Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Italeri (Reboxed Academy)
Model Type: Bf109G-6
Aftermarket addons: Eagle Cal Decals, Hasegawa tailplanes, brass gun barrels
This model depicts the personal Bf109G-6 flown by Oblt. Gerhard...
Hello all,
Here is the 2 other P-39 Airacobras made with the one I built in GB#25
- P-39K-1-Be "Airacobra" SN42-4421, white 13, flown by kapitan Alexandr I. Pokryshkin, 16 Gv.IAP, 216 SAD over Kuban during Spring 1943.
- P-39N "Airacobra", white 2, flown by major Nikolai D. Gulayev, 129...
Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Hasegawa
Model Type: P-51D
Aftermarket addons: Aeromaster Decals, Ultracast resin wheels, Eduard PE Gas Caps
The subject of this build is P-51D-15 "Wild Will" of 368th FS, 359th FG flown by...
Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Tamiya
Model Type: P-51B
Aftermarket addons: Aeromaster Decals, Eduard PE Cockpit Detail Set.
The subject is P-51B-10 flown by Lt. Col. John C. Meyer of 487th FS in 1944
6 mandatory...
Had WW2 dragged on a year or two longer the the Horton HO 229 and early Vampire jets may have met, I note the Hortons higher cieling and speed, that said, which do you think is best and would have fared better if flown by equal pilots?
Hello,
I was seeking information on the Tainan Kokutai and Toshio Ota during Spring Summer 1942 when I found this:
from here
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I tried to translate the japanese with Google but not sure about the result. Apparently, if I well understood...
Time and time again we see this most important single factor in the performance of any aircraft ignored in discussions.
Everyone knows that a Spitfire I can out turn a Bf 109 E and that the Messerschmitt pilot would be ill advised to fight in the horizontal, right?
Well, for the two...
Username: Catch22
First name: Cory
Category: Intermediate
Scale: 1/32
Manufacturer: Tamiya
Model Type: F4U-1A
Aftermarket addons: BarracudaCast main wheels, Eduard/HGW fabric and PE belts, fündekals decals.
Subject: F4U-1A BuNo 17740 of VMF-214, December 1943 at Vella La Vella. Flown by...
Hello,
I don't know if it's the good place for this thread... :|
I found in my stock a Tamiya Kit, The bf 109E-4/7 Trop. 61063. Normally it was for build "White 12" flown by J. Muncheberg but I decided to build his FW 190A-2 w.nr.20209.
So, I would like to "transform" this E-4 kit in an E-7...
Thought you guys might enjoy this again ... here's a clip from the Planes of Fame 2012 Airshow with the Horsemen flying two P-51s and a P-38.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc94Tj7SP8o
The P-51s are being flown by Ed Shipley and Jim Beasley and the P-38 is the Plane of Fame's being...
Hello,
Here is one of my projects: Spitfire IX EN190 flown by Colin F. Gray during March and early April 1943.
But I've a problem..... :( Sources differ regarding the code of EN190: some says FL A and other says FL K... I found both on the web...!!!
My opinion: I think EN190 was coded FL A...
Hello,
This is my first model after a very long break. Paining with Alclad II metalizers. The most parts fits quite well, but making undercarriage in up position was a true challenge, cause the wheel covers are in different shape than wheel wells.
The aicraft No. 1023 was flown by Col...