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Post by dewobz on Feb 27, 2013 12:52:29 GMT 12
Yeehaaa!!!!
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Post by dewobz on Feb 27, 2013 12:51:46 GMT 12
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Post by dewobz on Feb 27, 2013 9:53:59 GMT 12
Hi Kiwiwreckdiver, the owner is presently in hospital so I cannot ask him for definitive answers to your questions. What I do know anecdotally is - he purchased the Hudson (I believe already converted) from the owners of a camp ground on Coromandel Peninsula (I think at Tapu?) in about 1972. A fairly safe assumption might be that they purchased the aircraft from Rukuhia - there are 2 or 3 Hudsons I believe (from adf.serials) listed as "buyer unknown" or "fate unknown" or some such - and that they did the conversion but I cannot be absolutely certain of this either. The present owner has made no mention of knowledge of the remainder of the aircraft. There is one party very keen to see the caravan and I am endeavouring to gain access for him. When I am able to talk to the owner I will ask all those other questions. Sorry not to be more definite. Cheers, Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Feb 25, 2013 18:17:01 GMT 12
Alan wrote "DavidD your comment re the P40K's in Dark Green/NZ Sea Blue Grey certainly opens up to a really cool looking P 40, was planning to do an E model in that, but now a K models certainly- many thanks" I totally agree and will put such a build on my list too. Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Feb 25, 2013 14:38:31 GMT 12
Most interesting. Thanks to everyone. There are certainly P-40N kitsets which indicate OD with US Med Green 'blotches' - Academy 1/72nd comes to mind - so perhaps it is possible some of ours had this? I may be confused about that and now I am certainly confused about our P-40Ks. David D, are you saying an aircraft - for arguments sake lets say NZ3060(9), Fisken, 3 kills - was in fact painted OD + NZ Blue Sea Grey (or a Blue Grey?) uppers over US Sky lowers? Is that the colour scheme we see her in at Guadalcanal earlier in this thread with wavey demarcation line ...? Sorry, but I can't get my head around so much (sometimes contradictory, other times radically new) information. David D and Alan W, how about you two pool your obviously considerable knowledge and resources and write the definitive book on RNZAF camo schemes ... PLEASE ...? Cheers, Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Feb 22, 2013 15:58:53 GMT 12
Thanks Alan. When you say, "It's most likely that both aircraft wore OD/NG with MG on wings etc." do you mean a disrupted camouflage pattern? Or do you mean "blotching" as I understand (for instance) our C-47s had? Cheers Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Feb 21, 2013 17:04:37 GMT 12
Okay ... and on what has become the topic of this thread ... disrupted camo pattern or no? Perhaps it's already been fully covered? I like Alan's comment -
Kerry if you decide to paint an RNZAF P 40 (M-N) in Olive Drab/Neutral Grey with the mid green you won't be wrong
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Post by dewobz on Feb 21, 2013 14:46:22 GMT 12
adf serials says, "Sold to J Larsen at Rukuhia on 2 March 1948".
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Post by dewobz on Feb 21, 2013 12:32:23 GMT 12
Hi Folks, haven't checked in on this thread for a while. There's been quite a bit of traffic. I can confirm that the Lockheed Hudson caravan originally referred to in this thread was indeed at Leigh (possibly towards Goat Island Bay?) for some years prior to being relocated to North Hokianga about 2 years ago. The owner's family stayed in it every Christmas holidays. Still no offers to buy. Come on, there must be someone out there who wants to own it? Cheers, Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Feb 21, 2013 11:43:13 GMT 12
I'm continuing this thread rather than begin a new one because I am about to build NZ3072 in 1/32 scale - after her second cowling repair - for a client and we've been discussing camouflage using this thread as ammunition (if you will). Rob sent me this photo (courtesy of Charles Darby). I believe it to be of P-40N-1s (with M canopy) NZ3136[M] and NZ3144 probably at Torokina. Without studying it in great depth Rob took it to be evidence of an Olive Drab repaint not including the lower cowl where the code letter is. I looked at it for ages and did alot of zooming in. What I see is a disrupted camo pattern with colour demarcation lines though decidedly subtle ones. Check the upper cowl above and around the exhausts, just below the windscreen, just forward of centre on the fuselage roundel and behind the roundel-bar? What do others think? I'm very interested in building Wairarapa Wildcat with a delivery scheme of OD & US Dk Green or US Med Green or US Green 42 over Neutral Grey and then whatever colours might have been applied to the two cowling repairs. To me this photo is possible evidence of even later disrupted camo pattern on RNZAF P-40Ns. Wally.Attachments:
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Post by dewobz on Feb 13, 2013 16:02:40 GMT 12
Yep, great work mate, as always. This painting of national insignia is an excellent idea if you can manage it, giving scope for exact size and colour choice. Just a note for those without the skills or equipment, the upper wing roundel and bar for WW2 RNZAF Avengers is a very close match - it might be ever so slightly too large - and does not have blue bordered bars. I used Ventura decals Avenger upper wing roundel-bars on my NZ4540(43) along with their PV-1 Ventura roundels elsewhere and the Zotz artwork. Looking forward to seeing more of your great build. Cheers, Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Feb 4, 2013 13:14:21 GMT 12
Yep, awesome! Looking forward to seeing more.
