Features

After his recent visit to the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH, Bill Cross has a treasure trove of photos from the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, part of the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum.

Building a biplane of any sort calls for some extra care. Building a birdcage like the DH.2 needs even more. And then Lutz had to go and do one in 1/72!

Here is an aircraft made by an armour modeller. This lovely little model proves that it doesn't matter what you build; skill and attention to detail will always produce good results.

This feature brings us something unusual. The early period of aviation's development featured some questionable designs. some of which seemed to be made just to prove that it could be done.

With so much great internal detail in Zoukei-Mura's Uhu, Dade Bell couldn't resist showing it all off with a cutaway build.

August's Model of the month is an excellent upgrade of the classic Heller Constellation in USN markings.

September's Model of the Month contest is open for entries.

THE iconic airplane of the Vietnam War has to be the F-4 Phantom II. Flown by the Air Force, Navy and the Marines, the plane was a workhorse that could carry nearly 19,000 pounds of ordnance (2x the "short run" load of a B-17). The Tamiya 1/32nd scale kit

Rowan reviews a radical weathering set from Tamigawa for ice effects.

Zouei-Mura's spectacular 1/32 kits set the modelling world on its ear when they first appeared. Here is their take on the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden, as imagined by Rob Pollock.

Leave it to the United States Air Force to come up with the biggest, baddest aviation museum in the world. Seventeen acres of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and its onetime dirigible hangars house a fantastic collection of Air Force planes, rockets, veh

Our virtual visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum stops at the only remaining Westland Wyvern.

The Trumpeter 1/32 P-38J puts the ancient Revell kit firmly in the shade. Rob Pollock shares his take on this excellent model.

July's winner of the Model of the Month brings us to the middle of the 20th Century.

The Arizona wing of the Commemorative Air Force Owns one of the very few B-25 Mitchell bombers to have actual combat service remaining in the world.

Eduard's 1/48 MiG-21 kits are among the best available for this iconic aircraft. Burt Gustafson chose the Czech Air Force version for his model.

Ivan Bouinatchov works his magic on the less than co-operative Roden 1/32 Siemens-Schuckert D.III kit.

Gary begins his build of the Trumpeter Westland Whirlwind in 1/48 scale.

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

Trumpeter's 1/32 MiG-3 has been given a suitably muddy field to rest in in this excellent vignette by Kostas

Every second summer, the skies over Whitecourt Alberta briefly become very colourful indeed.

South of the City of Vancouver, across the Fraser River from Richmond is the Municipality of Delta. Nestled into the farmland is Boundary Bay Airport. The 2014 Boundary Bay Airshow was held there on July 19th.

Our occasional Junior Modellers' Showcase makes another appearance. This time we feature Logan Fetzer's 1/48 Revellogram F-86F-30 Sabre.

This weekend's walkaround comes. to us from Indonesia. The newly independent nation of Indonesia used BT-13 trainers in its fledgling Air Force in the early 1950s.

Gary talks about his latest build of the 1/48 Tamiya fuel truck as well as showing off some in-progress and finished photos.

June's Model of the Month is a very adventurous build of Trumpeter's 1/32 P-40B. Much of the model has been cut away revealing scratchbuilt interior detail.

The brand-new Eduard 1/48 Bf 109 has received its fair share of both praise and criticism. The strongest criticism has been reserved for the fact that the kit is apparently "overscale". Andy Herschell suggests that correcting the model is much more simple

July's Model of the Month contest is open for entries!

The Hobby Boss 1/48 Dassault Rafale C turns out to be slightly tricky to build, but Burt Gustafson didn't let that stop him.

We return to the Fleet Air Arm Museum to take a look at the FAA's first jet aircraft.

Karl Christensen has sent us photos of the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre's Pfalz D.III replica, one of two built in the 1960s for the film The Blue Max.

Jean Barby has sent us photos of his beautifully finished Eduard Fw 190A-5.

Since its introduction, Academy's F-4B Phantom has been turning heads. With this build, Joel_W steps out of his comfort zone to expand his modelling horizons.

The winner of May's Model of the Month contest is an excellent rendition of Hasegawa's 1/48 F1M2 'Pete'.

June's Model of the Month contest is now open for entries.

Burt Gustafson has another fast jet for us to look at.

Doug Cohen works his magic on the relatively new Gallery 1/48 H-34

Our trip through the Fleet Air Arm Museum brings us to a lend-lease workhorse. Grumman's Wildcat became the Martlet in RN service, and served faithfully long after its parent service had declared it obsolete.

Wingnut Wings' 1/32 Great War kits are always impressive, and all the more so when their markings are as vibrant as these.

Eduard's 1/48 Spitfire IX rewards careful building and provides an excellent canvas for finishing. Using paint masks rather than decals makes a great model even greater.

Carmel returns with another prototype, this time from the Western side of the Iron Curtain.

Our visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum brings us to one of the two Agusta 109s captured in the Falkland Islands in 1982.

April's Model of the Month brings us back to the early days of aviation with the world's first purpose-designed fighter aircraft.

Carmel Attard returns to his beloved vacs with the Airmodel 1/72 MiG e-8 experimental fighter.

Doug Nelson presents a build article for the Trumpeter 1/32 MiG-3

May's Model of the Month contest is now open.

Our next stop at the Fleet Air Arm Museum needs little introduction. The Fairey Swordfish is one of the most famous Naval aircraft of all time, particularly for its "David vs. Goliath" actions against the German warships Bismarck, Shcarnhorst and Geneisen

Carmel Attard puts aside his beloved vacforms and 1/72 scale for this interesting foray into the world of 1/144 resin.

Silver Wings have sent us photos of an immaculate build of their resin Stearman by Chris Barcz.

Burt Gustafson shares his build of the new Trumpeter 1/48 T-38 Talon.