Right I know its March, but heres the first few builds I've finnished for 2019..................
First up a hanger queen thats been sulking on my shelf of doom for 2-3 years,
Fairchild Argus Mk-1, of the Royal Rhodesian Airforce. from the late 1950's, early 1960's


This is an old Lagato kit. Originaly it was going to be a real world Thai airforce bird. But as you do when building I got bored half way through and put it to one side.
Then I got interested in the Rhodesian bush war. And after a little dig around the old interweb I found a guy in South Africa who does his own range of decals covering a multitude of African subjects including plenty of Rhodesian subjects. Mav decals is the name.
Click here to see the web site. These are laser printed and need a coat of varnish before using so I used the fairchild as the test bed for the decals, hence why the Thai option went the way of the dodo. Must say the decals went on well, and I was quite impressed with them.
Still on the Rhodesian kick...................Onther hanger queen, dating from last summer.
Rhodesian Airforce Swift FR-5, circa the early 1970's


Airfix kit built OOB bar the paint job. Decals lifted from an Xtradecal export Hunter sheet.
third Rhodie build.............


Dornier Do27. A Huma kit built OOB, Again in the UDI era markings for the Rhodesian Airforce. The decals are from Mav decals.
Forth...............
another Dornier.


This is the Revell boxing of yee oldee matchbox Skyservent kit. Colors and decals are as per the Do27. The eagled eyed amoung you may spot the tail wheel is a bit meater than the normal kit one. Blame the carpet monster! Im saying the Rhodesians fitted heavier units to better withstand the bush conditions these birds would have been subject to.....................Im also thinking that the spatted main gear would almost certainly have earned the skyservent the kickname of the Stuka! I know its not a Junkers, but its German so to airman it would be close enougth.
And finaly. Another swift.


Swift F mk-4 of the Chilian Airforce.
Airfix FR-5 with an Allycat F-4 conversion. I say Allycat as they do the set now, This one came from Colin when he issued it for a short while.
This one was started a few months before the Rhodie FR-5, and wasnt that easy a conversion to work with. Ive manged to hide most of the crimes on top, but it shows under close inspection of the underside. This one has had a change of end user as well. It was originaly going to be Swiss, then I was going down the Rhodesian road, then finaly settled on Chile yesterday. Decals from the same Hunter sheet at the scheme used on the FR-5
Group shot.
