Air Commodore Keith Logan “Grid” Caldwell, CBE, MC, DFC & Bar (16th October 1895 – 28th November 1980) was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War who also rose to the rank of air commodore in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second […]
Bell AH-1Z Viper , Hobbymaster and Panzerkampf Updates, and Offer of the Week Sale!
The Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter. It is one of the latest members of the prolific Bell Huey family. It is often called “Zulu Cobra”, based on the military phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter. […]
Hans-Ulrich Rudel , New Panzerkampf Aircraft Model Announcements, COBI Bricks Arrivals and Hobbymaster Updates.
Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2nd July 1916 – 18th December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist. The most decorated German pilot of the war and the only recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 […]
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 […]
VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers , Gemini Jets / Inflight New Models & Hobbymaster Update.
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron, currently consisting of F-35B Lightning II stealth STOVL strike fighter jets. Known as the “Wake Island Avengers” and the “Bastion Defenders”, the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and falls under the command of Marine […]
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 […]
BAC TSR-2, Hobbymaster Updated Photo Gallery & Offer of the Week Sale!
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed around both conventional and nuclear weapons delivery: it was to penetrate well-defended frontline areas at low […]
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 […]
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. […]
Beechcraft Model 18 , Stock Clearance Sale and Hobbymaster Updates.
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or “Twin Beech”, as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one […]
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 […]
17th Weapons Squadron , Hobbymaster Arrivals Next Week and Corgi Aviation Archive Models now in stock.
The 17th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The squadron traces its lineage to the United States Army Air Service’s 17th and 147th Aero Squadrons, both of which were active during World War I. The 147th was redesignated the […]
4th Fighter Group USAAF Eighth Air Force , Hobbymaster New Model Arrivals, Photo Updates and “Offer of the Week” Sale.
The 4th Fighter Group was an American element of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force during World War II. The group was known as the Debden Eagles because it was created from the three Eagle Squadrons of the Royal Air Force: No. 71, No. 121 Squadron RAF, and No. 133 […]
Elmendorf Air Force Base , Hobbymaster New Model Arrivals & Offer of the Week Sale.
Elmendorf Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Originally known as Elmendorf Field, it became Elmendorf Air Force Base after World War II. It is the home of the Headquarters, Alaskan Air Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Eleventh Air Force (11 AF), the 673d Air Base […]
VAQ-140 Patriots , Corgi Aviation Archive & Hobbymaster Model Arrivals and “Offers of the Week” Sale.
Electromagnetic Attack Squadron ONE FOUR ZERO (VAQ-140) is a US Navy electromagnetic attack squadron. Known as the “Patriots”, the squadron operates the EA-18G Growler. The squadron is home ported at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. They are attached to Carrier Air Wing Seven, and deploy aboard USS George H W Bush. The squadron’s radio callsign […]
Mil Mi-24 Hind , Century Wings, Panzerkampf and Hobbymaster Updates.
The Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972. The helicopter is currently in use by 58 countries. In NATO circles, the […]
Operation Mikado , Panzerkampf New Models , Hobbymaster Updates and Offers of the Week.
Operation Mikado was the code name of a military plan by the United Kingdom to use Special Air Service troops to attack the home base of Argentina’s five Super Etendard strike fighters at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, during the 1982 Falklands War. Brigadier Peter de la Billière was in charge of planning the […]
