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Hawker Hurribomber 175 Squadron 1942

This is the Revell new tool 1/32 Hurricane IIB finished as a Hurribomber, worth adding that the kit doesn’t include the bombs so they were purchased separately. The kit is a pleasure to build and goes together very easily, but I chose to [...]

Pacific Coast Models Hawker Hurricane I (1/32 scale)

My model depicts F/O Richard Brooker climbing aboard 56 Squadron Hurricane P3153 at North Weald in August 1940. The kit is quite accurate though challenging to build, but I used the Brian Fawcett additions of a “dog kennel”, the area [...]

Hawker Fury (Alley Cat) 1/32 scale

Managed to finish this one yesterday, very poor light so just the one pic a the moment.

Avro Anson (Airfix 1/48 scale)

Airfix have recently produced a new tool 1/48 scale Avro Anson My father, as a staff pilot at No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation School based at Moffat in Southern Rhodesia flew Ansons on a daily basis but sadly only took one [...]

Bf110E Nightfighter (Dragon 1/32 scale)

This is Cyberhobby/Dragon's superb Bf110E kit, finished as flown by Lt Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer in 1943. The kit is detailed, care is required with the nacelles in particular...and the instructions are awful!

Focke Wulf 44B Stieglitz

This is the Silver Wings Fw44 Stieglitz, a 1930s German training aircraft. This was my first Silver Wings kit, it proved to be a good one because it was fairly straightforward and encouraged me to explore other similar models.

Gloster Gauntlet (Silver Wings kit plus AIMS bits)

Since my introductory article was my 56 Squadron Gloster Gladiator that I built a couple of years ago, I thought it a good idea to follow up with the Gloster Gauntlet which is currently on my workbench. This is the Silver Wings kit in [...]

Gloster Gladiator 56 Squadron

Hello all, I'm new to iModeller but very happy to be here. By way of an introduction, this is my model of the ICM Gladiator finished in the colours of 56 Squadron. There's a little artistic licence in that there's no evidence that I've [...]