US Navy Aircraft in Foreign Service Curtiss Wright SNC-1 – Lockheed PV-1 – Vought F-8P If you haven’t noticed, we have a Special Gallery of Aircraft of the US Navy and Marine Corps. There are 33 of them, 45 if you count the aircraft wearing the markings of other nations. The aircraft currently in the…

Additions to the Public Galleries Airbus A.320 (Air New Zealand ZK-OJA July 2005 in 1/144 by Revell Arado Ar234B-2 in 1/72 by DML Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk Mk.101 in 1/72 by Trumpeter Arsenal VG.90 in 1/72 by Dujin ATR42-300 (Brit Air) in 1/144 by F-Rsin Plastic ATR72-500 (Virgin Australia) in 1/144 by F-Rsin Plastic Augusta…

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1930s European Airliners Wibault 283 – Junkers Ju90 – Armstrong Whitworth Atlanta A wander around the gallery of 1930s aircraft is always interesting and instructive because there is so much variety and colour. It was a period when aircraft manufacturers were trying new things to improve their aircraft and the field had yet to consolidate…

Additions to the Public Galleries Boeing 247D (United Air Lines) in 1/144 by Welsh Models Boeing 299AB (TWA) in 1/144 by Minicraft Curtiss P-40N in 1/48 by Hasegawa DeHavilland Comet 4B (BEA) in 1/144 by Airfix DeHavailland DH-91 Albatroll (Imperial Airways) in 1/144 by F-Rsin Douglas A-1H in 1/48 by Tamiya DFS 228 in 1/72…

The Century Series (part 1) North American F-100, McDonnell F-101, Convair F-102 The ‘Century Series’ is a name commonly given to a series of high performance fighter aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. From the 1920s the air force began giving sequential numbers to its fighter aircraft, initially as ‘Pursuit’ with the P-1,…

Additions to the Public Galleries Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander in 1/72 by Aurora Airbus A.318 (AirFrance) in 1/144 by Revell Armstrong Whitworth Whitley in 1/72 by Frog Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation (Qantas) in 1/144 by Welsh Models/Minicraft Lockheed 1649A Starliner (Air France) in 1/144 by Minicraft/Welsh Models Vought F4U-7 in 1/72 by Italeri Vought…

Here is the link to my post over at Leigh Edmonds Little Box of Stuff with photos of models, old and new, that I showed at the recent Modellers of Ballarat meeting.

Allied Aircraft of the Pacific War (starting with the letter B) CAC Boomerang – Bristol Beaufightr 1c – Boeing B-29 Having looked last time at some Japanese aircraft that fought in the Pacific War I thought it might be interesting to find three interesting aircraft that fought on the Allied side. As it turned out,…

Additions to the Public Galleries Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atlanta (Imperial Airways) in 1/144 by Air Craft Models Boeing 307 (TWA) in 1/144 by Anigrand Boeing 720 (Braniff International) in 1/144 by Roden Convair B-58A in 1/144 by Hobbycraft         Convair XB-46 in 1/144 by Anigrand DeHavilland Comet I (BOAC) in 1/144 by…

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Late Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Kyushu J7W1 – Mitsubishi J8M1 – Aichi B7A1 Last time we looked in the gallery of aircraft of sundry nations and found there are equal numbers of Italian and Japanese aircraft. Then we looked at some Italian aircraft so this time let’s look at some Japanese aircraft. It turns out…