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April 21, 2012 at 12:26 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1064644

brewerjerry
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Hi
It was suggested that it might be a lease lend aircraft over on the hyperscale board.
If so ownership might be US, so it might be worth not jumping to any conclusions on the RAFM as a destination yet.
cheers
Jerry

April 20, 2012 at 10:25 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1064783

brewerjerry
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Hi
Awot is me 🙂 My nickname does not mean A Waste Of Time. Is the name of my motorcycle AWO-425T http://www.film-autos.com/fundus/fahrzeug/index.php?fz_id=259
In a few days I get a few other pictures of the P-40. This is not a model. It’s a real plane! Believe !!!

Raphael

Hi Raphael,
Welcome to the board and please prove my mind wrong.
cheers
Jerry

April 20, 2012 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1065414

brewerjerry
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Hi
Just a thought, if it is a kittyhawk I …. etc
It would have the short nose allison engine, not the long nose, so would it still break off at the place it has supposed to in the crash photo ?
The new shorter engine would not have the same weak point ?
cheers
Jerry

April 20, 2012 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1065440

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I bet this bloke could have a good stab at it:

http://www.fightingcolors.com/relicpage.htm

Hi
That actually looks quite good
cheers
Jerry

April 20, 2012 at 1:19 am in reply to: I usually stick to Spitfires but… #1066530

brewerjerry
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Hi
I had some spare time so looked on LEMB
and photos there seems to be the same hurricane ?
photo source e bay ?
cheers
Jerry

April 20, 2012 at 12:45 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1066538

brewerjerry
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As a modeller of 13 years, there’s absolutely no way in my mind that could be a model.

Hi
Look at this one, it is amazing
http://www.p40warhawk.com/smf/index.php?topic=17.30
cheers
Jerry

April 20, 2012 at 12:18 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1066542

brewerjerry
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I’m struck by what appear to be footprints in the other photo (circled)

Hi
But surely they could just have been in a background photo used as the backdrop for the p-40 photo.

As for detail of a model I recall a thread here recently of a whitley or a lancaster ? made by a greek modeller,and it was awesome, I think thin tinfoil containers were used to simulate fuselage skinning, and did it even have a toilet roll by the elsan ?

edit found it :- http://www.helmo.gr/index.php?option=com_deeppockets&task=catContShow&cat=24&id=684&Itemid=35

for example

an awesome P-40
http://www.p40warhawk.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=185dc2f9b9f244dd503bbb99ed9fcba5&topic=17.15
just look at he detail of the finished model on page 3

a few other examples

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1839/dsc02582pd4.jpg

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1333589024/The+saga+continues…….

http://www.helmo.gr/gallery2/d/41259-1/medevac+huey+668.jpg?g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT

Anyway hopefully I am proved wrong and it is real, if so it deserves a fitting home.

cheers
Jerry

April 19, 2012 at 8:28 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1067027

brewerjerry
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Hi
Well a previous post does imply high modelling skills

Pytanie jak w temacie. Czy ktoś wie w jak sposób i gdzie zdobyć uprawnienia instruktora modelarstwa ?

.. anybody knows as manner in and where earn entitlement of instructor modelarstwa?

one of his models and full post name possibly

[model] Samolot Gee Bee R1 (Autor: Awot/McGregor)

http://www.konradus.com/forum/read.php?f=5&i=5&t=5&filtr=0&page=1

But then maybe I am just to suspicious or to old…

or will it be at legends …as they say…

cheers
Jerry

April 19, 2012 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Daimler Benz Spitfire. #1067219

brewerjerry
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Hi,
If you join here ( peters excellent board ):D

http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/forums/index.php?act=idx

There is a whole section on captured aircraft and a few threads on spitfires in the RAF section.

almost every aircraft type captured by german and italy is covered, there is even a small thread on the whirlwind.:)

cheers
Jerry

April 19, 2012 at 5:16 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1067493

brewerjerry
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Jerry,

Assuming real to start with, going on the last two photos.

I am assuming it is a P40E either US serial or UK code.

I rang someone at AHB and they know nothing about it!?

So if the code is known, will be easy to find out if missing. (If any of us stumbled across this would take quite a few photos and anything to ID the airframe).

Trouble is that is looking at it not from a layperson point of view!?

Need to try and contact with ‘AWOL’ – seems no previous links to site or registration?

regards

Mark

Hi
user name is actually AWOT, I tried googling it and got …

AWOT = A Waste Of Time

cheers
Jerry

April 19, 2012 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1067520

brewerjerry
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Hi

quote from link

“The plane lay so many years is not bothered by anyone. The finder of the wreck told the RAF and were able to identify aircraft. We do not know why he was only at that particular place. It may puzzle some time find a solution. “

So the RAF in UK should know all about the history of this aircraft.

anyone in the UK going to call the AHB ?

It would be nice to be real but personally it looks like a very good fake.
cheers
Jerry

April 7, 2012 at 7:08 pm in reply to: Graviner automatic fire extinguisher #1079485

brewerjerry
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I’m sure the enguisher we have looks the same – it has the same handle that I admit does look to me like a manual discharge lever – but it has a manufacturer’s plate which states it is an automatic. To be honest, I think the most important thing is to go with the Mk 21 designation as I’m not interested in the use of automatic extinguishers of other marks as these may have been used in different aircraft.

Hi
If it is automatic I would presume it would have some wiring terminals for the firing circuit, the whirlwind was lost when the contacts in the switch stuck closed and the u/c was lowered.

I am pretty certain that they were fitted on many other aircraft.

cheers
Jerry

March 13, 2012 at 12:18 pm in reply to: French ‘Aid’ to Argentina During the Falklands War #1022033

brewerjerry
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The Exocets were supplied prior to the conflict, prior to any embargo.
It was apparently French techs already in Argentina prior to the declaration of hostilities that enabled the missiles to be used by fixing a gliche during the conflict, post the imposition of the embargo and in apparent defiance of the French governments wishes.

Hi
It would be a brave man who would say no under the circumstances,when they were in argentina.
cheers
Jerry

March 13, 2012 at 12:18 pm in reply to: French ‘Aid’ to Argentina During the Falklands War #1031151

brewerjerry
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The Exocets were supplied prior to the conflict, prior to any embargo.
It was apparently French techs already in Argentina prior to the declaration of hostilities that enabled the missiles to be used by fixing a gliche during the conflict, post the imposition of the embargo and in apparent defiance of the French governments wishes.

Hi
It would be a brave man who would say no under the circumstances,when they were in argentina.
cheers
Jerry

March 8, 2012 at 12:25 am in reply to: Rolls Royce Griffon #1026196

brewerjerry
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Does Anybody know of a static Griffon?

This is what it is for (Firefly).

Hi Brian,
You mean you are going to fit it into that mini in the photo…:D

Now, if we done what we thought of, one evening at group leaders all those years ago, we would all have had a griffon each ….:dev2:
cheers
Jerry
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