The Techmod Channel at iModeler (5 articles)

The Techmod Channel at iModeler

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African Storm…1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib cardoor, RAAF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 30, 2021
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Built in 2012. In mid 1943 five Typhoons were intended for desert trials but only three made it to Egypt where they served and were tested by 451 Sqn RAAF until October 1943. They were fitted with a trop filter. Sadly found no (close-up) pic o[...]

Arab-Israeli War…1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc Royal Egyptian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 26, 2020
in Aviation — 7 Comments

Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit with Techmod decals, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics except Azure from Model Master, Eduard seatbelts. The model shows an a/c of the Royal Egyptian Airforce that participated in the Arab-Israel war and was captured by Isr[...]

War Above the Trenches: Friedrichshafen FF33e

by Rob Pollock on August 12, 2018
in Aviation — 18 Comments

The Friedrichshafen FF33 was a German single-engine, two-seater reconnaissance biplane with twin floats. It was designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1914 for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung aviation forces of the Kaiserliche Marine. The "e[...]

War Above the Trenches: Ansaldo A.1 Balilla

by Rob Pollock on June 8, 2018
in Aviation — 20 Comments

The Aircraft The Ansaldo A.1, nicknamed "Balilla", after the Genoan folk-hero, was Italy's only fighter aircraft to be both domestically designed and produced during the First World War. The A.1 resulted from continued efforts by the Ansaldo[...]

War Above the Trenches: DFW C.V (Early)

by Rob Pollock on May 22, 2018
in Aviation — 19 Comments

The DFW C.V two-seater reconnaissance aircraft has been referred to by historians as one of the truly great aircraft of the First World War. Developed in the early months of 1916 from earlier types, the first C.V production examples reached t[...]