RE: Best single engined fighter-bomber of WW2?

least it didnt stop unexpectedly on the pilots as often as the inline did!! i think thtat had somthing to do with grit, or breaking down rubber seals which over heated the engine and seized it.

i would say that it was the typhoon, for its versatility, and toughness, charles ‘windmill’ demoulins book is very good, would recommend it to anyone interested in the typhoon.

coanda:7

RE: P-51D Mustang vs F4U-4 Corsair

operationally these were identical to the rhubarbs carried out by pairs of typhoons, spits, hurris and blenheims, not the same as circuses carried out by sometimes, upto whole wings, to entice the luftwaffe to fight!! very successful aircraft was the mossie just what was needed, at the right time!! FBVI of the Banff strike wing i think were particularly interesting, have seen photo’s where there are upto twelve mosquitoes, in one frame attacking one ship!!!! same as with the beaufighters. anyone here have any picks of the highball aircraft????

coanda:7

RE: Russian plane down!

thats a very one sided view keltic. yes these accidents happen, but there are procedures in place- as i’m sure you are aware to make the range safe and to inform all likely air corridor users of such tests. Why was the airliner flying over a live firing weapons range??? as it would appear-if it was shot down by a launched missile? there are radio frequencies for range controllers and airspace users to use so that they can be conflicted accordingly- it begs the question, who messed up the most here? yes it is very sad that this has happenned, but we dont know all the parameteres, so to say that clear cut, it was the ukranian navies fault, none others, is wrong in this instance right now, it may turn out that it was an authorised weapons systems check that malfunctioned, it may be that the TU154 strayed into restricted and controlled airspace without knowing what was happenning, and provided a better target for the missile, than the practice target. Without having the range controllers frequency- the range controller could not tell them otherwise, so they were blind to the threat- they do not have radar warning receivers in airliners do they???? it could be that the crosswinds were stronger than expected and they flew, without knowing, into the restricted airspace, which is always in operation for live firing excercises, it could be that air traffic control did not inform the tu154 pilot that that particular area of controlled airspace was in use at the time-as they should do.

coanda

RE: SR-71

have never seen the monogram offering but have seen the built and boxed italeri version, and i thought it was not bad actually, the TR2 by them was very good i thought, good internal detail, and only the wing to fuse join to worry about.

coanda

RE: Anyone here build model kits?

ahh i c now-yeah but then how do you get the buggers off the sheet if you’ve coated them in gloss varnish????? interesting one, i would suggest coating them and over the perimeter of the decals with non-water soluble varnish, and then cutting out very carefully with a scalpel, that should do the trick!

coanda

RE: Harry

i would like to say that the ‘best’ mig 29 kit, is prob not the monogram one!!!!IMHO have the proof that the 1/48 academy mig29a with the neomega resin cockpit is a very good reproduction, if a little finicky to build because of the way it is moulded.

coanda

RE: Anyone here build model kits?

hey frank
what you need is to buy the decal sheet, thats compatible to your printer-i wouldnt be surprised if DACO didnt do it, they are local to you arent they??? well i found at least three people who make it on the hannants site. I suppose ink jet printers are just as good as others, prob better, as you know better than me, that laser printers get very hot, and since the decals are basically plastic polymers the heat might melt the decal film.

coanda