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Here's a new kit from Revell that only hit the store shelves this Christmas.
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a super-heavy cargo aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Design Bureau during the 1980s. It ranks as the largest and heaviest [...]
I was chosen as a random award winner for november for my entry with Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio, I'm grateful for the lovely model which I've chosen as a award; It is Airfix's Ju87B-1 STUKA in 1/48 scale which would be somehow strange to [...]
Besides the previously announced 1/48 Spitfire Mk. XIV, Airfix will soon be adding another quarter-scale kit to its range. To my knowledge, this handsome and immensely popular golden-era aircraft was only previously kitted in this scale by [...]
An accurate, modern kit of the mighty Blackburn Buccaneer has been long overdue, and we were pleased to learn that Airfix is working on a new-tool kit of that Cold War era classic.
Addressing most of the issues which prevented the early [...]
With the Nuremberg Toy Fair in full swing, 'tis the time for manufacturers to let us have a peek at what's coming. And Takom does not disappoint with their previews of 1/35 vehicles...
The Bergepanzer 2 is an armored recovery vehicle based [...]
British soldiers examine a downed German bomber on the morning of 30th January 1941 during the blitz on London.
U.S. air policemen take cover behind their jeep as they come under sniper fire near Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam on January [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX’s of No. 241 Squadron RAF return to their base at Madna, south-east of Campomarino, Italy, after a weather reconnaissance sortie over the Anzio beachhead, 29 January 1944.
No. 241 Squadron was formed in August [...]
Today saw the first sinking of a Japanese warship by a US submarine.
On 27th January, 1942, the USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was returning home from its first war patrol, having left the submarine base at Pearl Harbor on 11 December, 1941. As a [...]
In 1927 HMS ‘M2’ became the first undersea aircraft carrier - a submarine carrying a small Parnal ‘Peto’ two-seater seaplane (below) in a watertight hangar. The seaplane, which had folding wings, was launched by catapult off a [...]
Vought F4U 1D Corsair ‘white 88’ of VMF 124 aboard USS Essex (CV-9) on 25th January, 1945. By the end of January, ‘45 the Essex had, in the last four months, survived Kamikaze hits and three typhoons; seen here gearing up for more [...]
