tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20579123339521595502024-03-05T11:14:34.553-08:00Endeavors in PlasticResults of meetings between plastic, glue and paint as well as some additional comments.Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-23236615478708750732020-06-12T10:28:00.003-07:002020-06-12T10:28:44.720-07:00Hurricane Mk. I of Pilot Officer Jimmy DunnThe Hawker Hurricane is one of my favorite WW2 Aircraft. The Spitfire may be more graceful, the FW190 more brutal looking and the P-51 more elegant, but the Hurricane radiates all the characteristics of a true work- and warhorse.<br />
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The kit is the Airfix early fabric-wing Hurricane, and as most, if not all, modern Airfix kits, it is easy and fun to assemble. The detailing is quite good, but the plastic is quite soft. Thus, be careful when cutting and sanding. I used decals from several sources: LF Models 'Hawker Hurricane Mk. I. Battle of Belgium" for the roundels markings and Aviaeology's 'Vital Storm pt. 1' for stencils. Seat belts were added from masking tape, and some figures were added from the old Airfix RAF ground crew set. Dunn's Hurricane had the second type of exhausts, and not the original 'kidney' exhaust. It was also equipped with the two-blade Watts wooden propeller. The picture may indicate that Dunn's Hurricane had the early type of radio mast, and not the late type with a short and a long aerial shown on the LF Models instruction sheet.<br />
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So, what about the pilot, Pilot Officer Horatio James 'Jimmy' Rennie Dunn? He was awarded his pilot's certificate on December 17, 1938, after successfully passing through the RAF College at Cranwell. He was married to Denise Dunn, neé Foster. Dunn's war was fairly short, and he may have been a bit of an accident-prone pilot. Pilot Officer Dunn flew for No. 87 Squadron, and he was initially based in Lille/Seclin air base in France. On November 10, 1939, Dunn ran out of fuel after having engaged a reconnaissance Dornier over Tourcoing, and being lost, he was forced to land in the Mouscron area in West Flanders, i. e. in neutral Belgium. The Hurricane, L1619, was slightly damaged. Dunn was interned by the Belgian authorities near Antwerp, but he escaped on November 24, 1939, subsequently returning to his base. <br />
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Pilot Officer Dunn flew various Hurricanes during the Battle of France, and he claimed one Bf 109 on May 19, 1940. After being evacuated back to Great Britain, Dunn was flying a training flight in a Hurricane nn June 1, 1940. Unfortunately, Dunn failed to recvover from a stalled turn, and he was killed when the aircraft crashed near Yeadon at 12.30. Dunn was only 23 years old.<br />
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Source: http://www.henhamhistory.org/DunnWMem.html<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-16456926517467668472020-05-18T14:37:00.001-07:002020-05-18T14:37:20.825-07:00Douglas TBD DevastatorThe Douglas TBD Devastator was a very modern aircraft when it was introduced in the late 1930s. being the first metal monoplane torpedo bomber of the USN. The rapid pace of aircraft development during that era also meant that the Devastator was all but obsolete when the United States entered the war.<br />
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The Airfix TBD was for many years the only kit available in 1/72. I'd say that the molds date back to the late 1960s or early seventies. The kit is accurate, but suffers from the typical molding techniques of that era, in this case raised panel lines and overdone riveting. However, the TBD was built before the era of flush riveting, so we'll let that slip. The fit is decent, although the interior isn't very detailed. On the other hand, the thick canopy doesn't really show the cockpit. An additional review can be<a href="http://www.ipmsusa.org/reviews/Kits/Aircraft/airfix_72_tbd/airfix_72_tbd.htm"> found here</a>.<br />
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Two after-market items were added: White Ensigh photo-etch and decals from Techmod. The phot-etch set consisted of the wing folding mechanisms, the pitot head, an air filter, propellers for the Mk 13 torpedo, the wheel wells, and the hatches for the bomb sight. The decals were unfortunately very delicate and did not react to setting solution, even on the non-corrugated part of the model. Nevertheless, this TBD is marked as the aircraft flown by VT-2 commander Lt Cdr J. Brett together with AOM2c D. F. Hallock as observer and ARM1c A. D. Hensley as gunner off the carrier USS <i>Lexington</i>. Brett led the attack against the IJN light carrier <i>Shoho</i> at the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942. Five out of nine of the notoriously unreliable torpedoes actually hit the target. VT-2 lost two aircraft during the attack, but the entire complemet of Devastators went down with the <i>Lexington</i> when she was sunk after the battle. <br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-61320345438938049792019-03-20T11:20:00.000-07:002019-03-20T11:20:01.262-07:00Nieuport Ni.21 flown by Podpolkovnik Yevgraf Nikolaevich KrutenThe Nieuport Ni.21 was only marginally different from the Ni.17 in appearance, often with an added headrest and parallell flying wires. Internally, the entire aircraft was lightened and powered by an 80hp Le Rhone Engine, since the Ni.21 was planned to be a bomber escort. As it turned out, French doctrine changed, and the Ni.21 mainly served in a more traditional scout role.<br />
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The Ni.21 was also produced by the Russian Dux factory for use with the Russian Imperial Air Force. It was also flown by Raoul Lufbery in 1916 as well by the RNAS as the Nieuport Type 17B. The United States Air Service operated 198 Ni.21s as trainer aircraft.<br />
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This kit is manufactured by the Ukrainian company Bat. The model was generously given to me by Lt. Col. Forterre after working in Latvia in 2017, and it had both pros and cons. On the upside - and this is a big one - the upper wing is molded in translucent plastic, which means that the transparency in the middle of the wing could be faithfully replicated. The proportions are correct, the interior is good, and the decals are superb, but there were some issues with fitting, and I recommend careful dry fitting and patience. Also, as with most kits, there were no seatbelts, so I made a belt out of masking tape. The figures are from the Orion WW1 pilot set, and for some reason, the facial features of the pilot are quite distorted, making me think he survived some horrible cockpit fire.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgraf_Kruten">Lt. Col Kruten</a>, whose<i> Bogatyr</i> (medieval Knight) adorns this aircraft, flew both a Ni.17 and and a Ni.21 during the summer of 1917 before he crashed to his death on June 19, 1917. He scored seven victories between 1915 and 1917, and he also served with Felix Brocard's <i>Escadrille 3</i> on the Western Front, where he scored one of his victories while flying a SPAD VII. After flying with the French, he claimed that "there's nothing about flying that we can learn from foreigners."<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-37777136659891826392018-12-01T10:21:00.000-08:002018-12-01T10:21:59.504-08:00Nieuport-Macchi Ni.10<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The Nieuport 10 is one of the less well known of the long line of Nieuport scouts. It was the first Aircraft designed by Gustave Delage, and it first flew in 1915. The Ni.10 was powered by a 80hp Gnome of Le Rhone Engine. It was built both as a single and a double seater, and many single seaters were simply converted from double seater Nieuports. The double seater came in two versions: the 10 AV with the observer in front, and the 10 AR with the observer behind. Ni.10 was initially not armed, but Capitaine Brocard, the future commander of<i> Les Cicognes</i>, managed to shoot down an enemy aircraft with a pistol on July 3, 1915 while flying a Ni.10.</span><br />
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The Ni.10<span style="font-family: "georgia";"> was used by, amongst others, the air forces of France, Great Britain, Belgium, Russia, Italy and eventually Finland. The Ni.10 single seater was flown by several budding aces such as Georges Guynemer, Francesco Baracca and Jan Olieslagers before the introduction of the Nieuport 11 and subsequent successful Nieuport scouts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The Italian version was known as the Nieuport-Macchi. with the company being formed to build the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuport_IV">Nieuport IV.G</a> under license. The Nieuport-Macchi Ni.10 underwent a number of significant improvements, and the two-seater Ni-10 served as a trainer until the end of the 1920s. Twenty-six Ni.10s were imported from France, and another 240 were built in Italy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The Nieuport-Macchis were originally used for defensive purposes of the Town of Undine, but later on additional defensive tasks as well as reconnaissance missions were performed by the Ni.10.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">The Italians also appreciated the ability of the Nieuports to gain altitude at a decent rate, and both Ni.10s and other Nieuports were used to escort Caproni bombers on missions against Austro-Hungarian targets such as Fiume, Dornberg, Opicina, Gorizia and Trieste from 1916 and onwards. