This pair are 1/300 models by Heroics and Ros and are finished in Egyptian markings.
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Flying Fagots
Surely one of the least flattering (especially in certain of the colonies) of NATO codenames* was that given to the MiG-15. Famously powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene engine (given to the Sovs by a gormless Labour government), it remains a classic design and remained in service with a number of states well into the 1980s.
This pair are 1/300 models by Heroics and Ros and are finished in Egyptian markings.
* see http://www.ipms-gateway.com/articles/NATOSovietNames.htm for more. And to think it was originally 'Falcon'.....
This pair are 1/300 models by Heroics and Ros and are finished in Egyptian markings.
I suspect this will end up on a number of unusual web searches.
ReplyDeleteConrad Kinch
ReplyDeleteI won't ask what you were looking for......
You don't judge me Gow!
ReplyDeleteConrad Kinch
ReplyDeleteDon't worry - I know you are much more likely to have googled 'Mig 15'!
Think the US Air Force types were just trying to piss off the Sovs, I'm reminded of a statement concerning the Mig15's wig guards
ReplyDeletethat regulate air flow...they were said to be put there to keep the air from defecting to the west...)
A lovely pair of Fagots, and as you know coming from the Colonies Fagots are a firm favourite of anyone worth their salt.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing better than a pair of Fagots is a Fred Firkin Fagot combo going Freestyle with a Freehand!
Don M
ReplyDelete"wig guards". I must get one of them....
Paul
ReplyDeleteHow you must know life.