Models & Musings
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I finally get my work bench back
I'm probably not different than most modelers, my desk usually looks like this: While at Telford I checked out Sphere Productions, which is part of Progressive Engineering Solutions. Sphere sells a number of laser cut storage racks designed for modelers and gamers. One item I was particularly interested in was a paint rack for organizing…
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Telford 2013
10 November 2013 So one of the things I got to do at Telford this year was sit in a real Spitfire. It’s not a flyer, and has a few things that are actually fiberglass, but the fuselage is a real Mk IX with some history behind it. I joined up with Jim Rotramel who…
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LF IXe, 5531, Air Operations School, AFS Langebaanweg, SAAF, May 1953
The South African Air Force was a long time user of the Spitfire. Almost from the earliest marks. I seem to have a few SAAF aircraft, Spitfires and Hurricanes, on my shelf and it’s probably due to a combination of subject and color. Typically their national markings had the red replaced with orange, and of…