Here’s the latest additions to The Steve Pulbrook Gallery Brewster Buffalo in 1/72 by Airfix CAC CA-13 Boomerang in 1/72 by Airfix Curtiss P-36 in 1/72 by Heller Gloster Gladiator I in 1/72 by Matchbox Heinkel He112B in i/72 by RS Models Macchi C.200 Saetta in 1/72 by Revell Reggiane Re2000 Falco 1 in 1/72…

Tailess Fighters Douglas F4D, Dassault Mirage III and Northrop XP-79B There are now over 100 fighter aircraft on show in this museum so it seemed appropriate to wander among them and choose three of them that have an unusual but common feature. One that stands out is tailless aircraft which were in vogue for a…

Here’s another week of additions to the collection: Morane H hydroplane in 1/72 by RS Models Morane Saulnier 406 (Finland) in 1/72 by Hobby Boss Morane Saulnier 406 (No 101) in 1/72 by Smer Nieuport Delage 662 in 1/72 by Heller Northrop Gamma 2A in 1/72 by Williams Borthers Renault R40 in 1/72 by Sparrow…

Big airliners of the 1930s Blohm und Voss Ha139, Dewoitine 338 and Short Empire Class flying boat Wandering around the Gallery of 1930s aircraft the other day I could not help but notice how many single engines aircraft there were. Many of them were fighters, demonstrating the rapid developments of aeronautics during the decade and…

Here’s the latest additions to the museum’s Public Galleries: Airbus A.300 (TAA) made from the Airfix 1/144 kit Amiot 142 made from the Smer (Heller) 1/72 kit Bloch 200 made from the KP 1/72 kit Dassault Mirage IIID (A3-115 ARDU) made from the Frog 1/72 kit Dassault Mirage IIIO (A3-2 ARDU) made from the Frog…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Unsuccessful United States Aircraft North American XB-70 – Bell XP-77 – Convair XFY Today’s excursion is into the galley of United States aircraft. There are a lot of really famous aircraft in here but I thought that it would be fun to look instead at some promising ideas that didn’t work out. Surely the biggest…

The latest addition to The Steve Pulbrook Gallery is the Hasegawa 1/72 Nakajima Ki-27. The latest upgrade, including a PDF, is for the 1/72 Panhard EBR90 made by WSW Modellbau. The latest additions to the Public Galleries are: The Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Fury I The Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane I The Hobby Boss 1/72 Heinkel…