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Witwatersrand " Branch

At the re.ierrt {GM of the IP}IS SA Witttrateriran(1 Brancir, :rll of ',"'lta Committee of feretf themselves for re-election and were retu::leC and Laurie Koerr iuas cr)*t)1)i-tl,f to deal with oLlr PR siJe ancl cover advertisirrg of the Society.

I was interrr.Ji,:J tr> featrrr': i.n 'this issue the \4arrnon-Herr ington mk . 111 , but the st orins of last moirth ,lid consi,Jerable damage to Klapperkop Museum and it has been ,:losed for extensi,re repairs but I hope to finish the drawings in t ime f ot the nr:.;< '; i s sue .

The ariicle on SAAF camoufiage will no dout:t gi,ue rise to quit,: a fevu comrl;Jrl1j,- rvith regar:1 to sone of the sche-'rnes r as it is certaiir that the-;e order s were not st r ic t 1y adher,: J t,t , but we wi I I ,Jea I ';vi t h that at length in fut _rre issues.

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NEWS AND V]EWS"

Mark Grossman of 6f-3O, 2Lhth St, Bayside, New york, fL364 would like to correspond wittr anyone .intere,sted i*a L,/LZOOth scale ship rnodels. He is also looking for any L/LZOOtlr scale ship by Eagle, pyro or Renwal, or any l/lOOOth scale ships by ASK, Saito or b"n*^, -Mark is also intexesterl in books t-ril P"o.hlts in WWll and would like any info on any books dealinq wi th South African P . o. W' s .

Andy Yanchus of AURORA reports that the coinoany has been bought out by and all the kit- moulds ,have been acquired by MONOGRAM who will rework them and re-issue the better kits in the future.

MARX

Peter FI Smith ot 24 Fairford Road,Bj.rrainghamo F,44 BDJ, would like to hear from anyone interested in.post-nrar t/7Zna scale military aircraft models and Uth4tn scale civil airliners. Peter is interested in an exchange of kits, photos, info etc.

Klein writes to say that at the moment their mag is produced occasignally and in Danish but hope in the near future to bring out a regular magazine.

IPMS DENMARK.: Torben

One of the newest Branches establishr:d. Their Secretarvr Javier Le6n has sent us a sample of a decal .slaeet for a Mexican AF A-24 Dauntless. Quality is very good but a bit on the expensive side at 2.5O US doll-rrs per sheet. We hope to have an exchange of magazines niit-h.them"

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IPMS CANADA: Bob Migliari, the National Director s23r us a couple of the branch magazines '?RTrr'.recently. Excellently produced, this monthly has L2 pages per issue and the issues we received had articles on Norw AF.CF=lO!: the Canadian Leopard tank, the British.Army Training Ground in Canada'and a series on RCAF aircraft. Subs are 7.6 Can doltars per year from Box 626, Stn B, Ottawa, O"tario, KlP 5P7.

IPMS,9ERMANY: This branch also produces a monthly magazine tMitteilungenr, and although in German, it.s JO pages cover a variety of toDics, the latest issue containing .a article on WWl1 Luftwaffe codes and a really interestirg list of new. kits/ivtodels, which is of particular interest to the automobile enthusiasts. Subscription is DM J2 per year frorn Gtlnther Lindow, Oertzenweg Lzb; D-Iooo Berlin 37. *

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FI (Part 2) bv Ken Smv. I was hoping to deal in detail with the colour specifications for the many variants of the Mirage Fl covered in the last issue, but as yet I have not received the specific information. S,: this month we will cover tire insignias of the va::ious units that at the present day are equipped with the Mirage Fl. The drawings I hope are self explanatoty, but would like to point out that many French AF ai'rcraft carry two different unit insignia, o.r* on ear:h side of the fuselage or finrexamples of this are shr:wn on the page of drawings dealiirg nrith the French AF units. This point is descr:ibed in detail in the bookrFrench Military Aviationtmentioned in the last issue of the Quarterly. One other point is that not all of the FLAZts of No" I Sq SAAF carry insignia at the moment.

I would like to acknowledge the assistance of paul Jackson and of John Andrade in the preparation of the drawings in this articre.

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In 1940, when No"1 Sqdn SAAF was transferred to East Africa: do advance party was flortn up to Egypt to ferry down eighteen Gl-adiators atlotted to the unit. The first nine flâ&#x201A;Źw south to Nairobi in July (RAF serials N 5789, 5813,5815,5818 ,582L,5822,5826,J8JI and 5856 ) The foltowing month, nine more were flown down to I(hartourn (RAF serials incI N 5820, 582415828,583O,5831 5B5Z and 5853) The Flight at Nairobi was reinumbererj No.2 Sqdn.in October.

