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Paramedic

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  1. Oh wow, great stuff. Glad to see an actual Republic Razorback. Thanks for sharing! You seen this @Tbolt
  2. How´s it going Christer? Found this when i was searching for pics.. ☺️
  3. Lovely to see! I became aware of these two while listening to Tales From Above, Warbirds podcast. Not bought the decals yet but I plan to make it too. Just won´t be as nice as yours.. Great job!
  4. Looking real nice.. Thanks. I realized I just assumed that the Beaufighters were present on Malata during all of 1942 but I really don´t know much. Should probably read up a bit more. Probably looking at painting it as on the box though, I made one of Beurling´s Vb Spitfires a few years back and really liked those colours and working with the Gunze paints (both acrylic and laquer). But it is intriguing with the more unique schemes. (I did paint a few Spits in various Dark Slate Grey, Extra Dark Sea grey and all that - like them all). As for the Mk. TF. X, I grew up by the Kattegatt were some of the German sailors from the Banff Wing´s strikes washed ashore.. Even had a Mossie emergency land in my home town. Would be a nice little way to honour those aircrew to make that too, later on (but with rockets)..
  5. Hi, as part of the IPMS Gothenburg "Julstrul" - or Christmas-muddle, i got a Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter Mk. VI from... Damn, i forgot his username here (Christer?). A very, very nice Christmas present and it filled a hole in my collection. I have always oved Beaufighters and fondly remember reading Battler Britton comics where he wreak havoc in them.. (And that´s where I got my eyes on the Whirlwinds as welL!).. Now, the kit provides me with rockets which feels wrong for a Malta 1942 bird, as I would like to do. When it was really tough yet these heroes went out there.. And you did not get bombs not rockets in the kit.. But after taking a little bit of a break from the hobby sicen New Years and it is my birthday, i decided to gift myself a TF Mk. 10 as well. Since I know it has a torp and bombs (and i can make a Banff Beau later) I had some idea of making a Beau Mk. VI with no stores and see it as escort for Beauforts. But then I decided I wanted a torp or bombs. And that is the question, both were used on Malta? I heard that the navigator did not like the torp as it blocked his escape hatch? And i can make it with a torp. but I like the idea of bombs and I have never seena model with them on. Which made it more interesting. They used 500lb bombs on Malta I presume? Or is my first idea of just cannons (and MGs) and helping the Beauforts or Wellies by suppressing enemy ships´flak more "correct"? Really looking forward to doing this, Dark Earth & Middlestone plus the lovely Azure (?) blue underside.....
  6. I mean, it will do a good job. it is just how they manage the poo-poo..The ECMO at Karolinska has all the money they need and are treated well, with loads of personell.. At the cost of other departments, sadly - because it brings in money.. They have the capacity to treat patients from other Scandimnavian countries and even further. So it is like a cash cow.. And this will make it easier. problem is, as I mentioned, it is at the cost of other areas and the core area... But it is the usual bullshit with everything.. Helicopter looks great! And i love helicopters.
  7. Dunno.. So much rumour.. And angry people, that is money that comes from the same chest as for personell.. And that has been alcking. And this is not needed. but it brings in money from other Nordic countries via ECMO..
  8. Hmm.. One of the prop-decals is not right, must have slipped.. Was pretty careful. Well, I need to add the strut placards anyways.
  9. Looking stuuningly good. Wish that kit was easier to pick up these days..
  10. Looks better with the prop on.. (Ultracast, correct one for the next? But this is not glued so I can change later). And I will wash it a little in the middle.. Oh, and varnish it.. Same for the replacement serialcode decal.. Glass for positional lights, small actuators in the wheelhouse and doors for the arsewheel left..
  11. Done some more.. Prop with its tips and decals are on the way.. And I will re-decal the tail when i do that!
  12. Thanks mate. A couple of mistakes and sloppy places but - I am decently happy for once.. Quite clean but that is okay! And now she´s got teeth! Master´s brass, blast tubes. Alclad Stainless Steel. And flaps, not glued, yet, since I need to thin the supports. Tricky to get in properly after painting like this, it seems? But I might just leave them unglued (though get them more properly in place) Not much left then!
