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https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220614_182015_5081.jpg The Tempest VI was a late war version of the type fitted with a high powered Napier Sabre Mk. V engine and featuring wing root mounted air intakes to allow a larger under-prop radiator for improved engine cooling, essential for...

https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220613_182222_2036.jpg Somewhere in Korea a long convoy of Shermans rolls slowly through muddy countryside. The medical jeep doctor fed up with the slow progress looks ahead for a shortcut. The signs of a brutal conflict are ever present. https://r-t...

https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220613_085843_3427.jpg The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10 was possibly the only quadruplane to ever enter production. Built in 1916 to compete with the Fokker Triplanes, the RFC ordered 50 before discovering that its performance was inferior to the Sopwi...

https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220612_085757_7708.jpg Wadi Sayyidna Air Base in Sudan, mid-2010 A recently arrived Belarusian Su-25 is prepared for departure on a rocket firing training flight, while the vintage MiG-21M used for training awaits more attention from mechanics. https...

Sadly report on Britmodeller suggests the venue is greatly increasing hire fees so the show might well be untenable in the future

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/ind ... on-keynes/

A good show, nice open venue with plenty of parking and it was nice to meet some real celebrities 😉 https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220510_071126_6086.jpg https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220510_071126_6809.jpg https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220510_...

https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220511_080922_2938.jpg Flight from Kharkiv 2022 A tough diorama to build but a very important one. In a conflict awash with reports of military statistics and geopolitical turmoil, humourous pictures of Ukrainian tractors and legends of ghostly aces,...

https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220404_133136_6979.jpg Described as the Asian Pacific Stalingrad, the Battle of Manila was the largest urban clash of the Pacific war and resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties and the almost complete destruction of the Philippine city. Alth...

December 26th, 1987 in East Germany

"I forgot to fuel up the snow plow, so now I've got to do it all by hand...."

Mark 1 Delfin in DDR colours joined by the Eastern Express ZIL-130

With space at a premium at model shows this year, I have picked up a selection of 10cm x 10cm canvas boards for even smaller vignettes! https://r-t-c.co.uk/kits/sharing_images/Resize_20220403_080541_1443.jpg 1981, the brutal Salvadorian Civil War rages on - Soviet backed forces of the Farabundo Mart...