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Post by phil on Jan 26, 2012 8:23:26 GMT 12
'Armoured fighting vehicles of New Zealand 1939-59' by Jeffrey Plowman and Malcolm Thomas has 1/35 scale plans and quite a few photos of the Semple tank.
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Post by phil on Jan 22, 2012 18:10:04 GMT 12
Trumpeter here I come...
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Post by phil on Jan 22, 2012 14:32:13 GMT 12
He's just listed two more, one set remaining, and he's listed them on his website.
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Post by phil on Jan 22, 2012 7:35:09 GMT 12
bugger, none left on that listing. I prefer that scheme to the final scheme, for which I've got the Hawkeye decals.
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Post by phil on Jan 22, 2012 7:23:10 GMT 12
spent the week learning enough stuff so that when I go on work experience to bases during university breaks I don't look like an idiot  I wouldn't make that assumption just yet if I was you. Last year we had a young girl on her break working at 6 SQN, she was given the job of reading all the citations at a medal presentation for a bunch of long gongs. The problem was she had no idea what all the abbreviation meant (which needed to be read out in full, ie WEF 'With Effect') and the more flustered she got the less able she was to read normal english words either. We all felt rather sorry for her. |
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Post by phil on Jan 21, 2012 16:23:02 GMT 12
I doubt we ever had the capability to scramble jets for that sort of thing, we didn't have a QRA, in fact it would have taken quite some time to get an armed aircraft in the air, as the weapons would have had to be built up and brought up to the flightline.
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Post by phil on Jan 18, 2012 17:26:22 GMT 12
Thanks, I thought of customs / immigration right after I posted, but then I would have thunk that the air force, being agents of the government would be able to perform customs and immigration services on their own. Nope. IRD is a govt department too, I don't think they can clear people through customs any more than the air force can. Might depend on how much weight it's carrying. Pretty sure they come straght in, Ohakea get MAF and customs in all the time to process flights. |
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Post by phil on Jan 13, 2012 8:02:15 GMT 12
If you are using Humbrol, how about adding a bit of 93 desert yellow to it? That should bring it closer to the field air yellow and make it cover better.
You'll need to be careful if you decide to add grey, depending on the grey it might give the yellow a greenish tinge.
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Post by phil on Jan 7, 2012 10:31:03 GMT 12
. I think it is a standing joke among the Admin Section to confuse the real workers. We don't have admin sections anymore - it's all done out of Upper Hutt. |
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Post by phil on Jan 7, 2012 7:09:51 GMT 12
That's not funny, that's just the Air Force. Better get used to it!
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Post by phil on Jan 4, 2012 20:06:57 GMT 12
At one point this year my leave ballance was showing at 70 days, including long leave!
As noted above, we know get 25 days AL per year, armed forces are now a thing of the past. In theory so too are half day stand downs before long weekends.
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Post by phil on Dec 30, 2011 17:25:16 GMT 12
and with 4 aircraft and a submarine the Cupboard is becoming full. Must be a small cupboard...! |
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Post by phil on Dec 30, 2011 6:18:53 GMT 12
Hence you'll note the lack of any of the usual vigorous input from current serving members.
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Post by phil on Dec 23, 2011 19:22:55 GMT 12
Thank you all.
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Post by phil on Dec 23, 2011 15:45:49 GMT 12
We used to get $5 extra a day adverse working conditions when we used them.
Ah those were the days, when they knew something was bad for you, but instead of fixing it they just paid you a bit more.
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Post by phil on Dec 22, 2011 6:50:47 GMT 12
We used to use the GTCs to start the A4s, basically C-130 GTCs built in to a small trolley with a hose to hook up to the aircraft. They could be used to start an F-111 as well, but that took a lot of effort on the part of the little GTC and you had to watch the temps!
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Uniform
Dec 21, 2011 21:01:37 GMT 12
Post by phil on Dec 21, 2011 21:01:37 GMT 12
The Navy still have summer whites.
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Post by phil on Dec 13, 2011 18:05:36 GMT 12
I even wore my 75 Sqn name badge at work today, for the first time in 10 years.
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Post by phil on Dec 13, 2011 11:28:43 GMT 12
They were fired against LUU-2 illuminating flares.
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Uniform
Dec 12, 2011 19:56:02 GMT 12
Post by phil on Dec 12, 2011 19:56:02 GMT 12
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