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Ops Confrontation
was an undeclared war between British-backed
Malaysia
and
Indonesia
during 1962–1966. Military forces for the Commonwealth countries
defended the newly formed Malaysia during confrontation. Here is a couple of models from this period.
1/72
Airfix Hawker Hunter FGA9
No.20
Sqn, RAF
No,
20 Sqn Hunters were based in RAF Tengah, it involved mainly in the ground attack
role with rockets and cannons. This is the Airfix 1/72 kit that came with
the required 20 Sqn marking, This kit was basically build OOB with the raised
line re-scribe.
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Construction
was relatively straight-forward, Painting was done with Gunze Ocean Grey,
Dark Green and Silver.
1/72
EE Canberra B(I)12
No.14
Sqn, RNZAF
The
RNZAF’s Canberras were deployed to RAF Tengah and RAAF Butterworth to assist
in Operation Confrontation as part of the FEAF.
This
is the Russian copy of the old 1/72 Frog Canberra. The plastic is quite hard and
brittle but the fitting is not too bad, This is a tail seater or a substantial
amount of weight was added to the nose.
Again
painting was done with Gunze ocean grey, dark green over off white. The decal
was taken from various source, and the white NZ serials were masked and
spray.
Many
thanks to Shah, Mr B, Ratch, Kenny for their assistance in these projects.
Happy
Merdeka..2009
Thomas Ng
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