Finn 2,211 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 or is it a Tempest? Either way a nice look at the weathering: Jari Uncarina, Alain Gadbois, mpk and 11 others 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_K2 25,350 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Hard to say for sure. My guess would be Typhoon. mpk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
thierry laurent 6,956 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This is a late Typhoon. Derek B, mpk, mozart and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
fastterry 220 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 A couple of ways to tell, the guns on the Tempest don't stick out as far (on the series 1 and hardly at all on the series 2) and the Tempest didn't carry bombs during WW2. TRF mpk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC 3,362 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Definitely a Typhoon, no doubt about it: the shape of the wing and the cannon barrels are the real give-aways. Derek B, mpk and MARU5137 3 Link to post Share on other sites
PhilB 1,634 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) This was a staged "publicity" shot apparently. Aircraft was Typhoon RB 326 codes of 5V-5 of 439 Sqdn at Eindhoven March 1945. The female "armourers" were from an RCAF entertainment troupe. Source: 2nd TAF Volume IV book Edited January 21 by PhilB R Palimaka, Derek B, MikeC and 7 others 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites
nmayhew 1,919 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 thick wings = typhoon mpk and Derek B 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Mike 5,455 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Thanks Phil. Noticed the done up ties, and lipstick of the woman on the ground. German gas can, two primer colors on the doors. Is this original Kodachrome? mpk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cicchino 48 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 What a weathering inspiration. What is that wrapped around the bomb? mpk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Finn 2,211 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 7 hours ago, Cicchino said: What is that wrapped around the bomb? The bomb is a Cluster Projectile- basically a cluster bomb, it's hard to say what version it is, perhaps a No. 7 Mk 1 with 56 8lb fragmentation bombs. Jari mpk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MikeMaben 8,179 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 A little more light ... Paul in Napier, mpk, Derek B and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
thierry laurent 6,956 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 21/01/2021 at 1:28 PM, LSP_Mike said: Thanks Phil. Noticed the done up ties, and lipstick of the woman on the ground. German gas can, two primer colors on the doors. Is this original Kodachrome? Possibly but probably not a German can but its British copy. It was fully identical except the pressed markings. Out of my memory it had just two letters separated by a small crown: WD for War Department. MARU5137 and mpk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Troy Molitor 4,173 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 A great picture. Thanks for sharing this. mpk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernut 2,641 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Now this would be a nice kit for Hasegawa to release in 1/32 given their overall approach to tooling. They do have 1/48 versions they could reference and update as needed to correct any glaring errors that may be baked into the 1/48 kits (I’ve never heard of any but I haven’t been looking). While the MDC kit is grand, I and others like me, just aren’t keen on building resin kits. Edited January 24 by Juggernut mpk, MikeMaben, MikeC and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
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