UNMOGIP - United Nations Military Observer Group India & Pakistan - RAAF

[rickshaw]

From the forthcoming "Official History of Australian Peace Keeping Operatings, 1946-2010" by Professor David Horner:

UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP INDIA & PAKISTAN (UNMOGIP)


    Australian Deployment Dates: 13 August 1948 to 1985.

    Strength: Approx 280 ADF personnel including, 96 RAAF personnel with the UNMOGIP Air Unit with an RAAF DHC-4 Caribou (1975 - 79) provided from 38 Squadron.

    Area of Operations (AO): India, Pakistan and Kashmir.

    Purpose: To supervise the first ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, and has remained in place ever since, as Kashmir remains 'territory in dispute' under international law. Australia provided 6 man Observer teams serving one or two year tours of duty. During the Vietnam War, Army reservists were used to man the contingent, as the army's resources were stretched fighting in the Vietnam War.

    Comments: Of note, the first and longest serving commander of UNMOGIP was Australian Major General (later Lieutenant General), R.H. Nimmo CBE, who was appointed the Chief Military Observer (CMO) UNMOGIP in October 1950, and he remained in command until his death on 4 January 1966. His 15 year command is a UN record and one unlikely to ever be broken.

    In March 1975 to January 1979, an RAAF detachment from the 38th Squadron, comprising 12 men and several HP 224 Military Heralds conducted operations in support of UNMOGIP on 6-month rotations.

    In 1985 the contingent was withdrawn because the government considered Australia was overcommitted to the UN at that time.

The model is of a HP 224 Military Herald from 38 Squadron in 1976 during the first deployment from that Squadron to Kashmir.

















The kit - A 1/72 Novo HP Dart Herald combined with the tail from a 1/100 C-160 Transall.  The canopy is scratchbuilt using clear PVA glue and plasticard for the frame.  Special thanks to Kitnut617 for the United Nations markings.

[Maverick]

Looks the part Brian.  Now you'll have to do a 'Pizza' one!

Regards,

Mav

[rickshaw]

No thanks.  The HP Herald is a relatively rare kit and it shows its age!  Its a cow of thing to put together properly.  Adding the tail off a different aircraft didn't help matters either.   It wasn't an enjoyable build.   I'm now doing something much nicer.

[Maverick]

Well, Novo really says it all.

Regards,

Mav

[JayBee]

RS that is fantastic

Who does the 1/100 Transal?

Jim

[rickshaw]

Heller.  Part of the problem is that the Transall's fuselage is wider than the Herald's.  It took a bit of widening of the Herald's and a bit of narrowing of the Transall's to make it work and a lot of PSR.  I then had to straighten the wings to compensate for the widening.

[kitnut617]

Very nice Brian --- 

And the fuselage joint is very good and very brave to go with an all white scheme.

[NARSES2]

Really nice Brian 

[chrisonord]

Very nice Brian, I did the Maquette boxing of that, and it was an interesting build shall we say. Your surgery looks flawless too so hats off to you for adding insult to injury 
Chris.

[Pablo1965]

Good work, and good finished!

[anthonyp]

Very nice   

[apophenia]

Very nice   

Agreed! All that PSR was not in vain -- she's a beaut 

(I always thought that the ramped Herald was a 'should've been'.)

[DarrenP]

really nice.     
so what would the time line for the Militarised Herald be?

[Captain Canada]

Yes...very nice ! I thought the tail looked a lot like a transall. Looks right at home on the a/c. I think my LHS has one I should really buy it just because.....

[Dizzyfugu]

Sweet!