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  1. Ivan Ivanovich
    It seems said colour was mainly/exclusively developed to meet specific operational requirements of units operating in the mediterranean theatre, particularly considering operations over the Mediterranean Sea - colouring+corrosion protective additives (against a salty environment). The new colour would have been also used to recamouflage existing aircraft - unit/depot level repaints. Attrition replacements were often allocated (ad hoc) from other units - unit/depot level repaints. The manufacturers built the RLM/GL-stipulated monthly numbers according to common OS-Liste paint specs and standards. Quite freqently, new-built aircraft were allocated to frontline units on a "ad hoc" basis. Unit allocation plans, schedules and priorities could (and did) change on a regular basis. Aircraft originally intended for units in the Mediterranean eventually ended up in the East and vice versa. This given, the decison was made not to further interfere with an already extremely strained aircraft production, and paint/repaint the corresponding aircraft in situ. Even prior to the recommended introduction of "RLM 83 Dunkelblau", it was common practice to recamouflage factory-fresh aircraft in "tropical" RLM 78/79/80 colours at unit/depot level. Beyond that, I perfectly agree with Michael that "RLM 83 Dunkelgruen as we knew it" was just a variation of RLM 81.
  2. Ivan Ivanovich
    Jeebers! That's an absolute unit. Are those 44" tyres?? A 4x4 Hilux is my current (rental) drive...
  3. Ivan Ivanovich
    And a BINFORD bumper sticker, too...
  4. Ivan Ivanovich
    Not bad... Looks like a good old German letterbox.
  5. Ivan Ivanovich
    Ewww...
  6. Ivan Ivanovich
    While we're at it... After its arrival in NZ, the Wolf will get a thorough repaint. I'm open for suggestions, gents. (NO pink, NO RLM, NO MERDC!!) The spade is a truly useful asset when it comes to curing fellow road users from possible road rage seizures...
  7. Ivan Ivanovich
    The spade is standard equipment...
  8. Ivan Ivanovich
    The original plan was to correct the optical sins of the previous owner and to leave the engine as it is for the moment. He tried to create a Shelby KR clone (King of the Road) from a true blue R-code 428 CJ. Neither fish nor fowl from a purist's POV. When Anton (the guy in Germany in charge of the restoration) informed me he would be able to source almost all of the needed engine parts from refurbished new old stocks (NOS), I decided to give him a go on doing the full monty, thus giving the CJ project the extra time it needs and deserves. As soon as the CJ will be finished, my toys will be shipped to NZ as one big package: 2 ATVs, the 2008 Bullitt, the CJ, another Ford and an ex-Bundeswehr MB 250 GD "Wolf". In the meantime, we will have enough time to finish the new 4-bay garage/toy barn. So far, only the foundation has been cast... Fully-restored 1992 Mercedes-Benz 250 GD aka LKW 0.5t gl leicht "Wolf":
  9. Ivan Ivanovich
    Love the orange trim. Or is that Lufthansa Gelb? Or maybe Grabber Orange? I miss my Ponies... And my "Wolf"...
  10. Ivan Ivanovich
    With a mix of R-40RD, R-40TD and R-60M missiles, a MiG-25PD/PDS can shoot down almost everything within ranges between 250 and 40.000+ metres. For example F/A-18 sized targets - head-on from a distance of, let's say, 14.6 miles. Like many of its western contemporaries, e.g. F-106A, Lightning F.2/F.6/F.3 et al, the MiG-25 was conceived to intercept and destroy bomber-sized targets beyond visual range within a well-established GCI radar station network in the shortest possible time. Fuselages with smallish cockpits were optimised for speed. Ergonomics were only of secondary importance.
  11. Ivan Ivanovich
    Purely motivational:
  12. Ivan Ivanovich
    Yay! Front row.
  13. Ivan Ivanovich
    That is one mean looking Capri. She's a beauty. (although I'm inclined to "opine" that it has taken way too long - given it's a professional shop)
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  15. Ivan Ivanovich
    The missiles come off hot. Here you go: NOY'S MINIATURES 1/48 Airfield Tarmac Sheet: Soviet Large PAG-14 Hardstand Printed. For sissies...
  16. Ivan Ivanovich
    The joints are welded and sealed with a bitumen-containing compound.
  17. Ivan Ivanovich
    A MiG-25PDS in its natural (terrestrial) habitat...sitting on pre-fabricated PAG-14 concrete slabs. Can be easily replicated with sheet styrene or some heavier grade cardboard. There's an Aussie (?) supplier offering printed soviet airfield pavements. The company's name is currently escaping my mind, though... Concrete slabs everywhere...
  18. Ivan Ivanovich
    Unless it's resin armour...
  19. Ivan Ivanovich
    Even the Soviets found the cockpit colour looked pretty much like mint flavour toothpaste...
  20. Ivan Ivanovich
    Not too much weathering on the cockpit, please. MiG-25P/PD/PDS interceptor aircraft were generally very well maintained. Maybe a dark grey or dark turquoise (turquoise aka toothpaste) wash in order to accentuate the recessed structures and some subtle drybrushing (turquoise + light grey or a whiff of silver) to highlight edges/raised structures. Not too much wear and tear except for the cockpit floor between seat and rudder pedals.
  21. Ivan Ivanovich
    Молодец!
  22. Ivan Ivanovich
    Seems like you were using the MacAir fuselage loft sheets. Stunning result, Barry. Looks spot-on. Purely motivational (again):
  23. Ivan Ivanovich
    The canopy, leading edges and the undersides are NMF. Does that count?
  24. Ivan Ivanovich
    HK announced an FG.1/FGR.2, but save for those "initiated", no one else really knows the actual status of the project. Simmering on the back burner, shelved for the time being or maybe even axed?) Given the (potential) complexity of his project, all I can do is to raise my hat to Cees in awe. Cool project, anyway. Purely motivational:
  25. Ivan Ivanovich
    Indeed. Dangerously appealing. However, it's not going to be NMF. I just want to continue in 1/32 where I stopped in !/48, and correct/avoid some mistakes I made almost a decade ago. Got a pair of Vector Resin late R-2800C radials, as well as the needed magnetos and distributors from two Tamiya Corsairs. Still need to solve the "tapered cuff issue" with the P-47M prop blades, though.
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