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Airfix Bristol Bloodhound: help with trailer
Copperalis
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Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 07:59 AM UTC
In an attempt to complete this model I have been researching the trailer provided with the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound kit, but my references and internet searches have failed to provide a match.

There appears to be several types of trailers with both high-and low slung beds with and without raised cradles, and trailers with frames on which the missile sits, but none are identical to the Airfix kit.

Can anybody provide any information?

TIA

Andrew
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Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 08:13 AM UTC
Andrew

Try this link

http://www.raaf.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/b_scenes/rock_sci.htm

Nige
Copperalis
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Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:36 AM UTC
Nige

Many thanks for the link. I had found this one, and although the trailer is slightly different to the Airfix model it is the closest match I have come across. The main difference is the raised bed above the wheels rather than the bed being slung between the wheels as in the kit. A simple conversion should not be a difficult scratchbuilding project.

Thanks again

Andrew
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