It's an Italeri model depicting an aircraft from 6/Sturtzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" based at Timini Libya 1941.
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When I first saw the kit with a snake running along its length I knew I had to have one and when it came up on cheap on ebay late last year the deed was done. I assembled it very slowly while I couldn't paint because of my broken collar bone.
It's an Italeri model depicting an aircraft from 6/Sturtzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" based at Timini Libya 1941.
It's an Italeri model depicting an aircraft from 6/Sturtzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" based at Timini Libya 1941.
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Fire at Will
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16 Dec 2009, 16:21
ModeratorI nearly can hear the howling of the sirens while diving down on the target. Great model!
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T. Dürrschmidt
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Pocho Azul
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Pocho Azul wrote:The original Snakes on a Plane.
Nice job!
A nice model and well constructed and painted given your injuries, Will. Also an outstanding example of WW2 aircraft artwork...that is some snake. The ground-crew artists must have had quite a talent amongst them.
Now...somewhere in my stash I think I have an old model of a JU87 'tank buster'...maybe time to dig it out and build it!
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Minuteman
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I seem to remember pictures of this snake design from years ago.
Very nice indeed and evocative of the desert war .
You just can not imagine the RAF doing this sort of thing.
Steady on old chap.
Best wishes,
Chris
Very nice indeed and evocative of the desert war .
You just can not imagine the RAF doing this sort of thing.
Steady on old chap.
Best wishes,
Chris
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C M Dodson
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C M Dodson wrote:I seem to remember pictures of this snake design from years ago.
Very nice indeed and evocative of the desert war .
You just can not imagine the RAF doing this sort of thing.
Steady on old chap.
Best wishes,
Chris
Don't forget the sharks mouth on the P-40 Kittyhawks
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Fire at Will
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You just can not imagine the RAF doing this sort of thing
Uncle Joe agrees, no snakes or sharks for the RAF, just cranky dictators
Romanian WW2-era aircraft sometimes included nose art of Mickey Mouse, as well as other Disney characters.
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Pocho Azul
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Very nice. I love this camouflage scheme: desert sand over the European two-tone green splinter scheme.
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huib
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Really good point about the Kittyhawks.
I believe the RAF frowned upon this practise in general apart from kills and bomb scores.
Tally Ho.
Best wishes,
Chris
I believe the RAF frowned upon this practise in general apart from kills and bomb scores.
Tally Ho.
Best wishes,
Chris
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