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Condor Legion , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and New Modelcollect Kits .

18/03/2021 By Richard Darling

  The Condor Legion was a unit composed of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War of July 1936 to March 1939. The Condor Legion developed methods of strategic bombing which were used widely in the Second World War shortly afterwards. […]

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning , Corgi and Herpa New Model Arrivals and More Hobbymaster Updates.

26/02/2021 By Richard Darling

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single seated, piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) […]

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James Allen Ward VC and Kenneth Campbell VC , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and Updates.

04/02/2021 By Richard Darling

James Allen Ward VC James Allen Ward VC (14th June 1919 – 15th September 1941) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Wanganui, Ward was a teacher […]

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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey , Hobbymaster New Model Announcement, Updates and Arrivals.

18/12/2020 By Richard Darling

  The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft. The failure of Operation Eagle Claw during […]

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Top Gun (United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program) , Century Wings Model Announcements and Hobbymaster Arrivals.

10/12/2020 By Richard Darling

  The United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (SFTI program), more popularly known as TOPGUN, teaches fighter and strike tactics and techniques to selected naval aviators and naval flight officers, who return to their operating units as surrogate instructors. It began as the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, established on 3rd March […]

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Operation Inherent Resolve , Century Wings & Hobbymaster Updates and Re-stocks.

12/11/2020 By Richard Darling

  Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) is the U.S. military’s operational name for the military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL, in the vernacular, Daesh), including both the campaign in Iraq and the campaign in Syria, with a closely-related campaign in Libya. Since 18th September 2018, the U.S. Army’s III Armored Corps […]

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Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) Sundowners, Hobbymaster Announcements and Corgi New Model Arrivals.

29/10/2020 By Richard Darling

Three distinct Navy squadrons have called themselves ‘Sundowners’. The U.S. Navy frequently has given the same designation to two or more aviation units, leading to lasting confusion. Officially, the U.S. Navy does not recognize a direct lineage with disestablished squadrons if a new squadron is formed with the same designation. However, historical tradition within the […]

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Lockheed U-2 , Hobbymaster New Model Announcement and Corgi Aviation Archive Arrivals.

25/06/2020 By Richard Darling

  The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed “Dragon Lady”, is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. Lockheed Corporation originally proposed it in 1953, it was […]

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Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27) Royal Maces , Century Wings and Hobbymaster New Announcements.

12/06/2020 By Richard Darling

Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), also known as the “Royal Maces”, are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 5 and are attached to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Their tail code is NF. Mission The squadron […]

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RAF Upper Heyford , Hobbymaster New Models, Gallery Updates and Corgi Aviation Archive Update.

21/05/2020 By Richard Darling

  RAF Upper Heyford was a Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Bicester near the village of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England. In the Second World War the airfield was used by Bomber Command. During the Cold War, Upper Heyford was one of the former RAF bases chosen to house the […]

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No.9 Squadron RAF , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and Updated Hobbymaster Photos.

14/05/2020 By Richard Darling

Number 9 Squadron (otherwise known as No. IX (Bomber) Squadron or No. IX (B) Squadron) is the oldest dedicated Bomber Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Formed in December 1914, it saw service throughout the First World War, including at the Somme and Passchendaele. During the Second World War, No. IX (B) Squadron was one […]

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Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov & Sukhoi Su-33 Sea Flanker, Hobbymaster Updated Photos & Dispatch Update.

28/04/2020 By Richard Darling

Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov  “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov”, originally the name of the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. It was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers, […]

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Shenyang J-15 , Hobbymaster New Models due soon and Dispatch Update.

23/04/2020 By Richard Darling

The Shenyang J-15 NATO reporting name: Flanker-X2 , also known as Flying Shark , is a 4th generation, twin-jet, all-weather, carrier-based fighter aircraft in development by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and the 601 Institute for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s aircraft carriers. It is developed from J-11B as well as from studying of a […]

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Czech Air Force , Hobbymaster and Corgi New Model Arrivals and Dispatch Update.

16/04/2020 By Richard Darling

The Czech Air Force (Czech: Vzdušné síly Armády České republiky, literally the “Air Force of the Army of the Czech Republic”), is the air force branch of the Army of the Czech Republic. Along with the Land Forces, the Air Force is the major Czech military force. With traditions of military aviation dating back to […]

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Erich Hartmann , Hobbymaster & JC Wings Military Model Announcements and Flying Tigers Dispatch Information.

