Warbirds

[C]

Don't forget the sticky-backed plastic. Blue Peter definition of duct tape.

I was going to single out Valerie Singleton to do the construction but I thought it might even be beyond here "here's one I made earlier" talents...

Maybe it'd be one for Peter Purves...

Charlie

[ozzy72]

I couldn't spot any of Sheps hair

[eno]

There is a smell of Elephant dung though  :-X

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

I may be a bit late here, but that Focke Wulf is a '45 variant, from Holland. Used in Stg 44 (i may be wrong)
it was used for dive bombing purposes.
I made a model of it last year, beautiful aircraft.

A.

[Hagar]

I may be a bit late here, but that Focke Wulf is a '45 variant, from Holland. Used in Stg 44 (i may be wrong)
it was used for dive bombing purposes.
I made a model of it last year, beautiful aircraft.

A.

Hi Andrew. Is your model a 2-seat "U1" variant? It says here that it was used as a trainer.http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avfw190.html

The "FW-190A-5/U1" and "FW-190A-8/U1" were tandem-seat trainers, with only a small number produced, the first flying in January 1944. They were later redesignated "FW-190S-5" and "FW-190S-8" respectively. They featured twin canopies that opened to the side, and some of the S-8s had pyramidal side windows on the rear cockpit to give the back-seat instructor some forward view. One of the trainers has survived and is at the RAF museum at Hendon, England.

[Theis]

is this really true???

LOL!

[Hagar]

is this really true???

LOL!

That's just Tony hanging around. Never know what he'll get up to next. You need eyes in the back of your head with this lot.

PS. Not really. Check out the Young Fozzer thread.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=1104685452;start=0

[Rifleman]

Any further angles of the Salamander ?......I've always liked the line of that wooden wonder.......

[Hagar]

Any further angles of the Salamander ?......I've always liked the line of that wooden wonder.......

I have a very poor shot of it. I was too ashamed to post it. http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/da-hen04-24.jpg

[beaky]

Oooh... more WWII iron!  Thanks for the Mustang, but some of us Yanks love the British birds as well (not to mention the German machines).  And that  other shot of the He-162 isn't all that bad... I think if it's something rare or unusual, we should overcome our editorial impulses and just show 'em, from whatever angle, so the curious can see more of the thing itself.  I have some very bad photos of some weird stuff that I'm planning to post soon ("oh, no... here he goes again...")
What's the story with the "?-GA" markings on the Curtiss?

[ozzy72]

The P-40 is a bit of a mutant, its several 40s spliced together to make one aircraft, so the ? thing was meant to be a bit of a joke as nobody can say what its exact origins are

[Hagar]

What's the story with the "?-GA" markings on the Curtiss?

Glad you mentioned that. I did know the significance of the ? but I've forgotten. I looked carefully but there was no mention of it on the placards in the museum. I think it's the personal marking of a specific pilot but could be wrong about that. It represents a 112 Squadron aircraft in Desert Air Force colours & according to the Hendon website this example is a Kittyhawk IV (P-40N).

Maybe one of our historical gurus can elaborate. Charlie, Felix, Ozzy, Tempest.......?

PS. Found it.  

The second thing is the use of the query punctuation mark as an individual aircraft ident marking; the use of such symbols and shapes (such as, eg, colons, semi-colons, and diamonds) was not unusual in Italy when a squadron had more than 26 aircraft on strength, and the use of "?" was the most common, even at times in the UK itself. Indeed, the "?" mark was often used to indicate the aircraft of the squadron commander, though not always so as in the case of this aircraft. Once again this is painted over the top of the serial number, FX740.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn2.htm

[ozzy72]

Doug on one of the placards it did say that it had this ID as it was a hotch-potch of other P-40s

[Hagar]

Our posts crossed Mark. Check out my PS above.

The second thing is the use of the query punctuation mark as an individual aircraft ident marking; the use of such symbols and shapes (such as, eg, colons, semi-colons, and diamonds) was not unusual in Italy when a squadron had more than 26 aircraft on strength, and the use of "?" was the most common, even at times in the UK itself. Indeed, the "?" mark was often used to indicate the aircraft of the squadron commander, though not always so as in the case of this aircraft. Once again this is painted over the top of the serial number, FX740.  http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn2.htm

[ozzy72]

Whoops sorry Doug...