Beaufighter variations

[ChernayaAkula]

Here's a two-seater bubble-top Beau:

[GTX]

Interesting - I assume the two seats are in tandem under the canopy.

Regards,

Greg

[ElectrikBlue]

Here's a two-seater bubble-top Beau:

Nice, it would look even better with a rounded off canopy... 

EB

[ChernayaAkula]

Yes, a tandem arrangement. Looking at it now, maybe the canopy is a tad on the small side for a two-seater.  The nose was elongated to fit a radar, night vision equipment (Daryl's Counter-Invader idea) or some more .50 cals (if the rest of the guns don't suffice  ).

EB, what do you mean, "rounded off"? 

[kitnut617]

I've been re-reading my BSP, Fighters & Bombers 1935-1950. On page 41 there's a paragraph about a Bristol Type 158, this was to be the Beaufighter Mk.III (Hercules) & IV (Merlin XX) and from the text it would suggest that this would have been a cross between a Beaufighter and a Brigand, it having a slim fuselage.  This corresponds with the Type 157 which was called the Beaubomber and the forerunner to the Buckingham.  This might give you an idea on what a tandem seat cockpit might have looked like.

[ElectrikBlue]

Yes, a tandem arrangement. Looking at it now, maybe the canopy is a tad on the small side for a two-seater.  The nose was elongated to fit a radar, night vision equipment (Daryl's Counter-Invader idea) or some more .50 cals (if the rest of the guns don't suffice  ).

EB, what do you mean, "rounded off"? 

Sorry for my english (), I was thinking about a more rounded canopy, like this...

Regards,

EB

[ChernayaAkula]

Ah, I see what you mean. Yes, that looks even better!

[rickshaw]

Does anybody have any drawings of the Beaufighter Mk.III "sports model"?  I need it for a story I'm working on.

[jcf]

Does anybody have any drawings of the Beaufighter Mk.III "sports model"?  I need it for a story I'm working on.

If you mean the 'narrow fuselage' Type 158,  I've looked and looked over the years and come up empty-handed.
Most sources say very little work was actually done.

Of late though I've come up with a cunning plan to fake it:
combine the wings and empennage of the Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter with the fuselage of the Gloster F.9/37.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21240.0.html

[rickshaw]

Does anybody have any drawings of the Beaufighter Mk.III "sports model"?  I need it for a story I'm working on.

If you mean the 'narrow fuselage' Type 158,  I've looked and looked over the years and come up empty-handed.
Most sources say very little work was actually done.

Of late though I've come up with a cunning plan to fake it:
combine the wings and empennage of the Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter with the fuselage of the Gloster F.9/37.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21240.0.html

Interesting.  So where would one get a Gloster F.9/37 fuselage for a model?

[PR19_Kit]

Interesting.  So where would one get a Gloster F.9/37 fuselage for a model?

Magna do one, in fact they do two, one with Peregrine engines.

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MAG7271

[NARSES2]

Interesting.  So where would one get a Gloster F.9/37 fuselage for a model?

Magna do one, in fact they do two, one with Peregrine engines.

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MAG7271

And it's a nice kit

[GTX]

An idea I'm playing with:



Regards,

Greg

[rickshaw]

I assume it has different engines, Greg?

[Logan Hartke]

Clearly R-2800s, almost certainly from a Corsair.  That would certainly make it move.

Cheers,

Logan