nice and the kit even came with a miniature engine that almost started the plane down the runway but lucky you had the ground crew to put chocks around the wheels. lol :)
I got myself a Hasegawa P-39 N/Q in 1/48 scale today, I will probably start it after the BV 138! But FIRST I will build TWO Academy P-39's in 1/72 scale.. They will both be Russian, but different from one another.. :)
..and apologies from me for removing my video from yours and attaching it to this one.. I do swap from time to time, as to where I respond.. I will buil another Academy P-39 soon, but as an earleir RAF version.. still in RUSSIAN colours, though.. :)
It will indeed have the long spinner cannon.. and different exhaust outlets.. but like I said, it will be an ex.RAF fighter, as flown by the Russians..
poor basicmodelling, he is unable to rate for me :( so it's something on his setup, not ours - nice video...blenheim you say? perfect for Finnish wartime colours :)
I will indeed build a Finnsh Blenheim IV.. I will place an order for decals in a minute, when I walk Barney.. my friend the shop owner is my neighbour (almost) so I will walk past his house and drop the order through the door.. :) Hannants have got a fresh bunch of decals in, hopefully they won't sell out immediately.. :). :)
threats from Barney will do the trick :) I have seen many vids here showing the Finnish use of Blenheim...that was difficult to maintain so many different kinds and sources of aircraft.
I will definetely get one, as I'm enjoying building 1/48 scale models now.. quite hooked after having done the I-15 earlier and the T-33 just now! Not sure if it will be the Eduard P-39 kit or Hasegawa though! :) I picked up an 1/48 Academy P-36 Hawk at one of the museums we visited last Sunday, it should be a fun build! But right now I'm suffering through the 1/72 Airfix Blenheim IV.. sigh!
Thanks for the shout, glad you found good use of the decals...
If the Airfix is the same kit as I built 30 years ago.. it was a rather simple kit.. I remember the bombardier in front delivered only as a corpse without legs... I switched to 1/48, usually there is much more detail.. but the kits are lagerer and dearer,_((
Yes, it's the same kit.. I've sanded down all the rivets, but there's so MUCH work to it, I wish I'd never started it at all now.. but it will be a gift for my mother-in-law so I will finish it. She had an uncle, who went missing over the North Sea in one of those. He would have sat in the position of the 'corpse without legs'.. but as a navigator. We don't know if the engines failed, or if they got in the way of a Luftwaffe pilot with good aim.. I will build the plane HE was in (cont)
(cont) based on what little knowledge I have of the Squadron code and the individual Raf registration code..
The kind of 1/48 scale models I buy aren't much more expensive than a large 1/72.. I don't like them too big, but the P-36, I-15 and such are a nice size for me.. I also have a bunch of Spifires (IX), a T-6 Texan and the Me262 to do.. inbetween everything else! I should end up with a few 1/48's for the collection.. :)
My mother-in-law would not appeciate it. She still blames the Russians for driving her out from home (East Prussia), the Americans for bombing her while on the run, and the English for the occupation after the war... she is a hopeless case;-((
Well, it did happen, no doubt.. I guess there are still resentment over how the war ended, with some people in Germany, as would only be natural.. but when you look at the alternative, what COULD have been.. the outcome of the war was surely a better one over all, even for Germany.. in the end!
It is hard to tell really. Most fascist civilisations don't last anywhere near as long as communist ones, and with the added difference that pretty much everyone IN the country involved as well around think that communism blows. (But I'm only guessing from the 20th century).
The exception would be Iraq I suppose, that reign of terror lasted 24 years, but the middle east is another kettle of fish.
There are no other 'true' communist countries left, except North Korea - now 50+ years old.
North Korea a "true" communist country?^^ One person living in luxury, thousands living rather well serving in the forces, and the rest of some million starving, without any freedom or future...
Yes, but Mao, Stalin, Kim Il Sung and the others did not neccesarily represent TRUE communism, as the idea was intended.. Cuba comes to mind, but even that is borderline.. Had they not suffered a US embargo things would have been much different there, though..
No I mean compared to china they still stick to their ideology - i.e. they are have not drifted into capitalism like China. All the other communist states collapsed, right?
What are the conditions required for 'true communism' to develop? The type that relies on the guys in charge to be both wholly unselfish and geniuses capable of understanding the best course of action in world already dominated by capitalist democracies? A lot of money would still need to go on military spending then.
For your communist dream (assuming the atheism/suppression of religion and a desire to create utopia on earth) to last at all you would have to crush any dissent... and all of a sudden we aren't having fun anymore. Then they either lynch you from your palace wall or the pressure of a wholly more successful western Europe/USA system leaves you to admit defeat like DDR or Russia.
