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Scale Modelworld 2014 – Product News, Part 3

by Editor on November 8, 2014 · in Show Reports · 8 ≡

One more product news update from Telford before moving on to cover the competition area. From start to end in the gallery: Airfix 1/72 Defiant - parts spread and assembled preproduction kit Airfix 1/72 Heinkel He-111P, another new [...]

Scale Modelworld 2014 – Product News, Part 2

by Editor on November 8, 2014 · in Show Reports · 15 ≡

Here are some more product news from Telford today. From start to end in the gallery: Fly (a Czech manufacturer previously unknown to me) presented an impressive 1/32 mixed-media kit of an Arado Ar 234B Next announced kit from [...]

Scale Modelworld 2014 – Product News, Part 1

by Editor on November 8, 2014 · in Show Reports · 15 ≡

The weather is wet, the car parks are jammed, the queues are long - it's time for Scale Modelworld 2014 in Telford! We start our coverage with a roundup of product news from the show. From start to end in the gallery: Airfix 1/48 [...]

Scale Modelworld 2014 Prelude – RAF Cosford

by Editor on November 7, 2014 · in Show Reports · 12 ≡

Tune in for a forthcoming photo coverage of Scale Modelworld in Telford at iModeler during the weekend... In the meantime, another museum visit today. Having established ourselves in a homey hotel in the area we're visiting the Royal Air [...]

Scale Modelworld 2014 Prelude – Visiting Duxford

by Editor on November 6, 2014 · in Show Reports · 18 ≡

The first day of our Scale Modelworld trip comes to an end, and an eventful day it was. It all started rather unexpectedly this morning when the first November snowfall proved troublesome enough for the airport to close down just as our [...]

BOB,Tamiya 1/48th Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1, RAF, May 1940

by Chuck A. Villanueva on November 6, 2014 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Flt Lt. Robert Stanford-Tuck was assigned this aircraft during the Dunkirk operation. On 23 May, Tuck opened his scoring by shooting down 2 Bf-110's and a 3rd aircraft later that day. The following day flying N3249, he shot down 2 [...]

Telford, Anyone?

by Editor on November 6, 2014 · in Show Reports · 16 ≡

After a long hiatus, I'm happy today to report embarking on a flight to England to participate in this year's IPMS Scale Modelworld. It's been a while since the last time I've been to Telford. It feels good today to be able to be a part [...]

Oh Boy, a treat for you! Dredging up BoB and BoF oldies.....

by Bill Koppos on November 5, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

Too lazy to build new for the group build but I sure do have subjects that fit. Do need more though, a Stuka is absent from my shelves, and really need a Curtiss French Hawk.

RIP – Jack Broughton

by Tom Cleaver on November 5, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 3 ≡

I didn't know it at the time, but in 1955 and 1956, I saw Jack Broughton lead the Thunderbirds - once in F-84Gs and once in F-84Fs. Author of "Thud Ridge" and "Going Downtown" (link)

BoB Spitfire I – Airfix 1/48

by Tom Cleaver on November 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Not actually built for the BoB Group Build, I guess this still kinda/sorta qualifies as an entry. Spitfire Ia of 609 Squadron R.Aux.A.F., August 1940, done from an Aeromaster sheet. This kit by Airfix can be considered the last product of [...]