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Review: Magic Factory F4U-1 & F4U-1A Corsair, 1/48. 'A New Line of Plastic Corsairs on the Horizon'

by Harvey R. on April 13, 2024 · in Aviation, Reviews · 13 ≡

I recently got round to finishing these pair of Corsairs from Magic Factory's new tooled set, this set is a dual-combo build of an F4U-1A and an F4U-2 Nightfighter but with minimal effort the -2 can be reverted to a -1 which is what I've [...]

1/32 scale Dauntless kit by Trumpeter

by Rick Schad on February 15, 2024 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Here we have my 8th build of the year, the 1/32 scale SBD3 Dauntless by Trumpeter. Molding is exceptional, body and cowl are clear plastic for some reason, which I find useless. The instructions are typical Trumpeter, filled with mystery [...]

Eduard FM-2 Wildcat, 1/48, 'The Wilder Wildcat'

by Harvey R. on December 26, 2023 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

When Eduard released their first F4F-3 Wildcat I bought it straight away and love the model they provided, a great little kit with amazing details and a pain-free good fitting build process. We knew they were planning on doing a whole line [...]

Spitfire MK.Vc Royal Australian Airforce.

by David D. on November 27, 2023 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

Eduard's 1/48 Spitfire Vc. in the markings of Clive "Killer" Caldwell flying out of Northern Australia. Caldwell was the RAAF's leading Ace of WW2 and flew a number of Spitfire variants. This is one of his Vc's with Serial BS295.

P-51D 1:72 Tamiya from Pacific. Luzon 1945.

by capt. R on January 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

(link) What can you say about the Mustang model from Tamiya? A model from over twenty years ago, which I believe, defends itself very well today. After an exciting end of the year, I took up something simple and nice. Santa came out to [...]

Eduard F4F-3 Wildcat, 1/48. 'The Navy's First Ace'

by Harvey R. on September 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Following Eduard's amazing 2022 new tooling of the infamous A6M2, I eagerly looked forward to their rendition of the Wildcat and this kit certainly doesn't disappoint. Unsurprisingly the first Wildcat Eduard releases is the F4F-3, [...]

Eduard A6M2 Type 0, Model 21, 1/48. 'Saburō Sakai's Longest Mission'.

by Harvey R. on June 12, 2022 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

On August 7th 1942, Ace Pilot Saburō Sakai underwent his most legendary mission and would narrowly survive being shot in the head by the rear gunner of a Dauntless dive bomber. Escorting Japanese bombers to Guadalcanal, Sakai first [...]

This is Fox One: Outstadning!

by capt. R on January 15, 2022 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

Finally the sun came out over the Gilbert Islands. After a tropical hurricane and heavy rains, the weather improved and flights resumed. After a short briefing, where the group commander known under the nickname "The Old Guy" [...]

Tamiya F4U-1A, 1/48. Two Planes in One.

by Harvey R. on December 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

The final aircraft from the Corsair trio build is one that represents the 3rd largest operator of the Corsair, the Royal New Zealand Air Force whom operated the type from land bases in 1944/45. In 1942 the RNZAF began to operate in [...]

Tamiya F4U-1C, 1/48. The Sky Pirates.

by Harvey R. on November 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

One omission from the plethora of Corsair models out there is the F4U-1C, in fact there isn't even a company that offers a resin conversion set for this type. Not wanting to miss out on the only -1 variant I haven't yet built I decided to [...]