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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 [...]
Special Hobby 1/48 Tempest Mk.II
I saw this item as a new arrival at Sprue Brothers, and looked at Special Hobby’s website. I read that they had consulted with Eduard on the kit, and ordered it immediately. To my great pleasure, it appears to be the Profi Pack Eduard [...]
Review: Special Hobby Eduard Tempest MkII 1/48
This is a brief introduction to the build review of the 1/48 scale Special Hobby Tempest MK II.
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Special Hobby 1/48 AJS-37 Viggen
This was a long project, it began on March 2020 and finished on May 2021, I have always liked the Viggen with its splinter camouflage, therefore I wanted to do this one with all possible improvements. All of the surface received lines of [...]
Aaaaargh!!
Just attempted this. It's in the bin. Most ill fitting piece of junk I've yet to encounter. I should know because I built their JU 88 Recon, although it didn't get binned. Why all the resin interior parts? Injection is just as detailed and [...]