Of course it was good Germany lost the war, there is no alternative to that... But those who suvived and still live, driven away from their home or bombed in their house, sometimes think with bitterness of that time, which is ok. But while some won't blame the Allies amd are happy still living, others won't stop bickering...
She flew the raping and murdering Red Army in the extremely cold winter 44/45 as a teenage girl, like thousands others, and was lucky to reach the (later) british sector. I believe it WAS a very hard time, but what she did forget who really was the cause for this, and that thousands of polish and russian people suffered the equal... or even worse
I suppose she has missed the 'big picture', but those were here teen years and suffering there must have shaped her outlook on life more than the experience of later years.
I wonder how much the average German understood about what their armies were doing to their occupied peoples?
The average German knew that there was something going on in poland and Russia (to a lesser extend in western europe). Maybe they did not know any details, they hardly like to talk about it, of course they did not participate, and for sure they never were Nazi themselves....A.H. did it all himself, so no other must be blamed.. Thats the way of thinking of many, gladly not all..
im running out of space for my models, what should i do? Also, how do you do prop action? curious.
MilitaryAircraft101 1 year ago
0:03 Dear lord, what a creepy-looking pedophile picture!
canadianmaple09 2 years ago
nice and the kit even came with a miniature engine that almost started the plane down the runway but lucky you had the ground crew to put chocks around the wheels. lol :)
granskare 2 years ago
I got myself a Hasegawa P-39 N/Q in 1/48 scale today, I will probably start it after the BV 138! But FIRST I will build TWO Academy P-39's in 1/72 scale.. They will both be Russian, but different from one another.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
good vid 5*
Inky261 2 years ago
2:26 WOW! engine problems :( lol
EvilKorbinDallas 2 years ago
I love the video just what I waqs looking for a plain straight forward model builing video.
terminator363 2 years ago 2
Oh excellent, thanks for the vid response :) The P-39 looks very accurate! I have never made 1:48 models, but it's never too late to try.
Hopefully have a wildcat video up soon, I just made the tail section.
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
..and apologies from me for removing my video from yours and attaching it to this one.. I do swap from time to time, as to where I respond.. I will buil another Academy P-39 soon, but as an earleir RAF version.. still in RUSSIAN colours, though.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
No worries, I might well attack those 3 academy p-39 kits with the decals you made. But flying models are my forte for the time being.
Do a 'p-400' in RAF colours with that long spinner cannon and I will be your friend forever ;)
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
It will indeed have the long spinner cannon.. and different exhaust outlets.. but like I said, it will be an ex.RAF fighter, as flown by the Russians..
BasicModelling 2 years ago
great model... what do you use for weights?
svinehunden 2 years ago
from somewhere (plumber?) I got some small bands of lead (o.57 to 1.07)
BaronKrolok 2 years ago
I recommend fishing weights in various shapes ans sizes.. then again, lead from the plumber is probably cheaper.. and more versatile, shapewise.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
poor basicmodelling, he is unable to rate for me :( so it's something on his setup, not ours - nice video...blenheim you say? perfect for Finnish wartime colours :)
granskare 2 years ago
I will indeed build a Finnsh Blenheim IV.. I will place an order for decals in a minute, when I walk Barney.. my friend the shop owner is my neighbour (almost) so I will walk past his house and drop the order through the door.. :) Hannants have got a fresh bunch of decals in, hopefully they won't sell out immediately.. :). :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
threats from Barney will do the trick :) I have seen many vids here showing the Finnish use of Blenheim...that was difficult to maintain so many different kinds and sources of aircraft.
granskare 2 years ago
They flew Mk.I's and Mk.IV's.. )
BasicModelling 2 years ago
I did not keep track of what they used but the list was extensive...
granskare 2 years ago
They could only have used those two marks.. :) I can't recall the number, even though I read about it only this morning.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
I suppose one could google for it...just wait until I correct a wiki entry :)
granskare 2 years ago
Can't rate, but 5***** and a fav for sure.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Excelllent! A fine model indeed! :)
I will definetely get one, as I'm enjoying building 1/48 scale models now.. quite hooked after having done the I-15 earlier and the T-33 just now! Not sure if it will be the Eduard P-39 kit or Hasegawa though! :) I picked up an 1/48 Academy P-36 Hawk at one of the museums we visited last Sunday, it should be a fun build! But right now I'm suffering through the 1/72 Airfix Blenheim IV.. sigh!
Thanks for the shout, glad you found good use of the decals...
