Melbourne Model Expo (2011)

[meatloaf109]

Found it. Go to, englishrussia.com and look at the page titled "Two Little Known Military Museums of Moscow". The bizzare light blue / dark blue scheme is not exactly the same, but you can see a (IMHO) probable inspiration.
A bonus is a couple of shots of a Russian 'copter (MIL-23?) with some great intake covers!

 

[Airframes]

That '109 is very weird - wonder why it's been done?! And the tail planes have dihedral !!

 

[Gnomey]

Yeah it is really weird, nicely done though...

 

[Matt308]

... errmm

 

[Crimea_River]

....how should I put this.....ummm.....I F$$KING HATE IT!

 

[N4521U]

They have a "Weird" class???????????????
Where do I sign up!!!!!! I could shirley compete in that catagory!

 

[Wayne Little]

getting my butt back on track to finish this...

An Fw190F-8

 

[Airframes]

Ooh, stripey! Looks like a tasty German cake, one of those with the chocolate, cinnamon, and icing on top! Nicely done.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good one!

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Matt308]

No aerial?

 

[Wayne Little]

No aerial?

These things happen....

next up an A6M3 Zero, unfortunately just a tad fuzzy...

 

[meatloaf109]

Weird blue '109's, frosted 190's, and fuzzy Zero's.
If you, Vic and Bill didn't do such nice work I might think it has something to do with being up-side down all the time.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice one!

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff. And Paul, I think the camera had been in the bar too long ......

 

[Crimea_River]

No question there's an aerial on this one......

 

[Matt308]

Yeah I guess what threw me was not the omission of the aerial, but the fantastic execution and then missing such a glaring error. I assume that an aerial was appropriate but perhaps the modeller knows something I don't. Wouldn't be the first.

 

[Wayne Little]

Next up another japanese subject the Ki-84

 

[meatloaf109]

I have never been able to nail that chipped Japanese aircraft look.