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Other / Miura & Panther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Last post by ericr on Today at 06:02:38 PM »Miura & Panther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
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Group and Themed Builds / Re: Ideas and Suggestions for GBs/Themed Builds
« Last post by finsrin on Today at 04:29:02 PM »Am cleaning up after large influx of boxes of parts from Model Rescue and the SR-90 build.
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9822.msg218194#msg218194
Encountered couple of unfinished builds and reminded me of others.
Oldest is prior mentioned USS Olympia.
Others started in no particular order are:
1/72 B-17 as next major version after B-17G.
1/72 He-177 as post-war US modified to be six engine.
1/225 USS Oregon as 1/72 gunboat.
1/600 Moscow/Moskva as 1/72 gunboat & transport.
1/210 USS Monitor as 1/72 gunboat.
1/72 B-10 modernized as cruise missile carrier for 80s 90s with reduced radar cross section.
1/72 C-45 turboprop.
Group build or not probably get back to couple these before starting something new.
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9822.msg218194#msg218194
Encountered couple of unfinished builds and reminded me of others.
Oldest is prior mentioned USS Olympia.
Others started in no particular order are:
1/72 B-17 as next major version after B-17G.
1/72 He-177 as post-war US modified to be six engine.
1/225 USS Oregon as 1/72 gunboat.
1/600 Moscow/Moskva as 1/72 gunboat & transport.
1/210 USS Monitor as 1/72 gunboat.
1/72 B-10 modernized as cruise missile carrier for 80s 90s with reduced radar cross section.
1/72 C-45 turboprop.
Group build or not probably get back to couple these before starting something new.
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Profiles and Pixels / Re: GLanini Profiles
« Last post by perttime on Today at 12:33:08 PM »Fiat G.50 "Freccia" was FA.... The Gripen couldn't have the serial starting with MG... Perhaps "GP".
Yes, "GP" would fit perfectly with the Finnish system. Or, slightly less plausibly, maybe "SA" for Saab? (Recycling the code used briefly in early 1940 for the Fiat G.50s ... although, not sure why.)
The system tends towards using an abbreviation of the model name (if there is one), and not the manufacturer name.
Finnish Wikipedia has a list of types with the codes that they use(d): https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_Suomen_ilmavoimien_ilma-aluksista
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Aero-space / Re: Antonov Design Bureau
« Last post by kim margosein on Today at 10:34:59 AM »All I can think of is the world's largest ramen cup.
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Land / Re: Crew Served Weapons
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Today at 05:36:39 AM »It is an odd looking design for sure. Wonder why they did not try to use one of the Infantry Hand Carts for this purpose?
Links:
The Liberator > M3A4 Infantry Hand Cart
Hand Carts . Com > U.S. Army Hand Carts
Small Arms Review > M3A4 (M4A1) Hand Cart included on this site is an image of an hand cart configured to carry M2 .05" Browning HBMG broken down for transport on the cart.
From Wikipedia
Links:
The Liberator > M3A4 Infantry Hand Cart
Hand Carts . Com > U.S. Army Hand Carts
Small Arms Review > M3A4 (M4A1) Hand Cart included on this site is an image of an hand cart configured to carry M2 .05" Browning HBMG broken down for transport on the cart.
From Wikipedia
Quote
Group "A" (Automatic weapons, small mortars, carts, and light artillery
A42 - M3 and M3A4 hand cart, general utility.
M4 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of .30-caliber M1917A1 Browning Machinegun.
M4A1 hand cart, M3A4 cart configured for transportation of .30-caliber M1917A1 Browning Machinegun.
M5 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of .50-caliber M2 Browning Heavy Machinegun.
M5A1 hand cart, M3A4 cart configured for transportation of .50-caliber M2 Browning Heavy Machinegun.
M6 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of 81mm M1 Medium Mortar.
M6A1 hand cart, M3A4 cart configured for transportation of 81mm M1 Medium Mortar.
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Land / Re: Crew Served Weapons
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 04:57:16 AM »... Looks too-too to be a jeep trailer...
Yeah, definitely too big to be a Bantam 1/4-ton. And it doesn't look anything like the official '50 Cal. Machine Gun Carts' - most of which were for transporting disassembled .50 cals anyway.
Most of the small US carts had spoked wheels. So, yeah, you've got a genuine puzzle here ...
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 04:26:23 AM »How could you imply something so evil of a humble fire-fighting appliance!
Where Godzilla is concerned, all bets are off
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Profiles and Pixels / Re: GLanini Profiles
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 04:25:03 AM »... The Gripen couldn't have the serial starting with MG... Perhaps "GP".
Yes, "GP" would fit perfectly with the Finnish system. Or, slightly less plausibly, maybe "SA" for Saab? (Recycling the code used briefly in early 1940 for the Fiat G.50s ... although, not sure why.)
