Posts by Leigh Edmonds
Gloster Meteor F.8 in 1/72 by Airfix
This model came out of two things I wanted to do this year. One was to participate in the Model Geeks Podcast group build, this time on the theme of ‘MiG Killers’. The other thing was to write this monthly contribution only about Australian aircraft. (This means either an aircraft registered in the RAAF’s A-…
Read MoreCAC CA-5 Wirraway in 1/72 by MPM
As you will no doubt recall, the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) was the brain-child of Essington Lewis, the Managing Director of BHP. During a visit to Europe in 1935 he came to believe that another major war was inevitable. He believed that Australia needed its own aircraft manufacturing capability so, on his return to Australia,…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 063 – Early X-planes
Early X-Planes Douglas X-3 – Bell X-5 – Lockheed X-9 There is something romantic about the early X-planes. The whole idea began towards the end of World War 2 when various organizations in the United States, including NACA, the USAAF and USN, wanted to conduct research into high speed flight. The first X-plane was the…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 062 – Lost Designs
Lost Designs BAC TSR2 – Northrop YF-23 – Dassault Mirage IIIV The history of aviation is littered with aircraft designs that never made it off the drawing boards, many of them good ideas that weren’t needed or were impractical. There are also many good designs that were built but never entered production. Sometimes they didn’t…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 061 – ANZAC Trainers
The Curator’s Choice 61 Aermacchi MB.326H – Aermacchi MB.339CD – AESL CT/4A It is now a little over a century since soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ‘were butchered like lambs at the slaughter’ on the beaches at Gallipoli. Every year since Australians and New Zealanders around the world have gather on…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 060 – Golden Age Racers
Golden Age Racers DeHavilland DH-88 – Howard DGA-6 – Caudron 460 The 1930s was an exciting period in the history of aviation. Technology was forging ahead rapidly with new and intriguing ideas being explored and new aircraft being rolled out of the workshops all the time. At the forefront of these developments were the aircraft…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 059 – Bombers, 1939
Bombers, 1939 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley II – Amiot 143 – Dornier Do17F By the northern summer of 1939 Europe’s great powers had been preparing for war for more than three years. From as early as 1935 the clouds of war had been gathering and governments had been building up their armed forces in expectations of…
Read MoreThe Little Aviation Museum Newsletter 18
Here is the link to the latest issue of the museum’s newsletter
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 058 – Qantas (but not Qantas)
Qantas (but not Qantas) Boeing 747SP – Boeing 767-300ER – DeHavilland Comet 4 Branding is an important part of business because it tells us who is providing a product or service we use, or think about using. Companies build up brand recognition and trust in their services so we are happy to use them over…
Read MoreModels for April 2023
Here is the link to this new post over at Leigh Edmonds Little Box of Stuff
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 057 – Forgotten Fifties Fighters
Forgotten Fifties Fighters Aerfer Ariete – Nord Griffon II – North American YF-93A The 1950s was an exciting time to be involved in aviation. Rapid advances in aerodynamic knowledge, new materials and new and powerful motors opened the door to new and sensational innovations. The force of the Cold War also drove governments to support…
Read MoreThe Curator’s Choice 056 – Lend-Lease Fighters
Lend-Lease Fighters Curtiss Tomahawk II – North American Mustang IV – Vought Corsair I Between March 1941 and the end of World War 2 the United States transferred to Allied nations a total of $40.1billion of war materials ($719billion in 2021 value). This was seventeen percent of the United States total was expenditure. Of that…
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