  13. Thanks @Tbolt. You have been invaluable with alot of the details. I was going to mask off the tail and spray the "hinges" yellow.. But since I keep messing up.. Ah poo-poo.. Atleast i have spares - kits World. But I decided to leave those painted in camo. Do not wanna mess up more. It bugs me but I can live with it.. Lesson learned.. And since I probably will do another one of this subject in the future.. It is okay-ish.. The "X" on the codes is a bit more pronounced with an "up" and "down" part than on some other decals, I think.. Too bad I messed that up too.. i thought about lifting it off too but.. No. And thinking about decals.. Did I place the national insignia/roundel too far forward on the left wing? I looked so carefully (maybe not!) on panel lines.. 😕 I will probably use my Neutral Grey-painted big bags though, I like the look of them attached.. We need to get to the Nazi jets.. I will take better pictures later, but there is a bit of spill and streaks from the filler caps. Not sure how realiztic but i liked the look of it.. 😊 Painted the area behind the armoured plate in the cockpit (OD - or an old Vallejo Brown Violet from my Flames of War days)) but the rail guide support thing was sprayed Citadel Chaos Black from a rattle can and then sprayed Tamiya OD from a can.. So different but under the canopy it is just a little difference in the shade.
  14. Looking really good! Wrong scale to me, which is a shame! Since the fillet-part is a nice touch and the subjects even more so! Evalina etc.. i think it looks great! And I hope you will enjoy it!
  15. The sheet at the top right has Lt. Leo Batista´s signature on it - pretty cool. Need to find a way to display it nicely later. The sheet below is an alternative with red stockings, which seems more correct to be honest (I was shown a picture that I lost! And on that one, they actually looked red!) Maybe I will redo the subject some day with that decal? But I also plan to get Zotz 1/32 sheet if I can - the only thing i would need is a Vector engine for an M. Also got this today, which made me happy..! Took long enough, thanks to our customs.. The curator (?) at Halesworth even mailed me when he sent it (a sunday iirc!) and was very polite.. great book from what seems like a very friendly museum! IMG_0400 by Tobias Björkman, on Flickr Also visible, the not yet ready tanks and the cockpit of my Revell N..
  16. Been a bit slow here.. 😚 But done a few things - like started to fix the smaller pieces and painted the big, flat tanks. I will use them if I think they look good enough - and does something for me on the aircraft. But they would be needed to make sure the Glory Boyz in their Mustangs do not get all the Huns, eh? Pondered about the plastic blast tubes in the kit or a Master set (I have three). Went for the Master ones.. Not that the tamiya ones do not look good - but I had some trouble telling which was the pointy end..😙 Could not tell about the tapering and I guess tamiya would have the back end where I had to cut it from the sprue, but it did not look that way.. So I skipped them. The Master ones look really nice though and slid in easy enough during dry-fitting! before i primed them with Alclad´s Gloss Black that is.. (which needed quite a few coats on that brass!). Hopefull they behave later on.. The lady popped down nicely in the end, with Tamiya´s Super Strong Mark Fit.. Sweet! And the varnish did the last little tricky area flat. Was a bit worried about that one actually.. (Engine placard looks.. Weird. Not sure what to do there) IMG_0399 by Tobias Björkman, on Flickr Just repainted the DDG-area behind the cockpit with Vallejo Brown Violet - brush painted in the end. Needs a little wash, probably Agrax Earthshade.. Next time i do it right from the start.. But I think that will do.. Alrigth anyways. IMG_0397 by Tobias Björkman, on Flickr The rim is painted metal but not with a spread down from it, giving a rounded shape like the canopy.. Atleast not yet.. We will see.. And I will repaint the hinges on the rudder yellow too, as it should be! it annoys me too much! I hope to finish off the bird during the holidays.. And then i will probably do a Razorback Raid Hot Mama or Miss Second Front - I like both, but the second one´s pin-up a little more.. but the spinner there is scary-looking.. As F***! Got some nice decals from mr Norris Graser from Thundercals. Great guy that like @Tbolt has helped ALOT with my stupid questions. Thanks guys! IMG_0394 by Tobias Björkman, on Flickr
  17. Wonderful build - and collection. I am really jealous! Excellent painjob!
  18. Looking really nice! Lovethe paintjob. And i fear their decals even more now, not build any kits where those "newer" decals were included - but i have this (and three other) Long Range Mustang-kit..
  19. Sure, sounds like a good plan, I will do that! (I found my mail too!) Nice to see you on the Vendors list/section!
  20. Thanks. I found that out the hard way sicne I had no username nor did it want my e-mail.. But i think I have the e-mail when i purchased it, still! Oops though..
  21. Cool, was waiting for that! Any old "subebrs" got the new updated as well as I understood it?
  22. I bought it when I saw it on LSP. Good book. I do not have the kit (but a couple of Tamiya and 1/48th versions) - and found it pretty useful as a reference for the cockpit for example. Good product!
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