Monday, 18 November 2024

A week at the ECPA-D in Paris

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  I have another good reason for not attending Telford (again) or completing a model this month (again) - I'm just back from a week at o...
Tuesday, 15 October 2024

I popped into Hannants in Colindale, north London

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  I've posted about the 'best model shop in London' previously - that vote went to Kit Krazy in Bexley Heath . Of course the bes...
Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Airfix Henschel Hs 123 'vintage classic' 72nd scale

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My first completed build of 2024 - in mid-August! Airfix 72nd Hs 123, nowadays a 'vintage classic'. That means 'not very good...
Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Blenheim I at Duxford

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  400th post and just passed 993,000 page views. Here's something you don't see too often, some nice cockpit views of the Blenheim I...
Wednesday, 10 April 2024

East Kent Scale modellers club night 09 April - an impromptu 899 NAS line-up

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  After missing a couple of meetings thanks to other stuff it was nice to get up to RAF Manston and the history museum cafe/canteen for the ...
Wednesday, 3 April 2024

More on 19 Sqn Spitfires, Duxford, 1939

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As one source puts it, " the operational history of the Spitfire began with No. 19 Squadron on 4 August 1938 at Duxford... "...
Thursday, 7 March 2024

Bill Clark's Academy F-4 J (UK) ZE 362 and the 'infamous' turquoise paint finish of the RAF's F-4Js

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  Bill Clark from East Kent Scale modellers and Scale Aircraft Modelling on his colours research for the F-4 J(UK).  This is re-posted from ...