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- Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: Spitfire XIV (Mark 1 Models) 2nd Tactical AF, the Netherlands, 1945
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Spitfire XIV (Mark 1 Models) 2nd Tactical AF, the Netherlands, 1945
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230228_210157_7168.jpg Early 1945, a Spitfire XIV of the RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force is refuelled at a recaptured airfield near Eindhoven. https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20221211_231350_0820.jpg This build was part of my 12 Builds of C...
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: P-39 (Brengun) in Soviet Service, summer 1943
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P-39 (Brengun) in Soviet Service, summer 1943
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230228_210141_1815.jpg Summer, 1943. A dusty airfield somewhere in the northern Caucasus region. Soviet mechanics have caught up with maintenance checks on Alexander Pokryshkin's P-39 and now in the long evening light, relax under the plane before th...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: Arado Ar-96B-3 (Mark 1 Models) German trainer, winter 1943
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Arado Ar-96B-3 (Mark 1 Models) German trainer, winter 1943
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230228_210143_3456.jpg Late 1943, a cold but clear morning somewhere in the south of Germany, a young Luftwaffe pilot and his even younger trainee are preparing to board their Ar-96 B-3 for a ground attack training flight when a dispatch rider from f...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: FM-2 of VC10 at Tacloban Airfield, Phillipines - October 1944
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FM-2 of VC10 at Tacloban Airfield, Phillipines - October 1944
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230228_210155_5375.jpg October 1944, the USN Carrier Gambier Bay is lost during the Battle off Samar forcing many of its air fleet to divert either to other carriers or to the Army airfield at Tacloban on Leyte in the Philippines. http://armahobbynew...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:59 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: Lavochkin La-7 (Mark 1 Models) - Soviet service, late 1944
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Lavochkin La-7 (Mark 1 Models) - Soviet service, late 1944
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230228_210139_9955.jpg Late 1944 somewhere in the Eastern German borderland. A hot shot* Soviet P-39 pilot is showing off his airfield to a female officer on a Kettenkrad that he found abadoned at this former Luftwaffe air field - when he sees one of...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:43 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: T-34 Mentor (Platz/F-Toys) Chilean Air Force
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T-34 Mentor (Platz/F-Toys) Chilean Air Force
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230228_210202_2827.jpg The Chilean Air Force used the T-34 Mentor as a trainer from the 1950s, initially in silver, later in camo schemes. https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20221211_231350_0820.jpg This build was part of my 12 Builds of ...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:42 pm
- Forum: Dates of Shows and Places
- Topic: With Keighley Club : SWORD & LANCE DARLINGTON MODEL SHOW 2023, 1st April
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Re: NOT YET CONFIRMED : SWORD & LANCE DARLINGTON MODEL SHOW 2023, 1st April
I will be attending and displaying some 144th models as part of the Keighley Club display.
I did request a table, but no spaces were remaining at time of asking - however if a vacant table is free we may provide a pop-up SIG display, but probably won't know until the day.
I did request a table, but no spaces were remaining at time of asking - however if a vacant table is free we may provide a pop-up SIG display, but probably won't know until the day.
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 5:59 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: L-159 Alca - Balad Air Force Base, Iraq, 2016
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L-159 Alca - Balad Air Force Base, Iraq, 2016
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230227_224231_1047.jpg June 2016, the Iraqi Air Force carried out its first bombing missions against the jihadists of Daesh near Nawija in Federal Iraq using Mk82 bombs dropped from the Czech built L-159 Alca. One of the brave pilots signed up to thi...
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Reports & Photographic archives
- Topic: South Cheshire (Nantwich) 26/02/23 photo report
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South Cheshire (Nantwich) 26/02/23 photo report
https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20230226_110522_2391.jpg Emma Jane and I made our first solo SIG appearance today at the South Cheshire Military Modelling Club show in Nanwich. The setting is across several rooms in a school and was impressively busy, with lots of non modellers in at...
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: Aviation
- Topic: Building the Beacon Spitfire Mk1 and Bf-109E
- Replies: 2
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