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Same aircraft. Dolf

Another one of my favorite WWII birds, the British Hawker Hurricane. This one has no weathering (only some dust...) it's supposed to be in new condition. Dolf

Same aircraft, antena is missing... Dolf

The American Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Dolf

Two other views of the same model, showing some heavy weathering... Dolf

Another aircraft I really like, the American Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk. Dolf

A few pics of Major Kozhebud, wearing some of his awards. Dolf PS: Many thanks to Andrew!

And a drawing of a famous La-7, Major Ivan Nikitovich Kozhebud' s aircraft. Before flying with this aircraft Major Kozhebud used to fly with a LA-5, and when he was given this LA-7, white 23, he already had 48 victories! Major Kozhebud was the Ace of Aces of all Allied pilots, ending the War with 62 victories!!! He was awarded three times with the Gold Star Medal of HSU! Dolf

One more pic of this same aircraft. Dolf

Just a few WWII aircraft, 1/72 scale plastic kits. These were assembled, painted and weathered by myself, a loooong time ago. A few survivors from the old days. Some have missing parts, such as antenas, guns, etc... Starting with a Soviet Lavochkin LA-5. Well, at least I believe it is! It was built many years ago, so I don't have complete details anymore (well, I probably still have the original assembling instructions somewhere, but in which box that's another question... ). Dolf

Albert, Yes, I guess it's the only logical explanation. Dolf

Albert, That's the one in my collectrion I mentioned the other day. On this thread, Post #4, with a link to this other thread, Post #44: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5640&st=40 I have no idea what it is. Will try a close up later but it's not gona be easy: my camera won't take such close up shots, and I believe my old scanner isn't too good at those details either. So maybe the best we get is the pic Jan posted. I don't know how he did manage to have a better pic than mine btw Will see what I can do. Anyway, believe it or not, I guess it was the first time I really noticed that symbol!... Dolf

Many thanks, Andrew! Dolf

Well, thanks to Andrew (MONDVOR) here are a few pics of Lieutenant-Colonel S.F. Dolgushin. Apparently the info provided on the booklet that came with the aircraft doesn't seem to be correct and after all he was on the 215th Fighter Air Division (8th Fighter Air Corps, 4th Air Army), rather than on the 156th! Anyway, here, next to the draw of his aircraft (as shown below) they mention a 156 and a 215, I'm just not sure what that means and the online translator I used didn't get any acceptable result: Ла-7 командира 156 иап подполковника С.Ф. Долгушина. 215 иад 8 иак 4 воздушная армия. Аэродром Клюцов, Германия. Апрель 1945 г. This is what I got: La -7 of the commander of 156 [iap] of Lieutenant Colonel s.F. [Dolgushina]. 215 [iad] of 8 [iak] 4 the air force. Airfield Of [klyutsov], Germany. April 1945. On the 2nd pic he is in the center. I'm not sure on the 3rd pic, but I think he is on the far right. Or is he on the far left?! Not sure Anyway, according to Andrew he should be the 2nd from left! The others are: Holodov, Baklan and Moshin. Thanks a lot Andrew Dolf

A FW 190, that's what I had in mind. Hard to tell the letter, but it could possibly be a FW 190-A. Of course I wouldn't be able to tell the number that follows the letter (from 1 to 8)! Dolf

Kevin, Nice ones! I see you like the P 51 Mustang Btw considered by some experts as the best fighter ever! Not sure I can ID the other aircraft, could it be a German Focke Wulf? I've never been to the IWM, but visited Le Bourget, near Paris! What a superb collection they have!!! Unfortunatelly I didn't take pictures, and instead used an old Super 8 camera, so no pics Dolf

Kevin, Well, what really counts is the individual model we make, and if the marks ID it as a vehicle that was in Kharkov... that's what counts Have a great vacations Dolf

And yet another one arrived today, the Soviet Lavochkin LA-7. (This is N? 49, so only one to go ) This particular aircraft was flown by Lieutenant-Colonel S.F. Dolgushin, commander of the 156th Aerial Fighter Regiment (well, not sure if the right designation as I'm translating ). Anyway, this aircraft was based in Kluzov airfield, eastern Germany, on April 45. As you can see, it shows on both sides 17 red stars for as many confirmed individual victories, and 11 white stars for as many shared victories. It also shows on both sides of the nose the Gold Star Medal of HSU! (Any additional info on this HSU?) Dolf

Wonderful detail Kevin! WOW!!! Dolf

I've used both, brush and airbrush painting, most of the time brush. Airbrush is very useful for the basic primary, and for the whole painting of the mainbody of a vehicle or aircraft (even thought a good brush can also be used for this) but all the weathering must be obviously made with different kinds of brush. Ok buddy, have a good night and please keep posting these great pics! Dolf

Yes, painting figures is quite special, and camo uniforms can sometimes be a real headache! WOW! That's something I never tried before, at least not on an entire vehicle!!! Have made some small spots of rust in vehicles here and there, but not cover an entire vehicle of rust! Great job!!! Dolf

That's what I figured Dolf

Kevin, Very nice indeed! Weathering is an art in itself, and one of the most difficult phases of the process. Too much is not good as it would seem quite exagerated for the scale, not enough is not good either as not realistic enough. These vehicles seem to have the right amount of weathering and look just great and pretty realistic! Congratulations (to your brother )! Dolf

Yes, althought not being 100% sure from just this pic, it looks like a T2V1 just like mine posted in the same thread I mentioned above, but on Posts #41 and #42. Dolf

I guess Mongolians were probably less paranoid indeed If yours is of T2 (Uighur script) then the price is fair compared with prices most Western dealers are currently asking for those. Dolf