What's a "Ready Room"

Thanks Tankerbuilder,

Most credit goes to the other modelers who contributed to the dio. Mine was just the Ready Room or hut for that matter.

Water is not easy either. I have done my fair share of sea dios and it's no picnic.

Cheers,

Richard

Hello; Hey rtfoe,that is a very nice dio. I don,t usually do dios unless they have lots of water in them(read oceans) but I appreciate ALL the work that went into that little miniature piece of history.WELL DONE!!!! tankerbuilder

Your ready room looks great in that dio.

Thats correct,  I was with VFA-303 and there is indeed a "Ready Room"  That is where they prepare for the days Missions.

That is PHENOMINAL!!! I would love to do a group project like that! I will agree though, the field could use some more wear and tear, but everything else looks amazing.

Hi Guys,

I got the pictures of the completed airfield from our local website. Here it is:

It was a collective build. Notice the bamboo chick blinds on the ready room? The base and planes were contributed by fellow modellers. I would have preffered more tall grass at the edge of the airfield and tread tracks along the base.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Richard

Thanks Sub, Berny, Kolschey, Railfan and Jetmodeler foir the kind words.

If you notice, there are two sections in the building. One for the briefing room that's covered and the open verandah. Basically there are open windows all round to cope with the heat and the chick blinds to stop rain.

I'll get the picture up as soon as the dio is put together again at this years celebration. The house is in safekeeping with one of the appointed GB handlers.

jetmodeler

Looks amazing. It looks like you took one and shrunk it to 48th.

Incidently my fellow modelling friend say I have this incredible shrinking ray gun stashed away. Lol

 Thanks again for looking.

Cheers,

Richard

Looks amazing. It looks like you took one and shrunk it to 48th.

If I remember correctly, a ready room is where the pilots are briefed for the missions they go on. Well, at least the ones they know they are going on (if the enemy was attacking, it was jump in your plane, and take-off imidiately and deal with the threats)

It's a good thing I'm not building the ready room for the diorama, because I would have gone and built everything from wood and that palm bark.

I can't wait to see the finished building, with furniture and all

This looks absolutely great so far. Solid work!

A ready room is a place for pilots to gather for mission briefing and de briefing.  They also hung out there between missions to relax and keep cool during the heat of the day.  Some ready rooms even had a bar so the crews could unwind after a mission. 

Very good looking build.  Looks like the first house I bought.    

What an awesome project! I might have to keep that in mind for someday. Please share photos of the entire scene when it is done!

padakr

Hi Richard,

Nice looking build. Looks like it will fit right in with the dio.

I believe a "ready room" is the squadron briefing room, where the pilots hold their mission briefings before and after flying.

Paul

Thanks Paul, yes I was told that it was a squadron briefing room. In Alor Setar in '41, the airfield was dotted with huts and a hangar probably made up with zinc sheets and scafolding.

The Japs didn't leave much after they bombed the airfield carefully avoiding the runway and fuel dumps destroying nearly half the squadron. The remaining Buffalos escaped to Kuala Lumpur and then to Singapore that's what I gathered.

Cheers,

Richard

Hi Richard,

Nice looking build. Looks like it will fit right in with the dio.

I believe a "ready room" is the squadron briefing room, where the pilots hold their mission briefings before and after flying.

Paul