USAAF Beaufighter MkVIf

[chuck540z3]

To echo the others, this cockpit looks real, and there's no better of a compliment than that.  Awesome!

 

Cheers,

Chuck

[Pete Fleischmann]

7 minutes ago, easixpedro said:

I've always wondered about the visibility.  How in the heck did the pilot see over / around those honking radials that extend forward?!  Flying form must've been an experience...

Had to be loud as hell too- parked between those two barking radials with nothing but a little aluminum and Perspex between you and them.

[JayW]

6 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said:

Had to be loud as hell too-

 

I have to believe all these aircraft were loud as hell.  Just watched "Devotion" (I do not really recommend), and the scenes in the cockpit of the Corsairs suggest little to no noise.  ??  Oh well - cannot expect too much of a movie based on flying aircraft (although Top Gun 2 got me pretty excited...)

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by JayW

[Oldbaldguy]

Short pipes, no mufflers, loooong props and no real hearing protection.  Must have been really painful til you started going deaf.  The closest I’ve ever come to that experience was a stripped Cessna 185 equipped with a Borer prop for skydiving ops.  Jumpers wore no hearing protection and when the guy pushed the throttle up, you could feel your eardrums meet in the middle of your head.  And that was maybe a fifth or less of the horsepower and racket you’d get out of a big radial or, worse, a Merlin.  Think of sitting through that for two or three hours at a pop.  Okay.  Back to Beaufighter pits.

[vvwse4]

Great cockpit!!!

 

 

You probably know this one but it is a great reference book. I used it a lot

 

Rick.

[Pete Fleischmann]

Levers from strips of extra photoetch and knobs punched out with a .048 Waldron punch. Attached with tiny spots of black CA- obviously these all get painted-

cheers

P

Edited January 13, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann

[Pete Fleischmann]

42 minutes ago, vvwse4 said:

Great cockpit!!!

 

 

You probably know this one but it is a great reference book. I used it a lot

 

Rick.

Yep! Got that one Rick- Agree- it’s fantastic 

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[Shoggz]

Those books are great and so is this model.

[Pete Fleischmann]

A little paint-

vallejo for the knobs and levers-

 

cheers

P

Edited January 13, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann

[Out2gtcha]

Love it! 

 

Ive got the same AM at home and am really waiting for the late war observers station at this point. Cant wait to see more! 

[Troy Molitor]

Go Pete go!   We all seem to be loving your Beaufighter progress.

[Model_Monkey]

Here's a photo of the Revell kit parts for comparison.

 

[scott_t]

jaw dropping work Pete !!! 

[shark64]

this is one real looking cockpit. 

[JayW]

Great cockpit work!  BTW, my Waldron .048 holes are all worn out!  Don't work worth a dam.