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Battleship USS Iowa entering floating dry-dock ABSD-2 at Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, December 28th 1944. The Iowa earned 9 Battlestars in WWII and two for her service in Korea. Quite unbelievably she was only finally decommissioned in [...]
As the battle for Bastogne came to an end, the evidence of just how ferocious the fighting was can be seen in the remains of this Panzer IV (thanks to michel-verschuere for pointing out this wasn’t a Tiger, which can be seen by the [...]
A salvaged Japanese mini submarine, here photographed from the bow. These min-subs were not named; instead they had a designation number according to production dates. Operationally, they were identified by their mother ship, so this [...]
Only one photo today. A very happy Christmas to all iModelers across the world.
The Christmas Truce is one of the most famous and iconic events of the First World War and has burned itself into our collective consciousness.
Late on Christmas Eve 1914, the British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the [...]
No, this is not Louis Gardner’s Iron Works. Real F4U 1 Corsairs being made on the Vought Sikorsky production line on 23rd Dec 1942. Would love to see a colourised version of this.
Santa Claus exchanges his traditional civilian red hat [...]
Polikarpov I-15 biplanes under repair in Moscow, 22 Dec 1941. The I-15 was nicknamed ‘Chaika’ (seagull) due to the gulled shape of the upper wing.
Always partial to a carrier. This is the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) as she enters [...]
Hello everyone!
As it was proposed and accepted a few months back, the New Year is upon us and as promised, The MiG group build is about to start.
I have set up a new thread in the Groups for it where you can find all the needed info about [...]
Great modeler’s reference of a F4U-1 Corsair of No. 16 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, being serviced at Green Island (now Nissan Island), Bougainville, 21 Dec 1944.
Squadron Commander Samson flew a Farman MF-II for its first [...]
Apologies for shamelessly plugging my own model here.
On the return journey home from a bombing raid on Germany in December 1943, 20 year old pilot Charlie Brown nursed his critically injured B-17 toward the North Sea at under 2,000 ft and [...]