HPA

A wonderfull find, Lurk, that book on the flight to the Dutch East Indies. So many good pictures that a model F.VII of this first series is very possible! And an insightfull historical document too.

There's now a video here

Quote from: TheLurker on Aug 16, 2026, 07:44 PMIf you can read Dutch then you might find this interesting, especially if you're following Henk's Fokker F-VIIa thread.

Thanks Lurker - What a find - and coincidental timing too given the Fokker builds going on!
I don't know Dutch but I cheated and found a button that provides an English translation.
Def some good pics - and even includes a long shot of the KLM field where F.II H-NABC is parked (the one right in the middle in case the resolution is not enough to read) together with other F.II/F.IIIs and similar aircraft.
cheers
Tim

Mig 17   Static Display

Sunday Aug 16 2026                  post 7 of 7

last four ramdon pics off of the web


Pic #1     Mig 17 fresco
Pic #2     Mig 17s times two
Pic #3     Mig shined by the sun

"Russia's 6-TON RELIC — How The MiG-17 Humiliated America's Best Jets"   by Quantum Arsenal  26:50 min  July 16 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbcNY6dTpqs&t=67s
What a well explained powerful video - just watched it - gets right into the aerodynamic details  -  ten out of ten.

   And that is all for the pics,  and all for the mighty Russian Mig 17.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

Mig 17   Static Display

Sunday Aug 16 2026                  post 6 of 7

eight random Mig 17 pics off of the web

Pic #1     MIG 17  and  F105  Thunderchief
Pic #2     Mig 17  bear studios
Pic #3     Mig 17 bear studios    2
Pic #4     Mig 17  bear studios   3

Lastwoodsman
Richard
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Mig 17   Static Display

Sunday Aug 16 2026                  post 5 of 7

four pics in the white box

Pic #1     3920
Pic #2     3921
Pic #3     3923
Pic #4     3924

Lastwoodsman
Richard
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Mig 17   Static Display

Sunday Aug 16 2026                  post 4 of 7

     I built this Mig 17 ,  but I don't have a build thread,   back in June 2015 when I just started balsa modeling in the "Virtual Aerodrome" website.    It weighed 58 grams.   I actually won a first place, in the jets category,  at the Model Show Sept 17 2016,  at the Historic Hangar in Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada.  (The only other time I won a category,  was with the  24" Nieuport 11 Bipe from Guillow's on Oct 18 2014).

   I beat out the plastic guys,  with my winter camo scheme balsa Mig 17 jet (the camo design tissue is from Ez Built I think).   Well,  actually only beat out one plastic guy,  who had a very detailed plastic  model,  but, ... it was the head guy's,  super detailed plastic model  F18 ......    grin. 

Pics to follow:
- four pics on the Red Stand
- four pics in the white box
- eight random Mig 17 pics off of the web


     The Mig 17 is "DUMAS" kit # 234  18" wingspan  $37 in 2015   -  it comes with peel 'n stick decals (but I made my own), and yes it is very easy to build as a rubber powered model,  because the kit has the prop, thrust button, prop shaft, removable nose block in the plans,  etc - also it is laser cut - I only built this one for static display,  though.

      More on the Mig 17 kit and the actual aircraft history here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17

Four pics on the red stand
Pic #1     3913
Pic #2     3914
Pic #3     3916
Pic #4     3918

LASTWOODSMAN
Richard

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Richard
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"MIG 17 CAPTURED" - a  Sci-Fi  short skit                                 

Sun Aug 16 2026                 post 3 of 7

Pic #1   3911
     "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" continue their vigil, awaiting further orders.

Pic #2     3906
     "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" and the MIG 17 were then beamed back into the future,  for further research and strategic planning. The findings are next...

The End   of       "Mig 17 CAPTURED"  - A SHORT Sci-Fi

More Mig 17 pics coming up.

Lastwoodsman
Richard
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"MIG 17 CAPTURED" - a  Sci-Fi  short skit

Sun Aug 16 2026                 post 2 of 7

Pic #1     3909
     Prior to teleportation, the containment area was secured and cleared of all functioning enemy combatants, with a top secret scalar sonic pulse sound weapon, that caused all of them to lose their bowel control. 

Pic #2    3910
     "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" arrive uncontested, and examined and scanned the captured MIG 17 with their penetrating ionizing laser pulse microwave X-ray eyes for future analysis and reverse engineering.
 
Pic #3    3912
     "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" stand guard and watch for any intruders.
(continued next post)

LASTWOODSMAN
Richard
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"MIG 17 CAPTURED" - a  Sci-Fi  short skit       

Sun Aug 16 2026                 post 1 of 7

Pic #1    3904
     HEADLINES: RUSSIAN MIG 17 CAPTURED by giant Cyborg Super Soldiers, "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot", in a top secret covert operation, code-named "Rewrite History", for the domination of the New World Order. "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" sneak up on their target.   

Pic #2    3905 
     The giant, man and machine hybrid, robotic Cyborg Super Soldiers, Mandrake and Bloodroot, were transported back in time through a wormhole portal, with the use of the newly discovered "Ark of the Covenant" chest, and it's magical powers.

Pic #3     3908
     They were transported through the 12 dimensions of interstellar space and reality,  back in time to January 16, 1966,  to a top secret remote airbase in the Russian Boreal Siberian Forest, where the Mig 17 was cleverly concealed with it's Russian Winter Camouflage pattern.  (continued next post)

LASTWOODSMAN
Richard
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