calling any ex RAF armourers

Started by guest311, October 18, 2019, 04:22:11 PM

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guest311

probably the wrong scale for what I want  :smiley-laughing:

emjaybee

It may be a little large, but if you put it right at the back it'll look small, y'know, like the Father Ted sketch...

..."right Dougal, one more time, ...  ....small...  ...far away."
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guest311

but then I'd need to get a bomb trolly to the same scale ....... :'(

emjaybee

I just don't get it, you try to help some people...

;D
Brookline build thread:

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=50207.msg652736#msg652736

Sometimes you bite the dog...

...sometimes the dog bites you!

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I can explain it to you...

...but I can't understand it for you.


zwilnik

Quote from: emjaybee on October 19, 2019, 01:12:06 PM
It may be a little large, but if you put it right at the back it'll look small, y'know, like the Father Ted sketch...

..."right Dougal, one more time, ...  ....small...  ...far away."

or put the layout on top of it then you can adjust the height easily :)

guest311

would make wiring easy wouldn't it  :hmmm:

emjaybee

Quote from: zwilnik on October 19, 2019, 02:43:30 PM
Quote from: emjaybee on October 19, 2019, 01:12:06 PM
It may be a little large, but if you put it right at the back it'll look small, y'know, like the Father Ted sketch...

..."right Dougal, one more time, ...  ....small...  ...far away."

or put the layout on top of it then you can adjust the height easily :)

You can't beat a bit of lateral thinking!

Brookline build thread:

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=50207.msg652736#msg652736

Sometimes you bite the dog...

...sometimes the dog bites you!

----------------------------------------------------------

I can explain it to you...

...but I can't understand it for you.

Railwaygun

Quote from: emjaybee on October 19, 2019, 03:17:24 PM
Quote from: zwilnik on October 19, 2019, 02:43:30 PM
Quote from: emjaybee on October 19, 2019, 01:12:06 PM
It may be a little large, but if you put it right at the back it'll look small, y'know, like the Father Ted sketch...

..."right Dougal, one more time, ...  ....small...  ...far away."

or put the layout on top of it then you can adjust the height easily :)

You can't beat a bit of lateral thinking!



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guest311

yes, if it was lateral it would unbalance, and fall off.

mind you not as much of a disaster as if  that fell off....




Lawrence

Quote from: StufromEGDL on October 19, 2019, 07:33:43 AM
A 'wendy' was the colloquial term for a W (weapons) loader...an improperly balanced low version of a fork lift which offered bombs up to the wing for the Armourer to attach. Complete pain to drive and load with.

Later,
Stu from EGDL.

Only a complete pain to drive after they fitted them all with engine restrictors, as I recall a couple of plumbers (armourers) were racing them (pre restricted) and one of the ended up badly hurt, don't recall if it was a fatality or not. There was also a few stories about jets getting damaged because the plumber forgot how bad the brakes were on the wendy, not good form to have your munitions rolling across the pan  ::) ;D

guest311

what steps do you take when a bomb falls off a wendy ?


B****Y big ones  :smiley-laughing:

RailGooner

Quote from: class37025 on October 19, 2019, 05:29:29 PM
yes, if it was lateral it would unbalance, and fall off.

mind you not as much of a disaster as if  that fell off....




Nah, you'll be alright. Blue munitions are inert/drill rounds. :sweat:

guest311

that's good to know,
so I'd only need to worry about these falling off?



amazing what results you get when you search for 'raf weapons loader photos', best off topic I found was this



I'm guessing someone had a rather uncomfortable interview with his sdn commander  :-[

StufromEGDL

I remember the VC10 incident. Was a defuel but there was unknown fuel in the fin but a broken fuel gauge. The aircraft tipped gracefully when the Cpl tech doing the defuel stepped off the flight deck on to the front stairs.

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