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Mark’s Model Plane Miscellany by Mark Davies   Fouga’s little Magister was a very successful jet trainer despite its unorthodox butterfly tail, being used in both the trainer and light strike roles by numerous air arms. The Magister has always appealed to me as a modelling subject, and I built […]

Fouga Magister – Airfix or Heller?

Mark’s Model Plane Miscellanny by Mark Davies The O-46 was the last in a line of successful Douglas observation monoplanes. Prior to the its involvement in WW2 USAAC had begun to consider the O-46 to be two heavy for soft field operations, too large for concealment near front lines and […]

Pavla 1/72 Douglas O-46

Tamiya P-51D – With Some Advice by Tomasz Gronczewski Here is my 1/48 Tamiya P-51D finished as the mount of the second highest-scoring ace of the Checkertail Clan – Capt. Harry Parker (13 victories). Operating in the Mediterranean Theatre (MTO), the Checkertail Clan, officially known as 325th Fighter Group flew […]

Harry Parker’s Checkertailed Mustang

Bang for the Buck Part VII by Rafi Ben-Shahar   As my Bang for the Buck series continues, I find it compelling that potential topics do not cease to pop in. All that I need to do to find one is to scan my laden display cupboards! The Dragon Focke-Wulf […]

Dragon’s 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F

Impressions of Czech Modelling Ingenuity by Mark Davies   My Introduction to CMR I built my first Czech Master Resin (CMR) kit some years ago; it was a highly detailed 1/72 scale De Havilland T.22 Sea Vampire. This might seem a tricky choice given its twin-boom layout and the fact […]

Constant Commitment to Excellence

The Complete Conversion Guide for 1/48 Scale by Jim Kiker This article is being published (almost) simultaneously at the pages of this magazine and the Spitfire Site (Ed.) Introduction Dedicated to Mr. Ed Powles, with respect and appreciation Having been in the reconnaissance business myself, I have a special fondness […]

Modelling Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX

Mark’s Model Plane Miscellany Legato 1/72 Letov S.139 by Mark Davies For a change from the Academy’s modern mainstream offering described in my other article this month, here’s something completely different. I have had little success in finding information in English on the Letov S.139. I have however managed to find […]

Letov S.139

This vignette was built around an injection moulded figure from Dragon in 1/35 scale. This one was built for a magazine article describing basic figure painting. Flesh parts were painted in artist oils and Humbrol enamels, the rest in Humbrol. The base were created with pieces of cardboard, woodstrips, plaster, […]

Fallschirmjäger

The 100-years’ War brought several large battles to the French soil. Many of them count today as merely clashes, but some were historical events which determined the outcome of entire campaigns. One such battle took place at Crezy in 1346. Louis de Never took part on a French side and […]

Louis de Never

The Portuguese Jaguars, No. 301 Squadron Portuguese Air Force ”Jaguares” is one of the many seasoned units who adopted the spirit of the great ”Tiger squadron” community. Special Tiger paint schemes are always prevalent at Tiger Meets. This colour scheme, fittingly representing a jaguar rather than tiger, was applied to […]

Alpha Jet Jaguar

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Model by Ulf Lundberg Text and photos by Martin Waligorski This ia a 1/400 scale model of Torpedoboot T23 of the German Navy. Torpedoboote were in effect downsized destroyers for escort and coastal defence duties. T23 was one of fifteen vessels of Flottentorpedoboot Typ 39 class, designated T22 to T36 […]

Torpedoboot. Deutsche Kriegsmarine

by Mark Davies What better way to introduce the Islander than lift a quote from Britten Norman’s website? “The ubiquitous Islander is the best-selling commercial aircraft produced in Western Europe. Adaptable, versatile and durable, it has an unsurpassed record of solving transportation problems simply and economically in some of the […]

Airfix 1/72 Britten Norman Islander

by Serge Haelterman The six-wheeled, 6×6 drive M8 Greyhound is arguably the most recognizable US wheeled armoured vehicle of World War II. Following on from the earlier and much-acclaimed release of the M8 Greyhound, this newer Tamiya kit is a logical elaboration on the same subject. The M20 Armored Utility Car […]

Tamiya M20 Armored Utility Car

Mark’s Model Plane Miscellany Academy 1/72 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver by Mark Davies The SB2C is generally viewed as a rather lacklustre replacement for the US Navy’s SBD dive bomber. Protracted development and appalling quality control and reliability issues (until the SB2C-5 at least) did much to damage the aircraft’s reputation early […]

Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver

Modelling the Polikarpov I-16 of Fiodor Zakharowitch Kalugin by Tomasz Gronczewski Fiodor Zakharowitch Kalugin was one of the lesser-known Soviet fighter aces, despite the fact that his tally counted as many as 27 enemy aircraft destroyed (21 individual and 6 team victories). He was one of the VVS veterans who […]

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