Schneider Trophy Database

The Schneider Trophy Database at iModeler

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Where else can you find the opportunity to build an aeroplane with golden wings? – Mario Castoldi's record-breaking Macchi MC 72

by Roland Sachsenhofer on June 22, 2025 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

The twenties and thirties were the great era of air racing, and its significance went far beyond the sensation of a mere spectacle. Aviation, a technology that was just two decades young, was spreading its wings and ready to change the [...]

A shark that was never allowed to bite: Piaggio Pegna PC.7 racing plane

by Roland Sachsenhofer on March 23, 2025 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Attention: I will reveal a few things about the Piaggio Pegna PC.7 right at the beginning, which, for the sake of suspense and to keep the reader interested, I should like to present at the end. Why am I doing this? It's easy to explain: [...]

Piaggio-Pegna P.c.7

by Gabor Kapuy on November 20, 2022 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hello everyone! This time I share with you a subject that is closer to my heart. It is a strange, but beautiful, as a real italian engineering creation. It was develepoed for one reason, to win the well known Schneider Trophy for Italy in [...]

AMP 1/48 Supermarine S.5 Schneider Racer

by Tom Cleaver on August 21, 2020 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

In 1911, a time when floatplanes and flying boats were barely capable of leaving the water, Jacques Schneider introduced the Schneider Cup at a banquet following the 4th annual James Gordon Bennet race for landplanes, for a similar race [...]

A Thanksgiving Present From Bill Bosworth

by Tom Cleaver on November 21, 2018 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Bill Bosworth's latest scratchbuilt creation: 1/32 Supermarine S5 Schneider Cup Racer. Once again, "we're not worthy!" 🙂

Supermarine S 6B, S 1595, RAF HSF, Flt LT J N Boothman, Schneider Trophy, Calshot England 1931.

by Allan J Withers on March 1, 2017 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

1/72 Eastern Express, I modified and added a few things, plastic tube for propeller, cockpit details, brass bracing wires, adjusted the float struts, lead shot in floats, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Future over kit decals.

Schneider Cup 2.0 ?

by René Hieronymus on May 2, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

After the smashing success with the Red Bull Air Races, the Austrian company announces a reprise of the legendary Schneider Cup Trophy. This cup, which was once the meeting place for the world’s fastest piston engined powered air racer [...]

Aerotech 1/32 Supermarine S4

by Eric Galliers on September 1, 2015 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Here is my Aerotech Supermarine S4, all limited run Resin kit with White metal and photo etched accessories. It has been finished using Mr Surfacer white 1000 and Alclad.

A New Year's present from Bill Bosworth

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Here is Bill Bosworth's latest scratchbuilt masterpiece:a 1/32 Macchi M.33 Schneider Cup Racer. Bill is currently working on an M.52, which will complete his collection of Italian Schneider racers. For those newcomers here, Bill Bosworth [...]