Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Spey Phantom on November 12, 2025, 03:48:20 AM
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after a long time, i finally got around to finishing some models, starting with this one.
this is a Hasegawa 1/144 NAMC YS11, with DIY decals made for the Fuerza Aerea San Theodoros.
i replaced the old 4-blade props with a pair of more modern 3-Blade ones from a Minicraft C-130A.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/7272/gLarBI.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/5011/vTp1Rg.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/1732/ExWuu1.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/12/PDOJTv.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5058/UB6YSw.jpg)
the second one, is a Douglas C-47D Skytrain, the redecesser of the YS-11 in FAST service.
the kit is the Roden 1/144 AC-47D Gunship, built as a standard transport, decals are also DIY.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/641/dsWSc7.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/7163/uMK0dw.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/184/BzhJ6m.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/6205/LSB6Tp.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/5192/3x7veu.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/151/qHDJEa.jpg)
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Lovely
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Nice! And a very cool idea. Not being all that familiar with Tintin, I had to look up San Theodoros:
-- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Theodoros
It seems that San Theodoros is a Spanish-speaking enclave in Brazil, nestled south of Guyane and Surinam/Suriname. On the Wiki page, another enclave is shown south of Guiana/Guyana - which, I'm guessing represents the rival state, Nuevo Rico?
-- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Mapa_San_Teodoro.png
Anyway, an excellent basis for whif building :smiley:
[Edit] Forgot to mention ... San Theodoros would have also been the western neighbour of the former Portuguese Guiana (Amapá) but I wonder if Hergé was actually inspired by the RW Counani (République de la Guyane Indépendante)?
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:smiley: