Recent content by Johnny Curedents

I am very happy with events on the ground in Ukraine. I think the whole thing should give NATO and neocons in Washington a lot to think about. It is clear that the Special Military Operation is going quite well, almost exactly the opposite of what Western media outlets are reporting. Donbass...

Yes. And an article yesterday published inside Russia revealed that, had Zelenskyy not listened to bad counsel from Boris Johnson back in March, if he had continued bargaining in Turkey rather than withdrawing, he might have saved all but the two Donbass republics. Now he will be forced to pay a...

I think we might be better off waiting for results before crowing. I know what the Western media are saying, but they also thought the attack on Iraq was a dandy idea two decades ago, told us a certain laptop was "Russian disinformation" more recently, and are busy now swallowing whole many...

Nice review of a top quality kit. I have one question: Has the controversy about the actual color (s) of Condor Legion 109s been definitely resolved since I last checked years ago? My understanding then was that they were likely painted one of the RLM greens rather than the grey we frequently...

My "easy kits" never turned out as well as your "difficult kit"! Beautiful work! Chapeau !

There are surely guys at this site far more experienced than I and they can probably ID this at a glance, but I'd like to at least register my 2 cents worth before they weigh in. It looks a lot like part of the cowl of one of the versions of the Fw-190. It would start the new year off splendidly...

I like the topic but does anyone else find the voiceover narrator's approach odd?

Thanks! I figured it had to be a spectacular increase but couldn't locate any info about it.

I imagine it was probably for loitering. I also know they stuffed another fuel tank just behind the pilot, between him and any passenger (!). I'm not sure if this 'cockpit fuel tank' was also the case with earlier versions. It just strikes me that the underslung fuel tank must have extended the...

The Lysander III was used for night intrusions into occupied France, for dropping or picking up agents. Unlike earlier models, this one had a large fuel tank slung under the fuselage. Does anyone know how much that extended the aircraft's range? All the available info I find say its range was...

I built the DR-I, Fokker D-7, Sopwith Camel, Nieuport (with rockets mounted), SE-5A, but never the Triplane; I don't even remember ever seeing the last mentioned on the shelves (this is 60 years ago now!). I remember also building a Bristol F.2 and I think it too was from Aurora, but perhaps not.

Source?

I haven't noticed any goosestepping parades here or in Europe; no concentration camps; no single-party states prospering anywhere much but in China; a US president who insists on enforcing laws on the books for decades (imagine his chutzpah!); and people all over Europe and in certain parts of...

OK, I'll be the dummy here. What are the differences between the YB-40 and the XB-40?

Forward visibility from that rear stationed cockpit must have approached 0.