RAAF DeHavilland Hornet COMPLETED

[NARSES2]

Really pretty airframe and it looks fantastic in that scheme 

[AeroplaneDriver]

There is something distinctly odd about those propellors !

Two right handed blades and two left handed blades on each prop?

Yeah as I was weathering the props the first thing I noticed was that these would not work.  It's odd because the instructions indicate the props have individual blades to be assembled on the hubs but the actual parts are fully assembled (incorrectly) props.

[Tophe]

(incorrectly) props.

In the whif world, "incorrect" may be correct

[TallEng]

There is something distinctly odd about those propellors !

Two right handed blades and two left handed blades on each prop?

They are obviously the rarely photographed, experimental two bladed contra rotating props
I believe that there were problems with the cam mechanism, which allowed the contra rotating props to pass each other.....
as they appear to be mounted on the same axis

Regards
Keith

[perttime]

There is something distinctly odd about those propellors !

Two right handed blades and two left handed blades on each prop?

They are obviously the rarely photographed, experimental two bladed contra rotating props
I believe that there were problems with the cam mechanism, which allowed the contra rotating props to pass each other.....
as they appear to be mounted on the same axis

The designer should probably have got together with a certain Professor Veeblefitzer: https://www.deviantart.com/jimbowyrick1/art/Veeblefitzer-Ve-96B-Impossible-Fighter-845169130

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Never mind the props - it looks really good!

[AeroplaneDriver]

Thank you for the kind words gentlemen, and the input early on. This is a kit with a lot of whiffing potential and it goes together beautifully, the prop issue aside. I'll be picking up more of them. Seems like the RAAF Hornets would be going into battle alongside USMC ones in early 1946...

[Old Wombat]

 

[Mossie]

Lovely job.   So used to seeing the pretty Hornet in it's post war fatigues, good to see it in uniform.

[comrade harps]

Are those invasion stripes or racing stripes? Like a sporty Jag in British Racing Green! 

[Dizzyfugu]

I have a FROG Hornet somewhere in The Stash™, and still cannot decide between a late WWII SEA RAF livery (Dark Earth/Dark Green/MSG with small blue roundels and white ID stripes) or a post-war Burmese aircraft...

[buzzbomb]

Just another great job echo.

Really looks slick in that scheme

[su27rules]

Very nice!!

[AeroplaneDriver]

Are those invasion stripes or racing stripes? Like a sporty Jag in British Racing Green! 

I kinda like where this idea could go!   BRG with a white stripe on one wing and a big white circle on the other for the number for some post-war air race or another. The Jaguar D-type of the air. 

[KiwiZac]

My gosh, I thought it was a good idea but now I see I was wrong. It was a great idea. She's beautiful!

As an aside, in our world 75Sqn used the GA codes and one of their Pacific theatre veteran P-40s is airworthy in NZ.
curtiss-p-40n-1-a29-448zk-cag_35553190551_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr