Why Germany Lost WWII
From time, I read a forum thread where various opinions are shared about how Germany could have “won” World War II if they’d only built a jet fighter or an Read More …
Category: Aviation History
How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…
In 1963, when Revell produced their 1/72 model of the Avro Lancaster, the box cost more to make than the plastic parts. It should have. It looked better. This Jack Read More …
Remove the Splinter from THINE OWN Eye!
A brief entry today about the mysterious “71/02” camouflage that is all the rage and shows up time and time again as the way to paint a “Battle of Britain” Read More …
How to Speak U.S. Air Force
I watch TV shows and movies with military people in them just like everyone else. The problem is that the actors on these shows often have no military experience and Read More …
Book Review: American Fighters Over Europe
After reviewing the old Profile Publications I thought I’d mention a newer book in the same general category. It’s pretty decent effort, so this review won’t be too stern and Read More …
Cross or Y the Prop
I know it’s difficult to put aside our fantasies of being Buck Rogers or Roger Ramjet or some other form of rogering, but most aircraft spend most of their time Read More …
The Magical Zero
This is the old Hasegawa A6M2 Zero in 1/72 scale. The only difference in the following digital photographs is the way in which the subject was lighted. Some were taken Read More …
P-51B Mustang Wings
There’s been a lot of bushwa splattered about on forums in the name of Mustang wings. There was a sticky on Hyperscale all about how the wings on P-51D’s were Read More …
Big Chicken: P-51B Part 6
I’m not brush painting the invasion stripes. In fact, I’m omitting them entirely. Some might call this “chickening out” but I prefer to call it finishing the aircraft in the Read More …
Eduard’s Eternal Adolescence
I noticed at one of my favorite websites that Eduard has re-released what must have been a good seller for them. A reboxing of Hasegawa’s 1/32 P-40N complete with hilarious Read More …