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October 1, 2013 at 6:24 pm in reply to: AW Whitley MK.III #934066

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Bump!

November 18, 2012 at 12:25 pm in reply to: BBMF Hurricane PZ865 New Paint #966790

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Excellent another SEAC scheme, 70 years have gone by & today not such a ‘forgotten air force’!

Nick

July 17, 2012 at 4:32 pm in reply to: RAF Propellers X or + #951984

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props X or +

My late Father RAF from 38 to 46 would always say props were either + or Y if 3 blades except flying boats for the reasons given, i.e to stop rain etc building up in the spinners. If he ever saw anything else he would mutter something like ‘scruffy ******s’!
Nowadays as a modeler I always positions my props + or Y. not quite sure what to do with 2 blade props however, l would be correct I am thinking.

Can someone tell me why a lot of turbo props are feathered when on the ground?

Nick

May 26, 2012 at 9:08 am in reply to: Dutch Spitfires in the NEI #1016346

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Dutch Spitfires

Actually there were two books:
– Dutch Spitfires part 1, by Harry van der Meer
– Dutch Spitfires part 2: A Technical Study, by Harry van der Meer & Theo Melchers
The ISBN number above is for the second volume which is the large format book with lots of photos. The first part is a small volume which mainly lists all the relevant numbers and dates. I don’t know if the first volume has a ISBN number, it may have been privately published. If there’s anything specific you’re after then give a shout and I’ll see if I can locate mine in the basement.

Hi Archer

I am after enough info to model a couple, I believe the Dutch had T.9s as well as F.9s, so stuff like period photos & a little history of use etc,

Cheers for the replies folks

Nick

October 22, 2011 at 10:14 pm in reply to: Terence the Tug gets a mate! #1037179

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Terence and friend

You guys need to get out more, I have had a damned good laugh at this thread.

Nick

May 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Caption time #1047998

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I surrender! (Well it is a French plane)!

January 27, 2011 at 9:08 pm in reply to: Scrapping the Nimrods at Woodford #1141941

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Premature, we will live to regret this. Old they maybe but I can see some Refurbished Orion’s coming in 2-3 years.

Nick

December 5, 2010 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Did a bomb hit my house? #1125160

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Do similar things exist for other cities? I’d be interested to know where bombs fell in Sheffield. All I’ve seen is a map produced by the local newspaper which was rubbish in terms of accuracy.

There is a bomb map for Hull it can be viewed on line at the following;

http://www.rhaywood.karoo.net/bombmap.htm

If you know where to look in Hull you can still see one or two bomb sites.

Nick

November 2, 2010 at 12:33 pm in reply to: Beaufighter Mystery #1089920

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this was the code word which indicated that the aircraft should not be diverted from its intended destination which was SEAC.

October 30, 2010 at 5:38 pm in reply to: P.O. Worsdell & Sgt. Gardiner remembered 70 years to the day #1092087

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Well done for not letting these guys go unremembered. I recently finished a 219 Sqd Blenheim (FK-M) as part of my BoB them for this year.

Lest we forget

Nick
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