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Martin B-26B Marauder Medium Bomber
Fast, twin-engine medium bomber used by the USAAF during World War II. Entering service in 1941, it featured tricycle landing gear, a sleek fuselage, and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines. Early handling challenges were addressed through design changes, including a broader wingspan and tail. Armed with multiple .50?cal machine guns and capable of carrying up to 4,000?...
Douglas C-74 GlobeMaster Also includes BONUS kits of the Republic F-84B Thunderjet, Sikorsky R-5A, Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake. In early 1942, the USAAF realized the need for an aircraft that could support the demands of a global logistics network with larger payload and transoceanic range. The Douglas Co. also saw the need and began development towards an extended version of the DC-4 / C-54. In June 1942, a contract was awar...
Tupolev TB-3. The world's first 4-engined monplane bomber. Includes BONUS kits of the Polikarpov I-16, Polikarpov I-5 and Grigorovich I-Z. In 1925, the Soviet Air Force approached the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute with a requirement for a heavy bomber with total engine output of 1,970hp. Tupolev OKB was selected to start design work in 1926. The mock-up was approved in 1929, and was given military designation TB-3 and civ...
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...
'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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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'...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Warsaw Pact Base (rectangular concrete panels) A single 1:144 scale sheet depicting an actual military aircraft base or helicopter landing zone, and the terrain surroundings. Dimensions: length 4.53in/115mm, width 3.54in/90mm.
Mohawk IV/H-75A-7 'Overseas Service' (2in1 = 2 kits in 1 box) (RAF, NEIAAF, Portuguese AF)
The Curtiss H-75 was the export version of the American P-36 Hawk (Curtiss Model 75) fighter of the mid-1930s. The biggest foreign customer was France, taking deliveries of aircraft designated the H-75A-1, 2, 3 and 4, with the first planes entering service in the spring of 1939. They were modified for French Air Force usage and fitte...
Re-released! Mil Mi-2 Hoplite 'Warsaw Pact' (2in1 = 2 kits in 1 box) (Soviet AF, Czechoslovak AF, Polish AF, East German AF)
Designed by the Soviet Mil Design Bureau in late 1950s and exclusively produced in Poland by the WSK "PZL-...swidnik" factory, the Mi-2 was a small transport and utility helicopter. The Mil' s prototype first flew in 1961, while the first ...swidnik-built example took to the air in November 1965. A numbe...