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    Kits-World KWB144-481
    1:144 Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China- People's Liberation Army Air Force: Hexagonal slab dispersal/parking area, 1.8 metre radius type, 1950's to early 1970's. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) This model represents the 1.8 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.2 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1930's to the late 1940's, and the 1.5 metre hexagonal slabs in use from the late 1940's to the... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-482
    1:144 'Marston Mat' Pierced Steel Plank (PSP). 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) 'Marston Mat', was a very common covering used for makeshift runways, parking areas and other military uses where rough ground was prevalent. Each panel measured 1 ft 7.5 in by 11 ft 9.75 in, and interlocked with its neighbour by a series of flat 'T' hooks and slots along each of the longest sides, which allowed a degree of flexibility of m... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-483
    1:144 Soviet Union/Russia/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China: PAG-14 pre-stressed concrete slab- early 1970's to present. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) This model represents the 6 metre by 2 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.8 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1950's to the early 1970's. By the 1980's, most Soviet/Russian and WarPac bases had been relaid with this type which provided much better loa... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-484
    1:144 RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2005-2021. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) RAF Coningsby was built in the late 1930's and after officially opening in November 1940, became operational in February 1941. No. 106 Squadron was the first unit to begin offensive operations from the base flying Handley Page Hampden's. A second unit, No. 97 Squadron, arrived in April equipped with Avro Manchester's, and in ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 1
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    Kits-World KWB144-485
    1:144 Wood Planked Revetment, Great War and Second World War 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Wooden planked revetments were used by all sides during the Great War and Second World War, but were most notably common in Luftwaffe use. Quickly laid down, they did not follow a standardised pattern, size, shape or design. Sometimes, they consisted of simple planked hard standings as in this set, or more elaborate affairs wi... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-486
    1:144 Fliegerhorst Grove, Denmark- 1.(F)/33 (possibly transited through the base), Danish units post-war. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Located near the Danish town of Karup, the construction of Grove was commenced shortly after the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, with the base becoming operational later that year. By 1945, the base had grown with the addition of command bunkers, aircraft revetments, anti-airc... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-487
    1:144 RAF Lakenheath- 1990 to 2021. (Main) USAF Units- 48th Fighter Wing (492nd, 493rd, 494th Fighter Squadrons, 495th Fighter Squadron- (due to reactivate in 2021)). 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Located near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, United Kingdom, the base can date its roots back to the Great War when it was named Lakenheath Warren and used as a bombing range. It fell into disrepair after 1918, but was ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-488
    1:144 Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida- 2021. (Main) USAF Units- 325th Fighter Wing/325th Operations Group (2nd Flying Training Squadron, 43rd and 95th Fighter Squadrons). 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Tyndall Field as it was previously known was activated as a USAAC gunnery range in 1941. It was deactivated at the end of World War 2 and became a training airfield under Air Training Command. In 1948, the base was ren... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-489
    1:144 Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (H.M.S. Heron), 1990's onwards. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) RNAS Yeovilton was built in 1939, with 750 NAS commencing operations from the base in the same year, and followed by 751 and 752 NAS shortly afterwards. 794 NAS was formed in 1940 and 827 NAS started operations from the base in 1943. This unit was the first to receive the Fairy Barracuda torpedo bomber. Yeovilton un... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-490
    1:144 Four single parking areas. Suitable for Great War onwards. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) The four bases in this set are suitable for both 1/48th and 1/72nd aircraft, and are ideal for types operating from rough terrain from the Great War onwards. Usable for any type of aircraft of relevant type, size and scale. Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-491
    1:144 23rd Air Base (23 Baza Lotnicza), Polish Air Force, Mi..."sk Mazowiecki, Poland, 2001 onwards. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) The base was first formed in 2001, with 1 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (1.ELT) being the main unit stationed there flying the Mikoyan MiG-29 (9.12A) and MiG-29UB (9.51A). The units primary role is that of air defence covering both Polish and wider NATO airspace, including that of Estonia,... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-492
