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Hawker Sea Fury FB 11, WH 589, 115, 724 Sqn RAN, HMAS Albatross, Nowra NSW, 1962.

by Allan J Withers on February 15, 2023 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

1/72 Special Hobby, I started working on this in 2007, off and on till finishing in early 2021. This was one of two display aircraft, The other being WH 588, 114. I modified a few things along the way, brass wire and tube for the prop', [...]

More Hawker: 1/48 Eduard Tempest II, Pakistan 1949

by Eric Berg on December 30, 2022 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Arriving too late at the end of WWII to see any real combat, the Hawker Tempest II proved its mettle in the Far East and Middle East circa 1948. When the British left India in 1947, the bulk of the remaining RAF Tempests left behind were [...]

Hawker Typhoon FR Mk.1B

by George R Blair Jr on September 3, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I like to find things that are just a little different to build, which led me to this Typhoon tactical reconnaissance aircraft. These builds often send me down a rabbit hole chasing information on obscure aircraft, and so it was with this [...]

Hobby Craft 1/48th Hawker Sea Fury FB.Mk.11

by Bob Torres on April 26, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I started this build probably near the end of 1989, the year this kit was released. I got as far as airbrushing the Sky Type S paint on to it but stopped and left it on my shelf. As time went by the box and the rest of the parts for this [...]

Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib (Car Door) No. 175 Squadron, Hasegawa, 1/48

by John vd Biggelaar on November 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 41 ≡

This is my contribution to the combo build of the Hawker Typhoon together with Spiros @fiveten It was a great moment when Spiros joined my thread together with his Typhoon and continue it as a combo build. The build was mainly out of the [...]

1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V (JN766 SA-N)

by Tolga ULGUR on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

This is 1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V with the markings of JN766/SA-N of 486 (RNZAF) Squadron RAF at Castle Camps Cambridgeshire in January 1944. Cockpit modified with CMK seat and Eduard instrument panel. I have used [...]

Special Hobby 1/48 Hawker Tempest II

by Tom Cleaver on July 16, 2021 · in Armor · 15 ≡

The Tempest, which was first called the Typhoon II, was Sydney Camm’s response to the shortcomings of the original Typhoon fighter, most particularly the Typhoon's unexpected deterioration in performance at high altitude due to its [...]

Review: Special Hobby 1/32 Tempest F.B. II

by Tom Cleaver on June 25, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 18 ≡

History: The Tempest, which was first called the Typhoon II, was Sydney Camm’s response to the shortcomings of the original Typhoon fighter, most particularly the Typhoon's unexpected deterioration in performance at high altitude due to [...]

1/48 AMG Hawker Hind.

by John Healy on April 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

This is the newish AMG Hawker Hart finished as an Irish Air Corps Hawker Hind. The Hind was an improved version of the Hart that featured a more powerful RR Kestrel engine, a tail wheel, and the cut down rear gunners position from the [...]

The Badercane

by Kyle Koppos on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

‘The RAF needs men, not schoolboys.’ Douglas Bader's Commandant had admonished him after he crashed at Woodley Aerodrome in 1931, having tried to roll his Bristol Bulldog at "naught feet." Needless to say, the biplane became [...]