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FOCKE WULF 190A-8/R11 “Wilde Sau” Nachtjager Dragon 1/48 Scale

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on November 2, 2018December 7, 2021

I decided to tackle the Dragon kit for a couple of reasons; the first that the kit looked interesting and secondly, because I wanted to have a go at a free-handed paint scheme. 

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Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld’s MESSERSCHMITT BF 110G-4 March, 1944

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on November 1, 2018December 7, 2021

…it was because Weissenfeld had been marked for elimination, that the aircraft was destroyed over the Ardennes Forest in Belgium…

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CV-9 USS Essex & AVG-83, March-August 1945

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on October 30, 2018December 7, 2021

“I often think of 409 at the bottom of the Pacific with some of my personal gear aboard. After all this time there is probably nothing left…”

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Flying Officer Ian Keltie’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on October 26, 2018December 7, 2021

“August 24, 1942 was a particularly hot day, as I recall. It was to be a hot day in more ways than one…”

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Wing Commander Peter Mallan Brothers’ Spitfire HF.Mk.VIIc

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on October 21, 2018December 7, 2021

  Air Commodore Peter Mallan Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC Born in 1917, Pete Brothers learnt…

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One of the features of model ships is the PE detailing. Way more tricky than on 1/48 scale aircraft, it’s an art that requires practice. I’m getting there.
And now for something completely different.
Some close ups…
On 8th June 1982 this Wessex was involved in the rescue of survivors from the the RFA Sir Galahad.
Getting this one across the line hasn’t been easy, but I like the result.
Getting closer to the finish.

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