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  1. Here is a late Bf 109 from the licensed production by IAR.

    15 Ga-4 and 60 Ga-6 were built between 1944-1947.

    Main factory IAR Brasov was more or less bombed out in april-may 1944 and the production continued in an IAR work shop in Caransebes.

     

    109Ga-6_01

     

    The kit is the old Hasegawa and with RB Production decals and the typical IAR bulges for the MG131.

    Easy camoflage, almost everything is dipped in AMT-7

     

    This is one of two 109s from Regimentul 180 in Rosjori that defected to Yugoslavia 1952.

    Flight leader Captain Gh. Gheorghiu in 363 and his wingman Lt. Bores Constantin in no 319

     

     

    Sources:

    Post war 109 in Romania

    319 with a collapsed landing gear

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  2. A few days after the royal coup 23.Aug 1944 when Romania switched side, a plan was made how to arrange transport for the 1200 POW's still in Romania

     

    A Bf 109 G-6 (or G-14) W.Nr: 166 133 from Grupul 9 was repainted with a big US flag on the fuselage and pre-war wing markings.

    The radio compartment was emptied to make room for a passenger

     

    In 27.Aug 1944 piloted by Constantin "Bâzu" Cantacuzino and with the former POW Lt. Col. James A Gunn III in the radio compartment they made a 2 hour flight to Foggia Air base in Italy

     

     

    The kit is the Academy G-14 with a replacement Intech old tail rudder and decals from PropagTeam

     

    109USG-6_01

     

     

     

     

     

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  3. I think (=not 100% sure) that all yugoslav 2-seaters were built post war. Some were later sold to Bulgaria

    Designation UMe 109 and the second canopy was a Erla canopy instead of the G-12 wide one.

     

    An UMe 109 looks like the one in this PDF, bottom page

    https://wingsofserbia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Messerschmitt-Bf-109-The-Yugoslav-Story-Volume-II-Sample-Pages.pdf

     

    Also Kora has a conversion set

    https://www.modelimex.com/172-bf-109-g-12-convset-yugoslavian-service-kora-c7266

     

    My best source is Falcon's Messerschmitt Bf 109 Hangar but I didn't find any good photos of any yugoslav 2-seaters.

     

    BTW, the Intech mould is a copy of the Hasegawa and everything should fit.

    Check the width of the fuselage before you glue it together. Use the Hasegawa tail fin as a reference.

    I've got the Intech G-12, still fairly good, your Hobbycraft I guess is the same.

    I know the latest Mistercraft has very worn moulds and are soft and grainy

     

     

     

  4. On 22/05/2021 at 17:22, AdrianMF said:

    Wow. Beast of an aeroplane. Looking forward to the build. Who did that kit originally, do you know? I had a quick look on scalemates.com and gave up because it’s too complicated for me this afternoon!

     

    Regards,

    Adrian

     

    Look for Condor, ICM pre- 2005 mould. or MAC Distribution.  I've got the MAC Distribution 2001 release, not too bad and it has fine recessed panel lines and no grainy plastic

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  5. 3 hours ago, John Masters said:

    I cannot believe the begins this weekend.  Where does the time go?  I may have to do some serious bench-reshuffling to make this happen.  I've got a serious 109 jones happening...

     

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    I might either sort them out by manufacturer (AZ/KP/ICM/Tamiya/Airfix, etc...) or just build Gustavs...or build alphabetically (A,B,C,D, etc...)...maybe by operator?

    I feel like maybe I have a problem...🤪

     

    I think you've got the same problem that I have.

    68 kits from 23 different manufacturers, new kits to old relics, don't forget all aftermarket decal sheets that you never gonna use but still bought.

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  6. Nice one Pat.

     

    And you can always kitbash it with 2x Intech/Mistercraft G-12 fuselages, then you'll get a 4-seater instead  😉

     

    Retrowings has released a newer AZ Models-based kit but I'm not satisfied with the solution there with only 2 landing gears and one radiator to each engine.

