From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Mark J Davies" References: <20040426231827.GVVY9742.mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz@yourpi0mlu3p43> Subject: Re: Article Submission - 1:72 Airfix Hs 123 Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 17:03:30 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_024D_01C43455.3E145180" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_024D_01C43455.3E145180 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_024E_01C43455.3E145180" ------=_NextPart_001_024E_01C43455.3E145180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Mark, Thanks for sending in your Hs-123 article. I'll e-mail you when your = article goes on ARC. This is the last of your article you have = sent.......I must say I am quite impressed with the quality of all of = them. Well done Mark!!! Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark J Davies=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:18 PM Subject: Article Submission - 1:72 Airfix Hs 123 =20 Gallery Template #03 1:72 Airfix Henschel Hs 123=20 by Mark Davies -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 The Hs 123 was quite a pre-war designed dive-bomber that lasted longer = in service than might have been expected. It was used in the Spanish = Civil War, the early WW II campaigns in Western Europe and continued to = be used widely on the Eastern front in the close-support roles. At = least one was in service with the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire) = after 1945. I decided to model this example, as myself and three of my = mates all chose build this old Airfix kit as a quick bit of fun. They = will all build different versions and air arms to add to the interest = when we bring them along to our club (IPMS Auckland, NZ). My model has quite a bit of scratch-built detail, including cockpit (I = used a friend's unbuilt AmTech kit with Black Box interior as a guide), = drop tank, steps, windscreen, engine detail, carburetor intake, gun = blast tubes, bomb racks and so on. Other small details like foot pads = on the wheel spats, reducing the gun blast tubes, and replacing some = struts, thinning prop-blades completed the refinement. The hardest part = was probably dremelling out the cowl, raising some flutes at the rear = over the blast tubes and positioning the cowl braces. I removed all = surface detail, and then added rib tapes from decal strip in the correct = location.=20 Decals came from the spares box, and the rather unusual style "5" was = made from a reversed "2" cut into four pieces. Currently missing is a = small serial on the tail fin which a friend will print for me on his = ALPS printer. This build was a lot of fun, and replaces yet another = lost model form my childhood days. Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 02.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 02.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 =20 Photos and text =A9 2004 by Mark Davies =20 ------=_NextPart_001_024E_01C43455.3E145180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Mark,
Thanks for sending in = your Hs-123=20 article.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC.  This = is the=20 last of your article you have sent.......I must say I am quite impressed = with=20 the quality of all of them.  Well  done Mark!!!
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Mark J=20 Davies
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 = 4:18=20 PM
Subject: Article Submission - = 1:72 Airfix=20 Hs 123

=20

 Gallery Template=20 #03

1:72=20 Airfix Henschel Hs 123 

by Mark Davies
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Steve=20 Bamford = will=20 insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20

The Hs = 123 was=20 quite a pre-war designed dive-bomber that lasted longer in service = than might=20 have been expected.  It was used in the Spanish Civil War, the = early WW=20 II campaigns in Western Europe and = continued=20 to be used widely on the Eastern front in the close-support = roles.  At=20 least one was in service with the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del = Aire) after=20 1945.  I decided to model this example, as myself and three of my = mates=20 all chose build this old Airfix kit as a quick bit of fun. They will = all build=20 different versions and air arms to add to the interest when we bring = them=20 along to our club (IPMS Auckland, NZ).

My = model has=20 quite a bit of scratch-built detail, including cockpit (I used a = friend=92s=20 unbuilt AmTech kit with Black Box interior as a guide), drop tank, = steps,=20 windscreen, engine detail, carburetor intake, gun blast tubes, bomb = racks and=20 so on.  Other small details like foot pads on the wheel spats, = reducing=20 the gun blast tubes, and replacing some struts, thinning prop-blades = completed=20 the refinement.  The hardest part was probably dremelling out the = cowl,=20 raising some flutes at the rear over the blast tubes and positioning = the cowl=20 braces.  I removed all surface detail, and then added rib tapes = from=20 decal strip in the correct location.

Decals = came from=20 the spares box, and the rather unusual style =935=94 was made from a = reversed =932=94=20 cut into four pieces.  Currently missing is a small serial on the = tail=20 fin which a friend will print for me on his ALPS printer.  This build was a lot of = fun, and=20 replaces yet another lost model form my childhood=20 days.

Click on=20 images below to see larger images

 Steve=20 Bamford = will=20 insert a click-able smaller version of photo 02.jpg = here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version=20 of photo 02.jpg=20

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 Steve=20 Bamford = will=20 insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg = here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version=20 of photo 03.jpg=20

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Photos = and text =A9=20 2004 by Mark=20 Davies

 

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