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Monday 7 March 2022

The Jug And The Sturmvogel



 The latest additions to my World War Two aviation collection, a Republic P47 Thunderbolt, a Revell kit and a Messerschmitt Me262A-2a, an old Matchbox kit.

The P47 being for my "nothing new for 22" project🙂

TTFN and KBO

24 comments:

  1. Now those planes make a nice pair!

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    1. Thank you Jonathan. Your comment puts me in mind of the old Airfix dogfight doubles I had as a lad.

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  2. Lovely work on both planes and the old Matchbox kit brings back some happy memories:).

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    1. Thank you Steve, dread to think how old it was, the decals in the box just came apart when I tried them.

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  3. Very nice, especially the cockpit glass.

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    1. Thank you Norm, the cockpits are painted with Foundry Night Sky.

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  4. Adn they both look great. Are they 1/72 or 1/48?

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    1. Thank you. They are 1/72nd, the one true scale for WW2 🙂

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    1. Thank you Matt. Trust the surgery went well.

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  6. Nicely done Phil I’m guessing they are painted with the spray gun to get such a lovely finish ?

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    1. Thank you Matt. Yup airbrushed apart from the small details.

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  7. Cracking looking planes Phil!

    Christopher

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  8. Dogfight Doubles, that takes me back. Nice work Phil, the 262 is such a beautiful aircraft.

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  9. Your "nothing new for 2022" project seems to be flying along rather nicely Phil.

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    1. Thank you John, faster than my other projects it appears 🙂

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  10. Chocks away chaps! Very nice indeed
    Cheers
    Matt

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  11. It’s certainly nice to see nothing new for 22 taking shape so nicely…
    All the best. Aly

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    1. It's coming along quicker than the old ones for sure, first batch of GIs are well underway.

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