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Fisher 1/32 Scale Hawker Sea Fury T 20, DREADNAUGHT

by Marc Barris on January 13, 2019 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Nearly there... A quick progress report for you guy's, Just waiting for the roundels and the fin flash to arrive and then I will be done. This was certainly not one of those 'shake and bake' kits, but it was a welcome change from scratch [...]

On This Day…January 13th

by david leigh-smith on January 13, 2019 · in News · 14 ≡

B17-G Flying Fortress (42-31604) ditched in Loch Quoich, Western Scotland on 13th January 1944. The aircraft was on a transatlantic ferry flight from Goose Bay, Canada to Nutts Corner (Northern Ireland) when, 600 miles off the Scottish [...]

1/32 Tamiya Spitfire Mk IXc

by Paul Wilsford on January 13, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

It has been a while since I have posted a build in progress. Almost a few years if I recall correctly or is seems so. The club that I belong to has a D-Day invasion anniversary build going on and the this transfers to the club's contest to [...]

T-41 Mescalero Walk Around

by George R Blair Jr on January 12, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 3 ≡

The subject of these photos is probably a little obscure, but there have been a couple of T-41 models from Minicraft, PM, and others. My wife was a military instructor pilot who was assigned from 1986 to 1990 at Hondo Airfield just west [...]

Project Complete: 1/32 FLY Hawker Hurricane IIc. in Royal Indian Air Force Markings (BURMA)

by paul teixeira on January 12, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

I was asked to build this Hurricane as a commissioned build for a good friend. I recently posted a build report on Imodeler last week for those who are interested. Here is the link: (link) My experience building this FLY kit was [...]

On This Day…January 12th

by david leigh-smith on January 12, 2019 · in News · 17 ≡

Pilot Edwin L. King of 350 Fighter Group with his flak damaged P-47 following the ‘Silver Star’ mission of 12 Jan. 1945. The ‘Jug’ is 7D3 42-29300. Crew Chief Henry Embry took the photo after King had to return to base at Pisa, [...]

Tu-22m3 – Beauty & the Beast

by Aleksandar Sekularac on January 12, 2019 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

This is a small step for mankind, but a glorious one for my workbench - I finished a model! Yes, the “GoT” concludes before “GoTh” and I cannot be happier about the epilogue. Eat my dust George R. R.! To keep up with the acronyms [...]

TA-4J Skyhawk of VC-2 NAS Oceana Va. 1975. Hasegawa 1/72

by Robert Royes on January 11, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is Hasegawa's Blue Angel boxing of the TA-4J Skyhawk, the kit gives you a choice of doing a single seat or the trainer version. I chose to do the dual seat version in the markings of VC-2 [ Fleet Composite Squadron] stationed at NAS [...]

Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire

by Michael Gosse on January 11, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 18 ≡

In his "On This Day" blog, David has recently shown a picture of a Gloster Typhoon, taken at Gloster Factory in 1944. Having a special remembrance to this place, I thought I could show some of my pictures from a UK [...]

On This Day…January 11th

by david leigh-smith on January 11, 2019 · in News · 16 ≡

On January 11th, 1944, James H. Howard flew his P-51 Mustang alone into 30 or more Luftwaffe fighters that were attacking a formation of American B-17 Flying Fortresses over Oschersleben, Germany. For over half an hour, Howard protected [...]