    1:144 USS Nimitz (CVN-68), No. 2 Elevator, 2020 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Named after Chester W. Nimitz, the ship was launched in May 1972 and commissioned in May 1975, originally as CVAN-68 and thereafter CVN-68. Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean in July 1976 and she returned to the United States in February the following year. This was followed by further deployments to the Mediterranean, firstly i... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-493
    1:144 Plain Grass (Worn). 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) A base of worn grass that can serve a number of functions. Applications could include military and civilian airfields and aerodromes from the dawn of flight to the present day and even bases for vehicle displays. The base can also be used for 1/72nd displays, is large enough to be cut into smaller sections to create a number of separate bases. Suggested subj... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-494
    1:144 Plain Grass (Solid). 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) A base of solid grass that can serve a number of functions. Applications could include military and civilian airfields and aerodromes from the dawn of flight to the present day and even bases for vehicle displays. The base can also be used for 1/72nd displays, is large enough to be cut into smaller sections to create a number of separate bases and as it's seam... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-495
    1:144 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 1972. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Korat can trace its ancestry back to the days of the Japanese Occupation of Thailand when a small airfield was built for use by the Japanese Imperial Army. After the end of the war, the airfield was passed to the Thai government who continued its use as a base for the Royal Thai Air Force. During the early 1960's, the United Sta... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-496
    1:144 1st Strategic Air Depot, USAAF, (RAF Honington) Suffolk, England, 1942-46. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Honington was established in 1937 as a Royal Air Force base operating under RAF Bomber Command. It was passed over to the USAAF in June 1942 as Station 375. Stationed at the base were the 383rd, 384th and 385th Fighter Squadrons of the 364th Fighter Group, which arrived in early 1944 operating P-51 Mustangs... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-497
    1:144 Aalborg Air Base (Flyvestation Aalborg), Royal Danish Air Force, 1983-2001. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Aalborg Airport was opened in 1938. In April 1940, the base was captured by Fallschirmjager during Operation Weserubung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. Once captured, the Germans used the airport as a main location for troops and equipment for the invasion of Norway and also as a refuelling bas... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-498
    1:144 Eighth Air Force, England 1942-45. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) The Eighth Air Force started offensive operations against German targets in July 1942 when crews of the 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) flying RAF Douglas A-20 Bostons attacked targets in the Netherlands. The 'Mighty Eighth' commenced operations with the Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress in August of the same year, flying from RAF Grafton Underwood ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-499
    1:144 RAF Wildenrath, West Germany, 1967. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Construction of RAF Wildenrath began in 1950, with the station coming onto 'active' status in 1952. It was the first of four 'clutch' bases operated by the RAF in West Germany; the others being Geilenkirchen, Bruggen and Laarbruch. From 1953, the first units to operate from Wildenrath were Nos. 67 and 71 Squadrons flying North-American F-86E ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-500
    1:144 RAF Marham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 2018-. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) RAF Marham can trace its history back to 1916 when it started service as a night landing ground near RNAS Narborough, and also as an airfield to launch defensive operations against German Zeppelin attacks against Norfolk. The first unit stationed here was No. 51 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps flying Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 and B.E.12'... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-501
    1:144 Da Nang Air Base, 1970-71. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Armee de l'Air: The history of the air base at Da Nang goes back to the days of French Indochina. Tourane Airfield as it was then called, was constructed during the 1930's. In 1940, the French Vichy Government agreed to let Imperial Japan use the base as a stationing post for Japanese troops along with several other bases in the area including Cam Ran... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-502
    1:144 RAF Dispersal 150ft 'Frying Pan' type. 337mm(W) x 225mm(H) 13 inches x 9 inches(H) There were a number of aircraft dispersals employed during, and indeed after the Second World War. The subject of this base is the 'Frying Pan' (FP) type. So named for obvious reasons, they came in two sizes, 125ft diameter and 150ft diameter and could be used by the largest RAF bombers in service. They were circular in shape and with eith... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £9.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-503
    1:144 USS Enterprise (CV-6), 250N Blue Flight Deck Stain, November 1943. 337mm(W) x 225mm(H) 13 inches x 9 inches(H) The Enterprise was one of three Yorktown-class carriers, the others being the Yorktown (CV-5) and Hornet (CV-8). She was laid down on July 16th 1934, and launched on October 3rd, 1936, and was the seventh ship to that date to be named Enterprise. Nicknamed The Big E, the Enterprise was commissioned in May 1938 a... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 1
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    Kits-World KWB144-504