     

    Well, the Amodel is a bit "flashy" and a tip, at least with the normal F and G is to start sanding the underwing to half the thickness in advance with 3 days to go...

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  7. 4 hours ago, PeterB said:

    ... good site and very useful but no prices unfortunately. 

     

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    Pete

     

    I think you're after this site

    http://www.airfixcollectorsclub.co.uk/index.asp?page=Kit Catalogues and Leaflets

     

    But with prices like 3/6d and 11/6d  I'm totally lost . It's like paying with stones, seashells in my metric brain 😉

     

    btw, my guess it's a Stirling bomber at the end🤔

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  8. Please , count me in.

    I remember buying a 6 planes Flying circus collection I guess in '82-83.

    I've also got another Nieuport 17 marked Japan so it must be one of the older moulds from the 70's

     

    ESCI collection.

    The F-100 has minor differencies to the Italeri and you can still get the WC52, Harriers and Starfighters today from Italeri.

    The ESCI F-4 has recessed panel lines, the Italeri raised

    Odd sticker on the F-104C, "Inneholder danske dekaler". Well the danish didn't have the C version... and the decals were long gone when i got the kit.

    51148942661_575339bea7_b.jpg by Sau, auf Flickr

     

    ESCI/ERTL collection

    Minor changes on the A-4 and A-7 to the Italeri, but you can still get the EF-111 today.

    The F-16's and F-14 have recessed panel lines, Italeri raised.

    There also is an korean copy released by Academy of the Spad XIII with minor differencies (like a prop rotating in the wrong direction)

    51148942641_b62b60d9aa_b.jpg by Sau, auf Flickr

     

    Italaerei, Revell/Italaerei, Supermodel and a AMT re-pop of the ESCI F-16C Block 25/30 (as a Block 40)

    51148942621_c014696887_b.jpg by Sau, auf Flickr

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  9. On 12/02/2020 at 20:16, Wez said:

     

    Jan,

     

    Could you tell me when the 1/24th Peugeot 205 kit was first released?  I'm sure I can find another victim joiner if it was before 1986!

     

    Hi Wez

     

    It must be the first Heller Bobkit Peugeot 205 Turbo 16.

    Année création 1986 as they say in the foreign language.

     

    Maybe a bit late but I think the decals are from Tour the Corse '84

  10. 11 hours ago, JOCKNEY said:

    Hi @SAU

    Have you had a chance to start on the Blenheim yet ?

    Cheers Pat 

     

    Oh yes, but I hade some busy weeks before holiday and saved the pictures for later.

     

    A bit of fighting to straighten up one of the wings

    47986900926_c7ddcac1f3_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    Down to the spray booth with the rest of the Frog family and I can tease you with a kit that doesn't have a build thread yet. :bye:

    48163950781_5220687e32_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    Aircraft grey-green and I hope I didn't miss any spots that show up later

    48163807021_11c0a7b302_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    I usually try to glue the seams exactly to prevent any edges but this one slipped a bit when it lay to dry over the night so a bit of puttying and sanding required.

    And of course, those gigantic skis are really cool and almost a must when you build a finnish plane.

    48163807031_65f311b1a4_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

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  11. I almost spilled out my beer when I felt someone  :poke: me.   I've spent a week at the west coast with no worries of anything but holiday plans. 😎😎

     

    Well then, I did some before I left and the plan was a parallel build but an Academy always looks better when still in the box.

     

    The Academy is bulgier, bigger cowling ring. stubbier prop. If you look at the wheels, the Frog look like the real thing (more or less)

    Academy, why turn the wheels around and set the hard edged (brake) side on the outside?

    47986849753_a158544774_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    I'll try to modify the Academy landing gear to fit in the Frog, differs a bit in size and placing, and I'll build the Academy wheels up

    47986902386_b5a90f52b9_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    Some dull green paint in the cockpit

    48030615541_d3bf6e240f_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    The Frog kit got a bulkhead to prevent to see through the kit when the landing gear is down

    48030656048_4ef3f64a43_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    This is how I left it more than a week ago. The Frog kit has the outer guns removed and panel lines scraped off to make a four-gun Wildcat Mk V

    48162888802_5eabe36135_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

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  12. 2 hours ago, Wez said:

    I have to confess, I don't know, my first port of call would be Scalemates, I don't recall if anyone has ever published a complete list of Heller kits...  ... can anyone help?

