OK, I'm in with this.
It'll be a diorama of an Italian Ju-87 (known to the Regia Aeronautica as a "Picchiatello", a pun on the words meaning "crazy" or "mad" and "(aeronautical) dive"), which has put down in the desert through lack of fuel, sometime in 1941. A British patrol has just turned up to capture the aircraft and crew, who don't seem too sorry not to have a long walk back to base.
I'm using the Airfix Ju-87B in 1/48
And a pair of CMK Resin Italian Pilots
(I have already mentally christened these guys Mario (left) and Luigi (right))
Currently trying to source their captors/rescuers - I believe Tamiya are releasing their 1/32 Eighth Army figures in 1/48 this year, but I don't know when. If they're out before the end of the GB I'll use a couple of them, if not I'll find something else. (Any ideas, please let me know)
A bit of experimenting for me as I've so far never
- Completed a 1/48 aircraft (my first one is on the workbench at the moment, this will be my second)
- Built a diorama
- Done anything with resin, ever
... So this'll be interesting!
I had wondered about using an Armoured Car rather than infantry, but there appears to be a complete dearth of British armoured cars in 1/48 except for the Staghound, which wouldn't be around in 1941.
I suppose I could extend the "Captured" theme to having a German/Italian armoured car being used by the British. I gather there was a lot of that sort of thing in the desert campaign.
Try these Matt.
I don't know anything about the quality, but might be worth a punt...
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Cheers,
Ron
If it wasn't for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching T.V. in the dark!
Could work. They look a little crude, but might be a good fallback.
You probably know these, but Tamiya do a set of 1/48 british Infantry (European Campaign)
They didn't all wear shorts in the Desert! lol
Might just work with a bit of modification.....
Ron
If it wasn't for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching T.V. in the dark!
I had been eyeing those up as well. I had assumed that shorts weren't universal (it gets cold in the desert at night), so again I've got those as a "backup plan" if the Tamiya 1/48 Eighth Army set doesn't appear by the end of March
Right, the PE and resin pilots have arrived, so once I've got the Warhawk off my bench, we'll get cracking.
The Warhawk is done, here's the sprue shots. One bog-standard Airfix kit and one Eduard Zoom set to gussy up the cockpit a bit as it's going to be landed with the canopy open.
The canopy with the kit is supplied closed, but I'll see what I can do with a razor saw...
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Looks a nice kit will be watching this one Matt
Nice idea Matt.
Looking forward to seeing this one come together.
Tony.
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