Scale Models, Real People, Extraordinary Stories
One Christmas my parents gave me Chaz Bowyer’s "The History of the RAF". Within its pages is a captivating photo of a pilot resting on the ground, smiling. The pilot's name was S/Ldr Ernest M. Mason DFC, known to all as "Imshi". This is his story.
The little told story of the USAAF's 5th ASR and how they rescued war weary P-47's and in turn, rescued almost a thousand downed airmen in the North Sea and English Channel.
How does a squadron of trainee pilots return to base in the event bad weather when they don't have radios in their aircraft? The recall bird goes up; here's mine.
Two brothers, two Spitfires; Ft/Lt. John Yarra and his brother, P/O Robert Yarra from rural NSW and their No.453 Sqn. Spitfires.
Ever since I first saw a picture of the "crazy paving" camouflaged 109's of JG 54 I've wanted to make one. After many a year of procrastination, here it is...
What to do with a spare Spitfire?
This is the story of an aircraft the RAAF didn't want to use and a model I didn't want to finish.
Coastal Command's war against the elements as well as the enemy as experienced by the RCAF's No.404 "Buffalo" Squadron.
How a model I began a decade ago was rescued from overseas storage to become a JG(K)27 Bf 109G-10
What Remembrance means to me.
