Jure Miljevic

Yes, RLM 63. Cheers Jure

Hello Thank you, Bruce, very useful information. Simon, perhaps you have already find it, but still ... A fairly similar debate had already taken place here: I hope it helps. Cheers Jure

Hello Very interesting photo, Simon, thank you. Yes, it seems that this fighter had her fuselage band overpainted, and the patch in dark, apparently fresh colour above the serial also suggest so. However, there are plenty other much more interesting things about this Hurricane. I am browsing through my Hurricane books at the moment and although I doubt this will yield much new information. Nevertheless, it is a learning experience. Cheers Jure

Hello Slightly off topic, but still related to it: has anyone ever produced NA-50A/NA-68/P-64 in 1/72? Does not have to be mainstream kit, vacuform or resin would be quite enough. Cheers Jure

Hello, FalkeEins Add to the list also both Israeli and Syrian Texans/Harvards, used as ground attack aircraft/dive bombers, Spanish COIN Texans in Morocco/Western Sahara, improvised USMC dive bombing Texans on (I think) New Caledonia in 1942 and RAF Texans, used against Mau-Mau during Kenya Emergency. I already mentioned T-6s in Korea, Harvards Mk.IIB in Belgian Kongo and Steve mentioned Katanga Texans. The complete list is probably much longer, but that is what I remember right now. Cheers Jure

Hello Agreed, Graham, the Heller kit looks very nice. Lack of PE parts or engraved panel lines does not bother me personally. After all, there is plenty of AM stuff available and one can always engrave the kit, if needed. These days, however, many modellers are accustomed to nice crisp panel lines like on Academy T-6 and this has been the point of my previous post. Work in Progress, just like you I am quite pleased with Monogram kit in 1/48. Build one re-boxed by Revell OOB some time ago and it took me only two or three days. Cheers Jure

Hello Revell did re-box Heller kit twice. First time, about a quarter of a century ago, as Harvard Mk.IIB (one RAF and one Belgian ground attack machine from Belgian Kongo) and the second time about a decade ago (T-6G Mosquito from Korean war, a pair of Austrian LT-6G and another pair of German Harvard Mk.IV). Heller kit looks decent, but hardly up to date. I never attempted to build one, though. Cheers Jure

Tell me about it, Phil. I browsed through my collection of photos and articles, cut from our local newspapers at the time of the war. No internet in those days. Even if something like that would have existed one could not have stored many photos in ZX81. Cheers Jure

Hello I agree with both Troy Smith and Work in Progress. Just like Troy said, Stephen Bungay's book is well worth reading. Bungay also does not fall into a trap of dismissing Luftwaffe tactic out of hand or branding Bf 110 as inferior in every aspect. He also deals with changes of tactics on both sides in light of experiences gained. Admittedly, book does not provide an answer to your question but at the end reader is much better informed on the subject. Cheers Jure

Hello, Wez No, there were no Griffon engine Seafires in combat during WWII. IIRC they were all still in Australia. Cheers Jure

Hello I rescued this kit, which had spent many years almost at the bottom of my pile of kits. When I bought it, it was my firm intention to build it into a highly polished natural metal XH375. I have since changed my mind. So, my entry into this GB is DH 114-2D Heron EC-AOF, flying with Spanish AVIACO, poor relation of Iberia, in late 1950. Here is a link to the only colour photo I managed to find on-line: http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=297606 There is hardly anything new I could say about the Airfix kit, though. It certainly lacks detail, has rather thick wing and control surface trailing edges, very rudimentary undercarriage and generally shows its age. On the other hand, it has more or less accurate outline and could be build, as many of our fellow forum members demonstrated, into a decent model. So, I am back to my modeller's bench. Cheers Jure

Hello, Peter, Patrice and Steve Thank you for information and your encouragement about GB, more than three months should be more than enough. So, this evening I am going to indulge in opening boxes, weighting merits of one kit over another and making decision about which plane from scores of DH kits I have in my stash to build. I am probably going to start a new thread tomorrow. Cheers Jure

Hello, Seahawk Got it, thanks. About the bombs ... According to P-38 Lightgning (Warbird Tech) 8th AF installed additional ˝shackles˝ on Droopsnoots, if range was an issue. Bombs were regular and not illuminating ones, and Droopsnoots carried two 2000-lb bombs if needed on short range missions, of course without drop tanks. It is mentioned that various combinations of drop tanks and bombs had been used, but not all are listed. Cheers Jure

Absolutely so, Mark. Thank you and cheers Jure

Hello, Peter I take my previous post back. This kit is going to be finished by the mid-April. By the way, I remember that in one of your posts you remarked that anyone can participate in group builds. I am obviously to late for DH GB but Bf 109 STGB and From Russia with love interest me a lot. So, what would be a proper procedure to join in? Cheers Jure

Hello, Tempestfan I checked ESCI kits at hand and decals for both F-104 G/S and for F-100 D had been printed by G. Decals. There is no mentioning of a print shop on F-104 A/C decals, apart from ESCI trademark. This decals have white background and are turning slightly yellow. G. Decals are printed on yellow background and as far as I could judge, there is no trace of yellowing. Both F-100 D and F-104 A/C decals are off register, but only just, and hardly need to be replaced. The same could be said for one of the F-104 G/S decals, while the second set needs replacement of all national markings and some trimming of unit badges. While this would make it presentable, I will probably replaced it with AM or home-made set. Cheers Jure

Hello, Peter I think you are too modest. While I may have been carried away by your swift progress in my original estimate, I do not think there is any questions about finishing your Mosquito by the end of the GB. Cheers Jure

Hello, Seahawk I doubt it. I read somewhere that it took two men to help bombardier to enter and to exit a Droopsnoot on the ground. Parachuting off this P-38 conversion was something XV AF was still working on in early 1945. I am leaning towards Michael's and Old Thumper's guess/opinion that this is a converted F-5G. Cheers Jure

Hello, Mhaselden and PLC1966 I know exactly what you mean and for me it is Breguet Provence/Sahara/Deux-Ponts ... which I have trouble even to look at: However, along with hideous ones, many airplanes of pure elegance (and in most cases, with performance to match) have been produced in the last century or so, starting with Deperdussin Monocoque. I think in the case of France The Good outweighs The Bad and The Ugly. Cheers Jure

Hello, Old Thumper That is the one, and the other colour scheme given was Bf 109 E-4/trop black 8, I believe. Did you tart it up a bit? I do not remember fuselage machine guns, certainly not staggered ones. Cheers Jure

Hello, Mhaselden and PLC1966 Oh, you mean as ugly as Mirage III or Mirage 2000? Or perhaps aesthetic nightmares like Caravelle, Mercure and Gazelle if we also count airliners and helicopters? Cheers Jure

Hello, Sergey I built one of those. I think someone already mentioned Matchbox kit was superior to old Hasegawa, Airfix and Revell Bf 109 E kits in some aspects. While Matcbox kit lacks details and its fuselage panels bear only passing resemblance to those of the real aircraft, its outline and scale measurements are quite accurate. At the time it had been believed Bf 109 E's length was 8,64 m and consequently plenty of kits had been too short. Whether by coincidence or by design, Matchbox avoided this common mistake. Cheers Jure

Hello, Scott I thought Revell did TF-104 G a decade or so ago. I have one and I doubt it is re-packed Hasegawa. Cheers Jure

Thank you, Kuro Nezumi. Very useful link and apart from description of applying decals there is plenty of general modelling tips. Cheers Jure

Yes, on aircraft which had been delivered to or had already been on Union's territory when the war started. Cheers Jure