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Good start! I'll be watching!
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Excellent little plane!!!
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Crashed 73 Sq Hurricane IIC, HV5?? Being salvaged by Germans, thoughts?
GrzeM replied to Troy Smith's topic in Aircraft WWII
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You can buy them online from Armahobby.com - we sell our own kits, but also Hobby2000 and some other good producers. https://www.armahobby.com/blog/hobby-2000-new-arrivals-and-restocks-harriers-and-more
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1:72 PRU Mitchell Mk.II 684 Sqn RAF, Burma
GrzeM replied to Dunny's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Hi! Good idea to build this PRU Mitchell! Researching Arma Hobby PR Hurricanes we've gathered some references about Burma PRU units. I will try to find you something. BTW, you can build PR Hurricane from Burma to accompany your Mitchell!!! https://www.armahobby.com/70046-hurricane-mk-ii-a-b-c-reconnaissance-1-72-deluxe-set.html -
Very interesting work! You can also do 9-12 in Polish colours - there are several interesting markings with the 'Kosciuszko Squadron' markings. 'Kosciuszko Squadron' was initially US-volunteer unit which fought in Polish Army in Ukraine (allied with Petlura) against Red Russians in 1920. They even librated Kyiv for some short time. Its founder was Merian Cooper, the man who created King-Kong film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merian_C._Cooper Later traditions of the 'Kosciuszko Squadron' were continued by Polish 111. Fighter Squadron in Warsaw (till September 1939) and No. 303 (Polish) Squadron in Britain (Battle of Britain and later). During communism it was banned, but in 1990's these markings were re-used again by Polish Air Force on Migs. Now most of these MiGs are in Ukraine (14 were donated by Poland). Polish Migs are very similar in configuration to the Slovak ones - the difference is that the modern NATO IFF and GPS antennas are mounted separately, immediately on the plane surface, on the Slovak planes they are mounted on adittional flat pylon (I mean those on the spine, behing the canopy).
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Very well done! I love these Atlantic schemes! I did the FM-1 in 1/72 using the Arma Hobby kits - F4F-4 fuselage with FM-2 wings (with radiators added) - so was not forced to fill the extra guns. I'm stuck now on the FAA camouflage stage. First attempt went bad - too dark and applied not well enough. But the work was cool.
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As the Arma Hobby 1/48 Hurricane Mk IIc Trop boxing includes markings for 'MacRobert Fighter - Sir Iain', we asked British aviation historian Dr Victoria Taylor for writing an article about the glorious but sad story of the MacRobert family and the RAF aeroplanes donated by the Lady MacRobert and named after her sons. I was able to find several interesting illustrations (includings videos - the period newsreels) for this fine text - the result may be worthy of your lecture. You can find the article here: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2025/02/21/hurricane-sir-iain-40005/ Enjoy! We have also reconstructed three variants of the 'MacRobert Fighter - Sir Iain' Hurricane markings in several period of its use. I. Initial variant. No squadron markings and factory black spinner. Auxilliary fuel tanks under the wings II. Transitional variant. Mediterranean Theatre of Operations regulation red spinner and unfinished squadron code markings. Auxilliary tanks removed. Tank attachement areas remain unpainted in Azure Blue (probably Sky or Medium Sea Grey). III. Final variant – full squadron code markings
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I don't know why, but the inscriptions on the Manchurian Ki-43s are exactly like this. Check the photos! BTW, we have corrected the Thai elephants. They are correctly mirrored now.
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As long as the package is not sent, you can combine orders. Just write in "comments" field "please combine with order no. xxxxxxxx". Shop crew will re-calculate shipment etc. and let you know final payment. Best! G.
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Matchbox 1/76 Jagdpanzer IV L70
GrzeM replied to binbrook87's topic in Ready for Inspection - Armour
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That's a great news!!! These decals will be great with Airfix Gladiator and fabric wing Hurricaned (those Hawkers from L series) and Arma Hobby metal wing Hurricanes (Gloster built P series). For the propellers, I suppose that all of the Hurricanes had metal De Havilland propellers, am I right? I'm excited! I have excellent Alex Crawford's No. 263 Squadron book, is any similar book about No. 46 Squadron in Norway?
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Hyperscale Brett Green's inbox review: https://www.hyperscale.com/2024/reviews/kits/arma70078reviewbg_1.htm
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I see the case has been well-discussed already but... the plane on this photo is stationed in Lille-Seclin. Isn't the light stuff we see on the ground, dyke and on the wing the famous Flanders white lime chalk?