    1:144 RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 1950's-1970's. 438mm(W) x 225mm(H) 17 inches x 9 inches(H) Scottow Aerodrome was built in 1939. Renamed Coltishall, it was activated in May 1940 and one of the first units to operate from the station was No. 242 Squadron flying the Hawker Hurricane and led by Douglas Bader. 242 Squadron left for RAF Duxford shortly afterwards. The station became a night fighter base for most of the r... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 1
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    Kits-World KWB144-505
    1:144 Wood planked revetments, Finland/Russia: Winter War/Eastern Front/Continuation War, 1940-1944. 337mm(W) x 225mm(H) 13 inches x 9 inches(H) Life during the war on the Eastern Front was primitive to say the least. Many roads were little more than dirt tracks, which, although fine for travel during the hot summer months, became nigh impassable during the spring and autumn periods known as the Rasputitsa, or more commonly to th... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-506
    1:144 Great War Battlefield. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) The war witnessed an unprecedented horror never before seen and bought war on an industrial scale to mankind. The trench system came into effect as early as September 1914, when the Allied and Central Powers Commands began to realise that war would not be the short-term battle they had initially envisioned. As the war drew on, the trench system expanded, eve... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-507
    1:144 Desert- Blurred. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) This base can be used for a number of applications and theatres involving civil and military aviation from the Great War (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine etc), through to the Second World War (Middle East, Persia), the Cold War (Middle East and Iran/Iraq conflicts, Indo-Pakistan conflicts etc), to the present day (Gulf Wars, Middle East wars, United States adversary... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-508
    1:144 PAG-14 Pre-Stressed Concrete Slab- Blurred 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-509
    1:144 RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppelin role. This unit was fo... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-510
    1:144 RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021- Main runway- blurred. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppelin ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-511
    1:144 RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 1960s. 225mm(W) x 225mm(H) 9inches(W) x 9inches(H) RAF Waddington began as a training base for the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Between this time and 1919, the station was home to a number of squadrons both under RFC, and later, RAF control. Nos. 82, 97, 105, 117 and 123 Squadrons RFC between 1917 and 1918, and Nos. 23, 203 and 204 Squadrons RAF throughout 1919 were based at Wad... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £7.99 5
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    Kits-World KWB144-513
    1:144 Southend Airport Size 675mm x 675mm Formation and early years Southend Airport can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when it was established by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1915. It was briefly passed over to the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) in the same year with limited flying duties being carried out. In 1916 the airfield passed back to RFC control when it became RFC Rochford and used as a training centre f... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-514
    1:144 Manchester Airport/Manchester International Airport/Ringway Airport Size 675mm x 675mm Beginning and early days What is now Manchester Airport traces its ancestry back to the 1930s. Construction of Ringway Airport as it was formerly known, in 1935, and the site partially opened in June 1937 before becoming fully operational in June 1938, officially opening with an air pageant to mark the occasion. The first scheduled fl... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-515
    1:144 Norwich Airport Size 675mm x 675mm Beginnings and the first Norwich Airport Initially a British Army cavalry training ground, RFC Mousehold Heath was established on the site and was home to a number of Royal Flying Corps units; Nos 18, 37, 85 and 117 Squadrons. In April 1918, RFC Mousehold Heath became RAF Mousehold Heath, and following the war, Boulton & Paul Ltd took over the site as a test facility, although it shou... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB144-516
    1:144 London Heathrow Airport Size 675mm x 675mm Early Days and the inter-war period Today, one of the worlds' major airports, and the largest of the six airports surrounding London. Initially the site was located near the village of Heathrow and was known by several titles; the Great West Aerodrome, Heathrow Aerodrome (due to the nearby hamlet of Heathrow), or Harmondsworth Aerodrome (due to it being located in the civil pa... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB144-517
    1:144 London Gatwick Airport Size 675mm x 675mm Founding and early years Today, Gatwick airport is one of the United Kingdom's major airport hubs, second only to Heathrow. Originally, partially the area now occupied by the airport was a racecourse, and was founded in 1891. From 1907, a golf course was added but this closed shortly after the end of the Great War. During the late 1920's the land adjacent to the course was ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-481
    1:48 Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China- People's Liberation Army Air Force: Hexagonal slab dispersal/parking area, 1.8 metre radius type, 1950's to early 1970's. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). This model represents the 1.8 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.2 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1930's to the late 1940's, and the 1.5 metre hexagonal slabs in use from the late 1940's to ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB48-482
