Quote from: Volkodav on April 22, 2016, 09:01:18 PMAnyone planning to whiff a littlebird into an Australian Army SOF support bird had better be quick in the new defence white paper reference to light helicopters for special forces means what it seems to mean.I'm safe, we still don't have Marines! :)
Anyone planning to whiff a littlebird into an Australian Army SOF support bird had better be quick in the new defence white paper reference to light helicopters for special forces means what it seems to mean.
FormQuote from: Old Wombat on July 11, 2016, 12:01:55 AMQuote from: Volkodav on April 22, 2016, 09:01:18 PMAnyone planning to whiff a littlebird into an Australian Army SOF support bird had better be quick in the new defence white paper reference to light helicopters for special forces means what it seems to mean.I'm safe, we still don't have Marines! :)You never know, 2 RAR battlegroup to RAM MEU is just a name change away 2nd Commando Regiment was 4 RAR (Commando) not so long ago and simply 4 RAR before that. In fact you don't need to go back too far and 2 and 4 RAR were the amalgamated 2/4 RAR brigaded with 1 RAR in the Townsville based ODF (Operational Deployment Force) which was Australia's rapid deployment capability.
Now *this* interests me. Maybe on skiis in some Tintin-esque markings for some northern climate winter adventure. As in an arctic Khemed or something similar.
and a 1/48 Etendard IVP/IVM:
Missile guidance antenna housing:The Nord AS.30 radio-guided air-to-surface missile for ground or antiship attack, with the radio command guidance link antenna fitted to a distinctive fin under the nose. The pilot guided the weapon by "eyeball", with a flare on the missile's tail to keep it visible and the pilot steering by joystick. Some sources claim the fin was also to improve yaw stability. The similar but smaller AS.20 missile could also be carried, but it was generally used as a training store.From Airvectors site: http://www.airvectors.net/aveten.html#m2The recce version, the IVP, had five nose mounted cameras in a redesigned nose.
Kitty Hawk is to release a new tool 48th scale version of the Sukhoi "Flanker-E" to eager modellers. In view of what was seen as a disappointment in a rival's kit of the same airframe we would like to see how this one turns out.