The PC-9M I don’t know how it’s taken so long for a manufacturer to release the PC-9. Pilatus have been massively overlooked in the modelling scene, with only a few models released over the years – and for the PC-7 and PC-9 it’s often been in short run only kits. It’s kind of mad considering…
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Airfix 1/72 Eurofighter Typhoon Starter Set w/Model Maker Austrian Tiger Decals
The Eurofighter. One of the most ambitious cross-country collaborations ever made. Following on the heals of the Panavia Tornado, the Eurofighter is a collaboration between Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Having seen service with all these air arms in addition to a number of export customers, it’s been a successful aircraft. I knew…
J-29 Tunnan | Heller | 1/72
The J-29 Tunan was a remarkable aircraft. The first Swedish jet designed from scratch, and one of the first successful jet fighters of modern design in Europe. Having both a Matchbox and Heller release, I inadvertently combine a bit of both in this build and review. The kit itself is one of Heller’s older molds,…
Airfix Blackpool Illuminations Spitfire Mk V
An interesting release by modelling giant Airfix is this localised celebration of the communal purchases of Spitfire’s Progress I, II, and III during WW2. It wasn’t uncommon for towns or cities to donate funds to the war efforts in order to purchase an aircraft or equipment, and that’s just what happened with these Spitfire’s. Airfix…
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….
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…
KP Avia B-35 in 1/72
The Avia company today is no longer a part of aviation like it was back in the post Great War years. A huge industry in central Europe, the Avia company made some iconic aircraft – but today’s subject was never one of them . Let’s explore this lost aviation piece and the kit that KP…
Airfix Junior Phantom
The Airfix Phantom, nigh, the entire Airfix Junior range is just so 1990s it hurts. From it’s colour palette, marketing style, and comic rear box panels – it was a product very unique for ‘models’. As a child when this came out it really made an impact as a range I remember – though no-one…
Ms Modeller 