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“Year of the Cat” Kitty Hawk 1/48th SEPECAT Jaguar GR. Mk 1A RAF Operation Granby

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 24, 2018 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

(link) 12 RAF Coltishall Jaguars were sent to Muharraq International Airport, Bahrain in October of 1990. Here would be their base of operation throughout if and when the war would start. Several modifications were made to each of the [...]

Treasures in the corner….

by Rob Anderson on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

So I went to Skyway Models today looking for Panzer Crew for my Panther, no luck there. In the corner under some other kits I did however find a treasure from 1977, the Monogram B-29, complete with diorama sheet! I really need to [...]

1/48 Kinetic T-45 Goshawk: The Advanced Jet Pipeline

by paul teixeira on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Historical Snapshot: (From the Boeing Company Website) In 1978, McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace developed the T-45A Goshawk, a carrier-suitable version of the British Aerospace Hawk. The first Hawk, which flew Aug. 21, 1974, was [...]

Aero L-39 ZO Albatros in 1/48.

by Tony Prince on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This pretty little bird has been sitting in my stash ever since I bought it at a 'bring & buy' day at our IPMS meeting a couple of years ago. The kit included a swag of after-market bits, most of which I didn't use as my eyesight is [...]

Tamiya Bf-109V-14

by Tom Cleaver on June 21, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The Bf-109 V13 and V14 prototypes were the first Bf-109 airframes to utilize Daimler-Benz DB 600-series engines, which finally gave the airframe the power it had needed since it first flew. The DB 600 was effectively the prototype for the [...]

Trumpeter Firefly

by Jeff Carle on June 20, 2018 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

I have waited a while for a 48 scale kit that suited my modeling skills, and still I wait! This kit is nicely molded, but the fit is quite “fiddly”. I will post more as I work through this, but I had to remove a lot of locating ribs to [...]

Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-14 (Profipack kit)

by Tom Cleaver on June 19, 2018 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

By the Spring of 1944, the Bf-109G-6, which had been the primary production version of Messerschmitt’s fighter since the previous fall, was falling behind in the relentless race for performance. Beginning in the late spring, many [...]

“Nose Art Group” Tamiya P-51D

by Frank Cronin on June 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Allow me first to make the point that I do not in any way disparage the town of Cooter Missouri nor any of the fine people that live there…. That being said: This is a model of an airplane that I have wanted to build for a very long [...]

Tamiya 1/48th Chance-Vought F4U-1/2 Corsair, Lt Kenneth Walsh USMC

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Kenneth Walsh was born in Brooklyn, NY on 24 November 1916. At age 17 he enlisted in the Marine Corp in December 1933. He was sent to Parris island, So Carolina for boot camp. He became a mechanic and a radioman while stationed at [...]