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***huub vink*** · March 29th, 2018, 10:52

I really liked the Matchbox kits. They fitted very well and although the panel lines were perhaps a bit overdone, they looked really nice. Matchbox also offered some very nice models which were a bit less mainstream, like the beautiful Dornier Do18 kit.

In those day I did read Airfix magazine, which always had very bad reviews for the Matchbox kits. The heavy panel lines were referred to as "trenches"

. Strange enough they were milder milder in their opinion about model which weren't in the Airfix catalogue......

The only positive review I can remember was about the Flower class Corvette, which was really a spectacular kit for those days.

Cheers,
Huub

**darrenvox** · March 29th, 2018, 17:53

firstair 767-200

**SteveB** · March 31st, 2018, 07:08

Thought I would go for a drive and check out the base, this morning.

**Blackbird686** · March 31st, 2018, 07:24

Ah, Piglet's ol' Chevy Truck. I drove around in that thing here at Ingraham Air Field for years. Ended up getting a new H1 Humvee and a Stalwart truck to add to the service vehicle fleet.

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***huub vink*** · March 31st, 2018, 08:06

Why is a British SAS truck inspecting a German airfield? I can understand when that they shoot a German airfield, but this is a bit too peaceful for me.

Cheers,
Huub

**Blackbird686** · March 31st, 2018, 08:20

The German Army stole it from the British? I think that was the original paint that the truck came with.

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**SteveB** · March 31st, 2018, 08:24

Originally Posted by huub vink

Why is a British SAS truck inspecting a German airfield? I can understand when that they shoot a german airfield, but this is a bit too peaceful for me.

Cheers,
Huub

It's amazing what you could find in the desert. I rebadged it and use it for my driving around luftwaffe fields. I also painted one up for the RAF Regt.

**Bjoern** · March 31st, 2018, 14:20

Originally Posted by huub vink

Why is a British SAS truck inspecting a German airfield? I can understand when that they shoot a german airfield, but this is a bit too peaceful for me.

"Beutefahrzeug" (captured vehicle). Not too uncommon, given the chronic shortage of equipment across all theatres.

Case in point:

***huub vink*** · March 31st, 2018, 14:32

Luftwaffe inspecting Hawkinge during the Battle of Britain

Luftwaffe inspecting the 8th Air force....

Cheers,
Huub

**Sascha66** · March 31st, 2018, 14:53

**Bjoern** · March 31st, 2018, 16:45

"Flight Lt. Hubert Dowsington provides comic relief for the members of allied squadrons around airfields in England dressed as 'Hans, ze bumbling German', using a uniform and Kubelwagen originally captured during the Battle of France."

***huub vink*** · April 1st, 2018, 10:58

Originally Posted by Bjoern

"Flight Lt. Hubert Dowsington provides comic relief for the members of allied squadrons around airfields in England dressed as 'Hans, ze bumbling German', using a uniform and Kubelwagen originally captured during the Battle of France."

Its April fools day...........

**nigel richards** · April 2nd, 2018, 08:15

Originally Posted by huub vink

Luftwaffe inspecting Hawkinge during the Battle of Britain

Luftwaffe inspecting the 8th Air force....

Cheers,
Huub

Just wondering if the B-24 nose gunner is allowing for deflection...

**Blackbird686** · April 2nd, 2018, 09:31

The chap in the top turret has all that dialed in.....

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**darrenvox** · April 2nd, 2018, 13:33

Haha... happy Easter dudes

**SteveB** · April 11th, 2018, 16:29

I spent some time playing with this one this evening.

**PhantomTweak** · April 12th, 2018, 10:55

Heck of a paint job, Steve. Really well done, and looks complicated!
Pat☺

**Cowboy1968** · April 13th, 2018, 04:59

This machine has to be one of my favorite aircraft flown by the US Army. It just looks lethal and slick. This thing was the true proof of concept of the attack copter over Vietnam. Here she screams above the crests of the mountains in southern California.....

**SteveB** · April 13th, 2018, 07:58

Thought I would try something a bit different for a change.

**zswobbie1** · April 13th, 2018, 08:02

It's on the tip of my tongue...
Which plane is that?

**SteveB** · April 13th, 2018, 08:04

Originally Posted by zswobbie1

It's on the tip of my tongue...
Which plane is that?

It's the SM-79 model by MVG.

Steve

**Hurricane91** · April 13th, 2018, 09:14

Originally Posted by SteveB

It's the SM-79 model by MVG.

Steve

Excellent choice of subject and livery, Steve.

**Hurricane91** · April 13th, 2018, 09:29

Another Lebanese SM.79. This one at the Museo dell Aeronautica, Trento.

http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/images/m...seoCaproni.jpg

**jackryan172** · April 13th, 2018, 09:34

When I was in the Army back in the 80's and 90's we had the Ah-1F (Prod, mod, ecas and a bunch of names I cant remember) and I was always impressed by them. I had a friend who was a Cobra pilot and he was always telling me about how flying from the front seat was very awkward because of the side stick. It struck me as odd that the Cobra had a sight system attached to the helmet and it wasn't a big deal, but the Apache has one that is wireless and its all super cool and neeto. Same idea just different implementations. One of these days Im going to go for a ride in one we have here at Falcon.

Sean

Originally Posted by Cowboy1968

This machine has to be one of my favorite aircraft flown by the US Army. It just looks lethal and slick. This thing was the true proof of concept of the attack copter over Vietnam. Here she screams above the crests of the mountains in southern California.....