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Combat Warplanes / Re: Ki-43 Hayabusa - under partial restoration

« on: October 08, 2008, 05:49:28 PM »

Fantastic !

Jicehem

1037

Combat Warplanes / Re: Over Africa in January 1990...

« on: October 08, 2008, 05:46:50 PM »

Hi mates,

The most difficult is to have the chance to go aboard the C-135...

Jicehem

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Mirage IIIC in desrt camouflage

« on: October 08, 2008, 12:04:10 PM »

Hi,

There are three cats of the proximity that visit us every day !

I have to say, about my Mirage IIIC, that this one had a camo with sharp edges to the colors, but later planes wore camo with soft edges and some had also a more brown color.

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Combat Warplanes / Re: S.A.R. mission (training)

« on: October 07, 2008, 06:44:46 PM »

Hey mate- you serve in aviation? More story please

Hi mate,

Yes, I did and was a photographer... The reason why I can show you some unpublished photos...
I retired 17 years ago. I've now my recollection, my photos... and my kits !

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Mirage IIIC in desrt camouflage

« on: October 07, 2008, 06:37:41 PM »

Nice... all what is on images, models, grass, fence, garden

... and the cat sleeping in the garden.

Cheers,
Jicehem

1041

Combat Warplanes / S.A.R. mission (training)

« on: October 07, 2008, 03:46:50 PM »

Hi,

I was in an "Alouette III"...
The day was 28 March 1989...

The return flight :

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Combat Warplanes / Over Africa in January 1990...

« on: October 07, 2008, 03:42:56 PM »

Hi,

The shots were made from a C-135F Stratotanker ot the French Armée de l'air.

Cheers,
Jicehem

1043

Aircraft Modeling / Mirage IIIC in desrt camouflage

« on: October 07, 2008, 03:35:32 PM »

Hi,

Samuraj77 tols he wanted to build a Mirage IIIC in desert Camo.
Like this one ?
The kit is painted from a real plane I photographed on 11 December 1980.

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Real MS. 406

« on: October 07, 2008, 11:56:59 AM »

Hi mate,

Very beautiful !

Thanks.

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Warplane Art / Re: Mirage III

« on: October 06, 2008, 10:45:59 PM »

This is the first one. On every new project I learn something. Here I have learn how to make higlighted edges on overlapping panels, in better and faster way then before. o I will speed up my method of making profiles.

Hi mate,

Here the real color of the blue in the French cocade.

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Model Storage

« on: October 06, 2008, 10:18:35 PM »

Hi,

I've not solved the dust problem...

From time to time I spend hours removing the dust with a soft brush...

Jicehem

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Model Storage

« on: October 06, 2008, 06:22:43 PM »

Hi all,

I have just 500 models built (the last one is a Yak 3  of the Normandie-Niemen squadron after the war. It's in 1/72 scale.

At home, I have only abour 1/5 of my models... The other are in boxes.

In my room are also all my documents and my "kit museum".

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Unkown aircraft

« on: September 27, 2008, 10:59:21 AM »

Well is the next bit of research for my site, trying to find out what these two aircraft are.
They, as you can see are very large enlargements from a reconnaissance print take in 1944 flown by the USAAF 7th Photo group, location is unknown, so that makes the task even harder. Well it gives me something to do in the evenings 

This is a He 111 with the shape of its shadow due to the sun very low on the horizon...

Jicehem

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Combat Warplanes / Re: The identify the plane thread

« on: September 27, 2008, 10:57:40 AM »

He111? Where?

Hi mate,

He 111 here : http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/forum/index.php?topic=760.0

Cheers,
Jicehem

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Original Griffon photographs Part 2

« on: September 27, 2008, 10:51:58 AM »

.....and here is the second batch of Griffon II photographs! I can never get enough of such nice and rare shots!!

Hi,

Row of protoytpes shows, from left to right :

Leduc 022-01, Nord-Aviation N. 1500-02 "Griffon II (coded F-ZWUI), "Nord N. 1405-01 "Gerfaut II" (coded F-ZWUE), SNCASE SE. 212-01 "Durandal" (coded F-ZWUC).

Cheers,
Jicehem