My stash just grew again 2025

[Gondor]

Start a build thread and I'll post some photos of the last one I did, which may help.  I need an excuse to fix the u/c.

Don't hold your breath on that Lee, it's way down my build list, it might make the next decade, might being the operative word.

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

Some airliner window transfers from the Very Nice Man who lives under The Hat.
Thanks, Kit!   

[PR19_Kit]

Hooray, so glad they got there, it took the various postal authorities a while, didn't it?

I'd love to see pics of the model when it's done Rick.

[Weaver]

Got my Airfix Club renewal pack today, which included the Club exclusive kit. This is a 1/72nd twin-pack with a Spitfire PR.XIX and a Typhoon, both in D-Day stripes (which are transfers).

Don't really have any Whiff ideas for the Spitfire.

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

[Wardukw]

Got my Airfix Club renewal pack today, which included the Club exclusive kit. This is a 1/72nd twin-pack with a Spitfire PR.XIX and a Typhoon, both in D-Day stripes (which are transfers).

Don't really have any Whiff ideas for the Spitfire.

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

A navel Tiffie with torpedoes 
Or some form of early anti ship missiles.

[Charlie_c67]

So my first care package of the year has arrived from Hannants containing some Reskits weapons (RN 2" rocket pods and some AGN-142 Popeye's) and Sword's AS.4/5/6 Avenger.. Shame it doesn't tell you which bits are for which version in the destructions....

[Weaver]

Got my Airfix Club renewal pack today, which included the Club exclusive kit. This is a 1/72nd twin-pack with a Spitfire PR.XIX and a Typhoon, both in D-Day stripes (which are transfers).

Don't really have any Whiff ideas for the Spitfire.

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

A navel Tiffie with torpedoes 
Or some form of early anti ship missiles.

Yeah a torpedo occurred to me too (and I've got a nice aftermarket one) as did a crutch+bomb for dive-bombing, but I'm not sure that putting anything on the centreline is possible without blocking the radiator outlet.

A pair of early air-to-surface missiles is definitely a possbility, but since they'd almost certainly be manual command-to-line-of-sight, I can't see why they wouldn't prefer a two-seater like a Mosquito where the bomb-aimer can do the guiding.

[Wardukw]

Got my Airfix Club renewal pack today, which included the Club exclusive kit. This is a 1/72nd twin-pack with a Spitfire PR.XIX and a Typhoon, both in D-Day stripes (which are transfers).

Don't really have any Whiff ideas for the Spitfire.

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

A navel Tiffie with torpedoes 
Or some form of early anti ship missiles.

Yeah a torpedo occurred to me too (and I've got a nice aftermarket one) as did a crutch+bomb for dive-bombing, but I'm not sure that putting anything on the centreline is possible without blocking the radiator outlet.

A pair of early air-to-surface missiles is definitely a possbility, but since they'd almost certainly be manual command-to-line-of-sight, I can't see why they wouldn't prefer a two-seater like a Mosquito where the bomb-aimer can do the guiding.

Harold mate your not thinking wiffy enough 😃
The missiles could be prototype self homing AA versions which are guided by radar mounted in a pod on one of the wings ..like the night figther hellcat .
Ya band on about the torpedo and the intake ..it could be mounted with a drop down swing arm like a dive bomber uses so it can be tucked up tight against the fuselage...but the also depends on the lenght of the torp..which I've got no clue about   

[Gondor]

There was research in the US during WWII into using pigeons as the guidance system for missiles in the anti-shipping role, you could always do something along that line.

Gondor

[Weaver]

Got my Airfix Club renewal pack today, which included the Club exclusive kit. This is a 1/72nd twin-pack with a Spitfire PR.XIX and a Typhoon, both in D-Day stripes (which are transfers).

Don't really have any Whiff ideas for the Spitfire.

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

A navel Tiffie with torpedoes 
Or some form of early anti ship missiles.

Yeah a torpedo occurred to me too (and I've got a nice aftermarket one) as did a crutch+bomb for dive-bombing, but I'm not sure that putting anything on the centreline is possible without blocking the radiator outlet.

A pair of early air-to-surface missiles is definitely a possbility, but since they'd almost certainly be manual command-to-line-of-sight, I can't see why they wouldn't prefer a two-seater like a Mosquito where the bomb-aimer can do the guiding.

