Fleet Air Arm

[rickoshea52]

It’s actually a plane I’ve always liked, I have the same 1/48th in the stash...but what was it with the Roc?...
Who was the genius that hung a wacking great turret on the back of a dive bomber???

I read the other day that the Roc was a fighter, not a dive bomber, and was the Royal Navy's choice given that the RAF had the Defiant.

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Rick
I thought that at the time the RAF was in charge of procurement for the FAA? It’s why the Skua didn’t get a dive bomb site until after it had been designed and built...RAF didn’t want one so FAA didn’t get one... I may be wrong though,.there is a good book on the Skua that was cheap on Kindle, but it’s a while since I read it....
Cheers
Tim

[rickoshea52]

I just remembered that the Special Hobby Skua is featured in this month's Scale Aircraft Modeller - it doesn't look like a kit for the faint hearted!

[Tim Marlow]

Oh goody! I might leave it there for a while longer then LOL. Currently not in aircraft mode anyway....I have a part built Crikey that looks at me accusingly every time I sit at the bench...
Cheers
Tim

[rickoshea52]

If 1/48 was a scale you were interested in then this kit has arrived at Hannants - https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TU05810

[Guest]

A nice Buccaneer would be good too.