Kirsten

All the best for Brad !!! My room is small but densely packed with shelves with 90 Cold War jets in 1:72 including 4 NF5's, 7 F4's, 3 F15's, 2 F111's, 5 F104's, 6 F16's,3 Tornadoes, 3 F 18's, 2 A4's, 2 F8's, 5 Mirages, 2 Jaguars, 4 Drakens, 2 Viggens, 2 Harriers,a Lightning, a Buccaneer, a Tomcat, a Vigilante etc tec. and numbers of Floggers, Fishbeds and other MiG's .... Enough for a nice airshow static display back in the eighties and nineties. In 1:32 2 F104G's, an F16, an F4F, a Mirage IIIE, a Tornado, an A4E and a MiG21 PFM. Further a few warships. About 1.5m shelf of videos and CD's and about 35 m of books and magazines, mostly military aviation and history related, about 20 atlasses as well as books about railways and trains. Some train models too, some antique, including a live steam loco back from 1915. More than 100 unbuilt aircraft kits........ And of course the computer and a radio/cd set. The whole thing is a modest nightmare for my wife of course but then she has her own library about trees and nature so she shouldn't complain too much. A paradise? For me : yes, but a problem when we have to move or when I die !!) Aju, Derk

As I already said (just don't know where it went....) what a great pack and especially what a great F35........ Obviously some extra work went into it. Always considered it more or less the ultimate Draken, a very capable fighter-bomber in its later years after the avionics refit. Nice to have the original shape of nose without the IR sensor, the extra internal fuel the RWR, the chaff & flares and the Gripen tanks (actually the Draken tanks that were sold to the Swedes for use on the Gripen when the F35's were retired....) And I couldn't find the sounds. No problem, but I'm curious what they are like.... Thanks a LOT !!!!!! Aju, Derk

Second this !!! Aju, Derk

Hey junior, Became a member just 4 days after you back in 2004 but at least you are modding and thus contributing to the community in the mean time..... (and making a damn good skin for the F16 !!!) Aju, Derk :lazy2:

Don't forget to drink :warning2: (and eat if there is any time left), and a happy 2009 Aju, Derk

Great work, an adventure to fly, nice cockpit, great flap & canard interaction (ok, rolling might be a bit snappier but I like it well enough the way it is......) No touble at all landing..... Thanks, Derk

Thanks, 320Sq RNN (disbanded) will love this !! Aju, Derk

Good piece Streakeagle !!! Aju, Derk :yes:

Impressive Dave !! No way to match that.... Aju, Derk :yes:

Let's keep it cosy with just Muesli, JRZ, you and mezelf, kunnen we ook lullige dingen zeggen..... or do I forget someone ?? Quite some friends of mine learned to speak Russian during their military service with Intelligence ........ Aju, Derk

And studying for number 22 I guess ?? Derk :yes:

How about taking it easy with a guy who's English is obviously not so good (yet) ? Everybody here takes it for granted that English is spoken and written, and okay, the forum is in English of course, but how many foreign languages do YOU speak ?? Aju, Derk

Hi Geezer, Check mail, Aju, Derk

Hello Kevin, The guys from the Buffalo forum at Warbirds sure know their way around. They basically confirm the thing about the FS colours coming very near to "Oudblad" and "Jongblad". For good measure look at www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/pictures/brewster_replica.asp and you'll see the latest Buffalo ..... Aju, Derk

Slik........ Derk

As for Christmas presents an electric train set is rather less costly in the long term. And with a crate of beer you stil have the empty bottles for return money in the end..... Aju, Derk

Quite a number of questions. The orange triangles on the upper wing surfaces were indeed painted over for better ground camouflage, and/or the planes were delivered without them. When war broke out on most planes the orange triangles on the other positions were removed and a Dutch flag was painted over instead. At least all the KNIL Buffaloes that fought in the defense of Singapore were painted that way while in the mean time at Java and other places the process of changing to flags went on. Indeed nothing on top of the wings. The orange rudders had been painted over some time before that. As for the colours , there was a two tone pattern consisting of "Oudblad" (old leaves) Fs 34088 / US Dark Olive Drab and "Jongblad" (young leaves) Fs 34092 / US Medium Green, while the undersurfaces were painted aluminium. The colours quoted were not actually used but they came as close as possible according to the experts of Dutch Profile. If you give me your emailadress I'll send you the same info that went to Wrench. Merry Christmas, Derk :yes:

Time to calm down..... These are harsh times and anything that TK produces that brings in cash is OK in my eyes. If you don't like it, don't buy it but let's hope it brings in enough for him to survive !! In the mean time there is plenty of life left in the stuff we had up to now, with addons arriving almost daily proving the point ..... Of course there is always room for something really new but let's take our time. And at least let's stop making noise about something that costs less than one decent meal in a restaurant...... Merry Christmas everybody , Derk

27 maart 2006...... Did you make the F-16B 313Sq KLu Tiger tail ? Still beautiful, don't know if it became an MLU but maybe you'll fly J-068 one day....... I still fly it in SF/WOE now and then. Goede Kerst, knallende jaarwisseling en een succesvol en spetterend 2009 !!!! Derk

Thnks a lot, and Merry Christmas !!! Aju, Derk

If you need any info about the KNIL Buffalo let me know, very nice work. A replica is being built in the US for the Air Force Museum in Soesterberg. Aju, Derk

Just a low pass, smoking allowed, :yes: Aju, Derk

Hey Iwan, Moooooiiiiiii !! They obtained a single seat Hunter (N-295) at Leeuwarden for the airshow circuit alongside the Mk7. Something for you ?? Aju, Derk :yes:

Another beautiful "Sterrevechter" ..... Thanks, Derk