LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on November 08, 2010, 07:08:17 PM
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Dear friends,
this is one of the greatest UK plane in WW2 but to regret suffer and never get into service in larger number.
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Go ahead... :-flo :-tri
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Panels...
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Whirlwind was indeed fighter that just didn't have luck! Although it was faster than the Hurricane and almost as fast as the Spitfire it had a number of teething problems which delayed the availablility for operational use. Because of this it completely missed the Battle of Britain. However it was succesfully used after this period! Again it was not lucky: development of its Rolls Royce Peregrine engine was stopped and that also meant the end for the Whirlwind. Only 114 were manufactured and it was cancelled in favour of the single-engine Hawker Typhoon. This definitely was not a very wise decision as history has learned us. The Typhoon had its own share of teething problems and more and more developed Whirlwinds would have been very welcome. Unfortunately this was not the case.............
You can read the complete story in the January issue of Military Aircraft Monthly!!
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Good short story. And here you are more progress on profile, this progress fast :-think
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Markings and some small details on ;)
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Good job mate!
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Thank you :-razz More progress ;)
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Nice subject ;)
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I also like it. Development for the starboard side is over.
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Port side is also done and here you are first profile.
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Beautiful as always! :-flo :-obey...
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Thank you :) Another sample of the same machine, later camouflaged.
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This one was tested with 4x20 mm Hispano cannons in line-abreasst position!
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Here you are one in natural metal ;)
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One hard core war machine :-salut
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Thank you :-ok Two more machines, the same one but different paint job
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Final profile in this turn :-tri
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Great job. :-clap :-clap :-clap
I like this machine! :-love You have done a great work! :-obey
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Love it! I just bought the Classic Airframes kit, now I have to decide what markings to do - you give me too many choices......!
I just finished a great book called Interceptor Fighters of the RAF 1935-45 by Michael Bowyer, which details the development of the Whirlwind. He says that Petter made a mistake in wanting the smallest possible airframe because then it was tied to the Peregrine. If he had made the airframe a bit bigger, and used the Merlin, there would have been greater potential for development - and perhaps the Mosquito would not have been needed!! There was a proposal in 1940 to use the Whirlwind as a PR aircraft instead of the Spitfire, but nothing came of it - that would be an interesting profile!
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Michael Bowyer is excellent author and info you mention is very interesting. It is always difficult to make good compromise of the construction, equipment, shape, power...
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It is - and if he had designed the Whirlwind for the Merlin, he might not have had any Merlins to power it, such was the shortage of Merlins in 1940!
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Wonderfull profiles Srecko! :-tri :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-love :-wave
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Thank you mate :-ok
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Very nice collection of profiles :-clap
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Thank you :))
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