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Classic Airframes’ 1/48 Fairey Battle Trainer by Sebastién Privat   The plane Designed as a day bomber carrying a 1,000lb load on 1,000 miles at 200 mph, the Battle first flew in 1936. It was a big single-engined plane, with a span of 17m for a length of 13 m, […]

A Basset Hound That Swallowed a Camel

by Tony Bell Having only recently attempted my first WWI aircraft model, I went through a learning experience in some new techniques. Rigging and and replicating varnished wood in particular required an approach that I haven’t tried before. This article describes shortly the technique I have read about and developed […]

The Look of Varnished Wood

AMT/ERTL 1/48 Lockheed ES-3A by Scott Nagle   The Aircraft The Lockheed ES-3A Shadow was the short-lived (1991-1999) electronic warfare and reconnaissance variant of the venerable S-3 Viking anti-submarine aircraft. It was developed in the 1980s to replace the retiring EA-3 ’Whale’ as the carrier-based electronic warfare and reconnaissance platform. […]

Shading the Shadow

by Martin Waligorski   Like many modellers, every once in a while I work from scale drawings. The drawings are most effective when printed in the exact scale of the model. If done so, they can be used directly for dimensional measurements by laying the model parts on top of […]

Scale Drawings Conversion Chart

by Wolfgang Henrich About the subject Gerhard Fieseler was credited with 22 aerial victories as a fighter pilot in World War I, but this is not what he is remembered for in the first place. His glory days came after the war, as he became one of Germany’s greatest aerobatic […]

The Little Known Fieseler F5

model by Magnus Löfqvist text and photos by Martin Waligorski   Approximately 200 units were formed in Georgia in service to the Confederate States before and during the Civil War. One of them was Georgia 5th Infantry Regiment . It was organized on May 11th, 1861, with further companies joining […]

5th Georgia Infantry, 1861

by Tomasz Gronczewski  Iron dog? It is really hard to find a more controversial fighter aircraft of the World War II period than Bell P-39 Airacobra. It was loved by ones, hated by others and gained radically different opinions from pilots flying it. To some extent, the Bell fighter may […]

Bell P-39 Airacobra in USAAF Service

Haupt. Josef Priller’s Fw 190A-5 in 1/72 scale by Kuba Plewka photos by Kuba Plewka and Mirek Rawinski   Fw 190 is my long-time favourite fighter. I thoroughly like its shape, the many paint schemes and versions. The A-5 was one of the more important fighter variants of the Wurger, […]

The Famous Jutta

Skoda R2 TACAM Tank Destroyer model by Micke Arreborn text and photos by by Martin Waligorski     It looks like one more variation on the Marder concept,    but it isn’t. Well, at least strictly speaking. Like the Marder, Romanian R2 TACAM anti-aircraft gun was the result of an […]

Romanian Marder

Aircraft and Colours of the Rhodesian Air Force Photos by Phillip Evans Text by Martin Waligorski   Throughout its history, the Rhodesian Air Force has been serving under many names and markings. The South Rhodesian Air Force was first established in September 1939 as a transition of a humble Southern […]

Aircraft and Colours of the Rhodesian Air Force

Two Versions of the Sword Curtiss SO3C Seamew in 1/72 Scale by Peter Ibes (IPMS Netherlands) When you talk about lesser known aircraft of World War 2, the Curtiss SO3C Seamew is truly one of them. If it were not for Sword from the Czech Republic it is very doubtful any manufacturer would ever have […]

The Reluctant Dragon

About Modelling Emhar’s 1/72 Kit by Kozel   This is my 1/72 German panzer A7V, built from the Emhar kit. Emhar’s braille-scale A7V is a simple kit, yet offers a commendably delicate detail. The assembly is straightforward with no show-stoppers, making this a perfect kit for an in-between project. I painted […]

A7V – The First German Panzer

Building the Czech Master Resin 1/72 kit by Mark Davies     Background Latvia’s most prolific aero engineer was Karlis Irbitis. He began work on an indigenous fighter around 1938 by selecting and engine of low frontal area and technical simplicity for easy field servicing. This led to consideration of […]

Latvia’s Little Hawk – the VEF Irbitis I-16

by Rafi Ben-Shahar   Modelling is generally considered as an inexpensive hobby thanks to the miniature nature of its components. Yet, when it boils down to the actual dealings with items one may groan at the total costs of plastic kits due to their high retail price or the costs of […]

Model Bang for the Buck; Doras of the Galland Circus ...

Trumpeter’s Hotchkiss H-39 Model by Bengt Johansson Described by Martin Waligorski   The French Hotchkiss H-39 light tank first appeared in 1939. It was intended for use by French infantry and cavalry formations. Its story in combat is no different than that of other French tanks, although the H-39 was one of […]

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