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tomwilberg got a reaction from mtaylor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Here‘s some more views of the B-17 of La Ferté
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tomwilberg got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Here‘s some more views of the B-17 of La Ferté
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Fright in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Here‘s some more views of the B-17 of La Ferté
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tomwilberg got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Here‘s some more views of the B-17 of La Ferté
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tomwilberg got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17.
R.I.P. Leon
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tomwilberg got a reaction from mtaylor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Popeye,
actually, I don‘t.
let put some comments: „StuKa“ is an abbreviation for Sturzkampfflugzeug - dive bomber. The Luftwaffe had in the mid 30ies no real good bombsight, so they decided to deliver ordnance in a vertical way. Like the U.S. navy did, too. Since that is a general term, there where a number of different type capable of dive bombing. The largest of them should be the He 177, which is kind of a huge bird for such a business.
I think you refer to the Junkers Ju 87.
Focke-Wulf and Fokker are two different companies like Lockheed and Boeing.
Fokker was famous for his WW1 planes like the dr.1 triplanes and the d.vii built in the city Schwerin. When Germany was denied to build planes after the war, Anthony Fokker moved to his home country, the Netherlands. His company existed until the 1990ies.
Focke and Wulf where two aircraft engineers working together from the 1930ies in Bremen. Wulf died early, Focke restarted after WW2, designed Helis, cars and others up to the 1960ies.
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from lmagna in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Here‘s some more views of the B-17 of La Ferté
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tomwilberg got a reaction from mtaylor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
The Fortress went straight in some 1000‘ at 130kts, the FW came down straight down from 6high at 4000‘, high speed approach, passed low under the Fortress and pulled up just in front. The best was the „Geronimo!“ on the air band radio. Big fun.
You are right: This was for show, a kill would come from 12high, an undisturbed 2 second burst would have cut the Fortress in halves. Showing such an attack in federal German airspace would have brought Léon directly into deep trouble. 😉
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17.
R.I.P. Leon
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tomwilberg got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
The Fortress went straight in some 1000‘ at 130kts, the FW came down straight down from 6high at 4000‘, high speed approach, passed low under the Fortress and pulled up just in front. The best was the „Geronimo!“ on the air band radio. Big fun.
You are right: This was for show, a kill would come from 12high, an undisturbed 2 second burst would have cut the Fortress in halves. Showing such an attack in federal German airspace would have brought Léon directly into deep trouble. 😉
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Canute in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
The Fortress went straight in some 1000‘ at 130kts, the FW came down straight down from 6high at 4000‘, high speed approach, passed low under the Fortress and pulled up just in front. The best was the „Geronimo!“ on the air band radio. Big fun.
You are right: This was for show, a kill would come from 12high, an undisturbed 2 second burst would have cut the Fortress in halves. Showing such an attack in federal German airspace would have brought Léon directly into deep trouble. 😉
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from mtaylor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17.
R.I.P. Leon
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
The Fortress went straight in some 1000‘ at 130kts, the FW came down straight down from 6high at 4000‘, high speed approach, passed low under the Fortress and pulled up just in front. The best was the „Geronimo!“ on the air band radio. Big fun.
You are right: This was for show, a kill would come from 12high, an undisturbed 2 second burst would have cut the Fortress in halves. Showing such an attack in federal German airspace would have brought Léon directly into deep trouble. 😉
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from lmagna in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
The Fortress went straight in some 1000‘ at 130kts, the FW came down straight down from 6high at 4000‘, high speed approach, passed low under the Fortress and pulled up just in front. The best was the „Geronimo!“ on the air band radio. Big fun.
You are right: This was for show, a kill would come from 12high, an undisturbed 2 second burst would have cut the Fortress in halves. Showing such an attack in federal German airspace would have brought Léon directly into deep trouble. 😉
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Egilman in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
The Fortress went straight in some 1000‘ at 130kts, the FW came down straight down from 6high at 4000‘, high speed approach, passed low under the Fortress and pulled up just in front. The best was the „Geronimo!“ on the air band radio. Big fun.
You are right: This was for show, a kill would come from 12high, an undisturbed 2 second burst would have cut the Fortress in halves. Showing such an attack in federal German airspace would have brought Léon directly into deep trouble. 😉
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Canute in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17.
