Category: Aircraft

  • Republic RP-43 Scale Models

    Republic RP-43 Scale Models

    Republic RP-43 Scale Models 1:72 Scale Model by Pavla This plastic scale model of the Republic RP-43D was completed as (A56-5) of No. 1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit RAAF. A56-5 was written off in a crash at Coomalie Creek in December 1942. Painted using Humbrol 98 chocolate and 149 dark green for the upper surfaces and… Read more

  • Blackburn Skua

    Blackburn Skua
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    Blackburn Skua The Blackburn Skua was operated by the British Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in the early years of the Second World War. It combined the roles of dive-bomber and fighter. The first unit to receive the Skua was 800 Naval Air Squadron in late 1938 at Worth Down. By November the squadron had… Read more

  • Tupolev MTB-2 Flying Boat

    Tupolev MTB-2 Flying Boat
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    Tupolev MTB-2 The Tupolev MTB-2 (ANT-44) was a large four-engine flying boat developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau during the mid-1930s for the Soviet Naval Aviation. Its designation, MTB-2 (Morskoi Tyazhely Bombardirovshchik – Heavy Naval Bomber), reflected its intended role as a long-range maritime bomber and reconnaissance aircraft capable of striking enemy naval forces far… Read more