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by Martin Waligorski   Like many modellers, every once in a while I work from scale drawings. The drawings are most effective when printed in the exact scale of the model. If done so, they can be used directly for dimensional measurements by laying the model parts on top of […]

Scale Drawings Conversion Chart

by Tomasz Gronczewski  Iron dog? It is really hard to find a more controversial fighter aircraft of the World War II period than Bell P-39 Airacobra. It was loved by ones, hated by others and gained radically different opinions from pilots flying it. To some extent, the Bell fighter may […]

Bell P-39 Airacobra in USAAF Service

Aircraft and Colours of the Rhodesian Air Force Photos by Phillip Evans Text by Martin Waligorski   Throughout its history, the Rhodesian Air Force has been serving under many names and markings. The South Rhodesian Air Force was first established in September 1939 as a transition of a humble Southern […]

Aircraft and Colours of the Rhodesian Air Force

artwork by Tor Karlsson text by Martin Waligorski   First announced in September 1973, the Bell 206L Long Ranger was developed to meet a requirement for a turbine-powered general-purpose helicopter in a size and performance range between the five-seat Jet Ranger II and 15-seat Model 205A-1. The original Model 206L […]

Bell 206L Long Ranger in Swedish Police Service

Text by Martin Waligorski Photos by Martin Waligorski and Frank Spahr   Despite being one of the icons of post-war civilian aviation, the large, fabric-covered An-2 biplane remains firmly rooted in the 1920s. The An-2 was designed by Oleg Antonov as an agricultural aircraft for the post-war Soviet rural economy. […]

Antonov An-2 Colt in Detail

by Tomasz Gronczewski   Ernest ”Feeb” Fiebelkorn was one of the biggest aces of the 8th Air Force. Writing ”biggest” I mean tallest and heaviest. 6ft 4in combined with 225 pounds must have made a placement into Mustang’s cockpit a bit problematic. Nevertheless it did not prevent Feeb from becoming the top-scoring pilot of […]

Ernest Fiebelkorn – The Buster of Walter Nowotny

model by Markus Eriksson text and images by Martin Waligorski The enmity that had existed between Russia and Sweden during the reign of Tsar Peter I and King Charles XII of Sweden culminated in the twenty-year long Great Northern War. In 1700, seeking to open Russian trade routes to the […]

Poltava 1709

Photos by Phillip Evans Text by Martin Waligorski The South African Air Force, the second oldest air force in the world, has a long and complicated history, not least during the modern era. During the Cold War period, the SAAF found itself engaged in the Berlin Airlift, Korean war and finally […]

Aircraft and Colours of the South African Air Force

by Martin Waligorski Photos courtesy of US Navy, Library of Congress, US Air Force   This is the third and last part in the reference series about interior finishes of US-produced aircraft of the World War II era. Please refer to part one for general information on the development and […]

Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45, Part III

by Martin Waligorski Photos courtesy of US Navy, Library of Congress, US Air Force   This is the second part of the three-part feature covering the finishes and colours used for the interiors of American-produced aircraft of the World War II era. Please refer to part one for general information […]

Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45, Part II

by Martin Waligorski Photos courtesy of US Navy, Library of Congress, US Air Force This is the first part of the three-part feature covering the finishes and colours used for the interiors of American-produced aircraft of the World War II era. This part gives general information on the development and […]

Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45, Part I

by Peter Allen   Digital image processing can allow you to set your precious models in action. I have seen and read many excellent articles on how to make digital in-flight pictures and decided I’d give it atry. Not having all the equipment I improvised with what I had available. […]

Digital Montage Photography

Text and photos by Martin Waligorski   This was the finest warplane to which Germany gave birth. Evolved basically as an alternative to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter, it may never have been allowed by the Reich officialdom had it not been for the choice of a non-strategic (yet controversial) […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 in Detail, (Revisited)

by Charles Metz   Are you dissatisfied with your current way of filling seams? Try microballoons! I learned about these little wonders only a few years ago, but I now use them often. Here is how. Basically, microballoons are tiny hollow spheres made of glass or phenolic resin that are […]

Using Microballoons and Superglue for Filling Seams in Plastic Models

A Way to Stronger Models  by Frank Spahr   Styrene is a good material for modeling, but on certain occasions, it´s not strong enough. My main trouble areas are masts for sailing ships, especially the upper and thinner parts of the construction, and certain kinds of landing gears, the long […]

Casting Model Parts in Metal