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  • rickoshea52
    SMF Supporters
    • Dec 2011
    • 4076
    • Rick
    #1

    Sources of inspiration (or just a lame excuse to buy another kit)

    Quite often I get inspired to add a new project to my ever growing dream sheet for building stuff (AKA the stash). This week the inspiration fairy fired two ideas at me.
    My job has me travelling extensively and often see something that pricks my curiosity and gets me searching Scalemates for a kit.
    This week I have been in Kigali, Rwanda to repair a Q400. Next to the hangar I am working in is the Rwandan Air Force with their Mi-17 Hips like this one -
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    Copyright US Army/Sgt Miles Andrade

    On the other side is a large aircraft ramp with a Belorussian IL-76TD parked up. This jet started up, departed and returned a few hours later - all I can say is it is ‘kin loud and looks like it was designed by a man whose previous job was designing tractors.

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    Just need to do some more research on kits, I’ve made a start already and I’m not even home yet.

    Rwanda is a fantastic place to visit by the way.
    On the bench: Airfix 1/48 Sea King HC4, Revell 1/24 Trabant.
    Coming soon: Airfix 1/72 Phantom FGR2.
    Just finished: Airfix 1/48 Stuka & Airfix 1/72 Sea King HC4.
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    • rickoshea52
      SMF Supporters
      • Dec 2011
      • 4076
      • Rick
      #2
      Another trip and another visit from the inspiration fairy. Not so much a particular aircraft this time but the Royal Danish Air Force. I’ve always been quite taken by the simplicity of their national markings so when one of their C-130’s trundled past me at Copenhagen airport the other day, I started reviewing my stash for a suitable kit. There are some candidates - F-100, F-104 & C-130 - but I’ll need decals.
      On the bench: Airfix 1/48 Sea King HC4, Revell 1/24 Trabant.
      Coming soon: Airfix 1/72 Phantom FGR2.
      Just finished: Airfix 1/48 Stuka & Airfix 1/72 Sea King HC4.

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        • yak face
          Moderator
          • Jun 2009
          • 13865
          • Tony
          • Sheffield
          #3
          Originally posted by rickoshea52
          Another trip and another visit from the inspiration fairy. Not so much a particular aircraft this time but the Royal Danish Air Force. I’ve always been quite taken by the simplicity of their national markings so when one of their C-130’s trundled past me at Copenhagen airport the other day, I started reviewing my stash for a suitable kit. There are some candidates - F-100, F-104 & C-130 - but I’ll need decals.
          Always liked the look of the starfighter in the danish scheme rick , the later overall olive green one , quite sinister!

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            • Tim Marlow
              • Apr 2018
              • 18939
              • Tim
              • Somerset UK
              #4
              That Il-76 is just weird…..like it’s been cross kitted from several big jets….

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                • rickoshea52
                  SMF Supporters
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 4076
                  • Rick
                  #5
                  When I saw a Swordfish flying overhead recently I did a bit of research on model kits but successfully fought off the urge to take the plunge on the Airfix or Tamiya kits. Well today I channel surfed and found Sink the Bismarck on Film Four. I have a bit more of a fight with my urges again.
                  On the bench: Airfix 1/48 Sea King HC4, Revell 1/24 Trabant.
                  Coming soon: Airfix 1/72 Phantom FGR2.
                  Just finished: Airfix 1/48 Stuka & Airfix 1/72 Sea King HC4.

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                    • Tim Marlow
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 18939
                      • Tim
                      • Somerset UK
                      #6
                      Originally posted by rickoshea52
                      When I saw a Swordfish flying overhead recently I did a bit of research on model kits but successfully fought off the urge to take the plunge on the Airfix or Tamiya kits. Well today I channel surfed and found Sink the Bismarck on Film Four. I have a bit more of a fight with my urges again.
                      I watched that…..pretty good film. Stringbag next for you then Rick…..you know you want to.…..

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                        • Waspie
                          • Mar 2023
                          • 3488
                          #7
                          One thing about the Russian aircraft, they are rarely pretty, but they are certainly functional. I mean, how long has the Hip been operating now?

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                            • rickoshea52
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 4076
                              • Rick
                              #8
                              Originally posted by rickoshea52


                              On the other side is a large aircraft ramp with a Belorussian IL-76TD parked up. This jet started up, departed and returned a few hours later - all I can say is it is ‘kin loud and looks like it was designed by a man whose previous job was designing tractors.

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                              Just need to do some more research on kits, I’ve made a start already and I’m not even home yet.
                              It seems this jet has made a smoking hole in the ground in Mali.

                              Giant transport plane 'linked to Wagner army' crashes in Africa
                              https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12552501/Giant-transport-plane-linked-Wagner-army-crashes-Africa-one-month-day-groups-leader-Yevgeny-Prigozhin-killed-exploding-business-jet-near-Moscow.html
                              A plane transport 'linked to Wagner' has crashed in Africa a month after the mercenary group's chief was killed in a jet explosion near Moscow.
                              On the bench: Airfix 1/48 Sea King HC4, Revell 1/24 Trabant.
                              Coming soon: Airfix 1/72 Phantom FGR2.
                              Just finished: Airfix 1/48 Stuka & Airfix 1/72 Sea King HC4.

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                                • Dave Ward
                                  • Apr 2018
                                  • 10549
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by rickoshea52
                                  It seems this jet has made a smoking hole in the ground in Mali.

                                  Giant transport plane 'linked to Wagner army' crashes in Africa
                                  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12552501/Giant-transport-plane-linked-Wagner-army-crashes-Africa-one-month-day-groups-leader-Yevgeny-Prigozhin-killed-exploding-business-jet-near-Moscow.html
                                  A plane transport 'linked to Wagner' has crashed in Africa a month after the mercenary group's chief was killed in a jet explosion near Moscow.
                                  Moral of this story: Make sure that none of your fellow passengers has a Wagner connection, before boarding a flight!!!
                                  Dave

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