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Post by COLIN SHIPTON-KNIGHT on Mar 3, 2009 20:31:50 GMT
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Post by ollieholmes on Mar 3, 2009 21:10:37 GMT
I also spotted that thread and i like the idea. Whos going to be the brave soul to carve up the MDC 1:32 scale kit then?
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Post by popeye on Mar 4, 2009 8:37:07 GMT
just fascinating,
hope this reference will not get lost in the depths of the www !
Rolf
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kitspackman
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Me and 'My' Canberra...
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Post by kitspackman on Mar 5, 2009 10:04:21 GMT
My Dad once mentioned that they'd tried a Typhoon as a PR aircraft early on, and rejected it due to excess engine vibration and because it weaved at low altitudes. I'm not sure if that was with cameras fitted or not though. He was always 100% pro-Spitfire biased anyway, so he would say that of course.  Interesting that they did eventually make quite a number of them. One thing most of the posters on Britmodeller seem to have missed is is that one reason for putting the cameras in the Typhoons wing is because they could! Previous PR platforms had wings that just weren't thick enough to take the cameras, viz the bulges for the wing mounted cameras in the Spitfire PR IVs. I'll bet they ever tried it with a Tempest...... |
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