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Glencoe Models 1/76^th scale Vanguard research rocket

• Enigmatic 1970s attack fighter, Airfix 1/72^nd scale Hawker Siddely/British Aerospace Harrier GR.3
  • Eduard photo-etched cockpit details for Airfix 1/72nd scale Harrier GR.3
• Korean war plastic models including Northrop F-89 Scorpion, Grumman F9F Panther, F-86 Sabre, and F4U Corsair
• La muerte negra, Kinetic 1/48^th scale Falklands War Sea Harrier
• Plastic models — miscellaneous land vehicles including sci-fi Mars rover, Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet, and resin ‘tank girl’
  • Doing the Samba — Revell 1/24^th scale Volkswagen Samba bus with Hasegawa and Masterbox people
  • Duck à l’orange — Airfix 1/76^th (OO) scale DUKW with scratch built hang gliders
  • Mentioned in dispatches — Italeri 1/9th scale Triumph 3HW motorcycle of World War 2
    • Engineering development then and now by guest contributor Jonathan H.
  • Metal (and plastic) Husky — not a kit, but when retouched with paint a remarkably realistic model
  • Motocross in miniature: Building Joël Robert’s Suzuki motocross bike of 1970 in 1/12^th scale
  • Mr Moto Cross — Revell 1/12^th scale Husqvarna motocross bike
  • Plastic DUKW, Italeri 1/35^th scale General Motors DUKW
  • Revell 1/12^th scale 250cc Yamaha MX bike
  • Viva Protar, Protar 1/9^th scale Montesa Cota 247 trials bike
• Night flight to Venus, Comet Miniatures 1/200^th scale Fireball XL5
• Other plastic model aircraft including the 1903 Wright Flyer, ASK-21 sailplane, Armstrong Whitworth Seahawk, Super Etendard, AH-64D Apache Longbow, AV-8B Harrier, BAC Buccaneer, Amtrak Federation Sky Rider Mark 2 (Cessna O-2), MiG 241 Viper (Angel Interceptor) and General Atomics MQ-9 Predator B
  • Falcon excel, Skunk Models Workshop 1/48^th scale General Dynamics F-16XL
  • Moose Jaw Hawk, Airfix 1/48^th scale BAe Hawk 100
  • Bartini’s space ship: Modelsvit 1/72^nd scale Bartini Beriev VVA-14 (BBA-14)
• Plastic models contemporary with Vietnam including Buccaneer, Lightning, Vulcan, Scimitar, and Sea Vixen
  • 1/48^th scale flight test A-4M Skyhawk
  • Forger’s F-106 in 1/72^nd scale
  • Gunslinger helo, Aurora 1/72^nd scale Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
• Rocket science, Glencoe Models 1/76^th scale Vanguard research rocket
• UP is where it’s at, 1/24^th scale scratch built standard Rogallo hang gliders
• Vietnam war plastic models including A-26, UH-1B Huey and troops, F-8 Crusader, Lockheed U-2, OV-1 Mohawk, F-4 Phantom, Piasecki H-21, Bell H-13, Martin B-57 Canberra, Lockheed SR-71, and CH-54 Tarhe (skycrane)
  • Phantom over Vietnam: John Trotti’s F-4 in 1/48^th scale
  • Vietnam Super Sabre, Esci 1/72^nd scale North American F-100
  • Gunship: Spectre of death — Italeri 1/72^nd scale Lockheed AC-130
• Wooden wûnder — Airfix 1/24^th scale De Havilland Mosquito
• World War 2 plastic models part 1 including Brewster Buffalo, Spitfire Mk 1, Messerschmidt 109, Curtiss P-40, Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, and Spitfire Vb
  • Escort to Le Bourget: Eduard 1/48^th scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a
• World War 2 plastic models part 2 including P-38 (F-5) Lightning, Curtiss P-40N, P-51, Spitfire PR XI, Airspeed 51 Horsa, Waco CG-4A, Westland Lysander, and Fairy Barracuda
  • Desert Spitfire, my second Airfix 1/48^th scale Spitfire Mk Vb
  • Early Corsair: Tamiya 1/48^th scale Chance Vought F4U Corsair
  • Lightning fit for a little prince, building Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Lockheed P-38/F5 Lightning in 1/72^nd scale