White smoke – Sunday!

Sorry chaps, been diverted by other stuff. Will now knuckle down and finish sorting out paint scheme by Sunday.

Port side definately Al Deere, trouble matching cam etc for starboard scheme, may have to cheat a bit.:)

cheers
Baz

Canberra WD954

Within the next few weeks my cockpit section will start receiving some TLC, building up to it’s respray into the black and grey she wore in the early fifties.

Being an early Canberra she was fitted with a chin mounted pitot head, just behind the bomb aimers position. Is this a generic pitot tube and/or does anyone have a spare?

The canopy is off a T/bird and at some stage I would like to change it back to a B2, again does anyone have one tucked away somewhere?

Does anyone have any good pictures of WD954 when she was doing all that record breaking stuff in her early years?

Any help appreciated

cheers
Baz

Why not 610 squadron that I think were based in Cornwall Devon at some point during the war. No access to books today so cant check but a quck internet check brought up the following .

1940: Sgt/P R.F. Hamlyn (610 Sqn) becomes ‘Ace in a day’ (5 kills) R6891 DW-Q

80244 Ronald Fairfax Hamlyn DFM (The Pied Piper) of Harrogate

Joined No 610 Squadron on the 6th of June 1940 he was 23 years old. Hamlyn destroyed two enemy aircraft before the 24th of August. On the 24th of August he destroyed a Ju 88 and four Bf 109s. He was the first pilot in the RAf to shoot down five enemy aircraft in one day.

Hamlyn then destroyed Bf 109s on the 26th, 27th, 28th and the 30th of August. Hamlyn was awarded the D.F.M. on the 13th of September 1940 and the A.F.C. on the 1st of January 1943.He rose to the rank of Wing Commander. He died on 7th May 1991.

not the same airframe , but close…..

How about doing it in Luftwaffe markings like the ones they captured, bet no one has done that before, hows that for thinking out of the box? Eh Baz;)

aha! This one was captured and fitted with a smoke making device, featured in many German periodicals……but that’s not what you had in mind mien friend is it?.

Spitfire paint job

Some good ideas which had me rummaging through my books.

On my MkIX, I put 2 different sqdns on, one either side which works quite well and I chose airframes of relatively ‘unknown’ pilots for the purpose of being original. I am thinking now of doing the same for my MkII. I still like the idea of Al Deeres ‘Kiwi’ on the port side and a toss up between Tuck or Robert Whittons idea of a 610 machine (with those over sized codes) the other. Problem with this is the spinner and propellers were a different make and shape, so purists will only be able to view one side:rolleyes:

Thankyou for your inputs thus far, no final decision yet.

cheers
Baz