     

    I've got this book with part of it, approx. 24 pages of kits, art.no. and release time

    48082000048_69119910aa_o.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    Some kits missing and there is always errors but a good start

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  13. 17 minutes ago, TonyW said:

    Digging around my FROG kits, I turned up a few pilots. All 1.72 scale apparently!

     

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    Left to right, Vought Corsair, P38 Lightning, Vimmy, Mosquito.

     

    I couldn't find any Trailblazer standing figures, they make this lot even smaller. 

     

    If you have the Bleriot XI, check the standing giant and the tiny little stick monkey that comes with the kit.

     

    Almost the same with the Lysander kit.

    If you are a spy that have landed in foreign country, you certainly stick out if you are 2.2 meter tall

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  14. A double build with an original F242F together with the Minicraft improved copy released in 1987

     

    The Academy boxart with an FM-1 but the simplified decal sheet doesn't have all the necessary decals for a VC-13 aircraft.

    Also the F4F-4 kit has 6 cannons and an FM-1 only 4...

    47967228147_6404917292_o.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    Minor differencies here, mostly fin and rudder. The Minicraft recessed panel lines on the fuselage are sharp but very deep

    47967228112_eb902779ee_o.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    and the same here... The Frog kit lacking a landing gear part. Scratch or wheels up, let's see...

    47967283641_15913d2b2d_o.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    Frog decals for a

    881 NAS Tirpitz attack Wildcat/Martlet V = FM-1 = 4 guns modification

    VF-9 Operation Torch F4F-4

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  15. I've got this glue bomb as a "gift" and it has been in my stash since 2005 and I've never got to bin it as it might be possible to rescue it

    47967638416_4e8a5dcaf8_c.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    It's one of the F-numbers that's not in the list yet

    F417 Frog packed by Revell as a Matchbox and it's over 25%.

    Tube glued and I won't try to "mend it with a hammer" to divide it into smaller pieces

    Parts missing but it's possible to build a B-2 and rebuild an improved cockpit by copying the interior parts of my Dragon Ar 234

     

    Is it OK to put it in a build thread?

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  16. 1 hour ago, Mjwomack said:

    By my reckoning, it's been the first of June for several hours in some parts of the globe and still nothing posted in the gallery!!!

    I might yet be in with a chance.

     

    I think it's possible with the F194.

    Smack together the V1 flying bomb and put it in the gallery and follow up later with the Spitfire XIV  :pilot:

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  17. 35 minutes ago, AdrianMF said:

    It’s a lovely kit (once you find a replacement turret!). Will be watching this one.

     

    Regards,

    Adrian

     

    I did find a picture of BL-117 with the turret retracted. I'll see what I have in my spares box

    Some of the finnish Blenheims did have modified bomb bay doors too but I think they first came at the 2-Sarja

     

    BTW, I've got both your builds as reference. They have helped a lot .:thumbsup2:

     

    13 minutes ago, Greg Law said:

    I agree. It comes out very well. I updated mine with a PE cockpit and scratch built the back of the cockpit. I made the mistake of scribing the panel lines. Mine had very hard plastic which made it very difficult and seen as it was my first scribing project you can image the mess. However, lots of super glue filling later it came out very nice. It sits in my cabinet waiting for the Beaufort to keep it company.

     

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  18. Hello everyone

     

    Here's my Eastern Express release of the Frog F190

     

    47967258301_989f3fec03_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    I want to push for a coming Nordic GB :whistle:  with a finnish Blenheim

    BL-117 was from the Bristol manufactured Series 1 and was placed at LeLV 44 at the time for the Winter war

     

    47967258256_b2e9498802_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

    All parts looking good with barely any flash at all

    47967258166_90bb6d8471_b.jpg by Jan H, auf Flickr

     

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