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The model is a resin kit by the Czech Company <a href="http://www.hrmodel.cz/index_eng.htm">HR Model</a>. The Company offers both plastic and resin kits as well as decals and conversion kts. The Nieuport 10 is nowadays aoffered as an injection moulded plastic kit, but I bought this resin kit at <a href="http://www.hobbybokhandeln.biz/">Hobbybokhandeln </a>in Stockholm, one of my favourite stores with a good selection of both older model kits and books. This is also the first resin kit I completed, and I did learn one or two lessons from it. The cockpit was lacking detail, but I added air crew instead of detailing the cockpit. I also added rudder horns, a windscreen, an injection moulded Lewis gun from a Nieuport 23, seatbelts, cabane struts that were excluded, rubber bars, a joystick, rigging, and Italian markings to make a Nieuport based on a surviving example in <a href="http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore/sopravvissuti/regioni/trentino/rovereto/ni10.htm">Italy</a> instead of the Belgian and Finnish markings in the kit. The aircrew came from an Airfix Roland Wal and a Sopwith Pup. Certain things did nort work out: the dihedral is not sufficient, despite working over the resin with a hairdryer for some time. There are also some issues with the struts, and one was missing from the kits, so a new one had to be scratch built in plastic. There is not an abundance of details regarding the markings of two- seated Nieuport 10s, so the painting and markings are the result of some guesswork from available sources. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span>Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-33177193719506126062018-11-05T09:32:00.001-08:002018-11-05T10:37:38.546-08:00Sopwith Pup C242, No. 7 Training Squadron, Netheravon 1918No. 7 Squadron was declared operational on July 28, 1915 at Netheravon, an aerodrome located on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. The aerodrome had been in use by the Royal Flying Corps since 1913, and it was part of the formative phase of the RFC. Several squadrons trained at what was referred to as the "Netheravon Concentration Camp" before being sent abroad. Netheravon was used for the disbanding of squadrons following the armistice. Some of the original buildings are still standing at the site of the aerodrome.<br />
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In 1918, training had improved quite a bit with the Gosport System developed by Robert Smith-Barry. The RFC (RAF after April 1, 1918) was capable of graduating 500 pilots per month in five different training areas reporting to a Directorate of Training (DOT). The DOT had 1,203 aircraft in June of 1918, out of which 368 were Avro trainers. A so-called "all-through" system was implemented, which meant that a pilot would remain at one location throughout his training, with the exception of gunnery school. Gone were the Days when a RFC pilots would have three hours solo flying under his belt to qualify as a "good pilot", and the number of training-related accidents had decreased. In the Days of the old Training Division, trainees wrecked a stunning 9.75 percent of the Aircraft on any given day. By the turn of 1917-18, the number was down to 3.11 percent.<br />
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A film about training pilots of the United States Air Service in 1918 can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=26&v=7pC90YyP18A">here</a>.<br />
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The Airfix Pup remains a fun build, and it also features a decent cockpit, including a dashboard with instruments and some detailing of the insides of the fuselage halves. I added a seatbelt, a joystick and the floor planks. My previous summary of building a Sopwith Pup can be <a href="https://cocktailtriviaandnarrowfocus.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-sopwith-pup.html">found here.</a> The cadet is a modified Preiser figure with an added swagger stick.<br />
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The Blue Rider decals were bought on eBay, and this was my first real attempt to use decals that actually cover most of an aircraft. The decals were of excellent quality, and they worked well with setting solution, although it remains difficult to join decals over, for example, the wing edges. I did add some weathering to make this Pup actually look like an aircraft that is handled by inexperienced pilots on a daily basis as well as being subjected to inclement weather and rough landings. Matte varnish took away most of the gloss of the decals, making the Pup look less toy-like. By the way, C242 seems to have ended up in civilian use, being registered as G-EBFJ after the war.<br />
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Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-38833623683050035462018-10-26T07:33:00.000-07:002020-06-18T23:47:26.235-07:00Mirage 2000EM, Egyptian Air Force<div>
The French know how to build beautiful aircraft, and I assume that they are still recuperating from the boxy bombers of the inter-war years. The Mirage 2000 is one of them. This is a Heller kit from the mid- or late 1980s, so we have to deal with partially raised panel lines, uninspiring missiles and fairly minimalistic wheel wells and cockpit. There were some issues when trying to fit the wing to the fuselage, and putty followed by careful sanding was required. Then there was the excellent decal sheet with options for the French and the Egyptian Air Forces. I chose the latter, and patiently dealt with several dozen well-printed stencils as well as the national and tactical markings. It was well worth the effort. The Egyptians bought their 18 Mirage 2000s in 1986, and they still equip the 102nd and 252nd Tactical Fighter Wings. Four are apparently used for conversion training. </div>
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-31586007420022206222018-10-26T07:14:00.000-07:002018-10-26T07:14:00.082-07:00Aichi D3A1 ValAirfix has, of course, produced a number of kits, and although I did build many of these kits as a child, the Aichi d3A1 Val was not one of them. So, when I saw a re-issue of the 1965 kit in a hobby store in Riga, I bought it just for fun. The cartograph decals wsere not from 1965, and the kit provided me with two or three evenings of good entertainment, rivets and all. I chose the markings of an aircraft that took part in the Pearl Harbor attack as depicted on the box cover art.<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-26028565685943219992018-10-23T10:12:00.000-07:002018-10-23T10:26:48.948-07:00Albatros D.II/Oeffag S.53 of Feldwebel Rudolf LonstakThe Ukrainian model company Roden has made various makes of the Albatros, from the D.I to the D.V and both German and Austro-Hungarian versions. They are all of decent quality and well detailed, although dry fitting is highly recommended, and certain parts are quite fiddly, most notably the lower wings and the engine coolant pipes. One should also be careful when applying the decals, since they are quite brittle. With this being said, the Roden kits are just a step below the Eduard kits, and they are well worth spending time on. This particular Oeffag (<i>Oesterreichische Flugzeugfabrik AG</i>) Albatros came with half a dozen different markings, and for no reason inparticular I decided to finish this one in the markings of 53.03 flown by the Hungarian pilot<i> Feldwebel</i> Rudolf Lonstak. Vallejo Paints were used, and rigging as well as a windscreen was added before mounting the D.II on an old hotel key card covered with static grass.<br />
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Only 16 examples of the Oeffag series 53 were built before production shifted to D.III aircraft. The series 53 Albatros had a stronger 185 hp Austro-Daimler Engine than the German D.IIs, a Teves und Braun wing radiator and the machine guns were fitted within the engine cowling. The Oeffag D.IIs soldiered on throughout the entire war, and some survivors even found their way to Czechoslovakia after the war.<br />
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Rudolf Lonstak flew for <i>Fliegerkompanie (Flik)</i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> 14 in Galicia on the Eastern Front, and he had four victories. Albatros D.IIs were delivered to the Eastern Front during the early summer of 1917, and Lonstak flew 53.03 during the Kerensky offensive that summer before colliding with Russian aviator A. P. Chudnovskiy in a Nieuport XXII of the 2nd Corps Aviation Detachment (<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.93px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal;">2-й корпусной авіаціонный отрядъ) </span>on September 1, 1917. However, 53.03 was not flown by Lonstak on the day of the collision, and it served as the mount of Corporal Blass of Flik 25 during at least November of 1917. Lonstak was posthumously awarded the Golden Bravery Medal on August 31, 1918, while 53.03 survived the war, ending up at<i> Radioversuchsstelle Aspern</i> without an Engine</span><br />
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The drawing depicts 53.03 with the engine cover. This was often removed to improve cooling. The fin is depicted as painted white, although the Roden instructions claimed that it was natural linen.</div>
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<b></b><br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-38842745903059712202018-10-08T20:27:00.002-07:002018-10-08T20:32:54.344-07:00Curtiss P-40E of 343rd Fighter Goup, 11th Fighter SquadronThe Hasegawa kit is rather basic in terms of parts, but the panel lines are finely recessed, the surface detail is good, and the details sufficient. Oddly enough, the landing gear can only be completed as lowered. The decals are really good, though, and so is the fit. It was a fun and fast build that was displayed in a little vignette with some Airfix USAAF ground crew. The Airfix figures are, of course, made out of polystyrene, so they are difficult to clean up, and details are lacking<br />
