DaveJL Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Really looking forward to this one! I've got my kits out and pictures will be up soon! Dave
dazdot Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Me too got a spitfire to finish then i'm in will Finish it this week
Mikkel Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 is Coin birds also CAS??? I'm slowly starting to build a Tamiya P-51D in 1/32, from Guatemala, it's a Coin aircraft, but is it okay for this GB?
hacker Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 already posted a start of a build pictures to follow
SaintsPhil Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 So keen to get going my thread is there! Just need some pics... Fortunately I'm away until Saturday so no temptation to start early...
smuts Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Hi guys, is Coin birds also CAS???I'm slowly starting to build a Tamiya P-51D in 1/32, from Guatemala, it's a Coin aircraft, but is it okay for this GB? yeah coin ops are in too ... Andy.
Ian Shumsky Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Would a Russian Kamov Ka-50 Hokum be acceptable, or would it depend on payload? I'm planning on a double build of the Dragon and Italeri 1/72 offerings as my first entry to the GB... Cheers, Ian
Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Have ya seen the range of aircraft and markings which have been declared already, even before the GB starts? This one is gonna be fun!
Hardtarget Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Im hoping to build a F/A-18 CAG bird, A-10, F-16, F-15E all haseg except the A-10.
Radleigh Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Really tempted to join but unsure weather I should start another model???
robw_uk Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Photos of kit taken, will post later. May start painting cockpit later....
AnonymousDFB1 Posted June 30, 2012 Author Posted June 30, 2012 No Means a definitive list but may help out with CAS types LINKY
Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Really tempted to join but unsure weather I should start another model??? You know you want to...
Parabat Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 No Means a definitive list but may help out with CAS types LINKY Well, Don's Panzer Knacker is there, but no mention of Dassualt's F1AZ! (I know it IS a CAS a/c!)
Robert Stuart Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 I see the Spitfire in that list ... that's one type I would not have expected - late model Hurricanes, yes, and maybe Seafires (gunnery spotters) but Spitfires?
Ian Shumsky Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 No Means a definitive list but may help out with CAS types LINKY Interesting list -- I see some attack helos in there, but not all. I would have thought the likes of AH-1W Cobra and AH-64 Apache would have been in there.
Radleigh Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 You know you want to... You know, sod it. I've got a strikemaster somewhere, I will dig it out and have a thread up soon!
AndyC Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 You know, sod it. I've got a strikemaster somewhere, I will dig it out and have a thread up soon! Good boy!
Bertie McBoatface Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) I see the Spitfire in that list ... that's one type I would not have expected - late model Hurricanes, yes, and maybe Seafires (gunnery spotters) but Spitfires? They did an awful lot of CAS in 43, 44 and 45, especially in Italy but all over Europe really. With the Luftwaffe just about bankrupt, any of the allied fighters that could sling a bomb got involved in the ground war. http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/MkVc-T...ly-1943-01.html Edited June 30, 2012 by per ardua ad ostentationem
smuts Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 They did an awful lot of CAS in 43, 44 and 45, especially in Italy but all over Europe really. With the Luftwaffe just about bankrupt, any of the allied fighters that could sling a bomb got involved in the ground war.http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/MkVc-T...ly-1943-01.html True..... Andy
Killingholme Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 Hi all, Could I ask for advice? I am building a Marines Corsair (F4-U5) based in Korea. I was wondering how CAS actually worked in the Korean war. I assume they had spotter aircaft observing enemy positions as well as getting radio contact from the troops on the ground? What sort of Aircraft did the US Marines/ Navy/ Airforce use to identify targets for the Corsairs? Were any other aircraft involved in the process of selecting and eliminating targets during this war? I quite fancy the idea of building a 'mini collection' of models themed on CAS operations during the war. Will
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Is it too late to join in with this Harrier? Plan is to build as in flight. I'll need some research help - but I'd like to build a Falklands War aircraft.
AndyC Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Hi all,Could I ask for advice? I am building a Marines Corsair (F4-U5) based in Korea. I was wondering how CAS actually worked in the Korean war. I assume they had spotter aircaft observing enemy positions as well as getting radio contact from the troops on the ground? What sort of Aircraft did the US Marines/ Navy/ Airforce use to identify targets for the Corsairs? Were any other aircraft involved in the process of selecting and eliminating targets during this war? I quite fancy the idea of building a 'mini collection' of models themed on CAS operations during the war. Will I'm pretty sure the British and Commonwealth contingent used Austers and I think the US was similar (Cessna and Piper light utility a/c). From what I've read it was similar to the 'cab-rank' system used in France after D-day - patrol fully armed and use when called.
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