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A page devoted to the Viking in DDL/SAS - http://www.flying-vikings.net/viking-history.html

And we have Revell Gmbh releasing Zvezda kits in Revell boxes - I am quite sure a deal will be made, so we are going to find the C-130H among next years Revell releases. German Luftwaffe / France has C-130J-30s on order, so maybe that will be Revells preferred release. If they have prepared for C-130J and stretched versions as well, then Zvezda is going to do well with this one. And for the decal makers, here is a link to a list of C-130 users: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lockheed_C-130_Hercules_operators

Lufthansa decals would be more appropriate for a Berlin-Tokyo flight....

Kora models is releasing a series of injection molded 1/72 Fairey IIIF kits in 1/72 Source: http://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_5_73&sort=20a&page=2

Could we please have the German equivalent as well - the Junkers Ju 90?

The Norwegian floatplane was an ordinary Army built Tiger Moth that was tested on floats when the Naval Air Arm was looking for a new trainer - there never was a Queen Bee in Norwegian service.

The main issue with the Matchbox kit is that the front transparencies differ quite a bit from the real thing. http://heinkel115.com

Brilliant - Bell 47Js were used both by the Airforce and civilian companies in Norway - even offshore. Might end up taking the rotor and undercarriage from an Italaeri kit. Flew in a Bell 47G offshore Africa - I enjoyed the flight more than the rest of the crew.

I believe the Science Museum in Praha also has a large model of this vessel.

My guess is the Breguet XIV - used during and after WW1 by a bunch of countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bréguet_14 I would personally have preferred a Farman pusher, but I also want Copper State to stay in business.

This kit is so crazy that I have to get one, I am just waiting for the Norwegian krone to rebound a bit before purchasing one. It would have been even more expensive in resin; being a regular customer of ABMs weird and wonderful Irish-Russian resin kits I guesstimated the price for a resin kit of this size - scary. The Soviet Union produced some really incredible aircraft and kit makers in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and rest of the world are giving us the opportunity of some unusual looking builds. I am still waiting for a decent MiG-3, Grumman Hu-16B Albatross and a Junkers G-38 in 1:72 scale, so there is room for both Micro and Macro Mir projects.

AJAviation in West Drayton stocks a number of Finemolds kits: http://ajaviation.co.uk/fine-molds/

The green used on the Norwegian Hawks in Canada is in my opinion close to Humbrol 151 - probably a better reference for modellers than apples. https://www.scalemates.com/no/colors/humbrol--652/151-interior-green-enamel-matt--5932 The Norwegian Air Arms got a new start in Canada and the aircraft numbering did start anew, using the same pattern as before. Trainers (Fairchild PT-19) odd numbers 101 and up Reco/Light bombers (Douglas DB8A-5) 301 and up Fighters (Curtiss Hawk) 401 and up Even numbers used on the Stinson Reliants (float planes) and other aircraft used to train naval aviators. They used funds earned by the Norwegian merchant navy in Allied service to pay for a new airforce and also aircraft for the operational squadrons in the UK.

The green used on the Wright Cyclone engined Curtiss Hawk A8s in Little Norway training camp could be a primer more often used for interiors, possibly zinc chromate based, I would call it apple green - much lighter and less brown than olive drab. We have colour film and stills as well as a model made in Little Norway probably using the same paint as on the aircraft and gifted to a member of the royal family. Odd numbers 401 up to 471 and Norwegian flag bands around wings and on rudder painted on when delivered, but not all of them were assembled and flown in Canada. P&W Twin Wasp engined A6 (first orders) had odd numbers from 437 and up to 485 in black and Norwegian flag colours around wings and on rudder. Some had arrived before the German invasion and were assembled at Kjeller airbase just outside Oslo, others were still in transit. Natural metal / aluminium doped fabric surfaces. So if AZ got the font right, you can use the A6 fuselage and make a model of 443 with aluminium finish to represent an aircraft in Norway in April 40 and use the A8 fuselage and finish it in your preferred green colour to make a model of 443 in Little Norway training camp. Kit(s) on order from AZ, so I can have a look and see for myself - the earlier versions were decent representations of the little Hawk. If you want to make an alternative Norwegian Army Air Arm of 1940, there are plenty of options among the aircraft they considered purchasing. Fighters: Breda Ba27, Vought V-146, Fiat CR.42, Hawker Hurricane and even the Heinkel He 100. Reco/bomber: Avro Anson, Bristol Blenheim, Fairey Battle, Junkers Ju 87. Trainers: FW 44 Stieglitz (on order, the batch was sold by the Germans to Finland so they got paid twice), Klemm Kl 35. One of my projects for retirement is going through the archives and see how close they were to purchasing these aircraft and at what terms. Italian aircraft were popular with the treasury since we had a trade surplus with Italy, while the engine specialists preferred air cooled engines over liquid cooled.

The FAA example looks interesting for a Norwegian - the result of the 882Sq pilots can be seen: https://tihlde.org/~ktsorens/flyvrak/langskjera.html https://tihlde.org/~ktsorens/flyvrak/klokksegga.html https://tihlde.org/~ktsorens/flyvrak/tustna.html

Interesting to see that a Russian site has the best references for current Tornado cockpits.

So after emptying the shelves for yeast (Norway), toilet paper (UK), marihuana (Netherland), guns & ammo (USA); the next thing to hoard are WNW kits?

Two comments - the standard undercarriage won`t last long with the weight of an extra fuselage and center wind + fuel. - perfect dogfight double for a P82 Twin Mustang.

There is a link to Czech kit maker Fly - https://www.fly814.cz/pripravujeme-preparing/

I am quite sure an engine nacelle with engine in resin will follow...

The Norwegian markings are printed with way to light blue and red colours - they should be like the RAF ones and the number has the wrong font.

Norway, Germany and New Zealand does also have the P-8A on order - the RNoAF expects deliveries in 2021/2022. So BPK got plenty of time to prepare the kit...

So we might get to see you and the kit in Moson?

Could I ask for a MiG-3 to complement the line-up of early defenders of the Mother land?

This is a nice addition to Airfix range of early WW2 aircraft, it should be easier to build than the High Planes and Special Hobby offerings. Should appeal to those interested in activities off the Norwegian coast in WW2