Volume 11 – 2007

by Mark Davies The Ikarus IK-2 is another of those aircraft that most of us probably haven’t heard about. The IK-2 was an indigenous Yugoslavian design started as a private venture in 1932 by Ljuboir Ilić and Kosta Sivčev. The aircraft was ordered in 1934 from the Ikarus AD at […]

Czech Master Resin 1/72 Ikarus IK-2

by Raul Hrubisko Click here for part 2 of this article Vought Corsair By the middle of 1941 the Corsair, then a brand new fighter type, became available for acquisition through the Lend-Lease Act. In early 1943, the first batch of 95 aircraft from the early production F4U-1 series with […]

Lend-Lease Aircraft in the Fleet Air Arm, pt 3

by Raul Hrubisko   Click here for the first part of this article In the first part of this review of my collection of American aircraft in FAA service, we have covered the early war period, marked by a number of unsuccessful pre-Lend-Lease acquisitions and the first truly great American […]

Lend-Lease Aircraft in the Fleet Air Arm Pt. 2

Mark’s Model Plane Miscellany Elf 1/72 Kit by Mark Davies The ungainly Floh did not progress beyond prototype stage, which is perhaps not surprising given its unorthodox appearance! In fact it was quite fast for 1915 at 180 km/h, but was a difficult aircraft to land. From my point of […]

Go With the Floh

Or: Bang for the Buck, Part IV by Rafi Ben-Shahar Detailing sets can do wonders to regular kits in terms of enhancing the overall appeal of the final product. However, in many cases, the price of the detailing kit may exceed the price of the actual model, which may discourage […]

Junkers Ju 88 and Aires Resin, 3-in-1 Style

Camouflage & Markings by Tomasz Gronczewski William D. ”Bill” Dunham was the second leading ace of the 348th Fighter Group, and the second leading Thunderbolt ace fighting against Japan. He scored 15 out of his 16 victories while flying P-47s. Also, Dunham’s P-47D-23-RA due to its fancy look belongs to […]

William Dunham’s Thunderbolts

Bang for the Buck, Part V by Rafi Ben-Shahar When it first appeared, the ProModeler/Monogram 1/48 kit of the Messerschmitt Bf 110G was regarded to be state-of-the-art kit with only some minor issues requiring additional attention. And then someone made the inevitable comparisons to technical drawings and came up with […]

Bf 110G-2 and Fatal Flaw

by Jesper Knutsson Picking up another of Tamiya’s old kits (having previously built the PzKpfw IV D) I did not expect much in ways of details and refinement since the early Tamiya kits are known for being liberal on the dimensional accuracy due to kits being constructed with motorization in […]

Tamiya T-34/75 Mod 1943

Mark’s Model Plane Miscellany (Celebrating My 100th Model) by Mark Davies The SB2U Vindicator was the US Navy’s first monoplane aircraft, coming into service late in 1937. Typical of many mid-thirties designs, it looked modern in form and outline, but as a transitional design it retained some constructional features of […]

Special Hobby Vought SB2U-1/2 Vindicator

by Rafi Ben-Shahar Many modellers prefer to model aircraft and armour. Ship displays in IPMS contests often receive lower variety and less attention by visitors. While I would not know why there is a seemly lower interest in ship related topics, I know for myself that my focus on aircraft […]

In the Praise of Shipbuilding…

A Simple Vingette in 1/35 Scale by Maurice Mofett This vignette combines my interest in the British Army, World War II and modelling/collecting 1/35 scale military miniatures. The idea came from a photo I came across in a book several years ago, which depicted three British officers leaning over the […]

’Major’ Strategy?

Part 1  by Raul Hrubisko Formally created in 1937 under the Admiralty control, British Fleet Air Arm had a chequered history. At the onset of World War II the FAA consisted of 20 Squadrons with only 232 aircraft. By the end of the war their strength grew to 3700 aircraft, […]

Lend-Lease Aircraft in the Fleet Air Arm

by Stellan Englund photos by Hasse Göransson Those who have seen my other builds know that I’m not always choosing the most common subjects. This time up was a kit maybe not regarded as a “real” plastic kit, but more of a toy; Games Workshop´s “Leman Russ Mk. VII”. It’s […]

Modelling the Hunting Russ Mk. II

Bang for the Buck, Part VI by Rafi Ben-Shahar If you are fond of 1/48 scale aircraft modelling, then the ubiquitous Dragon Messerschmitt 262A variants are likely to be familiar to you. Released in the 1990s, Dragon’s kit reigned as the ultimate plastic rendition of the World’s first jet fighter […]

Accurizing Dragon’s Messerschmitt Me-262A

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?