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iModeler Review: Clear Prop 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 5

by Editor on July 6, 2023 · in Reviews · 12 ≡

Polikarpov I-16 was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such, introduced a new vogue in fighter design. This fact alone makes the type to an obvious [...]

Clear Prop 1/48 XA2D-1 Skyshark

by Tom Cleaver on September 23, 2022 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

When the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider prototype made its first flight in March 1945 both the U.S. Navy and Douglas’ chief designer Ed Heinemann were already thinking of a successor. Douglas based their proposals on the Skyraider airframe; [...]

Review: Clear Prop 1/48 Curtiss Hawk H-75N

by Tom Cleaver on October 15, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 20 ≡

The Curtiss Model 75 was developed by Donovan A. Berlin, a former Northrop designer, and had more in common with earlier Northrop aircraft than with any previous Curtiss design. It was an all-metal low-wing monoplane, with a fully [...]

XA2D-1 Skyshark – monster figher that failed (ClearProp 1:48)

by Martin Dytrych on August 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

It is big bird, looking either elegant and weird. It was planned as turboprop-powered heavy attack fighter for US Navy carrier decks in 1950s. However, Navy did not allowed the plane to operate due to troublesome power unit and due to its [...]