RAF Centenary GB - Discussion thread

[sandiego89]

Hmmm, has this classic RAF recovery set been WHIFFED before?  I just came up with a nefarious plan.... 

[tigercat]

Not a huge amount I'd guess as things with wings seem to be many people's main focus.

It'll be good for the RAF salvage and recovery teams to get some recognition and the ACK EMMA's in general.

[nighthunter]

Who is the honourable moderator? I ask because I have a barely started Curtis's P-6E Hawk, that I was going to make into a "Supermarine Shrike Mk.I". It's the old Monogram 1/72 kit, the interior is painted and the two fuselage halves are glued together. That's it, most everything else is on the sprues.

[jcf]

Are you SURE that's a Whiff Chris? It looks as if Boulton Paul smoothed off the Overstrand and lost the top wing!

[NARSES2]

Who is the honourable moderator? I ask because I have a barely started Curtis's P-6E Hawk, that I was going to make into a "Supermarine Shrike Mk.I". It's the old Monogram 1/72 kit, the interior is painted and the two fuselage halves are glued together. That's it, most everything else is on the sprues.

As the Moderator for this build that's fine by me 

[nighthunter]

Who is the honourable moderator? I ask because I have a barely started Curtis's P-6E Hawk, that I was going to make into a "Supermarine Shrike Mk.I". It's the old Monogram 1/72 kit, the interior is painted and the two fuselage halves are glued together. That's it, most everything else is on the sprues.

As the Moderator for this build that's fine by me 

Thanks Chris!

[jcf]

Are you SURE that's a Whiff Chris? It looks as if Boulton Paul smoothed off the Overstrand and lost the top wing!

[Dizzyfugu]

Inspiration just struck me when I was at the fridge, for a very British kit conversion... a, well, reconfigured Hawker Fury (biplane).
Submission #4 is settled!

[tigercat]

Will it have a kettle and a compartment for scones...?

[Knightflyer]

Inspiration just struck me when I was at the fridge, for a very British kit conversion... a, well, reconfigured Hawker Fury (biplane).
Submission #4 is settled!

The Boulton-Paul Branston Pickle Bomber ? or perhaps the Miles Marmite ?

[Dizzyfugu]

Maybe the Hawker Haggis!  Or the Hawker Flurry instead of a Fury?

I had a weird (conecptual) idea, and I am curious if it actually works! The Hawker Fury appears like a perfect starting point - wait and see!

[loupgarou]

I am studying Putnam's British Flight testing - Martlesham Heath 1920-1939.
Many single-engined bombers of the twenties, quite big airplanes, could suggest a scale-o-rama from an 1/48 fighter to an 1/72 bomber.

[NARSES2]

Many single-engined bombers of the twenties, quite big airplanes, could suggest a scale-o-rama from an 1/48 fighter to an 1/72 bomber.

Some of the them were very big. You don't realise how big sometimes unless there is a person standing next to them.

Anyway we are off Gents 

[PR19_Kit]

Many single-engined bombers of the twenties, quite big airplanes, could suggest a scale-o-rama from an 1/48 fighter to an 1/72 bomber.

Some of the them were very big. You don't realise how big sometimes unless there is a person standing next to them.

Anyway we are off Gents 

The dreaded Blackburn Blackburn for a start!

And for a REALLY huge single try the Blackburn Cubaroo, it had an 88f t wingspan! 

[loupgarou]

Yees. I have nearly finished the British flight testing book, lots of strange and wondrous examples. 
And many photos have an human figure to give an idea of the size.