Another new plane in search of a card.
Handley Page Halifax B Mk.III, 192 Squadron, RAF
Handley Page Halifax card request
Another new plane in search of a card.
Handley Page Halifax B Mk.III, 192 Squadron, RAF
It's been almost a month so I thought I'd bump my three different card requests: SM.79 II Sparviero, Short Stirling, and HP Halifax B Mk.III bombers. I couldn't find any stats for the two British bombers.
I am having difficulty finding a line drawing for this plane. This might not be doable, at least by me.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
This was cobbled together with blueprints from several different marks of Halifax. Boulton Paul Turrets of different types were used on the dorsal position, as well as radial and turbo engines. Different noses, with unglazed, glazed and turreted fittings? Not a good drawing of any of these in one continuous drawing...Originally Posted by OldGuy59
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Looks pretty good to me Mike. I have a line top down of the BVI variant which did not vary from the BIII excepting in some details like the engines fitted and some electrics etc, none of which would make any real difference visually.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Trying to trace out the history of a plane by drawings is a challenge. I found this:
Note: It isn't a full wingspan drawing, and the nose was cut off. This drawing didn't have a dorsal turret, and had Merlin (inline) engines. It had the benefit of being much, much better quality than any other full version I could find.
Then, I melded parts of these drawings into the above:
Note: This had the right (mostly complete) forward fuselage with dorsal turret, and showed the wing mountings for the radial Hercules engines. These were usable, but I had to flip the image for the opposite wing. Then, I noticed the exhausts on the starboard wing were both on the same side of the engine, and one of the mountings had to be flipped to put the exhaust on the correct side.
The antenna wires had to be edited out of all the drawings, and added back in after all the other editing. This is hopefully close to your plane...
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
It looks great to me! And I appreciate all of the research and work it took to piece this plane together.
Nice, they flew the Halifax from our local airfield, RAF Tarrant Rushton, towing the gliders for Op Tonga (Pegasus bridge) on D-Day and for other, later, airborne ops.
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
The aircraft museum Neil took me to was a Free French Halifax base.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
To be fair, I didn't ask which model of Halifax was wanted. Might need to go back.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
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