And it's another mould that should have been retired long ago. Oh well, for $10 Cdn and mostly intended as a quick build, it'll do. One thing I wanted to find out was the idea that pink works well as an undercoat for yellow, and after using both Tamiya colours, it's confirmed. Now, the 'What if?' markings: which major air force never used the Texan/Harvard as a trainer? Probably have to print my own decals again. :-\
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Blue Oyster Cult Take me away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1NYhbiiiFw
:wacko: :thumbsup:
to really confuse the norms...
Depends on your definition of "major".
;D
In terms of the Western Hemisphere it
looks like the exceptions are Guatemala,
Ecuador and Peru. At least according to
Wikipedia, I'll check Hagedorn.
Edit: Wikipedia is wrong. :rolleyes:
Looking at Hagedorn it's clear that finding a country that didn't use some version of the NA-16 family is going to be tough.
;D
I think it's the Heller tool, which is a lovely kit btw, as Airfix released it around 2006.
Airfix did have their own Harvard kit, but it was from the early 60s and very rivetty. Nice one to just build though.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on July 01, 2024, 01:34:09 PMAirfix did have their own Harvard kit, but it was from the early 60s and very rivetty. Nice one to just build though.
IIRC ye olde Airfix Harvard was actually a Harvard, not a Texan. The Heller kit (and yes it still is a good one) is a Texan.
Quote from: jcf on July 01, 2024, 12:58:44 PMDepends on your definition of "major".
;D
In terms of the Western Hemisphere it
looks like the exceptions are Guatemala,
Ecuador and Peru. At least according to
Wikipedia, I'll check Hagedorn.
Edit: Wikipedia is wrong. :rolleyes:
Looking at Hagedorn it's clear that finding a country that didn't use some version of the NA-16 family is going to be tough.
;D
Version, yes, exact type... Well, 'hop' to it and research. ;D
Here's the boxing. Comes with decals for Austria, Sweden, and South Africa, but none of those will be used. The fit was iffy in places, horrible gap in some parts of the canopy to fuselage, ambiguous instructions in spots. But it looks lIke a Harvard, and the price was alright.
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The People's Republic of China?
North Korea?
Finland?
Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar?
Seychelles?
Algeria, Libya, Chad, Mali, Egypt, Jordan?
Luxembourg, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City?
Quote from: Steel Penguin on July 01, 2024, 12:58:35 PMBlue Oyster Cult Take me away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1NYhbiiiFw
:wacko: :thumbsup:
to really confuse the norms...
;D ;D
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta [SMOoM
PRC: ~10 known of including one AT-16 that defected from Taiwan. The actual number seized from Nationalist forces
during and after the Revolution is not
known.
Egypt/UAR*: 59+, mostly Harvards.
Jordan: 3 Harvard IIB (ex-RAF)
*United Arab Republic - Egypt and Syria
There was also the Federation of Arab
Republics - Lybia, Egypt and Syria. It
didn't happen, despite plebiscites that
approved the idea, it was Gadaffi's, but
I suppose one could say it did and, voilà, Libyan T-6/Harvard.
Panama had one but it never had any military markings or a serial number.
Quote from: Steel Penguin on July 01, 2024, 12:58:35 PMBlue Oyster Cult Take me away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1NYhbiiiFw
:wacko: :thumbsup:
to really confuse the norms...
Heller tooling.
Interestingly documentation of the former US training command T-6Gs delivered via MDAP/MAP five groups, totalling 117 aircraft, are listed as unknown under recipient.
:unsure:
Quote from: jcf on July 01, 2024, 04:41:37 PMlisted as unknown under recipient.
:unsure:
Hmmm... I don't have decals for those. ;D
Okay, I'll let the cat out of the bag. Or, in this case, the Kangaroo. Yep, Australia. They took delivery of one fixed-gear NA-32 and one NA-33, but they only used them to develop the Commonwealth Wirraway, which was different enough that it couldn't be called a Texan/Harvard. A partially fabric covered fuselage was a major redesign. In my universe, the requisite modifications were not made, and the RAAF used the 'pure' T-6 as a trainer until the development and introduction of the Winjeel in 1955.
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Pat Benetar and N*ZI bashing day dreaming, who could ask for anything more :thumbsup: ;) ;D
Apart from the obvious Judge Reinhold, I also noticed a very young Bill Paxton in that video.
Quote from: Old Wombat on July 02, 2024, 04:38:03 AMApart from the obvious Judge Reinhold, I also noticed a very young Bill Paxton in that video.
Oh wow, I didn't notice that initially ;)