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Jump! (DHC-2 Beaver diorama)
The De Havilland Canada-2 Beaver from Airfix was my first kit I ever built, late in the seventies. So when I heard it was reedited I knew I would revisit the 1/72 model that essentially it's the same but with improved decals. Of course [...]
Airfix Defiant and Hurricane
Two builds completed this weekend, the Airfix Defiant which will be featured in Model Airplane International Magazine as part of my Battle of Britain series, and the Airfix Hurricane which is a commission build for a regular customer. Both [...]
Hawker Sea Fury Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (Royal Dutch Navy)
This time not an aircraft of the RNLAF, but one which was operated by the Royal Dutch Navy (MLD).
The Hawker Sea Furies were not only operated from land but their was also a squadron that was stationed at the aircraft carrier “Hr. Ms. [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia
AirFix 1:72 scale model that went together well. The Spitfire gained immortality during the Battle of Britain in the summer and into the fall of 1940. The main role was to intercept and destroy the Luftwaffe’s fighters while the [...]
1/48 Airfix DeHavilland Vampire F.3
My growing collection of twin boomers!... I completed this one last week in my Vampire feast...looking to do a 1/72 and 1/144 one too!
IT was a pretty nice build..no real issues BUT it does need considerable nose weight to avoid tail [...]
Tempest Mk. V: Airfix 1/72
This is my interpretation of Wing Commander ‘Bee’ Beamont’s Tempest Mk. V, a plane he test-piloted for Hawker before flying it into combat with incredible skill, flipping V-1s amongst other acts of unbelievable daring. I hope he [...]
Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
This build is the Airfix kit representing 1st Lt. Kenneth W. Sprankle's P-40B, registration 41-13297, assigned to the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the 18th Pursuit Group based at Wheeler Field on Oahu. Although the kit appears to show the [...]
Airfix Avro Vulcan, 1/72nd scale, XM607, Falklands conflict
Inspired by reading Rowland White's book "Vulcan 607" recounting the history of the "Black Buck" missions during the Falklands conflict, this is the 1983 vintage MPC kit No. 1-4552 issue of the Airfix Avro Vulcan The [...]
Grandma's Finest Hour, the Blackburn Buccaneer in the 1991 Gulf War
1/48 Airfix kit#8100 HS Buccaneer S.2B. Well known to all Buc aficionados when the 1991 Gulf War commenced operations, the Lossiemouth Wing at Lossiemouth, Scotland deployed an initial batch of six Buccaneers to the Gulf for the purpose of [...]
