One of the primary reasons I had not pushed my Norwegian project was the lack of a NM135 model. Recently I've discovered a couple. One a 3D print file and the other from Hobbyden. Brian Walsh there has recently produced a NM135, which is a primary component of a 1986 Norwegian mechanised infantry force. Hopefully I'll have 4 NM135s coming in the next little while.
As a result of some commission work I did recently for a friend, I have also been able to get enough troops for a Norwegian platoon, plus a few others. I won't be showing them until they are painted though.
I have a bunch of diecast Leopard 1s and M48A5s so that's the tanks taken care of, with a bit of tinkering.
So what I was missing for my Norwegian's was primarily aircraft. This has now been resolved:
Obviously the first thing you need is a F-16. What better than this specific Norwegian F-16A+ by Fujimi.
Next I needed a F-5A Freedom Fighter. These are relatively hard to find - everywhere you look you can find F-5E which are just not right. Although this is Hasegawa kit comes with Dutch and Canadian decals, I'll sort out something to make it Norwegian.
The final aircraft I needed was one of these. Talk about rare as hen's teeth. Just had to have one of these for my Aerial Forward Observer. No choppers here pal. This is an original 1970's Airfix kit. Only problem is now I feel like I'm being barbaric if I open it up and make it...
Anyway - that's it for today. Next update will be another project, where I've actually made some real progress, not just bought stuff.
Thanks
Richard