Harold mate your not thinking wiffy enough 😃
The missiles could be prototype self homing AA versions which are guided by radar mounted in a pod on one of the wings ..like the night figther hellcat .
Ya band on about the torpedo and the intake ..it could be mounted with a drop down swing arm like a dive bomber uses so it can be tucked up tight against the fuselage...but the also depends on the lenght of the torp..which I've got no clue about   

Again, though, the question is "why use a Typhoon?" Surely they'd use a Mosquito night-fighter for something like that AA missile. The only reason for sticking a tiny radar on a single-seat fighter was to use it from carriers, like the Hellcat ro Firefly. If they really eanted to stick such a thing on a single-seat, land-based fighter, then why not do it on something with better fighter performance, like a Spitfire or a Tempest?

The problem with the centreline torpedo or bomb isn't getting it out past the radiator's chin intake: like you say, it could just swing out on a crutch. The problem is that when it's tucked up under the fuselage, it has to be right up against the radiator "pod" for CofG reasons, and that means it's blocking the radiator outlet (which also had a moveable flap, don't forget).

I think that whatever it is, it had to be a) related to the Typhoon's ground-attack work, which is the only thing it was really good at (and why else would you put it on Typhoon?), and b) a relatively simple bolt-on, like the spinning disc bombs or 40mm cannon pods. I could see them trying an air-to-surface missile in an attempt to improve on the accuracy of rockets whilst getting a bigger explosive payload than 40mm rounds, but then finding out in practice that flying the plane and flying the missile at the same time is too difficult. After all, real life missile designers found this with things like Bullpup and AS.20, and it's a mistake to assume that every what-if has to be successful or an improvement on real life.

Another thing that occurred to me was US 4.5" rockets in tubes or 5" HVARs, as carried by Thunderbolts. It would be easy enough to concoct a story whereby the RAF experienced a shortage of 3" RPs, or needed bigger warheads, or was in an area where leaning on USAAF logisitics was easier. In fact, IIRC, one limitation on early British air-to-air missile development was that we had a solid rocket factory that could only make 3" diameter rocket motors and they wern't willing to disrupt production to set up a line for bigger diameter ones while the war was on.

[Weaver]

There was research in the US during WWII into using pigeons as the guidance system for missiles in the anti-shipping role, you could always do something along that line.

Gondor

Yes, there are lots of wacky early missile technologies to play with. However the sticky question is "why put it on a Typhoon?" The Mosquito and Beaufighter were the platforms of choice for anti-shipping and the former for early missile and exotic weapons work, and for excellent reasons. The only thing the Typhoon excelled at was ground attack, and that was basically a silver lining to the fact that it was a disappointment in the fighter role. It's hard to imagine the RAF re-arming it with anything that wasn't directly related to that role, and relatively quick and easy to put into service.

[killnoizer]

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This got a lot of Steampunk DNA in it and i bought it from second hand ...

[NARSES2]

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

Rather than Vickers S-gun pods how about the Vickers 47mm "P" gun pods that were tested post war on the Tempest V. Easy enough shape to knock up I would have thought ?

https://hawkertempest.se/index.php/thetempest/armament-drop-tanks

[kerick]

I had some Christmas money from the local hobby store gift certificate my wife gave me. So I picked up a 1/35 Academy M60A2 Starship tank, a 1/35 Italeri Kangaroo and a 1/72 Italeri AMX fighter, the Italian version. Plus some paints.
I might whiff the Starship into a Desert Storm version imagining the design had been successful and carried on like the rest of the M60s. For DS it would have to be a USMC version. Hmmmm, why not? I have the ability to cast lots of Blazer ERA panels the US had copied from Israel by then.

[Weaver]

I've already done one Tiffie with exotic weapons (Freightdog's discus bombs), and I have another one on the list with Vickers S-gun pods nicked off a Hurricane, so maybe I could come up with a third what-if weapons option. Don't know what though.

Rather than Vickers S-gun pods how about the Vickers 47mm "P" gun pods that were tested post war on the Tempest V. Easy enough shape to knock up I would have thought ?

https://hawkertempest.se/index.php/thetempest/armament-drop-tanks

Because I want it in service before the end of the war, and since the Typhoon was the Hurricane's "natural" successor it seems reasonable to apply the same amament options to it. Also, the fact that nicking the gun pods off a Hurricane IID is really, really easy might have something to do with it...