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Eduard Messerschmitt Bf109G-2 trop. JG77 North Africa 1942. Unknown pilot but similar to one flown by Heinz Bar. Easy build, done in a week, whilst on a/l in between gigs, house settlements and hanging with the gf. Has been a great week. [...]
This model was sent to me as a wonderful gift from Tom Bebout.
One day he contacted me and asked if I had a Hasegawa Bf-109G-10 in 1/48 scale. My answer was "No, I don't." The very next thing Tom said was, "Well now you [...]
During the Korean War, the F-86 Sabre had been outperformed by the MiG-15 with regard to altitude performance. The MiG’s operational ceiling of 50,000 feet allowed the Soviet fighters to almost always use an altitude advantage when [...]
Are there "bi-fuselages" as well as bi-planes? No, this linguistically unattractive term has not become established in the history of aviation; it is more commonly referred to as a "twin". These designs are rare in the [...]
Built this as a "Quickie", OOB to give me a break between the "Dora", and the now started 1/100th HMS Victory. (build photo's on another article eventually)
Kit was a real pleasure to build, but for some reason i had an [...]
After the 109 Emil, here´s my dad´s second Luftwaffe subject this year.
Hasegawa kit, which comes with an early style and for this version wrongly shaped ETC, took a correct one from an older limited Hasegawa 190 kit. Also this kit has [...]
4-5 years in the making. Finally completed 1/48 Great Wall Focke Wulf Fw189A-1 . Stab 1/NJG 100 based in Greifswald Iuty, 1945. I came back to it after years of having lost interest. Nice to have it done.
Thanks for looking.
Paul.
An old shelf king revived,hope you like it!
The first two A6M1 prototypes were completed in March 1939, powered by the 780hp Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 engine. The first flew on April 1, 1939 and the two passed testing within a remarkably short period. The Imperial Navy accepted the [...]