Picture of the day.

[rochie]

Typhoon taking off from Thorney Island on D-Day.
pilot is W/Cmdr Peter Brooker, i am thinking of doing this Tiffy when i build my Italeri Typhoon MkIb

 

[Njaco]

Thats an awesome pic!

 

[Airframes]

Nice one Karl. I forgot to mention, when we exchanged e-mails about this, that there seems to be a 'spot' on the spinner. I've got pics of similar additions to Typhoon spinners which, like the Luftwaffe 'burbleschnauz', were intended to spoil the aim of enemy gunners, in this case flak gunners.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is a cool shot.

 

[Lucky13]

Nice one!

 

[rochie]

Nice one Karl. I forgot to mention, when we exchanged e-mails about this, that there seems to be a 'spot' on the spinner. I've got pics of similar additions to Typhoon spinners which, like the Luftwaffe 'burbleschnauz', were intended to spoil the aim of enemy gunners, in this case flak gunners.

oh i know about that, the spinner is either red or dark earth with a yellow/orange spiral, one of the reasons i fancy this one, though as i mentioned to you i might do a bombphoon instead !

 

[Crimea_River]

Good one Karl. Another example of why masking perfectly straight and spaced invasion stripes can be folly. Here's another:

 

[GrauGeist]

Oh yeah, try and replicate that invasion stripe scheme in 1/48!

 

[Airframes]

I see they were skilled artists then ................. bit like one of those slap-stick circus acts !

 

[N4521U]

Apprentice sign painters!

"Okay boys, take care now.............. you will be graded on your work"!

 

[rochie]

love that picture Andy, always wonder about the state of the rest of the paint job, looks like its had a very diluted white wash put all over it ?

 

[Lucky13]

As long as the alcohol wasn't diluted...

 

[Wildcat]

That typhoon picture kinda reminds me of this pic-
22 sqn RAAF Mk21 DAP Beaufighter, probably taken at Morotai.

 

[nuuumannn]

Great pics, guys. Here's a recollection from a chap whom I was in letter (that dates it!) contact with many years back who served with Coastal Command with a Beaufighter squadron. He recounted aan incident of an attack on a hulk moored off the coast of Scotland for the purposes of firing practise:

"The three-inch rocket used by Coastal Command had a solid, non explosive armour-piercing head, which, according to the books should punch a six inch hole in a ship's side. When we rowed out to view the damage, we found the ship's plates were flared back like tin plate, leaving a diamond-shaped hole, through which a man could have wheeled a wheelbarrow. Furthermore, it had ploughed its way through angle-irons and girders inside the ship and out the other side! These rockets, if fired short, could travel underwater like a torpedo to give a "wet hit". They could also sometimes turn upwards and come out of the water again, so it was advised to move to one side after firing."

 

[Wayne Little]

Great shots....love the beaufighter!

 

[Lucky13]

.....one of my alltime favourite Beaufighter pics, which I posted earlier..

......and today's pic..

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent finds folks! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Boy that plane just looks the pugnacious brawler! Brutal!

 

[Njaco]

A National Fire Service (NFS) fire engine rushes down Broad Street, Reading, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945 on the way to a fire. The appliance is travelling towards the camera. In the background, several other vehicles can be seen, and pedestrians go about their daily business.

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[vikingBerserker]

Very cool.