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Hurricane Mk.IIc; 351 (Yu) Sq RAF
While not as famous as Spitfire, Hurricane formed the backbone of Royal Air Force early in the war and was used throughout the conflict in all major theatres in various roles. It was designed in 1930s by Hawker and made its maiden flight [...]
A-7E Cold war exercise, 1/72 Ace kit.
A while back I posted a video of an A-7 dropping A couple of nukes, practice of course. At that time, it was part of their mission, after selecting loft the computer would indicate when to release going vertical at that time to get the [...]
Airfix 1/72 Short Stirling
RAF No. 7 Squadron was founded at Farnborough Airfield on 1 May 1914, being the last squadron of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to be formed before the First World War. Having been disbanded and reformed several times ever since, it is still [...]
SA-16A Albatross in Portuguese service; Sova-M, 1/72 kit
In the 1950s/60s, Portugal had 3 SA-16A Albatross operating (together with some SB-17g) on SAR missions in the Azores archipelago.
Due to a series of accidents and other events and options, the career of these aircraft in the FAP, [...]
Portuguese Spitfire Mk.I; Tamiya 1/72
Finished over a year ago, a small 1/72 Spitfire in Portuguese colors. Almost a weekend project.
Gunze paints and homemade decals.
A nice, relaxed build for a rainy weekend.
And yes, the code was like that, port and starboard different... [...]
B-24 Hasegawa 1:72 as GR.V BZ860 in Operation Storm.
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I apologize for the delays in writing the article, but I had a lot of work and wanted to sit down to it calmly. So here we go: The Special Purpose Squadron 1586 originated from the disbanded 301 Bomber Squadron, which lost its [...]
White giants, easy build? Airfix 1/72 Victor & Vulcan
Homogeneously painted models bring a promise of an easy build. Yet, overall white paint cover is a wolf in a sheep skin. Not only that the model requires repeated coating to cover the darker colored plastic, but also extra care to [...]
Academy 1/72 Merkava Mk.III
This is a crisp 2024 release Academy armor kit. It has very good fit and nice detail for a small scale kit. I built it OOB with the exception of the tactical marking sheets on the rear of the turret and the canvas covers for the aft [...]
Dragon Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of LTJG Arthur Brassfield
LTJG Arthur Brassfield opened his account on 05MAY42 while defending USS Lexington (CV-2) during the Battle of Coral Sea. On that day he was credited with downing an H6K “Mavis” flying boat, a kill he shared with two other VF-42 [...]
