Mig 21 Zvezda 1/72

First kit off the shelf of doom a Zvezda Mig 21 for my Cold War Polish, a easy kit to put together, one afternoon, managed to get the pilot painted and placed,  now to paint the Exterior.

Cheers 

Matt

30 day kit build challenge

So what is the 30 day kit challenge? Well, something I Copied from Gunbird and his blog "20mm and then some". As I have moved from a house to a unit I need to make room with the tons of kits that I have. So with that in mind I'm starting the 30 day kit build challenge also

Goals are simple, you will build kits during the 30 day challenge:
Any material (plastic, resin, metal, wood).
New in the box or partially built, it matters not.
Gun, tank, truck, aircraft, ship, animal? Your call.
Kit must be basically finished, based if you prefer that, to qualify.
Finished kit must be ready for primer.
Resin and metal upgradesets can be applied after the build.....the goal is to get kits built and ready for primer, not to finish them with paint and varnish etc.
You decide how many kits/models you want to build in the 30 day period.
You set the penalty for not meeting your goal (and after that it is the honor system)

Anything beyond that is up to you

My goal is, in the period from 6/6/17 up to 6/7/17, is to work on a kit every single day, up to a grand total of 20 kits. If I can build more kits n the month, then bonus, if I can't build too many during the week and have to finish them in the weekend, no problem. 20 is my goal and I'm sticking to that.

My penalty is that if I don't make my target, is to sell any unmade kits at the end in my stash.

So, starting with Day #1 (22nd of May 2017), I'm starting with a kit.
Feel free to join in btw.


Cheers
Matt

Dutch Airforce Koolhoven F.K 51

Dutch Koolhoven FK51 

Another unusual aircraft of the desk a Dutch airforce Koolhoven FK51, an observer for my artillery. 

1/72 Koolhoven FK51

The Koolhoven FK 51 and the enclosed FK52 was a Dutch designed two seater reconnaissance plane, used by Holland and the Spanish Republicans. In May 1940 only sixteen obsolete biplanes were flying when the invasion commenced, only four survived the german air strikes on the air fields in the first few days, one at Hilversum and one at Ruigenhoek, one at Ypenburg and one at Gilze Rijen.

Koolhaven FK51 

The kit is from Special Hobby and was a reasonably easy build, then engine cowling was a difficult fit. The pilots are from the airfix range.

cheers

Matt

Fokker G1

Fokker G1 Reaper 1/72

Part 1

After searching for about 6 months I have found a model of the Fokker G1, unfortunately it is a Vacform kit. I have not built one for about 6 years and they can be a challenge to get looking right, but I am confident I can do it!

The Fokker was nominated one of the top ten fighters of ww2, and possibly was in 1940. My Dutch look forward to the skies being protected with this beauty. MPM also make a kit but yet to find one.

I will be adding resin cowlings and props will be wargame style clear, the wheels will be built up so it can fly over the wargames table.

Fokker G1 Reaper

Rare Plane Fokker G1 Reaper

Desert buildings

We have returned from a very pleasant and relaxing  5 week holiday in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland. When I got home I had a number of Christmas gifts waiting and books, amounts to these gifts was some 15mm/20mm hovels desert dwellings which are very nice but a little small to go with my existing middle eastern buildings. I still painted them as it was a easy thing to do when I sat down at my desk.

Cheers
Matt

Dutch Army Duif Leger wagon

Dutch Pigeon Communications wagon

Next on my Dutch army build is Dove trailer (Duif Leger wagon), the Dutch still had a strong reliance on pigeons for messages, especially the reserve divisions. In my research I came across a lot of different documents, I have cherry picked a few of them and added them below.
My WIP is well underway with the wagon built from a german wagon bottom and Russian workshop on top.

Locations of Pigeon carriers

Eenheid               Bericht- houder   Mand aanvals, Mand loopgraaf, Mand ransel, Mand rijwiel

Reg infanterie            10                    1                     1                                                     2

Grensbat Inf.              25                    4                     2                                                    1

Reg. Wielrijders         20                    6                                                                            2

Reg. Huzaren            20                    2                      1

Reg Huz Moterr         15                                                                          2                      1

KMA                           5                     1                       1                            1                      1

SROI                          5                     1                       1                                                    1

Kaderbat Laren         10                    4                       2                             1                     2

2e R. G.. Tr.*                                                                                             1

* 1x Gaskast

Tabel 1: Materieel voor postduiven ingedeeld bij een aantal opleidingseenheden 

I am not sure how I will add this to the table, so it will join my Dutch Brigade headqauters  unit.

cheers

Matt