AZ Models 1/72 Taylorcraft-Auster Mk.1
Feb 4, 2022 19:23:35 GMT 1
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Post by acklington on Feb 4, 2022 19:23:35 GMT 1
Converted from their Auster AOP.III kit to have the shorter cockpit of the earlier Mk.1, modified engine cowling, and no flaps. Additional work included scratch building thinner bracing struts and adding the missing trim planes under the tail. Also, the somewhat over-scale cockpit interior framework was missing some of the thinner struts, but this was not realised until after the glazing had been glued on and the faired in with putty. So the photos show the cockpit after it was prized off and modified. Not the only parts to be removed, modified, and re-built!
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (22) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (23) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (3) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (5) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (8) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (11) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (13) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
657 Squadron was newly formed at RAF Ouston, Northumberland in January 1943, and the early Auster Mk.1 was used for training and to develop battlefield tactics. In May 1943 the squadron moved from Ouston and re-equipped with the more capable Auster AOP.III. Auster Mk.1 LB367 was de-mobbed in 1948 and placed on the civil register as G-AHGZ. It is still airworthy to this day, now repainted in its wartime colours.
LB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (22) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrLB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (23) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrLB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (3) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrLB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (5) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrLB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (8) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrLB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (11) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrLB367, 657 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (13) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr657 Squadron was newly formed at RAF Ouston, Northumberland in January 1943, and the early Auster Mk.1 was used for training and to develop battlefield tactics. In May 1943 the squadron moved from Ouston and re-equipped with the more capable Auster AOP.III. Auster Mk.1 LB367 was de-mobbed in 1948 and placed on the civil register as G-AHGZ. It is still airworthy to this day, now repainted in its wartime colours.
