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1/72 RS Models, built 2018 to 2019 along side my RAF 100 GB entry, finished in mainly Humbrol enamels with Pledge over kit decals.
Kinetic 1/48, 2 kits in 1 package. Build straight from the box using kit decals too. Opted for the French version. No particular issues except a fiddly nose wheel gear assembly and those photo etched arms for control surfaces which I kept [...]
Miles M.14A Magister I
Turkish Airforce White 6
Kayseri Tayyare Fabrikası 3606
Hava Okulu, 1st Training Batallion, 1st & 2nd Companies
Date of Arrival: 1942
Kit: Special Hobby
Scale: 1/48
Decals: Tigerhead Decals
Paints: Mission [...]
1/72 RS models, with LS models conversion and decals, finished in Revell, Xtra color, MM and other enamels with Klear over LS and kit decals, built for the RAF 100 GB, more details there!
Well, its finally done. This is the AMK kit which is highly detailed inside and out. This model was built all out of the box. The AMK kit includes extensive photo-etch and die-cast metal parts. It also includes tremendous internal [...]
The Fouga CM.170 Magister is a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer aircraft, developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fouga. Due to industrial mergers, the aircraft has been variously known as the Fouga CM.170 Magister, Potez (Fouga) [...]
I always think I'm getting more done than I really am, and was surprised when I looked back at the 2015 completions - until I remember the work it took to finish the Stinger and the MiG-31! I remember when I was a kid I'd build a model on [...]
Airfix's venerable old kit again, this time show in French Air Force markings using Berna decals.
Airfix's old but quite nice offering of the Fouga CM.170 Magister. Painted with Tamiya acrylics and finished as an example from the Bangladeshi Air Force.
The Airplane:
What became known as the Miles Magister was first flown on March 20, 1937, as the Miles Hawk Trainer III, designed and built in response to the Air Ministry Specification 40/36, which was developed on the basis of experience [...]