Intro:
“On April 16, 1976,
Tebuan CL-41G from No. 6 Squadron and F-5E from No. 12 squadron had
participated in Ops Kota Gubir operation. The Malaysian Army had
identified a few Communist Terrorist (CT) camps at the Malaysia/Thai
border near Gubir in Kedah. Army battalions surrounded the area while the
RMAF was called to conduct air strikes. This was one of the biggest
operations that RMAF had been involved in. Half of our Tebuan CL-41G 'day
fighter ground attack' aircraft were equipped with mini-guns and rockets,
while another half of the fleet was with 500 lb bombs. Allouette was also
flown as the Forward Air Controller (FAC) to direct the strike aircraft to
the targets……..” ---Major Zakaria Salleh
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This diorama was based
loosely on Major Zakaria Salleh encounter during the Ops Kota Gubir, the
strike on Communists camp during Emergency period. This is a collaboration
work of members of our local modeling society SFTPMS for our 50th
Merdeka Group Build.
The kits used are all in
1/72 scale that consists of 2 MHM’s F-5Es, 2 Kittech’s Tebuans and
some Itelari figures. The diorama base and huts were sketch build.
The guys working on this
are:
- Brian Param – Tebuan
FM 1126
- Hilmi – Tebuan FM
1129, Figures
- Aidy Abdullah – F-5E
FM 2209
- Thomas
Ng – F-5E FM 2205
- Ck Loo – Diorama
- CK Tang – Huts
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