Additions to the Public Galleries AMX-13/75 in 1/72 by Model Miniature AMX-13/105 in 1/72 by Heller AMX-13DCA in 1/72 by Heller AMX-30 in 1/72 by Heller AMX-30B2 in 1/72 by Model Miniature AMX-30DCA in 1/72 by WSW Armstrong Whitowrth Siskin IIIA in 1/72 by Matchbox Bernard 20 in 1/72 by Adrian Roy Bloch 220 (Air…

Deltas Dassault Mirage III – Avro Vulcan B.2 – Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde After World War II aeronautical research suggested the potential of a triangular wing for high speed flight. It has many advantages due to its aerodynamic characteristics and has some structural advantages over swept back wings. It also has some disadvantages which can be mitigated…

Here’s the latest additions to the Public Galleries Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde (BA/SIA) in 1/144 by Airfix Bell P-39 Airacobra in 1/72 by Academy Boeing 747-100 (Pan American) in 1/144 by Revell Boeing 747SP (Australia Asia) in 1/144 by Welsh Models Boeing B-29 in 1/72 by Airfix DeHavillanbd DH-82A Tiger Moth in 1/72 by Airfix DeHavilland Vampire…

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Military Flying Boats Short Sunderland – Consolidated PBY Catalina – Kawanishi H8K2 A couple of months ago I took you to galleries to look at three floatplanes and promised you we would come back and look at flying boats. So its about time we did. Flying boats were a big thing in the 1930s as…

Additions to the public galleries Curtiss P-40K in 1/32 by Hasegawa Grumman XF5F in 1/72 by MPM Grumman F8F-1 (South Vietnam) in 1/72 by Monogram Grumman F9F-8 in 1/72 by Hasegawa Grumman F11F-1 in 1/72 by Hasegawa Hindustan Aeronautics HF-24 Marut in 1/72 by Alliance Models Messerchmitt Bf109G-6 in 1/32 by Hasegawa Payen 222 in…

Dive Bombers Blackburn Skua – Loire-Nieuport LN411 – Curtiss SB2C I was thinking about dive bombers the other day and went to look for them in the gallery of bomber and patrol aircraft. To my surprise I couldn’t find there some that I definitely remembered had been added to the collection. After a while I…

Here’s the latest additions to the collection: Amiot 354 in 1/72 by Mach 2 Antonov An-32 in 1/72 by Amodel Apollo Saturn V in 1/144 by Airfix Boeing 727-200 (East West) in 1/144 by Airfix Boeing 737-800 in 1/144 by Revell Fokker F-27 Friendship in 72 by Esci Lockheed L-100-30 in 1/144 by Welsh Models…

Attractive Trainers Dassault Mirage IIID – North American T-28C – SAN Jodel D.140 This week’s Curator’s Choice has been particularly difficult. I thought it was about time I had a wander around the Gallery of Sundry Aircraft which combines a few different kinds of military aeroplanes that aren’t numerous enough to have their own galleries.…

Here are the most recent additions to the collection AERFER Ariete in 1/72 by Duin Airbus A.321P2F in 1/144 by Zvezda AMC 35 in 72 by Sparrow Casting Arsenal VG-33 in 1/72 by Azur Arsenal VG-36 in 1/72 by Azur & TMA Arsenal VG-70 in 1/72 by Dujin Augusta A-109 K2 in 1/72 by Revell…

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Biplane fighters Fokker D.VII – Hawker Fury – Fiat CR.42 Even into the 1930s almost all fighter aircraft were biplanes, but things have changed a lot since then. We now have more than a hundred fighters in our collection but only a handful of them are biplanes. Let’s have a look at three of them.…