Hi John,

It was actually Coastal Command not FAA but was mostly painted in the Temperate sea scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey (some sources say Dark Sea Grey) and Dark Slate Grey uppers and Sky Grey unders - Mike's painted it in the late (1943 onwards) scheme which some may have had. The bomb bay was lowered at the rear as per attached from William Green to accomodate the torpedo, creating a noticeable "step". As you will see the pilot's windscreen was at about a 45 degree angle - yours looks a bit vertical but that could be the angle of the drawing.



Wings look pretty good - did you use the Beaufighter? Can't tell if you have the dihedral on the outer section and you will need to extend the horizontal tail surfaces out beyond the fins, but clearly this is just a work in progress so far and looks ruddy good.

All in all something to please quite a few people I think.

Thanks,

Pete

Made up this pic because I wanted to see how the shape was coming on.

Well?

Hi John,

Not bad at all. You may need to add small fillets to the rear wing root. As a matter of interest what is the scale width of the fuselage - should be a skinny 3 foot max if possible and less pronounced taper from the wing back. Looks a bit wide compared with the engine nacelles. It was only a single seat cockpit and a tight fit at that.

Cheers,

Pete

The model width is 22 points wide, 3' 6". I hope it's about right?

Or I can slim it a bit more.

That pencil thin fuselage always makes me wonder how the crew coped.

Does anyone know if there are any survivors flying yet?

No BP.

From Wiki

Hampden, P5436, is being reconstructed largely from parts of the last Canadian-built example recovered from 600 feet of water in Saanich Inlet on Vancouver Island in 1989, as well as recovered components from two other Hampden crashes in Canada. The aircraft was ditched on a training flight in November 1942 when the pilot lost control after a practice torpedo drop. As of 2007, the reconstruction of the aircraft was about 97 per cent complete. The aircraft was to become the showpiece exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley, British Columbia, in the Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver.

Unfortunately, in January 2009 a heavy snowfall snapped off the aircraft's left wing. Despite the efforts of Museum staff to clear the accumulating snow, the wing's internal structure failed and the wing separated from the fuselage, falling on to a display case containing one of the aircraft's original engines. The wing suffered considerable damage and there is additional damage to the tail. The wing had largely been restored using wood parts because most of the metal parts of the wing structure had been eroded, so it did not possess the structural integrity of the original aircraft.

The museum is currently seeking donations to repair the aircraft. Hampden I P1344 is under reconstruction in the UK. Shot down in Russia in 1942 and rediscovered and salvaged in 1991, the remains are held in the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat/2510042107/in/photostream/


There is in Licolnshire, a group trying to build a non flying replica from scratch. Most of the front section was built on my visit in 2008, so there might be a bit more built by now.

Here is info on the only real example we have in the UK, which was recovered from Russia

http://www.aircraftconservation.org/handley-page-hampden-restoration

Thanks Col. Looks like a bit of bad luck there.

What a shame that happened to it.


Wheels

for that restoration.

for the Col's model

Moggy DCM

Wooden parts for a restored plane exhibited in the open? In Canadian climate?
World gone crazy
Not only rain and snow but also condensation water produced by temperature differences between night and day will destroy the wood and dissolve the bondings