(February 2005) It seems that the Red Navy wanted desperately to have aircraft carriers in its fleet but had to be content, at first, with a compromise, the Kiev class medium sized carriers in which only the rear half of the ship was flight deck. This was, of course, not very useful for traditional … More Yak-38 (Forger-A) in 1/72 by Ace
(November 2004) The Nieuport 28 was the final stage in the development of Nieuport fighters that had begun with the Nieuport 11 in the early days of World War I. All Nieuport fighters prior to the 28 were sesquiplanes in which the bottom wing had a single spar while the upper wing had two … More Nieuport 28 in 1/72 by Revell
(May 2005) After World War II the airliner market was flooded with an almost endless supply of extremely cheap Douglas DC-3/C-47s. They made it possible for new airlines to begin flying and established airlines to expand rapidly to fill the growth in air services in the late 1940s and early 1950s. However, as time … More Fokker F-27 in 1/72 by Esci
(September 2004) In 1930 the French Service Technique de l’ Aéronautique issued specifications that would give the air force a new fighter capable of matching anything else in the air. In typical French style eleven basic designs were selected for development and a total of thirteen prototypes from ten different companies were eventually built … More Dewoitine 500 in 1/72 by Smer
(September 2005) DeHavilland Canada designed and manufactured a series of successful general aviation and commuter aircraft, beginning with the late 1940s Chipmunk trainer and including the Beaver, Otter and Twin Otter. In the 1960s it produced the Dash-7, a relatively large fifty passenger four turboprop engined airliner and, in the 1970s, the company’s market … More DeHavilland Canada Dash-8-100 in 1/72 by Hobbycraft
(July 2005) From 1943 the United States Navy became interested in the development of jet engine powered fighters. However application of the new engine to naval use presented problems that did not impede development of land based jet powered aeroplanes. The three most serious problems the new engine presented were a long take-off run, … More Curtiss XF15C-1 in 1/72 by ProResin
(July 2005) Even while Boeing was developing its long range 707 airliner in the mid 1950s it saw the need for a shorter range passenger jet to serve the United States domestic market on routes as long as trans-continental New York-Los Angeles flights. Studies led to the development of a three engined jet transport … More Boeing 727-200 in 1/144 by Airfix
(November 2004) Like several other notable aeroplane designs of its time, such as the Bristol Blenheim and Dornier Do17, this Amiot medium bomber first saw the light of day in the guise of a high speed postal aeroplane. However, when the Amiot 341 was displayed at the Paris Salon in 1936 it already had … More Amiot 354 in 1/72 by Mach 2
(October 2020) Making the models of these Moranes turned out to be something of a lesson in history. Not so much about what happened in the past but how we work out what we reckon happened in the past and the stories we tell as a result. To me, models are a form of … More Morane G and Morane H in 1/72 by AZmodel
Here are three new models made from kits that do not go together without a fight. Let’s begin with the little Azmodels 1/72 Morane G. This little pre-World War I fighter might look simple but it is not simple to make because it is a limited-run injection moulded kit with fairly vague instructions. I had … More Models for October 2020
