Crusty

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MikeV
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Crusty

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Not only Crusty but it has a red nose - whoever chooses NATO code names has a sense of humour! :lol:

The Zvesda model....very impressed, absolutely superb detail and packaging. Won't be taking it to shows - the u/c is SO scale-thin it's very fragile.
Crusty - Tu-134 UBL
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Crusty - Tu-134 UBL
Also finally called the Mirages finished - VERY hard work to beat these into shape.
Djibouti
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Djibouti
Belgian - the green Jerrican is to collect vented fuel
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Belgian - the green Jerrican is to collect vented fuel

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Tim R-T-C
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Those NATO codenames sure are odd choices, a friend suggested they were often deliberately weird to mock the Soviet efforts.

Flogger and Frogfoot spring to mind!

The Mirages look great, which kit are they from?

MikeV
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Cheers Tim

They are the Mark 1 kit - a model that is best described as having lovely decals............

Can't believe there's not been a 'mainstream' proper model of such an iconic aircraft....but then B-17 ? Ju88?

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DH106
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These all look very fine. The story about NATO codenames for Soviet equipment used to be that they were chosen to be hard to confuse over radio telephony but I find that a little hard to reconcile with some of the choices.

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Very Nice Mike.
Cheers
Joe M

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