Matchbox 1/72 Handley Page Heyford - Inbox Review

[Guest]

I like the lower gun position: just a round drum with an opening in the side for a Lewis gun. I suppose it’s technically a turret, but I wonder how they ever expected the gunner to provide all-round defence if he can only see in the direction it’s actually pointed in

[Dave Ward]

I like the lower gun position: just a round drum with an opening in the side for a Lewis gun. I suppose it’s technically a turret, but I wonder how they ever expected the gunner to provide all-round defence if he can only see in the direction it’s actually pointed in :smiling3:

Must have been very uncomfortable, and the gunner must have felt very isolated....................
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

I think the engineers in the engine nacelles of the Zeppelin Staaken RVI heavy bomber take that particular biscuit, but this one comes close Dave.

[Guest]

Here is mine as it has sat in its box for long enough to accumulate a nice layer of dust:

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And the plane only:

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The lower wing is loose and several parts are still missing, all for painting, which is the bit I never seem to have gotten to …

[JR]

Pity that front gunner , must have been half frozen when they landed