Paramedic
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...because you got your Lancaster!
I´m guilty as well. Such a beauty!
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also i may be wrong but it looks like a couple of them have clipped wings??
Not what I can see... Which ones do you think has..?
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I second that! Have been keeping my eyes peeled but it slipped under my radar... Great find!
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So much better than the Tamiya Mk.IX that the Tamiya kit might as well not exist
Shane
Oh, really..?
Nice job on the Sit! It does look great, no matter how it compares to others. Will definetly be following this!
What kind of work would you need to do for Master-barrells? You need to cut some plastic off..?
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Nice! I was a bit worried, there the last on on 1st April.. But it is true?
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No probs, I will know sooner or later..
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Will they release it in Acrylics as well?
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Wow, this is a great thread - your brush-painted Mustang looks stunning! Keep up the good work, from one brush-painter to another..
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Here is another for you
On 20th December 1943 2nd Lt. Charlie Brown embarked upon his first mission over enemy territory, the bombing of the Focke-Wulf factory at Bremen. While the route to the target was relatively routine, once over it the mission ran into problems. Accurate flak smashed the Plexiglas nose, knocked out the number 2 engine and damaged engine number 4. Brown was forced to slow the bomber, dropping out of formation and becoming a straggler, a very vulnerable position for the aircraft.
The bomber then came under sustained enemy fighter attacks, number 3 engine was damaged along with the internal oxygen, hydraulic and electrical systems and only the dorsal turret and one nose gun were still serviceable. Of the crew, most were injured, Brown had been shot in the shoulder and the tail gunner had been killed.
The final fighter to intercept the plane was flown by Franz Stigler, who, upon seeing the damage to the B17 and the wounded crew visible inside through the holes, decided not to shoot them down. Instead, after failing to persuade them to land, he escorted them to the coast, at which point Stigler saluted and flew home. Brown landed safely but was told to tell no one of the German’s actions. Both Stigler and Brown survived the war and in the late 1980s Brown tracked down Stigler discovering that he lived just a few hundred miles from him, having moved to Vancouver after the war. They met in late 1990 and remained friends until their deaths just a few months apart in 1998
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There's quite a good account of the Italian "contribution" to the battle over the U.K., in "The Chianti Raiders," by Peter Haining (ISBN 1-86105-829-2.) Others have said that the book is insulting to the Italians, but I didn't find it so, in fact I feel that the critics have been influenced by the book's title, rather than giving the book's contents a chance.
Also, I'd like to correct this idea that the Italians were LMF, in combat; pilots, in Malta, said that they always found that they were more willing to stay and fight (perhaps naively) than the Germans.
Edgar
"Buzz" Beurling says something similar...
Thanks for the photos! Very interesting!
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It would be great to show them off here! No way fixing it..?
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Great links!
This book also has a couple of pages on The Chianti Party. Great book by the way with beautifyl drawings by the author!
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Very lovelly! I especially like "NN-N".
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You are absolutely right regarding Sweden being non-belligerent (I think that is the term) during the Winter War. Regarding the 2nd World War Sweden declared itself a Neutral Country by definition of International Law. This neutrality was not without its consessions and that has in deed been a subject of debate over the years. However - let's skip the politics (the intro is WIF-babble anyway) and return to modelling.
Probably the right term yes! And absolutely - modelling it is.
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Might have a look at it - or just buy a Tamiya Vb with resin C-wings..? Thanks for the links!
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So, how´s that kit..? Decent?
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Great build and it looks wonderful, however...
...Sweden in itself was a neutral country during WWII...
Sweden declared itself as "a non-combatant" in the Winter War. Which is not "neutral". Often forgotten...
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Ah, ok. Too bad..I can definetly live without re-released, old moulds like that labelled as "New"..
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I've never built the ESCI Dak but I have built several Italeri examples, and kit that is in the most recent Italeri boxing isn't their own older mould. Whether it's the ESCI kit or an updated attempt by Italeri, I can't comment on but it does look nice.
I wonder which plastic will feature in the new Airfix boxing?
John
I was hoping for a new tool, am I mistaken..?
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Ditto! No need for any excuses either!
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I've heard there are plans to make a Mk I, V, VIII and XIV (yes XIV not XVI) at least, whether and when then happen is another matter.
thanks
Mike
Good news, especially the Mk XIV! Mk Is and Vs we have Tamiya for..
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I wonder if it will be possible to fit the cowling temporarily with blutak while all the painting is completed. Then remove it, fit the exhausts and cement the cowling in place.
A Mk.VIII and/or Mk. IXe is actually worth waiting for - and waorth saving these money for as well. Much more interesting!
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Looking really sweet! I like the tail very much, unique and sticks out nicely! Well done!
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Overtrees for me too, I've got loads of Spitfire IX decals and I can live without P/E!
Agreed on PE! And I will also get an overtrees for that reason..
In 1/48th scale it is often with an open cockpit, right? So I can buy it, that you have to remove plastic if modelled with a close canopy. I think..
Airfix 1/72 Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib Sprue Shots
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Looking real good! This one I have been waited for and it seems Airfix delieveres another winner!
Nice to see it´s a four pro one too. The old mould was not, was it?