The Battle of Britain Channel at iModeler (36 articles)

The Battle of Britain Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Battle of Britain
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Eduard Spitfire Mk.Ia, 1/48. A Pair of Kiwis over Dunkirk.

by Harvey R. on April 24, 2021
in Aviation — 10 Comments

'the airspeed indicator read 240 mph, and I thought "this is bloody marvellous!", but then the Spitfire began to shudder and seemed as if it was going to stall. - I realised what had happened, my pitot head had been shot away, and the needle d[...]

Eduard Spitfire Mk.1 completed.

by Alan Price on March 13, 2021
in Aviation — 20 Comments

In my second post today, here are some photos of my Eduard 1:48 Spitfire Mk1, built as GR-U, N3290 as it was on the 23 May 1940 just before being shot down whilst on evening patrol over Dunkirk. F/O Gillies was taken prisoner. This will be featu[...]

Hurricane Mk I, Sqdn Ldr Witold Urbanowicz

by Tom Rodgers on November 20, 2020
in Aviation — 17 Comments

Christmas of 2003, my oldest son gave me the book, “A Question of Honor, The Kosciuszko Squadron” by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud. It was an eye opener, to say the least. I have been an avid follower of WWII aviation history since I was a kid i[...]

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[...]