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What more we can say about the white Sea Hurricane "Nicki"? Nothing? Yes we can! Thanks to our invaluable @Troy Smith we were able - in the literally LAST MINUTE - make one important correction to the 40009 kit 1/48 Sea Hurricane Mk IIc! What? The squadron marking on the cockpit side, just below the canopy. Sure, we all know (and all kit producers, including us - Arma Hobby - in 1/72 kit) that it is white or yellow horse on the red shield. Really? Troy told us, that it is not a horse. And the shield is not red. What??? It is! Troy knows it from Ian Burgham, who is son of Lt. Allen Burgham"Nicki's" pilot! And he told it to us just in time we were able to stop decal printing and correct it! It delayed kit release for some time, but - for good reason! Initially we were not able to belive it (as EVERYBODY knows it was a horse!) - but there are photos! Nicki from 835 NAS: Two shields: 804 NAS tiger and 835 "Nicki's": 804 NAS Sea Hurricanes Mk IIc with tiger heads and pilots (Allen Burgham first from the right) And why it happened? Simple - in June 1943 most pilots of 804 NAS were sent to train on Hellcats, but one group, with their tiger marked Se Hurricanes, went to 835 NAS (composite squadron Swordfish/Sea Hurricane armed) and retained tigers on their planes! @Troy Smith many, many thanks!!! The decal is corrected! Also great thanks to Mr. Ian Burgham! Read more here: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2024/03/22/40009-a-cat-not-a-horse-last-minute-discovery/ G.
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Hitler's 1939 Summer Tour Into Poland
GrzeM replied to KeithRob's topic in Ready for Inspection - Armour
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P-51 B/C Mustang Expert Set, Arma Hobby, No. 70038, 1:72
GrzeM replied to Troy Smith's topic in P-51 Mustang STGB 5
It's endless discussion - if we make one bigger, some prefer to cut it into smaller pieces anyway. To be honest, to cut bigger decal into pieces is easy. On the other hand, it is more difficult to design big decal to fit the complex area. So no solution is perfect here. But still you did it good! -
Great work! Congratulations!
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I think the difference could be the "bulb" on the exhaust collector ring @Alex Gordon mentioned.
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P-51 B/C Mustang Expert Set, Arma Hobby, No. 70038, 1:72
GrzeM replied to Troy Smith's topic in P-51 Mustang STGB 5
To quote Sting: "I'll be watching you!" Good luck with this build! G. -
Great job! Your model looks perfect! Good to hear you liked our kit.
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Being retired librarian (well, not really retired and not really librarian, I only worked at National Library of Poland as a press officer for about 15 years in my previous life) I know that the signature is the key of all search in libraries, museums and other similar institutions. So I took the IWM signature of this photo (thanks @gingerbob) - it is IWM GM 1004 - and searched for similar numbers. And - as usually - found something. The previous number, GM 1003 photo is the same plane, from slightly different angle. Voila: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205206562 I know it does not increase our knowledge too much, but it is cool. BTW, in both these photos, quite strange is lack of the shadow of the other wing.
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OK, so what about these photos? Is it a shadow on the wing or a camouflage? Or is it a different plane? One of these photos look very much like the first one scanned by @Ed Russell https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205015962 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205134582 Extremely interesting topic. I would like to talk also about camouflages of the Narvik ships. Best! G.
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This Popeye marking is in the Armahobby 1/72 kit. https://www.armahobby.com/70022-hurricane-mk-i-navy-colours-model-kit.html
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Royal Navy J class destroyer 1/700
GrzeM replied to moondrome's topic in Work in Progress - Maritime
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It is sooooo impressive!
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1:72 Fairey Barracuda Mk.II *FINISHED*
GrzeM replied to Dunny's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
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The so called fin fillet (or 'dorsal fin', as written on the original plane drawings) on real P-51B/C is parallel to the plane center line, but 7/16 inch off. Tops of all dorsal fin fillet ribs are all 7/16 inch off the plane center line. This is caused by the fact that thee main fin (not the fin fillet, but the fin, the vertical stabiliser) itself is not paralel to the plane center line - of course to compensate the engine torque. We represented it in the P-51B/C kit according to the orignal P-51C drawings. See below:
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Super cool! 1/72 Great War planes are my favourite!
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KP 1/72 LVG C.VI 'German Service" - quality of decals?
GrzeM replied to TheKinksFan's topic in Aircraft WWI
This depends on the base kit/masters they use to make their moulds. LVG is made based on the excellent resin kit of Polish Ardpol, I made a review long time ago for the Internet Modeler, but it disappeared in the internet void, you can see other similar Ardpol kit review here: https://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/flaviation/Ardpol-1-72-Halberstadt-C-V.php The LVG was even better, honestly, the finest resin kit I've ever seen (I mean the original Ardpol kit). Best! G. -
A bit more info about this kit is here: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/10/12/sea-hurricane-mk-iic-1-72-inbox-review/ Cheers!
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What a great project! We (Arma crew) will be watching it with great interest. About the shape of the cannon nacelles - after examination of available photos we decided a bit less-chubby, more streamlined shape, especially in front area. Look at this photo (still from the film): BTW, each nacelle had a small removable panel on the side, the film you posted earlier clearly shows its purpose. This is our Armahobbynews Blog tutorial for the 1/72 conversion: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/01/26/hurricane-mk-iid-3d-printed-parts-and-conversion-how-to-do-it/ And two parts of the #Armastory - you may find it useful. https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/05/19/flying-tin-can-opener-part-i-origins/ https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/07/07/flying-tin-can-opener-part-ii-in-action-over-africa/ Good luck with your project! Grzegorz
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Cool project. I love the fowlers. They give a lot of life to the model. Also Whirlwind had them:
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The Spark of Hakimpet - Arma Hobby TS-11, 1/72
GrzeM replied to Borisz's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Very good build! Congratulations! It is important that the Iskra is relatively old kit, was the first Arma Hobby plastic kit ever, and the only one with moulds made in China. All later Arma kits are in 100% made in Poland (moulds and production) and have much better quality. Still, Iskra is cool little kit of cool aeroplane. Cheers from Arma HQ! -
The Spark of Hakimpet - Arma Hobby TS-11, 1/72
GrzeM replied to Borisz's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
It is important that the Iskra is relatively old kit, was the first Arma Hobby plastic kit ever, and the only one with moulds made in China. All later Arma kits are in 100% made in Poland (moulds and production) and have better quality. The biggest problem was transcontinental communication with Chinese mould producer. Maybe if we went to China and sat together with Chinese engineers over the milling machine, the quality would be better, but it was impossible then. Still, this Iskra is cool little kit of cool aeroplane and you're doing good work with it! Congratulations! Best Regards from Arma Hobby headquarters!