For today's
#scalemodelsunday (which should have been
#scalemodelsaturday but whatever) I figured I'd show you that I can do more than just military models. Here's the 1/48 Antonov An-2 by HobbyBoss. It's a fine, simple kit, which befits the real thing. The only things that are lacking are the non-skid surfaces on top of the wing (easily added by you) and some rigging diagrams, but other than that it's super easy. Go nuts with weathering!
The truncated history of the Conqueror is simply "It was big, heavy, had a rangefinder for the commander, broke down a lot and was then replaced by the Chieftain. The end." The kit is nice and simple, since the real thing was big and chunky. You get a fully working Horstmann suspension for the road wheels, but it's hidden entirely by the side skirts. A nice kit that's a great canvas for you to practice your weathering.
Another
#scalemodelsaturday? Don't mind if I already did! Here's the Amusing Hobby #1/35 FV214 Conqueror. The real
#tank was intended to stop a flood of Soviet IS-3s pouring into West Germany with its 120mm rifled cannon. In reality, it was 10 tons heavier than its contemporary Centurion and used the same powerplant, which meant it broke down a lot. Only a handful were made and they apparently spent more time being repaired than actually in the field.
At just about 3:07ET, I think, here in FM18.
We still get fighter planes screaming out of Andrews for violators of the DC air defense zone, but nothing shook the houses down to their foundations like these beasts.
Is
#scalemodelsaturday a thing? No? Ok, well, it will be for me. Here's my 1/48 F-4D from the DC Air National Guard. It's the Zoukei-Mura
#scalemodel kit with Speed Hunter decals. A great kit. When I was a wee tot, I remember bounding outside whenever I heard these things howling out of Andrews AFB, shouting "FITA PLAN FITA PLAN" and annoying my neighbors to no end.
Later Kinetic kits are completely different, they're really very good. But Tamiya is still the best, and the best Tamiya kit is the
#f4phantomMore on the Mirage 2000-N. I really like the Mirage, it's one of my favorite planes to fly in DCS, so building a model was a natural progression. Unfortunately the Kinetic kit is rather poor, there are fit and geometry problems, detail errors and so on. You *can* make a decent representation of a Mirage out of this kit, but you will have to work very hard at it.
so the
#scalemodels hashtag "reminded" me that this is also another one of my hobbies that take up far too much of my time and money. So here's a small sampling of my work, the 1/48 AFV Club U-2D spyplane, the 1/48 Kinetic
#Mirage 2000-N, the 1/32 Trumpeter Su-25
#Frogfoot, and three 1/48
#Phantom from various manufacturers.
KO4ERE
