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Cold War GB 2018 Discussion Thread

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NARSES2

February 01, 2018, 02:10:11 AM
As it says lads, the place to chat about the GB either generally or specifically
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Spey_Phantom

#1
February 01, 2018, 07:11:34 AM
hmm, cold war GB ey?
i think i know just the thing, ive got a TS-11 Iskra in the stash that i have no idea what to do with, i think it would look good in GDR markings  :mellow:
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

Dizzyfugu

#2
February 01, 2018, 07:35:20 AM
I might use the occasion and tackle one of the long-postponed kitbash projects from the idea list, a mixed powerplant Soviet escort fighter from the late Forties.  :wacko:

Gondor

#3
February 01, 2018, 11:05:26 AM
I have several things I could build for this, more Project Cancelled than whiff for most of the ideas I have, only one problem at the moment, not been doing any modelling for weeks, in fact since Xmas  :banghead:

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

zenrat

#4
February 01, 2018, 08:11:13 PM
I have a whole heap of non GB related stuff I want to get into but I will still be entering at least one build.
Prolly (as it says Cold War on the box) based on this.



Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Weaver

#5
February 02, 2018, 01:19:42 AM
Quote from: Nils on February 01, 2018, 07:11:34 AM
hmm, cold war GB ey?
i think i know just the thing, ive got a TS-11 Iskra in the stash that i have no idea what to do with, i think it would look good in GDR markings  :mellow:

Is that the Polish tooling with a full engine and the option of a single-seat version? If so, then give yourself plenty of time, exert plenty of patience, buy an extra tube of filler and trade your swear-box for a larger version...
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Mossie

#6
February 02, 2018, 06:23:56 AM
Hmm, too many ideas at the moment, Vigilante, F-16 alternatives, Buccaneer alternatives, all sorts of Canberra ideas.  I'll probably have a few more yet!

zenrat

#7
February 02, 2018, 11:45:54 PM
Quote from: zenrat on February 01, 2018, 08:11:13 PM
I have a whole heap of non GB related stuff I want to get into but I will still be entering at least one build.
Prolly (as it says Cold War on the box) based on this.





Pulled this out for a captains at it and had to move an Airfix DH Heron to get at it.  This got me thinking about the Heron in the Pembroke's markings.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

PR19_Kit

#8
February 03, 2018, 12:00:41 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 02, 2018, 11:45:54 PM

Pulled this out for a captains at it and had to move an Airfix DH Heron to get at it.  This got me thinking about the Heron in the Pembroke's markings.


IIRC there really were a few Heron's painted like that, the two that ended up on the Queen's Flight were that scheme before they got the red scheme, and there may have been others.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#9
February 03, 2018, 10:35:03 AM Last Edit: February 03, 2018, 10:38:14 AM by Weaver
Put some of those Attack Squadron camera sets inside the Pembroke or the Heron and have it operating out of Berlin-Gatow on 'airways navigation flights'.... :wacko:
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

#10
February 03, 2018, 12:22:00 PM
Quote from: Weaver on February 03, 2018, 10:35:03 AM

Put some of those Attack Squadron camera sets inside the Pembroke or the Heron and have it operating out of Berlin-Gatow on 'airways navigation flights'.... :wacko:


Funny you should say that, my Mum had a pic of one of Dad's Yorks on the ramp at Gatow some time in the early 50s, and the red centre spot of the roundel was quite clearly hinged open and a ruddy great camera was pointing down from it.................

Dad told me it was '.....a trick of the light boy.....' Yeah, right!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#11
February 03, 2018, 12:43:10 PM
"Camera lens? Pish - it's just an extra-bright landing light. After all, you wouldn't want us to get 'lost' around here, would you Tovarich?"
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

zenrat

#12
February 04, 2018, 12:24:01 AM Last Edit: February 04, 2018, 02:57:31 AM by zenrat
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 03, 2018, 12:00:41 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 02, 2018, 11:45:54 PM

Pulled this out for a captains at it and had to move an Airfix DH Heron to get at it.  This got me thinking about the Heron in the Pembroke's markings.


IIRC there really were a few Heron's painted like that, the two that ended up on the Queen's Flight were that scheme before they got the red scheme, and there may have been others.

Yes, I quickly realised that following some googling.

Quote from: Weaver on February 03, 2018, 10:35:03 AM
Put some of those Attack Squadron camera sets inside the Pembroke or the Heron and have it operating out of Berlin-Gatow on 'airways navigation flights'.... :wacko:

According to the write up on the Pembroke instructions that is exactly what was going on during their regular flights in and out of Berlin.


<later>
I just remembered what I had planned to build for this one.  It'll be an early cold war RAF prop driven interceptor with massive RATO packs to get it quickly to height and it will be armed with a pair of Firestreaks.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

NARSES2

#13
February 04, 2018, 05:37:41 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 04, 2018, 12:24:01 AM

Quote from: Weaver on February 03, 2018, 10:35:03 AM
Put some of those Attack Squadron camera sets inside the Pembroke or the Heron and have it operating out of Berlin-Gatow on 'airways navigation flights'.... :wacko:

According to the write up on the Pembroke instructions that is exactly what was going on during their regular flights in and out of Berlin.


Beat me to it  ;)
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

TallEng

#14
February 04, 2018, 02:46:15 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on February 04, 2018, 05:37:41 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 04, 2018, 12:24:01 AM

Quote from: Weaver on February 03, 2018, 10:35:03 AM
Put some of those Attack Squadron camera sets inside the Pembroke or the Heron and have it operating out of Berlin-Gatow on 'airways navigation flights'.... :wacko:

According to the write up on the Pembroke instructions that is exactly what was going on during their regular flights in and out of Berlin.


Beat me to it  ;)

I can recommend a book about that ;D

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Keith
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