The Fouga Magister is one of my favourite aircraft which is why I’ve made this several times. If you want a review f the Heller Kit in full then I’d suggest my previous article you can read it here. This article however looks at HaHen’s decals to make the Red Devils version! It’s interesting that…
Airfix’s Hurricane in 1/72; Unsung Hero!
At the start of the year I went to IWM Duxford for Airfix’s Unsung Hero event and during that visit I picked up Airfix’s Hurricane – something I’d been meaning to pick up and buy for many many years. However, the Hurricane had always just eluded my grasp. My original plan was to do a…
Airfix 80th Anniversary of 617 Squadron – Dambusters – Lancaster and F-35
617 Squadron; formed on Avro Lancaster’s and made famous by the costly but devistating raid on the 3 dams of the Rhur industrial area. A squadron that has become famous in the minds of aviation fans the world over – in part due to a popular film of the 1950’s. Airfix are no stranger to…
Airfix F-35B 1/72 Starter Set
The F-35 is such a divisive aircraft. For some people it’s the crème de le crème. The future of manned combat aircraft. To other people, however, this is a disaster. Even though it’s combat effectiveness is being proven more and more, the legacy of it’s development and runaway costs have tainted the memory of many….
Loire-Nieuport 411 1/72 Azur
The Stuka is an icon of World War 2. Yet, it wasn’t even the original gull winged dive bomber…the French had this much before the Stuka prototype was ever produced. The French had, in my opinion the most beautiful dive bomber ever conceived which started with the Nieuport 140. Once merged with Loire the aircraft…
Henschel 123 1/72 Airfix Vintage Classic
The role of bombing was lingering from World War 1. Fly atop the target and release the payload; yet in the Spanish civil war alternative combat began to develop with the use of dive bombers such as the Henschel 123. Airfix’s kit from the 70s had been out of production from over a decade before…
Winter Model Show – Midland’s Air Museum
The Midlands Air Museum is famed for it’s impressive collection of jets – featuring cold war classics like the Hunter, Mystere, and Mig 21 to the more modern Tornado and Harrier. It is a truly lovely collection that I’ve visited more times than I can count. The entrance to the museum has never stopped being…
Yak-3 “Click Together” 1/72 Zvezda
I have not really built many Zvezda kits. In fact, for actually branded Zvezda kits – this is my first. The only kit I’ve built that I know of is the Italeri Su-47 that I built some time ago. For clarity as well, I had bought the paints and model from Russia prior to the…
Airfix Fiat G-50 1/72 “Vintage Classic”
Many regular readers will remember me doing an article on the Airfix SM79 and why it’s important to me – this aircraft helped shaped my obsession with the non-mainstream aircraft of my country. Aircraft of Italy, France, Romania, Poland, and Sweden all became an obsession for me. Airfix’s G.50 was one I remember always looking…
Scale Model World 2022; Returning to Form
Scale Model World 2022 was something I’ve looked forward to since Scale Model World 2021. Last years show was a massive deal for me. It was the first one since I returned to model making after a not insignificant break, and also due to the pandemic that we’d all endured for years at that point….
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