My non whiffy year so far....

[PR19_Kit]

The Buchons look VERY convincing in their RAF camo too. 

I read that 'Repeat Please' with a Polish accent. 

[Rick Lowe]

Wow, tc - those are awesome! It's nice to see some 'life' in an aircraft diorama - the 'sitting on the tarmac' look is fine and all, but there's something about an aerial display...
The slightly blurred fields on the bases give a neat impression of movement, too.

I saw one once where the builder had used a 1/300 gaming miniature truck on the base and it worked nicely. Desert scene, DAF P-40 model.

And the Harrier turned out great. 2X

[tc2324]

Built for the upcoming 50th Harrier Event at NAM, some may remember I made the same in-flight dio a few years back, albeit a little cruder. Hopefully I`ve improved it a tad in this reincarnation.

For those new, the story goes like this. 

Squadron Leader Bob Iveson left HMS Hermes as part of of a strike force against the Goose Green area in East Falkland. He completed two attack runs over Argentine positions and then decided to make a third. His Harrier was hit by 35 mm shells which knocked out his controls and started a fire in the cockpit. He immediately pulled the ejection handle and left the cockpit while the Harrier was doing around 450 knots at 100 feet. His aircraft exploded in mid-air shortly afterwards and he hit the ground after being under the parachute for only ten to fifteen seconds.
Squadron Leader Iveson suffered spinal compression and wind-blast damage to his eyes but hit the ground sufficiently far from the Argentine positions to make good his escape and was picked up two days later by a Royal Navy helicopter.

Kit is the old Airfix 1/48 scale, base from Coastal Kits, finishing frame fro Evilbay.

Thanks for looking.

[NARSES2]

Very neat mate 

[Old Wombat]

 

[Rheged]

I can see it as a stage direction "Exit vertically, courtesy of Mr Martin and Mr Baker".  It's not something I'd have thought of as a model, and this is a remarkably good one!!

As an aside, the Chinese claim to have invented the ROCKET  PROPELLED SEAT many centuries ago:-  https://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry/06.html  although it might have been better to wait for Martin Baker's version.

[PR19_Kit]

That fifth pic down is AWESOME! You can almost hear the rocket fire over the sound of the Pegasus.

Super job there. 

But it's No. 1 Sqdn, not 74. Are you feeling alright? 

[tc2324]

Thanks guys. 

Kit, I`ve actually made this for the man himself. Hopefully Bob will be attending this year`s Harrier 50th event at NAM so I can hand it over then to him.

[PR19_Kit]

Kit, I`ve actually made this for the man himself. Hopefully Bob will be attending this year`s Harrier 50th event at NAM so I can hand it over then to him.

Wow, that'll be good! 

[tc2324]

Final build for display at the upcoming 50th Harrier event at NAM in April. Again another rehash of a diorama subject I did a couple of years ago, minus the Argentine Skyhawk.

It`s the `not perfect but good enough for this type of build` Hase 1/48 kit, base from Coastal Kits and cheap frame from Evilbay.

Thanks for looking.

[zenrat]

Bravo.

[NARSES2]

Very neat sir 

[Rick Lowe]

Cool! Keep up the good work. 

[DogfighterZen]

Love this type of display...  

[tc2324]

Tengah Scramble circa 1970.