| Windward | 03 Aug 2011 11:55 a.m. PST |
I see that Battles had black undersides, did they carry roundels on the underside of the wings? |
| Jovian1 | 03 Aug 2011 12:21 p.m. PST |
My figures for France 1940, have roundels on the underside of the wing, but I don't know if the ones you are talking about do or not. |
| emckinney | 03 Aug 2011 4:03 p.m. PST |
According to several sources, no: Airfix 1/72 kit instructions (you can just make out the underside in the instructions)
from link Profile view
from link Walkaround (hard to tell if it covers all of the important bits)
link |
| Windward | 04 Aug 2011 4:03 a.m. PST |
|
| spontoon | 05 Aug 2011 10:31 a.m. PST |
A much maligned aircraft, in my opinion. If they had ditched the Observer/Navigator third crew member, and added self sealing fuel tanks and cockpit armour, the Battle would have been much more successful! |
Grizzlymc  | 05 Aug 2011 3:26 p.m. PST |
Stuka without dive brakes. |
| RockyRusso | 07 Aug 2011 10:18 a.m. PST |
Hi Well, while you are at it, add in a Pratt and Whitney 2600 and it could become a TBF! R |
| (religious bigot) | 07 Aug 2011 1:42 p.m. PST |
If they'd pulled it apart, built a Hurricane from the bits, sent the two redundant crew members home with the leftover bits to repair bicycles and stuck the same payload underneath, they'd have had something. |
| Etranger | 07 Aug 2011 6:09 p.m. PST |
I completely agree with you, SR! |
| spontoon | 08 Aug 2011 6:24 a.m. PST |
And if we had some ham we could have ham and eggs; if we had some eggs! I still think the Battle is more sinned against than sinning. Used poorly, not given the gear to make it a good plane. |
| (religious bigot) | 09 Aug 2011 2:19 p.m. PST |
Used correctly, it was a target tug, which is a lot healthier than being a target.
Though you have a point – stick a honking big motor in it and you'd basically have a Firefly. This must have eventually occurred to someone. |
| spontoon | 12 Aug 2011 7:18 a.m. PST |
Shan't ask your opinions of the Blackburn Roc, then! |
| Tommiatkins | 13 Aug 2011 1:19 p.m. PST |
Simply add a Rolls Royce Pegausus and VTOL technology, It was a Harrier. Or in reality it was a thinly plated, over weight , underpowered, slow when it needed to be fast, underarmed deathtrap that was used idiotically. |
| spontoon | 15 Aug 2011 6:48 a.m. PST |
|
