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Pilot: Oblt Hans Zweiacker Swiss Air Force

by Hans Peter Tschanz on July 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This Messerschmitt 109 G-6 J-713 with the pilot Oblt Hans Zweiacker accident on 29 May 1946 at Piz di Rod, the Messerschmitt with the pilot was not until seven years later found by a hiker. On 4 September 1953 reported Felice Ressighini [...]

R.I.P. Bill Gunston (1927-2013)

by Tom Cleaver on July 14, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

I just became aware that aviation author Bill Gunston died on June 1, 2013. A former RAF pilot, he was the technical editor of Flight International beginning in the 1950s and later an editor of Jane's All the World's Aircraft. He was the [...]

Four ICM Spitfires

by Tom Cleaver on July 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Back before there was the Eduard kit, before there was the Hasegawa kit, there was the ICM kit, released first in around 1999 with the Spitfire IX, the first series of kits to get anywhere close to accuracy with the Merlin-60 series [...]

Video: Meet The Fokker - 1/48 D.XXI – Finished-ish!

by MakingModelsAgain on July 13, 2013 · in Aviation

The 0.5% of unfinishednessness was due to the fact I'd forgotten to add the prop spinner - which you can see shining like a beacon of stupidity at the bottom right of the frame. It's been Alcladed but still needs a yellow band. That and [...]

Supermarine Attacker from Trumpeter in 1/48 scale

by Tony Prince on July 13, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 12 ≡

Still keen on the Fleet Air Arm; I've just finished one of Trumpeter's latest. The Attacker didn't quite make its mark as noticeably as the USN Banshee & Panther although similar in performance. The tailwheel undercarriage wasn't a [...]

Airfix 1/72 Hawker Typhoon 1B

by James Kelley on July 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Built OOB, finished in Testors and Tamiya acrylics. I had planned on mounting bombs instead of rockets, for something a little different. However, I really didn't like the way the bombs ended up looking. I also left off the boarding step, [...]

48th scale North American F-86D Sabre Dog

by Jack Mugan on July 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This model represents the first production single seat fighter to which air-to-air missiles replace the classic gun armament. The Monogram kit is built out of the box and I do not recall any fit issues. I used several shades of Alclad [...]

1/12 Honda RC166 GP racer by Tamiya

by George Williams on July 11, 2013 · in Automotive · 6 ≡

Here's the latest kit I've completed. I'm not normally a two wheel fan, but this Honda is an exception. About the bike: The RC166 was Honda's triumphant development of its 250 cc racers which started in 1954 when Soichiro Honda declared [...]

Late war JG 26 Bf-109K-4 (1/32 Hasegawa)

by Tom Cleaver on July 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

This 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109K-4 is done as an airplane flown by Georg Genth of III/JG 26 around the time of Operation Bodenplatte. Genth was the son of a WW1 German aviator who flew Gotha bombers, and joined the Luftwaffe as a [...]

General Aircraft 55

by Santiago Hrubisko on July 10, 2013 · in Aviation · 2 ≡

Hi My father has finished another model from scratch. In this case is the General Aircraft 55. I hope you like it The next model on the bench will be the Taylorcraft Model H - Experimental tandem two-seat training glider [...]