Steve.

Found these…

I despair…

All the millionaire entrepreneurs that are in the world, you would think they would be falling over themselves to have their company logos over such an iconic machine… Sir Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, even Bill Gates for Christ sake what’s £600.000 pa to the like of those… 😡

Steve about your query about the Dieppe Raid markings for your Whirlybomber, I found this little snippet in my “odds and sods” folder, I can’t remember where it came from or wether its true either… 🙁

No special markings for Dieppe. The application of these markings is recorded in some Squadrons ORB and the date is early July 1942.The plans were dropped and “Operation Jubilee” succeeded it in August.
A white nose and black bands on the wing tips, are markings applied for the last “full-scale” test of some of the strategies planned for the forthcoming invasion. This was “Operation Starkey” which took place during mid-September 1943. Single-engined planes taking part had 2 black and 2 white stripes painted around the outer part of the wings only, while twin-engined planes had a white-painted nose, as well. This applied mainly to Bostons and Whirlwinds. There is a photo of a Whirlwind with these markings in N.Frank’s “Fighter Command Losses 1943”.

1/3, ¼, ¾… This is the same situation I found when trying to get a accurate Whirly 3D model made for the Sturmovik flight sim, plenty of skilled people to make all that was needed to finish a 3D CGI working model, but all using different formats… Each piece crafted to perfection, beautiful on its own, but useless when put together! 😡

We could all of us contribute to making this happen, but unless there is a cohesion of information and peoples skills it will never be… 🙁 All this wonderful effort could be utilised to make so much more… 😉

Time is running out, the one thing that could be the greatest resource in making a Whirlwind replica is not going to be with us forever… Fred Ballam! The only man I know who actually worked at Westlands on some of the last Whirlwinds made… 🙁

Get yourself “TSR2 The Untold Story” from Classic British Jets… Be warned though, something that was done and dusted when I had just turned 5 has, after seeing this documentary, left me with a feeling of anger how such a technological achievement as the TSR2 could be thrown on the scrap heap…

It’s said that both the British Government and the RAF did not believe that the British Aviation Industry could bring the TSR2 Program to fruition, or to put it simply, they had no faith in their country’s aircraft industry…

All in all an excellent buy, but don’t forget to get a box of Cleanex for yourself as well, you’ll need it!

It’s all out there… 😉 The problem is in finding it… :rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weBtduYWvxY