One more RF141 question please gents if I may.

Can anyone see from their pictures whether she had the small B.I or the taller B.III astrodome please.

Starfire,I’ve really started to look at this kit now and have spotted one or two noticable ommisions from the interior.

1.Bombsight/mounting bracket

2.Bomb aimer’s cushions on his compartment floor.

3.Handrails down into the bomb aimer’s compartment.

4.Flight engineer’s “dicky”seat,usally folded up between the main instrument panel and his own panel and protuding just above the canopy sill line.

I would have thought that for how much effort Revell have put into this kit they’d have included those because they’re very visible through the canopy
and/or nose blister.
They’ve put in fair representations of the flight engineer’s panel,the bomb sight computer,bomb release and release timer control panels.

Mark

I strongly suspect 682al,that you’re absolutely right.

It seems the mounting plate was fitted irrespective of whether the a/c had H2S,belly gun or neither fitted,in which case the mounting plate merely became a “blanking plate” to plug th’ole in the floor.

Cousin spadegrip reckon’s he’s seen the “towel rail” antennas on Stirlings,Hallys and Whitleys as well as Lancs and upon further investigation it appears that he’s correct too.

What’s even more apparent is that the towel rail appeared more so on a/c’s that were not H2S equipped,making it extremely probable that RF141 had
one fitted.

So there we are,one more piece of the “Uncle Joe Again”jigsaw in place.

Many thanks.

Mark

Wow starfire,many thanks for those hu’s.

I’ll be looking into getting a set of barrels and those wheels really look the part,much better than the kit items.

I’ve read and agree that the gun barrels and wheels are the only two areas that let the kit down.
I’m still unconvinced that wartime Lancs had that “towel-rail”aerial down by the H2S blister or that long “air-scoop” object that fits above the stb’d wing root.

Apart from that it’s excellent.

Mark:D

Thanks for that T21.

I’ve almost got enough to go on now.

Just one more thing,do those pictures you have show whether there were the side observation blisters on the cockpit canopy or whether they were the flat panels?

Thanks for those links antoni.

Cheers,Mark:D

Two very interesting pictures there Al.

Could she have had the H2S scanner and equipment removed?

Was it fitted onto the blanking plate for the lower turret?

This new kit I have has a blanking plate in it for a lower turret(even though the option to fit one isn’t??)and the H2S’s scanner fits into the centre of it.

Do you see what I’m getting at?,were the “gubbins” for the H2S actually mounted on that plate?.
That makes sense to me,just unplug the electrical connections,unbolt the plate and the entire unit can be removed as one.

It also looks like the pitot heads have also been removed and as you say a window chute low on the starboard side and,I find this most odd,no shrouds fitted.
She does look like the original cowlings are still fitted but,well,who knows?

It’s not surprising the state she’s in for eight months old,but then again,operational Lancs led the “outdoor lifestyle”,were worked hard and serviced well but weren’t “washed and waxed” very much at all.

If that pic in the link is accurate,then there’s no H2S.

There is Rebecca antennas and also it looks like the square window on the underside behind the blister.

I’ve not got the books you mention either:mad: 😡 ..drat.

Mark