Monday, February 25, 2013

Pre-production photos, HA8004, Fury Mk.I "K5674".

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series, HA8004, Hawker Fury Mk.I "K5674" 43 Sqn., RAF, 1930s.








Pre-production photos, HA3530, Canadian CF-188B.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series, HA3530, CF-188B 188920, 410 TFS, Alberta, June 1997.






Sunday, February 10, 2013

Pre-production photos, FA722017, Royal Netherlands AF, T-33A M-59.

Falcon Models, FA722017, 1/72 scale Royal Netherlands Air Force T-33A M-59 TVO Squadron (Transitional Flying School), Twenthe Air Base, late 1960.




Pre-production photos, FA725010, Mirage IIIO 75 Sqn. RAAF

Falcon Models, FA725010, 1/72 scale Mirage IIIO A3-6, 75 Squadron RAAF (Low Vis Scheme).





Pre-production photos, FA727004, Hawk Mk.120 No.85 Sqn. SAAF.

Falcon Models, FA727004, 1/72 scale BAe Hawk Mk.120 No.85 Sqn. SAAF Combat Flying School, 2005.







What it should look like...



Pre-production photos, FA726004, Mirage F1CZ, No.3 Sqn. SAAF.

Falcon Models, FA726004, 1/72 scale Mirage F1CZ #210, No.3 Squadron, SAAF, 1970s.






Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Pre-production pictures, Corgi AA27002 RAF Puma HC.1 XW214


Pre-pro photos of the 33Sqn Puma, courtesy of Corgi. (Posted by SniperUK on DAF)

Identified errors:
  • Wrong blades, early ones will be will be in the production model
  • GPMG not needed
  • Under fuselage ECM not needed
  • Nose HD IR spotlight not needed. 
  • bodge tape on the nose not needed.
  • A couple of small antenna my be needed but everything else is spot on.

The model comes with alternate extended or retracted U/C and the strongest rotor head fixings yet.









Sunday, February 3, 2013

Iran new stealth Qaher F313 fighter jet vs F22 مقاتلة "قاهر 313" المتطورة

Famed U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle killed on Texas gun range .


Lancaster - Chris Kyle, "The Devil of Ramadi", the most lethal sniper in American military history and author of the New York Times bestselling book, "American Sniper," and a neighbor were shot Saturday while allegedly helping a soldier deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.



Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/342713#ixzz2JpP9QSUx

Red Tail in town.


History came alive for Clarkston High School students when Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson visited on Jan. 22 to share his experiences in World War II.

Jefferson flew 19 missions as a Tuskagee airman, a "Red Tail" fighter pilot in the war. He received many awards over the years including the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross, and is in the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame.

"I go across and boom, the shell came up through the floor," he described. "I have gloves and oxygen mask. It gets hot. I am doing 400 miles per hour. Everything is in the red - oil pressure, heat, everything. Everything on the instrument panel is blue. I have to get out."

The airmen with him reported him killed in action, but he made it to the ground and was captured. He spent nine months in Germany as a Prisoner of War.

"We were treated like gentlemen because they knew everything about us," Jefferson said. "No beatings, no torture. I was safer in the Stalag Luft III POW camp than I would be in Mississippi at the time. They were shooting people in Mississippi."

Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson with a model of a P-51 Mustang which he flew in WWII.


http://www.clarkstonnews.com/Articles-News-i-2013-01-30-250334.113121-sub-Red-Tail-in-town.html#123



The ghost rises - P-38 Lightning salvage off the Welsh coast.


The ghost rises: Ambitious plan to salvage WW2 Lightning fighter from sea off Welsh coast.


The decaying wreckage of a Second World War fighter plane, exposed after 65 years by changing tides on the Welsh coast, is to be removed. 

Known as the Maid of Harlech, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft was discovered in July 2007 after decades hidden under the sands.

It was the first time the rare United States Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter had been seen since it crashed off the Welsh coast in 1942 while on exercise.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271153/The-ghost-rises-Ambitious-plan-salvage-WW2-Lightning-fighter-sea-Welsh-coast.html#axzz2JkZXldy8