Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Revell are still doing very well indeed - just down the road from here in B?nde Westphalia, the home of the post war Balda cameras. Monogram has as good as disappeared and Airfix has recently been rescued by Hornby, the big UK model trains company. Otherwise the modelling market is now ruled by China, Japan, Russia, Ukraine Italy and the Czech Republic. If you want to reminisce about model tanks, take a look here. A retired narcotics cop in Holland now has what is probably the best small scale military model site - http://henk.fox3000.com/index2.htm Douglas Ric Carter wrote: > precision modeling from grownups > > a marvel to we who spent hours crosslegged on the bed with Revell and > Mongram fumes in our noses. > > Thanks > > Ric > > > On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> LUGGERS, Especially Hoppy, >> >> Almost all of my working years were spent on military installations >> where personal cameras were not allowed, for security reasons. In >> 1986, the Arnold Engineering Development Center held an Open House >> for employees, families and neighbors to tour certain areas where >> displays of interest were set up. On this occasion, cameras were >> allowed. >> >> I made a number of photos of interest to myself, and a few that might >> interest others. I particularly thought of Hoppy, the old armorer, >> when I came across the ones shown here. >> >> For many years, two of the most prevalent test types involved >> investigating military aircraft's ability to perform while carrying >> external stores of all types, and their ability to make satisfactory >> releases of these stores. The models depicted here are of the type >> used in the first type of investigation, and were designed for >> testing in the AEDC 16T Transonic Wind Tunnel, which has a 16 x 16 x >> 40-foot test section. >> >> I have no direct knowledge of what store combinations were actually >> tested, or of those that actually went into service. These photos >> just depict all of the possible combinations provided by the models >> actually used for the tests. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/F-16+with+Stores+1986.jpg.html >> >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/FB-111+with+Stores+1986.jpg.html >> >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/A-10+with+Stores+1986.jpg.html >> >> >> >> Comments and critiques are welcomed. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information