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BTW: NATO Dark Green and Lichen Green, are these the same colours that were initially used on the Harrier GR.5? I always thought that this was an interesting scheme because it is similar but different to most wrap-around schemes at this time (like the American European 1 or the W.German Norm 83). Soon afterwards, all aircraft turned grey...

The first Hercules in the wrap around-scheme documented on Airhistory.net is XV223, a C.3, photographed in 1985. BTW, the last photo of a RAF Herc in the old desert scheme on this site dates from 1981 (XV302, a C.1).

Looks great! A very clean built of a somewhat difficult kit.

I know at least one picture of a XIV from 322 Sqn with full D-Day markings. You can find it in this publication (I have no connection to the author/publisher): https://www.raf-in-combat.com/downloads/squadrons-no-37-the-supermarine-spitfire-mk-xiv-the-belgian-and-dutch-squadrons/

Great work! In my opinion, this is one of the best looking paint schemes for the Buccaneer.

Great job! Judging from other construction reports on the internet, this is no easy kit. Maybe I'll give the kit a try one day. The MiG-17PF is a cool looking aircraft.

Really impressive! I toyed with the idea, but finally never dared to use metal foil on a model.

Great work on the VFW-614! What West German civilian jets lacked in commercial success, they made up for in originality. The HFB-320 is a similar case. In the end, both types were mostly used by the Luftwaffe. By the way, East Germany built an equally un-orthodox, but even less successful jet-powered airliner even before West Germany: The Baade 152.

Looks great! What modifications did you make to the kit?

On the British Canberras part of the vertical tail were still made from wood. Does anybody know if this was also the case with the B-57 or if Martin changed the design to an all-metal skinned tail?

Top notch modelling and photography!

Great work! This is really a rarely seen type.

Well, the tail-wheel makes it look even more special and gives the aircraft an additional Saab-touch.

No Draken-expert here, but after having a quick look at pictures on Airhistory.net I would say it was always deployed when the landing gear was down.

Good work, well done!

A very nice Friedrich! Good work on the aircraft and the base!

Good job! Did you use the Airfix PR.9 in 1/72 as the base kit?

Great looking Mirage! I am currently also working on a Modelsvit Mirage (the IIICJ) and I find it a bit fiddly and over-engineered. Building and painting the ejection seat convinced me that I need glasses. But the level of detail is gorgeous.

Perfect, I guess now we have the solution. And even a nice photo of what they try to avoid with the protective lining/paint on the Let. Are there more pictures of other types of aircraft used for para-dropping that have a similar protection or scuffs?

Well, that might be the solution. At least it sounds very convincing to me.

Could be, at least it is on the same side as the cargo door. But what it is good for? The other black areas on the aircraft are: - de-icing boots on the leading edges - sometimes an area behind the engine exhausts to hide the stains - black stripes on the fuselage between the cockpit and the cabin windows (most likely a kind of protection against ice particels coming from the propeller) Maybe the area on the rear fuselage is also some kind of protective paint against ice or dirt coming from the landing strip? The fact that it is only on the portside might be due to the direction of rotation of the propellers?

Just out of curiosity: I noted that many (not all) military Turbolets have a kind of large black panel on the rear fuselage on the portside: What is this? You can see this on aircraft from various air forces throughout many years, e.g.: Czechoslovakia (on delivery to Libya), 1984 https://www.airhistory.net/photo/450720/OK-NZE Czechoslovakia, 1990 https://www.airhistory.net/photo/402399/1133 Latvia, 1994 https://www.airhistory.net/photo/89785/146 Slovakia, 2012 https://www.airhistory.net/photo/166342/2721 Lithuania, 2017 https://www.airhistory.net/photo/169284/02 Any ideas? Thanks in advance! PS: I am not a Turbolet-fan or -expert in particular, but the L-410 seems to be quiet a successful design that is often overlooked and deserves more attention.

Great looking model!

Well done! I like (among other things) how the decals snuggle down to the recessed panel lines.

Very nice! Fascinating to have pieces of the real plane incorporated in the model and its base. The four models of XH135 will be in 1) silver, 2) green/grey, 3) hemp and 4) grey, I guess?