26/03/2020 By Richard Darling

Erich Alfred Hartmann (19th April 1922 – 20th September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. He was credited with shooting down 352 Allied aircraft—350 Soviet […]

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New 2020 Corgi Aviation Archive Catalogue Announcements , Hobbymaster Updates and New Calibre Wings Tomcat!

09/01/2020 By Richard Darling

                                               New 2020 Corgi Aviation Archive Catalogue Models !  New 2020 Corgi Aviation Archive Catalogue Models have just been announced and are available to pre-order at Flying Tigers today. If you want any […]

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Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate , Hobbymaster Updates , Flying Tigers Sale and New Corgi Catalogue next Monday !

03/01/2020 By Richard Darling

The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Gale) is a single-seat fighter flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in the last two years of World War II. The Allied reporting name was “Frank”. The Ki-84 is generally considered the best Japanese fighter to operate in large numbers during the conflict. The aircraft boasted high speeds and […]

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Airspeed Horsa , Hobbymaster and JC Wings Military updates, Airfix and Zoukei-Mura Kit News

05/12/2019 By Richard Darling

The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War. It was developed and manufactured by Airspeed Limited, alongside various subcontractors; the type was named after Horsa, the legendary 5th-century conqueror of southern Britain. Having been greatly impressed by the effective use of airborne operations by Nazi Germany during the […]

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Douglas SBD Dauntless , Corgi and Hobbymaster new model arrivals and updated photo gallery.

22/11/2019 By Richard Darling

The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD (“Scout Bomber Douglas”) was the United States Navy’s main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD was also flown by the United States Marine Corps, […]

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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531), Hobbymaster and InFlight 200 New Model Announcements

07/11/2019 By Richard Darling

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets. Known as the “Grey Ghosts”, the squadron participated in action during World War II and the Vietnam War. They were decommissioned on March 27th, 1992. World War II Marine Night Fighter Squadron 531 (VMF(N)-531) was activated on […]

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Eurofighter Typhoon, Hobbymaster New Model Announcements / Updates, AirForce One and Compass Model New Models.

17/10/2019 By Richard Darling

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard–delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH formed in 1986. NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management […]

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Israeli Air Force, Hobbymaster New Model arrivals due and New Herpa Arrival.

04/10/2019 By Richard Darling

  The Israeli Air Force operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. As of August 2017 Aluf Amikam Norkin serves as the Air Force Commander. The Israeli Air Force was established using commandeered or donated civilian aircraft […]

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Manfred von Richthofen , Corgi Aviation Archive and Hobbymaster New Model Arrivals.

03/09/2019 By Richard Darling

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2nd May 1892 – 21st April 1918), also known as the “Red Baron”, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air […]

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VX-4 Evaluators and Point Mugu, Hobbymaster New Model Arrivals, and InFlight200 Announcements.

25/07/2019 By Richard Darling

VX-4, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four, (AIRTEVRON FOUR), commonly referred to by its nickname, The Evaluators) was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California. Their tail code was XF, and they flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the McDonnell Douglas […]

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Hobbymaster and Arwico New model arrivals this week and next week.

17/07/2019 By Richard Darling

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 pounds (1,103 kg). When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed […]

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North American F-100 Super Sabre, Hobbymaster Announcements and New Model Arrivals at Flying Tigers!

12/07/2019 By Richard Darling

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century Series of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed […]

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De Havilland Vampire, Lupa BOAC Boeing 747 arrival, Corgi Aviation Archive and Hobbymaster June arrivals.

13/06/2019 By Richard Darling

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by a single jet engine. Work on the Vampire commenced during 1941 in the midst […]

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Convair B-58 Hustler, Hobbymaster New Arrivals and Photo updates, Century Wings, JC Wings Military, Herpa Military and Air Force One New Announcements

18/04/2019 By Richard Darling

The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The aircraft was designed by Convair and developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) for service in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the 1960s. It used a delta wing, which was also employed by Convair fighters such as […]

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George H W Bush & TBM-1C Avenger, Hobbymaster Photo Updates and Gemini Jets 200 & 400 New Models !

07/03/2019 By Richard Darling

George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12th, 1924 to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush. The Bush family moved from Milton to Greenwich, Connecticut shortly after his birth. Bush was named after his maternal grandfather George Herbert Walker, who was known as “Pop”, and young […]

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Westland Lysander, Oxford Diecast New Model Announcements, and Hobbymaster Upcoming Arrivals.

24/01/2019 By Richard Darling

The Westland Lysander (nickname the “Lizzie”) is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War. After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft’s exceptional short-field performance enabled clandestine missions using small, improvised airstrips behind enemy lines to place or recover agents, […]

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