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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: ScranJ51 on July 14, 2018, 05:47:08 PM

Title: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on July 14, 2018, 05:47:08 PM
Apologies to those not in Oz!

I'm a volunteer guide at the Australian War Memorial, and decided to make models of some of the exhibits I talk about in my stories.


Here is an example - a Zero fighter.  I managed to create pretty much the same colour scheme and the serial number of the actual aircraft.


(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1782/43351513482_7203e3d022_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/293PQBC)zero02 (https://flic.kr/p/293PQBC) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1782/28530117277_187e07c55d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kt7iTK)zero01 (https://flic.kr/p/Kt7iTK) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/927/43351513712_ded8e65653_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/293PQFA)zero03 (https://flic.kr/p/293PQFA) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on July 14, 2018, 06:00:16 PM
Next is a German Albatross Fighter.  - There is a story behind this one:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/839/28530124777_cf8c75642d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kt7m84)albatross02 (https://flic.kr/p/Kt7m84) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1769/42495314185_dca15f4700_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27KaAoM)albatross01 (https://flic.kr/p/27KaAoM) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1823/28530125247_ba32cfb7f3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kt7mga)albatross03 (https://flic.kr/p/Kt7mga) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

LT James Sandy (Pilot) and SGT Henry Hughes (observer) were the crew of an Aussie RE8 from 3 SQN AFC flying an artillery observation mission over the front in late 1917.  Hughes was previously a mechanic - this is his first operational mission.

During the mission they are attacked by 6 Albatross fighters.  Hughes fights back, and doesn pretty well, hitting one Albatross and damaging it's fuel line, forcing the aircraft to land behind the Aussie front lines.  The aircraft is captured by Aussie troops and eventually is taken over by 3 SQN AFC.

Meanwhile, Sandy and Hughes are still in trouble - 5 v 1, but then two more RE8's arrive and for some reason the Germans no longer like the odds, so break off.  Sandy and Hughes are last see flying straight and level, so the other crews assume they are continuing their mission.

But Sandy and Hughes don't return that night.

The next morning the SQN gets a message about an aircraft down in a field beside a hospital about 80KM from where Sandy and Hughes were last seen - so they go to investigate.

The SQN find Sandy and Hughes still in the aircraft - killed by ONE single bullet.  The round had passed through Hughes lung and lodged in Sandy's spine - likely killing Sandy immediately.  Hughes, wounded and with no parachute, was now a passenger and bled to death - the aircraft so well rigged/trimmed that it had flown on until it ran out of fuel and crashed itself in the field.

RIP James Sandy and Henry Hughes.
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: FAAMAN on July 14, 2018, 06:21:06 PM
Cool thread  8)
Havn't been to the War Memorial since 1978 (????) 'spose I should remedy that ::)
Great but slightly sad back story for the Albatross.
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: Rickshaw on July 14, 2018, 07:42:57 PM
Quote from: FAAMAN on July 14, 2018, 06:21:06 PM
Cool thread  8)
Havn't been to the War Memorial since 1978 (????) 'spose I should remedy that ::)
Great but slightly sad back story for the Albatross.

The AWM is well worth visiting.  It has changed quite a lot since 1978.  The new aircraft wing is excellent and includes displays of a Zero, a BF-109G, a Meteor and a Mosquito and a Lancaster and when I last visited two years ago included a movie by Peter Jackson which is well worth watching (last IIRC about 15 minutes).  The Korean War display is also excellent and well worth looking at, as is the Vietnam War one.  They have extensively re-developed the other displays.  If you visit at sunset they have a ceremony with the Federation Guard.
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: Old Wombat on July 14, 2018, 07:46:54 PM
I, being FAAMAN's flatmate at the time, attended the AWM in July 1982 but not for long enough - was during a break whilst there as a member of the Royal Guard for the change of Governor General (Sir Zelman Cowan outgoing, Sir Ninian Stephen incoming).

Really need to get back there & to the RAN FAA Museum (now Australia's Museum of Flight).
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on July 15, 2018, 04:26:39 PM
Gents

I guide Friday mornings (times vary).  Message me  if that might suit or if another day, once again message me and I may meet you there for a personal/private tour (and that way, we can do ALL the Galeries).


Scran AKA Dave
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: Old Wombat on July 15, 2018, 05:54:59 PM
 :smiley: Thanks! May be a year or more away but I'll keep the offer in mind. :smiley:
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 16, 2018, 07:13:07 AM
Nice work on that Albatross!

