Key Publishing are a giant of the modelling world. Whether you’re into model making, remote control vehicles, or train layouts in their many wonderful scales, they have their hand in their. So it is perhaps surprising that it’s taken this long to host a model show! I, and this website, are mostly designed around model…
Sud-ouest 6000 Triton – Mach 2 1/72
Ah, my second favourite time of year (after Eurovision, of course) – French February! Something that started as a bit of a ‘stash clearing’ joke last year, and has now become a set themed month within my modelling year. This year I decided to tackle my first ever Mach 2 kit. A bold BOLD choice…
Bolton Model Show 2024
Every year we all have our own rituals – which club will be the first we attend. For me, each year, that is Bolton’s model show. Located at the stadium of the local football team, it’s one of the biggest shows in the country outside of 2 day events. Arriving at the show we are…
Airfix Blackpool Illuminations Spitfire Mk V
An interesting release by modelling giant Airfix is this localised celebration of the communal purchases of Spitfire’s Progress I, II, and III during WW2. It wasn’t uncommon for towns or cities to donate funds to the war efforts in order to purchase an aircraft or equipment, and that’s just what happened with these Spitfire’s. Airfix…
HaHen Red Devil’s Fouga Magister 1/72
The Fouga Magister is one of my favourite aircraft which is why I’ve made this several times. If you want a review f the Heller Kit in full then I’d suggest my previous article you can read it here. This article however looks at HaHen’s decals to make the Red Devils version! It’s interesting that…
Airfix’s Hurricane in 1/72; Unsung Hero!
At the start of the year I went to IWM Duxford for Airfix’s Unsung Hero event and during that visit I picked up Airfix’s Hurricane – something I’d been meaning to pick up and buy for many many years. However, the Hurricane had always just eluded my grasp. My original plan was to do a…
Airfix 80th Anniversary of 617 Squadron – Dambusters – Lancaster and F-35
617 Squadron; formed on Avro Lancaster’s and made famous by the costly but devistating raid on the 3 dams of the Rhur industrial area. A squadron that has become famous in the minds of aviation fans the world over – in part due to a popular film of the 1950’s. Airfix are no stranger to…
Airfix F-35B 1/72 Starter Set
The F-35 is such a divisive aircraft. For some people it’s the crème de le crème. The future of manned combat aircraft. To other people, however, this is a disaster. Even though it’s combat effectiveness is being proven more and more, the legacy of it’s development and runaway costs have tainted the memory of many….
Loire-Nieuport 411 1/72 Azur
The Stuka is an icon of World War 2. Yet, it wasn’t even the original gull winged dive bomber…the French had this much before the Stuka prototype was ever produced. The French had, in my opinion the most beautiful dive bomber ever conceived which started with the Nieuport 140. Once merged with Loire the aircraft…
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