Welcome to my strange alternative world of wargaming with toy soldiers: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books (HG Wells, Little wars)
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Muckleburgh Collection: Cold War Sentinels
A Bloodhound missile and radar array from the Cold War. You may recall seeing these missiles used in Dr Who to destroy a cyberman invasion from space.
I remember landing at Wildenwrath (spell!!) in the mid-80's and seeing a couple of dozen arrayed round the end of the runway and thinking..."uulp! They're there to help me land...in the event!"
What the 'Airfix modeller' in me noted was that the missiles were all painted green (and possibly black camo?) rather than the colour scheme shown here which was also used on the old Airfix kit. As they slid under the wing pretty quick as we came in, I can't say whether they were all over green or camouflaged? H
I remember landing at Wildenwrath (spell!!) in the mid-80's and seeing a couple of dozen arrayed round the end of the runway and thinking..."uulp! They're there to help me land...in the event!"
ReplyDeleteThe launch was pretty spectacular with four boosters flying off.
ReplyDeleteWell - I'm glad one didn't head my way!
ReplyDeleteWhat the 'Airfix modeller' in me noted was that the missiles were all painted green (and possibly black camo?) rather than the colour scheme shown here which was also used on the old Airfix kit. As they slid under the wing pretty quick as we came in, I can't say whether they were all over green or camouflaged?
H