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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: June 2014
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Sunday, June 29, 2014. Airfix Spitfire Mk IXc, WD-QQ, 4th FS, 52nd FG, Corsica, Italy, 1944. Flown by Bob Hoover. Another build from the past. This is from Winter 2011, shortly after Airfix released their (then) new Mk IXc. I wanted to build it quickly simply because it was, at the time, the best and only Mk IX available. The Hasegawa kit has it's flaws and is typically quite expensive. Posted by Tim Holland. Bf 110 night-...
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: Friends and Enemies Part 2
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Sunday, November 2, 2014. Friends and Enemies Part 2. Spitfire IXe 2011/26, 101 Squadron Isreali Air Force 1949. This is part of a "friend versus foe" theme build at our local club. Construction was very straight forward and relatively easy. What little detail was lost in construction I easily rescribed. For the cannons I decided to use the Master Spitfire 'e' wing brass cannon and .50 gun barrels. I'm conv...I used Peewit...
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: Airfix announcements at Telford 2014
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Saturday, November 8, 2014. Airfix announcements at Telford 2014. All 1/72 - Sea King, He-111P,. Sprue shots for the Defiant. They also showed the boxes for the Defiant, and mentioned it would be a first quarter release. The Heinkel would be a third quarter and the Sea King a fourth quarter release. Posted by Tim Holland. Location: Ketley Bank, Ketley Bank. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 160: November Show and Tell.
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: November 2014
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Saturday, November 8, 2014. Airfix announcements at Telford 2014. All 1/72 - Sea King, He-111P,. Sprue shots for the Defiant. They also showed the boxes for the Defiant, and mentioned it would be a first quarter release. The Heinkel would be a third quarter and the Sea King a fourth quarter release. Posted by Tim Holland. Location: Ketley Bank, Ketley Bank. Thursday, November 6, 2014. Airfix Mk IXc, kit A2065. The panel li...
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FalkeEins - the Luftwaffe blog: November 2014
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Sunday, 30 November 2014. Bf 109 Jabos of JG 2 1941 - Oblt. Frank Liesendahl, Kapitän of 6./JG 2 - Channel Front aces (4) Ebay photo find #104. JG 2 assigned 2., 6. and 7. Staffeln. During the autumn of 1940 to the specialist anti-shipping Jabo. Role According to Erik Mombeek in his history of JG 2 "Dans le Ciel de France". Vol II) JG 2 had approached this new commitment only half-heartedly and during the spring of 1941 was still training with 50 kg cement bombs in the Seine estuary. The Staffeln. 6/JG 2...
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FalkeEins - the Luftwaffe blog: June 2014
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Monday, 30 June 2014. Rare image of Lichtenstein radar Hirschgeweih (antlers) on a Ju 86, Fw 190s of JG 301, JG 1 cross-hatch scheme - daily Luftwaffe Ebay find # 88. Rare image of Lichtenstei. Antlers) on a Ju 86. The partially visible emblem and number on the nose indicates that this Junkers may have been on the strength of Luftnachrichtenschule 6. LNS 6).thanks to Tomáš Pruša for the identification. More from Mathias Beth's current Ebay sales;. Squiggle camo on Fw 189 and SG Mickey Maus. French text, ...
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FalkeEins - the Luftwaffe blog: Dornier 17 handbook illustrations, detail views, interiors, walkaround - reference for the new-tool Airfix Do 17 in 72nd scale - page last updated 05 October 2015
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Thursday, 25 June 2015. Dornier 17 handbook illustrations, detail views, interiors, walkaround - reference for the new-tool Airfix Do 17 in 72nd scale - page last updated 05 October 2015. A collection (20 ) of reference photos (from both expired and current ebay auctions) and handbook drawings to accompany 'Stew' Dapple's build of the new-tool Airfix Do 17 on this blog here. Click to view full screen/image. Above; Do 17 Z of 6./KG 3. Currently on offer here. Above; Do 17 Z-5 KGr. 606, Lannion, France.
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: November 2013
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Friday, November 29, 2013. I finally get my work bench back. Im probably not different than most modelers, my desk usually looks like this:. While at Telford I checked out Sphere Productions. Which is part of Progressive Engineering Solutions. Sphere sells a number of laser cut storage racks designed for modelers and gamers. One item I was particularly interested in was a paint rack for organizing my paints. So one of the ...
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: January 2015
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Friday, January 23, 2015. I'm packing up my UK stash and moving back to the US. Until my tools, paints and references get across the Atlantic, I'll have to satisfy myself with writing about modeling related topics, instead of actual modeling. The lower commute time means more time for modeling. Posted by Tim Holland. Monday, January 5, 2015. RAF Ocean Grey: a good hobby paint match? Humbrol 106 "flip top". Vallejo 896 Basa...
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling: One Hundred!
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The story of my aircraft and ship modeling. A place to document my model building. Saturday, October 25, 2014. One hundred posts. Well, I knew I'd get there, and it only recently dawned on me that I was approaching 100. So what's the magic in it? Too many. I'm on a good roll with my build pace. I like where I am with my hobby. I buy, I research, I build, I post. The most popular post? After the Blenheim sprue shots (go figure? It's RAF Dark Earth and RAF Dark Green. Okay, I know trying to find a good...