Tag: Martin Marauder
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Martin Marauder – Part Four – The Slippery Olive
The Marauder had a strange reputation for quite some while but eventually setled down as a very capable ship in the European theatre. It also featured in several Pacific battles and guarded Alaska as well. I was tempted to attach a torpedo to this Marauder just to show that it had been done – and…
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Martin Marauder – Part Three – The Wobbly Line
A new experiment in painting – the demarcation line on the Martin Marauder is a wavy one – a particularity of the USAAF planes at the time. I am going to try to duplicate it by masking off a mean curved line with Tamiya tape and then developing the curves with masking fluid. See the heading…
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Martin Marauder B-26 – Part Two – Two Bit Model
A bit of a come-down from yesterday, but today I started the kit and discovered why Airfix had a bad reputation a decade ago. a. Two short shots. b. One missing part. c. An extra tailplane. d. More flash than a Marvel comic. I am not all that nonplussed, though I have be plussier…
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Martin Marauder B26 – Part One – Million Dollar Model*
No, Airfix haven’t raised their prices again – the heading refers to the fact that I have just discovered that Martin Marauders – the B-26’s – were sent up to Alaska for transfer to the Soviets during the Lend Lease period. The internet turned up a picture of a crashed Marauder in the Canadian bush…
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