R.I.P. Leon
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17.
R.I.P. Leon
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tomwilberg got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17.
R.I.P. Leon
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tomwilberg got a reaction from mtaylor in Need advice bending .5mm strips
Robert Volk propagates a technique to avoid this situation:
before planking fill in the space between the bulkheads with wood blocks, that you sand in place in the exact form needed to form the inner hull. The result is a clean hull form you may put the planking on without breaking the planks. Let’s say the result is usually better than the traditional planking just on the relatively small bulkhead surfaces and by far better defined.
Robert: may be you could post some illustrations here?
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from mtaylor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Revell Germany has a 1/48th scale B-17 , too.... just in case.
btw.: The forms are developed in Germany (Bünde), the kits are produced in Poland.
It took quite a while to get this kind of quality, but I am a great fan of Revell Kits: Great quality at an affordable price. Used to visit the factory once and posting a story about them in our magazine „Das Logbuch“.
You should see the recent 1/350 scale ship models of the „Platinum“ series: I do have the NEW JERSEY and the TIRPITZ with thousands of parts each, in plastic, metal and wood. Impressive.
Currently soaking up pictures an books of both ships...
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Canute in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Revell Germany has a 1/48th scale B-17 , too.... just in case.
btw.: The forms are developed in Germany (Bünde), the kits are produced in Poland.
It took quite a while to get this kind of quality, but I am a great fan of Revell Kits: Great quality at an affordable price. Used to visit the factory once and posting a story about them in our magazine „Das Logbuch“.
You should see the recent 1/350 scale ship models of the „Platinum“ series: I do have the NEW JERSEY and the TIRPITZ with thousands of parts each, in plastic, metal and wood. Impressive.
Currently soaking up pictures an books of both ships...
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Revell Germany has a 1/48th scale B-17 , too.... just in case.
btw.: The forms are developed in Germany (Bünde), the kits are produced in Poland.
It took quite a while to get this kind of quality, but I am a great fan of Revell Kits: Great quality at an affordable price. Used to visit the factory once and posting a story about them in our magazine „Das Logbuch“.
You should see the recent 1/350 scale ship models of the „Platinum“ series: I do have the NEW JERSEY and the TIRPITZ with thousands of parts each, in plastic, metal and wood. Impressive.
Currently soaking up pictures an books of both ships...
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Revell Germany has a 1/48th scale B-17 , too.... just in case.
btw.: The forms are developed in Germany (Bünde), the kits are produced in Poland.
It took quite a while to get this kind of quality, but I am a great fan of Revell Kits: Great quality at an affordable price. Used to visit the factory once and posting a story about them in our magazine „Das Logbuch“.
You should see the recent 1/350 scale ship models of the „Platinum“ series: I do have the NEW JERSEY and the TIRPITZ with thousands of parts each, in plastic, metal and wood. Impressive.
Currently soaking up pictures an books of both ships...
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from CDW in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Revell Germany has a 1/48th scale B-17 , too.... just in case.
btw.: The forms are developed in Germany (Bünde), the kits are produced in Poland.
It took quite a while to get this kind of quality, but I am a great fan of Revell Kits: Great quality at an affordable price. Used to visit the factory once and posting a story about them in our magazine „Das Logbuch“.
You should see the recent 1/350 scale ship models of the „Platinum“ series: I do have the NEW JERSEY and the TIRPITZ with thousands of parts each, in plastic, metal and wood. Impressive.
Currently soaking up pictures an books of both ships...
Greetings
Thomas
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tomwilberg got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Revell B 17 'Memphis Belle' - 1:72 by Popeye the Sailor - finished
Revell Germany has a 1/48th scale B-17 , too.... just in case.
btw.: The forms are developed in Germany (Bünde), the kits are produced in Poland.
It took quite a while to get this kind of quality, but I am a great fan of Revell Kits: Great quality at an affordable price. Used to visit the factory once and posting a story about them in our magazine „Das Logbuch“.
You should see the recent 1/350 scale ship models of the „Platinum“ series: I do have the NEW JERSEY and the TIRPITZ with thousands of parts each, in plastic, metal and wood. Impressive.
Currently soaking up pictures an books of both ships...
Greetings
Thomas
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