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Showing posts with label Royal Air Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Air Force. Show all posts
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, 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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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. ...
Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Darken the Sky with Planes (1/300 Battle of Britain)

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This is just a crazy deal from the Plastic Soldier Company: 118 Planes for £5 (+P&P of 50p) http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/inde...
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Friday, 23 November 2018

Fighter Duel Part II

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A second try out with the Fighter Duel rules by Phil Sabin and I discovered that you will need 'quite a large board' area if you are...
Monday, 21 May 2018

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain - Bomber Escort Mission (Part 3)

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The Hurricanes tussle with the Me110's having a tough battle with the frontal passes (see below) Mixing it up they find contrary to...
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Saturday, 19 May 2018

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain - Bomber Escort Mission (Part 1)

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Somewhere over France 1940, the German Luftwaffe masses its planes for a strike into the heart of England with a deadly combination of singl...
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Saturday, 5 August 2017

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain Skirmish (1940)

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A German Flight Leader (Skill 3) with his Wingman (Skill 2) somewhere over Kent (see below): The enemy, a pair of Spitfires, are spotte...
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Blood Red Skies ... WWII Air Combat

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STOP PRESS ... Spartans on hold ... I am painting some 1:144 kit for this little beauty (see below): http://www.beastsofwar.com/bloo...
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Thursday, 1 June 2017

Spitfire Summer .. Make it BIG!

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It has been a while since I last played about with building a model Spitfire (see: Previous Spitfire Blog Posts ). I usually model with (it ...
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Monday, 13 April 2015

Fairey Battle Progress

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Canopy and radio aerial added to the Fairey Battle  (bar the rear gunner's bit) and the brown earth (Airfix 29 and Tamiya 52) given a Sa...
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Fairey Battle's Topside

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Time to try out the new Airfix Satin Dark Green paint (163) out. It looks much thicker than the normal acrylic mixtures, more paste than pai...
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Monday, 23 March 2015

The Fairey Battle's Bottom

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Slipping away from my Sci-Fi interlude I picked up the infamous Fairey Battle from its hibernation cave near the Painting Tray. Just a littl...
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Sunday, 12 January 2014

The Coolest Present (IMHO) my 8 Year Old Son Got this Xmas!

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And he made it all by himself before Daddy got a chance to help him, but I did put the decals on for him at the end :) The only trouble...
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Sunday, 23 December 2012

Westland Whirlwind a "mini" Mosquito or another Strategic Fighter misfire?

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As you know I seem to have been in a "plane mode" or at  least "looking to the skies" with my modelling as of late. At t...
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

WWII School Project Completed: 1/48 Spitfire Vb and 1/72 Dornier Do.17E (Airfix)

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The deadly foes on the table (see below) with wait ... hold the front page .. decals applied :) "Snowdrop leader, Snowdrop leader,...
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