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This P-40E is wearing the markings of the 11th Fighter Squadron of the 343rd Fighter Group which fought against the Japanese above the Aleutian Islands in western Alaska between 1942 and 1943. The Aleutian tiger nose art was characteristic of the entire group, and there were other similarities between this unit and the more famous Brothers-in-arms of the "Flying Tigers": the commanding officer of the group was Claire Chennault's son! A very interesting combat diary of the 54th Fighter Squadron, another unit of the 343rd can be found here: https://www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/photosmultimedia/upload/54th-FS-history-all-pgs.pdf<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-28721096352679591152018-05-23T17:03:00.000-07:002018-05-23T17:04:39.411-07:00SPAD S.A-2SPAD did produce a long line of excellent fighters, but before the SPAD 7, there was the SPAD S.A-2 pulpit fighter, one of the more horrifying design concepts of the First World War. It was designed by M. Bechereau, who worked at Louis Bleriot's SPAD Company.<br />
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Not too much is known of this fighter/observer aircraft, but I had the Windsock Mini Datafile 4 on this peculiar aircraft. The pulpit aircraft had the engine mounted between the pilot and the observer, which meant that even a minor accident would risk the life and well being of the observer as he'd be pinned down by the engine. During test flights, the actual pulpit even came off at altitude. On the bright side, the aircraft was stated to be easy to fly, fast, and with excellent visibility for the observer.<br />
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The exact date of the maiden flight is unknown, but it may have been May 21, 1915. No entire <i>escadrilles</i> were uniformly equipped with S.A-2 or S.A-4 <i>Spad-Bechereau</i>, and they were dispersed in small numbers among various units. On February 1, 1916, only four were listed as being at the front and five in the unspecified interior. In all 42 SPAD S.A. aircraft were acquired by the <i>Aviation militaire,</i> and a further 57 S.A-2s were purchased by Russia. Eleven SPAD S.A-4s were built, and ten of them went to Russia. The S.A-4 had a 110 hp engine instead of an 80 hp, and it also only had ailerons on the top wings, besides some minor differences. The first S.A-4 flew on February 22, 1916. The Russians used the S.A until the end of the war, and some may even have been used by the Soviets. Actual combat records are scarce.<br />
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The kit is a Russian A-Model short-run injection-moulded model kindly given to me as a gift by Lt Col Marc Forterre of the French Army. I started off by washing the sprues in mild detergent to get rid of any remaining release agents, and then I proceeded to trim off quite a bit of flash while sorting the 41 parts after the instruction steps. The plastic is hard and brittle, so care and a fresh X-Acto blade was required, and yet several thin parts had to be replaced by scratch-building. I added a pilot and an observer from the spares box and scratch-built a semblance of a rotating propeller out of clear plastic from a lettuce container. The proportions and scale matched the drawings in Cheesman's classic on WW1 aircraft, and with that, I proceeded to the building phase. The nacelle came together smoothly, and with some trimming the observer found his place up front. The main fuselage, including cockpit and pilot, was the next step, and it came together nicely with some sanding afterwards. The tailplane was added, and then painting ensued. I used Vallejo colors, mainly tan and sand yellow, which seems to be a good match. Struts and landing gear were painted in natural wood composed of dark flesh, red brown and burnt umber with some orange-yellow mix diluted to simulate varnish. Mild weatheruing and castor oil stains were also added. Decals came next, and they were in fine form, although very thin. The detailing on the parts is restrained but sharp, and the only real problem was fitting the wings, which unfortunately led to some glue damage that hopefully isn't too visible. The nacelle was mounted, and so was the Lewis gun, stretched sprue rigging, and finally a stand made out of a wire hanger. The S.A.2 then proceeded to hunt the skies of my modelling cabinet. <br />
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A more comprehensive Review can be found here: http://www.internetmodeler.com/2004/january/aviation/meb_spad.php<br />
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The Revell kit is from 1966, and I have always liked the design of this little fighter as well as admiring the bravery of the Polish airmen who took on the <i>Luftwaffe</i> in these and other near-obsolete aircraft. I added some scratchbuilt cockpit interior as well as antennae to my P.11c, and I used the kit decals, which worked reasonably well. They represent an aircraft from the 11th <i>Kosciuszko </i>squadron that took part in the annexation of small part of Czechoslovakia in 1938 following the Munich crisis.<br />
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Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-56599377988844439472018-05-19T12:57:00.000-07:002018-05-19T12:57:19.425-07:00Rudolf Berthold's Fokker D.VIII found myself on a trip, and I had a spare evening. Therefore I picked one of those Revell kits with a model, paint. glue and a brush as well as black, brown and white paint to see what could be done. Metal would have to be provided by a pencil. The kit is from the 19060s, and the details are a bit chunky, but the scale and proportions are quite good. So is the fit. Sink marks and mold lines had to be filled and removed, though. The cockpit is only occupied by a so-called pilot on a peg, and with my limited selection of paints, I decided to scratchbuild a seat out of an old Metrocard and leave the pilot in the proverbial officer's mess. Now, the problem with this kit happens to be the decals. The lozenge underside decals just provide outlines, and you are supposed to fill in the colors yourself. I couldn't really provide a decent match with the limited amount of colors, but filling in the lozenges was actually almost meditative. The picture provides a garish image of what the colors actually look like. They are more muted in reality. The problem is that the decals to not stick properly. With nothing else available, I had to use some diluted white glue in a frustrating attempt to get the decals to stick to the wings and fuselage. The decals were also prone to shattering and not really flexible, so colorful language added to the red, blue and white of Berthold's aircraft. A very dark grey, almost black, wash provided some weathering of the engine area. The base is a hotel key card with some static grass that was added once I came back home.<br />
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Oskar Gustav Rudolf Berthold (24 March 1891 – 15 March 1920) became a pilot before the war by taking flying lessons in private. He becmae one of the first German aces, scoring his first victory in 1915 while flying an AEG G.II bomber as a gunship, since the Eindecekers were only allowed to fly defensive on the German side of the front lines. He flew for six units and cammanded five of them while scoring 44 victories. Sixteen were scored while flying one-handed as a result of one of his many injuries. Berthold was killed by a mob in Hamburg in 1920 while fighting with one of the post-war <i>Freikorps. </i>Contrary to popular myth, he was not strangled with his own <i>Pour le Merite.</i> <br />
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It has been argued that the Hawker Hunter is the most beautiful jet aircraft ever built. I'm not sure about that, although it is quite aesthetic with a long fuselage bracketed by both curved and swept-back wings over large triangular air intakes. The Hawker Hunter was also one of the most successful British aircraft exports of the post-WW2 era, with almost 2,000 Hunters being build and used by in all 22 nations.</div>
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The FROG model is a late ground-attack version of the Hunter, the F.G.A.9, in this case armed with cannon and rocket pods. This kit is probably from the late 1960s or very early 1970s, and it is typical of FROG models of this era: thick, hard plastic, raised panel lines, but decent fit and accurate proportions. The kit comes with RAF and Swiss Air Force markings, and I chose the markings of a Hunter from No. 58 Squadron based at West Raynham around 1968. Painting was done with Vallejo colors, and the kit is built entirely out-of-the box while being seconded to Riga, Latvia. Further reviews can be found here:</div>
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-68052171095039035472017-12-15T02:20:00.001-08:002017-12-15T02:20:51.424-08:00Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, California Air National GuardHigh-performance jets of the 1950s and 1960s have a certain charm. It was the era of faster and higher, of a Few Good Men, and of everlasting technological optimism. The Convair F-102 was part of that era, being a supersonic interceptor meant to be guided by Air-Ground Intercept (AGI) to shoot down Soviet bombers before they dropped their nuclear payloads over American cities. This kit featured the markings of the California Air National Guard's 194th Fighter Squadron. They flew F-102A Delta Daggers from July 1, 1964, having replaced the old F-86Ls with the all-missile Mach 1,25 interceptor. The Delta Daggers were in turn retired on January 1, 1984 and replaced by F-4D Phantom IIs.<br />
