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Great work Rowdy

Wow Rowdy, that is an impressive set of Tempests.
I love the fact you've included all the different prototype mods too.

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With eswube's help, i bring you today a nice british transport aircraft.

The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.41 Albemarle was a British transport airplane developed during the second world war.

It was twin engined and initially it was intended to be a medium bomber but it never served in that role and was used for general and special transport duties like paratrooper transport or glider towing.

It was made famous because it transported the British 6th airborne division to Normandy during the operation overlord and later they transported the 1st airborne division into Arnhem during operation market garden.

Many variants were made:

• Albemarle B.Mk.I: Airplanes built as reconnaissance bombers, powered by two Bristol Hercules XI 14-cylinder radial engines which became the standard ones in the series. It was armed with a dorsal turret equiped with four 7,7mm (0.303in) browning machine guns. Some initial prototypes had also a retractable ventral turret equiped with two 7,7mm (0.303in) vickers K machine guns. This turret was initially labeled as "assault turret". It had also a bomb bay. All the aircraft of this variant were later converted to the glider transport or special transport role.
  Albemarle ST Mk.I: A special transport version with the bombing equipment removed and the rear fuselage tank removed. The four gunned dorsal turret was replaced by two Vickers K machine guns covered in a crystal sliding hood. A freight door was added at the right side of the airplane.
  Albemarle ST Mk.I VVS: An unofficial version made to serve in the USSR. It was a regular ST Mk.I without the freight door.
  Albemarle GT Mk.I Series II: Similar to the Mk.I series but fitted with a malcolm glider towing equipment. The bomb bay was converted to accommodate three aditional fuel tanks.
  Albemarle ST MK.I Series II: A regular ST version fitted with glider-towing equipment.
  Albemarle GT Mk.II: A paratroop carrier and glider-tug version. It was able to carry ten paratroopers which jumped through a hole made in the rear side of the fuselage (just where the assault turret was present in some units). A tubular guard was also installed to prevent free drops from fowling the elevators present in the interior cabin. It was also fitted with the glider-towing equipment. It was first delivered to the RAF in January 1943.
  Albemarle GT Mk.III: An Mk.II version powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin III engine which was never made.
  Albemarle GT.Mk.IV: A version powered by two 1,600 hp Wright GR-2600-A5B Cyclone 14 air-cooled radial engines. Only one prototype was built.
  Albemarle GT.Mk.V: Similar to the Mk.II but with the addition of fuel jettisoning equipment.
  Albemarle GT.Mk.VI Series I: Same as the Mk.V but with the same freight door present at the ST versions to make possible the loading of bulky materials which may be required for paratroop operations.
  Albemarle GT.Mk.VI Series II: Same as the Mk.VI Series I but with additional radio equipment fitted for glider-towing. The dorsal turret was removed in order to get more space leaving therefore the aircraft unarmed.

Great Britain, USSR (Russia), Armstrong Whithworth AW.41 Albemarle




Also, don't miss the AU variants and users that i drawn for this airplane here:

http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 98#p141198

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Fantastic work!
This is a real treat to see, especially with Rowdy's Tempests.
[One tiny nitpick, your missing the 'r' in Albermarle in the labels]

I've always liked the looks of the Albermarle, but it never really had a chance of success. Built of non-strategic materials, the need for it soon evaporated. It's worth pointing out also, the glazed rear section was intended as the ventral turret's operator's position.

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here is the first of several drawing I've been working on and with around 20 still to finish including more 707 derived types and the KC135, RC135 and other still to complete here is the first set comprising the E-3 AWACS of the USAF from the first prototype to theE-3A/B, JE-3C later redesignated as E-3C, normal E-3C and G, Nato E-3A before and after electronics modification, RAF E-3D, French E-3F and Saudi E-3A.

Lol thanks for pointing it out. I don't know why but i always thought it was called "albermale" not "albemarle". I'm correcting it right now.

EDIT: Corrected.

Nice work on that 707 Shippy!

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• Grumman F4F Wildcat/Grumman G-36
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You might want to check the last N in NATO's E-3 fleet
Still, great work!

Excellent work on the E-3, a stunning set. I like idea of the portside nose sections too.
A minor nitpick is the reversed N in OTAN.

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NATO + OTAN sorted.

Ok British Phantoms 1

The rest will follow next weeks

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