Reach for the sky. Rusty pre-1945 flying memories.

 

Back in the saddle again.

WWII heroes...

Fighters on parade...

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Tamiya Spitfire 1a... 

The beginnings of a famous family lineage...

Tamiya Spitfire 1a... 

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Not another Spitfire?.. 'fraid so. Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa. 

Blame Revel for this one...

Supermarine Spitfire IIa


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Supermarine Spitfire MkV. The ultimate beauty on the catwalk...



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Now this one has certain issues but a PM Spitfire Vb it is... What can we do with it?..

PM Spitfire Vb 

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Something a bit unusual... A PM Spitfire Vb with boots for the water...

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Oooh the baddies...

Messerschmitt Bf109G-6. 

Mottling by hand...



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Messerschmitt Bf109E-3. Apex predator...


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Duel. 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf109 E-3 Vs Supermarine Spitfire 1a. A tale as old as time... 



Duel. 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf109 E-3 Vs Supermarine Spitfire 1a. 

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North American P-51D. Abe's preferred fighter...

North American P-51D.

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North American P-51D Mustang... again...

North American P-51D Mustang

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A wide wingspan will take you higher... Focke Wulf Ta 152H

Focke Wulf Ta 152H

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Museum piece. Academy F4-F Wildcat photo shoot...



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Academy 1/72 F4F-4 Wildcat. Using up the blue paint again... Great value kit of the week... 

Academy 1/72 F4F-4 Wildcat. 

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It's like an F4 but sort of plus two. Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat...

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat...

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Hasegawa phase... Vaught F4-U Corsair.  (Both schemes)

Arrow scheme.... Vaught F4-U Corsair.

Arrow scheme.... Vaught F4-U Corsair.

Vaught F4-U Corsair. Building my first model for twenty years. Do I still got it, did I ever have it and what is it anyway?

And the checker board version... Vaught F4-U Corsair.

Vaught F4-U Corsair.

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A bolt from the red white and blue... Republic P47-D Thunderbolt... 

Republic P47-D Thunderbolt... 

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Nothing is like zero.... Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero. 

The Japanese workhorse.

Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero. 

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There's a strong wind blowing. 

  

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A quickie... Flying tiger P-40b…. 

Flying tiger P-40b…. 

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Snake is a plane... Bell P-63 King cobra. It's an old one...

Bell P-63 King cobra. 

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Airfix Curtiss Tomahawk IIb... nuff said...

Airfix Curtiss Tomahawk IIb

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Westland whirlwind FB MkI..  

Why have one powerful engine when you can have two?...


Westland whirlwind FB MkI..  

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Airfix Fiat G-50 A memory from way back... and I go way back...


Airfix Fiat G-50 

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When is a fighter not a fighter... One of my favourite planes. Nuf said. 

Bolton Paul Defiant NF Mk II...


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A little bit of Roc and roll... Blackburn Roc Mk 1



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Avenger(ing) angel... 


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Going Dutch with the PM Fokker DXXI...

PM Fokker DXXI...

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That's not a fighter...

A Matchbox kit... That means fun, fun fun.... Matchbox Super-marine Walrus Mk 1


Of course I did it twice...



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Academy, JU 87G-2 Stuka. It's a classic so I have to build one sometime...

Academy, JU 87G-2 Stuka. 

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Pathe news. What if I made a model as if it was in black and white?... Ju57 stuka...



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Not the best kit in the world... by some... but what can I do with it?

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Bloc(head) 

Heller Bloch 174...



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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley MkVI 

British early war years workhorse...

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Bristol Beaufort Mk1a. 

A two engined workhorse...


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The best bomber design ever and the most aggressively beautiful aircraft. 

De Havilland Mosquito B.MkIV... 


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Pure aggressive beauty... 
De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VI... Pure cream...


De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VI

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Airfix Lockheed Hudson aka Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra... 

The airliner turned bomber...

Airfix Lockheed Hudson

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Where Eagles Dare... We'll need A Heller Junkers Ju-52. Oh look, that's a coincidence...


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I remember as a nipper my dad building a clipper. In memory of my father... 

Boeing 314 Clipper.



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Beech C-45 Expeditor... 

Is the little work horse a donkey?

Beech C-45 Expeditor... 

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1/48. Just a bit more...

                Tamya P-51D Mustang...

 Tamya P-51D Mustang...

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Jack-in-a-box. Tamiya  1/48 Mitsubishi Raiden.



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Dazzling. An ICM Mustang K that should have been a Mustang B but it's a bit of fun anyway...


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Time for something a little different… 

ICM's Messerschmitt Bf 109 is new for me. Me109 not so much. This one is 1/48

Messerschmitt Bf 109

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1/24. Many, many many big...

North american P-51D Mustang. 
A horse of many powers...


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1/144 don't you know...

A little wildcat plus another little wildcat. That's nice...




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