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Honouring a wartime pilot

This is a story about honouring an Australian World War Two pilot, but I need to start with the historical and cultural context. Today, 25th April, is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC) [...]

RIP Norris Graserwhat a shock!

Just heard that Norris Graser died of a heart attack this past Sunday. Man! That is such a shock! I was emailing with him 2 weeks earlier; he asked me for some ideas of "P-47s not previously done to death" from my research for [...]

Heritagecon 15 - 2023

Here are a few pics from one of Canada's larger model shows, held yesterday at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton, Ontario. This gathering was the largest show in the 15 year history of the event, with over 1000 models. [...]

Korean War Group Update: Reminder, it will end on July 27th, 2023

Hello again everyone. This is just a friendly reminder to let you know that our highly successful Korean War Group will come to a close in late July. This group followed the actual dates of the so called "Police Action", which [...]

The Concours d'Miniature 2023

The Concours d’Miniature The Concours d’ Miniature is a first of it’s kind event solely created to celebrate the best model car builders in the world. Based on the great Concours d’Elegance’s of the world, the Concours [...]

RENO 2023 IS THE LAST ONE

Reno Air Racing Association announced on Thursday that this year's event will be the last. The Tahoe Reno Airport Authority is ending their support for the show and no longer allowing it to be held at Reno-Stead field. 40+ years ago when [...]

Fez-day Night Live! The Top Gun group build

Dont forget, were live at 1900 GMT/1400 EST tonight, carrying on with the top gun group build - With the usual guests of Starr, Sandy, Beth, Squiddy and maybe one or two others! (link)

An in depth chat with Luke and Dale from airfix

We caught up with Luke and Dale from airfix after the 2023 range launch on the 10th, where we chatted about the new range, all things airfix, and probed for clues on next years range! (link)

Airfix 1/48 Gannet!!

Airfix has announced a 1/48 Fairey Gannet. With a wing-fold option! Bye bye CA kit.

Airfix announcment live stream - 1530 GMT

Going live over at MOS6510 Models at 1530 GMT for the Airfix Range announcement at 4! Hope to see you all there! (link)