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« on: September 14, 2018, 11:26:56 PM » |
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Hi everybody, I'm Bernard, from France , 68 years old. Several dozen of Tri-ang, Frog, Airfix (in bags) and Revell kits build during the sixties, all 1/72 WW2 planes . I still have the brown and green Airfix Il-2 and Yak-9 and the Revell I-16 in my display . Completely inaccurate, but chilhood memory.
After a 50 years break, I come back to modelism, still 1/72 planes . My project is to build the main types of the main aircrafts involved in the wars between 1936 (Spanish civil war) and 1945. Due to my age, I know I will not see it completed. It's not a reason to not try. I have choosen the soviet aircrafts as first theme for 2 reasons. 1- The film Летят журавли, (The cranes are flying, Quand passent les cigognes) made me discover when I was 12-13 years old , the sacrifice of the Russian people during the WWII and since I am interested in all the aspects of his culture. 2- I'm methodical and follow the chronology. 1936 Among the first planes involved in the spanish civil war, I have choosen the I-16. Its numerous types will allow me to make also planes involved in the Japanese/ Chinese war, the Japanese/ Soviet Khalkin-Gol conflict, The Finlad /Soviet winter war and the GPW. However, when I have discovered the Vakhmistrov's circus in the I-16 story , I have decided to build the type 24 SPB before the TsKB-12. To present this type in zveno configuration , I had to build a TB-3 34 RN that I present here http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/board/index.php?topic=2386.0
For the next months and may be years, I will have numerous questions to ask here to the numerous VVS experts.
Regards Bernard
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