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Classic Airframes Venom FB 1- Royal
New Zealand
Air Force 14 Sqn by Brian Param
During
Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960, Commonwealth armed forces fought the
guerrilla war in the Malayan Jungle, the Air unit launch "Operation Firedog"
engaged in ground attack operations against Communist Terrorists (CTs)
insurgency. These
operations lasted for 12 years until the successful conclusion of the war.
The
Venom depicted here is the FB 1 variant as served with the RNZAF from Tengah in
Singapore
during this period. This
build was only possible with the constant reminders by Thomas and Grant and
Larry for the decals. The kit I intended to build was actually the Derek
Pennington FB 4, however upon inspection Classic Airframes supplied the FB 1
booms which cannot be used on the FB 4. Decent and kind folk in the form of
Grant T and Larry E kindly donated me the required decals to build the FB 1.
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For
a limited run kit, the kit is not without issues. The wings had problems as well
as minor other issues. I actually did a online build journal on the Scale Model
Forum site in Malaysia
with this link http://z12.invisionfree.com/ScaleModelsMalaysia/index.php?showtopic=5736&st=30&#last.
It was completed in time for this update. Finishing was with Gunze and Polly
Scale paints.
This
is inline with the theme of aircraft of this era during the busy fight to free
Malaya and then Malaysia from various negative influences.
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HobbyCraft Vampire FB9 - Royal Air Force 60 Sqn By Thomas Ng
The
build was inspire with Brian build above, then Brian sent me this kit to build
as part of my this year
Commonwealth air forces in Malaya/Malaysia build.
This
is a very basic kit, review around the web said this kit had various shape
issue, but I’m treating this as a quick and fun build, all in all it took me
about 2 weeks to finish it, definitely not my usual pace.
Overall,
the fitting was good, but the alignment of the twin booms was tricky, need some
careful alignment when the cement ware still wet.
The
whole kit was painted with Gunze 218 Alminume, I choose the marking for the RAF
60 Squadron that based in RAF Tengah during the Malayan Emergency, the decal was
taken from various source and the serial and lightning were custom printed.
All
in all, putting the shape issues aside, this was a fun build, and I enjoyed it.
Happy
Merdeka 2009
Brian Param and Thomas
Ng
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