Fighting the wrong enemy - Page 15

**Vinalssergio155** · #**141** 02-02-2021, 07:13 PM

Great start Pablo, he looks great.

**akula06** · #**142** 02-03-2021, 02:46 PM

What a twist of fate!

**wireandpaper** · #**143** 02-04-2021, 02:30 AM

Thank you Sergio and Akula:

A little progress after after the girls homework.
The Ju-86 arrived to South Africa around 1937 and taken over the SAAF at the end of 1939 and started anti sub patrols before the transfer to East Africa.

**Don Boose** · #**144** 02-04-2021, 09:49 AM

Good work on the South African Ju-86!

Don

**chicharrero** · #**145** 02-04-2021, 12:22 PM

Really a pretty and unusual bird.

**wireandpaper** · #**146** 02-12-2021, 10:53 PM

Thank you Don and Chicharrero for your comments.
After some detours which included the D and P versions, I finish the Ju-86Z from the SAAF. Also, I upgrade the green to a darker shade. Not strictly used against the Armee de l'Air de l'armistice, nevertheless at least one was captured in Djibouti and served the Vichy regime. They did some damage to the Italians in East Africa. The Ju-86 Z allegedly had a maximum speed of 375 km/h while the Fiat CR.32 a maximum speed of 360 km/h. It is claimed that one of these dispatched a Ju-86.
Hope you like it.

Have a look:
South African Air Force Junkers Ju 86s in East Africa (1940) - YouTube

**cafe** · #**147** 02-13-2021, 01:16 AM

You did a great job on this Junkers.

**Don Boose** · #**148** 02-13-2021, 09:44 AM

Great Junkers, and a splendid collection of aircraft in this current set.

Don

**Bob Penikas** · #**149** 02-13-2021, 01:09 PM

Pablo,

Very interesting report and build.

Bob

**wireandpaper** · #**150** 02-14-2021, 12:31 PM

Thank you Carlos, Don and Bob:
I do like the more obscure subjects for modeling. I also found this very interesting video on one of the SAAF pilots, "John Gugu". He took his 8 mm movie camera to war. In the films you will find Valentias, Bombays, Hurricanes, lots of Gladiators, Gauntlets (that the narrator calls Gladiators), and at the end Tomahawks.
Rare ww2 film: SAAF in East- and North Africa - YouTube