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Aviation artwork of Ron Cole ColoesAircraft.com

P-47D Thunderbolt (42-226628) flown by 'ace' pilot Col. Fred Christensen Jr. (21.5 'victories'), of the 62nd Fighter Squadron / 56th Fighter Group - by Ron Cole ColesAircraft.com

Aviation artwork of Ron Cole ColesAircraft.com

Let's see which plane gets the most posts

New part published today at Projekti Hawker Hurricane (HC-452) English translation comming next week, but you can read older text in english. Best Regards Tomi

Various SAM Systems

By way of adding to rochie's excellent throw of pictures from Hendon Museum I thought I'd put together a few I've taken myself to add to the list. Avro Lancaster Bomber Trying to take pictures in the BOB room was nothing short of hilarious as, as everyone knows, there's b*gg*r all...

Hello, I wonder if anyone would find this little project of mine entertaining. Main idea is about using cards with fighters from the first half of WW2 for a game. Deck of cards is divided randomly between players. The goal is to win all cards from the opponent. The core of the game is about...

Does anyone have ANY info on the P-39 (all models) in the Aleutians/Alaska are in WW2? Im also interested in Lt. Jimmie Fields, and the 18th F.S., 343 B.G., 11th Air Force (USAAF). Thanks in adance!

i'm trying to get information on a crash by a bristol botha in the sea off the Isel of Man in 1941 that killed my uncle. Grateful for any leads or suggestions! Thanks

New Video from Tuesday Nov 16th at Deer Valley airport. The old gal put on a nice show. CAF B17 Sentimental Journey with engine runup take off . I have two links to the same video to test the difference in quality between posting on Vimeo and You Tube...

Hi all, Here are some of the more eclectic parts of my WW2 aircraft collection, will post transmitters and receivers in later posts. Would appreciate any views on the function of these parts, and look forward to any post of your collections Cheers, James

Hi again all, Though I would share some of my WW2 airrcaft camera collection today, mainly air recon, gun camera and associated optics and timers. Would be keen to take comments or see other collectors pics. Cheers James

I have read several brief mentions that the Hurricane was less expensive than the Spitfire. Was it just that Supermarine charged more or was the airframe really that much more complicated to produce? The Hurricane seems more complicated with the cloth covered parts as compared to the...

B-17 wing leading edges have six ports or intakes on each wing. I would guess that three are for each engine. What are the functions of each? Where do they vent? With those big scoops the air has to exit somewheres. I recall that the four slot-like vents on the upper surface of the wings...

On P-51s,how long after engine shutdown would the hydraulic pressure drop allowing the main wheel doors to droop all the way down? Did the flaps droop also? This is a consideration in model building. Looking at photos, it seems that the wheel doors drop slowly but is it over a few hours...

Hi everybody, while I'm still working on Macchi 200 and Spitfire Mk IX models, I'm already thinking to my next project, a BF 109 G-10 or G-14 in 1:32 scale starting from the Hasegawa kit. I also got the AIRES kit including the DB 605 engine and related items but here is where I need your help...

Package guns were the .50s on the fuselage side of B-25s and B-26s. I know that B-25s in the Pacific used them on strafing runs but what about the B-26s over Europe? Were they used at all? I would think that the weight saved by removing them would help. On those medium-altitude missions they...

I have built models of He111s, Ju88s and Dorniers (17 and 217). I know that the He111 bombs hung by their nose and fell through spring-loaded individual doors but I cant find any info on the bomb bays of Ju88s or Dorniers. Cutaway views of the two types do not show that feature and models of...

Hi everybody, now that the forum is "malware free", I can start the work-in-progress of the above model. First I must say that latest Tamiya kit i did was aprox 20 years ago and was this one impressive, may be, but done exactly "out of the box" without even knowing about weathering etc...