One of 700..... Kamikaze! Okinawa, 7th. April 1945

[Mini Me]

Loving it 570!!.......my late father in law fought on Okinawa and he would have been very pleased to see your efforts to recreate what he saw as a too often, common occurrence Well done! :thumb2: Rick H.









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[grumpa]

I would say something but am at a loss for words, one does come to mind though....AWESOME!
I confluence with Rick, my dad was a 40mm pom pom gunner on two oilers that were blown
out from under him in the seas around Okinawa.

He always had these terrible burn scars running down both his legs and told us kids "that's way you should never play with matches"
I did not touch a match till I was 16!


Jim.

[BigGreg]

WOW Ron this is SUPERB....and the "action" pictures are FANTASTIC...

[Gern]

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I used a mixture of kitchen foil, cushion stuffing, pliers, wire cutters, the hot tip of a screwdriver and acrylic paints. - And a whole pile of luck!

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Ron

And HUGE quantities of talent!

[spanner570]

What a superb set of posts and terrific comments. (and alterations)
Thank you all so much.

Paul. I did a rough sea dio. back in Aug. 2017 which featured this transport. It was titled '1561 tough Marines, but right now, they just want to curl up and die.' Sorry I don't know how to do links. :upside:

...and the bonus is having brought back memories to my friends on here of family members who fought in the Pacific during WW2.

Me very happy bunny!

Cheers all,
Ron

[Lee W]

Amazing work Ron

Lee

[spanner570]

Thanks Lee.
Nice to have your positive comments on my model. :thumb2:

Cheers.
Ron

[langy71]

another stunning build Ron, I love what you've done with this...
It makes me want to 'wreck' my next build... :thumb2:

[spanner570]

.........It makes me want to 'wreck' my next build... :thumb2:

Cheers Chris, glad you like this one...sometimes I want to do much the same with most of mine!

Ron

[Guest]

All I can say is . Outstanding!!!

[Airborne01]

Amazing work - simply amazing!

[NickT]

Class !!

[boatman]

TOP CLASS Ron
chris

[Peej]

Fantastic, as always!!!!

[spanner570]

Sorry for the late reply chaps, but I've been away this last week or so travelling this wonderful country of ours........

Thanks for the most excellent posts on my model. All very much appreciated.

Cheers.
Ron