Matchbox 1/72 Stranraer improvement

[fastmongrel]

I am thinking of starting work on my Matchbox Stranraer and I have a vague memory that some work needed doing to make the kit as an RAF version. Possibly different engines.

The story I remember was that Matchbox had measured up a Canadian version for the moulds as no RAF version existed. I might have it wrong as Google hasn't got me anywhere.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as my brain is not working properly due to being on hayfever medicine.

 

[Wurger]

Please check here ... Canadian Stranraer - what have I to change in Matchbox/Revell kit?

And here a nice site with images ...

Harold A. Skaarup web pages

and the drawings that may come in handy ..

Supermarine Stranraer Blueprint - Download free blueprint for 3D modeling

 

[fastmongrel]

Thanks Wurger I havent read all of the thread but it seems to be about Canadian Stranraers. I want to build an RAF Stranraer and wondering what changes I need to make to the kit to make it.

 

[Wurger]

Well if the guy there started the conversion of the Matchbox/Revell kit to the Canadian Stranraers it means that it is the RAF variant, isn' it?

Also you may check on Sergio's thread ... 1/72 Supermarine stranraer - Seaplanes / Floatplanes of WWII

 

[fastmongrel]

As far as my fuzzy head can remember Matchbox based the kit on a Stranraer at Hendon museum which was an Canadian built ex RCAF Queen Charlotte Airways version which had been modified to have Wright Cyclones and a cargo door. I am trying to find out if I need to make any changes to the kit to represent an RAF version.

So far I have found I need to make recesses in the lower wing to fit Universal Bomb Carriers and possibly change the props to 2 bladed wood or 3 bladed Fairey Reed metal props as the kit props look to be Hamilton Standard.

 

[Wurger]

Ah yes , you are right. The Stranraer at Hendon is teh Canadian built one.

Here some info on the RAF one...

the source: Supermarine Stranraer

 

[Wurger]

A nice shot of the RAF kite ..

the source: Supermarine Stranraer K7297 209 Sqn - Adding rivets and panel lines