The F2F-1 was the first of a long line of successful Grumman single-seat fighters. The company’s success with the two seat FF 1, which when introduced in 1931 was significantly faster than any U.S. single seat fighter of its time, [...]
Back to the hobby in 2016 with a very old kit being on my shelf for 20 years. During construction I tried to overcome some major problems (later I found on the web many comments referring to this kit's problems), which were mainly that [...]
First Phantasy: The Navy was forced to buy the F-111b, it proved totally useless in squadron service, The F-14 was pushed back even further, Mcdonnell Douglas, stepped in with the F-4 VS,and the Navy finally gets a gun for their F-4 . it [...]
The iconic Spitfire is one of my three most favorite WW II aircraft, the others being the P-47 and P-51. Going all the way back to the old Hawk Models 1/72 Spitfire Mk. 22, 1/48 Monogram Mk. IX and Airfix 1/24 Mk. I, I’ve built at [...]
This Saturday I went to the F 11 museum right outside the town of Nyköping, Sweden. F 11 stands for Flygflottilj no 11, the former recce squadron of the Swedish Air force. A number of propeller and jet aircraft have been based here [...]
Just in case you thought all I did was navy stuff. Some hot and cold war Migs. Mig 27 Hasegawa. Mig-21 Lindberg/imc. Mig -19 KP, Mig-17 Hasegawa. Mig-15UTI KP. SA-2 Flying telephone pole Gran' Ltd?
One note , You really can't tell [...]
Every year in early March the East of England Show takes place in Peterborough.
Organised in conjunction with Airfix Model World, it's the first of the 'show season' events in our region and it always attracts a wide variety of modelling [...]
Video review/preview for possible Full video build...
Excellent kit from Zvezda.
Kit No: 7278 1/72 Russian Fighter MiG-29 (9-13) Zvezda.
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All the best!