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03-17-2008, 09:09 PM
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Well done indeed! A drill press, wooden wheels and aluminum bushings.... Oh my! Far better than I could have done with this one.
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03-17-2008, 09:12 PM
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Very nice work!
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03-17-2008, 09:14 PM
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Beautiful job, Don! But what an ugly beast to model. Maybe it was intended to provide the ultimate "shock and awe" effect.... "Gaaah,. what is that thing???"
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Bill Geoghegan Easton, Maryland USA www.geoghegan.us Current build: GPM Halberstadt DII
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03-17-2008, 09:27 PM
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03-18-2008, 07:44 AM
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Many thanks for all the supportive comments. This was my first 1/33 airplane paper model and I really was in over my head. I'm glad I pushed through to the end. It forced me to try my hand at a wide range of modeling techniques and helped me to develop some hand skills that I hope will help as I go on to the next major project -- which will be either the GreMir Ki-44 or the Ki-43 (after a few easier ones, including the DGA L-20 with matching M-37).
Bill and Dan -- you're both right. The Hampden (and the AW Whitley and Wellington) really were intended to deliver the late 1930s equivalent of "shock and awe" through strategic bombing. The British pursued medium-level night bombing in those days, while the U.S. Army Air Corps developed high-altitude "precision" bombing techniques. As it turned out, there were flaws in both theories. And, by 1942, the by-then obsolescent Hampdens had largely been turned over to Coastal Command for use as torpedo bombers and for sea mining. I think their torpedo bombing missions were largely against coastal shipping, not the kind of high intensity operations against enemy fleet units that the Beaufort squadrons pursued. Incidentally, one of the "lurkers" who has been following this contest, is my colleague at the Army War College, Prof. Tami Biddle (The Doyenne of Strategic Airpower), who wrote Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7286.html). Her office looks like an RAF Bomber Command ready room and I may loan her the Hampden as a temporary exhibit. Don
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03-18-2008, 08:04 AM
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From reading the Torpedo Bombers book, it does sound like the Hampden's had an easier job once they started doing torpedo runs - but in a lot of ways it was due to lessons learned by the Beaufort squadrons. Ultimately the most successful British torpedo missions involved not only large quantities of torpedo-armed planes, but a good amount of support - including usually a full compliment of Spitfires to hold off the enemy fighters as well as Beaufighters which launched attacks from high altitude and harried the destroyers and other escort ships. Interestingly enough - the final blow to the airborne torpedo concept sounds to be a Beaufighter sinking one of these destroyers using a rocket-powered missile while providing torpedo support.
Look forward to seeing more of your builds Don. Based on the Hampden and results versus difficulty of challenge, I'm sure you're Gremir models will come together great!
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03-18-2008, 09:56 AM
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A truly superb model! The landing gear is very good and the overall impression excellent. If you hadn't mentioned cowling orientation I might have taken it for the one-off Burpleton-Fomby FRS KCB reverse induction mod, usually only noticeable By the odd K-UD marking. Great Job!!
Jimr
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