THE EMPIRES TWILIGHT

[chrisonord]

Very nice Tim, one of my favourite soviet bombtrucks
Cheers
Chris.

[Taiidantomcat]

Cool camo and neat to see it from a air force we don't get to see very often 

[sotoolslinger]

BEAUTY

[sideshowbob9]

Nice camo on the Frogfoot! 

[thedarkmaster]

Hopefu;;y wether permiting for photos i should have another African one for the weekend, as i said before you gotta love those african roundels 

[McColm]

Great work

[ChernayaAkula]

Love that Ghanaan Frogfoot!

[thedarkmaster]

Aero L-29 Delfin, Force Aérienne Centrafricaine, Military compound Bangui International Airport 1989

Following the coup by General André Kolingba on 1 September 1981 it was hoped the the centeral african Republic would enter a more secure and peaceful era, but this was not to be. Within 2 years armed guerillas and sepratist millitias were fighting for control of the country with the weak and underfunded govenment forces.

As the rebels had no airpower what so ever the air force was not a priority and so the internal airspace of the country was often compramised by smugglers and gun runners with often unfortunate results.

Air force Colonel Jean Francois Kaba aproached the govenment with an urgent need for an air defence fighter to patrol the countries air space, but with funds so limited all that could be afforded was 4 ex Czech  L-29 Delfin trainers and assosiated supplies.

Put into service with the Force Aérienne Centrafricaine in August of 1988 the aircraft flew limted irregular patrols over the country for the next 13 months till the money to pay the foreign pilots ran out and that was the end of the Central African Republics brief foray into Jet combat aircraft.

The final resting place of the 4 aircraft is no known and has never been investigated.



































note the black painted nose, a poor attempt to make others think that the aircraft carried Radar !!




A/c 160

[beowulf]

now thats rather nice 

who's kit and scale?...........how did you do the camo?....freehand or mask of some sort?

[thedarkmaster]

to reply mate,

She is 1/72 don't know the make got her in a plastic bag in Prague from a shop called Bankrot i belive, cost less than 50p.

The cammo is me playing freehand

[Taiidantomcat]

Very nice work! 

[pyro-manic]

Noice! Like the Delfin especially - lovely aircraft.

[Pablo1965]

Agreed

[The Wooksta!]

I suspect that it'll be the old KP kit.

[chrisonord]

Yet another nice build Tim, the camo is excellent  the Delphin is a favourite of mine too but haven't got round to acquiring one yet.
Chris.