P-40E Warhawk, RAAF, Milne Bay battle

The Battle of Milne Bay, has been unfairly forgotten, was decisive in breaking Japanese rule in New Guinea, it was the first Japanese landing in the Pacific War, which was rejected, and all this was achieved, when the Australian forces were still in inferior conditions to the Japanese.

Air superiority was achieved with the not so good P-40E, which had been defeated in the Philippines and Java, but the Australian planes were flown with the lessons learned, by determined pilots who achieved sufficient air superiority, so that the attack planes could fulfill their function.

This model represents an airplane of the 75 Squadron, it is one of my first attempts to make a model, with decoration different from that offered by the manufacturer, it is in 1/144 and is from Lodela, the decals come from my box of remains and They have only been modified to represent the Australian insignia, the letter P is painted.

Hurricane 1/144, Revell Lodela

 

Another of Lodela's models in the seventies was the Huirricane in 1/144, belonging to the same H-1000 Series as the previous entry, it shared the same design principles, a yellow box, a magnificent Ikematsu Boxart, the simple instructions and decals for a version of 56 Squadron, code US-G, one of the participants in the Battle of Britain. This is the original box from 1978, with its label of free cement.

Spitfire Mk I, 1/144, Revell Lodela

 

One of the most beautiful Spitfire models was the one produced by Revell Lodela in 1/144 in the seventies, the Boxart is from Ikematsu, the instructions were a simple drawing on the back of the Boxart, which included an exploded view of the model, along with to a simple camouflage scheme; the decals were simple, for a 65 Squadron aircraft, with the decoration that Revell repeated in all the YT-L scales, until 1979, the model included a small glass tube with glue.