Anyone with a spare Sopwith Pup, looking for a challenge?
No, I didn't paint this! Some other crazy person did: Sandy Adam - Sopwith Aircraft Model Images
Anyone with a spare Sopwith Pup, looking for a challenge?
No, I didn't paint this! Some other crazy person did: Sandy Adam - Sopwith Aircraft Model Images
Last edited by OldGuy59; 01-15-2017 at 17:05.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Painted or a decal that is one awesome looking pane.
I found that this was a training plane. Too bad as it would have surely put envy into any German pilot facing it!
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
A good part of January has been spent on decals for 1/200 scale British and Canadian planes. New to the store are decals for Hurricane Is, Defiants, Spitfire I/IIs, Hurricane IIDs, Mustang 1As, HP Hampdens, and AW Whitleys. The store is here: http://shop.miscmini.com/t/decals-1/200--9mm
I'd like to finish decals for Blenheim I and IVs, Beaufighters, and some No. 67 Buffaloes before the month is out.
Here are pictures of models finished in the liveries of No. 1 squadron RCAF, No. 145 squadron RAF, and No. 264 squadron.
The models are 1/200 scale, Armaments in Miniature.
No. 1 squadron RCAF
No. 145 squadron
No. 264 squadron
These are looking quite lovely, Kevin! Well done
Keep up the great work - and maybe slide into some Med stuff...?!?!
All the best,
Matt
Lovely stuff! I'll wait for the Blenheim decals then chuck in another order.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Thanks Peter. Much appreciated.
I just ordered 1 set of Kevin's decals for 4 Shapeways planes I am working on.
That's right, today I had Café Vallejo. I went for the traditional Vallejo Model Color Café, not that low-calorie, model-air stuff.
Tomorrow I will keep my café farther away from my brush-cleaning cup.
I guess it's good it was only a brush with paint rather than some tasty decals needing to be softened for application...
You are in good company with that move, Kevin!
All the best,
Matt
In May 1940 the Germans invaded The Netherlands. A five day struggle followed, in which the Dutch Army Air Force also played a role.
Here's some of their fighters, the Fokker D.XXI as flown by 1e and 2e JaVa (1st and 2nd Fighter Squadron).
These three were flown by 1e JaVa.
Models by Shapeways (#214 & 215) and Geromy (# 234), bases by Litko, gimball joints by Aerodrome Accessories.
Next to come: Fokker C.X, a light bomber/reconnaissance bi-plane.
Stay tuned,
cheers,
Guus
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"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
Beautiful work, Guus! The DXXI is such a neat looking airplane - I love the fixed wheel look. And your three-color paint scheme looks wonderful. Hope they are able to hold their own against early opposition!
All the best,
Matt
well, if the opposition consists of Ju.52's with a full load of Fallschirmjäger ...
No, but serious, in reality the ones that managed to get airborne shot down quite some bombers, Me110's and even Me 109's
Just to give you all a better idea, some statistics:
on May 10th the Dutch Army Airforce had 35 Fokker D.XXI available (although some were in maintenance ...)
7 of these never made it in the air (either in maintenance or destroyed on the ground during the first attack waves by the Luftwaffe)
the other 28 D.XXI's flew 102 sorties in 5 days ... 13 of these scored aerial victories ...
the list of victories:
8 x Messerschmitt Me.109
4x Messerschmitt Me.110
2x Junkers Ju.88
1x Heinkel He.111
1x Dornier Do.17
2x Junkers Ju.52
a total of 18 planes ...
not to bad ... hey hey what what ...
cheers,
Guus
Last edited by Aardvark1430; 01-20-2017 at 13:44.
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
btw could anybody make me plane-cards (two camo schemes, see pics) for these planes ?
