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Post by hbpencil on Apr 6, 2024 10:01:26 GMT 12
Hi all,
I hesitated to create this post as I realise I could come across as a bit of a busy-body but I figure there might be people here whose footage has been used without their consent at the beginning of the YT video linked below, although I don't know what can be done about it if there's a problem. Unfortunately the author of the video, DroneScapes (a.k.a. Atellani), is a prolific user of other people's content who at the least doesn't give credit and at worst straight up claims it as their own work, be it video footage, photos or colourised historic photos.
Regards,
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Post by hbpencil on Sept 4, 2023 13:42:59 GMT 12
Hi all, While looking at this photo of NZ616 on the museum website ( link) I noticed that the exhaust pipe appears to have a light coloured coating, and I'm wondering if anyone knows the purpose and colour of this coating? For what it's worth I also looked at photos of other Gordons, Baffins and Vildebeests (both RNZAF and RAF) and so as I could tell that coating was often absent and when it was used it was only on the pipes and not the exhaust collector ring. Cheers,
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Post by hbpencil on Aug 30, 2023 1:09:32 GMT 12
Had a look at the high-res, initially thought it was a monoplane but then noticed that it's a biplane (the upper wing is hard to see). I think it's another Baffin as the undercarriage looks the same.
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Post by hbpencil on May 19, 2023 12:15:25 GMT 12
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Post by hbpencil on Apr 25, 2023 12:02:13 GMT 12
Thanks Dave, I appreciate it 👍
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Post by hbpencil on Apr 24, 2023 15:15:07 GMT 12
Hi all,
I've tried to reach the author both through his site and his email to try pre-order a copy but haven't heard back, has anyone else managed to get hold of him?
Cheers,
HB
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Post by hbpencil on Apr 24, 2023 15:12:29 GMT 12
Yet another bump, to the end of the Great Battles section I've added a link for a Hurricane MkIIb flown by Sergeant Wetere in 1942.
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Post by hbpencil on Oct 28, 2022 21:09:03 GMT 12
Such an interesting photo, thanks for sharing!
I feel like this may have been taken at Santo (or at least not the Solomons) as I'm pretty sure that the P-40 second from the left (with the star showing through the roundel) is an E, the photo looks rather faded so I can't be 100% but it certainly looks like it has no aerial mast and is a short tail, so I assume it's one of those ex-US machines picked up in Tonga. Likewise the lack of stripes on the K next to it also rule out it being in the Solomons?
Out of curiosity, would anyone happen to know if the solid white tails were applied only once the aircraft reached the Solomons? I ask because I think the central P-40 is an N-1*, and sfaik the N-1 arrived in the Solomons just after the adoption of the solid white tail at some point in September '43.
* I have a theory that Curtiss only started to apply the Medium Green splotches around the wing/tail edges at the factory with the N series. I have seen photos of older models in US service with MG splotches but the style is quite different leading me to think those were applied at unit level.
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Post by hbpencil on Jun 14, 2022 21:02:08 GMT 12
Another bump, I've added a link under the IL-2 Great Battles section of the first post for a pack of two skins of the Tempest MkV SN228 as flown by Even 'Rosie' Mackie.
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Post by hbpencil on Apr 24, 2022 20:28:28 GMT 12
Bump! Under the Great Battles section I've added a link for the Typhoon flown by Desmond Scott when he led the Typhoon wing from Tangmere.
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Post by hbpencil on Mar 1, 2022 23:03:54 GMT 12
If you get the chance you might like the book 'Malta Spitfire Vs - 1942: Their Colours and Markings' by Brian Cauchi, it's an interesting read.
Cheers, HB
P.S. The link comes back to this page rather than Britmodeller?
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Post by hbpencil on Sept 8, 2021 22:53:07 GMT 12
That's a pity but thanks anyway for the reply.
HB
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Post by hbpencil on Sept 7, 2021 18:54:14 GMT 12
Hi all,
My question here is a two parter: a) did RNZAF MT serial numbers follow the function of those used for aircraft in that the vehicle's model/type could be identified by the serial (e.g. would a block be assigned just for Jeeps)?; and b) if so, is there an online source where one can look up such details?
Cheers,
HB
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Post by hbpencil on Aug 3, 2021 20:34:34 GMT 12
Ok, thanks guys. The wheel of the trolley makes me think it's an RAF type of trolley and from I could find they painted theirs either blue or green in WW2, so I might go with blue.
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Post by hbpencil on Jul 29, 2021 19:08:49 GMT 12
Hi all,
I'm colouring a photo from the Air Force Museum website (taken at Ardmore in 1945) and in the background is a wheel which I suspect belongs to a starter trolley (I can only see the wheel so I can't be totally sure). So I'm wondering, what colour(s) did the RNZAF paint said trolleys?
As an aside, and purely out of curiosity, could the Goodyear built -1D Corsairs use a starter trolley seeing as they used an electric starter rather than the cartridge system of the Vought built Corsairs?
Cheers
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Post by hbpencil on Jun 10, 2021 20:44:15 GMT 12
As baz62 pointed out, the pilot could glance to the side on the way down, it's what the Germans did with their dive bombers after all. I'm sure I read somewhere that during steep dives one can feel like one is diving at a steeper angle than is actually the case, so I could see how some visual reference like those markings could help train someone new to dive bombing. So far as I could find there wasn't any other instrument in the Corsair cockpit that indicated the angle of dive (or climb).
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Post by hbpencil on Jun 9, 2021 21:22:46 GMT 12
Hi all, While having a look at some Corsair photos from the NZ Air Force Museum site I noticed something quite interesting. In this photo (link below) there appears to dive angles marked on the canopy, something I don't believe I've seen on a Corsair before. At least I think they're dive angles as there were similar markings on Ju87s and Ju88s. I had a quick look to see if I could find any other Corsairs with such markings but I didn't see any. By the way, there's a photo of these same pilots in front of a different aircraft in that new 'Pacific Corsair' book, No.4 Course at the Fighter Leaders School at Ardmore from 11 June to 7 July '45. Has anyone here heard of these on kiwi Corsairs before? Also, would anyone know the designation of that practice bomb rack half visible under the inner wing? Cheers link
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Post by hbpencil on May 15, 2021 17:20:04 GMT 12
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Post by hbpencil on Apr 25, 2021 11:48:31 GMT 12
Bump, under the IL-2 Great Battles section I've added a link for a Spitfire Vb flown by F/L J. A. A. Gibson.
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Post by hbpencil on Apr 24, 2021 0:23:36 GMT 12
I had a look in Te Hokowhitu A Tu The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War by C Pugsley. Unfortunately no mention of puggarre colour. It might be in NZ Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991 but I won't be able to check the copy in local library as away on holiday first thing tomorrow. Thanks for the reply, fortunately today I managed to have a look at 'Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!, Maori in the First World War' by Monty Soutar and indeed the Pioneers had the same puggaree colours as the infantry. Cheers
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