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Showing posts with label RAF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAF. Show all posts
Saturday, 2 May 2026

Another Fairey Battle 1/72

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My fascination with the Fairey Battle aeroplane continues. I came across another manufacturer (Special Hobby) that did a "Battle of Fra...
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Sunday, 14 September 2025

Airfix - F35B Lightning II

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Something modern, the F35B Lightning II - RAF/RN flying off the Queen Elizabeth or Prince of Wales aircraft carriers (see below, the plastic...
Friday, 21 March 2025

Airfix Lightning IIB

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I was visiting my local model shop. I really wanted to make a purchase, but I was struggling to find a "pocket money" sized treat ...
Sunday, 5 November 2023

1/300 Battle of Britain Planes: PSC

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I found these lurking in the PSC Battle of Britain Game Box when I was looking for a 1/300 Stuka of all things (yes, I was doing another ran...
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Sunday, 24 September 2023

Plastic Soldier Company: 1/300 Plane Pack

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Something I could not resist buying (sorry Mum it's in my blood) - a party pack of what I can only think of as "surplus to use for ...
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Friday, 15 September 2023

Battle of Britain 1940: Remembering the Battle through a Board Game

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When considering the Battle of Britain I am always thrown back to the epic 1969 film which captures the mood perfectly, the authentic (well...
Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Undaunted: Battle of Britain

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I seem to be a serial collector of the Undaunted series of games (although I must confess getting them to the table top has been more of a c...
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Sunday, 30 July 2023

Blood Red Skies (BRS) Campaign - Low Countries and France: Pendrakon Event

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As the lights, one by one, went out in Europe, there were brave pilots who nevertheess took to the sky to defend democracy against fascism. ...
Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Desert Air: RAF Curtiss Tomahawk IIB

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I have been listening to James Holland's War in the West, Volume II recently (not quite finished it yet, as it is a very long audible li...
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Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Stockton Battleground (2021): Battle of Britain "Double Blind Game"

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Stockton Battleground Wargames Show 2021 Cinderella you shall go to the "ball" (well it is actually a "wargames show"). ...
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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Airfix 1/48th Scale Spitfire Hanging From Ceiling

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I finally got round to doing this for my youngest son, hanging a Spitfire from his bedroom ceiling (see below, question black cotton perhaps...
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Friday, 15 January 2021

633 Squadron Project: 1/200 BRS Models

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If you look closely you will see "half" of 633 Squadron (see below, queue theme music - I know you know it):  This is one of my lo...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Blood Red Skies

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 I finally gave in. With copies of the original becoming scare and my Blood Red Skies wargaming friends constantly buzzing with enthusiasm I...
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain (3 of 3) Battle End

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Adding insult to injury the Me110s find themselves now tangling with Spitfires (see below, a Spitfire racing to get into the rear are of a l...
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Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain (2 of 3) The Grist to Battle

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Cunningly Von Ken's boys have sneaked (a complementary term) into a rear position behind teh Spitfires for tactical advantage - although...
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Monday, 20 January 2020

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain (1 of 3) Closing to Battle

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Kent, August 1940 - Squadron Scramble, six Hurricanes from 43 Squadron vector in via the Dowding System to intercept German blips on the rad...
Saturday, 18 May 2019

Squadron Scramble: (TSR) Battle of Britain Game

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Context: Britain's Darkest Hour (see below, "Green" Spitfires of 10, 11 and 12 Group await the Luftwaffe Fleets taking off fr...