Making history…
”The ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future.“
In the 37 days between 1 May and 6 June 1944 the RAF’s No.140 Squadron flew at total of 143 operational sorties over France in an effort to provide badly needed foresight to the Allied Supreme Command on what would happen on Invasion…
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No hablo español, pero las imágenes valen más que mil palabras.
Al terminar mis primeras maquetas a 1:72 (P-40 y Ki84), me encontré bastante satisfecho con las técnicas aplicadas y aprendidas (que no dominadas ni mucho menos) y con la mejora o evolución en la calidad del trabajo. Esto me animo muchísimo para acometer un proyecto “mas serio”, sin prisas y con algo mas de detalle.
Para esta nuevo proyecto decidí documentarme aun mas y planificar mejor el trabajo en su conjunto. Muy pronto me encontré con un modelo que me gusto y ademas a una escala de1:48. Nunca he tenido ninguna limitación de mi trabajo a una escala concreta por lo que no supuso ningún problema. El modelo elegido era un avión torpedero de la US Navy, el Douglas TBD-1 Devastator.
El TBD-1 Devastator era el paradigma de cómo evolucionó la técnica aeronáutica durante la WWII. Cuando entró en servicio en…
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I originally thought of this article prior to 2020 with the idea of talking about places that I have visited that may be of interest to other model makers. I was thinking along the lines of some images of historic places, museums or hobby related events and my related stories. However, given the times we […]
Model Maker Pilgrimages Part 1 – Museums — Model Airplane Maker
Eduard has a PSP base for a Japanese aircraft carrier.
I have one in my stash of shame.
W4783 G-George flew 89 sorties over occupied Europe with No.460 Squadron during a period when most operational Lancasters were shot down before they had reached 20 sorties. Of the 107,085 total sorties flown by Lancasters, 2,687 went missing. Remarkably, G-George brought home its crew, alive from every operation it flew on.
G for George — Making-History
We all have our “Stash of shame”…
One day I will finish my model kit of the F-86…
My Forgotten Hobby III 