I'm continuing my small series of small-scale British jets. This time, it was time for Buccaneer. Historical background The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially manufactured by Blackburn Aircraft in Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer when … Continue reading SAAF Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk.50 | Airfix 1:72
Tupolev SB-2 M-100A from ICM in 1:72 scale is a challenge that has been waiting for its time in my workshop for many years. The kit was first purchased at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, sold after deciding to abandon the small scale, and bought again this year, out of … Continue reading Tupolev SB-2M-100A | ICM 1:72
Starting in 1940, the Request for Data R-40C program resulted in the projects of fighters distinguished by their original design, such as the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose or the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, which I present to you below. The flight of the prototype took place on July 19, 1943, but the machine was lost in … Continue reading Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender | Modelsvit 1:48
My last finished kit for 2021. Hawker Sea Hawk of 810 Sqdn, Royal Navy, embarked on HMS Albion, 1956, Suez Crisis.Painted with MRP paints. Model Art Decals. I didn't correct anything; I didn't add much from myself, and I can't recommend it to the accuracy fans. Excellent fitting, but the technological breakdown itself, several short … Continue reading Hawker Sea Hawk | Hobby Boss 1:72
Hi All, Today my latest Reggiane Re.2000 Falco (Falcon) by Special Hobby 1:48. Accessories: resin wheels, exhausts, headrest, tail wheel leg - from CMK, Aber etched fret (main landing gear wells, instrument panel), and Eduard (belts). Uschi line. Brass tubes for the guns above the engine. I painted her with MRP paints: pure, even perverse … Continue reading Falcon | Re.2000 Falco | Special Hobby 1:48
Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-4 / B, S9 + GT from 9 / SKG 210, Uffz Werner Ringel (?), Russia, March 1942. The Airfix kit, very poor in detail, so I added some resin accessories from Pavla (it is just necessary, especially the control surfaces and flaps) U-48-35 and U 48-36, Eduard's photo-etched bits in the cockpit, … Continue reading Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-4/B | Airfix 1:48
What a lovely kit, and the aircraft itself. Swift. However, not agile. Very pleasant to build, quite well fit of parts (except for the fuselage and wings joint at the underside). As for the extras, I only put a resin pilot seat from Pavla into the cockpit. The camouflage painted using paper masks cut from the … Continue reading Supermarine Swift FR. Mk5 | Airfix 1:72
After the end of the war in 1945, Britain was the center of the world’s jet propulsion. At the end of 1946, a commission consisting of the chief aircraft builder Mikojan, the chief engine builder Klimov and the leading specialist in aerospace materials, Professor Kishkin traveled to Britain, where they managed to purchase the latest Rolls-Royce … Continue reading La-15 Fantail | Mars Models 1:48
Launched on November 28, 1956, by Dassault, the Mirage IV program resulted in the twin-engine fighter-bomber prototype named Mirage IV 01 taking-off on June 17, 1969. Two years later, on October 12, 1961, the first Mirage IV A took off, opening a series of 4 prototypes and 62 production aircraft.The 33-ton plane could fly twice … Continue reading Dassault Mirage IV P C’est Fini | 1:72 A&A Models
The wartime fate of Polish Super Electras has not been fully revealed yet. Wikipedia gives only a few lines of the text on this subject: “During the 1939 defensive war, all Lockheed Electra planes were mobilized by the Polish Army and made courier and supply flights. Then four of them were evacuated to Romania, where … Continue reading Lockheed L-14H ex SP-BPM | MPM 1:72, Nr. 72541
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