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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

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 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: April 4th, 2024, 5:06 am 

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ACV India pattern Mk.II With the inability of Britain to supply Commonwealth forces with armoured vehicles early in WWII, India started production of amoured cars based on imported chassis. https://i.imgur.com/inWgRvj.png The initial Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, India pattern Mk.I was based on a Ford...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: April 3rd, 2024, 4:37 am 

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British Assault Britain had hoped that the Shah would put down the militant threat to vital British oil interests. Failing that British troops would assist their Iranian brothers-in-arms. Only as a last resort would the army be sent in through Iranian military resistance to achieve that goal. Reali...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: April 2nd, 2024, 5:51 am 

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Citroën Kégresse vehicles In the 1920's and 1930's Citroën produced half-track versions of their standard wheeled vehicles. https://i.imgur.com/TO8IGzK.png Frenchman Adolphe Kégresse, personal chauffeur to Tsar Nicolas II, designed a vehicle track system in Russia in the early 1900's. Rather than t...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 31st, 2024, 4:05 am 

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Imperial Iran During the Russian Civil War Britain had tried to use Persia as a step-off point for an attack on the Bolsheviks. In response the Bolsheviks had made inroads into northwestern Persia, leading to the creation of the breakaway Persian Socialist Soviet Republic. Led by a weak Shah, imper...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 28th, 2024, 12:31 am 

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British Response With the Iranian conflict having entered the refinery, British forces were immediately forced into action to secure this the most import facility in the whole of Iran, before any significant damage could be caused. The Fairey Swordfish from HMS Hermes had been in action throughout ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 20

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 20 Posted: March 26th, 2024, 7:01 am 

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Hawker Hind Kestrel-engined exports Several nations received small batches of RR Kestrel engined Hinds. https://i.imgur.com/eZfVFST.png Afghanistan was the biggest customer, receiving 8 new aircraft in December 1937. The Afghans were very happy with the peformance of the Hinds, their alternate Ital...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 21st, 2024, 2:13 am 

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Abadan Refinery The initial rioting in Khorramshahr had focussed on marching on the Anglo-Iranian oil facilities at Abadan to evict the British and establish local control. Unfortunately for them, the Iranian army had prepared defences against an assault by Iraqi forces withdrawing in the face of B...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 20

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 20 Posted: March 17th, 2024, 3:03 am 

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Hawker Hind export models Like most of Hawker's interwar Kestrel-engined aircraft, a version with the Mercury radial engine was offered for export. https://i.imgur.com/mALyUlg.png Designed for a 1934 light bomber role, the Hind was the logical continuation of the Hart design, and over 500 were buil...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 15th, 2024, 6:32 am 

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Arabistan The executive of the Iraqi rebel government fled before the rumoured British tank assault, heading east for the Iranian border. Crossing at Mehran the small party passed through the porous frontier with little fanfare as the Iranian military presence had been pulled back to the city of Il...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD AU 5

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD AU 5 Posted: February 28th, 2024, 2:30 am 

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Bf 109 in Iraq While reseaching the Nazi Fliegerführer Irak I came across photos of a Bf109E in Iraqi colours. First though was "Oh, I've never heard of that before". But of course a bit of digging showed it was a "what-if", but a great one in that it's reasonably plausible, and potentially a one-o...
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