Falklands Database

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HMS Sheffield D80

by Sebastijan Videc on May 4, 2022 · in Ships · 14 ≡

HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer, the first of fourteen Type 42 destroyers to enter the Royal Navy service plus two that, ironically entered Argentinian Navy. The ship was commissoned in February 1975 and spent its [...]

1/48 Kinetic Pucará IA 58A – Guerra de las Malvinas (group build)

by Eric Berg on February 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

The IA-58 Pucará is an Argentine ground attack/counter-insurgency aircraft manufactured by Fábrica Militar de Aaviones (FMA) and capable of operating from less than ideal airstrips that were too short or rough for jet fighters. Pucarás [...]

3 Para Mt.Longdon , Falklands 1982

by David G LANE on September 7, 2021 · in Figures · 6 ≡

120mm Resin casting ( awful) Mitches models. Moz Cory sculpt. Paint: Tamiya Vallejo for the DPM Oils Printers inks This is a b'day present for a vet who's 60 next month. They'd been in the field around two weeks in freezing winds, rain, [...]

1/72 Airfix Phantom FGR.2 1435 flight, RAF Mount Pleasant 1991

by Michael Drover on June 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

G’day all. Another Phantom! An annoying start followed by a pleasant build for the most part, I’m happy to say that this was an enjoyable project. The kit is built as XV466 ‘D’ Desperation while assigned to 1435 flight at RAF Mount [...]

It’s Not Spock

by Scott Nelson on January 3, 2020 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Inspired by the new-tool Airfix Vulcan, which I immediately put on pre-order the day that was possible, I pulled the GWH 1/144 Vulcan K. 2 out of the stash as my last build of 2019. On the whole it’s a nice kit for 1/144 scale. The [...]

A Carrier at Risk: Argentinean Aircraft Carrier and Anti-Submarine Operations against Royal Navy’s Attack Submarines during the Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982

by Dirk Derks on October 31, 2018 · in Reviews · 8 ≡

This new book will appear beginning 2019. Again, interesting story and lots of drawings and pictures for the modeler. "The naval warfare of the last few decades appears dominated by operations of fast missile craft and a wide [...]

Douglas A-4B Skyhawk Argentine Air Force – Airfix 1/72 (A03029)

by Paulo Castro on November 19, 2017 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Hi all I have decided to build an A-4B Skyhawk from Argentine Air Force during the Falklands conflict in 1982. Politics aside, the conflict proved that skilled pilots can make a difference even when using an outdated, or inferior material. [...]

Dassault-Brequet Super Etendard Armada Argentina.

by Dirk Derks on October 4, 2017 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

On the first of May 1982 the Aviacion Naval Argentina was in the possesion of the first batch of 8 Super Etendards. These aircraft equipped the 2a Escuadrilla de Caza Y Ataque, based at Comandante Espora, Puerto Belgrano. These aircraft [...]