Rescue craft

[kalt2000]

No. 84 Sqn’s Akrotiri-based Griffon HAR. Mk 2s provide vital search-and-rescue cover for units deployed to Cyprus. (Stefan Degraef/Edwin Borremans) There is a benefit from this change in that this column will now also encompass Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps 1:1 and modelling news. Ironically, 1 have received e-mails from people wanting to [...]

@темы: models, model, Live model, scale aircraft, scale aircraft model

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1 48 scale models

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For those interested in building just about any of the myriad versions of the U-2 spy-plane, Cutting Edge has always been the go-to company. The firm’s catalogue has an entire section devoted exclusively to literally dozens of resin conversion and upgrade parts for the 1:48 Testor kits. Here is the ultimate set of decals for [...]

@темы: aircraft, model, 1 48 scale, Kits review

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1 48 scale models

[kalt2000]

For those interested in building just about any of the myriad versions of the U-2 spy-plane, Cutting Edge has always been the go-to company. The firm’s catalogue has an entire section devoted exclusively to literally dozens of resin conversion and upgrade parts for the 1:48 Testor kits. Here is the ultimate set of decals for [...]

@темы: aircraft, model, 1 48 scale, Kits review

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Youtube airplanes landing

[kalt2000]

I retrieved my pile of Aeroplanes with some difficulty, involving ungainly bodily contortions round corners to get to their hiding place on one of my remoter shelves, and sorted them into date order. I was therefore somewhat less than gruntled to find that the specified issue was one I hadn’t got. I vaguely remember getting [...]

@темы: aircraft, tamiya, model, italeri, model airplanes wood, Other

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Youtube airplanes landing

[kalt2000]

I retrieved my pile of Aeroplanes with some difficulty, involving ungainly bodily contortions round corners to get to their hiding place on one of my remoter shelves, and sorted them into date order. I was therefore somewhat less than gruntled to find that the specified issue was one I hadn’t got. I vaguely remember getting [...]

@темы: aircraft, tamiya, model, italeri, model airplanes wood, Other

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Hawker Hurricane

[kalt2000]

Polskie Skrzydla 4: Hawker Hurricane Robert Gretzyngier Stratus E-mail: arturj@stratusbooks. biz This title, from Polish publisher Stratus, is the fourth in a series covering types in service with Polish squadrons. The first thing that impresses the reader on looking at the book is the striking artwork used on its front and back covers. A pair [...]

@темы: aircraft, model, Scale model aircraft, plastic model ship kits

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Hawker Hurricane

[kalt2000]

Polskie Skrzydla 4: Hawker Hurricane Robert Gretzyngier Stratus E-mail: arturj@stratusbooks. biz This title, from Polish publisher Stratus, is the fourth in a series covering types in service with Polish squadrons. The first thing that impresses the reader on looking at the book is the striking artwork used on its front and back covers. A pair [...]

@темы: aircraft, model, Scale model aircraft, plastic model ship kits

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1 32 scale

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This sheet covers Fw 190F-8 ‘Black 3′, 5./SG 2, Aufhausen, Germany, 8 May 1945; Fw 190F-8 ‘Chevron Yellow 5′, Luftflotte 4, Ansbach, Germany, May 1945; Fw 190F-8 ‘Chevron Triangle Green 1′, lll./SG 10, April 1945; and Fw 190F-9 W. Nr 428639 ‘Green Double Chevron’, Luftflotte 4, Neubiberg, Germany, summer 1945. As well as Eagle Cal’s [...]

@темы: aircraft, Kits review, 1 32 scale, model boeing, model plane decals, rc airplanes

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1 32 scale

[kalt2000]

This sheet covers Fw 190F-8 ‘Black 3′, 5./SG 2, Aufhausen, Germany, 8 May 1945; Fw 190F-8 ‘Chevron Yellow 5′, Luftflotte 4, Ansbach, Germany, May 1945; Fw 190F-8 ‘Chevron Triangle Green 1′, lll./SG 10, April 1945; and Fw 190F-9 W. Nr 428639 ‘Green Double Chevron’, Luftflotte 4, Neubiberg, Germany, summer 1945. As well as Eagle Cal’s [...]

@темы: aircraft, Kits review, 1 32 scale, model boeing, model plane decals, rc airplanes

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Grumman F9F-6/7/8

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Ernie Lee Thanks to Pen & Sword for the review sample Naval Fighters Number Sixty-Six: Grumman F9F-6/7/8 Cougar Part 1 Corwin ‘Corky’ Meyer Naval Fighters Number Sixty-Seven: Grumman F9F-6P/8P Photo-Cougar Steve Ginter Ginter Books

@темы: Scale model aircraft, balsa rc airplane kits, indoor model planes, museum of planes

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Grumman F9F-6/7/8

[kalt2000]

Ernie Lee Thanks to Pen & Sword for the review sample Naval Fighters Number Sixty-Six: Grumman F9F-6/7/8 Cougar Part 1 Corwin ‘Corky’ Meyer Naval Fighters Number Sixty-Seven: Grumman F9F-6P/8P Photo-Cougar Steve Ginter Ginter Books

@темы: Scale model aircraft, balsa rc airplane kits, indoor model planes, museum of planes

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Imperial Japanese Navy

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Imperial Japanese Navy Carriers 1921-45 Mark Stille, illustrated by Tony Bryan Osprey/New Vanguard

@темы: aircraft, jet model airplanes, model airplane planes, Other

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Boeing’s B-47

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Information on Italian observation biplanes is pretty scarce, and I do not think that there is much on the kit front either, so once again Windsock has come to the rescue. As usual this title starts by covering the development and operational history of the featured aircraft, supported by a large number of photographs. Many [...]

@темы: aircraft, model, Scale model aircraft, model rc jet, nitro model