No 56 Squadron, RAF, 'The Firebirds', 1918 - 2008.

[rochie]

i want one

 

[Lucky13]

I say old boy, marvelous job don't you kow, splendid and all that rot!

 

[Airframes]

I say, thanks awfully and all that b*ll*cks!

 

[Lucky13]

Fancy a spot of tea old chap and a few crackers?

 

[B-17engineer]

I want a crumpet.....

 

[Airframes]

Jan knows a place where there's plenty of crumpet....oops! Wrong sort though!
Anyway, here we go, nearing the end.
The gunsight has been fitted, painted and glazed, and the windshield and canopy trimmed, thinned, and the frames painted, although they are yet to be fitted. The inner wheel bay doors have been filed and sanded to the correct shape, their edges chamfered and fitted in place, along with scratch-built retraction jacks. The small, outer auxiliary doors provided in the kit were way too thick, scaling out at around 5 inch thickness, so these have been replaced with plastic card items.
The landing gear legs and doors have been fitted, the resin wheels painted and fitted and a new pitot head made and fitted, and again, this has yet to be painted. Also, the wing landing lights have yet to be glazed.
All that remains now is a little detail painting, the addition of scratch-built items such as the retractable boarding step and the antennas, and the fitting of the canopy, windshield and prop. Then, after adding a little more dirt and some light staining, the Tempest will be finished!

 

[Heinz]

Looks bloody sweet Terry

 

[Airframes]

Cheers Alex !

 

[ellis995]

looking good there Terry

 

[109ROAMING]

Damn sweet mate 8)

 

[B-17engineer]

Holy crap...nice work mate!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much guys !

 

[papa_bear]

Wow, great work it looks very realistic! When are you starting that Napier-Sabre? Mighty sound

 

[Lucky13]

WTF!!! That's an odd looking Wildcat old boy!























Jolly good show old chap, looking totally spiffy what!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Dada and Jan.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Lovely model T, it's going to look great on the 56 line-up

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Vic. Note I ommited the 56 Sqn badge and 'flash' from the fin - I discovered these weren't added until January 1945, when the'Sky' tail bands were deleted. Saved a lot of hassle I can tell you!

 

[zenstar1974]

Greetings All,
I am looking for a list of RAF WWII aircraft that used the Analog Air Position Indicator for lat/long navigation. Does anyone know where I can find this info?

Thanks.

 

[A4K]

Lovely work Terry!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Evan.
Zenstar, that is a piece of equipment I'm unfamiliar with. All RAF crewed aircraft navigator's used the Mercator instrument ('Whizz Wheel'), in conjunction with a sextant, stop watch etc for dead reckoning navigation, plus, if equipped, electronic navigation aids of the period. However, this is the wrong section to ask the question - I'd suggest you post this in the Technical Section, where there'll be more exposure and a better chance of some response.