Love the lozenge.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on July 16, 2018, 05:42:36 PM
Still to come:

SE5

RE8

P-40 (a couple) including Len Waters "Black Magic"

P-51

Couple of Spits

 ;)
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: FAAMAN on July 16, 2018, 06:09:43 PM
So that was you lurking 'round in the shadows in the flat, I thought Crazy was nuts swearing there was someone else in the flat  ;)

I wondered where you disappeared to back in '82 Wombat, thought you'd been kidnapped  ;D ;D

I'll get to the AMW sooner or later, only a three hour drive from Sydney  :smiley:
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 20, 2018, 11:58:05 AM
Quote from: ScranJ51 on July 15, 2018, 04:26:39 PM
Gents

I guide Friday mornings (times vary).  Message me  if that might suit or if another day, once again message me and I may meet you there for a personal/private tour (and that way, we can do ALL the Galeries).


Scran AKA Dave

Hmmm...might have to keep that in mind the next time I am in Canberra
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: Rickshaw on July 20, 2018, 05:05:48 PM
Quote from: GTX_Admin on July 20, 2018, 11:58:05 AM
Quote from: ScranJ51 on July 15, 2018, 04:26:39 PM
Gents

I guide Friday mornings (times vary).  Message me  if that might suit or if another day, once again message me and I may meet you there for a personal/private tour (and that way, we can do ALL the Galeries).


Scran AKA Dave

Hmmm...might have to keep that in mind the next time I am in Canberra

Me too.  I intend to visit towards the end of the year, finances being OK with that (and SWMBO).
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on September 10, 2018, 03:11:36 PM
another on the bench - almost done

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1878/29650813107_8617d9f2cf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Mb9aHD)wirra-02 (https://flic.kr/p/Mb9aHD) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1845/43679289245_abdd19bf96_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29xMLVT)wirra-01 (https://flic.kr/p/29xMLVT) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr


bought second-hand, so not sure if I lost the prop or wasn't in the kit.

If anyone has a spare prop...........
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on November 15, 2018, 08:15:13 AM
The Camel (shown here elsewhere - I think I said an SE5 earlier)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1814/28937577197_17c587710f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/L67DwM)camel 2 (https://flic.kr/p/L67DwM) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/928/43825374802_7e119c06fc_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29LGv5o)camel 1 (https://flic.kr/p/29LGv5o) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1833/43873526971_98c1621492_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29QXi3c)camel 3 (https://flic.kr/p/29QXi3c) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

And an Re8 - similar to that flown by Sandy and Hughes

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4892/44971118425_064fbe65d0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bvWJJM)re8-4 (https://flic.kr/p/2bvWJJM) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4843/30945228867_1f54088def_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/P9woqK)IMG_9776_640x480 (https://flic.kr/p/P9woqK) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4911/44971117245_04779da5fc_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bvWJor)re8-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2bvWJor) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4854/30945228687_785202d2d8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/P9wonD)re8-3 (https://flic.kr/p/P9wonD) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr


Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: ScranJ51 on January 05, 2019, 08:46:40 AM
Me-163 (1/72nd)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7840/31665645287_3ed9d0133a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QfbH8v)Me163-1 (https://flic.kr/p/QfbH8v) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7850/31665645147_82d255d355_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QfbH66)Me163-2 (https://flic.kr/p/QfbH66) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7835/31665644967_8512f296a1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QfbH2Z)Me163-3 (https://flic.kr/p/QfbH2Z) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7837/31665644737_00505ed1a6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QfbGY2)Me163.4 (https://flic.kr/p/QfbGY2) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

Kubelwagon (1/72nd)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7926/39641665593_0dfcc7f216_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23oZU5Z)Kubelwagon-1 (https://flic.kr/p/23oZU5Z) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4910/31665644267_b3c79bb546_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QfbGPV)Kublewagon-2 (https://flic.kr/p/QfbGPV) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7850/39641665393_9f989cdfb9_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23oZU2x)Kubelwagon-3 (https://flic.kr/p/23oZU2x) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr


(Not marked the same as the AWM Displays)
Title: Re: Australian War Memorial Models
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 07, 2019, 04:25:49 AM
Quite creditable replicas. I especially like the biplanes.

Keep 'em comin'!

Brian da Basher