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  1. Hi all, I am setting out a place holder for the first of my Thunder builds. Tomorrow I hope to get get some photos posted but for now my thread is to bolster the line-up and to add a further nation to the international list. This machine remained in its Arctic red markings for its initial period of Greek service and so adds a little more colour to the otherwise plain F-84Fs of that air arm. The kit will be the Special Hobby while the decals will come from Icarus. In 1/72, of course! Back soon! Martin Edit: Here are a few images to support my thread. The SH kit seems to have been illustrated adequately already so I have left that to others. However, this is what I am planning I have a couple of reference images, kindly supplied by Christos Papathanasiou (Icarus), sadly now passed away. Here is one I'm eager to get going now, finishing (I hope) the Invader and also running a Mustang in parallel to the F-84. Martin
  2. Mirage F.1CG Hellenic Air Force (72294) 1:72 Special Hobby The Dassault Mirage F.1 has been a successful point defence fighter for over thirty years, and was developed initially as a private venture by Dassault as a replacement to their ageing Mirage III fighters. It is a single-engined, single-seat fighter aircraft with a high-mounted delta wing and capability of reaching mach 2.2 in short order. Power was provided by a single SNECMA Atar turbojet providing about 7 tonnes-force (69 kN; 15,000 lbf) of thrust. Dassault soon found an eager customer in the shape of the French Armée de l'air, who bought various versions over the years starting on 1974. The French retired the Mirage F.1 in 2014. Greece ordered 40 CG airframes that entered service in 1975, and were well-used with a huge number of flight hours clocked up before their retiral in 2003. The Kit This is a reworking of the superb new tool kit from Special Hobby. This boxing has extra resin pylons. The parts are crisp with engraved panel lines deep enough not to disappear under a coat of paint, but not trench like. From the parts break down on the sprues it is evident more versions are on there way. Construction starts conventionally enough in the cockpit area. The instrument panel and coaming is built up and attached to the front of the cockpit, the rear bulkhead is attached, and the control stick added in. For some strange reason step 3 in the instructions has you placing the cockpit inside the fuselage and closing it up; and step 4 has you adding the front wheel well and exhaust into the fuselage. I would safely say that it's best to reverse these. On the subject of the exhaust, it is a three part affair and the quality of the kit parts is very good. Once the exhaust, front wheel bay, and cockpit are in the main fuselage can indeed be closed up. Once the main fuselage is together the correct nose can be added for your chose decal option. Various nose antenna are added along with the front airbrakes which are moulded in the closed position. The engine intakes are also added at this stage. Next the main wings are added which are of conventional upper/lower construction. Once these are on the rudder, tail planes, and ventral strakes are all added as well. Once the main aircraft is built it is time to switch to the landing gear. All three units are built up and added along with their respective doors. The undercarriage is quite detailed but has been moulded to be in as few parts as possible. The main legs along with their retraction struts are one part, with only a single small section needed for each of the mains. The wheels are one part each and have nice relief for painting. It is then a quick re-visit to the cockpit to build the ejection seat. For the scale this is quite detailed with 4 parts making up the seat. There is a choice of seat back/cushion however no indication of which to use for which option. It is suspected these options are time frame based, and the modeller should check their references. The penultimate step is to add the pylons. A single centre line pylon is added along with wing pylons, &chaff dispensers. Thankfully this time the instructions show which should be added for each decal option. The instructions show only fuel tanks to be attached, although the sprues do contain a nice selection of weapons to be deployed as the modeller sees fit,. Lastly the canopy and front screen are attached. Markings There are four decal options on a sheet from Cartograf so there will be no issues there. No.129 334 Mira (Sgn), 114 Pterix Mahis (Combat Wing), with Greek god Thalos on the fin No.140, 334 Mira, 114 Pterix Mahis in Fantasma scheme No.114, 332 Mira, 114 Pterix Mahis, in French camo Conclusion It is great to see more versions of this new tool from Special Hobby becoming available. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
  3. All Hellenic Air Force's F-16 1:72 & 1:48 TG Decals TG Decals are a new company to us here at Britmodeller and this is their second sheet for users of the F-16. This sheet covers all F-16s in service in Greece, all the blocks single and twin seaters. There is one decal sheet, a small set of masks for the tail on the 330 Sqn Aircraft, and a small sheet of self adhesive reinforcement plates for those aircraft which received them. There are good detailed colour instructions and they have included a variety of popular paints in the colour call outs. While some modeller don't like making out tail codes from individual characters, the use like this enables any aircraft to be modelled. The decals are printed in the US so they leave you to guess who with The quality is excellent, they are sharp, in register and have minimal carrier film. The masks and reinforcement plates are not pictured, however the instructions for them are. Conclusion An overall great package from TG to model one of the national users of the F-16 not catered for by more mainstream manufacturers. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
  4. a few shots taken of airfields when I flew jump seat in to airfields in the 1980s.... Izmir-Cigli - 23/1/0/1987 The mil ramp is on the right side. The forground is the T-37 ramp, with the large visitors and T-33 ramp and hangar beyond, then further there is the T-38 ramp, on which there were two Turkish S-2s :). We landed took a .... right turn .....and taxied back along the taxiway that you can, crossing to the terminal. While photography was clearly tricky there was a lots to see, including 4 visiting F-5s by the T-33 hangar. Izmir-Cigli - 23/10/1987 A better view of the T-37s Larissa, Greece - Summer 1982 (not sure the date as I had two trips) This was as we touched down. Lots of luvverly F-84s! Larissa, Greece - Summer 1982 a photoshopped image because there was a cockpit window frame in the middle! Note the RF-84Fs - flying on one occasion Larissa, Greece - Summer 1982 And this is where we parked. :). There was also an AB205 SAR on the (serial 4397) on both visits that I made here. The entrance to this "civil" pan was just behind the white Dak. I'd spend the turn around walking around our aircraft and eyeing the view! Martin
  5. Hi, i'm currently in the process of building a small vignette for the GB, and have run into a small problem. Did British troops in Greece wear 8th army desert equipment, or standard Khaki battledress? Also, what figure sets could I use? Thanks in advance, Seabo14
  6. Interseting article on the Aviationist website today: http://bit.ly/1QXUYRh
  7. I noticed while visiting the War Museum in Athens a model of a Hurricane in the typical desert scheme, tropical filter, with Hellenic (blue/white/blue) roundels & fin flashes. There was no serial on the model nor subject photo. Did this scheme exist in real life, or is it 'inspired' by real events? Thanks, Greg
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