Artiklar

Heller’s Me 262B Night Fighter in 1/72 Scale by Martin Waligorski   Much has been written before on the web about the Messerschmitt Me 262, so if you don’t know anything about this airplane, Google it! Suffice to say that the two-seater Me 262B variant of the Messerschmitt’s jet fighter […]

Don’t Be Afraid of Raised Panel Lines

Italeri 1/35 DUKW by Bengt Johansson   One thing you couldn’t say about it is that it was pretty. All other virtues were built-in! DUKW was a 2.5-ton, six-wheel amphibious born out of the need to support amphibious operations in World War II. Its primary use was to ferry ammunition, […]

A Duck of All Work

by Doru Sicoe artwork by Bogdan Patrascu The artwork and photographs contained in this article were first published in the book ”Romanian Aeronautics in the Second World War 1941-1945” by Cristian Craciunoiu and Jean-Louis Roba, Modelism, 2004. Used here by kind permission of the publisher (Ed.)   Photo courtesy of […]

Fighters of the Romanian Air Force

text by Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro photos by Martin Waligorski Juan de la Cierva was instrumental in the development of the autogyro. The autogyro differs from a helicopter in that the rotor spins freely (autorotates) to give lift, while a propeller stands for the motive power. de la Cierva constructed a series […]

Avro Rota in Detail

de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 from Czech Master Resin 1/72 by Mark Davies The Sea Vampire T.22 was not a carrier capable aircraft, but it did provide the Royal navy with a useful jet trainer, and the modeller with potentially some very attractive colour schemes to finish models of this […]

Naval Vampire

artwork by Rick Kent text by Martin Waligorski One of the lesser known episodes in the operational history of the Spitfire is its use as a night fighter. During the winter 1941/1942 it was feared that the night Blitz of the year before might be repeated in 1942. During 1941, the Hurricane […]

Night-fighting Spitfires

by Rafi Ben-Shahar The recent release of Trumpeter’s 1/35 Baureihe BR 52 known as the Kriegslokomotive gave me the opportunity to examine my addiction to the Marklin steam locomotives from the world of HO model trains. The series of photographs that I present also highlights one of the ways that […]

Scale Steam Locomotives

Text by Martin Waligorski Photos: US Naval Historical Center   The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau ships were invariably mentioned at the same time, and are fondly remembered as being ”the ugly sisters” due to the fact they prowled together, and the havoc they wrought to British shipping. Designed in mid-1930s and […]

Scharnhorst & Gneisenau

1/72 Airfix Henschel Hs 123  by Mark Davies Henschel Hs 123 was designed as the first dive bomber to equip the new Luftwaffe. The prototype was tested in 1935 and entered service in the autumn of 1936. It was used in Spain, Poland, France and Russia. It proved so rugged […]

One-Of-A-Kind

by Anders Lindgren images by Martin Waligorski   The Cromwell ranks as one of the more successful British tank designs of the World War II. Designed as a successor for Crusader, the Cromwell was based on the late-1940 specification which increased the requirements on the thickness of armour and the […]

Cromwell Mk. IV

From Model to Kit by Ricardo Dacoba Long-time readers may recall my earlier article on the sole Argentinean jet fighter project, the Pulqui (see Camouflage & Markings: Pulqui – Argentina’s Jet Adventure – Ed.). I always wanted to have a model of Pulqui II in my collection. T thought it […]

Scratchbuilding IAe-33 Pulqui II

Camouflage & Markings Part 3: Appendices by Bouko de Groot This the third and final part of our series covering finishes and colours used throughout the history of Dutch military aviation. Please refer to Colours of the Dutch Air Force – Part 1: Aircraft of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) – […]

Colours of the Dutch Air Force ( Part 3 )

Camouflage & Markings Part 2: Aviation of the Dutch Navy and the Colonies by Bouko de Groot   This article is a continuation of the three-part feature covering finishes and colours used throughout the history of Dutch military aviation. Please refer to Colours of the Dutch Air Force – Part […]

Colours of the Dutch Air Force ( Part 2 )

Camouflage & Markings Part 1: Aircraft of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) – Royal Air Force by Bouko de Groot This is the first part of the three-part feature covering the finishes and colours used throughout the history of Dutch military aviation. This part covers early and air force aircraft used […]

Colours of the Dutch Air Force (Part 1)