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Russian Jabo hunter.......

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Army of One

October 24, 2009, 02:13:57 PM
When I first started exploring the site I stumbled upon the profile section....in there I saw a WW2 Corsair in the black/green Russian colours....this was the inspiration for this kit..........obviously I didn't have an F4U in my stash n the only 1/72 I could find in the many modelzones near me was a Revell one with 2x20mm cannon in each wing which I think is a later than WW2 aircraft (I think??).....but I had a Revell 1/72 P47.....so I chose this and modelled it on the La5/7 colours....with help from some decals from the spares box......be gentle....its my first time.....

A Russian ace in the making Ivan Stolinchka (?) managed to aquire a P47 after it had (possibly) landed after a ferry flight in exchange for some boxes of Vodka......it was repainted and he used it sucessfully to hunt down Jabo's over the Eastern front....he would finish the war with 28 personal kills,19 group kills and 2xHSU




BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

puddingwrestler

#1
October 24, 2009, 02:20:31 PM
Most escellent!
And never let 'it was from a later time period' stop you - this is Whiffery! The space-time continuum means nothing to us! Apart from it being a conveneint JMN froth causing mechanism.
There are no good kits, bad kits or grail kits, just kitbash fodder.

GTX

#2
October 24, 2009, 02:26:35 PM
Quotemanaged to aquire a P47 after it had (possibly) landed after a ferry flight in exchange for some boxes of Vodka.

No need - Russia was actually supplied some P-47s (195) under Lend Lease:



Nice model though. :thumbsup:  The scheme suits it - any chance of bigger pics?

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

Army of One

#3
October 24, 2009, 02:35:55 PM
Many thanks for the comments,GTX....thanks,I was aware as I have the Osprey series of Aircraft of the aces......I seen the green ones but don't remember the La 5/7  style camo scheme.....books in storage pending a pre Xmas move......LOFT MANSPACE AT LAST!!!!! so I can't check. I really wanna get a an F4U n do the green/black scheme...re bigger pics....I am a techf***wit and had trouble loading these from my camera phone...I had to make them smaller to allow them to load...thats the way I understood it from the caption at the bottom when trying to add them to the post them....I will try harder next time  :thumbsup:
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

John Howling Mouse

#4
October 24, 2009, 04:31:53 PM
This looks sooooo very right!
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

nev

#6
October 25, 2009, 01:15:43 AM
Very nice - fits right in with the SIGs display theme this year as well.
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


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sequoiaranger

#7
October 25, 2009, 11:54:23 AM Last Edit: October 25, 2009, 01:53:05 PM by sequoiaranger
The P-47 looks good, Army of One.

I was in Cabo San Lucas, at the tip of the Baja California peninsula, and there was a restaurant/bar named "Cabo Wabo".

What if they "sponsored" a ground-attack plane, would that be a ......?
My mind is like a compost heap: both "fertile" and "rotten"!

noxioux

#8
October 25, 2009, 12:59:44 PM
Aweome build.  There is still more room in the "lend-lease" realm of whiffery.  I've been thinking of lend-lease hellcats in the far east, that sort of thing.

As for ground attack, I'm pretty sure that they got some B-25/A-20's, didn't they???

Army of One

#9
October 25, 2009, 01:08:16 PM
Again thanks for the comments.....Yes the Russians got the Havoc and Mitchell....reverse enginered the B-29 as well......I think a P-39 would look cool with red stars......but the La 5/7 scheme or the black/green......mmmmm now theres a thought....
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

nev

#10
October 26, 2009, 01:02:00 AM
Quote from: noxioux on October 25, 2009, 12:59:44 PM
Aweome build.  There is still more room in the "lend-lease" realm of whiffery.  I've been thinking of lend-lease hellcats in the far east, that sort of thing.

As for ground attack, I'm pretty sure that they got some B-25/A-20's, didn't they???

Would make for a great GB methinks.
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Army of One

#11
October 26, 2009, 04:17:31 AM
Quote from: Army of One on October 25, 2009, 01:08:16 PM
I think a P-39 would look cool with red stars......but the La 5/7 scheme or the black/green......mmmmm now theres a thought....

I meant p-38.....Russians had a few P-39's anyway.....lightning in which scheme......
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

McGreig

#12
October 26, 2009, 05:42:44 AM
Quote from: Army of One on October 24, 2009, 02:35:55 PM
I have the Osprey series of Aircraft of the aces......I seen the green ones but don't remember the La 5/7  style camo scheme.....

Nice model - it suits that colour scheme.  :thumbsup:

"Red Stars" Vol 4 by Geust and Petrov has a (very poor quality) photo on page 82 of a razorback P-47D of the 255 IAP of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet in what appears to be two tone grey La-7 style camouflage. A colour profile is also on page 213 of the book.
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