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The whole stand felt arctic, but that might have just been our proximity to the doors...

Had a great time though, a warm welcome from all.

My memories from the event

Loving these retro memories.

http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200515_121852.jpg El Pato Air Base, Peru 2006. An Su-25 Frogfoot taxis out for an operational mission, armed to the teeth, passing a forlorn line of retired Su-22s. Based on a selection of photos in the Latin American Fighters book. All three planes are ...

http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200626_131442.jpg Soviet Airfield, somewhere East of Moscow. Spring 1942. A fictional but hopefully plausible scene. UT-2 two seaters are being prepped for training flights, although one has got stuck in the mud despite the efforts of the two horsepower ...

http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200710_173824.jpg After flak damage and a run in with an interceptor over France, this P47D pilot suffered stuck gear and made an emergency landing at the first airbase he found back across the channel - going sliding off the end and into a field with a ...

British N Gauge is 1/148 so within margin of error for this SIG I hope! (Escpecially since many models sold as 144th do scale somewhat larger or smaller when closely examined). European/US N gauge is 1/160, including most of the otherwise excellent Presier figures. (I think some Japanese N gauge is ...

http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200605_114516_749.jpg Made this one just for fun, part of the well priced three plane boxing and my first use of brass etch for detail. Even for 144th scale this plane is tiny! Very much a short run moulding and the brass etch had different numbers engra...

Scenes from the Russian Civil War, 1920 Leon Trotsky and associates examine an abandoned White Army Whippet somewhere in Western Russia. Arrowhead Minatures whitemetal Whippet and Brengun resin Russo-Balt Type C armoured car with some suitably altered Presier figures on a homemade base. http://r-t-c...

http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200625_221535_218.jpg I picked the Platz double boxing a while ago and thought it would be a good tester to play with weathering techniques So I brush painted with Vallejo Air IJN Dark Green over Tamiya silver from a can, with Vallejo chipping medium bru...

During Lockdown I've been developing my diorama/vignette presentation. Here is one of my works from earlier this year. http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200619_113949_566.jpg http://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/IMG_20200619_170830_254.jpg A lesser known aspect of WW2 pilot training was...