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by Tim R-T-C
Fri Jan 30, 2026 9:14 am
Forum: Reports & Photographic archives
Topic: Bolton - January 2026
Replies: 2
Views: 19

Bolton - January 2026

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The 2026 tour opened in Bolton. One of the main fixtures of the calendar, this season opener is famously cold but busy - this year it wasn't too cold but was definitely busy with good traffic all day.

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by Tim R-T-C
Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:05 am
Forum: Reports & Photographic archives
Topic: SCALE MODELWORLD 2025
Replies: 2
Views: 322

Re: SCALE MODELWORLD 2025

Rather late but a few pictures of mine from the weekend.

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Arriving at the TIC to prepare the displays.

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Emma with coffee, essential.

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by Tim R-T-C
Thu Jan 08, 2026 12:41 pm
Forum: Everything else
Topic: NeOmega Archer Class Patrol Boat HMS Smiter
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: NeOmega Archer Class Patrol Boat HMS Smiter

Lovely work, look forward to seeing it at a show soon.
by Tim R-T-C
Thu Dec 25, 2025 8:48 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Happy Christmas
Replies: 2
Views: 112

Re: Happy Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄🎅🎉
by Tim R-T-C
Wed Nov 05, 2025 1:46 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: P-40N 337FG Parrothead trainer, Alabama 1943
Replies: 0
Views: 219

P-40N 337FG Parrothead trainer, Alabama 1943

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Napier Field, Alabama, late 1943

Even here, in the humid air of the southern United States, thousands of miles from the nearest hostile force, the raging conflagration has an impact - thousands of young pilots take ...
by Tim R-T-C
Tue Nov 04, 2025 10:59 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: F-5E in "MiG-28" scheme - NAS Miramar 1985 - Revell kit
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Views: 256

F-5E in "MiG-28" scheme - NAS Miramar 1985 - Revell kit

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Summer 1985, the Naval Air Station in Miramar, California and site of the little known Top Gun training academy for Navy fliers. Two of the pilot trainers are walking down the flight line towards their F-14 when they pass ...
by Tim R-T-C
Tue Nov 04, 2025 10:09 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: FM-2 on Iwo Jima, March 1945 - Sweet Aviation kit
Replies: 0
Views: 263

FM-2 on Iwo Jima, March 1945 - Sweet Aviation kit

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March 1st, 1945 - the battle for Iwo Jima rages, only 11 days since the first landings. Navy pilot Lt (jg). Noah B. Butt, Jr. of VC-76 is forced to make an emergency landing on the US held South Field after issues with a ...
by Tim R-T-C
Tue Nov 04, 2025 9:14 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Lithuanian Air Force L-39ZA Osprey - Mark 1 Models feat. Sun Details
Replies: 0
Views: 292

Lithuanian Air Force L-39ZA Osprey - Mark 1 Models feat. Sun Details

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Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania 2016 - ground crew prepare a Czech built L-39ZA Osprey for a training flight.

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This build has its origins ...
by Tim R-T-C
Tue Nov 04, 2025 7:43 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: RNZAF P-40N Kittyhawk - the Silver Barge
Replies: 0
Views: 306

RNZAF P-40N Kittyhawk - the Silver Barge

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Early 1945, Ohakea, a peaceful corner of New Zealand seems a world away from the brutal combat raging across most of the world.

One of the instructors of No. 4 OTU is preparing to take up a Kittyhawk for a ...
by Tim R-T-C
Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:38 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Hawker Tempest V - Berlin 1946 - Mark 1 Models
Replies: 0
Views: 317

Hawker Tempest V - Berlin 1946 - Mark 1 Models

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Berlin, early 1946 - the phrase Cold War might have been born on freezing mornings like these; already the dividing lines between East and West were becoming obvious across the ruins of Berlin and it was clear to ...