In April L941, No"94 Sqdn RAF handed over its twelve Gladiators to No.J Sqdn SAAF (RAF serials N 2278,2280,2283,2285 ta 22)a,zz92 7o 2294) ttre unit also flying Hurricane 1's,, In about July L94L, the Gladiators remaining in service were given SAAF serial number=^ from about f33f to 135Oe ncs l34Z and 134:l being shot down over Gondar in August " .At the end of Sept, most of the Gladiators t^ieIe pass-ed ort io Nr 237 (Rhod) Sqdn whilst a feur went ti') the OTU at Nakuru" Some references quote Gl-adiator Mk.1 serial K 7922 as being given to the SAAF in Jan 1939 for evaluationrbut no record as yet been found of it in SAAF service, but it was on the strength of No.237 Sqdn in May L94L. HAWKER HART

The Hart, basis of many varia.nts, appeared on the South African scene in 93B when lOO surplus RAF aircraf t r{rere acquired f or the Training Scheme.

These were given serials from 3O1 to {OO and were finished overall silver with distinguishing coloured bands around the rear fuserlage. A further lot of about lJo aircxaft were delivdred from May I94L to Jan f94: for the RAF f

Air Training S6heme and were serialled from {Ot to -5OO, and from 2O4Z to about 2069. Both bomber and trainer variants were delivered and schemes were a variety of combinations of yellow, silver and camouflage, HAWKER HARTBEES

This aircraft was a variant of the Hart family specially designed to suit requirenents" The first four were built in England and tlie remaining 65 at thq Aircraft Factory at Robertts HeightsrPretoria, under lieence.l The iircraft were serialled BOt to 86g " Initially they cartried an all silver scheme with coloured fuselage bands but were camouflaged in f94O for active service. On the outbreak of war, some wetre dtaf-led into units for cdastal defence. In May I94O, No.11(B)Sq took 2{'Hartb"ees to Kenya-which were passed on to lo.4o'sq-*f,6" ift";;iire-eq.uipped with Battles. In Dec I94O; No.AI Sq SAKF also flew up to East Africa with Hartb'ees.

At the end of the campaignrthe remaining aircraft were flown back to the Union and the majority served wi.th No.43 Sqdn until mid L944, when they were withdrawn from use. One Hartbeesr.No.85l, is today preserved in the Museum of Military HistoryrJohannesburg.

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The Harvard is truly a SAAF stalwartenow approaching 40 years continuous service with the SAAF and only s1-ow1y beirrg phased out" Three Harvard Mkl were delivered to the SAAF in f94O,(serials f3of - 1303) but it was not until Dec L942 that the first of some 6JJ Harvard LIa/L11 were delivered for use at the Air Schools- These carried serials TOOI to 7633. In about L952, some 65 ex USAAF/USN aircraft were acquired (7634 - 7695) and later in L96r about Jo re-built T-6c,s were bouglt (7699 - 7T2B) The last ones received were four ex-Belgian AF aircraft \7729 - 7732),three of the latter now acting- as tgate guardianst at various SAAF establishment.,'ir ,Pretoria" During their long career in SAAF service, the Harrzarrls have carried a wicle variety of colour scheneq.and reaCers are referrerl to articles in AIRFIX SAAF

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A note on this order menti<lned that the upper surfaces of the Junkers 86 were to be alte::,:,J to Dark Gteen/Dark Brown. !c.g4daIs. Fuselage all aircraft orang e/wh it e / Blue/ye 1 tow Upper wing * all :rircraft orange/Blue Lower wins : fiill$:"= Junkers 86 orange/Blue orangelwhit e./Blue o r ang e/whit e / Btue / v er row - a1l other aircraft Fin marking all aircraft Orange/White/Blue (Blue nearest the :rudder post )

In the meantime, HQ RAF ME had issued an order on 2O.8"(O as follows; tIt has been decided that the lower surfaces of all bomber an,J fighter aircraft(except for bomber/transports) are to be camouflaged pale-blue" Shipment Lof the special dope is ba route frgm the UK, but due to the delay in receipt of this, a lodally-prorluce-d- dope is to be used. Thi's'dope is of a slight.ly darker shade than that us*ed '" in Eulqpe and is more Suited to the Middle Eist\ sky" ' An amen,Cment to this Order !4/as issued on the 23 .LO.4A , which state,J that , 'a11 Army Co*operation aircraft are to be pa'interi liqhi (ME) blue on the lower sur faces HQ RAF ME issued another instruction on the l.lr.{o with regar,l to the application of roundals.

Alt service aircraft. - LJpper surfaces ReO/B1ue None except fighte:: aircraft - Lower surfaces Fighter aircraf!

Red,/Whit e/btue - Lower si:r,faces A11 servicd aircrqft - Fuselage nearlwhite/eluelVellow A11 service alrcraft - Fin marking Redr/White/Blue 24"widex27'thigh code letters would be in grey dB" rrigrr with 6,, wide strokes.

An Instrr:ctiotr was issued by HQ RAF ME for information purposes giving details of the colour ="ti"*". used onthe aircraft ;y-see6wa "p.=^ttJ on civil flights in the region. ;.

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KIT REVIEWS: WILLIAMS BRoS Curtiss C-46*,(\17il

by Dave Becker

Though not too well known in South Africa, the C-l+6 is one of the many important aircraft of WWll and should be represented in any large collection of models.

