Although I have 3 more He-111s (including an He-111Z) under construction, I decided to take a break and

work on a 1/350 Japanese destroyer - minimal decals and no splinter camouflage.

Building Revel Baja Bronco

Cannot see how to assemble/ attach rims and drums and axle pins with no glue as indicated in instructions

Nothing seems to snap together.

Surely a dumb question, but newby needs help.

Thanks

Tom

The Kosciuszko Squadron

Band of Brothers

During the Battle of Britain No. 303 Squadron  was the most successful Fighter Command unit, destroying 126 enemy aircraft.

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I

Flown by Sqn Ldr Witold Urbanowic, 303 Squadron RAF (Polish), RAF Air Station Leconfield, September 1940

303 Squadron Pilots

From the left: Mirosław Ferić, F/Lt John Kent (Canadian), Bohdan Grzeszczak, Jerzy Radomski, Jan Zumbach, Witold Łokuciewski, Zdzisław Henneberg, Jan Rogowski and Eugeniusz Szaposznikow.

Other Details:

1/48 Airfix Hurricane Mk.I

1/48 Model-Maker Figures

Model Alliance Decals

Eduard Photo Etch & Brassin

Badger Stynylrez Primer

Lifecolor Paints

Vallejo Paints

Flory Models Weathering Wash

True-Earth Filters & Washes

Flown by

111^th Escadrille Polish Air Force

Other Details:

MIRAGE HOBBY 1/48 PZL 11.P

1/48 Model-Maker Decals D48121

Eduard Photo Etch & Brassin

Badger Stynylrez Primer

Lifecolor Paints

Vallejo Paints

Flory Models Weathering Wash

True-Earth Filters & Washes

Model Scene: Cut Meadow-Late Summer Grass Mat

                                                                                                                Photos Courtesy of My Cell Phone

Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 “White 5”

assigned Kapitan Merian C. Cooper, CO Polaski Flight,

7^th Escadria Myslwska “Kosciuuszk”

1919-1921 Polish-Bolshevik War

Other Details:

1:48 Eduard Kit

Print Scale Decal – Nr.48-042

1:48 Figures: Adalbertus Resin Figure Merian C. Cooper

AK Interactive Real Colors Aircraft Paints

True-Earth Filters & Washes

Model Scene: Grass Mat

Background (with thanks to Wikipedia and Amazon):

Explorer, war hero, filmmaker, and cinema pioneer Merian C. Cooper --the adventurer who created King Kong (the original with Fay Wray) --was truly larger than life.  Cooper was a member and co-founder of a volunteer American flight squadron, the Kościuszko Squadron, which supported the Polish Army in the Polish-Bolshevik War. On July 13, 1920, his plane was shot down and he spent nearly nine months in a Soviet prisoner of war camp^.  He escaped just before the war was over and made it to Latvia. For his valor he was decorated with the highest Polish military decoration, the Virtuti Militari.

F/O Miroslaw Feric, Dywizjon 303 (Kosciuszko) Tribute

Miroslaw Feric Background (with thanks to Wikipedia and Caracal Models):

During the Invasion of Poland in 1939, Miroslaw Feric served with Escadre No. 111, defending the Warsaw area. On 17 September he and other pilots were ordered to evacuate to Romania. Interned he escaped and travelled to France.  After training on French aircraft, he was assigned to flying Morane MS-406 fighters protecting aircraft works around Nantes. After the fall of France, Ferić evacuated in June 1940 to Great Britain. After advanced training at an RAF Operational Training Unit he was assigned to the newly formed No.303 RAF (Polish) (Kosciuszko) Fighter Squadron, based at RAF Northolt flying Hawker Hurricanes and entering service in the Battle of Britain on 31 August 1940. Mirosław Ferić was the 11th ranked Polish fighter ace with 8 and 2/3 confirmed kills and 1 probable kill. From September 1939 he had kept a personal diary, which became No.303 Squadron's unit history.

Other Details:

1:48 GWH Mig-29 Kit

Caracal Model Decals – CD48029

Model Maker Decals Mig-29 polish Stencils

Eduard P/E

Attack Squadron P/E

1:48 Figures: Plusmodel Mig-29 Pilot

Badger Stynylrez Primer

AK Real Colors Aircraft Paints

AK Weathering Pencils

Flory Models Washes

Vallejo Metal Colors

True-Earth Filters & Washes

Coastal Kits Display base

Photos Courtesy of My Cell Phone

Dywizjon 303 Kosciuszko Trofeum

303 Squadron RAF (Polish)The Trophy

Inspired by a publicity photo (August 1942) after the 303 Squadron RAF (Polish) 178th score,  a German Ju88 bomber downed a month before.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb, BM144

Flown by Sqn Ldr Jan Zumbach, 303 Squadron RAF (Polish), Kirton-on-Lindsey,

August 1942

Other Details:

1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk.Vb, Kit #A05125

1/48 Model-Maker Figures #Art. Z48002

AeroMaster Decals 48-042

Eduard Photo Etch & Brassin

Badger Stynylrez Primer

AK Real Colors Aircraft

Lifecolor Paints

Vallejo Paints

Flory Models Weathering Wash

True-Earth Filters & Washes

Model Scene: Cut Meadow-Late Summer Grass Mat

Photos Courtesy of My Cell Phone