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Nice result on this. BTW given the colour scheme was this an ex- Angolan Mig 21 which they brought back to Cuba ? regards Brian

Yes you are right use the Blast Model for the Takom kit. The Azimuth wheels were re-released after the Takom kit came out but were designed for their own Azimuth kit of the AML 60/90 . These sit noticeably lower than the Takom kit when put side to side. Given the tight fight of the kit wheels on the Takom kit I would suspect that Azimuth are probably more accurate. The Takom kit is lovely but the wheels are its weak point. Regards Brian re-

Top marks for post title and in the words of the great American writer David Scott Mustaine Launch the Polaris It doesn't scare us When will this cease? The warheads will all rust in peace

Nice !

Photo taken on the 4 november 1944 during the liberation of Terheijden which is north of Breda as already stated. The windmill is known as the "Arend" and is located at nr. 39 Molenstraat in Terhijden . If you scroll forward to number 43 approx. you have the same perspective as the photo . The tank was moving north towards the river Goggle maps Streetview There seems to be somes changes to the house directly behind the Cromwell In the link below you will find a page in Dutch with some more info ; if you use Goggle to translate you should get the jist of it. There are some extra photos below in the page Link   Nice diorama idea btw regards Brian

There is a collection of photos in the Dutch National Archieves taken in Aalst just south of Eindhoven during Market Garen featuring amounst other Irish Guards. Some stowage on dislay Fotocollectie (nationaalarchief.nl) Apart from stowage the presence of chalked messages written ( in this case in Dutch) on the sides of various vehciles is a prelevant phenomena which I rarely see reproduced in models. as these were written in chalk they did last very long . Typically these were messages of welcome with the place name used . In the series you can see traces of these on a few of the vehicles.

Hi Robert Am following this with interest for both the AML 90 and the Irish UNIFIL angel. I have built a few of the Azimuth and Takom AML 90 kits and am interested in seeing how the Panda kit builds up. I only picked this kit up last week and as I am working on a SADF Ratel 90 at the moment I took it out to compare the turret details and there are quite a few differences. I presume you have a copy of Dan Harvey's "Attack on At Tiri "? Looking forward to seeing the rest, regards Brian

Great result Keith really nice looking and you built that really fast too! regards Brian

Great subject choice and as has already been said great back story. Never knew Taiwan were fighting against the Russians in Yemen. BTW Bestfong decals are tough to source do u have a supplier or direct email contact. I have been trying to get F100 decals and they do Taiwan planes.

Looking good Mick . I see you changed the pose of the Tamiya peasant tanker, might I ask why ? His arms were folded or is this another figure ? Like the 2 tone scheme and I see you build tanks as fast as I build ships !!!

Thank you for the kind comments gents

Many thanks gents for the kind comments. . Brian

M3A1 White Scout Car of the Gendarmerie Katangaise fighting UN forces in Elisabethville, Katanga ( Congo) December 1961. Kit: Hobby Boss 1;35 scale . Figures adopted form a variety of sources. Stills taken form Pathe films Regards Brian

Here is one I finished up recently it's the old FM Mirage V 1:48 kit finished in the colours of the air force of the now defunct state of Zaire ( DR Congo). Despite FM reputation this went together reasonably well and without too much fuss. I rescribed all the old Heller wing parts but the FM fuselage just needed a little cleaning up. Lots of resin and white metal to give this some weight. They don't make kits like this any more. As for the subject and colour scheme I used the old Carpena (under the monicker Colorado Decals ) set 48.01 Chad 1983-1986 which features French warplanes fighting in Chad with some help form Zaire. I had always wanted to do this a/c just for the fablous colours and am rather happy with the result. The wing tanks need to be fitted. Another one for my Africa collection Regards Brian

That would explain the high parts count.