Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
I have the Illustrated Edition of Colorful Language, by the same author.Thanks guys. Terry, I have Volumes 1 thru 4 of that tome....
From his blue phase.
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I have the Illustrated Edition of Colorful Language, by the same author.Thanks guys. Terry, I have Volumes 1 thru 4 of that tome....
Who knew it was a real book???I have the Illustrated Edition of Colorful Language, by the same author.
From his blue phase.
Sure you will nail it...
Welcome to the forum.hi Andy. Happy to see you doing a model of an Anson with the livery of No.33 SFTS Carberry, MN. A crew of us at the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum have recently started a restoration of Anson AX111 that flew at 33 CFTS Facebook.
Some rivet counter details if you want to use them:
Most of the Mk I Ansons on the Canadian prairies (including those at Carberry) had the external oil coolers replaced with coolers inside the nacelles - I believe these were the same coolers used for the Jacobs engines on the Mk II. These had a forward facing intake scoop (with a shutter to control airflow) on one side of the nacelle and a rear facing exhaust scoop on the other. At -40 the external coolers made the oil way too thick.
It seems that every BCATP base in Canada had a different interpretation of how the yellow paint should be applied over the camo that the Mk Is were delivered with. I think that illustration you have (from Model Airplane International?) is not too far off with the following alterations: (1) the tricolour fin flash should cover the entire vertical fin (but not the rudder)
(2) there is a 6" wide red bar at a 45 degree angle across the top of the nacelles (see sketch below).
Unfortunately, that folding seat is the second pilot's seat and goes on the starboard side directly opposite the pilot's seat. It was made to fold up to the side of the cockpit so the bomb aimer could crawl up into the nose to get to the bombsight. How it works is shown at about 1:40 in the video in this thread: Avro Anson video, with a real control wheel.
If you need any detail info or pix, give me a shout.
cheers
Scott
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