The Battle of Britain Channel at iModeler (33 articles)

The Battle of Britain Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Battle of Britain
33 articles
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Bob Typhoon! Nice to meet you.

by Scott Nelson on October 16, 2020
in Aviation — 22 Comments

When I first saw a photo of the Eurofighter FGR4 in the 75th anniversary Battle of Britain colors, I immediately put having a model of that plane on my want list. Eventually I picked up a Revell 1/72 Eurofighter and found the Caracal Models deca[...]

1/72 Spitfire

by Won-hui Lee on September 17, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

There's an error between camouflage patterns and the age of aircraft, but I love this camouflage pattern of Spitfire so much. I hope you understand that.

Eduard 1/48 Spitfire I (late production)

by Tom Cleaver on September 12, 2020
in Aviation — 13 Comments

By the spring of 1940, Spitfires equipped approximately one-third of the squadrons in Fighter Command. Over that summer, the pilots of the Spitfires and their more numerous comrades in the cockpits of Hawker Hurricanes successfully stopped the [...]

Battle of Britain Hurricanes

by Alan Price on June 17, 2020
in Aviation — 23 Comments

Finally finished the next models for my Model Airplane International Battle of Britain series, a pair of 1:48 Airfix Hurricanes. A lot of research went into P2923 and a big thanks must got Mark Postlethwaite for the a photo of this aircraft whic[...]

1:48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.IID “Tank Buster”

by Eric Berg on February 18, 2020
in Aviation — 11 Comments

The Battle of Britain proved that the Hawker Hurricane Mk.I’s days as a front line fighter were numbered. Along came the improved Hurricane Mk IIA series in 1942 with the ability to use newly developed interchangeable wings. The airframe’s new r[...]

Revell 1/48 Typhoon commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

by Matt Buxton on February 16, 2020
in Aviation — 4 Comments

This is Revell's Tiger Meet kit and Caracal's decals for the special version of the Typhoon. The kit is a bit of a pig to put together, the intakes are a particular annoyance. But, plenty of test fitting and planning ahead meant it went togethe[...]

Beauty is not a question of taste – at least with a Spitfire Mk.II!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on November 24, 2019
in Aviation — 6 Comments

Beauty is a matter of taste, as one so aptly says - that a Spitfire represents a formal aesthetic pleasure, only very few doubt it. I would like to make this remark at the beginning of this report, because also in the kit description a lot of vo[...]

A Heller of a Spitfire

by Scott Nelson on October 22, 2019
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Here’s my old school version of the old school Heller 1/72 Spitfire I. I bought this kit for a buck at a contest last summer and since it wasn’t even close to modern kit standards, I decided to build it like I did when I was a kid: out of the bo[...]

Messerschmitt’s ‘Destroyer’

by Paul Higgins on September 8, 2019
in Aviation — 8 Comments

So, back with another selection of photos... this kit was finished at the beginning of this year and is Dragon's 32nd scale Bf110C-7 kit finished as a C-4 during the Battle of Britain. All the control surfaces are moulded in neutral, so I start[...]

Full Battle of Britain fighter stable finished!

by Justin Bronk on August 27, 2019
in Aviation — 17 Comments

Seven months back I build Tamiya's new release Spitfire Mk.1 and decided to do one of each of the fighters used in the Battle of Britain in 1/48 scale. With the Bf 109E-3 I posted about yesterday, the collection is finished! Little video prese[...]