No. 43 Squadron in Tangmere had converted from Hawker Furies to Hawker Hurricanes in early 1939.
No.43 Squadron spent the early months of the Second World War flying defensive patrols in the north of England and Scotland. On 3 February [...]
The Blue Angels and the F9F Panther:
The Grumman Panther, being the first fully-operational carrier based jet fighter in the Navy, was quickly adopted by the Blue Angels, who first used the F9F-2 Panther for the 1949 season, performing [...]
Hello all. This is my 1/48 ICM Mitsubishi Ki-21-1 Otsu (b) Code name Sally. 60 Sentai 2 Chutai. Used during the fall of Singapore 1942, so a bit close to home so to speak. Darker green camouflage was sprayed in the field and is one of a [...]
The re-boxing of ProModeler's excellent model that successfully reproduced the corrugated surface texture of the Luftwaffe's workhorse. Temporary winter white paint was added on top of the standard camouflage scheme.
Introduction
The R-6H has been covered in detail in two articles by Gábor Szabó on this very site so no history this time. As the long range Gee Bee racers are interesting aircraft I thought I'd build one so I picked up the SBS kit. It's [...]