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Four years ago, I wrote an article about how a FW 190 A8 was being restored at the Luftwaffenmuseum in Gatow outside Berlin, Germany
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A year ago the restoration was finished and the aircraft is now exhibited in the rebuilt [...]
I just bought a Tamiya 109E off of ebay. I thought it would be fun to go back in to my archives and find my photos of the 109 at Thunder Over Michigan a few years ago. This was Russel's restored E that I believe was recently sold and is [...]
While out for a walk I stumble upon this fabulous MD 500E sitting on the lawn outside a restaurant. Pilot probably out for a spin and a meal as it is bank holiday and weather couldn´t be better for a fly around and lunch with partner or [...]
Hello, I'd like to share with you about my walkaround on Mig-15. The machine is located in a museum in Vyškov, Czech Republic
On the 28th of August, at IPMS-Deutschlands modelling show, I had the privilege to be invited to a guided tour of the FW 190 A8 that’s being restored at Gatow air force museum in Berlin.
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Stabsfeldwebel Enrico Schade, who leads the [...]
Another cockpit from the Arboga missile museum. This time it´s a multi role AJS 37. A is for attack, J is for fighter and S is for recce. Hope it gives you a general feeling for the colours and working environment in the pilot´s office. [...]
At the missile museum in Arboga, Sweden, one may see and play with a whole assortment of things. The biggest "toy" is the J 35B Draken simulator, a real front section still having all its knobs and dials. Many of the functions [...]
There aren´t many surviving Mosquitos around these days. So what to do? Build your own of course. At least that is what Lincoln Nietschke did for his own museum in Greenock, South Australia. This is a wooden full scale model of a wooden [...]
Here are a few photos from Australian National Avation Museum at Moorabbin airport, Melbourne, Australia. Thought someone might like a "sit-around" in the cockpit of Fairey Firefly AS.6, WD 827. General impression is good view [...]
From the editorial archives comes this reprint of an old article from 2002, with artwork kindly provided back then by Ricardo Dacoba. Those were the times 🙂 Published as a comment to Gabor Szabo's model article from the week.
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