Pre-production photos, HA4502, F-15I Ra'am "Hammer Squadron".

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4502 F-15I Ra'am No.269 69th "Hammer Squadron", 2009.

Pre-production photos, HAS3321, F-5E Tiger II, Patrouille Suisse "50th Anniversary".

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series, HAS3321, F-5E Tiger II Patrouille Suisse "50th Anniversary". The model comes with decals for 6 different aircraft. 

Hobby Master has decided to add an S to any model that doesn't have tampo applied letters of names. The S will signify that stickers (decals) are supplied so you can make the model any one of several options.

Pre-production photos, HA1942, F-4EJ Kai Phantom II, JASDF.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1942 F-4EJ Kai Phantom II 97-8426, JASDF.

Photos taken at the Belgian Air Force Days, held at Kleine Brogel airbase.

On Sept. 13 – 14, Kleine Brogel airbase, in Belgium, hosted the Belgian Air Force Days, an airshow attended by several interesting local and foreign aircraft whose main themes were the +100 years of Military Air Power and the 40th anniversary of the F-16.

The air show, preceded by a Spotter Day on Sept. 12, was particularly interesting, as it featured not only the usual solo display of several aircraft types, including the Dassault Rafale and the Mig-29, but also a tactical event whose aim was to provide the spectators a better insight on the how the Belgian Air Force is integrated in a NATO operation: the BAF set up a fictional scenario based on the current PSO (Peace Support Operations) in Afghanistan, within which 10 F-16 jets, supported by A-109 and Mi-24 helicopters, B-Hunter UAV (from 80th UAV squadron of the BAF) and NATO E-3A AWACS demonstrated some of their capabilities to the public.

For more details on the show please follow the link:

http://theaviationist.com/2014/09/22/belgian-air-force-days/

Hobby Master releases for November 2014.

November sees a diverse array of 1/72 scale jet models from various Air Forces. First up is a ROCAF F-86F in the "Thunder Tigers" scheme, two Starfighters, a Canadian CF-104D and Turkish TF-104D, and an Oregon ANG F-101B Voodoo.

More modern jets include the Japanese F-15DJ Eagle and Danish F-16A Fighting Falcon. For WWII 1/72 scale there's a BF 110E from 4. Staffel ZG1. Lets hope the mottling on the BF 110 is better than on HMs Fw 190s.

In 1/48 there are two P-51s, a P-51C "Little Jeep" flown by Capt. Forrest H. Parham and 2106908 flown by Lt. Leonard R. Reeves. For 1/144 a single B-24D Liberator "She'Asta".