P-47D Razorback

1/72 Scale Tamiya P-47D Razorback.

Built oob with PE seatbelts.

Egyptian Air Force Tu-16G

My old 1/72 scale Trumpeter Tu-16 G kit.

 

The Tu-16 kit is built almost straight from the box with some minor changes of my own (cockpit, landing gear...). The "RICA" antenna is scratchbuilt from styrene, it is necessary to make this antenna for Egyptian Air Force Tu-16G ("Rica" was used for guiding "Kelt" and "Kingfish" missile).
Egyptian Air Force mostly armed Tu-16Gs with AS-5 Kelt missle but after the 1973y. Yom Kippur war they recive only a few AS-6 Kingfish. Assembly and fitting is good with no major problems but dry-fitting is necessary especially to center engine compartments in the same line. Panel lines required rescribing at the wings area.
Clear parts are made in good quality, I paint them in smoke grey for more realystic look. Guide for painting upperside of the model was a Humbrol H74, H78, H98 but in a Gunze color chart. Underside color is life color Fs 35450 "Air superiority blue". Oil colors and dry pastels are used for weathering.I really enjoyed building this interesting kit from Trumpeter.

All the best!
Dusan. 

 The "RICA"

MiG-23ML

MiG-23ML (Ex-Iraqi AF) Photo Gallery

On August 30, 2009 the Iraq Defense Ministry revealed that they had discovered 19 Soviet Mig-21 and Mig-23 aircraft that had been stored in Serbia. Saddam Hussein sent the 19 jet fighters to Serbia for repairs in the 1980s, during the Iran-Iraq war but was unable to bring them back after sanctions had been imposed on his country. The Serbian Government promised to make two of the aircraft available "for immediate use," and would proceed to restore the remaining aircraft on a rush basis... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force)

Mig-23ML Walkaround

Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.F (VK18.01)

Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.F (VK18.01)

 

 -kits-

Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf F.

HMMWV

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

(captured/leftover) - from "The OSCE Verification Mission to Kosovo December 1998 - March 1999"