not. If you check out Beaufighter drawings, you will see that the plates for the rocket rails are fixed directly over the panels that have the shell ejection shutes for the wing 50 cal guns. This would make it impossible to fire the machine guns with rocket rails fitted.
Rather than carry around the weight of unusable guns, a more practical solution was to fit extra fuel tanks in the bays occupied by the wing guns and their ammunition. These tanks were removable and the guns could be replaced if required.
Pic 1 Reference photo (Source: Aviation Heritage Museum of WA). Actually this is one of my favorite Beau photos.
This is A8-122 Drack's Daughter a.k.a. "Bambi" having a go with it's 20mm cannon. Judging by the smoke, flying spent shells and armourer's obvious aural discomfort, this procedure is very, very noisy! Classic! Have a go with providing a comment for the thought bubble.
Perhaps I should say why this is a good reference photo - you will note that there is no sign of the machine gun ports on the wing leading edge, so these will need to be plugged.
Pic 2 Well, I though you may like to see a closer picture of the tail art on A8-122. Here it is with Nav and Pilot. Harris and Shute.
Pic 3 These things left over from creating thin stretched sprue come in very handy for this.
Pic 4 Just glue them in. Cut them off when dry and presto! Holes gone.
Pic 5 I've completed the interior and assembled the Beau's fuselage, wings and tail. Gee, it got big awful fast. This Tamiya kit just falls together - fits nice and simple construction.
Catch up with you again soon. 8)
Cheers
Peter