Attic Type Helmet

The Attic type Greek helmets date from the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BCE. They were characterized the open face and visor which protected the soldier’s face from downward sword strikes. They were commonly made of bronze, but iron was also used. This model is based on a bronze helmet dating from 300 to 250 BCE.

One of the fun things about my hobby is the research into the history of the subject and how it works mechanically. During this short project, for example, I stumbled on the fact that this style of helmet became very fashionable among senior Roman military officers during both the republic and the empire periods.

I would like to thank CgAlpha for the corroded bronze material

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Tante Ju

The Junkers JU-52/3M model g7e (also known as “Tante Ju”) was built by Junkers and 
two foreign licensees from 1932 to 1952 for a total of 4,485 planes. It was powered
by three 574 kW (770 hp) BMW 132, nine cylinder radial engines (licensed from Pratt
& Whitney with some refinements by BMW.) It was used by 12 different commercial
airlines for passengers  and freight and by the Luftwaffe during WWII as a troop
carrier and transport plane.

The aircraft was 18.9 m (62 ft.) long with a wing span of 29.25 m (95 ft.) It had room
for 18 fully-equipped soldiers or twelve stretchers in air ambulance configuration.
plane was flown by two pilots and a radio operator. The Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle
was specifically designed to fit inside the JU-52.2,804 JU-52/3m planes were delivered
to the Luftwaffe between 1939 and 1944.

The Tante Ju was extensively flown in the Denmark-Norway, Netherlands, Balkans, Soviet
Union and North African campaigns. These planes had very little defensive capability:
some were equipped with one or two light machine gun turrets mounted on the top of the
fuselage. During the North Africa campaign in 1942 and 1943, the Luftwaffe flew as many as
150 flights a day from bases in Sicily to Tunisia. By April, 1943 the RAF and the USAAF
organized Operation Flax , during which they destroyed more than 140 JU-52/3m’s in two
weeks with air interceptions and bombing raids on German air fields.

The model here represents one of the planes involved in the air supply operations to 
the Afrika Corps in April, 1941. This plane belonged to the III./KGrzbV 1, III
Kampfgruppe (Special Operations Battle Group.) The white stripe on the rear of the
fuselage indicates the trans-Mediterranean supply. The Z3F on the rudder shows that
it was in 10 Staffel (squadron) although it was serving with the 11 Staffel (the red
paint on the letter F on the side of the fuselage.) The fate of this particular plane
isn’t known, but there is a photo of it in flight over the Med: IZ+FJ. 

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