Neville Frederick Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS (11th January 1922 – 7th April 2007) was a British test pilot and fighter ace of the Second World War. He was credited with the destruction of 27 enemy aircraft. After the war, Duke was acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost test […]
Kenneth Walsh , Hobbymaster Updates and Flying Tigers Christmas Deal of the Day Offers!
Kenneth Ambrose Walsh (November 24th, 1916 – July 30th, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and a Medal of Honor recipient who was the fourth ranking USMC fighter ace in World War II with a record of 21 enemy planes destroyed. He also served in Korea during the first year of […]
VFC-111 Sundowners , Hobbymaster Updates and Deal of the Day Sale!
Fighter Squadron Composite 111 (VFC-111), also known as the “Sun Downers”, is a United States Navy Reserve adversary squadron based at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. Currently, it operates Northrop F-5N/F Tiger-IIs, of which most are single-seater F-5Ns and one twin-seater F-5F, the “FrankenTiger”. The squadron is composed of experienced active duty junior […]
Operation Catechism, New Corgi Model Announcements, Hobbymaster Updates and Arrivals!
Operation Catechism was a British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted on 12th November 1944 by 29 Royal Air Force heavy bombers that attacked the battleship at its anchorage near the Norwegian city of Tromsø. The ship capsized after being hit by at least two […]
COBI Brick Model Kits
COBI brick model kits (Cobi S.A) was founded in 1987, in Warsaw, Poland, and started making board games and puzzles. In 1992, Cobi established a production line of plastic construction bricks. Due to popular demand, COBI quickly put into place a development program making new models and establishing production techniques at their new factory in […]
Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., Hobbymaster & Corgi Aviation Archive Arrivals and Updates!
Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. (February 11th, 1920 – February 25th, 1978) was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force who, in 1975, became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the United States Armed Forces. Three years later, James was forced to retire prematurely due to heart […]
99th Reconnaissance Squadron , Hobbymaster New Model Arrivals & Updated Photos.
A U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron taxis to the runway for takeoff at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 2, 2010. The U-2 is a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft that reaches altitudes above 70,000 feet. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris) (RELEASED) The 99th Reconnaissance Squadron […]
George Beurling , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and Corgi New Model Arrivals!
George Frederick “Buzz” Beurling, DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar (6th December 1921 – 20th May 1948) was the most successful Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. Beurling was recognised as “Canada’s most famous hero of the Second World War”, as “The Falcon of Malta” and the “Knight of Malta”, […]
Air Battle of Mansoura , Corgi & Hobbymaster Updates, and Deal of the Day Sale!
The air battle of Mansoura was an air battle that took place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War between the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) and the Israeli Air Force (IAF) near the town of El Mansoura, in the Nile Delta. The Israeli air force launched air strikes on October 14th against the Egyptian […]
VAW-124 “Bear Aces” , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements, Updates and 50 Re-stocks!
Airborne Command & Control Squadron 124 (VAW-124) “Bear Aces” is a United States Navy airborne early warning and control squadron based at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia (United States). It flies the Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye and is currently attached to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8). Squadron history 1960s Carrier Airborne Early Warning […]
Northrop YF-23 , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements, Offers of the Week and Deal of the Day Sales.
The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design team was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) demonstration/validation competition, battling the YF-22 team for full-scale development and production. Two YF-23 prototypes were built. In the […]
(VMFA-312) Checkerboards , Corgi Aviation Arrival , Hobbymaster Updates & Offers of the Week Sale.
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet squadron. Also known as the “Checkerboards”, the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW). The Radio Callsign […]
Holloman Air Force Base , Calibre Wings Announcements and Hobbymaster Updated Photos.
Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base established in 1942 located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, which is the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The base was named in honor of Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided […]
Franz von Werra , Hobbymaster New Model Arrivals & Photo Updates, and Offer of the Week Sale.
Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra (13th July 1914 – 25th October 1941) was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He was the only Axis prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody and return to Germany apart from a U-boat seaman, Walter […]
Paddy Finucane , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements, Offer of the Week and Updates.
Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (16th October 1920 – 15th July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat. […]
Westland Sea King , Panzerkampf Model Arrivals, Hobbymaster Photo Updates & Offer of the Week Sale!
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines (derived from the US General Electric T58), British-made anti-submarine warfare systems and a fully computerised flight control system. […]
North American B-25 Mitchell , Corgi New Announcements, Hobbymaster Arrivals & Updates, plus Offer of the Week!
The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained […]
Escuadrilla Azul (Blue Squadron) , Hobbymaster & Gemini Jets Model Announcements, Offers of the Week!
The Blue Squadron is the name given to the group of volunteer pilots of the Spanish Air Force who during the Second World War fought alongside the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany on the Russian Front as a counterpart to the help of the Germans with their Condor Legion, during the Spanish Civil War to […]
Hans von Hahn , Hobbymaster Arrivals, New Model Announcements & Updates.
Hans von Hahn (7th August 1914 – 5th November 1957) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During his career he was credited with 34 […]
Northrop P-61 Black Widow , Air Force One New Models, Hobbymaster Announcements & Updates.
The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II. It was the first operational U.S. warplane designed as a night fighter. Named for the North American spider Latrodectus mactans, it was an all-metal, twin-engine, twin-boom design armed with four forward-firing 20 mm (.79 in) […]
The Bloody Hundredth , New Model Arrivals, Hobbymaster Re-stocks and Gecko Kit Offers.
The 100th Air Refueling Wing (100th ARW), nicknamed the Bloody Hundredth, is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. It is stationed at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It is also the host wing at RAF Mildenhall. The 100th […]
Tuskegee Airmen, Hobbymaster Model Arrivals and Updated Photo Gallery.
The Tuskegee Airmen /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ are a group of African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew […]
No. 41 Squadron RAF , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and Arrivals.
No. 41 Squadron Royal Air Force is a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF), currently operating as the Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) for the RAF’s Typhoon, presently based at RAF Coningsby in the English county of Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. Its current official abbreviated title is 41 TES. The squadron […]
Operation Deep Freeze , JC Wings Military Model Arrivals Next Week , Hobbymaster Updates and Sale!
Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with “Operation Deep Freeze I” in 1955–56, followed by “Operation Deep Freeze II”, “Operation Deep Freeze III”, and so on. (There was an initial operation before Admiral Richard Byrd proposed ‘Deep Freeze’). Given the continuing and […]
809 Naval Air Squadron , Hobbymaster Photo Updates and Delivery due in January .
809 Naval Air Squadron (809 NAS) is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm of the United Kingdom. It was first formed in 1941 and flew in the Soviet Union, the Mediterranean and the Far East during the Second World War. After active service during the Suez Crisis, 809 was disbanded in 1959. Reformed […]
Ohio Air National Guard , Hobbymaster Arrivals and Updates.
The Ohio Air National Guard (OH ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Ohio, United States of America. It is, along with the Ohio Army National Guard, an element of the Ohio National Guard. As state militia units, the units in the Ohio Air National Guard are not in the normal United […]
45th TRS “Polka Dots” , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and New Model Arrivals.
The 45th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 55th Operations Group and stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It is one of the most decorated squadrons of the active duty United States Air Force with a combat record in three wars, and a peacetime record […]
VFA-192 “World Famous Golden Dragons” , Hobbymaster New Models In Stock and also due next week.
Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), also known as the “World Famous Golden Dragons”, are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at NAS Lemoore. History 1940s ighter Squadron 153 (VF-153) was originally established on March 26th, 1945 at NAS Atlantic City flying the F6F-3 Hellcat. The squadron received F6F-5s in April […]
Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143) “Pukin Dogs” , Hobbymaster Updates and Sale Offers!
Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143), also known as the “Pukin Dogs,” is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The Pukin Dogs are an operational fleet squadron and flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. They are currently attached to Carrier Air Wing One and USS Harry S Truman. […]
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF , Hobbymaster Updates and Sale Offers!
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF was an air combat squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It was formed from the RAF’s World War II bomber squadron, No. 75 Squadron, which had been initially equipped by the New Zealand government and was largely manned by New Zealanders. The squadron was created when, in a […]
