THE EMPIRES TWILIGHT

[PR19_Kit]

I've probably said this before somewhere but WTH....

When I lived at Benson one of the RNVR Squadrons based there had a Firebrand TFIV as a non-flying 'mascot'. It lived outside their hangar at the west end of the airfield, painted in all-over Extra Dark Sea Grey. Compared to the Sea Hawks and Attackers parked there it was GINORMOUS! It towered over the jets, and with that monstrous Centaurus up front it looked positively evil, much more so than a Sea Fury for some reason.

On day I'll build one. Yeah right........... 

[sideshowbob9]

Have a soft spot for the Firebrand myself. You have a very nice example there.

[thedarkmaster]

Have another finished for a country previously not done, allied to the New commonwealth but not a member, photos tomorrow, forcast of snow not withstanding   

[Jschmus]

Maybe it's a US vs UK sensibility thing, but that airplane is hideous!  Don't get me wrong; it's a lovely model, very well-executed and all.  It's just that that particular airplane looks like the sort that would fly simply by repelling the ground.  Nice addition to the thread, though.

[pyro-manic]

It is an ugly beast, certainly. But no more so than, say, the Corsair. Nicely done, TDM.

[JayBee]

I think the Douglas A2D Skyshark is a fair comparison in uglyness.
Having said that they both look good in the right colour scheme

Hm! Suez stripes for both 

JimB

[thedarkmaster]

MiG 15 ( unknown manufacture ) Royal Nepalese Air Force, Kathmandu 1981

Acquired from a weapons dealer of little scruple the 10 Mig 15's of the Nepalese Air Force were initially needed to help counter the Maoist inserection in the countryside. However with ground attack limited to strafing attacks their impact was limited , though not unwelcome by ground forces.

Operating on somewhat of a shoestring the aircraft were always remarkably well maintained by the Nepalese armed forces and by the time they were replaced by BAE Hawks in 1990 the aircraft had seen hard and prolonged service.

One example remains with a private collection in the UK







































model 167



if you saw this you'd think i lived somewhere nice wouldn't you

[JayBee]

Quote:

"One example remains with a private collection in the UK"

Ha, Ha, Ha, nice one Tim.

Jim

[philp]

Like the Mig.

[sideshowbob9]

Nice to see an aircraft from a very under-represented air force. 

[pyro-manic]

Another nice build, TDM - where did you get the roundels from? The camo scheme is another good one.

[James]

Nice mig! 

[NARSES2]

Nice mig! 

Agreed - very nice model 

[McColm]

Great models,
The Sea Venom, looks as though a whiff is in the making. Similar to the Vixen, but updated.

[Mossie]

Been a bit lax on posting in here recentley, sorry Tim!  Particularly like the the VC-12, Portuguese Sea Hawk & Japanese Sea Venom, that Nepalese MiG is pretty neat too.