At the last year of WWI, this helicopter was design in order to replace Observation Ballons. It was controlled by wire from land. Due to accidents, project was cancelled.
This is one kit of Eduard's "Never-Fighting Ladies" [...]
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Here's Airfix's classic Harrier GR3 from the venerable 1/24th scale kit, warts and all. Built as it comes, but with some home-made additions to the cockpit and seat. The kit decals and Xtracolour paints were used [...]
Well, I'm now getting on to my favourite stage of the build, the weathering! There are still details to add, such as the tubular "thingies" that go on the bottom of the side skirts (can someone please tell me what they are and/or [...]
Lieutenant Commander Harry Greene flies his Boeing Stearman Kaydet over the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor, May 30, 2016. There are several ISM facilities around the US. Greene is a helicopter pilot at Coast Guard [...]
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This model is the ‘Flash Gordon rocket ship’ from Fantastic Plastic.
This model is based on the Flash Gordon movies from the late 1930s (so very retro sci fi)
The kit is all resin and is fairly easy to put together although [...]
hello, this is another alternative history where americans started testing new airframes and components
with german engines.
For testbed, was used p-47 fuselage converted for smaller jet engine and corsair style wings with reinforced [...]
29th of May 1940: Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division test pilot Lyman Bullard, Jr. took the U.S. Navy’s new prototype fighter, the XF4U-1, Bu. No. 1443, for its first flight at the Bridgeport Municipal Airport, Bridgeport, Connecticut. [...]
Another great kit. Flawless fit, beautifully detailed. I think I overdid the paintwork - I should have scaled down the colours, as I was planning to. I'll probably add a few more details with weathering powders, once the top coat of matt [...]