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It seems as if this kit was released just before recessed panel lines became the norm. The raised lines are subtle, and yet they convey the image of this interceptor. There are several quirks, though: the fin has a third of its plastic presence on the left hull and roughly two thirds on the right side, which means that careful fitting, filling and sanding is required. The tail decal fortunately covers up much of this. The lower wings are also fitted behind the front leading edge of the upper wing, and this requires careful fitting. Although I chose to display the model in flight, the landing gear can be improved. The pilot is underscale or just representing a rather diminutive aviator..The Falcon missiles are crude, although resin replacements can be purchased. Finally, all online sources warned against assembling a closed missile bay. There are insertable closed missile bays available in resin, but I opted for an ascending Dagger, ready to pounce on Soviet strategic aviation approaching the West Coast. On the Bright side, other aspects of the fit are quite good. The cockpit is rather decent for a late 1960s/early 1970s kit, and there are decals to further highlight the instrument panels. The decals were still quite useable, and the canopy was reasonably clear. Above all, great fun was had from a kit that cost roughly $10 at Hobbybokhandeln in Stockholm, a really good used model shop and book store.<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-21806323962443627052017-11-28T08:25:00.000-08:002017-12-02T09:22:47.091-08:00SPAD XIII and Charles NungesserCharles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser (1892-1927), pilot, daredevil, womanizer, party animal, and the third ranking French ace after Fonck and Guynemer with in all 43 victories. His many exploits won't be listed here, but suffice to say that Nungesser flew a Nieuport for most of the war until August of 1918, when he finally upgraded to a modified SPAD XIII. The modifications included an early gun camera on the top wing and a smaller wind screen, both of which can be found on the model below. By the way, the model is an old SPAD kit re-boxed by Italieri, with all the quirks of the 1960s, I am also quite certain that the scale may be a bit smaller than 1/72, perhaps 1/75 or 1/76. The engine louvres were also removed, as per photographs of Nungesser's SPAD. Also, the pilot's head was repositioned to make the figure look a bit more lively. Painting was done with Vallejo acrylics, and the plane was finally rigged and mounted on a piece of plastic card. The decals came from the spare box, since there's no shortage of aircraft with somewhat morbid Nungesser's personal markings, the black heart with the elements of a funeral inside the heart, a <em>memento mori</em> that contrasted rather well against the extravagant lifestyle of the ace. <br />
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Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-22474294978589876692017-11-24T00:42:00.001-08:002017-11-24T00:42:49.040-08:00Albatros D.III of Leutnant Karl Emil Schäfer<span style="font-family: inherit;">This Revell kit is from 1965, and not a reissue. The parts are crisp and molded , and to my surprise, the decals were in remarkable shape. The kit has some shape issues, especially the sides of the fuselage, which are supposed to be flat. The struts are also way too thick, and the radiator on the top wing is a crude representation. However, I am not going to address these issues, since this is a bit of a nostalgia/fun build, as my models often are. The instructions did not include any painting instructions, so I assume that the builder is supposed to follow the illustration on the box, which would indicate that we're dealing with Manfred von Richthofen - and an airship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, this seemed a bit dull, especially since I finished a Richthofen Fokker Triplane less than a year ago <http: cocktailtriviaandnarrowfocus.blogspot.com="" the-red-baron-fokker-dr-i-and-manfred.html="">. So, after some research, I came to the conclusion that this particular Albatros would be painted as the mount of <i>Leutnant</i> Karl Sch<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">ä</span>fer, one of the aces of "Bloody April" 1917 that flew for <i>Jasta </i>11.</http:></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The build is pretty straightforward. The pilot and seat fits on pegs, and there's no other interior. The overall fit is good, with some minimal sanding required. Most of the painting was done before attaching the top wing, and Vallejo colors were used. The wood grain was simulated by painting the fuselage tan and dry-brushing long streaks of red brown and burn umber, and then the decals were applied. I did have to omit the lettering below the cockpit, since I didn't have any decent decals for that. Rigging was done with stretched sprue, and finally the model was varnished with dull and gloss coats, depending on if the surface was supposed to be varnished wood, linen or painted wood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Leutnant</i> Karl Sch<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">ä</span>fer was one of the <i>Grosskanone</i> of "Bloody April" 1917, although he had quite a short career as an ace. He was born in Krefeld in 1891, and he joined the <i>J</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><i>äger Regiment zu Pferd Nr. 10</i> of the Prussian Army for his obligatory national service before the war, and when the war broke out. Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer was an engineering student in Paris, speaking both German and French and being a good draughtsman. He returned to Germany when war broke out, and was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">assigned to the </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Reserve Jäger Bataillon 7. </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer was promoted to <i>Vizefeldwebel</i> and decorated with the Iron Cross, Second Class in September 1914 before being wounded and hospitalized for six months. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">After recuperation, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer requested flying duty, and he was transferred to the Eastern Front and <i>Kampfgeschwader 2</i> in July 1916. Eventually he was transferred to the Western Front and <i>Kampfstaffel 11 </i>of KG2. He gained his first victory flying for this unit, and when he heard of Manfred von Richthofen assembling select combat aviators (<i>Kanone</i>) in <i>Jasta 11</i>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer impudiently telegraphed von Richthofen and asked to join: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">"Can you use me?" Richthofen replied, "You have already been requested."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer joined <i>Jasta 11</i> on February 21, 1917, and he succeeded in shooting down 21 aircraft, most during "Bloody April" of 1917. He was known affectionately known as <i>Karlchen</i> and apparently became the prankster of <i>Jasta 11. </i>He managed to write an autobiography during his short career, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Vom Jaeger zum Flieger, </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">which contains many of his exploits in the air and on the ground.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> He was awarded the <i>Pour le Merite </i>and several other decorations while serving with <i>Jasta 11.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">On April 26, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer was given command of <i>Jasta 28</i>, and he added another nine victories, bringin his total to 30. On June 5, 1917, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer was shot down and killed when his plane probably broke apart in mid-air following combat with Lieutenants Harold Satchell and Thomas Lewis of No. 20 Squadron, RFC, flying an F.E.2d. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer is today commemorated </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">in name of the <i>Bundeswehr</i> barracks at Achum airport, as well as a street in Krefeld and a plaque by the house where </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Sch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">äfer was born on Uerdinger </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Straße</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> 231.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></div>
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<u>Some links:</u></div>
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https://modelingmadness.com/review/w1/ger/fosd3.htm</div>
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http://wwi-cookup.com/albatros/diii/kitreview_earlyalb.html</div>
