Tag: Group Builds

  • A fighter’s scout

    Vought SU-3, 1-F-19, VF-1, ca 1935 The Subject US Navy fighter squadrons, before the high quality nav systems of the post-war period made them redundant, had a two seat utility aircraft for navigation over great distances. They additionally were good for instrument flight training, ensuring proficiency in the inevitable likelihood the pilot found himself in…

  • Museum Build: Heinkel Bomber from the night blitz 1941

    Our club decided to do a “Big Bomber Build” of the 1/48th scale Monogram Bombers, and since a local museum wanted something for their displays I agreed to make this one. The Subject Six Luftwaffe aircraft predominate the Battle of Britain, which for the Luftwaffe also included the night blitz (as Britains call it) that…