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Erik De Smet (opadesmet)
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Melsbroek B.58 diorama

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50 9 September 2020, 14:33
Łukasz Gliński
That's a hangar I was looking for😉
9 September 2020, 20:06
Erik De Smet
Lukasz, when you look at the pictures, you can actually see the curved roof of the hangar behind the 3 windows in the middle. The gpm hangar kit is fantastic. The airfix Mitchell is also a very nice kit.
10 September 2020, 05:32
Spanjaard
cool idea
10 September 2020, 12:50
Dominik Weitzer
this idea...wow!
11 September 2020, 05:59
Nikolaos Kouzinis
Welcome aboard Erik .Good idea
11 September 2020, 19:41
Daniel Klink
Ah cool poject.. count me in 👍
15 September 2020, 18:04
Rui S
Me too. Nice dio. Loking great 👍
17 September 2020, 21:27
Daniel Klink
Lovely start.....
17 September 2020, 21:31
Björn Svedberg
Cool project, Following! 🙂
18 September 2020, 06:23
Nikolaos Kouzinis
You started the big idea Good. Nice job
18 September 2020, 07:03
Dominik Weitzer
i really love this idea. Looks good so far!
18 September 2020, 08:23
Daniel Klink
👍👍👍
21 September 2020, 15:44
Cuajete
It seems that the GPM hangar is beginning to be a plague in Scalemates 😄.
Great idea and fantastic project. Following!
27 September 2020, 18:54
Łukasz Gliński
It's the year of the bat and hangar😉
27 September 2020, 19:34
Daniel Klink
Great implementation Erik, i will hang on 👍
27 September 2020, 19:39
Erik De Smet
Copycat work from Thomas : LED lights added in the hangar
3 October 2020, 18:39
Henry
Wow!! Is that ever a great project!!
4 October 2020, 02:28
Erik De Smet
Making progress on the front side
5 October 2020, 18:00
Dominik Weitzer
oh yes, Looks good! nice Progress! please make some closeups from the "Rooffront"
6 October 2020, 06:27
Nikolaos Kouzinis
Il va bien Erik
6 October 2020, 14:45
Erik De Smet
Continuing the roof build up
12 October 2020, 18:36
Germen V
great, and then a couple of RAF 320sqn Mitchell's, looking forward for the result.
12 October 2020, 18:39
Erik De Smet
One Mitchell will be there, going for FW227 NO-P which was lost on Jan13, 1945 and had a mixed Dutch & Belgian crew
12 October 2020, 19:16
Germen V
that's the one i've build in 1/48
13 October 2020, 03:27
Christian Lehmann
Very interesting project! 👍
13 October 2020, 05:09
Nathan Dempsey
Looking great 🙂
29 October 2020, 21:43
Erik De Smet
Making progress
23 November 2020, 13:32
Gary Kitchen
Hi Erik. This is amazing, Just wow! I don't think I'd originally realised the whole 'fakery' aspect of the original. Are there any references you can point me to on the web for background history please? 👍
23 November 2020, 14:54
Erik De Smet
Gary, I found the pictures on :
warbirdinformationex..ewtopic.php?p=630671
Melsbroek airfield was built by the German shortly after the occupation of Belgium, and captured by the Allies in 1944. Several squadrons operated from this airfield known as B58
23 November 2020, 19:17
Erik De Smet
Some "equipment" for the hangar: ladders, jigs, a trolley, a tank with oil, a damaged Typhoon propeller, left behind by the previous squadrons, a lookalike compressor, a rack with spare parts for the Mitchell. All my own imagination, but inspired by the pictures.
30 November 2020, 11:09
Łukasz Gliński
Pic #36 looks very authentic 👍
30 November 2020, 12:52
Erik De Smet
backside is complete, total width is 56 cm
14 December 2020, 13:52
Nikolaos Kouzinis
Erik it s looking very good
14 December 2020, 23:06
Erik De Smet
After 2 years, I finally decided to complete this project. I added some pictures of the vehicles I want to use.
31 January 2023, 14:36
Łukasz Gliński
Good to see you back here 👍
31 January 2023, 16:43
Erik De Smet
Too much unfinished projects waiting ...
31 January 2023, 18:34
Erik De Smet
The Mitchell bomber to fill the hangar is finished for me
1 February 2023, 14:39
Spanjaard
really impressive
6 February 2023, 14:15
Łukasz Gliński
Love the pic #56 👍 That hangar interior is impressive, considering adding this to mine 😄
6 February 2023, 14:25
Erik De Smet
Lukasz, I used a cheap led strip with 5V USB connector, and I removed 1 of 2 , otherwise the light was too bright.
6 February 2023, 17:30
Łukasz Gliński
I meant the furniture, dirty windows etc But lighting is impressive too, sth I can't learn being an electrician's son 😋
6 February 2023, 17:35
Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍
6 February 2023, 18:09
Cuajete
Looks great, Erik 👍
Congrats!
6 February 2023, 19:03
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
7 February 2023, 19:07
Erik De Smet
Thanks everybody for your appreciation and likes
7 February 2023, 21:13
Finn
Fantastic idea, well done!
8 February 2023, 19:31

Album info

RAF Mitchell in German camouflaged hangar late 1944 on Melsbroek airfield . The hangar was extensively camouflaged as a row of buidlings by the Germans. The hangar was used in autumn 1944 by the RAF, first for Typhoons and afterwards for B-25 Mitchells of 320 Dutch Sqn

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Completed
1:72 North American Mitchell Mk.II (Airfix A06018)1:72 B-25 C/Ds (Eagle Editions EagleCals EC72-25)1:72 Hangar (GPM H72-01)2+

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