if you're going to go to RIAT, i suggest buying the things from the guys there personally. Unlike other units which just sell stuff there for beer money, the guys there significantly supplement their income with the trip. The UkrAF and even the display teams are at risk of losing pilots and ground crew due to low salaries, and this helps.
[Mumbles something about my personal interaction with the team this year including the replacement flanker pilot who is coming this year, but I can't post it in a public forum.]
If you're not going, then, by all means, get the patch!
He certainly put on a grand display.
Never got the patch though.
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A few new arrivals, decided to hunt down some missing aircraft in my collection plus a cheap Fishbed to add to the the VNAF theme.
Corgi AA32312 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6, No 74 Sqn, RAF Tengah, Singapore
Awesome model, so glad I finally got one
One of the few Pooch 1:72 EE Lightnings I don't have.
Not to worry,....a Pooch 1:48 Lightning with that exact scheme will be released in the coming months.
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Hi GG, that Mi-8 is made by Easy Model, they make quiet a lot of plastic planes, helicopters and AFVs.
Cool thank for the help i have few Easy model, very nice models usually but i can't stand the plastic,
I just saw that : https://www.flyingmule.com/products/WT-WTW72102-01
Might be interesting lets see
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Cool thank for the help i have few Easy model, very nice models usually but i can't stand the plastic,
I just saw that : https://www.flyingmule.com/products/WT-WTW72102-01
Might be interesting lets see
Easy Models make good fillers
I have that PLAAF Mi-171, it’s pretty nice. JCW are coming out with a Soviet release soon.
well what can i say. i just unboxed mine and its a gorgeous lump of alloy. a strong contender for model of the year with its cartridge main landing gear assembly, and awesome load out.
Inspired by BB's awesome display team collection, I thought I'd take my under appreciated PLAAF J-10 from Easy Model out of storage, might find a place for it now as well
Reviving this post with a link to a vid of a J-10 using now using thrust vectoring....you might like it
Largely unchanged, only addition was the JMSDF Sea King, nice enough model, would have preferred the Apollo release from Corgi but wasn't eager enough to fork out for a 2nd mortgage to get one
I am still waiting for a decent Bf-109 and a nicer white Zero with more details to fill a few gaps in the 1/48 fleet.
Additions:
KB Wings KBW72102 JMSDF HSS-2A (Sea King)
Cab 2
The theme that has had the most expansion this year is the Soviet/Eastern Block cab. Only one model from 2018 release period though, a sign of the times I guess, I would have liked a nice light blue Flanker but it wasn't to be. The rest speak for themselves, gap fillers or later ordered 2017 releases. The PLAAF Su-35 is nice but the colours are questionable. And while the Hobby Master MiG-25 gets flak, I was still pleased to have one, especially when it's the exact Soviet scheme I was after, bring on an Ukrainian Foxbat next I say, when the Russian's ran away, they left a lot of these after all
Have to say while the scheme is nice on the J-5, the difference in green on metal and plastic isn't and it's what has held me back from getting anymore of these.
The Corgi MiG-21 was cheap as chips and the Terrbo J-7, well not much choice really.
Probably one of the biggest disappointments in 2018 was the lack of WWII models on offer in 1:72, means to say basically nothing. Without Skymax making anything and Corgi slow as a wet wick (not to mention stickers and very odd scheme selections recently) there really was nothing to get excited over. Only addition was a very old and very well made Dragon Armour STuG IV made back in 2006 !!! boy were we spoilt back then
Additions:
Dragon Armour 60115 zGermans STuG IV
Cab 4
Pretty uneventful here as well, no spooks worth getting, still no Super Bug that I'd want and lack of anything from Century Wings meant no additions to the USN theme. Instead bored, I decided to hunt down a few aircraft I liked but didn't have much need for, well aside from the P-38. Lightning is a great model and adds to the Singapore theme, the hunter I wish Corgi did an Arab scheme so instead I got this. H-19 is average and the Huey pretty nice for a smaller scale. Hoping Century Wings do some more Intruders before they retire.
And when there was REALLY nothing to look forward to, one turns to airliners The An-225 is great even for its small size, I should have gotten the 1/200 version when it was out. The 737 was just to complete the set really. At least they revised the stand instead of using those daggy and outdated wooden stands.
Additions:
Herpa 562287 Ukrainian An-225 Mriya
JC Wings XX2190 Air China Boeing 737-8MAX
WoW!! Great looking collection you have there UF....I could be wrong, but this may be the first time I'm seeing it...MFG's are not done yet separating you from your wallet
BB
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WoW!! Great looking collection you have there UF....I could be wrong, but this may be the first time I'm seeing it...MFG's are not done yet separating you from your wallet
BB
Actually I have but I have also reorganised them so many times that these are like I never have plus my original image host decided to pull the plug
Ah well there will find it hard to get to my wallet these days, not when the can't get most models right..... or release the ones they say they made
for a moment, i thought you permanently circled the colourful tail of the topcat viking
very nice collection. there's just something about seeing all that diecast arranged so uniformly that sends shivers down my spine. always.
Thanks guys. I only wish IKEA came out with those white cabs sooner, it would of looked a lot nicer.
TC, I've said it before, despite the suspect yellow edges, it's still the best Viking scheme and now that HM seem to have abandoned the mould, even more glad I got it, the others they came out with I had little interest in, especially the low viz schemes.
Would you believe those tanks were arranged like that first go ? I guess one has to have little OCD to appreciate this hobby
Anything you guys want a closer look at, I'm happy to take more detailed photos of.
Technically I guess there was. The MiG 21-1 ‘Analog’ was involved with the original Tu144 wing development programme.
.... My statement was for a bit of humor "single delta wing" meaning just half of a double delta wing... which I then posted a Photoshop'd Fishbed graphic with having a single delta wing out of the normal double delta wing.
I suspect the Mig-21I was, technically, constructed with 2 single (halves) delta wings attached to the fuselage . .making 1 larger, overall delta wing configuration ...it's a play on words
.... My statement was for a bit of humor "single delta wing" meaning just half of a double delta wing... which I then posted a Photoshop'd Fishbed graphic with having a single delta wing out of the normal double delta wing.
I suspect the Mig-21I was, technically, constructed with 2 single (halves) delta wings attached to the fuselage . .making 1 larger, overall delta wing configuration ...it's a play on words
.... My statement was for a bit of humor "single delta wing" meaning just half of a double delta wing... which I then posted a Photoshop'd Fishbed graphic with having a single delta wing out of the normal double delta wing.
I suspect the Mig-21I was, technically, constructed with 2 single (halves) delta wings attached to the fuselage . .making 1 larger, overall delta wing configuration ...it's a play on words
Whats more interesting the technological changes in the designs. swept Wing, delta wing, variable geometry wing, the swept/cropped delta and finally the canards.
Single engine, twin engine, turbo-jet to turbo-fan.
But overall its the sleek aerodynamic trend the Russians and been trending towards. Today, its aerodynamic design for manoeuvrability and thrust to weight ratio vs stealth/integrated fusion designs of the US.
It is an interesting and revealing photo though.
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but short of selling a kidney to buy the Corgi Apollo release, this is very nice.
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