
Ian Cooper
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First thing I do every morning is smile - gets it over with.
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Yes, the 1980s were good in that respect. More money around then for airshows too. In the area where I live (Norfolk, England) we were surrounded by airbases - the RAF at Coltishall (Jaguars), Honington and Marham (Tornados) Wattisham (F-4s) and the USAF at Woodbridge/Bentwaters (A-10s and then F-16s), Lakenheath (F-111s and the F-15s), Mildenhall (SR-71 plus tankers and R-135s etc), Alconbury (F-4s and then F-5s), Sculthorpe (U2s apparently at one stage). Much is gone now. Woodbridge and Bentwaters, Alconbury, Sculthorpe and Coltishall all now closed. We now have Apaches at Wattisham,
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Wow - some brilliant shots there, Scott. Thanks for sharing! Ian
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1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
Thanks for looking up the photos, Stefan. I've never seen a MiG-21 fly and have only seen the one on display at Duxford at 1:1 scale. Great aircraft though. You have some good photos on your Flickr page - I particularly like the Saudi Typhoons and Tornados and anything F-4 is nice to see and the German colour schemes are good to look at. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Ian -
1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
Thanks Alf. I haven't built an Eduard kit before so didn't know what to expect having got this one and the MiG 29 UB for Christmas. But I have to say, it's a great kit. It goes together as well as a Hasegawa kit and has some good PE as part of the standard offering. Some of the panel lines and rivet holes needed to be redone but nothing significant. I did have a look at the review done by Gary Wickham here... Scalespot - look under "on the bench" for the MiG-21 Bunny Fighter ....and he clearly believes it's a good kit to. On what I know so far - other than preferring to work with light -
Thanks for building an Alconbury aggressor! The only US F-5 I ever saw was an Alconbury aggressor. Sadly I didn't get a great photo of it but here's what I did get - next to a Belgian Mirage back in the 80s. Really looking forward to your finished build - looking good so far :thumbsup:/>
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1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
Fuselage halves together and wings on ... starting to look like a MiG 21 :yahoo:/> -
1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
Hey Jochemp, Emvar .... thanks for your support guys -
I built one a few years ago (1/48) and may have some spare decals in the box. Too late now, I guess!
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1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
But it did receive a special paint scheme to take part in the exercises and I think that's as sufficient justification as some other builds are using. If it's not good enough justification, I'm sure the boss will let me know! -
1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
Woops - yes, that's right. It was 1993! Thanks for putting me right Stefan. Mig 21 at Fairford on Airliners.net -
Is nobody building an old Euro 1 scheme Woodbridge/Bentwaters A-10??? Come on!
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Kuat Systems Engineering, Patrol and Attack ship SLAVE I
Ian Cooper replied to Aigore's topic in In-Progress Pics
Nice job Janne. Love it. Somebody at work recently gave me a half finished Star Wars kit. Annakin's racer or something. Must get that out and finish it some time! Love the chips Cheers Ian -
I'll watch this one with interest. I've got the 2008 F-15DJ in my stash! Good luck with the build. Ian
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1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
A few more bits done.... -
1/48 Eduard MiG-21 BIS Hungarian AF Aggressor
Ian Cooper replied to Ian Cooper's topic in The Bad Boys
Thanks phantom and rm20886. Managed to get some more work done. The oxygen tanks have been added to the main gear bays and I've drilled out the forward airbrake areas. The kit comes with airbrakes modelled in the closed position and to model tem open they have to be drilled out and airbrake interior sections added. It wasn't normal practice for Hungarian MiG-21s to park with airbrakes open but I've seen a couple of images where this is the case. Anyways, I want to model them open for a little added interest. It's interesting for me that the aircraft I'm building - 1874 - actually visited