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Hawker Typhoon MK 1B, car door, if 609 Squadron

by Frank Cronin on December 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is the aircraft of Sq Ldr. R.P.Beamont, leader of 609 Squadron. I have no further information on the details of this squadron or it's leader. This is the Hasegawa 1/48 kit and it was made out of the box with the exception of [...]

Spitfire MK VB "City of Winnipeg"

by Frank Cronin on December 30, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

This aircraft was a part of 402 (Canadian) Squadron, based at Horne, England during 1942. It is named for the City of Winnipaeg, Canada which probably donated funds for it's manufacture. The kit is Tamiya's 1/48 and was made out of the box [...]

Monogram 1/48 AT-6 Built by Stan Staples

by Frank Cronin on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I became aware of Stan Staples in 1967. I obtained a copy of a magazine entitled “1001 model airplane ideas, clubs you can join” published by Delta magazines. The purpose of the magazine was to promote an awareness of IPMS. There were [...]

Otaki 1/48 F6F-5 (N) of VF91 (N)

by Frank Cronin on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is a model of an aircraft of VF-91 (N) flown off Bon Homme Richard during the end of 1945. The is an OOB, with the exception of the radar dome on the right wing, Otaki kit. I built this quite a number of years ago and it is showing [...]

Hughes 500 Defender T.O.W. 1/48

by Johan Hugogård on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

This is academys 1/48 kit of the Hughes 500D with TOW anti-tank missiles. A very nice kit to build and there is a number of different kits using the same basic moulds. It has good detail and a good fit. I built it almost out of the box, I [...]

Gavia 1/48 Polikarpov Po-2

by Maxim Bylkin on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hello! Another model of the box - at that time it Po-2, owned by Aviation border troops of the USSR, the 50s of the last century. Built with little or no modifications, only slightly fiddled with wing-racks. Online not so many models of [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b

by Bernard Wylie on December 28, 2013 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Hasegawa's excellent Typhoon made better with the inclusion of Barracuda cockpit, wheels and exhaust, invasion stripes, roundels and fin flashes were painted with the Montex Masks, I'm really liking these masks.

Monogram 1/48th N. American F-86 Sabre, Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 24, 2013 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

My 1st attempt in doing a bare metal finish was on Monograms F-86. Using Alclad Aluminum and Anthracite Grey for the gun port panel. Aeromaster decals and True Detail wheels are the only AM used on the kit. A fun build and applying a [...]

Revell 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-10/U2

by Joe Caputo on December 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is another kit from days of yore ! Anyone remember the "Big Toy Box at Sears"? That's where I picked it up loooong ago. The instruction sheet says "1978 by Revell". The instruction sheet is one page of [...]

Airfix 1/48 Sea Vixen

by Tom Cleaver on December 20, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

A nice counterpoint to the Javelin. In 1947, the Royal Navy promulgated a specification for a fleet defense fighter at the same time that the RAF issued a similar requirement. De Havilland viewed the requirements as being so similar that [...]