As the threat of Japanese invasion loom (literally) over the horizon, the need for indigeneous pressed harder than ever for New Zealand which led to the birth of this "tank". Basically a modified tractor with armor and machine guns, it was slow and heavy and declared a failure.
Means "Jaguar" in Mapudungun language. While it have the appearance of the more famous M4 Sherman, Nahuel is not related at all with the Sherman. Only 12 were produced until it was replaced by surplus Sherman that was in abundance after WWII
12 of these boats ends up under Indonesian Navy service since late 1950's as Tjakra-class (not to be confused by later Cakra-class which is Type 209 submarine from Germany). One of the boat, KRI Pasopati is now preserved as museum ship in Surabaya
To commemorate Indonesian Navy anniversary (Hari Armada) which is today. I decided to share this model for free. The model is pretty simple and straightforward (since i literally model this ship in one sitting) but i included a little instruction page.
A light helicopter descended from Bell 202 Jet Ranger (how surprising, it even share some components). This helicopter continues to serve civilian purpose as well as military duty across the world
Just like Twinpac earlier, this is a premium model for Ecardmodels and testbuild by Maulatama Jaka who also testbuilt some of my commissioned models.
A further development of S-58/H-34 Choctaw, Indonesian Air Force personnel nicknamed this helicopter codot (Javanese for fruit bats) because of its distinctive shape (nowadays people would call it capybara but Indonesian Twinpac already retired far before the entire capybara meme even exist).
A premium model for ecardmodel by me, testbuild by Maulatama Jaka. Link is down below
A rather prolific Soviet twin-engine strategic bomber. First introduced in 1954, this type of aircraft has been flown for almost 70 years and remained in service as Chinese license-produced Xian H-6.
THIS IS A LIMITED TIME FREE MODEL TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF INDONESIAN NATIONAL ARMED FORCES. I'VE RELEASED IT FOR 12 HOURS (3AM-3PM WIB (GMT+7), 6 OCTOBER 2023), PAST THAT TIME THIS MODEL IS A PAID MODEL
Dever (Decollage Vertical - Vertical Takeoff) is a 1950's French supersonic VTOL interceptor design with a combination of rocket and jet engine propulsion. Equipped with single Matra missile, this aircraft is more akin to a manned missile (with another missile on the tow).
This is some unconventional design to anticipate the unavailability of conventional airfield after enemy attacks, reminds me of German's triebflugel design.