BasicModelling 2 years ago
If the Airfix is the same kit as I built 30 years ago.. it was a rather simple kit.. I remember the bombardier in front delivered only as a corpse without legs... I switched to 1/48, usually there is much more detail.. but the kits are lagerer and dearer,_((
BaronKrolok 2 years ago
Yes, it's the same kit.. I've sanded down all the rivets, but there's so MUCH work to it, I wish I'd never started it at all now.. but it will be a gift for my mother-in-law so I will finish it. She had an uncle, who went missing over the North Sea in one of those. He would have sat in the position of the 'corpse without legs'.. but as a navigator. We don't know if the engines failed, or if they got in the way of a Luftwaffe pilot with good aim.. I will build the plane HE was in (cont)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
(cont) based on what little knowledge I have of the Squadron code and the individual Raf registration code..
The kind of 1/48 scale models I buy aren't much more expensive than a large 1/72.. I don't like them too big, but the P-36, I-15 and such are a nice size for me.. I also have a bunch of Spifires (IX), a T-6 Texan and the Me262 to do.. inbetween everything else! I should end up with a few 1/48's for the collection.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
My mother-in-law would not appeciate it. She still blames the Russians for driving her out from home (East Prussia), the Americans for bombing her while on the run, and the English for the occupation after the war... she is a hopeless case;-((
BaronKrolok 2 years ago
Well, it did happen, no doubt.. I guess there are still resentment over how the war ended, with some people in Germany, as would only be natural.. but when you look at the alternative, what COULD have been.. the outcome of the war was surely a better one over all, even for Germany.. in the end!
BasicModelling 2 years ago
It is hard to tell really. Most fascist civilisations don't last anywhere near as long as communist ones, and with the added difference that pretty much everyone IN the country involved as well around think that communism blows. (But I'm only guessing from the 20th century).
The exception would be Iraq I suppose, that reign of terror lasted 24 years, but the middle east is another kettle of fish.
There are no other 'true' communist countries left, except North Korea - now 50+ years old.
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
North Korea a "true" communist country?^^ One person living in luxury, thousands living rather well serving in the forces, and the rest of some million starving, without any freedom or future...
BaronKrolok 2 years ago
I was thinking the same thing.. :0
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Thats pretty much the way commmunism worked in the far east at least. Remember Mao?
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
Yes, but Mao, Stalin, Kim Il Sung and the others did not neccesarily represent TRUE communism, as the idea was intended.. Cuba comes to mind, but even that is borderline.. Had they not suffered a US embargo things would have been much different there, though..
BasicModelling 2 years ago
No I mean compared to china they still stick to their ideology - i.e. they are have not drifted into capitalism like China. All the other communist states collapsed, right?
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
Right.. left.. AND centre.. but TRUE communism is yet to be tried.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
What are the conditions required for 'true communism' to develop? The type that relies on the guys in charge to be both wholly unselfish and geniuses capable of understanding the best course of action in world already dominated by capitalist democracies? A lot of money would still need to go on military spending then.
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
For your communist dream (assuming the atheism/suppression of religion and a desire to create utopia on earth) to last at all you would have to crush any dissent... and all of a sudden we aren't having fun anymore. Then they either lynch you from your palace wall or the pressure of a wholly more successful western Europe/USA system leaves you to admit defeat like DDR or Russia.
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
I mean USSR/CCCP :(
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
please read in time order! Silly YT
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
Of course it was good Germany lost the war, there is no alternative to that... But those who suvived and still live, driven away from their home or bombed in their house, sometimes think with bitterness of that time, which is ok. But while some won't blame the Allies amd are happy still living, others won't stop bickering...
BaronKrolok 2 years ago
Yes, such is human nature.. for better and for worse..
BasicModelling 2 years ago
I do often think the East Germans got a very poor deal during and after WW2 :( Was she stuck behind the iron curtain or did she move west in time?
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
She flew the raping and murdering Red Army in the extremely cold winter 44/45 as a teenage girl, like thousands others, and was lucky to reach the (later) british sector. I believe it WAS a very hard time, but what she did forget who really was the cause for this, and that thousands of polish and russian people suffered the equal... or even worse
BaronKrolok 2 years ago
I suppose she has missed the 'big picture', but those were here teen years and suffering there must have shaped her outlook on life more than the experience of later years.
I wonder how much the average German understood about what their armies were doing to their occupied peoples?
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
The average German knew that there was something going on in poland and Russia (to a lesser extend in western europe). Maybe they did not know any details, they hardly like to talk about it, of course they did not participate, and for sure they never were Nazi themselves....A.H. did it all himself, so no other must be blamed.. Thats the way of thinking of many, gladly not all..
BaronKrolok 2 years ago