Hi,
YZ-C PB996 was flown by FLT LT Phil Martin on the Arnberg viaduct raid and was the first Australian to drop the Grand Slam. I am presently building the 1/48 Tamiya Lanc to partray this aircraft for my work colleague ... Phil Martins son.
I have collected some references on the aircraft but every picture seems to lead to more questions..
The profile by Concorde 247 seems to show the narrow chord props and shrouded exhausts, is this absolutely correct, probable or best guess?
The colours of the Grand Slam show a fairly dark green rear section, I have seen a few black and white photos and film footage indicating a much lighter colour almost matt white, film footage of the Arnberg drop show the bomb to be much, much lighter than the green of the aircraft camo.
Would the red YZC have been edged in yellow on the fuse, upper and lower tailplane?
One addition that could be made to the profile is that there was a lighter coloured ring around the mid upper postion, my guess is it is interior green where the mid upper fairing would have been if that turret was mounted.
any thoughts welcome
rgds
wally