Battle of the Atlantic Feb. 1 to Aug 1, 2006

Well I don't know about you Northern hemisphere guys but my calendar say Feb 1st, so it's time to crack open the Beaufighter

Cheers

Dave based on my research (Brian Walkers RCAF serial # site & Greg Kopchuk's 429 Sqn site) 429 Sqn operated MK I & III the MK X's I believe were used by 408 Sqn.  I'll have a look and see who used MK X's.

Cheers

Bear

Dave Here is the list of decals I ordered (all from Squadron)

    RAF Letters large Superscale Intl, MS720052

    RAF Serial Numbers & Letters, Tally Ho KPH272004

    Lancaster Nose Art, Zolts ABZ72015

At the squadron web site do a search by manufacturer & lookup the pn's.  I did a part number check and it kept telling me no such number etc yet when I looked up the mfg and scroled down to the number it was there, go figure.

  Now I just have to find out if my uncle flew in an MK I or MK III 429 Sqn used both.  I love the research part.

Cheers

Bear

TIC TOC

The countdown is on!!!

superbear wrote:

I received my decals last week to customize my Lanc to my uncles aircraft so I'm ready to go HURRY Wednesday.

Marc, I would be interested in knowing what decals you ordered.  Did you order a sheet of squadron codes?  If so I would like to know which ones and where you got them from for when I get around to building my Lanc.

I received my decals last week to customize my Lanc to my uncles aircraft so I'm ready to go HURRY Wednesday.

Cheers

Bear

darson wrote:

I believe that Revell do a 1/32 Beaufighter Mk.Ic.  I have no idea what the quality is like but that would be one massive kit. Cheers

It would be huge, but man, it would be gorgeous!  I've been really turned off by Revell kits though, I always wind up with ones that have raised panel lines, so I stopped buying them.

Only 2 more days to go!  Can't wait to get started on my Beaufighter!

I believe that Revell do a 1/32 Beaufighter Mk.Ic.  I have no idea what the quality is like but that would be one massive kit.

Cheers

After doing some research I became intested in American use of the Beaufighter during the war, so was hoping to do a Beaufighter in U.S. scheme.  Unfortunately, it turns out that they were used by several Nightfighter squadrons stationed in the Meditteranean, and therefore weren't used by us in the Atlantic.  Anyway, I really like the gray/green camo, so I'll stick with the way I was originally going to paint it. 

The more I learn about the Beaufighter, the more I love it.  I've also become very interested in their missions.  Those are some brave men flying long, dangerous missions.  I need to find some good books that tell their stories, anyone have any recommendations? 

I'm going to have to get another one and make it up in the camo used at Malta, looks really good!   Are there any decent 1/32 kits available of the Beaufighter to anyones knowledge?

According to my references on the Beaufighter the original concept is described as:

"As Bristol prepared to test flight the first Beaufort, chief designer Leslie Frise and his colleague Roy Fadden, undertook a design study of the new torpedo bomber to see where the airframe could be adopted into a stop-gap fighter.  The RAF would, it was estimated, be critically short of fighters in the event of war.

The idea of producing a fighter with minimum cost and without the long timescale needed for an entirely new, off the drawing board, aircraft was enthusiastically taken up by the Air Ministry Staff.  A few days after the first Beaufort flew, Bristol was asked to build four prototypes of the Beaufort Fighter."

Scott (espins1), the Beaufighter I'm doing is the TFX Beaufighter UB-E (pictured below) from 455 Sqdn RAAF which was attached to RAF Coastal Command.  The color scheme is extra dark sea grey over sky with invasion stripes.

Cheers

JAY from what i have read the beaufighter had a lot of components handed down from the bristol beaufort medium bomber/patroll aircraft but i may be wrong they have very similar lines though.and Jules i had the mosquito in mind as well and even the Ju-88C

Dave, please pardon the faux pas, if you can forgive me, my eyes shall not gaze upon the offending plastic until thy appointed time! (I was weak, you can understand can't you?)

Chris I believe the Beaufighter was developed with the intent of being a fast, long range fighter and not a bomber...

darson wrote:

Btw I'm doing the Tamiya Beaufighter TF.Mk.X, what scheme are you planning on using for yours? Cheers

I had the kit in the truck, so I just went out to drool on it for a couple minutes.  At first glance, I really like the gray and green camo pattern of the option supplied in the kit for a Mk. VI serving with the 96th Squadron, Scotland 1943.  I have a bunch of homework to do still (that's half the fun of modelling), so I may become suddenly inspired after I do some research and might change my mind and look for aftermarket decals... need to see what my options are.  Hopefully I'll stumble across a photo or something that will inspire me.  

Sounds like we'll be comparing some notes on this build.  What scheme are you going to build yours in?

We haven't actually started building anything yet Scot so I don't think you're too late to join up at all, but Dave is running this build so I'm sure he'll pop in soon and do the formalities.

Btw I'm doing the Tamiya Beaufighter TF.Mk.X, what scheme are you planning on using for yours?

Cheers

Hey Panzer, there is a bunch of good stuff coming out from Revell AG this year including the re-boxed Hasegawa Heinkel He 111 H-6.

Cheers

That is a bigun Jay.  Hope you have lots of shelf space .

Regards,  Rick

So I taped some of the Canso together to get an idea on how big the PBY was.  Holy cow!  it is huge!

The two blue models are my Bbolingbroke(Blenheim) and a Fw190 D9, both in 1:72.  Have a look.

Well not much to report on other than the fact that I've ordered the Vallejo paints that I'll need for the build.  They should be here by the end of the week, so I'll be in plenty of time for kick-off.

The rockets and replacement exhausts I won't need for a while yet so I'm not in a huge hurry to order them.

Cheers

PanzerWulff wrote:

thats cool jay i'm building the same kit in RAF coastal command colors U-Boats had better beware you and I will be hitting them from bolth sides of the atlantic now we just need a CVE to cover the Gap

Gap 'double-covered'-I'm doing the AM Atlantic scheme Avenger-made the mistake of looking at the instructions last night and feeling overwhelmed .  However, I did download the AM website on-line build for additional reference.....