Beaufighter interior

great question, I 've always wondered about that as well...seems a little big for a voice tube; maybe a heating duct?

...the Tamiya kit is good but lacks an interior to speak of...

Oh, this will be for the 1/72 Airfix TFX kit. And what would be great if there were plans anywhere for one but I havn't been able to find one.

David

Isn't that the air tube that takes your deposit to the drive up bank teller?

Great work on the cockpit.  

wing_nut wrote:

Isn't that the air tube that takes your deposit to the drive up bank teller?   Great work on the cockpit.

Ya, thats what I thought. Heres the link to the build.

http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/beaufighterijvbg_1.htm

and a pic of what I hope someday mine Might look Close to.

Remember, it is NOT mine.

David

Trying to get up that high to relieve yourself, imagine while you were doing that your wingman calls out Fighter, 6 O'clock.

I just can't imagine what it is though. Any guesses?

David

Aggieman wrote:

I believe that tube was to provide either heating or cooling to the cockpit and passenger areas; it was fed in from the engines somehow, so probably heating.

THat makes sense, does anyone have any interior pics or plans.

Thanks,

David

SAM Publications Modellers Datafile Bristol Beaufighter has scale plans, reproductions of the manuals showing the interior and walk-around photos of museum exhibts. Should be able to get it from any good specialist bookshop or online model shop like Squadron. Or, see their website http://www.sampublications.com/samfront_a.htm

It is there but you have to dig around a bit. Price £15.

I have a nice book on the beaufighter, I will try to get my scanner to work and to get some pictures and drawings mailed to you.

Is there anything specific you are intereste off? What model of the beaufighter are you going to model?

Michael

Im with Aggieman and Manny. Its got to be a heating tube, they got very cold in the fuz of those big birds. Aww bless.

...Guy

Here are three decent pics I have in my stash.

                                                                         Soulcrusher

I looked through a couple of pics I've got from my F-I-L in his, and cannot see the pipe in question, nor do I see it in Crushers photos. His problem in Tunisia was heat not cold and they flew in T-shirts alot, plus he went up on as many engine checks as he could. Maybe it's a cold weather fit  more common to England.

I'll look through more of his stuff this week.

Everyone, thanks for the help.

Soulcrusher, those pics are great, the one of the gunners seat is really helpful.

smoffo, I'm building the TF.X model.

Thanks,

David

i would guess its a heating duct too. The RH engine probably had a heating muff around the exhuast collector or stack and it was routed through the wing root into the fuselage.  Looks like the bottom of the tube lines up about right, and it look like insulated segments. 

-Bret 

How do you guys think I could recreate the seat cushion, I'm guessing putty. And then the bulkheads look to be about 3 inches thick which in 1/72 scale would be 1/25 of a inch (I think) which would basically be sheet styrene. For the rear seat, I'm guessing to use wire or strecthed sprue, don't know how thick, and use styrene to form the rest of the seat. It doesn't need to be perfect, just give the impression that something other than a blob is there. For the pilot seat, I think I will use the original bench as a base and ad a piece of styrene to the back and maybe get a set of those Eduard PE seat belt buckels. For the cockpit, I think I'll just build the basic part, not all the details. This is going to be my first Scratch built project. Thanks for the input,

David

You could use a small piece of tissue and then coat it in white glue. I think ive seen it done on here before. Or use some putty. Shape it off the chair. Dimple it with a sponge or the like. Paint it, wash it. Bobs your uncle.

...Guy

David, I sent you an email with a link to the pictures.

Michael

So, I started building the gunners eat and back of pilots seat as well as putting the floor in, doesn't look great but is better than nothing. I'll keep you updated and will post pics sometime tommorow.

David