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Hawker Hurricane lands on theatre roof

by George Williams on June 28, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 5 ≡

As a tribute to the French aircrew who served locally during WWII, this Hurricane has been displayed during the Tour de France visit to York. In case you don't know, the Tour de France is a major cycle race. Follow this link to see [...]

Mosquito Mk. IV, 1/48, just done!

by Ralph Clements on June 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Greetings From Virginia, Friends! Here is my just completed Revell, 1/48 Mosquito Mk. IV. Seeing as how the instructions for this kit were pretty vague on some things and self-contradictory on some, I decided to take a little artistic [...]

Some modeling inspiration

by Tom Cleaver on June 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 2 ≡

Neat diorama idea. (link) (link)

Building the Curtiss Ugly Duckling

by Jack Mugan on June 27, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 18 ≡

The first 48th scale kit of this aircraft I owned years ago was an all resin kit, and the name of the manufacturer now escapes me. I know I traded it off quite a few years back. I also know the real aircraft was a real dog, and the Navy [...]

Academy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat in 1:72 scale

by Brandon Harris on June 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Hello there. This Wildcat is my second airplane model and a lot of fun to build. I’m mainly experimenting with techniques and learning…watching a lot of YouTube videos and reading as much as I can. One thing I learned? If you’re [...]

D9R /MENG/

by Csóri László on June 27, 2014 · in Armor · 9 ≡

Excellent kit, loved every minute... It will be part of my "After ambush" diorama, coming soon... BTW when I started to build models 2 years before, I did not expect to reach this level so soon, but lot of learning and practice [...]

D-Day plus 20 days. P-38J 55th FS, 20th FG

by Frank Cronin on June 26, 2014 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

P--38J, 42-67916 KI * S of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, 8th AF. Kingscliffe UK. This Lightening, “California Cutie” was flown by 1st Lieutenant Richard O. Loehnert. I was unable to find any information on Loehnert [...]

PCM 1/32 Reggiane Re.2005

by Tom Cleaver on June 26, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

The Reggiane series of fighters - the Re.2000, Re.2001, Re.2002 and Re.2005 - were technically among the best Italian fighters designed during the Second World War. All the aircraft designed and produced were obviously based on the [...]

Monogram 1/48 P-38M “Night Lightning”

by Magnus Fridsell on June 26, 2014 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

I finished this one a few months ago but I haven't gotten around to do an article on it until now. So hang on, here is my story of how I came to build an old 1/48 Monogram P-38! I am not a 1/48-guy, not at all really, but in 2013 my [...]

RAF Duxford – New Generation

by Rob Pollock on June 26, 2014 · in Photo Collections · 12 ≡

I've been to RAF Duxford (Imperial War Museum) many times, and have several hundred photos of the aircraft there. Two of my grandsons were off school today, and my wife and I thought it would be nice to take them there, as they've never [...]