The Bristol Bocage Inter War Light Bomber

[Steve J]

After a slight delay, my planned build of the little known Bristol 'Bocage' aeroplane has begun.

https://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-bristol-bocage-inter-war-light.html

[Big Insect]

Looks good Steve.

As it might be expected to operate over the Bristol Channel - maybe the top Camo could be that red-brown mud colour we all associate with the Seven Estuary?

[steve_holmes_11]

Super!!

Something that size bound to put the willies up the Bosche.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Just proves we are all totally nuts - assume it's 1/144 or there abouts ? Great stuff

[Steve J]

Thanks chaps .

@ Mark: Nice idea to 'hide' over the Bristol channel using estuary brown on the upper surfaces . I do want to do a seaplane of some sort, so it can land on rivers (I know not likely but I like the idea) and is based along the Severn somewhere.

@ Ian: Yep I'm nuts! It is 1/144th and IIRC they used to be owned by Skytrex, until that all went tits up a good few years ago.

[Big Insect]

@ Mark: Nice idea to 'hide' over the Bristol channel using estuary brown on the upper surfaces . I do want to do a seaplane of some sort, so it can land on rivers (I know not likely but I like the idea) and is based along the Severn somewhere.

Maybe the seaplane could be called the Severn Sea Serpent

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thanks chaps .
@ Ian: Yep I'm nuts! It is 1/144th and IIRC they used to be owned by Skytrex, until that all went tits up a good few years ago.

I think all the Skytrex stuff is still around. H&R bought the micro armour, Red Egale? have the C19 ironclads, and I think 1/144th aircraft, and there is Skytrex 2000 for a rump. Other stuff is around as well.

[Raider4]

Nice!

Image search for Westland Wendover for a laugh.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Looks like a Lysander front end with a Lancaster tail, I'm tempted..........

[Steve J]

That is just mad but as Ian has said, strangely tempting to make a model of!

[Big Insect]

Great to have a model to play with in a a Resistance v Gestapo game - especially the idea that it has a pair of forward firing 20mmcannons for strafing !!!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Ok so all we ned is a 1/144 Lanc and Lysander - any ideas peeps ?

[sultanbev]

1/144 Lancasters are readily available in both plastic kit and diecast, although you're talking ~£16 a plane.

Lysanders on the other hand, which I want three of for my WW2 Turks, are hard to come by. Fox One Studios do a resin kit for about £25!
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10660326
http://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/aviation/Fox-One-1-144-Lysander-Mk-I-Full-Build.php

or Shapeways at a tenner each
https://www.shapeways.com/product/CYZ2UYNUG/westland-lysander-1-144-scale

[Big Insect]

On Shapeways: https://www.shapeways.com/product/REJ4MEM8P/1-200-westland-p12-wendover  - 1/200 scale for £4.83

[steve_holmes_11]

Great to have a model to play with in a a Resistance v Gestapo game - especially the idea that it has a pair of forward firing 20mmcannons for strafing !!!

Consign that new-fangled autocanon chat to the repair depot..
There's nothing the Bosche fear more than the rattle of an air-gunner attempting to unjam his trusty Lewis.