meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Clever!
**** DONE: 1/72 Blenheim Mk.IV - Heavy Hitters II GB
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very nice idea.
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N4521U
Colonel
And of course you took photos of the forward cockpit area!
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Benevolens Magister
Sent you those with the other stuff Bill.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Damn good idea that Bill.
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N4521U
Colonel
Ah yes.................. I am 70 now you know.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
OK you old codger!! We hear ya.
My turn next year!
My turn next year!
A4K
Brigadier General
Good on ya Bill, and great minds think alike! I do the same, just with a metal die, not calipers.
B-17engineer
Colonel
Yes i did!
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N4521U
Colonel
oooo, I'll take all the photos I can get. Rest assured I would pass them on!
250lb bombs in the post Bill, have sent the pylons as well thsy might come in handy for fitting bombs into the bomb bay
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N4521U
Colonel
Yous guys are topps.
Got the bombs and canopy from Even yesterday, so i am hot to go.
This morn I am priming, correcting and scribing the tail and stabs. They are looking pretty good so far.
Got the bombs and canopy from Even yesterday, so i am hot to go.
This morn I am priming, correcting and scribing the tail and stabs. They are looking pretty good so far.
A4K
Brigadier General
Cool, looking forward to pics! 
Crimea_River
Marshal
Me too. Sorry I've not been able to get your pics yet Bill. Maybe this coming Saturday....
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N4521U
Colonel
No worries. No real hurry. I've got some that can get me started on the table and stuff.
How's that arm coming along, Bill?
B-17engineer
Colonel
Hey Bill I just got a book from Hendon and it details Blenheim operations
Barry Davidsons account of July 6th, 1940
"I was with 18 squadron at West Raynham from July 4th to July 6th! My crew were SGT Gilmour and SGT Fisk - we were shot down after after bombing a new airfield. We had one 500lb bomb and two 250lbs. I had the C.O's plane.
We were hit after bombing at 1,800 feet, all the controls were out and we rolled over and dived, I reached the tail trimmed and it brought us out of the dive. We got to the coast and flew NW to England. Compass was gyrating, we were low and the cliffs came up on my left, which we thought was English - turned out we had made a circle and it was between Calais and Dunkirk - crash landed, still thinking in England, when the goons arrived on the scene. My flying time on Blenheims, including this trip, was just over 4 1/2 hours, great!
Spent the next five years as a PoW, mostly in Stalag-Luft III. At least we survived, which very few Blenheim Crews did."
Barry Davidsons account of July 6th, 1940
"I was with 18 squadron at West Raynham from July 4th to July 6th! My crew were SGT Gilmour and SGT Fisk - we were shot down after after bombing a new airfield. We had one 500lb bomb and two 250lbs. I had the C.O's plane.
We were hit after bombing at 1,800 feet, all the controls were out and we rolled over and dived, I reached the tail trimmed and it brought us out of the dive. We got to the coast and flew NW to England. Compass was gyrating, we were low and the cliffs came up on my left, which we thought was English - turned out we had made a circle and it was between Calais and Dunkirk - crash landed, still thinking in England, when the goons arrived on the scene. My flying time on Blenheims, including this trip, was just over 4 1/2 hours, great!
Spent the next five years as a PoW, mostly in Stalag-Luft III. At least we survived, which very few Blenheim Crews did."
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N4521U
Colonel
That's cool, sounds like a personal account...... 4-1/2 hours, mot much was it.
Arm? I'm getting a bit on the glum side, lots of things coming down on me right now. Muscles are pretty tight and just an occasional "discomfort" pill.
Latest pic of the horiz stabs. finishing up okay. The seam on the right one is just that, styrene outboard and kit inboard. The left has a good coat of primer and seam and color variation does disappear. They're taking up a lot of time, but lookin allright.
Arm? I'm getting a bit on the glum side, lots of things coming down on me right now. Muscles are pretty tight and just an occasional "discomfort" pill.
Latest pic of the horiz stabs. finishing up okay. The seam on the right one is just that, styrene outboard and kit inboard. The left has a good coat of primer and seam and color variation does disappear. They're taking up a lot of time, but lookin allright.
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Benevolens Magister
Nice work, and great info there H.
