Finished builds thread

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[NARSES2]

Gruman F8F-1 Beacat of 1846 NAS HMS Collosus 1946.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29110.0.html

[Spey_Phantom]

my TOGA 1/72 Zlin Z-42M in Belgian markings

[puddingwrestler]

It's French. It's got wheels. I have no idea what it is called.

[Tuck]

All Done. 

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29129.0.html

[DaFROG]

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29177.0.html

[Weaver]

Imperial AT-TS (All Terrain - Tracked Scout):




Build thread: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29096.0.html





VOTE 4 AT-TS OR PHOTOGAFFER GETZ IT!

[Green Dragon]

Rumanian Air Force Me262A-1a, 1944.






Build thread. http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29130.0.html

Paul Harrison

[Eddie M.]

US Marines Wyvern
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29113.0.html

[tigercat]

Confederation of Anglias's workorse ASW and attack/COIN aircraft

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29205.0.html

[Ed S]

As the Austro-German Republic faltered under weight of the the Roman Empire's onslaught in 1943, many of the top scientists and engineers were able to escape to friendlier places.  Very often they were able to take much of their secret research and plans as well.  Several of the senior Dornier staff ended up at the Helwan Aircraft plant in Egypt. Work started almost immediately on their newly designed fast strike fighter, the Do 335 Pfeil, which later became the HA-135 Anteater.  Available in numbers when the Roman Empire invaded North Africa, they constanly proved the value of the design.  During the Battle of Alexandria, they were directly involved in the defeat of the Imperial Fleet.  This 5th Squadron a/c was credited with 3 direct hits on the destroyer "Venenzia" causing it to sink within hours of the attack.






Build thread  http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29120.0.html

Ed

[Cliffy B]

USAAF P-51N Mustang of the 45th NFS, 15 NFG based on Greenland in 1946.












Backstory:

Following the fall of Japan in 1946 the 15th FG was transferred back to the states and were quickly trained in the art of night fighting while their P-51D-20s were modified into new P-51Ns complete with a USN style APS-4 radar in a pod under the starboard wing as well as six zero length rocket launcher stubs under each wing.  The birds also received a fresh coat of camouflage akin to the Atlantic Theater and borrowed from the USN.  Atlantic Scheme III consisted of USN Light Gray lowers with FAA Extra Dark Sea Gray uppers with USN Flat Sea Blue applied in a disruptive pattern over the Sea Gray.  Squadrons flying strictly night missions substituted the Light Gray for Glossy Black.

The 15th FG became the 15th Night Fighter Group and were hurriedly rushed to Iceland arriving only days before the German attack.  They began wreaking havoc on the Kreigsmarine and Luftwaffe attackers but were slowly and methodically whittled down and overwhelmed along with the rest of the Allied forces who had just finished evacuating the British Isles a bare 6 months before.  The Allies just didn't have the resources to properly defend Iceland after the heavy loses sustained in England.  Iceland was evacuated as well after surviving the German siege for two months.  The Allies fell back to Greenland and North America and dug in for the next round of the war.  The 15th barely made it out alive with their aircraft making a non-stop flight to Greenland where they would remain for the following year. 

The group split their aircraft between dedicated day and night squadrons.  The 45th FS drew day duty while the 47th and 78th drew nights.  All squadrons flew CAP for the Isle as well as escort missions for the USN PBJs flying ASW and anti-shipping missions.  These flights proved vital in preventing the U-Boats from choking the Isle off from the supply convoys.  The shear amount of enemy attacks called for around the clock missions.  To the casual observer you'd think the planes never landed.  The Mustangs, Mitchells, and PV-2 Harpoons handled the in-shore missions while the P-61 Black Widows escorted the longer ranged PB4Y Privateers and PBY Catalinas.  They soon found out that their radar pods were just as useful in the daytime as during the night and quickly worked out search tactics to surprise the radar-less German aircraft.  After some more field mods the radars in the fighters were able to perform surface searches as well.  Combined with a patrol bomber mother ship the ASW teams quickly racked up an impressive amount of kills against the vaunted U-Boats securing the supply lines to Greenland for the duration.



Build thread: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29142.0.html

Kit used: Minicraft 1/144 P-51D Mustang "Barfly" painted with MM Enamels.

-Mike