When the UK decided to develop an AEW version of the Nimrod, was there any attempt to make a copy of the Hawkeye and Sentry but with British developed mast mounted rotating radar and computers or did the designers go straight to the fore and aft mounted radars?
By: nostalgair2 - 13th November 2013 at 10:14
Yes thats great, im building a nimrod and converting it to AEW config, i reckon light tan will be the best colour to use, its quite a matt finish and wont be far out, thanks Boys!
By: GATEGUARD - 13th November 2013 at 10:10
Does this help XZ281 at Abingdon & Waddington
In that case, seen at Kinloss, note the City of Lincoln Badge on the Starboard side of the cockpit only
By: pogno - 12th November 2013 at 14:25
It looks to me as if they were not painted at all originally, just left as a bare composite construction in the colour of the resin, cloth and honeycombe that was used to make them, painting them would have had a small effect on the performance of the radar which presumably was accepted later on when they went hemp.
Richard
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