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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 […]

Fujimi 1:72 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21BIS North Korean Airforce (KPAF), Wonsan Airshow 2016. Hataka HTK-AS93D Modern North Korean AF Paint Set” with decal sheet.

Fujimi 1:72 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21BIS North Korean Airforce (KPAF), Wonsan Airshow 2016. Hataka HTK-AS93D “Modern North Korean AF Paint Set” with decal sheet. ” 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″]  *Disclaimer – The kit is actually a MiG-21SMT, not the MiG-21BIS that the KPAF fly, (The hump is a bit smaller on the BIS version)

Airfix 1:72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 XT864, 111 Sqn RAF (Zapped by 43 Sqn) Armament Training camp (APC) RAF Akrotiri 1988

Airfix 1:72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 XT864, 111 Sqn RAF (Zapped by 43 Sqn) Armament Practice Camp (APC) RAF Akrotiri 1988 ” 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 XT864 started her life on her 1st flight on 5th April 1968 and was delivered to the Royal Navy on 17th July the same year. If the […]

Airfix 1:72 Hawker Hurricane I – L1932 3 Sqn, September 1939, RAF Biggin Hill

Airfix 1:72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L1932, 3 Sqn Mid-August 1939 RAF Biggin Hil ” 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 Before WWII, during the “Munich Crisis”, the Air Ministry had ordered the bright roundels then featured on RAF aircraft to be toned down in preparation for a possible but hopefully to be avoided conflict […]

1:72 Airfix Harrier 3 Sqn 90th anniversary

Airfix 1:72 Harrier GR7 ZD322 – RAF 3 Sqn 90th anniversary 2002, RAF Cottesmore. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]ZD322 was 1st flown on 11 March 1987 as a Harrier GR5 and delivered to the RAF 4 October 1988 directly to 3 Sqn. She was subsequently upgraded to GR7 specification and in 2002 was painted in […]

1:72 Airfix Folland Gnat T. Red Arrows 1965

1:72 Airfix Folland Gnat T. Red Arrows 1965 (1st Display season) ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] 

1:72 Platz X-47B – George H.W.Bush

Platz 1:72 Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAV-D (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle-Demonstrator) on board the USS George H.W.Bush CVN77 during carrier trials May/July 2013. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]  The Aircraft The US Navy first started looking into the development of an Unmanned Combat Ariel System (UCAS) back in 2000 with contracts given to both Boeing and […]

1:72 Airfix Hawk T1 4FTS 70th Annivesary

BAe Hawk T1, RAF 4 FTS 70th Annivesary, 1991 RAF Valley. ” 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 Hawk T1 entered service with the RAF in 1976 after first flying in 1974. It remains in service to date (2017) as the RAF’s advanced jet trainer although it supposedly coming to the end of its service life […]

1:72 Hobby Boss AH-1F Tzefa 1982 – Israeli Airforce

Bell AH-1F Tzefa (Viper), Israeli Air Force, 6th June 1982, Operation Peace for Galilee – 1:72 Hobby Boss 87224 ” 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″]On 6th June 1982 Israeli invaded Southern Lebanon after a prolonged period of reciprocal cross border strikes between themselves and the PLO. The first strike of their campaign was to destroy […]