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Post by 105epaul on Jun 8, 2024 6:22:57 GMT -5
Nice model, these Ferrets were very good as shown by the fact that they are still in use in some places.
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Post by Tom on Jun 8, 2024 7:19:13 GMT -5
That is a long career... I'd say they got their money's worth! Very nice build as usual.
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Post by JSB33 on Jun 8, 2024 7:45:26 GMT -5
They must have go the design right from the start. Nice build.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jun 8, 2024 9:45:54 GMT -5
Cool looking model! It reminds me of an old Corgi that I have in my collection!
Great build, as usual!
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Post by reeft1 on Jun 9, 2024 19:53:11 GMT -5
Scout cars are instantly recognisable- i had a corgi/dinky/matchbox version as a kid
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Jun 19, 2024 3:22:35 GMT -5
Nice model, these Ferrets were very good as shown by the fact that they are still in use in some places. Absolutely. Relatively simple and rugged and based on a tried and tested design means that they have had a service life of 70 years and counting That is a long career... I'd say they got their money's worth! Very nice build as usual. It is and they did. Still in use today including in Ukraine. Thank you They must have go the design right from the start. Nice build. They did. Based on the WW2 Dingo, it took all that was right with that and improved what wasn't. Cheers Cool looking model! It reminds me of an old Corgi that I have in my collection! Great build, as usual! Thanks Julio I suspect your Corgi is a variant of the Daimler Scout car family
Scout cars are instantly recognisable- i had a corgi/dinky/matchbox version as a kid They are. Quite common and been around for years. To be found at every military event |
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Jun 19, 2024 8:02:48 GMT -5
The Spitfire needs little introduction. Introduced into RAF service in late 1938, the Spitfire would see service until 1954 and fight in every corner of the globe and serve with many air forces. Probably its most famous moment was the Battle of Britain, in which it and the Hurricane were the chief fighters of the RAF. Although the Mk1 had been introduced in 1938 it had been continuously updated and by the Summer of 1940 there were essentially two variants, the unsuccessful cannon armed Mk.1b and the original 8 machine gun armed Mk.1a. The model is from Kotare and is of a mid-production (there were essentially three stage of M1 production of which this aircraft is from the middle stage built 09/39–04/40) Mk.1a N3277 which was built in January 1940 and delivered to 234 Squadron in the April and was flown by Pilot Officer Richard Hardy who had joined the RAF prior to the war's beginning. It depicts his aircraft from the 15th August 1940 when the Battle of Britain was at its height and on this day the squadron had been despatched on patrol from RAF Middle Wallop and would engage the Luftwaffe over the English Channel off of Swanage. Hardy's aircraft would suffer severe damage in the dogfight, one of four aircraft the squadron lost that day, and he would make a forced landing in France, where he was captured and this marked the first time the Germans captured an essentially complete Spitfire. Hardy would remain a PoW for the rest of the war and the Luftwaffe would recommission the Spitfire, albeit with an engine from a Me-109.
Kotare 1/32 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a - P/O R.Hardy - 234 Squadron - RAF Middle Wallop - Hampshire - 15th August 1940
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jun 19, 2024 10:17:46 GMT -5
Gorgeous! That’s one of my favourite airplanes! Nice build, as usual!  |
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Post by Tom on Jun 19, 2024 10:20:05 GMT -5
Mine too. Great stuff Andy!
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Post by 105epaul on Jun 19, 2024 11:23:08 GMT -5
Excellent build as ever of an iconic aircraft. Not much else to be said about the Spit.
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Post by oldirish33 on Jun 19, 2024 12:17:13 GMT -5
Another iconic addition to your air force!
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Post by reeft1 on Jun 20, 2024 7:09:34 GMT -5
Super - how many Spitfires in your collection now Andy?
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Post by LM24HRS on Jun 26, 2024 2:53:36 GMT -5
We used to go to music in the air annual events at Middle Wallop. Pilots flying planes with an open air orchestra. Sounds bizzare but was very successful.
I have also been to the excellent musuem, well worth a visit but never realised Spitfires were based there. Nice to see a different variation of an amazing aircraft.
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Jul 7, 2024 4:58:17 GMT -5
Gorgeous! That’s one of my favourite airplanes! Nice build, as usual! Mine too
Thank you Julio  Mine too. Great stuff Andy! Cheers Tom Excellent build as ever of an iconic aircraft. Not much else to be said about the Spit. Thanks Paul. Very true, i think it's all been said Another iconic addition to your air force! Thanks Jerry Super - how many Spitfires in your collection now Andy? This makes 8 - one in 32nd, two in 48th and the rest in 72nd. There's another one on the bench now - in 24th We used to go to music in the air annual events at Middle Wallop. Pilots flying planes with an open air orchestra. Sounds bizzare but was very successful. I have also been to the excellent musuem, well worth a visit but never realised Spitfires were based there. Nice to see a different variation of an amazing aircraft. Does sound bizarre indeed but also different and interesting. There's an Army Air Museum there which i've not been to but would like too. Middle Wallop has been an RAF base, a RN base and now an Army Air base in its lifetime and seen many types of aircraft over the years
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Jul 11, 2024 5:26:04 GMT -5
Fresh off the back of winning the 1985 Safari Rally, Juha Kankkunen & Fred Gallagher entered their Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo in the Haspengouw Rally in Belgium that at that time made up part of the European & Belgium Rally Championships. They were part of the 20 strong Group B contingent that was mainly made up of older Group B cars and national rally drivers, but there was an 037 in the field driven by twice Belgian Champion Patrick Snijers and the two battled it all the way to finish with Snijers finally taking the win on the last stage. It was all for nought for Kankkunen & Gallagher though as they were disqualified post event for having larger brakes than standard and Toyota Team Europe were unable to provide the homologation papers in time.
Aoshima Beemax 1/24 - Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo - 1985 Haspengouw Rally - J.Kankkunen & F.Gallagher - DSQ
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