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<tr><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">No.</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;" width="150">Date/time</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Unit</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Aircraft</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Foe</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Location</th></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">22 January 1917</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Kasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatros_D.II" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Albatros D.II">Albatros D.II</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Caudron">Caudron</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">West of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont-%C3%A0-Mousson" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pont-à-Mousson">Pont-à-Mousson</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">4 March 1917 @ 1150</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatros_D.III" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Albatros D.III">Albatros D.III</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_1%C2%BD_Strutter" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sopwith 1½ Strutter">Sopwith 1½ Strutter</a> (A1109)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">South-west of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haisnes" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Haisnes">Haisnes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">u/c</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">4 March 1917</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.H.2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="D.H.2">D.H.2</a> or <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.8" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="F.E.8">F.E.8</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens,_Pas-de-Calais" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lens, Pas-de-Calais">Lens</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">u/c</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">4 March 1917</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">D.H.2 or F.E.8</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9thune" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Béthune">Béthune</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6 March 1917 @ 1145</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A978)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Lens</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">4</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6 March 1917 @ 1155</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Sopwith 1½ Strutter</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Lens</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">9 March 1917 @ 1120</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.8 (6397)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Faschoda</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">9 March 1917 @ 1122</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.8 (4874)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont-%C3%A0-Vendin" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pont-à-Vendin">Pont-à-Vendin</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">7</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">11 March 1917 @ 1120</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.E.2c" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="B.E.2c">B.E.2c</a> (6232)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Loosbogen</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">8</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">24 March 1917 @ 0900</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Sopwith 1½ Strutter</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzin" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anzin">Anzin</a>, near Arras</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">9</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3 April 1917 @ 1620</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="F.E.2">F.E.2d</a> (6371)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">South of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens,_Pas-de-Calais" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lens, Pas-de-Calais">Lens</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">10</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6 April 1917 @ 1020</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.E.2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="B.E.2">B.E.2</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Givenchy-l%C3%A8s-la-Bass%C3%A9e" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée">Givenchy</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6 April 1917 @ 1037</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">B.E.2</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">West of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimy" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Vimy">Vimy</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">12</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">7 April 1917 @ 1745</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuport_23" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nieuport 23">Nieuport 23</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Mecatal</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">13</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">8 April 1917 @ 1440</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.H.4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="D.H.4">D.H.4</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89pinoy" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Épinoy">Épinoy</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">14</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">9 April 1917 @ 1900</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">B.E.2d (5742)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Aise Roulette</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">15</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">11 April 1917 @ 0910</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_F.2A" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bristol F.2A">Bristol F.2A</a> (A3318)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Fampoux</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">16</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">11 April 1917 @ 1250</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">B.E.2e</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arras" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Arras">Arras</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">17</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">13 April 1917 @ 1830</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.2b (A6372)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Le Point du Jour</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">18</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">14 April 1917 @ 1705</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.2b (4877)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Lievin-Eleu</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">19</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">14 April 1917 @ 1720</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">B.E or Bristol F.2a</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">La Coulette</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">20</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">21 April 1917 @ 1745</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Nieuport Scout (A6797)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">East of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnes-sur-Escaut" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fresnes-sur-Escaut">Fresnes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">21</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">22 April 1917 @ 2020</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.2b</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">North-west of Moncy-Tilloy</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">22</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">25 April 1917 @ 1040</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.2b (A837)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailleul,_Nord" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bailleul, Nord">Bailleul</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">23</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">25 April 1917 @ 2030</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Bristol F.2a (A3352)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Bahnhoff Roeux</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">24</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1 May 1917 @ 1240</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 28</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Farman</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixmude" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Dixmude">Dixmude</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">25</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1 May 1917 @ 1300</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 28</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Nieuport Scout</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">East of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poperinghe" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Poperinghe">Poperinghe</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">26</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">9 May 1917 @ 1900</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 28</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Sopwith 1½ Strutter</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warneton" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Warneton">Warneton</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">27</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">18 May 1917 @ 1110</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 28</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.2d</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollebeke" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Hollebeke">Hollebeke</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">28</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">23 May 1917 @ 1615</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Jasta 28</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">F.E.2d</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Warenton</td></tr>
