Alain Gadbois Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Hi! A couple months ago I went to visit the Montreal Aviation Museum, which is situated in an old barn at the western tip of the island. They are restoring a Bolingbroke for static display. I took a few pictures of the state of progress of the project. The museum is very small but they have some nice exhibits and they are also restoring a Norseman. The Airfix kit has just come out so the following pictures might be of help, while waiting for a larger scale one... Trak-Tor, MikeMaben, Kagemusha and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Neat! Very interesting looking aircraft I thought I remembered seeing something similar when we went on our PIMA tour for the US NATs back in August! Jeff, Alain Gadbois and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 That's the one! The assymetric nose section is a odd caracteristic of the MK IV. I always liked the early short nose more. Alain Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Great photos, thank you for posting them, just need a 1/32 kit now ! Cheers Dennis paul fisher and Alain Gadbois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Thank you for your interest! A few years ago I took photos showing the aircraft. I will try to find them and post here. In the last photo, you can see one of the underwing compartments closed by two spring loaded doors. I wonder what they were designed for? Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 I found some more photos taken in 2010. The photos inside the fuselage are taken through the hatch ahead of the turret. Alain Daniel460 and KiwiZac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Wot's the difference between a Bolinnbroke and a Blenheim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Gazzas said: Wot's the difference between a Bolinnbroke and a Blenheim? Bolingbroke was the name it was given in Canada for Candian built versions of the Blenheim. The flying version at Duxford actually started life as a Bolingroke with the bigger nose - effectively a Blenheim IV. It was restored after another Blenhiem IV crashed and was written off. I went to see it in the early 90's for it's maiden flight as a Blenheim IV night fighter. It then had various schemes until it was damaged again and they found an early MK1 front end so now it's a Blenheim MK1. Current MK1 at Duxford. https://www.aircraftrestorationcompany.com/blenheim/ History of it's restoration: http://vintageaviationecho.com/arco-blenheim/ Edited December 9, 2018 by PhilB Kagemusha and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 On 12/8/2018 at 1:37 PM, Alain Gadbois said: Thank you for your interest! A few years ago I took photos showing the aircraft. I will try to find them and post here. In the last photo, you can see one of the underwing compartments closed by two spring loaded doors. I wonder what they were designed for? Alain They held flares as seen here: http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/BLENMKIV/media/cGF0aDovYm9tYmJheTEuanBn/?ref= Jari Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) Thanks Jari! Interesting drawing! Its good to have original sources, rather than guessing. Alain Edited December 12, 2018 by Alain Gadbois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Great photos, thanks so much for sharing! I love seeing any restoration, but grassroots stuff like this is always fascinating. On 12/10/2018 at 12:15 AM, PhilB said: The flying version at Duxford actually started life as a Bolingroke with the bigger nose - effectively a Blenheim IV. It was restored after another Blenhiem IV crashed and was written off. G-MKIV, the first one that didn't last long, was also a Boly. Believe it or not there's only one real Blenheim left and it's in Finland. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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