Posts by Leigh Edmonds
Amiot 143 in 1/72 by Smer
Said by many to be one of the ugliest aeroplanes every made, the Amiot 143M was an evolution of the Amiot 140 which was designed for a 1928 French Air Force requirement for a ‘Multiplace de combat’ (multiplace combat aircraft) to be used as a day/night bomber, long range escort and reconnaissance aeroplane. The first…
Read MoreAirbus A.300 in 1/144 by Airfix
By the 1960s it seemed that European aviation manufacturers had lost out to the competition of the United States airliner manufacturers; Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed all had significant airliners in production. Early planning of a European constructed wide body airliner to suit European conditions began in the mid 1960s in Britain, France and Germany and…
Read MoreThe Little Aviation Museum Newsletter
To help promote the museum we’ve launching a newsletter which will contain summaries of what we are up to. We expect that it will remain fairly small and be published ever second or third week. Here are the first three issues: The Little Aviation Museum Newsletter i – April 2022 The Little Aviation Museum Newsletter…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 012 – Popular 1950s Aircraft
Popular 1950s Aircraft Boeing 707 – MiG-17 – Druine 31 Today we’re going to have a look around the Gallery of 1950s aircraft. There are a lot of interesting aircraft here but I thought it might be fun to look at three of the most popular of them. First is the Boeing 707, in this…
Read MoreAdditions to the Museum’s Collection – 012, 14 May 2022
Here are the latest additions to the Museum’s collection: Boeing 727-100 in DHL International livery made from the Airfix 1/144 kit Boeing 727-100 in TAA 1960s livery made from the Airfix 1/144 kit Boeing 727-200 in Ansett Australia 1980s livery made from the Airfix 1/144 kit Boeing 727-200 in Australian air Express livery made from…
Read MoreDassault Etendard IVM in 1/72 by Heller
This little kit comes from the heydays of Heller in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time I tried to make sure I got all their kits but this is one that escaped me then so I thought they hadn’t made a kit of the standard Etendard IV. Imagine my pleasure when I picked one…
Read MoreConvair YF2Y-1 in 1/72 by Mach 2
In the aftermath of World War II armed forces, aircraft manufacturers and designers tried all kinds of odd things to find the best way to make high performance jet powered aircraft. One idea that circulated in the US Navy was that it would be impossible for supersonic jet aircraft to operate from the decks of…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 011 – Early Jet Powered Aircraft
Early Jet Powered Aircraft Heinkel He162A – DeHavilland DH-108 – North American B-45 The Gallery of 1940s aircraft has a lot to look at in it so I thought it would be interesting to look at some early jet powered aircraft to see how that development in aeronautics began. There are some notable aircraft not…
Read MoreAdditions to the Museum’s Collection – 011, 8 May 2022
Here are the most recent additions to the Museum’s collection: AMX Mk.61 in 1/72 by Ace Avro Lancastrian (QEA) in 1/144 by Amodel Bernard HV40 in 1/72 by Adrein Roy Bernard HV41 in 1/72 by Adrien Roy Centrair C201 in 1/72 by Dujin Grumman F8F-1 (France) in 1/72 by Hobby Boss Grumman F8F-1B (Thailand) in…
Read MoreAvro Lancastrian in 1/144 by Amodel & AMX Mk.61 in 1/72 by Ace
NOW IS THE AUTUMN OF MY DISCONTENT I’m sure that we’ve all heard the opening line of Shakeaspere’s play, Richard III, even if we didn’t know where it came from. The Bard certainly knew what he was doing when it comes to first lines, ‘Now,’ to fix your attention and ‘is the winter of our…
Read MoreGrumman F8F-1 (France) in 1/72 by Hobby Boss
MORE BEARCAT BEAUTY A few months back I wrote about making the Monogram 1/72 kit of the Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat which is still a pretty decent kit after fifty years. There have been a few F8F kits released since then but they are either unavailable or unmakeable. Towards the end of that article I mentioned…
Read MoreRenault FT-17 Char Canon in 72 by RPM
In December 1915 the French Army began thinking about the potential of artillery mounted on a tracked, armoured chassis. When Renault was approached to design such a fighting vehicle the company was too busy with other things and had no experience with tracked vehicles so the first orders were given to the manufacturers of the…
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