Earning Their Stripes
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.
Mrs. Yarra’s Boys
Two Spitfires, two brothers, one mother. Ft/Lt. John Yarra and his brother, P/O Robert Yarra and their Spitfires.
A Balkans Bf 109 E-4/B
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…
Squadron Hacks, Alternate Uses and Personal Aircraft
Squadron Hacks and re-purposed aircraft offer an opportunity to model some esoteric subjects…
The RAAF’s New Guinea Boston Tea Party
This is the story of an aircraft the RAAF didn’t want to use and a model I didn’t want to finish.
The RCAF’s No.404 “Buffalo” Squadron
Coastal Command’s war against the elements as well as the enemy as experienced by the RCAF’s No.404 “Buffalo” Squadron.
A Late War Bf 109G-10
How a model I began a decade ago was rescued from overseas storage to become a JG(K)27 Bf 109G-10
Not Just Pretty Nose Art; The Black Widows of Iwo Jima and Ie Shima, March-August 1945
The men of the 348th, 349th and 6th Night Fighter Squadrons were more than the nose art on their P-61’s.
Rudolf “Rudi” Müller’s Bf 109 G-2/R6 of 6/Jg5, April 1943
An old model, a new set of pictures and a potentially controversial op-ed comprise this piece on Rudolf Müller’s Bf109G-2/R6.
The Greatest Air Battle; Dieppe, 19th August, 1942
The largest single-day air engagement of the war; simultaneously a tactical loss and strategic victory.
