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Just a few pictures ......to stay on topic Photo taken during a routine military expedition in Chukchi Peninsula, Soviet Union. It isn’t sure if the Chukchi Peninsula has more people or white bears. The climate is very severe and sometimes weather can be so fierce in winter that the temperature falls 40 C degrees below zero (-40 Fahrenheit) so that poor white bears and their cubs start starving and freezing. The soldiers, who served on the Army District of Chukchi Peninsula, didn’t turn their backs on the poor and starving animals and started to feed them every now and then. Of course you do not have such big amounts of meat at home to feed several white bears. And soldiers decided to feed the bears up with what they had in abundance – tins, or to be more exact, condensed milk. Soldiers would open such a tin with a tin-opener and then give the can to the bear who licked all the milk from tin and then feed her little bears with it. Those blue and white tins of condensed milk were the winter dessert staple of every Soviet kid. The condensed milk (called in Russian: sgushchennoye moloko) had indeterminately long shelf life and there was always plenty of it. It was a common dessert in the army too. It isn’t surprised to see it given away to bears, because unlike some stuff that was rationed the condensed milk in USSR was available in unlimited amounts. The tracked vehicle you see on the photo is a GT-SM GAZ-34036, fully amphibious. This vehicle was widely employed by the Soviet Military. It was an over-snow vehicle designed for a variety of roles, but primarily as a general cargo/troop carrier and light artillery/heavy mortar tractor. The GT-S is also capable of traversing shallow swamp areas. The layout is conventional, with an engine compartment at the front, a cab behind that, and the cargo/troop section behind the cab. Towing capacity of the GT-S is 2 tons.

Some drawings, if anybody 's interested

They don't have to necessary line-up in parallel .

That cockpit is luxuriously detailed

Randomly misplaced Zero,,, why not?

Thank Rob, it is definitely a time killer. The eyes are loose in their frames, I will glue them solid once i paint the cables etc. Cheers Martin

Sweet!

Madness :), how you're gonna recreate the F ? Cheers Martin

or this, I hope William doesn't mind. and cadets and random SD or NMF not sure

Hmm , Ernie you may like this one

Last update of today. Dazzlers are in and they are functional ! A little battery pod and a related hardware was part of the kit. Cute! The basic upper structure is in, detailing and small adjustments will follow. Here you can see he schematics of the electrical installation. Nice touch Meng! And one blurry and underexposed frontal view.

Thank You gentleman for the support. The progress is slow due the excessive breakdown of this kit. But it will be worth it at the end. Another thing that MENG molded very well is exhaust. The T-90 exhaust looks similar to T-72 (below) , Here is T-90 exhaust with extra protective plate on the top. however T-90A exhaust is a different story. I am saying that , because it is one of the differences between the subtypes . Needless to say that some of the badges of A's were equipped with the older style exhaust as well. Naturally, it makes sense to focus on your reference material. Lots of it available thanks to conflicts in Syria and Ukraine .

My pleasure Phil, somehow the RCAF operations and equipment is not documented/mentioned in mainstream WW2 articles. Pictures like these are quite rare. It is important to share them.

Furthermore, please note the camera installation on the lower side of the fuselage and unshrouded exhaust. similar to this D

Hmmmm, I will follow with interest Cheers Martin

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. II in RCAF service. None are preserved in Canada. (RCAF Photo) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. IIA, RCAF (Serial No. 9204), cn 8305, No. 168 Heavy Transport Squadron, Rockcliffe, ex USAAF B-17F-50-DL (Serial No. 42-3369). This aircraft flew the first scheduled trans-Atlantic mail flight on 15 Dec 1943. (RCAF Photo) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. IIA, RCAF (Serial No. 9204), cn 8305, No. 168 Heavy Transport Squadron, Rockcliffe. Mail for Canadian airmen and soldiers pours out of the Flying Fortress as the new RCAF Air Mail Transport Squadron goes into action with a regular service between Canada, the UK and the East. Weeks will be cut off the former time schedule as the fleet of Flying Fortresses do their bit in making sure that the mail gets through. 23 Dec 1943. (RCAF Photo) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 9206) cockpit view. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583531) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. IIA, RCAF (Serial No. 9202). No. 168 (HT) Squadron. Leading Aircraftman Freemantle painting a mailbag symbol to indicate another overseas mail flight completed, Rockcliffe, Ontario, 9 May 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583263) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. IIA, RCAF (Serial No. 9203), 168 (HT) Squadron, ground crew, Rockcliffe, 9 May 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583262) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. IIA, RCAF (Serial No. 9204), ca 1944. (Comox Air Force Museum Photo) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 9205), 168 (HT) Sqn, 8 Aug 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3643726) source

OD livery, but really nice picture

or on playgrounds for example

found the results 2018 Place Nation Unit Tank Points 1st GER 3. Kompanie, Panzerbataillon 393 Leopard 2A6 1450 2nd SWE Wartofta Tank Company, Skaraborg Regiment Strv 122 1411 3rd AUT KPE/PzB14 Leopard 2A4 1321 4th FRA 1er régiment de chasseurs Leclerc 1186 5th POL 34th Armoured Cavalry Brigade Leopard 2A5 1151 6th UK The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) Challenger 2 1140 7th USA 2-70 Armor, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division M1A2 SEP v2 1110 8th UKR 14th Mechanized Brigade T-84 Oplot 950[8] 2017 Place Nation Tank 1st AUT Leopard 2A4 2nd GER Leopard 2A6 3rd USA M1A2 SEP v2 4th FRA AMX Leclerc 5th POL Leopard 2A5 6th UKR T-64BV 2016 Place Nation Unit Tank 1st GER C/ 3. Kompanie, GebirgsPanzerbataillon 8 Leopard 2A6 2nd DEN 1/ 1st Squadron, 1st Panserbataljon Leopard 2A5 DK 3rd POL 1/ 1st Company, 1st Tank Battalion Leopard 2A5 4th [5] ITA 1/ 2nd Company, 8th Tank Battalion C1 Ariete 5th USA 1/ D Company, 2-7 Infantry M1A2 SEP v2 6th USA 3/ C Company, 2-7 Infantry M1A2 SEP v2 7th SLO Wolf/ 45th Center for Tracked Combat Vehicles M-84

I think Ukraine had their 80s there.

Best of luck with your move comrade, hopefully everything is going according to your plans as well as the new 5 year plan. Honestly I am blown away by the quality and complexity of this kit. Unimaginable occurrence 15 years ago.

Definitely very good looking layout And this kit also provides LED illumination of these lanterns .

Once again, check out the thermal sleeves all smashed up by elements And here you can see the discolouration caused by replacement of the damaged segments.

Turret received some love as well. It is slightly more tedious than I would expect from armour kit, but at the end, she's gonna look so pretty