NöNöBärs's What-If Flugwerft (WIP: Greenland Airforce TS-11 Qinngorneq)

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I started something new today:

An old Matchbox A-4 kit from the mid 1970s. This one will be build as-it-is, but it will get a what-if paint job:

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Typical for the old matchbox kits are the two different colors of the plastic parts (and the bigger models even had three colors


The pilot is already painted and in place


The model after airbrushing the first two colors. One is still missing. The exciting part comes when all the tape is removed - did the camo work as it should?

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Something non-whatif just got completed today, a Junkers Ju 86 Passenger plane. The Ju 86 was build as a bomber and a passenger plane as many German designs in the 1930s. It was operated by the Lufthansa, Switzerland and South Africa.
This is part my "Lufthansa 1930s" collection:

The Ju 86:


The complete collection:


The civilian and bomber versions side-by-side

[kitbasher]

That realy is a very attrative set of builds.  Very well done indeed. 

[Captain Canada]

I love the look of that old Matchbox A-4 first assembled......for me, those were the days ! Modeling for pure fun and they just looked right......especially in two-colours 

Look forward to seeing more.

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I love the look of that old Matchbox A-4 first assembled......for me, those were the days ! Modeling for pure fun and they just looked right......especially in two-colours 

When I was a kid, the only model I could get in the small village I lived were the Matchbox ones. so I had a lot of them - none of them painted, so I remember those two or three colored ones quite good.

Anyway, the A-4 now has its cammo on:



Too bad that some of the smaller parts seem to be lost, I fear the vaccuem cleaner was too close to the construction site...

[Dizzyfugu]

Ah, the picture was taken against the sunlight - it is hard to tell anything...  

[Captain Canada]

Looks RNZAF ?

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I started something new today. This time it will be a "make-one-out-of-three" model. Plus some stuff from the parts box.

To start with, here are the the kits:




Its on PM-Model TA-154 and two Revell Me 262. The result will be the TA-254, an enhanced version of the original TA-154. A heavy night fighter.

[Gondor]

Oddly I have the exact same Revell Me 262 on my desk for a "quick" kit bash project I have in mind. This one will be a little different though.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Interesting....

[dumaniac]

nice collection of ww2 builds

[James]

Those JU-86s are great.

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Here is a first idea, how the TA-154 will be converted into the TA-254:

-replace the piston engines with four turbo jets
-reduce the size of the old engine mountings and put a 3,7mm heavy AA gun into it
-give it a night fighter color scheme
-> a very heavy night fighter.

The Ta-154 was known that the pilot had a quite bad visibility to the sides, I fear for the Ta-254, it will not get better at all.



I took one of the leftover Me262s to make a quick&dirty test model for the color scheme



It should work on the Ta-254 as well.

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Not so much visible progress, but the engines and gun mounts are prepared for painting