Not being critical John just letting you know that is what I saw in my Airfile book for Torch. I have decals for Ju88's and will do some schemes I am not sure are real but hope they come out good.
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Not being critical John just letting you know that is what I saw in my Airfile book for Torch. I have decals for Ju88's and will do some schemes I am not sure are real but hope they come out good.
4 more Blenheim IVs from Zvezda
139 Squadron 1940 northern France and Belgium
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Very nice John !
You have made a superb job of those as usual John.
i really must get back onto the WW2 trail.
Rob.
Nice job on the Blenheims. You could try them out on the Maastricht Bridges scenario I wrote, just substitute them for the Fairey Battles in the original.
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...tricht-Bridges
Thanks Carl,
I have 4 Battles as well, There was another bridge attack involving Battles and Blenheims a bit later on, plus 139 made several raids around Maastricht in May 1940.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/139_squadron.html
Very nice John. :thumbsup: Lots of great Blenheims here...now where is my stash of Zvezdas?
Dang; now your all getting me thinking about some early war action in the channel.
Between the books, "The Ship Busters", and "Reich Intruders", there's a lot of scenario material!
https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Busters-...e+ship+busters
https://www.amazon.com/Reich-Intrude...eich+intruders
Karl
Nice job on those John. Have to work on mine soon.
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Cards? Are there any for this plane?
I thought you made some Mk1's for me a few years ago . . . can't seem to find anything . . . .
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psl4baat6i.jpg
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Posted my first work here: Blenheim Mk I card
Depending on the version you want, there is that weird ventral turret under the nose...
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You're at it again Mike, I cannot thank you enough for your continued excellence.
Hi Mike, there is an amendment pending on the WGS unofficial aircraft section regarding the Blenheim firing arcs. The Bristol B1 turret could not traverse through 360 degrees. The turret could only traverse 60 degrees either side to the rear of the fuselage centre-line, then the gun itself could traverse another 40 degrees. So you have 100 degrees either side. The Bristol turret also allowed the gun to move side to side to engage targets that would normally be obstructed by the tail. The result is a much reduced tail shadow. I will post some diagrams and source documentation later today.
Now you tell me.
Pilotfriend.com - Bristol Blenheim / Bolingbroke
Amongst other armament that might be found on various planes:
1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning fixed forward-firing machine-gun in the port wing.
1 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis or Vickers "K" trainable machine-gun in a semi-retractable hydraulically operated Bristol B.Mk III dorsal turret, or
2 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers "K" trainable machine-guns in a power-operated Bristol B.Mk IIIA dorsal turret, or
2 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning trainable machine-guns in a power-operated Bristol B.Mk IV dorsal turret.
1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning trainable rearward-firing machine-gun in a remotely controlled Frazer-Nash FN.54 chin turret, or
2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning trainable rearward-firing machine-guns in a remotely controlled Frazer-Nash FN.54A chin turret. The turret could rotate 20 degrees to either side with a depression of 17 degrees.
1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers "K" forward-firing machine-gun in a gimbal nose gun mount (optional field modification).
1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers "K" machine-gun in a rear firing engine nacelle mount (optional field modification).
1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers "K" machine-gun in a rear firing under tail mount (optional field modification).
Note that on one site, the rear-facing chin turret was to be used to shoot planes in the tail blind spot, not lower aircraft? It had 15 degrees left/right arc, and 25 degrees depression, but could shoot directly aft (No elevation). So, same altitude (red), and not necessarily yellow indicating only lower targets?
Well, what does the USC say about multi-crewed aircraft, that are not bombers? I have been putting planes on Heavy Fighter cards, but not doing Crew Management cards, as Ares doesn't do them. Now, IIRC, these are "two seater" for the most part. However, for planes like this, or the Ju-88, there is actually a crew, with defined positions, and even multiple positions/guns.
Any discussion/decision on that?
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This information is sourced from "British Aircraft Armament Vol.1: RAF Gun Turrets", by R Wallace Clarke, published in 1993 by Patrick Stephens Ltd. A copy of this excellent reference book can be downloaded from www.scribd.com here https://www.scribd.com/search?page=1...tops&query=RAF aircraft armament
Plane Cards revised above.
Bkenheim Mk.IV from the Action 200 1:200th Scale range of metal airplanes from Skytrex being escorted by a Nexus Hurricane.
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It doesn't look like anyone did a management card for this one. Here are a few questions;
Did this plane have a copilot?
I assume the pilot controls the forward firing MG.
With only one MG in the port wing, outboard of the engine, would it make sense to shift the forward firing arc to the left some?
Thanks!
Lol WW1 is so much less complicated.
A brand new flight of Bristol Blenheim MkIVs ready for action!
They look strangely like the cards that Mike published above. Not sure how that happened!
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Looking good Dave :thumbsup:
Charming rendition Dave.
Is that Spode I see in the background, or could it possibly be Dresden?
Rob.
Very nice Dave. Wish I could have seen them Tuesday.
There were only three members in a Blenheim's crew, Dave. The pilot controlled the forward firing gun, the navigator/ bomb-aimer operated the under nose rearward firing blister and the wireless operator/ air gunner manned the dorsal turret.
They look tidy Dave :thumbsup:
Excellent Blenheims! :clap::clap:
Thanks guys! I’m looking forward to getting them into action!
I was thinking of doing up a Management card for this plane, but unless someone is desperate, I'll wait.
There will be official cards for this plane sometime this year. It would be nice if they used our ideas, but so far, it appears that Ares does something different from anything posted on our site. I'm thinking it is to avoid having to credit anyone here for their stuff.
Hmmm... Is that a bit cynical?
I hadn’t heard that they were doing a Bristol Blenheim. I didn’t see anything on the Ares site.
Those Blenheims are brilliant, really well done.
Tobruk battle - Blenheim support of the 8thArmy "Desert Rats"
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