Supermarine Spitfire
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1/72 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VII
I just finished this 1/72 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VII today, my first build of the year. I scratch built the rear bulkhead for the pressurized cockpit and added Eduard seat belts as well as Quickboost exhaust and a resin ventral ID light. The [...]
1/72 SAAF Spitfire Vc
I saw this Airfix kit at the hobby shop and noticed it had South African Airforce markings, I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
This is the first time I've used an airbrush, the first model I've weathered with oils and my first 1/72 [...]
Operation Bowery
After the failure of Operation Calendar on April 14-19, 1942, the matter of refilling fighter planes in Malta became a priority. The operation began on April 29, 1942 and was better prepared this time to avoid immediate destruction of the [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb, Royal Hellenic Air Force
Hi everyone!
This is my Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb, finished as a Royal Hellenic Air Force bird.
Extensively used not only by the RAF, but also by other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II and produced in greater [...]
Spifirepalooza!
Thought I would pass this on.
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Eagle of The Malta
The story of George Beurling is quite well described on the i-modeler, so I will limit myself only to some of its elements. You probably remember how long I thought about choosing the plane. Reading the stories of various pilots, I became [...]
The Airfix Starter Set Challenge! – How Did We Manage When We Were Kids?!
The Airfix Starter Set challenge, as started by Model Minutes.
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Airfix Starter set challenge! 1/72nd Spitfire Mk.Vc
Here is a sneak preview of my entry into to the Airfix starter set challenge (video will be up next monday at 1500 GMT)
If youre unaware of the Airfix starter set challenge, It was started by Model Minutes on youtube, and is a challenge to [...]
Spitfire V – always good!
I sit down to write this article again during a hurricane. However, this time I will not make up a fictionalized story, because we have a live coverage on tape that you can hear from Lieutenant Richard L. Lampe. This pilot flew in 2FS, [...]
Australian Ace of the Battle of Britain.
Here is a model of a Spitfire MkI flown by the top scoring Australian Ace pilot of the Battle of Britain.
His name was Paterson Clarence Hughes. He served with 234 Squadron RAF as a flight commander.
He shared his units first aerial [...]
