Alan 45 Battle of Britain Aircraft , RAF, Luftwaffe

[Guest]

looks more like a loony doing some mad dancing Alan!

[Alan 45]

looks more like a loony doing some mad dancing Alan!

It's a dad dance

[Alan 45]

This is how I will see it when the hurrys completed [ATTACH]99720.IPB[/ATTACH]

I fancy him going on patrol

[Alan 45]

First of the few complete


I've just done a light weathering on this as 242 only went up 7 times during the BoB so there would have been less wear and tear [ATTACH]99975.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[dave]

Nice work Alan, can't wait to see the completed diorama.

[Alan 45]

Cheers dave I'm glad you like it

[spanner570]

That looks good Alan, nice to read you're o.k again too. You take care.

[Alan 45]

Cheers Ron I appreciate that

[colin m]

Good heavens Alan, this is a bit of a project. Good luck old boy......................

[stona]

Some audio here of Johnnie Johnson and Douglas Bader at a BCATP reunion in Canada in the 1970s. Bader relates the well known story of his arrival at "two hundred and forty two squadron, brackets, Canadian, brackets, Royal Air Force".


The BCATP was the WW 2 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Many airmen were trained under its auspices in Canada and other Commonwealth countries.


http://spaads-reunion.ca/trivia/aceshigh.mp3


Cheers


Steve

[Alan 45]

Some audio here of Johnnie Johnson and Douglas Bader at a BCATP reunion in Canada in the 1970s. Bader relates the well known story of his arrival at "two hundred and forty two squadron, brackets, Canadian, brackets, Royal Air Force".
The BCATP was the WW 2 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Many airmen were trained under its auspices in Canada and other Commonwealth countries.


http://spaads-reunion.ca/trivia/aceshigh.mp3


Cheers


Steve

Thanks for that Steve it gave a good inside as well as being funny cheers

[john i am]

Wow Alan this is a mammoth project but your making a great start I can't wait to see it all come together on that large piece of mdf well done mate on coming up with such a great idea good luck with the rest

[Alan 45]

Now I got a bit carried away last night will watching the footy and realised this morning that I should post up the box lid and sprues , this is what is up next


The Airfix 1/48 Ju 87 B2 stuka [ATTACH]104769.IPB[/ATTACH]

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and this is what I did last night [ATTACH]104773.IPB[/ATTACH]



This isn't the nicest looking kit ,raised panel lines, lots of rivets but it does go together rather well , on test fitting and actual fitting this fits very nicely, the office is very basic but it doesn't look to bad and will look ok when painted


That it for now

[yak face]

Great work so far Alan , particular Kudos for the hand painted nose art on the Hurricane. The cockpit on the Stuka looks quite nice , i'm sure with a bit of painting and washes it'll look great , compared to some of the old airfix cockpits (seat on pins, pilot -thats your lot !) it looks positively superdetailed!! cheers tony

[Alan 45]

Cheers Tony your right the cockpit is quite detailed and ive put the first coat on


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Ive chosen a black green for a base instead of proper colour and then a wash as I wasn't too happy with the hurricane cockpit I painted

This will have a couple of dry brushes of the field grey ( grey/green) just to pick up the detail