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I've been doing a few Hudsons lately (no, I haven't forgotten the P-47), and came across another kiwi bird, NZ2083:



The profile showed a red/white/blue roundel, but shouldn't that be blue/white/blue? Any ideas?

Jan Kees

Hi Jan

Red, white , blue is correct for the earlier (all?) Hudsons in RNZAF service - blue, white, blue came later - actually I dont think I have seen Hudsons with the blue, white, blue roundel - only Venturas...looking good in any case.

Very nice. That is for the Alpha Hudson isn't it?

Thats a MKIII mid 42/43 , I believe the Pacific camo and roundels applied later on the MK5 and on MK6 later in the war as Navigation escorts and course maritime patrol . Course as DSB has shown us the mosts MK5/6 s were attached to training . Markings for this a/c was no2 squadron and was a 5 .

Here is the Hudson under restoration at MOTAT





Sorry, Didn't get anymore shots.

The perspex nose is required , Since Australia got its Hudson flying think the Wigram Museum got a nose done for them , obvious can source one at a price tho

jankees wrote:

QUOTE (jankees @ Apr 15 2009, 07:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've been doing a few Hudsons lately (no, I haven't forgotten the P-47), and came across another kiwi bird, NZ2083:



The profile showed a red/white/blue roundel, but shouldn't that be blue/white/blue? Any ideas?

Jan Kees

I think that you have got the WUH around the wrong way shouldn't it be UHW

UH of course for No2 .. the aircraft code W was adjusted to suit the unique shape and glazed fixtures of the fuselage . In fact 2 aircraft carried these codes but being destroyed early in it career

dbcunnz wrote:

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Apr 15 2009, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think that you have got the WUH around the wrong way shouldn't it be UHW

here's the other side of the aircraft, where it says UH-W




I missed the small letters in front of the 24 on the nose, I wonder what they say?

The RNZAF Museum's Hudson has the blue-white-blue roundels

jankees wrote:

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I missed the small letters in front of the 24 on the nose, I wonder what they say?

Interest sake Jan now has the details , they are the A/C construction no. 6724

Here's a few more progress shots, I've added the construction number, and changed the type of the squadron codes. I made it UH-W on one side and W-UH on the other, I have not found a pic of the port side of the aircraft. Maybe one of you has something. It seems both systems were used on Hudsons, I chose this one. Happy so far?

Very VERY nice Jan

Is the MOTAT Hudson going to be airworthy?

njbb1995 wrote:

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Very VERY nice Jan

Is the MOTAT Hudson going to be airworthy?

Sadly only for static display, however still saved.

now available on avsim (together with a bunch of others):

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID...amp;DLID=137915

Happy flying,
JanKees

njbb1995 wrote:

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Very VERY nice Jan

Is the MOTAT Hudson going to be airworthy?

Non of the Hudsons in NZ are airworthy - unfortunately most had the wings torched off through the main spar, inboard of the engines. To get one back in the air would (among other things) require a new main spar which runs from engine to engine, through the fuselage. Not impossible, but.....

jankees wrote:

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now available on avsim (together with a bunch of others):

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID...amp;DLID=137915

Thanks, Jan ... looks like a beauty! I've added it to NZFSIM here.

Hi folks I am new to the FlightSim world and found this forum through looking for info on the Hudson with the images above . I have a photo of it (NZ 2083 UH W and possibly NZ2046 UH M) if people are interested, I just need to know how to post it here. Can anyone help? I have the image on Flickr.
Also what is a good Flightsim to start off with, lol being an aircraft refueler in the RNZAF I am not much on the play with flying yet, but hope to at least get off the ground.
Cheers
Michelle

mlewin wrote:

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I just need to know how to post it here. Can anyone help? I have the image on Flickr.
Also what is a good Flightsim to start off with, lol being an aircraft refueler in the RNZAF I am not much on the play with flying yet, but hope to at least get off the ground.

Hi Michelle ... and a big *welcome* to NZFF!!!

I'm not sure if you can embed links from Flickr so that the pics appear here <anyone?>. You can post a link to the pic on Flickr itself using the "insert link" icon, which will produce code like so:

Code: Select all

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/XXXXyour-pic-hereXXXXXX/"]like so[/url]

For getting pics to appear here, I find something like Photobucket (also free) a lot easier. There's a pinned topic somewhere on NZFF about posting images, so try a quick search.

As to which flight sim ... not easy ... depends on the spec of your system - and also whether to want a military style sim where you can engage in combat of some kind (eg. IL-2, Falcon AF etc.) or stooge about in a more peaceful way and learn navigation or general aviation procedures, in which case MS FS9 or FSX is the only thing to consider. Don't even *dare* to look at XPlane.

They're about to launch (Mar 24th) "Cliffs of Dover" - the latest in the IL-2 product line for WWII, Battle of Britain.

Hi Michelle and Welcome , Kiwi Hudson , the almost and almost forgotten bomber Jan Kees Bloom did a few RNZAF paints for the now defunct Alpha-sim design group , now branded 'Virtavia' im not sure it has been released by this group , but i consider it should be a freeware .