spellbinder99

1/24 Bristol Beaufighter TF-X, just saying.

I love the P-47 Razorback for a very specific and personal reason. Back in 1974 we lived in Poppondetta on the north coast of PNG and the local airport had the hulk of a razorback Thunderbolt sitting on its undercarriage near the terminal building. This aircraft is the one that is seen in Charles Darby's book, "Pacific Aircraft Wrecks and Where To Find Them" with one wing torched off and the turbo cut out.
It subsequently had another wing bolted on and was put on "display". Later it was propped on its nose in concrete before eventually being rescued for restoration in Australia. 
 
Such was the impact of the aircraft I have loved models of it since and have Tamiya and Hasegawa 1/48 kits, Revell and Trumpeter 1/32 versions and the monster Kinetic 1/24 one, all Razorbacks. I also have a complete instrument panel from a real one, but that is another story!

Just watched the Airfix unboxing video. Two types of tailplane and elevators and seperate lower rear fuselage inserts (the tailwheel mounting area) say to me a MKVIII is planned as well.

I love the P-47 Razorback for a very specific and personal reason. Back in 1974 we lived in Poppondetta on the north coast of PNG and the local airport had the hulk of a razorback Thunderbolt sitting on its undercarriage near the terminal building. This aircraft is the one that is seen in Charles Darby's book, "Pacific Aircraft Wrecks and Where To Find Them" with one wing torched off and the turbo cut out.
It subsequently had another wing bolted on and was put on "display". Later it was propped on its nose in concrete before eventually being rescued for restoration in Australia. 
 
Such was the impact of the aircraft I have loved models of it since and have Tamiya and Hasegawa 1/48 kits, Revell and Trumpeter 1/32 versions and the monster Kinetic 1/24 one, all Razorbacks. I also have a complete instrument panel from a real one, but that is another story!

I love the P-47 Razorback for a very specific and personal reason. Back in 1974 we lived in Poppondetta on the north coast of PNG and the local airport had the hulk of a razorback Thunderbolt sitting on its undercarriage near the terminal building. This aircraft is the one that is seen in Charles Darby's book, "Pacific Aircraft Wrecks and Where To Find Them" with one wing torched off and the turbo cut out.
It subsequently had another wing bolted on and was put on "display". Later it was propped on its nose in concrete before eventually being rescued for restoration in Australia. 
 
Such was the impact of the aircraft I have loved models of it since and have Tamiya and Hasegawa 1/48 kits, Revell and Trumpeter 1/32 versions and the monster Kinetic 1/24 one, all Razorbacks. I also have a complete instrument panel from a real one, but that is another story!

I love the P-47 Razorback for a very specific and personal reason. Back in 1974 we lived in Poppondetta on the north coast of PNG and the local airport had the hulk of a razorback Thunderbolt sitting on its undercarriage near the terminal building. This aircraft is the one that is seen in Charles Darby's book, "Pacific Aircraft Wrecks and Where To Find Them" with one wing torched off and the turbo cut out.
It subsequently had another wing bolted on and was put on "display". Later it was propped on its nose in concrete before eventually being rescued for restoration in Australia. 
 
Such was the impact of the aircraft I have loved models of it since and have Tamiya and Hasegawa 1/48 kits, Revell and Trumpeter 1/32 versions and the monster Kinetic 1/24 one, all Razorbacks. I also have a complete instrument panel from a real one, but that is another story!

Timmy, I spent seven years working on RAFO Jaguars in Oman and those pictures of the nose wheel well detail match my minds-eye memories of those areas faultlessly. Recognising the ground cooling fan, interior wheel cover and uplocks was a real flashback. Cheers and well done from an Old Jag Fixer.
 
Tony

Oh, and their next restoration is an ex-Soloman Islands Corsair......
 
Cheers
 
Tony

I heartily agree that flying an aircraft should not be at the chance of losing the last example as almost happened with the Bristol Bulldog back in the sixties. This one will never fly but it was never intended to, and if you knew the full story about it's restoration you would be amazed the path it has taken to get back to this state.
 

 

 

 

 

 
The guys have done a top notch job and should any LSP members ever wander down to Adelaide, contact me and I would be glad to show you over this and the P-38.
 
Cheers
 
Tony

Taken a few minutes ago, at the annual Fly-In at Parafield Airport in Adelaide South Australia. Nice to see a P-39 in RAAF markings and a real incentive to crack open the Special Hobbies box.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
If anyone needs any specific detail pictures I will going back to shoot some more after my camera recharges. Nice opportunity while it is out in the sun and a lovely sight!
 
Cheers
 
Tony

Rog, about 2 minutes, mainly because I have wanted a 1/32 Mk 21 for a LONG time. Small edit, if the engine cowl rings could have the long tropical carb intakes and a set of hedgehog exhausts included as part of the package, that would be cool too.
 
Cheers
 
Tony

I want to a 1/32 DAP Mk 21 Beaufighter. To that end I would like to see these items:
Angled tailplane conversion - $25-30
Mk 21 Sperry nose bulge - $5-10
Detailed front cockpit and canopy- $40-50
Detailed undercarriage units, including wheels, legs AND the doors - $40-50
Cowl rings with moulded in exhaust pipes- $20
Dropped flaps- $30
Overall I would like to pay no more than $150 in extras but could stretch. I have 2 or 3 of the kits in my stash.
 
Cheers
 
Tony

Hi Whitey, great job so far but just a few details to mention. I was posted to 2OCU in June 1986 so worked on the jet you are depicting at that actual time. I am now 27 years later still tending to A21-101 here in Adelaide as a civilian. 105 was fairly tidy at the time having only been delivered a few months before so weathering should be restrained.
The emergency brake accumulator in the nose wheel well (the silver item at the bottom in your picture) is metallic blue, looking almost the same colour as anodised pipe fittings do. The intakes have always been gloss white and still are, the same colour as the undercarriage and wheel wells. I am not certain if the decal sheet has it, but there is a decal on the fuselage just below the right tail fin on the real aircraft that lists the paint specs for all the paint on the aircraft, both inside and out.
 
Something to watch as well when you add the exhausts is that the exhaust flaps fitted at the time were all changed to a different design a few years later. The originals were divided into parallel edged units but they were later changed to overlapping ones more like flower petals. If the D kit portrays the later ones they will have to be changed to depict 105 in mid '86.
 
Cheers and feel free to ask any questions, I will try to help.
 
Tony