Category: Israeli aircraft

• Spitfire Mk IX – Part Five – Nothin’ Says Lovin’

  

  Like Hispano Suiza 20mm cannon. And they can be affectionate out to quite a considerable distance. Far better at a cocktail party than a .303 machine gun. Well, the British wanted to be as friendly as they could in WW II and ended up equipping a number of their fighters with this sort of auto-cannon.…

  Dick Stein

  August 23, 2019

  1:72 scale, Israeli aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  IDF, Malcolm hood, Middle East Wars, Spitfire

• Spitfire Mk IX – Part One – Never Look A Gift Kit In The Box

  

  I was at dinner with a group of friends in Sydney when one of them pulled out a couple of old 1:72 kits from a shopping bag. They were historic remainders from his teenage stash…and as he’s distanced from that somewhat, they are truly historic. One’s a Matchbox Spitfire and one’s an Airfix Buccaneer. I…

  Dick Stein

  August 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  gift kit, Matchbox, nostalgia