Flying-Aviation
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Mustard
BAC's Low Speed Research Vehicle
2 min |
April 2023
Scale Aircraft Modelling
KOVOZAVODY PROSTEJOV (KP) 1 Was Monty's Triple'
Brian Derbyshire
5 min |
November 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
SPECIAL HOBBY SAAB J-21A Review
From the late 1930s and early 1940s, with thewar in Europe raging around them andedging ever closer to its borders, the Flygvapnet had ordered Seversky P-35A aircraft, alongside Vultee Vanguards, but only sixty of the former and none of the latter were received.
8 min |
November 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
VFR MODELS Beagle B.121 Pup
This is the first 3D printed kit I have come across and it is really rather fine.
3 min |
November 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Hearts in the sky RIAT RETURNS
After a nearly three-year hiatus RIAT returned to our skies with a hot show in every sense of the word. SAM’s Mike Verier and Ray Ball were there.
2 min |
November 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Colour Conundrum
A Cancellation Conundrum - The RAF F-111s That Might Have Been Part 1
10+ min |
November 2022
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COPPER CAUDRON Caudron G.Ill in 1/32
Copper State Models have carved a name for themselves in the last few years producing high quality plastic kits of World War One subjects.
10 min |
November 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Academy RF-8A Crusader Conversion in 1/72
USMC squadron VMCJ-2 used six RF-8As during the Crisis (designation F8U-1P until September 1962), with others held in reserve, two flying out of Guantanamo Bay, and four out of NAS Key West.
10+ min |
November 2022
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
Modelling US reconnaissance assets in 1/72 Part 2: The Nuclear Confrontation
9 min |
November 2022
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UKRAINIAT striker
The Sukhoi Su-24 is an all-weather attack aircraft capable of supersonic speeds and characterised by its side-by-side pilot/navigator seating and its variable geometry wing.
4 min |
November 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Top Banana!
Bill Clark is relieved to find that Airfix haven't slipped up with their new 1/48 Brick.
7 min |
November 22
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My AIMS is True
Ju 388L-1 Conversion in 1/32
10+ min |
September 2022
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford - The Silent Workhorse
The two great conflicts of the Twentieth Century created a number of famous aircraft on whose illustrious wings many pilots created their reputations.
8 min |
September 2022
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An early Flying Banana
The Gyron-Junior Buccaneer S.1 in 1/72
7 min |
September 2022
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The Bare Necessities Of Life Will Come To You
Jose Luis López heads back down memory lane, buzzed by a green hornet
3 min |
September 2022
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Bantam Bomber
Douglas A-4B Skyhawk in 1/72
9 min |
September 2022
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A PARTICULARLY GOLDEN OLDIE
This kit is certainly an oldie, and I've recently found that it's considerably more golden than it has been given credit for, provided that you're prepared to do some work on it. It is in fact almost perfect as regards outline accuracy, except for a touch of excess chord out towards the wingtips.
2 min |
September 2022
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BUSH WARRIOR
Jon Tabinor assesses Halberd's 1/48 conversion, creating a horse to crow about.
8 min |
September 2022
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Post War Air Travel
Ude Havilland Dove in 1/72
9 min |
June 2022
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Scaled Up
From Super Jolly To Pave Low Sikorsky CH/HH/MH-53 in US Air Force Service
10+ min |
June 2022
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COMBAT Dragonfly
Tackling the Tweet
5 min |
June 2022
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A COLOUR COMMUNICATION CONUNDRUM
The attitude of officialdom to colour matching as expressed in BESA Specification 2 D.103 of 1922 appears to have been retained well into the post Second World War era.
10+ min |
March 2022
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A Super Spade
Heinkel He-111 KG 26
5 min |
March 2022
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BITING THE BULLET
A Macedonian Scout
5 min |
March 2022
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DOUBLE VISION
René van der Hart scores a winner with this French striker.
5 min |
March 2022
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Gulf War Gazelle
Desert Storm Conversion
5 min |
March 2022
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GUSTO VIZZOLA!
The Caproni-Vizzola F.6M
10+ min |
March 2022
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IPMS UK
One of the abiding themes within plastic modelling is the ever-rising cost of kits.
3 min |
March 2022
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Pusher Project
Blom & Voss Bv 207/02
2 min |
March 2022
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Tricycle Style
An unusual and innovative prototype
4 min |