Viking1066
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The Model Empire has a window front like that. They are about 45 minutes from here.
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The Model Empire has a window front like that. They are about 45 minutes from here.I was thinking about something completely different: standing in front of a hobby store and looking at the models.
Where do you buy your models from and how many hobby stores (with plastic models, not for RC-fans) are there in your vicinity, let say in less than 10km/miles radius from your home?
I'm lucky - there are 2 bigger plastic models stores, approx. 15km from my home and I can visit both at the same time. I never buy from the one (because of what you mentioned above), but occasionally bring some older models from the second (they buy from modellers and sell to another with a profit, of course).
Those two are the typical "industrial units" (1-storey buildings with flat roof and steel structure) where you can have a lawyer, pet grooming or a Transylvanian clairvoyant as a neighbor. No window to look trough, no boys (older as well) standing in front of the store, no atmosphere. That's gone.
That left main doesn't look right. I wonder if the pilot has the gear selector up while relying on weight on wheels to keep them down until rotation.Mitsubishi J2M3 Model 21 Raiden of the 302nd Kōkūtai take off from Atsugi airbase to intercept B-29s, 1945 REDD
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There is a colorized version of this photo as well:A6M5c Zero Model 52-Hei, tail code 'ヨD-131', of the 302 Kokutai at Atsugi airfield, September 1945 FACB
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