Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Russian tank museum
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Labels: Military, reference, Russia
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Friday, June 22, 2007
A tank from a lake
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Russia, Reference
Labels: diorama, inspiration, Military, pictures, reference, Russia, World War 2
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Friday, June 08, 2007
Bizarre Russian tanks
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Labels: inspiration, Military, Russia, Tank
posted by Ian at 3:16 PM
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
A bundle of reference links
Fetch!
The Russian dog anti tank mine.
Captured
In the dynamic flow of a battlefield equipment can get lost or captured. A quick trip through captured and repurposed weaponry-
The world of captured planes
Captured Planes
Captured Allied planes (Warning- cheesey beyond belief music, which is a shame because there are some very useful images here.)
A collection of pieces about captured B-17s
Fleet Air Arm planes captured by the Axis
A gallery of tanks captured by the Germans
Modelling a captured Russian KV-2
Israel made good use of captured T54s and T55s and various other vehicles.
Russian tank museum, including many captured tanks.
Captured First World War tanks.
Ships captured by the German Navy.
Test Beds
I've just been to the Museum of Science and Industry and checked out the aviation hall. Interesting stuff-
Avro Lancasters were used as flying test beds for jet engines. Video of the tests is online here.
The Avro 707 isn't quite a flying wing, but I have a soft spot for the delta wing planes such as this and the Vulcan.
A picture of the Hafner Rotachute (more) hiding away in the corner of a painting has given me ideas for another novel way to land assault troops. The Germans used similar devices for spotting from U-Boats.
But the most affecting plane in the whole display is still the tiny Yokosuka OHKA, a suicide jet that was pretty much a desperate last gasp from the Japanese.
Wing and a Prayer
The Me-163 'Komet' was quite an astounding beast. I alluded to a similar plane when the Wasp squadron visited Dreamland (Chapter Three, blink and you miss it). Flight Journal has a long interview with one of the Komet's chief test pilots.
It also has to be remembered that the Germans weren't the only ones experimenting with new and unusual aeroplane designs. The Allies' first jet plane was the Gloster Whittle, a pre-cursor to the Meteor and test bed for jet engines.
The 'Hiller-copter' and Landgraf H-2 were early twin bladed helicopter designs.
America experimented with flying wings in designs such as the XP-56 and XB-35, which I've mentioned many times before, but there were also experiments with gliders along the same lines.
The Brits also experimented with flying wings, as well as canard and tandem wing designs.
Even the Swedes got in on the act with the Saab 21A.
And also- Engines of the Red Army
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Labels: inspiration, Military, pictures, reference, Russia, World War 2
posted by Ian at 12:45 PM
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
The Braille Scale Jeep blog
Over the next few weeks, I will try to post a detailed comparative review of the following 1/72 scale jeep models.
I might have one of the Cararama Jeeps mentioned, and I'm sure I've got the Academy kit. It's been a while since I built an Airfix Jeep, though.
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posted by Ian at 11:35 AM
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
A call to arms for US modellers
The Hobby Manufacturers Association is organising the lobbying and wants model-makers to keep the pressure on the House Armed Services Committee.
via Scaleworld
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Licence fees, USA
Labels: licencing, Military, USA
posted by Ian at 11:54 AM
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