    1:48 'Marston Mat' Pierced Steel Plank (PSP).675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). 'Marston Mat', was a very common covering used for makeshift runways, parking areas and other military uses where rough ground was prevalent. Each panel measured 1 ft 7.5 in by 11 ft 9.75 in, and interlocked with its neighbour by a series of flat 'T' hooks and slots along each of the longest sides, which allowed a degree of flexibility of... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB48-483
    1:48 Soviet Union/Russia/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China: PAG-14 pre-stressed concrete slab- early 1970's to present. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). This model represents the 6 metre by 2 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.8 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1950's to the early 1970's. By the 1980's, most Soviet/Russian and WarPac bases had been relaid with this type which provided much better ... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 5
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    Kits-World KWB48-484
    1:48 RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2005-2021.675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). RAF Coningsby was built in the late 1930's and after officially opening in November 1940, became operational in February 1941. No. 106 Squadron was the first unit to begin offensive operations from the base flying Handley Page Hampden's. A second unit, No. 97 Squadron, arrived in April equipped with Avro Manchester's, and i... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB48-485
    1:48 Wood Planked Revetment, Great War and Second World War. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). Wooden planked revetments were used by all sides during the Great War and Second World War, but were most notably common in Luftwaffe use. Quickly laid down, they did not follow a standardised pattern, size, shape or design. Sometimes, they consisted of simple planked hard standings as in this set, or more elaborate affair... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-486
    1:48 Fliegerhorst Grove, Denmark- 1.(F)/33 (possibly transited through the base), Danish units post-war. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). Located near the Danish town of Karup, the construction of Grove was commenced shortly after the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, with the base becoming operational later that year. By 1945, the base had grown with the addition of command bunkers, aircraft revetments, anti-a... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-487
    1:48 RAF Lakenheath- 1990 to 2021. (Main) USAF Units- 48th Fighter Wing (492nd, 493rd, 494th Fighter Squadrons, 495th Fighter Squadron- (due to reactivate in 2021)). 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). Located near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, United Kingdom, the base can date its roots back to the Great War when it was named Lakenheath Warren and used as a bombing range. It fell into disrepair after 1918, but w... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3
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    Kits-World KWB48-488
    1:48 Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida- 2021. (Main) USAF Units- 325th Fighter Wing/325th Operations Group (2nd Flying Training Squadron, 43rd and 95th Fighter Squadrons).675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). Tyndall Field as it was previously known was activated as a USAAC gunnery range in 1941. It was deactivated at the end of World War 2 and became a training airfield under Air Training Command. In 1948, the base was r... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-489
    1:48 Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (H.M.S. Heron), 1990's onwards. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). RNAS Yeovilton was built in 1939, with 750 NAS commencing operations from the base in the same year, and followed by 751 and 752 NAS shortly afterwards. 794 NAS was formed in 1940 and 827 NAS started operations from the base in 1943. This unit was the first to receive the Fairy Barracuda torpedo bomber. Yeovilton... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-490
    1:48 Four single parking areas. Suitable for Great War onwards. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). The four bases in this set are suitable for both 1/48th and 1/72nd aircraft, and are ideal for types operating from rough terrain from the Great War onwards. Usable for any type of aircraft of relevant type, size and scale. Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-491
    1:48 23rd Air Base (23 Baza Lotnicza), Polish Air Force, Mi..."sk Mazowiecki, Poland, 2001 onwards. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). The base was first formed in 2001, with 1 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (1.ELT) being the main unit stationed there flying the Mikoyan MiG-29 (9.12A) and MiG-29UB (9.51A). The units primary role is that of air defence covering both Polish and wider NATO airspace, including that of Eston... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 2
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    Kits-World KWB48-492
    1:48 USS Nimitz (CVN-68), No. 2 Elevator, 2020. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H). Named after Chester W. Nimitz, the ship was launched in May 1972 and commissioned in May 1975, originally as CVAN-68 and thereafter CVN-68. Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean in July 1976 and she returned to the United States in February the following year. This was followed by further deployments to the Mediterranean, first... Vinyl Bases Catalogue £19.99 3