The Wiiliams Bros kit is an le*hellent representation of the aircraft and when placed next tp a model o{ a,Dakota, ,rn" can appreciate what a i-arge aircraft it was, A11 parts ard.wrapped in plastic anO there L-- a choice of three or four bladed proppellers as well as plastic and rubber tyres.

Decals for two USAAF aircr:aft" a Chinese one and an aincraft of the FlyingiTiger airli.ne are give4 together with details of hbw to build the various C-46 versions. An IPMS leaflet gives details of several other alternat ives.

This is one of the better kit.s on the market, and is well worth buying,

KIT REVIEWS: RAREPLANES Douglas DC-4 _(t/72+4\

by Dhve Becker A very welcome addition to the range of vacuum-formed kits available is the Douglas DC-d, which gives up a lot of possibilities for the SoutLh African modeller. For in addition to the SAAF DC-4rs with the ear,Iy orange fin and the later'white fin with or:ange tips., there are the currbnt ones with the camouflaged scheme and a host of civil schemes, such as SAA, Suidwes Lugdiens, Wne1a, Trek, and others" The kit itself comes in a large strong box with a photo of the model and plus a drawing of a Capital Airlines aircraft on the cover" Parts consist of six sheets of vacuum-formed parts plus transparencies and include parts fox the Merlin engined DC-{m also, which means that ah RRaF Canadair may be built, however, the windonrs must be altered for this version..

The only major fault with the kit appears to be the shape of the fin and the modeller should refer to photographs for the true shape. Another point to bear in mind is that two different types of carburettor intakes are used on the DC-4, and both are found on SAAF DC-4"s.

REVIEW:

Decal Sheet -

SAAF

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by Dave Becker.

Up tiII now., one r:f the main problems to the modeller of modern SAAF aircraft has been to find suitable insignias. Some sheets have been produced in th'e pastr not+bly the A vd Merve sheet some years ago and now no longer avaitabterwhich ,t.rforSr,:ately suffered from bai regisler and some inaccurate colours" Another sheet, consisting of four casile= only, and without the white outline was also available in Pretoria for a time as well as the sheets from the FROG Canberra, Buccaneerrshackleton, FUJIMI and MATCHBOX Mirgae'111 and TAIvIIYA Buccaneer, sorye,o-i. th*se being available separately.

Most of these sheets suffered from deficiences in some form otr other so the introduction of a new sheet on AJ size paper which largely corrects the faults of the previous offerings is a most welcome step.

Most of the sheets examined displayed good register though some had a 1ittle variation in the sfraOe of- blue .rrO tfr" smudging of the gold on the rspringboksr. The sheet has been designed for use with t/7Zna scale aircraft but modellers should be able to adopt some of the sizes to use for other scales It is worth noting that one fuIl*size aircraft, there is a slight varia* tion in size between those having the painted 'castle' and those with the decals now in use, the latter being slightly smaller. There is also some var'iance in the shade of the blr.re between the two versions" "

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The sheet consists of: 8 x 66,,1 8 x 54,,r 4 x 48", 6 x 36,,, L2 x 3o", L2 x 24',, L2 x lB" castles, strips of orangerwhite and blue, four rows of 2\'r numerals, six rows of 8" numerals, two sets of rSA Air ForcetandtsA Lugmag?f and L6'Bly Af/Keep Offl signs, the lat'ter unfort rrrrately too large for t/7Zna scale aircraft .

All the items mentioned above are on one sheet of carrier film which has an overall varnish, so each itern must be cut out separately,.An instruction sheet is included with the decals giving sizes oftcastles'applied to the various aircraft types, and the basic colour schemes used. This is however <inly a generai guidL Several mistakes unfortunately have app€ared on the instruction sheet " The Albatross and Buccaneer have dark sea grey upper surfaces, not extra dark sea greyrlikewise the Wasps are finished in overall dark sea grey not extra dark sea grey. The extra dark sea grey on the anti-glare panels and wings of Harvards has recqntly been replaced by dark sea grey" The Merlin has all the top sufaces in white, not just the fuselage, and the Mercurius haq a white tailplane. No camouflaged TransalIs have had fin flashes. Since the appearance of the sheet, there has been several changes to SAAF aircraft including the camouflaging of the DC-{'s, and a revision of the markings on the transports and light aircraft types.

The sheet is highly recommended and we now await the follow-up sheet which will feature the I springbok' rounda.ls. *J()€)f*JCJ(J(rti(J(*i(-*)e*)..J()€*)e*)eJe)++J()e+*)t**)tx**J(*)(.tc

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Silver a1l over. BLack/Yellow/Red vertical stripes on rudder. Registration letters in black on both sides of fuselage and wings to be underlined in Black/Vet,tow/nea Black/Silver " BLack/Ye1lo/Red stripes on rurlder, wing Junker s 52/3n tips and elevators.

Both types have the word TBEICIQI"IE'? in black on both sides of the fuselage.

An amendment issued on 16.1f.4O stated that the under surfaces of the SABENA Ju JZ/jm were now painted Yellow.

With the introduction of the Maryland into service, SAAF Tech Order A186 was issued on the 22.IO 40 to cover this type.

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