In The Navy GB - General Discussion - GB EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT 14th JUNE.

[Old Wombat]

I have both, but "No!"

[McColm]

There's the Empire Test School which had an Avro Shackleton MR.2 painted in Royal Navy colours with decals,  would this qualify?

[Old Wombat]

Ask yourself this question, "Can it be considered to be IN the Navy?"

Not in the RAF, or RAF Coastal Command, or the Army, or the Girl Guides but actually directly connectable to the Navy ... any Navy.

[zenrat]

There's the Empire Test School which had an Avro Shackleton MR.2 painted in Royal Navy colours with decals,  would this qualify?

No, because its not a whiff.

[Old Wombat]

There's the Empire Test School which had an Avro Shackleton MR.2 painted in Royal Navy colours with decals,  would this qualify?

No, because its not a whiff.

He has a point!

[McColm]

There's the Empire Test School which had an Avro Shackleton MR.2 painted in Royal Navy colours with decals,  would this qualify?

No, because its not a whiff.

He has a point!

Whiff or not
It still could work on the new Revell Avro Shackleton MR.3 kit with a twist.

[McColm]

Okay as I now understand that it's aircraft that has entered  service with any Navy , Marines or Fleet Air Arm .
I'll play safe and build the Revell Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic,  the French Navy has used various Atlantics for research purposes in equipment and for weapons testing.

[Nick]

Would a Royal Navy Air Service armoured train be allowed in this group build?

Consider this - A Royal Navy armoured train from Britain, armed with four QF 6 inch naval guns and one QF 4 inch naval gun, was used in support of the British Expeditionary Force in the opening phase of the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914.

Now if the RNAS train includes an observers balloon or a carriage top runway for the Sopwith Camel then it should be good 

[zenrat]

Would a Royal Navy Air Service armoured train be allowed in this group build?

Consider this - A Royal Navy armoured train from Britain, armed with four QF 6 inch naval guns and one QF 4 inch naval gun, was used in support of the British Expeditionary Force in the opening phase of the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914.

Now if the RNAS train includes an observers balloon or a carriage top runway for the Sopwith Camel then it should be good 

Runway?  Surely a catapult powered by steam from the locomotives boiler...

The Tamiya LRDG Chevy could be repurposed as a support vehicle (delivering rum rations and fodder) for the hard pressed Royal Marines camel corps (ships of the desert, right?) at Wadi El Camino, Palestine, 1949.

[Weaver]

Would a Royal Navy Air Service armoured train be allowed in this group build?

Consider this - A Royal Navy armoured train from Britain, armed with four QF 6 inch naval guns and one QF 4 inch naval gun, was used in support of the British Expeditionary Force in the opening phase of the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914.

Now if the RNAS train includes an observers balloon or a carriage top runway for the Sopwith Camel then it should be good 

Runway?  Surely a catapult powered by steam from the locomotives boiler...

Update this concept for the 1930s and you could use an autogyro on a flatbed with a scissors-lift platform. All you need is a modest amount of 'wind -over-deck' and no tunnels...

[NARSES2]

Would a Royal Navy Air Service armoured train be allowed in this group build?

Consider this - A Royal Navy armoured train from Britain, armed with four QF 6 inch naval guns and one QF 4 inch naval gun, was used in support of the British Expeditionary Force in the opening phase of the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914.

Now if the RNAS train includes an observers balloon or a carriage top runway for the Sopwith Camel then it should be good 

Runway?  Surely a catapult powered by steam from the locomotives boiler...

Bearing in mind that Sopwith Camels were launched from lighters being towed behind destroyers then I would have though a locomotive could have got more that enough speed to launch a Camel or a Pup ? Controlling it might be fun, but..............

[McColm]

Convair did think of a similar idea to use a high speed train to launch a four engined passenger Seaplane and the Royal Navy did fly Seaplanes during both wars.

[PR19_Kit]

It occurs to me that my Whiffed Fairey Barracuda, that I've yet to start work on, could be a candidate for this GB, so maybe I'll delay kicking it off.

[Nick]

Would a Royal Navy Air Service armoured train be allowed in this group build?

Consider this - A Royal Navy armoured train from Britain, armed with four QF 6 inch naval guns and one QF 4 inch naval gun, was used in support of the British Expeditionary Force in the opening phase of the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914.

Now if the RNAS train includes an observers balloon or a carriage top runway for the Sopwith Camel then it should be good 

Runway?  Surely a catapult powered by steam from the locomotives boiler...

Bearing in mind that Sopwith Camels were launched from lighters being towed behind destroyers then I would have though a locomotive could have got more that enough speed to launch a Camel or a Pup ? Controlling it might be fun, but..............

Get the train up to 60mph on a mile long straight and you'll easily have take off.

[TheChronicOne]

It occurs to me that my Whiffed Fairey Barracuda, that I've yet to start work on, could be a candidate for this GB, so maybe I'll delay kicking it off.

That's the ticket. There's a real satisfying feeling when one finds out that a currently planned but not yet underway build will now apply for a GB!  My super-stretch-quad-Caravelle was this. I had no plans what so ever of using it in a GB, I just wanted to build it. Then I learned that the upcoming GB was "engines" and I was glad I hadn't started it yet! 

This is the universe telling you that the Fairacuda is destined to be so don't ignore it.