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Post by dewobz on Jan 30, 2013 15:34:40 GMT 12
Brilliant project! Love it. Thanks so much.
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Post by dewobz on Jan 29, 2013 15:22:44 GMT 12
On the subject of modelling I am really really interested in both the Katipo emblem, the 4SU emblem - which is also the subject of another thread - and 'whatever that is' behind the man's shoulder in Curtiss's photograph? It looks like the outline of a horse's head or lizard's head (or something) to me? Curtiss, is it possible to get an enlargement of that portion of the photo? Cheers, Wally.
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Post by dewobz on Jan 15, 2013 10:46:48 GMT 12
Paulashman, Yes, the main or centreline bomb - 500 or 1000lbs - was released from a trapeze which swung down. I'm unsure whether this was to more safely &/or accurately release the bomb or whether it was simply a dated method of bomb release? The Dauntless was a pre-war design from around 1936 I think. (Though we can thank our lucky stars she existed. Dauntless sank more shipping than any other dive bomber in WW2 apparently). There may be a Dauntless expert on here who can clarify or elaborate or correct? Cheers, Wally. Attachments:
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Post by dewobz on Jan 14, 2013 14:41:29 GMT 12
NZ5057 SBD-5 5553 Bu36925. Taken over as new aircraft February-March 1944. BOC with No.25 Servicing Unit on 24 February 1944. Ferried to Bougainville for use with No.25 Squadron, arriving at Piva on 23 March 1944. Named "HOWA-BAHT-THAT-HIC thing! Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell on 20 May 1944. (adf.serials) The personal mount of S/L T J McLean de Lange, C/0 of 25 Squadron (source . Accurate Miniatures (exceptional) 1/48 kitset, Color of Eagles, Humbrol, Tamiya & MisterKit paints, Ventura & AeroMaster decals. I had to restrain myself with weathering this one as our SBD-5s were apparently returned to the USMC in "as new" condition after 25 Squadron's single tour. Full build on www.kiwimodeller.com in RNZAF 75th Anniversary GB with more pictures in the Build Gallery of that forum. Plaudits for Accurate Miniatures for building kitsets like this, TBF/M Avenger, B-25 Mitchell etc with such incredible longevity that they are being re-released by other manufacturers even today! Cheers, Wally. Attachments:
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Post by dewobz on Jan 11, 2013 9:31:08 GMT 12
Cheers Harry. Yes, I see the difference. It is as though the L-18 has elements of PV-1 Ventura in it ... which maybe it does? That makes me wonder if I could convert Revell's 1/48 PV-1 to a Lodestar?
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Post by dewobz on Jan 11, 2013 9:26:51 GMT 12
Thanks Steve. The model maybe just needs that little bit of white gas masking tape forward of the cockpit. I might add that to it. Cheers,
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Post by dewobz on Jan 10, 2013 14:57:38 GMT 12
Yes, Italeri rebox the Mk IV/V which only has the later engines & nacelles under license to MPM. I contacted them because I couldn't find any way of emailing MPM. MPM's Mk I/II kitset and their A-29/PBO-1 have both nacelle/engine sprues (from memory). No-one actually calls any of them a Mk III. My Mk I/II & A-29 kitsets both contained a solid nose & fuselage sections to cover the turret too. I wonder if this means I can make a Lodestar out of them if i want to?
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Post by dewobz on Jan 10, 2013 11:06:53 GMT 12
Nice Lodestar Harry. What decals have you used on that? I'd like to pick one up sometime to build a wartime RNZAF one. And cheers Steve. I've done alot of work on NZ Blue Sea Grey and think I have mixed a pretty good version. I was rather surprized to hear on the other thread that Revell is re-releasing the MPM Hudson. With its lack of locator pins & holes and general level of difficulty it hardly strikes me as a 'Revell' style kitset. It'll be interesting to see what decals they include with it? I recommended to Italeri that they scale up the MPM kitset to 1/48, which may not be all that difficult nowadays. I'd certainly buy it and build it at that scale. Those Classic Airframes ones are getting frightfully expensive on the rare occasions they come up on eBay or TradeMe. Cheers, Wally.
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