Category: Aircraft

  • Spirit of St Louis

    This was an easy kit, about 20 parts total, and only the one “color”. The Subject The Spirit of St Louis — what more can be said?  Charles Lindbergh flew her from New York to Paris on May 20-21st 1927 non-stop to be the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an aircraft non-stop. The…

  • Revisiting an old friend

    Revell Fighting Deuces Back in the Summer of 1970 I was lucky enough to have some pocket money and purchased the double kit from Revell of the Zero and Wildcat. Great box art for a 10 year old looking for something to soar above his Arizona kit, which was floating in my Grandfather’s pond. I…

  • Airfix announcements at Telford 2014

    All 1/72 — Sea King, He-111P, Defiant Sprue shots for the Defiant. And the Heinkel: They also showed the boxes for the Defiant, and mentioned it would be a first quarter release.  The Heinkel would be a third quarter and the Sea King a fourth quarter release. Thanks for looking…