1:72 Hobby Boss 82933, C-72 Двина (S-72 Dvina) – NATO: SA-2 Guidline
1:72 Hobby Boss 82933, C-72 Двина (S-72 Dvina) – NATO: SA-2 Guidline The missile With the advent of inflight refuelling and the US B-47 and B52 long range bombers in 1953 the Soviet Union embarked on the development of a high-altitude capable surface to air missile to replace its high-altitude anti-aircraft artillery. […]
1:72 Ace models #72177 STS 233014 Tigr
1:72 Ace models #72177 STS 233014 Tigr (СТС Тигр) Tiger, built as a Tiger-M 23315 IMV captured by Ukrainian forces prior to 10 March 2022 in Kharkiv. In 2010 a new version of the GAZ-Tiger was unveiled with new 300bhp YaMZ-534 diesel engine, armoured bonnet (hood) increased seating capacity (up to 9), this was […]
1:72 Zvezda MiG-29 9.13 “Ghost of Kyiv” March 2022
Zvezda 1:72 MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29) Fulcrum C built as an Ukrainian MiG-29MU1 “Ghost of Kyiv” Fantom Flanker The background On 24th February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine and a story emerged of a single ace Ukrainian fighter pilot patrolling the skies over Kyiv with the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Military Unit Number A1789) who shot down […]
1:72 Blackburn/BAe Buccaneer S.2B 12 Sqn RAF
Blackburn/BAe Buccaneer XT270, 12 Sqn RAF 1975. Airfix new tool 1:72 Buccaneer slightly modified to portray Buccaneer S.2B XT270 of 12 Sqn RAF in 1975 with recon pack. Painted in the standard trio of Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey and Light Aircraft Grey with the glossy finish of the early 70s (Hataka Orange Line Lacquers) […]
1:72 Italeri F-5F Mig28
1:72 Italeri Northrop F-5F 160965, used a a MiG-28 in the 1986 movie Top Gun, based at NAS Miramar in 1985 during filming The movie Top Gun starts and ends with dogfights between US Navy F-14s and mythical MiG-28 adversaries. For this, the US Navy painted up 4 F-5s (3 single seat F-5Es and 1 […]
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 […]
1:72 Revell (03917) Goodyear FG-1 Corsair IV – Fleet Air Arm – HMS Colossus 1945
1:72 Revell (03917) Goodyear FG-1 Corsair IV – Fleet Air Arm – HMS Colossus 1945 The Aircraft KD344 was one of the final batch of 857 Goodyear built Corsairs, called the FG-1 Corsair IV in Fleet Air Arm use. It was delivered to the Fleet Air Arm and was embarked on board HMS Colossus […]
1:72 AZ Models Morane-Saulnier L #1848, 3sqn RFC – 5th February 1915, Merville – France
1:72 AZ Models Morane-Saulnier L #1848, 3sqn RFC – 5th February 1915, Merville – France The Aircraft The Morane-Saulinier L entered service with the Royal Flying Corps at the start of WWI also being employed in service with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Aeronautique Militaire (French Air Force). It was flown in single […]
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 […]