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Fairey Gordon Mk.II Royal Air Force in Mid East / WW II Service KORA KPK 72130
$ 36.37
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Description
This is KORA Models kit KPK 72 130The Fairey GORDON Mk II Light Bomber
was the Army Version of the Fairey III F using the Armstrong Siddley PANTHER engine .
The Mk II has a ROUNDED Fin and Rudder
She operated with the Royal Air Force in Empire Service
In other words this is the Fairey IIIF wih the Siddley Panther Engine that the RAF used
see my
RED note below please !)
The Gordon was an important RAF two seater between the wars and served up to the middle of WW II
As a Note :
Companies like KORA consistently re-box and rename their molds with insignificant changes simply to maximize sales to distributors ...This "marketing Ploy" plays hell with the Retailers like me as well as YOU the Modeler...I means "What to Buy"? ... as to the price its the same game so this is the best I can do
To me the above practice is disingenuous at best and is based on the conviction that Modelers are simply STUPID impulse buyers .
So...PLEASE try to check the online reviews using the kit numbers when it comes to these "variants"
Thanks
Joe
Ps there is an excellent book in print on the Fairey III F by Phil Jarrett as well as the reliable old Profile publication
HISTORY
One of the criticisms of early Fairey aircraft was aimed at their appearance, for they were frequently regarded as being numbered among the most ugly aeroplanes in the air....But not so the "III F" varient !
It was an unkind attitude in an age when it was difficult to attain the sort of performance required by a general-purpose aircraft: one which might be expected to operate from and to a ship at sea, in addition to more conventional use as a landplane or seaplane.
Fairey's IIID, first flown in prototype form in August 1920, derived from the company's F.128 experimental floatplane of 1917. This introduced the Fairey Patent Camber Gear evolved for the Hamble Baby, which was then described as a trailing-edge flap and used to increase the lift of the wings. Today we would regard these aerofoil control surfaces as drooped ailerons, for they were used as ailerons in flight, but could be drooped symmetrically to enhance the lift developed by the normal wing surface. Tested as a two-seat sea-plane, the F.128 was known as the Fairey III. With a single frontal radiator behind the propeller and the floats replaced by a wheel landing gear, the designation became Fairey IIIA.
In modified form the designation became Fairey IIIB. These had float landing gear, increased wing area, and ailerons on the upper wing in addition to the Patent Camber Gear on the lower. The IIIC which followed had a performance increase of some 14%, almost entirely due to the installation of a Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engine. It was regarded as one of the best seaplanes of its day, but it entered service too late to be involved in World War I.
The Fairey IIID benefited from considerable experience with Fairey Ills in both RFC and RNAS use. The prototype retained the Eagle VIII engine, but of the 207 built for service with the RAF and Fleet Air Arm, 152 were powered by Napier Lion IIB, V or VA engines. A large-span two-bay biplane with constant-chord wings, the IIID was operated as a landplane from shore stations and aircraft carriers, or as a seaplane for catapult launch from warships. In fact, on 30 October 1925, a IIID became the first standard FAA seaplane to be catapulted from a ship at sea.
In landplane form, the IIID was one of the first service aircraft to have oleo-pneumatic (oil/air) shock-absorbers. It was used to record the RAF's first flight from England to South Africa and its first official long-distance formation flight. Led by Wg Cdr C. W. H. Pulford, between 1 March and 21 June 1926 IIIDs completed a flight of almost 22,530km, Cairo-Cape Town-Cairo and thence to Lee-on-Solent. At no time throughout the period of almost four months was any delay caused by mechanical failure of any of the aircraft, speaking volumes for the soundness of the basic design of both airframe and engine.
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omestic orders of BOOKS
Mail at Media Mail Rate and CanNOT be combined with other items. The kits will be invoiced separately
Please inform me immediately if after winning an item if you are bidding on another. The postage is free so you are not saving money by waiting to combine items but :
IF it is more than 3 days away the ITEMS WILL NOT COMBINE on the invoice once I send it. So please tell me WHY you are waiting
I ship most of my items cocooned in bubble wrap in a large envelope . Folding style, one piece boxes are collapsed flat to avoid damage. This is a very effective, lightweight & inexpensive way to mail.
BUT if you want your items shipped in a BOX there will be additional weight and additional cost, its up to you.
IF You want your order BOXED,
You must Request a Boxing via Ebay ,
or call me,
Joe ,
So IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR CARD OR HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE CALL ME
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sincerely ,
Joe Gian Francesco/Joe's Models
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