"1/600th Stirling" Topic
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CAG 19 | 24 Jan 2013 6:26 a.m. PST |
Out of the last set of painting completed, the Stirling is my favourite
The rest of today's additions can be found as usual here link Decals are all Doms Decals on these. |
MCV 80 | 24 Jan 2013 6:57 a.m. PST |
That is a very nicely painted Stirling. Thank you for posting this one. |
Mako11 | 24 Jan 2013 11:24 a.m. PST |
Looks very nice! I must say, it is one of my favorites as well, since it is just so big
.. Wow, you work fast! Just received the planes, and already have them painted and decaled. I am impressed. |
CAG 19 | 24 Jan 2013 11:46 a.m. PST |
If only. Decals and more planes arrived this morning. I had already a part set for the game which only needs one painted model per Tallying NF. I use a a/b notation where a is the maximum fully painted and decaled model and b is the number of plain black contacts. On the current scenario list for Stirlings is 1/3 so I can spend time on detailing one aircraft and the others and are monochrome. Today just needed the Type B roundels and Hinomaru to finish off and then dullcote for the RAF and the G4M. I have spare aircraft and some red letters on order to do the squadron and individual aircraft letters again only on a couple of aircraft. If only we can persuade Dom to do RAF Squadron numbers in Grey and Red. |
Mako11 | 24 Jan 2013 11:52 a.m. PST |
I'm on board with that, and would also like some German NF decals, with their first letter codes in green, blue, red, and any other appropriate colors. NJG, Squadron, and Staffeln codes would all be nice. I'd prefer two-letter sets for the German NFs, and would like similar two-letter sets for the British as well, if not a full three-letter coded set, including the roundels in between. Of course, I've been asking for those for years, so won't hold my breath, but I would be very nice to just apply one decal strip, instead of each letter and roundel, individually. I find the latter tricky, since applying the next one invariably makes the others subject to displacement, unless one is very careful, and/or lucky. |
CAG 19 | 24 Jan 2013 11:59 a.m. PST |
Two letter sets for German NF in black are easy.
It is the coloured decals that you need a professional to make (or someone who can print your masters. |
Mako11 | 24 Jan 2013 12:52 p.m. PST |
I guess I need to go out and splurge on a color cartridge for the HP printer. Now, where did I put the emergency gold stash to cash in to pay for it? Still, your markings look very nice, in just plain old black, and white. Wish someone would come up with a modern printer, that would do white as well. |
autos da fe | 25 Jan 2013 2:29 p.m. PST |
Very nice. In comparison, mine comes up a bit Short. |
autos da fe | 28 Jan 2013 4:09 p.m. PST |
I see that my aeronautical puns are just bombing. |
King Cobra | 02 Feb 2013 4:45 p.m. PST |
Built an Airfix 1/72nd scale Short Stirling Bomber in '68. It took a lot of flat black to paint it! 1/600 could have saved me so much :-). Too bad the Air Ministry specs clipped the wings (IIRC) to fit through RAF Bomber Command's existing hanger doors. Would it have had a better operational record with a wider wingspan? |
Mako11 | 02 Feb 2013 8:32 p.m. PST |
Yea, if they'd built it with the proper wingspan, it would have been superb. No doubt, the lower wingloading, and higher ceilings would have reduced loss rates considerably, since from many accounts I've read, the lower squadrons tended to get picked on by the nightfighters a lot more. Plus, they were more susceptible to flak too, at the lower altitudes. For the early to mid-war period, it's also surprising to me how low some of the squadrons bombed from, e.g. 10,000 – 12,000, and occasionally 14,000 – 15,000 feet. As the war progressed, they seemed to bomb from higher and higher altitudes, e.g. 18,000 – 20,000+ feet. Supposedly, the Stirling was hard-pressed to get to 16,500', so due to that, and their heavy loss rates, they were relegated to towing gliders, and other special ops much of the time. One interesting thing I recently read though, is that it had a high aspect wing design, so was quite maneuverable for a heavy bomber due to that. There are claims it could outmaneuver the Me-110s and Ju-88s, if they spotted them. Not sure I believe that, but it is interesting nonetheless. Perhaps they were similar in performance due to that, and/or the NF pilots just chose not to press their attacks, for various reasons, e.g. experiencing vertigo, tumbling their gyros, not wanting to get into a dogfight at close quarters at night, etc. |
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