Finn Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 or is it a Tempest? Either way a nice look at the weathering: Jari Rockie Yarwood, ivanmoe, MikeMaben and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Hard to say for sure. My guess would be Typhoon. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 This is a late Typhoon. mozart, LSP_K2, Derek B and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Definitely a Typhoon, no doubt about it: the shape of the wing and the cannon barrels are the real give-aways. Derek B and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (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, 2021 by PhilB mozart, Paul in Napier, Kagemusha and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 thick wings = typhoon mpk and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicchino Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 What a weathering inspiration. What is that wrapped around the bomb? mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 A little more light ... Paul in Napier, Troy Molitor, Derek B and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 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. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 A great picture. Thanks for sharing this. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (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, 2021 by Juggernut Alain Gadbois, mpk, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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