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The August MOM gets underway.

Brewster's Buffalo has long suffered under a tarnished reputation brought about by poor tactics of its principal user, the US Navy. In retrospect, the Buffalo was not nearly as bad as its record may indicate.

Bucking the trend of increasingly larger, heavier and more complicated aircraft, Heinemann's hot rod was the smallest US Navy attack aircraft of the 1960s.

We have a lovely Thunderbolt to start off our weekend update.

June's MOM winner is a delightful little Zero.

The Sopwith Schneider was used in British and US Naval service during the Great War. This example is from the early days of the US Naval Air Service.

Doug Nelson brings us photos of his beautifully finished largescale I.A.R. 81C.

Jim gives us a look at the soon on shelves Tamiya 1/32 Mosquito FB Mk.VI which is sure to be a premier kit to build this year.

Another fine fast jet from Burt graces our front page this weekend

The May MOM was a tough contest, and this lovely model tied for first place. It's only fair that we give it the place in the sun which is its due.

July's MOM contest is up and running!

The May contest was hard fought, but this model stood out from all the rest.

Doug Cohen has sent us photos of his amazing vignette - The Goon.

Our walkaround of the week is the Imperial War Museum's Sunderland

Andy Firth goes to town on Trumpeter's largescale kit of the AS365 Dolphin 2.

While visiting the Imperial War Muesum's Duxford branch, Intrepid Aeroscale roving reporter Darren Baker give his camera a workout while visiting the Museum's Meteor F.8

What is there to be said about this kit? (Insert ten minutes of enthusing here) Right, now that’s out of the way, here’s the rest.

This edition of the Junior Modeller's showcase is Logan's excellent Trumpeter 1/32 scale MiG-15

After an unforseen delay, the June MOM kicks off to a good start.

The gallery presents one of the latest releases from Lukgraph company from Poland - the 1:32 scale resin model kit of the famous US Curtiss A3 Falcon.

Burt Gustafson describes his fine build of Hobby Boss's quarterscale FJ-4 Fury. His only aftermarket addition was a set of seat harnesses.

Week 13 of our visit to Duxford is our final week. Today, Darren gets up close and personal with a Vulcan, Lightning, Tornado, Sunderland and Swordfish.

This month's MOM winner is another of Wingnut Wings' splendid Albatri.

Week 12 of our visit to Duxford is a random tour through a hangar absolutely crammed with famous aircraft.

The 11th week of our virtual visit to Duxford is spent in a delightful hangar full of surprises. Who knows what we might find?

A kit which almost ended up in the bin instead ends up on Aeroscale's front page thanks to the efforts of the members of our community.

Burt returns to his favourite scale and subject matter. Here's another lovely fast jet in 1/48.

The May Model of the Month contest is now open for entries.

Our tenth installment of the virtual visit to the Imperial War Museum Duxford visits an intriguing grab-bag of aircraft from the 1930s through to the Cold War (plus an interloper from Model Shipwrights).

Week 9 of our visit to Duxford sees us visiting some of the Cold War displays, although a Cierva autogyro and some of the flyable aircraft creep into view.

Louis brings us another of his masterpieces. This time it's a tiny French racer.

Michał Sindera presents his 1:48 scale kit of the first airplane build in Poland after the Great War. The plane was so small that the pilot was flying it sitting almost outside the cockpit.

Week 8 of our virtual visit to Duxford takes us through the Battle of Britain exhibit.

Burt returns with another of his 1/48 fast jets.

This week, we finish up with the airliners and move on to the conservation hangars for a look at how the museum's exhibits are preserved and prepared for display.

The Model of the Month for March is the excellent new Airfix 1/24 Hawker Typhoon.

After being cooped up in the American Air Museum for so long, this week our virtual visit to Duxford takes us outside to the really big aircraft.

April's Model of the Month is sponsored by Canuck Models. Drop by and see the good things Dave can sell you :)

Our virtual visit to the Imperial War Museum's Duxford facility continues. This week, we finish looking at the aircraft in the American Air Museum.

Here is one half of a Hasegawa Rufing kit.

This installment of our virtual visit to the Imperial War Museum stops for a detailed look at the B-29, one of the showpieces in the American Air Museum.

The Phabulous Phantom needs no introduction. Perhaps the most famous aircraft of the Cold War, the Phantom was the most widely used fighter in the Western World.

February's Model of the Month brings a familiar face to the podium once again. Here is Ryszard's excellent English Electric Lightning.

Our virtual visit to the Imperial War Museum Duxford continues. In this installment, more American Air power.

The Imperial War Museum's Duxford facility is one of the many "must see" destinations for aviation fans the world over.

Cessna's T-37 was turned into a budget attack aircraft in the late 1960s. Burt Gustafson presents his take on Trumpeter's kit

March's Model of the Month launches with a slightly new format, but the same old fun!

The Imperial War Museum's Duxford facility is one of the many "must see" destinations for aviation fans the world over.

Jim Whitbread tackles Eduard's "Limited Edition" P-47D in 1/48.

Gary Bottoms finally crosses the finish line with the 1/48th Hobby Boss Blohm & Voss Bv-141.