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Zvezda kits are quite inexpensive in Latvia, and despite actually being a SU-100M, horrible, horrible tracks, and a very difficult hull fit, I couldn't resist sinking some time into this kit. The dimensions are accurate, though, although the welding seams tend to be a bit more pronounced on real vehicles.<br />
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The build started off with painting most of the parts Vallejo Olive Green (brush only, as usual( and then I assembled the wheels. Some white glue was slathered on the lower parts of the hull to simulate mud, and then the upper hull was added. Some plastic strip had to be added to cover a gap between the hull halves in lower front, and this was subsequently sanded down. The tracks required a stapler to connect, and they do not at all conform to how real SU-100 tracks weigh down on the wheels, but I had to work with what was in the box. I was simply too impatient to order replacement tracks.<br />
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A picture frame was used as a base for a small diorama, and I wanted to create a bit of a kitschy scene with a female nurse from an ICM kit comforting a heroic but shaky tank commander after the end of the war in Europe.<br />
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You can see an unboxing of the kit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4ATm-I-eM<br />
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Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-67651145863120449142017-09-21T00:55:00.000-07:002017-09-21T00:57:26.168-07:00Tamiya 1/35 M113 Armored Personnel Carrier <br />
The M113 is a kit from the mid-1970s, but is has a nicely detailed interior, and good overall fit. I added some items to the interior, as well as a decent amount of weathering and a shield for the .50 cal machine gun. The figures are chunky and lacking details such as the helmet covers, but they were used anyway. As for the base, I had limited resources to do the groundwork, as well as limited skills in modelling Vietnamese terrain, but the reddish soil or clay is prevalent in many pictures from the Vietnam War.<br />
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Here's some pictures of the sprues:<br />
https://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?t=8766<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-39402870042634027472017-09-03T04:09:00.002-07:002018-12-12T08:47:26.496-08:00Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc of No. 336 (Greek) Squadron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Hawker Hurricane requires little introduction, an it also happens to be one of my favorite WW2 aircraft. This kit was released by Revell Germany in the very early 1990s, and it was also one of the first modern Revell kits with some of the qualities we take for granted today, such as recessed panel lines, detailed wheel wells and cockpit interior. The Revell Hurricane is an easy and enjoyable build, and it comes with markings for No. 336 (Greek) Squadron, as well as a Hurricane based in India towards the end of the war. A more extensive review can be found <a href="https://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/gb/koz72hurri.htm">here</a>. <https: allies="" gb="" koz72hurri.htm="" modelingmadness.com="" review=""></https:><br />
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No. 336 (Greek) Squadron was part of the armed forces established by the Greek government in exile after the fall of Greece in 1941. Greek pilots were trained in Rhodesia, and they initially manned two squadrons, No. 13 Light Bomber Squadron and No. 335 Fighter Squadron. No. 336 Squadron was added on February 25, 1943. It was initially equipped with 21 Hurricane Mk. IIc aircraft and commanded by Flight Lieutenant Spyridon Diamantopoulos. The ranks included several veteran pilots from No. 335 Squadron, which enabled the Squadron to become operational in a relatively short time: the first combat mision was flown on March 1, and the unit was declared fully operational on April 11. Throughout the summer and early fall of 1943, No. 336 Squadron conducted shipping protection and fighter sweeps. The unit was eventually re-equipped with Spitfire Mk. Vc, with the first Spitfires arriving on October 12. The squadron took part in several raids against Crete in November of 1943, missions that did incur some losses. No. 336 and No. 335 Squadon were subsequently deployed to the Italian theatre, from which they primarily flew support missions over Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. In November 1944 the Greek squadrons returned to liberated parts of Greece, and more specifically the Ellinikon airfield outside Athens. The Greek squadrons flew missions against remaining Axis units in the Aegean and on Crete before being transferred from RAF to Greek control on July 31, 1945. No. 336 Squadron soldiers on to this very day in the Hellenic Air Force, and it is the last unit to fly the A-7 Corsair II.<br />
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-28757714547390080202017-08-11T02:23:00.000-07:002017-08-11T02:23:03.252-07:00Vickers Wellington Mk X of No. 300 Squadron (Polish) RAF<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The Matchbox kit is an original from what I believe to be 1979 that I
purchased for the decals that were used in a previous build:
http://cocktailtriviaandnarrowfocus.blogspot.com/2014/03/vickers-wellington-mark-x-he239-na-y-of.html.
However, I do like the Wellington quite a bit, and I decided to have a go at
the kit, despite the age and some inaccuracies, most notably that the wings are
mounted a bit too far forward on the fuselage. The kit is easy to build, the
geodetic structure is very well represented on the wings and tail, and the
finished kit looks like a Wellington. For once, I built a model in flight, and
the propeller blades were replaced by transparent plastic to represent
rotation. I even used the original stand, although it had to be mounted at the
kit’s center of balance. A more comprehensive review can be found here: </span><a href="http://www.oocities.org/capecanaveral/4676/wellington.htm"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.oocities.org/capecanaveral/4676/wellington.htm</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">This particular aircraft, BH-E (HF598), is wearing the markings it carried
when based at RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, in March 1943. HF598 unfortunately didn't survive the war. At 11.00 on December 19, 1943, the aircraft took off from RAF Ingham in Lincolnshire for an air test. The aircraft crashed eleven minutes later approximately one mile southeast of Hackthorn. The two pilots, F/O Jan Andrzej Ochedzan, age 27, and Sgt Feliks Antoni Bluj, age 21, were both killed. They are buried in Newark-upon-Trent cemetery (http://aircrewremembered.com/ochedzan-jan.html).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Even before the outbreak off WW2, Poland and Great Britain had formed an
alliance in case war erupted with Germany. An appendix within the agreement
allowed for two Polish bomber squadrons to be formed in the United Kingdom in
the case of war.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">However, following the German and Soviet invasions of Poland, several
Polish units were created in France, and most airmen escaping west joined these
units. It was only after the fall of France that Polish airmen started to
arrive in numbers to Great Britain to join the Royal Air Force. Following their
arrival, Polish air personnel occupied a military camp in Eastchurch. Despite
the fact that many Polish aviators had combat experience, general wariness from
the RAF and lingual issues made the integration of the Poles into the RAF a
fairly difficult issue, as this excellent dramatized documentary about Polish
fighter pilots of No. 303 Squadron shows: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptijNcDanVw"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptijNcDanVw</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">On July 1, 1940, No. 300 Squadron <i>Land
of Masovia (<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Polish: </span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #222222;">300 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi Mazowieckiej"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #222222;">) </span></i><span lang="EN-US">was created as the very first RAF
unit manned by Poles, and it was based at RAF Bramcote in Warwickshire as part
of the Polish Air Forces in Great Britain. Oddly enough, most of the original
crews had served in Polish fighter units. In addition to the Polish crews,
several British advisers were attached to the unit as well as a British
adjutant, a few technical specialists and some clerical staff. No. 300 Squadron
was originally part of No. 6 (Training) Group, and it became fully operational
as part of No. 1 Bomber Group in August of 1940. The first mission was flown by three Fairey Battles against German shipping in Boulogne harbor between September 14 and 15.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">As there were several Polish air crew already in Great Britain,
additional Polish bomber squadrons were formed on July 24. No. 300 Squadron was
initially equipped with the Fairey Battle light bomber, and from November 16,
1940, with Vickers Wellingtons, ranging from the Mk. IC, III, IV and finally
the Mk. X. On March 5, 1944, the unit was re-equipped with Avro Lancasters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">No. 300 Squadron took part in several of the notable missions and air
