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Friday 15 June 2012

Getting my choppers out!

I have to say I'm a bit please with myself. Not in any major way but there I was taking some pics for various articles- as you do - well as I do and amonst several not bad sort of pics was this little cracker. What it depicts is a flight of 4 AlouetteIII helicopters in Rhodesian service flying over the bush sometime around 1975. To be precise there are 3 "G-cars" and one "K-car". The G-catrs have the twin .30 cal and the K-car a 20mm cannon. These are 1/100th scale- that 15mm for chaps who don't do scale- models from our "Lil'flyin choppers" range of post WW2 aircraft. Made by Paul Cotton- who also painted 'em they serve to move about my as yet unpainted Fireforce.

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  1. Those look pretty darn sweet! Very inspiring. I'm planning to do this same period in 28mm using the Eureka stuff.

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    1. Curt. I looked at the Euraka stuff and its very nice but viciousily expensive- at least in the UK. Also getting other vehicles can be a pain in 28mm- and not cheap. I worked out that its a better option to have my own gear designed- with all that entails - in 15mm than to go with the more limited option in 28mm

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