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Living in the
North of Norway makes the social aspect of our hobby a bit different. We do
have a modelling club, but it's not very local. The club is tied to Troms
County, and the 25-or-so members live as far as 600 kilometers apart. In order
for all of us to meet up we arrange a modelling weekend twice a
year, with the location and hosts rotating. It started off as a one-off, but
ended up being a very popular event, with people showing up from other parts
of the country as well.
This autumn's
meeting in Salangen (see map with
Texas superimposed as measure) was rather special with the
introduction of a project for the winter
and spring to come. We are to make models of all the aircraft
types participating in the fighting over Narvik during the German invasion in
1940. All the models, decals, etchings and conversions are paid for by the
Memorial Museum in Narvik. The models have to be built to a very high
standard, and will be placed in a specially made exhibition area once
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But first the
models have to be built. The plan is to have a more or less complete
exhibition in May 2003. The kits are all 1:48 unless noted, most of them with
Eduard etchings and/or the appropriate conversion, such as MDC's offerings for
the Ju88's. As you can see some of the planes are unique, such as the Do24V-1.
As is apparent from one of the pictures Kjetil has been given the arduous task
of converting the incredibly expensive
MPM Do24T to a V-1. Key words: Diesel Engines.
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All kinds of modellers are involved, even armour builders! (Picture
below is of Arild struggling with the Arado 196. Fueled with Jello candy and
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Here's the list:
Gloster
Gladiator Mk.I, Roden
Supermarine
Walrus, Classic Airframes,
Fairey
Swordfish Mk.I, Tamiya,
Fairey
Swordfish Mk.I Floatplane, Tamiya,
Heinkel
He 115B, Revell. Norwegian and German, 1:72. Any confirmed rumours about a
1:48 Heinkel 115? Please?
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Junkers
Ju52/3m, Revell Monogram,
Heinkel
He111H-3, Revell Monogram,
Junkers
Ju 87R-2 (?), Hasegawa
Hawker
Hurricane Mk.I, Hasegawa
Ju
88 A1, Revell Monogram
Ju
88 C2, Revell Monogram
Dornier
Do 26V-1, Mach 2, 1:72
Dornier
Do 24V-1, MPM, resin.
Blackburn
Skua, Warrior, resin
Arado
Ar196, MPM
DH
Tiger Moth, Aeroclub
Fokker
CVD.. Scratchbuilt.
Messerschmitt
110 D, Fujimi
Messerschmitt
110 C, Fujimi
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the
Hansa. It's
just a lovely model built by Cameron Davis |
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The
pictures show different parts of the weekend activities. As shown we had a
small model exhibition for visiting locals, and on different boards around
the room we put up specially made profile drawings of the aircraft we were
going to build. Modelling wise we made an effort to share different
techniques. In one picture you'll see me having just demonstrated my
resin-removal tricks. You might notice the fact that I couldn't find the
vacuum cleaner.
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You
may also notice a mix of beverages on the modelling tables... Our bi-annual
meetings are truly social in order to make up for the lack of contact
through the year.
To
top it off we made a trip to the local army museum, the local pub and the
in-house sauna. Luckily for some I haven't included all the pictures taken
throughout the weekend...
Why write
this? Just to show that with a bit of imagination our solitaire hobby might
not be so lonely even though some of us live in sparsely populated areas.
Some
say there are many ways to kill a cat. I prefer to use resin dust.
Happy
Modelling
Kyrre
Harstad,
Norway.
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