campaigns on the Western Front, starting with the <i>Battle of the Barges</i> aimed at landing craft and other naval assets
assembled for Operation<i> Seelöwe</i>, the
planned German invasion of England. The squadron also attacked the German heavy
cruiser <i>Gneisenau </i>in Brest as well as
the U-boat pens in St. Nazaire. Other missions included the <i>Millennium</i> offensive against Cologne,
the bombing of Hamburg (<i>Operation
Gomorrah</i>), the Battle of Berlin, D-Day, the bombing of the V-weapon sights
in 1944, and supporting the crossing of the Rhine. The last mission for No. 300 Squadron was flown against Hitler's residence in Berchtesgaden in southern Germany by 14 Lancasters on April 25, 1945, although the squadron continued flying missions to drop in all 152 tons of supplies to the famished Dutch population as part of <i>Operation Manna </i>up to May 7. After V-E Day No. 300 Squadron took part in <i>Operation Exodus</i>, the repatriation of British prisoners of war, as well as <i>Operation</i> <i>Dodge</i>, the transportation of British troops to Great Britain and finally in missions to fly Red Cross supplies to liberated Poles in German concentration camps.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The squadron logged 3,684 operational sorties and dropped nearly 10,000 tons of bombs as well as 1,400 mines over the course of two and a half years. It attacked 133 cities and other targets, and 107 decorations were awarded: one OBE, one BEM. one DSO, 63 DFCs, one DCM, one GCM, one MM and 37 DFMs. </span>The squadron was disbanded on January 2, 1947, as the western Allies withdrew their support for the non-Communist Polish government in exile.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanis%C5%82aw_Cwynar&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Stanisław Cwynar (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Stanisław Cwynar</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">27 January 1942</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romuald_Suli%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Romuald Suliński (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Romuald Suliński</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">1 August 1942</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Dukszto&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Władysław Dukszto (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Władysław Dukszto</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Since 9 July a c/o commander<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">31 October 1942</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam_Kropi%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Adam Kropiński (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Adam Kropiński</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">4 May 1943</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mieczys%C5%82aw_Kucharski&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Mieczysław Kucharski (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mieczysław Kucharski</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">18 November 1943</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kazimierz_Kuzian&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Kazimierz Kuzian (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Kazimierz Kuzian</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">18 January 1944</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam_Kowalczyk_(pilot)&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Adam Kowalczyk (pilot) (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Adam Kowalczyk</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil_Po%C5%BCyczka" title="Teofil Pożyczka"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Teofil
Pożyczka</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">2 February 1945</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boles%C5%82aw_Jarkowski&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bolesław Jarkowski (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bolesław Jarkowski</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">17 September 1945</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot <b>Romuald Suliński</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">22 February 1946</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mjr pilot </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boles%C5%82aw_Jarkowski&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bolesław Jarkowski (page does not exist)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a55858; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bolesław Jarkowski</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Until the dissolution of the unit after the
Allies withdrew their support for the Polish government.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bases</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Period<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Airlield<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">1 July 1940<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramcote" title="Bramcote"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bramcote</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">22 August 1940<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinderby" title="Swinderby"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Swinderby</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">18 July 1941<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hemswell" title="RAF Hemswell"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Hemswell</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cammeringham" title="RAF Cammeringham"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">RAF Ingham</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">31 January 1943<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Hemswell</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">22 June 1943<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ingham</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">1 March 1944<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Faldingworth" title="RAF Faldingworth"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Faldingworth</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-51525190152863969362017-07-02T01:37:00.002-07:002020-08-21T21:37:31.127-07:00Supermarine Spitfire Mk I X4474, a Heller kitLast year I picked up a perfectly vanilla old kit of a Spitfire Mk I, and it was assembled as a nice little weekend build. The Heller kit, rivets, raised panel lines and all, was an easy build, and even the decals worked reasonably well. The decals were for Spitfire X4474 QV-I, a late production Mk. I that initially flew on September 16, 1940, and during the Battle of Britain it was part of No. 19 Squadron at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, and piloted by Sergeant B. J. Jennings. X4474 survived the Battle of Britain, and it went on to No. 7 Operational Training Unit (OTU), No. 602 Squadron, 610 Squadron, 53 OTU, and finally Air Service Training Hamble School of Technical Training before being scrapped in 1947. <br />
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The pilot, Bernard James Jennings was born on 21st March 1915 and joined the RAF as an Aircrafthand on 1st May 1933. He joined No. 19 Squadron on September 4, 1939 after initially serving in the parachute flight before completing his pilot training in 1937-38. Jennings' first claim was a share in a probable Dornier 17 over Dunkirk on May 27, 1940. This was followed by two Me 110s on June 1 and a damaged Dornier 215 on a later patrol. He further claimed a Me 110 destroyed and a He111 probably destroyed on September 11 and a Me 109 destroyed on the September 29.</div>
Jennings was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), which was gazetted on April 4, 1941. He served in training units between April 12, 1941 and August 1944, when he returned to operations with 168 Squadron, a reconnaissance unit that flew Mustangs and later on Typhoons. Jennings was appointed CO of 85 GSU Ferry Flight in February 1945, and he retired from the RAF on March 21, 1962 with the rank of Wing Commander. B. J. Jennings passed away in 2000.<br />
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iwm.org.uk<br />
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<i>Armourer Fred Roberts re-arms Supermarine Spitfire Mark IA, X4474 'QV-I', of No. 19 Squadron RAF at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, while the pilot, Sergeant B J Jennings, has a word with his mechanic. Manor Farm can be seen in the background.</i></div>
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<i>B. J. Jennings</i></div>
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<i>X4474 at speed. </i><i>The absence of a triangular prong on the rear of the mast indicates that VHF radio was fitted. The voltage regulator can be seen under the rear transparency.</i></div>
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-48381702606981017432016-10-26T14:41:00.000-07:002016-10-26T14:41:16.058-07:00The Red Baron! The Fokker Dr. I and Manfred von RichthofenDespite having built models since the 1970s, I've actually never built the Fokker Dreidecker of that German ace, Manfred Albrecht, Freiherr von Richthofen, <i>Der Rote Kampfflieger </i>(together with many other names). The kit is the old Revell Dr. I model from 1964, which isn't too bad, although not in any way up to par with the much more modern Revell kit of the Dr. I. However, the old kit came with the decals of Werner Voss, and I am nourishing a project to use the Werner Voss decals on a modern Revell kit. The old kit deserved some attention, and I felt like a quick weekend build, so the factory-painted Dr.I of von Richthofen hit the spot. The wing surfaces were sanded down, and so was the sharp side contour of the fuselage. The wheels were replaced, and so was the propeller, and the model was rigged before adding a mechanic doing a final pre-flight check and the Baron himself, apparently having a bit of a clumsy spell while mounting his Dreidecker - the figure didn't really allow for a natural climbing pose. The decals came from the modern Revell Dr. I kit.<br />
