Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

PBY Catalina


The Consolidated PBY Catalina was an American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft. It was one of the most widely used multi-role aircraft of World War II. PBYs served with every branch of the US military and in the air forces and navies of many other nations. In the United States Army Air Forces and later in the USAF their designation was the OA-10, while Canadian-built PBYs were known as the Canso.

During World War II, PBYs were used in anti-submarine warfare, patrol bombing, convoy escorts, search and rescue missions (especially air-sea rescue), andcargo transport. The PBY was the most successful aircraft of its kind; no other flying boat was produced in greater numbers. The last active military PBYs were not retired from service until the 1980s. Even today, over seventy years after its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as an airtanker in aerial firefightingoperations all over the world. This is my models. It is now my favorite model of all times. This is a picture of the real aircraft landing, hope you like my PBY Catalina!PBY_Catalina_landing.jpg

Churchill Crocodile Tank



The Churchill Crocodile Tank was a British flame-throwing tank of late World War II.It was introduced as one of the specialized armored vehicles developed under Major-General Percy Hobart and known as one of "Hobart's Funnies". It was produced from October 1943, just in time for the Normandy invasion though no units saw action on the first day. Eight hundred were produced by conversion of existing tanks. The conversion kit consisted of the trailer, an armoured pipe fitted along the underside of the tank, and the projector, which replaced the hull mounted Besa machine gun. The Crocodile was therefore still able to function as a gun tank with its turret mounted Ordnance QF 75 mm-gun. I love this model. I think it is my favorite tank! I have mud on it too! I put on all the decals and put the Ordnance QF 75 mm-gun on it which was one of my favorite pieces! Tell me what you think of it! Sorry, the pictures were taken at 7:00 pm.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Ju-87G2 Junkers Tank Buster



This was probably the hardest model I made. The problem about this model was that:
  • There was no instructions.
  • There was no decals.
  • The skill level was 4 or 5.
  • There was probably 150+ pieces.
So I had to use my extra decal box to add the decals and use my common sense to build it. I made it a US Vietnam War plane, not a WWII German Plane. I like this model because it has a small turret at the back! This is my last 1/72 scaled model now. I painted everything extra nice and painted this model perfectly. So that's my Ju-87G Junkers Tank Buster!!!