I'm using the K-deck, the D.XXI had 4 7,9mm MG's in the wings (so B - A like a Gladiator I would say), damage 14 like a Gladiator Mk I (15 ?, Gladiator Mk II). Ceiling 10000m, climbrate to 8000m 10 min 30 sec, topspeed 460 km/h, engine 760 bhp Bristol Mercury VIII
Any takers ?
cheers,
Guus
Last edited by Aardvark1430; 01-20-2017 at 10:16.
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
If you had an image of plane from online, your chances go up. Google the plane and hit images. Copy a nice overhead view of the plane and share it.
Otherwise you can always do what I have done on occasion. Japanese Kate.
Or, I took a file from here and put it on a HF base sized card: .
What else have I done in January?
I finished my storage bins (from an idea I found in the Drome).
I created a Japanese & US fleet of ships - see some examples. I may have gone overboard as I did about 10 carriers and 15 other ships for each navy. They are all actual ships of DD, CL, CA, CV, CVL, BB, BC, tankers, supply ships, and some Liberty ships.
Oh, and I proxied a lot of cards for Star Wars X-wing onto card stock and am cutting them out.
Now that I have cleared some space, maybe I can play again!
Guus outstanding job on those. Keep them coming.
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
Wow Mike,
you are a wonderful Oldguy
What a beauty of a card, thank you ever so much !!! I'm not sure what you have updated, I only saw the card right now, but it sure is just what I hoped for
You just found yourself a new regular customer
And I'm in your debt, there's no doubt about that ....
REP given !
cheers,
Guus
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
pretty amazing Mike
cheers,
Guus
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
Thank you for the Kate card Mike! That does look a a lot cleaner and neater. You even got in the blindspot that I forgot about.
Right chaps, here we are again ...
When the Germans invaded The Netherlands on the 10th of May 1940 the Dutch of course responded.
The Dutch Army Airforce not only had their fighters (amongst which the Fokker D.XXI, see above) but also some reconnaissance / light bomber planes ... Fokker C.X biplanes.
Of the 16 available only 11 were operational, mostly stationed at Bergen Airfield.
Here's two of them:
All 11 flew operational sorties with only 2 of them lost to enemy fighters ...
Operations they flew were ground attack against German occupied airfields (Waalhaven near Rotterdam and Valkenburg just Nort of The Hague), against German troops attacking the Moerdijk bridge and the Rotterdam bridges and approaches and artillery positions east of the Grebbeberg (a major Dutch strongpoint / defense line were very heavy fighting took place) and at Wageningen.
After the Dutch surrendered two flew to France (where they later were abandoned). The rest of them were either destroyed by Dutch troops or fell into German hands.
I hope you like them.
In the general section of ww2 i've asked for the correct manoeuvre cards to use, giving the specs of the Fokker C.X. I think an I card would be appropriate (Stuka, Val ...) but they are a bit to fast ... Anybody got a solution ?
cheers,
Guus
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
Last edited by OldGuy59; 01-24-2017 at 21:31.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Card available here: OldGuy59's WWII Japanese Bombers
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Hi Mike,
I have a top view drawing of a Dutch C.X ...
but it's a .gif file and will not upload here !?
I'll try something else ..
Cheers,
Guus
edit: I hope this works ... no, it doesn't
https://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=...act=mrc&uact=8
edit 2:
if you google "fokker C.X" and go to pictures and scroll down a little you should find it, a black and white top, side and front view ...
edit 3:
now what do you know ... all of sudden the link (see edit 1, above) does work ... so that is
Last edited by Aardvark1430; 01-25-2017 at 02:42.
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
Guus,
those Early War planes are great! Have not heard about them.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
"zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
"let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)
The last entry for Jan. Here are 4 Shapeways Fairey Fulmars. I checked some photos and saw there were a few different camo schemes so I did mine like the Swordfish colors I posted before. One has no markings other than the rondels but three are B/P/D. The decals are Miscmini (Kevin)
I had to use my cell phone so pardon the way the pictures came out.
Attachment 215531
See how this one turns out. Now I see how to take pictures with the cellphone.
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