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Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-80912534130074429212016-09-01T21:12:00.001-07:002016-09-02T14:31:04.788-07:00Eddie Rickenbacker's Nieuport 28C.1<i></i>The Revell Nieuport 28 kit is another classic, probably from the 1960s, and it has been issued in numerous boxings. The kit matched the size and proportions of the Nieuport 28 quite well, but the cowling is not nearly round enough. This is easily addressed with a sanding stick and a steady hand. I this case the kit is built entirely out of the box, and the rigging was the only addition. The Revell kit has a wonderful decal sheet with markings for Eddie Rickenbacker's 'White 12' as the only option. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, America's Ace of Aces during World War One with 26 victories, was obviously a well-known aviator, so let us instead focus a bit on the aircraft, the Nieuport 28. <br />
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This aircraft was designed by Gustave Delage after a long series of Nieport sesquiplanes that started with the Nieuport 10 and ended with the Nieuport 27. They were all small and nimble fighters, but eventually the SPAD VII and XIII offered better performance. The Nieuport 28 was an attempt to make ensure the competitive edge of the <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Societe Anonyme des Establissements Nieuport</i>. The Gnome Type 9N Monosoupape was used to power the aircraft, and the traditional vee-type struts were replaced by parallel struts. The wing area was also increased by some 16 square meters, and the ailerons were moved from the upper wing to the lower wing where they were activated by torque tubes. The small size of the fuselage led to the machine guns being placed on the lower left side of the cockpit. However, even with all these improvements, the SPAD XIII remained superior to the Nieuport 28, and the <i>Aviation Militaire </i>rejected the design, and production was cancelled after an initial batch. Although the Nieuport saw limited service in the <i>Aviation Militaire</i>, the American Expeditionary Force was is need of fighter scouts. 287 Nieuports were purchased for $18,500 each, and the first ones reached the 95th Aero Squadron in February of 1918, albeit without machine guns. The Americans flew without armaments until late March.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Nieuport 28 was indeed quite maneuverable, relatively fast, and it had a very good rate of climb, although the ceiling varied depending on the characteristics of individual aircraft. There were also several problems, for example the "composition board" material that covered the forward fuselage and that was likened to cardboard. The cowling was also known to catch fire if fuel was spilled on it in flight. Most importantly, the upper wing was known to shed it's fabric when pulling out of a steep dive. This happened to USAS pilots on at least six occasions, and lieutenant Jimmy Meissner from Brooklyn had to live through this harrowing experience twice. Fortunately there were no known casualties due to shredding of fabric, much because the ailerons were located in the full-sized lower wing.</span></span><br />
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Going back to Eddie Rickenbacker, just one more thing has to be mentioned: his distant cousin, Adolph Rickenbacker, was the co-founder of the Rickenbacker guitar company. Also, some photos from Eddie Rickenbacker's personal album can be found here: http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2016/09/capt-eddie-rickenbackers-photo-album.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RoadsToTheGreatWar+%28Roads+to+the+Great+War%29<br />
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<i>Rickenbacker in a Nieuport 28.</i></div>
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<i>Rickenbacker next to a Nieuport. Notice the small size of the fuselage.</i></div>
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<i> The wing of Meissner's Nieuport after fabric had been shed.</i></div>
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-65472639651176221972016-08-28T19:42:00.000-07:002016-08-28T21:00:36.769-07:00L.F.G. Roland C.IIYet another Airfix classic was completed today: the Roland C. II. Although the kit has been around since approximately the early or mid-1960s, it is the only OTS (One True Scale, i. e. 1/72) kit of this important aircraft. The dimensions are accurate, the figures are remarkably good, and the assembly is simple and quite fun to engage in. No profanities were used. This particular model was modified as to represent an early Roland with only an aft machine gun, in this case from a Roden kit. The Roland was also rigged, the wheels replaced, and the early type of half-hoops in front of the pilot to protect in case the aircraft overturned were scratchbuilt.<br />
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The <i>Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft</i> (LVG) started off building airships in 1908, and they adopted the Roland name to avoid being confused with the LVG company, since "v" and "f" are pronounced similarly in German. The C.II appeared in October 1915, and the semi-monocoque fuselage influenced much of subsequent German aircraft design, and the <i>Walfisch</i>, as it was known, earned quite a bit of respect in 1916. It was used for a number of tasks, including the role of combat scout, that is fighter. British ace Albert Ball met several Roland aircraft during the summer of 1916, and he described the aircraft as the "best German machine right now...her guns fire backwards and forwards and everywhere except below". The Roland saw long service, and examples could be found flying over quiet sectors of the Western Front as late as the fall of 1917. <br />
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The decals of the kit were useless due to age, and I wanted an alternative marking anyway, so this Roland is painted and marked to represent an aircraft from <i>Kasta </i>8, which was part of <i>Kagohl </i>II in mid-1916. It should be added that is was quite difficult to find out exactly what color the Rolands of <i>Kasta</i>
8 were. Some sources point to a very pale blue verging on white, while
other sources indicate more of a light blue. I preferred the latter for
aesthetic reasons. <i>Kasta </i>8 was based at the Mont-Morville Aerodrome during May through June of 1916, and it was commanded by Victor Carganico throughout the war. The unit also included a young officer by the name of Manfred von Richthofen.
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<br />Frederick_Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439704388429211739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057912333952159550.post-73667000480298860442016-08-11T07:11:00.003-07:002016-08-11T07:27:37.927-07:00Avro 504K<span class="sors">The Avro 504K was one of the true workhorses of early aviation. The aircraft initially flew on September 18, 1913, and the last one was completed in 1932. In all 8,970 examples of this iconic aircraft were built, and 13 were delivered even before the war broke out. The Avro 504 had the dubious distinction of being the first RFC aircraft to be shot down during World War One, but the aircraft gained fame on November 21, when Avro 504s of the RNAS bombed the Zeppelin sheds in Friedrichshafen. The Avro 504 became the mainstay trainer of the RFC after Major Robert Smith-Barry, an outspoken critic of the way the RFC trained its "Fokker Fodder" during the first years of the war, became the CO of No. 1 Reserve Squadron at Gosport very late in 1916 or in early 1917. Smith-Barry got rid of the old Maurice Farman S-7 Longhorns, also known as "Rumpties", that had been used to train budding pilots. The Avro provided a flying experience that was more akin to the aircraft used in combat. Among other measures, Smith-Barry also sought out competent and encouraging instructors to train new pilots, and furthermore he made sure that the pilots were taught how to deal with stalls and spins instead of simply avoiding potentially hazardous maneuvers. The so-called Gosport System eventually became the norm within the RFC and then the RAF, and the Gosport System contributed greatly the British successes in the air later in the war. As an item of curiosity, the skid between the wheels of the Avro 504 was referred to as the "toothpick" by members of the RFC and RAF.</span><br />
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<span class="sors">This incarnation of the 1960-or-so Airfix kit comes from the late 1980s and 1990s. The kit is moulded in grey plastic, and the decals are for a trainer in Egypt in the early 1920s and a preserved Avro. The Airfix kit apparently has a fuselage that lacks depth. This can be remedied by gluing plastic card to the underside, but I did not realize this error until the model neared completion. Some parts were added, such as the tube attached to the petrol tank, a nervous pilot up front and his instructor in the rear cockpit ready for takeoff, the windshields, the semicircular braces under the wings, and, of course, the rigging. I wanted an Avro from the time of the Great War, and i chose to paint the aircraft in markings from No. 8 Training Squadron Royal Australian Flying Corps, which was based in Leighterton in 1918 and 1919.</span><br />
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