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Westland Whirlwind Mk.1
Kit: 1/32 Special Hobby
This is a great kit. It’s not for beginners and there are many challenges but the result is an impressively large and detailed aircraft model. The landing gear gave me fits - it is very fiddly and fragile but it [...]
1/32 Special Hobby Westland Whirlwind Mk.1
This is 1/32 Special Hobby Westland Whirlwind Mk.1 with the markings of P6985 HE-J No 263 squadron RAF in Exeter air base March 1941.
I have build this OOB except for Eduard seat belts and CMK wheels set.
I have used Gunze Sangyo acrylics [...]
1/72 Special Hobby Tachikawa Ki-54 Hickory
I am always looking for something a little different to build, and I was pleased when Special Hobby recently released this new model. The new Special Hobby kits have a very good reputation, so I was eager to build this plane for the [...]
RAAF Spitfire Mk.Vc, 54 Squadron, Darwin, Australia.
Special Hobby's 1/48 kit was the only one of this mark available until very recently, when Eduard announced their forthcoming kit. I had already ordered the SH one & since all my previous efforts at a Vc had been kitbashed by various [...]
1/48 Tamiya/Special Hobby F4U-4 Corsair “Black Sheep” – Korea:the Forgotten War GB
The Airplane:
The ultimate Corsair to see service in the Second World War was the F4U-4. The first prototype XF4U-4 took flight on April 19, 1944, followed quickly by four other prototypes. The airplane was powered by the R2800-18W, an [...]
Special Hobby 1/72 Lockheed Vega 5 – Lady Lindy
A fun build this one.
Primed with Tamiya Flat White.
Painted with Humbrol 174 Signal Red Enamel, Tamiya Neutral Grey, Flat Green, Rubber Black, Mr. Color Dark Iron, Alclad Airframe Aluminium.
OOB except for the pitot tube which I replaced [...]
A “Flying Whale” over the Black Sea: Martin B-10 Model 139WT in Turkish service
When in 1934 an icon like General Henry "Hap" Arnold enthusiastically declared the Martin B-10 to be "the air power wonder of its day", this was tantamount to elevation to the rank of aeronautical nobility. What exactly [...]
Special Hobby 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
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
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 [...]
