From Napoleon’s campaigns in Egypt and Syria in 1798 and the Crimean War in 1853, there have been many wars fought in desert regions. Any of the conflicts involving desert warfare are fair game here, and builds may include anything related to the topic. This Group Build is sure to provide a high level of diversity!
Runs from 14 January to 18 April 2021.
Whilst I definitely have more desert war options than NASA aircraft in the stash, I wasn't really concerned which topic got up for GB15 as I have so many possibilities for GB14. True, like Ian said, I have kit options that could cover both Group Builds at once, but I feel my...
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A failure from me also (for the time being), but some great builds from others. It's just like being back in school - I missed the original deadline, then missed the extended deadline as well. Yes sir, no sir, won't happen again sir...
I don't really associate the P-39 Airacobra with the fighting in North Africa. In fact, I don't really associate it with fighting in Europe either, other than on the Eastern Front obviously. In US hands, I tend to think of the Cobra fighting it out over the peaks of New Guinea...
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SUberbly done and finished Angus! It looks smashing.
Bit of a placemarker for when the Hurricane is done.
A Desert Storm Jaguar. With added bits and a precious decal sheet.
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Sidewinder, jammer pod and bombs to come from the spares box.
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Bravo, David. It really did look like this one would be consigned to the missed deadline region of the Shelf of Shame (mostly populated with my non-completions), so you've done amazingly to recover the beast and finish it so well. Do like your little feline addition too, though...
So while waiting for suitable weather to varnish and continue my Fullback build, I decided to jump into an entirely different project and rewind a whole century to a time when another nation was giving secretive support to a Middle Eastern ally with blacked out national...
Using Revell's SA 330 kit as a base, I'll be making a Lebanese Air Force gunship variant of the Puma, equipped with a pair of 30mm cannons and a pair of Matra 155 rocket pods:
With the threat of spillover from the Syrian Civil War being very real to Lebanon at that time,...
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The camouflage has been painted on. I couldn't find specific references to the LAF colours, so I used the well-researched colours from old RAF Pumas as reference as they look pretty similar - RAF Dark Green (Revell 68) over RAF Dark Sea Grey (Xtracrylix). I think the LAF paint...
A placeholder whilst the whole kit and caboodle is moved to Wantirna. Also for those who actually read the signature footers, the worst-kept secret as this has been listed as “OTB” for nearly a week … :roll:
I opened the GB15 General Discussion with my thoughts on possibilities...
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Lovely job Smeg! Nice to see the Wildcat in a different scheme and I just love desert schemes ;) !
Some years ago I've got this kit as part of a trade with my friend Lucas Rizzi. No box and the instructions have no mention of the manufacturer brand. Some research on scalemates revealed that it is made by a russian company called OKB-144.
My first impression was that it would...
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Very nice result on your Badger, Glehn. It looks very nice in the photographs and an interesting scheme.
No Desert War GB would be complete without a Beaufighter or - preferably - two.
Aside from toothy Tomahawks and Kittyhawks, I struggle to think of an allied aircraft more iconic to the North African desert war. Perhaps the cannon-armed Hurricane gives the Beau a run for...
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Thanks for the encouragement folks! I'm relieved it's not just me. :)
Ahhhh - there it is! For some reason I couldn't find that thread when I searched the forum last week. Thank you. It's still a complete masterpiece by the way and your build thread has already got me...
So this project has gone through a few changes already.
It started when I stumbled upon the Trumpeter Su-34 kit for £2.99 on Amazon and couldn't resist getting one. I then found the JBr Decals Khmeimim set to accompany it.
So I planned an addition to my Airfield series with...
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Getting rather fed up with these two, every part seems to need a lot of work.
The canopies are completely wrong - the upper section is engraved far too large so I've hand painted this smaller to make it look more like the real thing.
Time to start the GB!
Don't have too much time this winter and been pondering a while which subject to choose:
Then I discovered that I do not only have the Revell kit of the Dassault Rafale M, but also the RetroWings conversion set for a Rafale C, and, most importantly, the...
A quick rummage though the stash uncovered two Hurricane Mark 2 and on the bookshelf Francis I Mason's tome, ' The Hawke r Hurricane ' . Pictures to follow.
David
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Excellent work !
I like this version of the Hurricane.
Starting point for this idea was the Dragon Jagdpz IV I had once bought as an extra to make shipping costs more efficient.
Initially I thought it wouldn't fit in any of the GBs, as it is plastic and the JPz IV were not deployed to Africa. Then, by coincidence, I found a picture...
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These are looking great, Fritz. Definitely making me think hard about adding an AFV or two in one of the GBs! ;)
This will indeed be a challenge, a 3D printed Crusader II from MicroMaster NZ. Unbelievably well done. Anyways, it is a tedious job separating the vehicle bits from the supports. No problems encountered but you do need a sharp scalpel and a good set of fine nosed snips. All...
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Superb Ian - as Smeg said, could easily pass for 1:35. Very very nicely finished, and that base is fantastic too.
For my first group build I will make an Egyptian Tu-16 (Trumpeter). The 3 biggest drawbacks so far are:
1) To determine the color of the cockpit, as there are no color photos. Color photos of the civilian derivatives Tu-104 show it to be (forest) green with black, but other...
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I spend a lot of time painting this figures and researching about the colours. This aircraft used, at least, 5 camouflages during its service in EAF. Hobbycraft and Trumpeters repot a colour palette for this aircraft, but the hobbycraft report looks much more accurated. I think...
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