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Airfix 1:72 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X

by Dennis Meyers on March 17, 2019
in Aviation — 5 Comments

Another nice Airfix kit completed. This is a very well engineered kit that essentially fell together. The only finicky issue was that the propeller/shaft assembly wouldn't seat fully in the engine until I filed out the opening some. This was [...]

100 Year RAF Anniversary GB Tamiya 1/48th Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIf No.68 Sdn

by Chuck A. Villanueva on March 2, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

One of the benefits in building these models is discovering and learning more of not only of the subject but of the men and squadrons that flew these often dangerous missions. Doing research at times when searching for particular markings or [...]

On This Day…February 16th

by david leigh-smith on February 16, 2019
in News — 13 Comments

B-17E ‘BOOMERANG ‘ from 92nd Bomb Group at Bovingdon, England. The Boomerang was shot down by Luftwaffe fighters after a raid bombing U-Boat pens in St-Nazaire harbour in France. 16th February, 1943. Her 11-man crew’s fates are detailed below.[...]

On This Day…February 13th

by david leigh-smith on February 13, 2019
in Uncategorized — 18 Comments

On Saturday February 13, 1943 flight of 12 F4Us from VMF-124 escorted Thirteenth Air Force B-24 bombers to Bougainville, the longest escort mission of the war in the Solomons at the time. This was the Corsair’s very first combat mission, thoug[...]

“Black Friday”

by Peter Vill on February 9, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

These photos show my Airfix 1/72 Beaufighter which represents one of the aircraft that took part in the attack on Z-33 on the 9th of February 1945, if I recall correctly this one made it back. As for the kit, well what can I say apart from I re[...]

Revell 1/48th Bristol beaufighter TF.X in-box review pt 2

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 9, 2018
in Reviews — 8 Comments

Now on to the 2nd part of the review. Going back over the kit in a nutshell. This new tool Revell Beaufighter brings us a kit with a few more detail bits than what the Tamiya kit does not have an option for. 2 different V tails, the ability[...]

Revell 1/48 Bristol Beaufighter TF.X In-box Review pt 1

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 9, 2018
in Reviews — 5 Comments

So here is the new tool Revell Beaufighter TF.X. I just recently built the Tamiya Beaufighter Mk VI for the RAF GB and it was a blast. The engineering in this is quite amazing from Tamiya, everything just clicked as it should. Still have to buil[...]

Tamiya Beaufighter Night Fighter

by Julian Shawyer on November 18, 2018
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Tamiya 1/48th scale Bristol Beaufighter MkVI. I made this model when it was originally released on 1997. This was made straight out if the box, including decal seat belts. I've just replaced the stretched sprue rigging with EZ-Line. I forgot[...]

Revell 1/48 Bristol Beaufighter – under US$40.00, free shipping from UK, arrived in a week

by Tom Cleaver on November 9, 2018
in Aviation — 14 Comments

For fellow Americans who have been tearing their hair trying to track down the new Revell Beaufighter, there are several sellers on eBay with prices under US$40.00 (got this one for $37.50) including FREE SHIPPING from the UK! This one just arri[...]

On This Day…October 30th.

by david leigh-smith on October 30, 2018
in News — 7 Comments

On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre, New York City, staged a radio adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel 'The War of the Worlds' in an "as live" format that fooled at least some Americans into believing that Martians real[...]