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1:72 PZL P.11c Arma Hobbies 1:72 Junior Edition

PZL P.11c Lt. Wladyslaw Wojciech Chciuk, 1 September 1939 – Arma Hobbies 1:72 Junior Edition The aircraft The PZL P.11c (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze – State Aviation Works) started development in the late 1920s with the 1st of Zygmunt Puławski’s prototypes the PZL P.1. This featured what was be become known as the “Polish” or “Pulawski” […]

1:72 Airfix (A01003A) Curtiss Tomahawk IIB, 73 Sqn RAF, El Gamil – Egypt, 1941

1:72 Airfix (A01003A) Curtiss Tomahawk IIB AK490, 73 Sqn RAF, El Gamil – Egypt, 1941 With the UK based RAF squadrons just about back up to strength with Hurricanes and Spitfires after the conclusion of the Battle of Britain, the delivery of the Curtiss Tomahawk allowed the dated equipment still in service in the Middle […]

1944 1:72 Dragon 1:72 P-38J “Droop Snoot” Lightning with ELINT conversion

1:72 Dragon P-38J “Droop Snoot” Lightning with ELINT conversion – assigned to 192 Sqn RAF, September 1944 – February 1945. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]Between Sept 1944 and Feb 1945 4 P-38J “droop snoots” with an ELINT conversion were seconded from the USAAF’s 7th Photo Recon Group to 192sqn of 100gp RAF based at RAF […]

Airfix 1:72 Folland Gnat T.1, RAF 4 FTS, 1970

Airfix 1:72 Folland Gnat T.1, Royal Air Force 4 FTS, 1970 RAF Valley ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

Airfix 1:72 Harrier GR9A in RAF 41 Sqn’s 90th Anniversary 2006 show scheme

Airfix 1:72 Harrier GR9A in RAF 41 Sqn’s 90th Anniversary 2006 show scheme ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]  As well as my usual Hataka Paints for the main colours I also used Vallejo’s Metal Medium to give a pearlescent effect on the tail (often quoted as a BMW car colour) as worn by the actual […]

Hasegawa 1:72 F-35B. The RAF’s 1st F-35B (BK-01), ZM135.

Hasegawa 1:72 F-35B. The RAF’s 1st F-35B (BK-01), ZM135. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]  Final assembly of BK-01started on October 26th, 2009. Roll out took place during Sunday evening on November 20th, 2011 and its first flight April 13th, 2012. The run of the RAF’s F-35B assigned serial numbers isn’t random – ZM135 is the […]

Airfix 1:72 Spitfire Ia (A01071B) N3290 GR-U 92 Sqn RAF Hornchurch, Thursday 23 May 1940, Northern France patrol sweep

Airfix 1:72 Spitfire Ia (A01071B) N3290 GR-U 92 Sqn RAF Hornchurch, Thursday 23 May 1940, Northern France patrol sweep ” template=”/var/sites/o/octanescalemodels.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The aircraft and the 23 May 2nd sweep mission N3290 was delivered from the Eastleigh Supermarine factory on 16 Jan 1940 and after 5 weeks at the 27MU was delivered to […]

Airfix 1:72 Spitfire PR.XIX 541Sqn RAF Benson 1944

1:72 Airfix Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX, 541Sqn RAF Benson Autumn 1944, RM643/Z ” template=”/var/sites/o/octanescalemodels.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The aircraft. The Supermarine Spitfire is without doubt one of the most iconic Allied aircraft of the second world war and the PR.XIX (19) represents the final reconnaissance version built of the marque. Fitted with the new Griffon series 65spitfire […]