Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

thanks paul, glad i ain't the only one. I have had mine for years, i think someone gave it to me. I have read one review that doesn't have much good to say about it, but as i have it, might as well build it.

When i get back to the UK in may i will try and get some pics of both BN and the one with the section from the captured hook as they appear now.

I am planning on doing BN, but nothing wrong with you doing it as well. I won't get to start mine till around August/Sept.

Stick me down for a Chinook. i was going to do BN, but I presume Bish is going to do that. So I will se if I can do the Argentine one that was captured - I think I have decals somewhere. Might have to do some research to check for differences. I have the matchbox 1/72 kit as well.

Paul

Thanks Bish.

The kit that I have only has marking for HMS Amazon, however, I believe that they over painted the numbers prior to deployment to the Falklands, so that is not a concern. The factors influencing my decision are

1. Availability of reference photos

2. Historical significance

3. Modifications required to make a reasonable accurate model. I'm not sure that there were any major differences between the Type 21's, but I think they were retrofitted Exocets from memory. I'll need to check this. The Airfix kit is pretty basic, and is really crying for some detail just to make it look 'busy' enough'.

This is an article of a build of the HMS Alacrity in Falklands fit.

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/misc/ships/spahracl.htm

Regards

Tony

Hi Bish ,

I'll go with the 1/72 High Planes Falklands Dagger and Italeri's HAS-3 and HU-5 Wessex helicopters .

I ordered two Palva wessex resin cockpits along with resin exhaust and radome for the HAS-3 , I think I read somewhere that the HAS-3 had the anti-submarine equipment removed for the initial deployment of the SAS commando's , I'll have to check again and see if I got that right as I have Cobra Co. wessex cabin interior update set in the stash if I decide to add it .

                                 John .

Welcome aboard tax, i take it the kit comes with markings for various options, or is it easy to make your own.

Hi Bish and Vance,

I'm in with the Airfix 1/600 Type 21 please. I'm not sure  which actual ship just yet.

Cheers

Tony

Bish

OWL Found this you might be interested in. It is a complete list of all GR.3's that were earmarked for the Falklands. Only 10 took part in the war. Some of those on this list didn't reach the Islands, other did but after the war. 2 were sent to san carlos but it seems they did not carry out any sorties due to weather. You should be able to find the aircraft you are building here.

http://harrier.hyperlinx.cz/FAQ-falklandwar.htm

Thanks Bish! I don't have the kit in front of me right now (I'm at the dorms) but once I get back home, I'll be able to verify what plane the kit represents. 

OWL

Gotcha MrSquid, with the first ships added to the official list.  Just added your Skyhawk Scorpiomikey.

OWL Found this you might be interested in. It is a complete list of all GR.3's that were earmarked for the Falklands. Only 10 took part in the war. Some of those on this list didn't reach the Islands, other did but after the war. 2 were sent to san carlos but it seems they did not carry out any sorties due to weather. You should be able to find the aircraft you are building here.

http://harrier.hyperlinx.cz/FAQ-falklandwar.htm

I'll go with 1/700th:

ARA Hercules

HMS Sheffield

(With a possible HMS Illustrious too)

Welcome aboard Owl!

Do you know if the one you are building flew from the Hermes or san carlos, or do the markings not say

Im in with a 1/72 Harrier GR.3 from MPC

OWL

Gotcha BigSmitty!

Vance/Bish,

Put me down for Tamiya's 1/48 FRS.1 Sea Harrier.  Just ordered it today, along with an Aires seat.  I heard the kit seat is pretty much poo.

Matchbox? Classic!

I'm adding my Airfix Sea Harrier, and a "probable" with an FMA Pucara.

seeing as i already have a kit for this, might as well stick me down. Its a 1/72nd Matchbox, (yes, i said Matchbox) Chinook.

Alright folks, here are the group build badges - one english & one español - feel free to add it to your signature. Larger size can be set up for you as well, I just went with a smaller size as usually seen on peoples signatures:

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Builders list..........

• Bish - 1/72nd Matchbox Chinook - complete, page 68
  
• VanceCrozier - 1/72 Airfix Sea Harrier FRS.1 complete, page 54
  
  1/72 FMA Pucara from Special Hobby (possibly a 1/72 Super Étandard from Heller...)
• BigSmitty - Tamiya's 1/48 FRS.1 Sea Harrier
• CallSignOWL - 1/72 Harrier GR.3 from MPC - complete, page 40
  
• MrSquid2U - 1/700th ARA Hercules and HMS Sheffield (with a possible HMS Illustrious)
• Scorpiomikey - Airfix 1/72 Harrier GR3
• taxtp - DML 1/700 HMS Sheffield - complete - page 86
  
• taxtp - Harrier FRS1, Italeri, 1/72
• Helo H-34 - 1/72 Italeri HU-5 Wessex - complete - page 87
  
  Helo H-34 - 1/72 Airfix HC-1 Chinook
• Paul_toz - 1/72nd Matchbox Chinook
• Stikpusher - 1/48 ESCI Mirage IIIE (modified to IIIEA standard) - complete - page 95
• el_jere - 1/48 Super Etendard (Heller) - complete, page 58
  
  el_jere - 1/48 Learjet 35 - complete, page 66
  
• Azorean - 1/72 Twin Otter - complete, page 50
  
  ; Super Étandard diorama
• bondoman - 1/72 FMA Pucara from Special Hobby - complete, page 57
  
• bigua - Lindberg's Avro Vulcan, Grumann s2f tracker, white metal figures
• Thunderbolt379 (Mike) - Airfix Harrier FRS.1
• uctrekker - 1/72 Airfix BAe Nimrod
• Dupes - 1/35 AFV Club FV107 Scimitar
• darson - 1/72 Airfix Sea Harrier FRS.1
• USAFSPOOK - 1/72 HAR 3 Sea King; 1/35 Lightweight Land Rover; 1-ton Land Rover FC 101 - maybe more!
• roger_wilco - 1/72 Matchbox Sea Harrier
• bsyamato - 1/72 Academy Super Étendard - complete, page 41
  
  Italeri Harrier GR3 - complete, page 56
  
• Moober (Michael) - 1/48 Tamiya Sea Harrier FRS.1
• Sergio Goncalves - two Harriers GR.3, a Sea Harrier, a Skyhawk and one Pucara
• Casper the Chihuahua - 1/24 Sea Harrier (Airfix!!!) - complete, page 68