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Oh James, if you don't mind me saying: Looking at the pics it looks like the lower right instrument-rim ( temperature) is blue? That should be green. The right side of the rim of the instrument next to the u/c lock/unlock lights should be brown. That's because the Germans used colour-coding for their fluid-lines and the accompanying instruments. Yellow: fuel, Brown: oil, Green: coolant, Blue: air/oxygen. Maybe the colours just look somewhat off because of the white-balance of the camera? In that case; Sooo sorry, sahib! In any case a terrific build, I saw one at Heiden, but find yours better finished!

Sh*te! Couldn't help myself... Pre-ordered the bugger....

Woohoo!!!!!!!

Nice one, Cees. Now a Luftwaffe model..... Nyeh nyeh nyeh

The silent witnesses of a bizarre accident are the parts of a P-47D razorback. Flying P-47D 42-7961, WZ-M, Lt.Col. Melvin F. McNickle of the 78th FG became unconscious during flight at 28.000 ft because of a malfunction in his oxygen system. He flew into the P-47 WZ-I of 1Lt. Beyers. Beyers coached his aircraft till the village of Driel just southwest of Arnhem where he had to bail out. Unfortunately too late, since his chute didn't open in time and 1Lt beyers fell to his death. The aircraft must've come howling down since it buried itself deep in the clay sediment of the river wetlands. Thats why a lot of the wreckage is as flattened as it is. There is also wreckage of Spitfire LF.Mk.IX MJ 874, 416 Sqn RCAF: Who says Rolls-Royce Merlin's always had the RR logo on the valve-covers? USAAF pilots: Luftwaffe pilot: Miscellaneous: German concrete practice bombs: A British 20mm shell which wound up in a tree. The tree was felled decades after the war ended. at the saw-mill the shell was found... The fragmentation of a German 20mm shell: And oh! Those two again!!! Cheers mates! Erik.

Bf 109G-6: Also from different aircraft, at least two that I'm aware of: A 19-year old pilot that was chased into the ground by P-51's. The excavation proved that he didn't even have had the chance to squeeze of a round at his opponents. Such was the situation in late 1944 and 1945, the new pilots could hardly control their mounts, much less use them in combat... This boy flew a Bf 109G-6AS, not the tamest combat fighter of the day... One of the cowl-mounted MG 131's: Observe the colours of the MG 131-rounds: 30mm Mk 108-rounds from a Bf 109G-6/U-4: Mk 108 30mm cannon: Since the parachute was found in the aircraft; the pilot perished. I don't know if actual remains were found in the wreckage. I find it hard to believe there weren't... Two MG 131's, used as cowl guns both in the later Fw 190A's as the later Bf 109G's. On the left how it looks straight from the soil, on the right after some tender, loving care by the museum staff!

Of course there's enough Luftwaffe stuff there, too. Fw 190A: These photos show wreckage from two Fw 190A-8's. One was excavated near Lobith in 1992 (Blaue 3). Parts from this aircraft are in the display cases. The other parts are from another -later- excavation. RLM 70 over red primer: Remnants of a Tatzelwürm: MG 131: MG 151/20: And to prove that I do occasionally build a model : Okay, it's the 1/48 Tamiya Fw 190A-8...

Of course, there are plenty objects from excavated downed bombers: A Wellington exhaust: Bristol Hercules engine: Bomber Command pilot: Quite a lot of aircraft were lost during Market-Garden: Short Stirlings were used to tow the Horsa gliders to Arnhem and to replenish the troops once on the ground. A pilot seat of such a Stirling: An upper fuselage part that was used for decades as a shed by a local farmer. You can observe that this Stirling did have the upper fuselage turret installed earlier: Rear gunners hatch:

On the way home from Heiden on Sunday April 7th we stopped by the Deelen Airfield Museum. Deelen lies next to Arnhem and was built by the German military during the occupation in World War 2. Together with Leeuwarden and Venlo it was used by the Nachtjagdwaffe. The Airfield was used after the war by the army liaison- and later helicopter units of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. At present the airfield is still military territory and used by the Airmobile Forces of the Royal Army when they exercise together with the RNLAF Chinooks and Cougars. http://www.museumvlbdeelen.nl/ A Luftwaffe wheel chock: FuG 220 + FuG 202: Photo CL3299, Imperial War Museum Objects from the "Diogenes" Nachtjagd air combat control bunker near Arnhem: A diorama of an RAF bomber attacked by a Bf 110. The fired rounds are depicted by LED's. Difficult to photograph, very effective to the eye!

Some models in the competition: That's all, folks!

A scratch-built Ju-52/3m: Woodgrain painted with acrylics: Jeroen Veen's models on display:

The IPMS-NL stand and the photos of the show: The Bronco 1/35 Type XXIII U-Boot: The HobbyBoss P-61A-trying-to-impersonate-a-P-61B:

The guys I traveled with.... Wingco57 & Jeroen: Oh guys! Yuck! Get a room! No Jeroen, I mean it!

Yesterday and today, the show in Heiden was held. This year was the first time it was organised as a 2-day event. Remarkable was the fact that the venue was jam-packed with visitors on Saturday, while it was decidedly quieter on Sunday. The photos I made were all shot on Sunday. Since this is LSM I only took photos of large scale aircraft. There were also many excellent 1/35 military vehicle models on display but I'm sorry to say that I've only concentrated on aircraft.... Some general views of the venue: And the place where the demo's were carried out. On the stage above was the competition area.

Yup, "moi" There's a Dutch "cowhide"-boy who wears shades and a "talking eh...ah... hum... female part" and has a horse's head in his avatar that I'll be carpooling with. Not to forget a daft geezer who likes to scratchbuild Handley Pages will be there too....

It's bound to be horse-leather then...

I suggest you don't use it for toilet paper anymore, then...

Lookee Nicee! Looking at the pic it would seem that with some more pinwash you can get the brass switches and text-plates jump out some more? Anyway, according to my humble taste...

Hey, that's peculiar! No centerline-panelline to be seen... Was that puttied in real life? Cheers, Erik.

Very good! It even answered some questions I had on how to model bits on my 1/32 Bf 109E!

Nice start Jeroen! Where do you find the time, cranking out all those models??! And when-oh-when will you build o model without a ventilator but with a blowtorch....

Ah, nice! I'll be there on Saturday with the guys from IPMS NL, branch Regio Midden and my two sons. It looks like I'll be there on Sunday too. The boys from Amstelveen (your namesake and Wingco) are going to "take me out for a ride".... Heeeelp....

Two years? It isn't that long on the market, is it? I thought it's only been a year or so... I must be getting old...Anyway, looks like a really nice clean build. Weathering is just right to my taste! My compliments! Cheers, Erik.

Hi Jeroen Really impressive finish! Kudo's! Btw, are you going to Euro Model Expo, the weekend of 6 & 7 april in Heiden, Germany? Cheers, Erik.