Beechcraft Staggerwing

Beechcraft Staggerwing

Beechcraft Staggerwing G17S by AMT 1/48 scale Kit No. T638 Cost: $20.00 Decals: One version Comments: Detailed cockpit and landing gear; easy to assemble The Legend of Santa’s New Sleigh As the third decade of the 21st Century approached, Santa Claus, after...
Boeing 247

Boeing 247

Boeing 247 by Williams Brothers 1/72 scale Kit No. 72-247 Cost:  $10.00 — $40.00 or more aftermarket (currently out of production) Decals: Two versions – Col. Roscoe Turner’s 1934 London to Melbourne racer; and a United Airlines flight research...
Boeing F4B-4

Boeing F4B-4

Boeing F4B-4 by Monogram 1/72 scaleKit No. 6795Cost: $10.00Decals: One version – U.S. Navy (VF-2, USS Lexington, mid-1930’s)Comments: Raised panel lines; detailed radial engine; good fabric-over-frame effect on wings, nicely rendered corrugated tail...
Curtiss Condor

Curtiss Condor

Curtiss Condor by Glencoe 1/87 scaleKit No. 06101Cost: $12.00Decals: Three versions – NR12384, the aircraft accompanying Admiral Richard Byrd’s 1933 Antarctic Expedition; NC12354, an airliner in American Airways livery, circa 1933;  and an aircraft of the...
Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk

Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk

Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk by Monogram 1/72 scaleKit No. 6796Retail: $15.00 – 25.00 (aftermarket)Comments: Simple construction, pilot figure and drop tank, two-piece cowling, cockpit detail consists of an instrument panel decal, separate radial engine and display...
De Havilland DH.88 Comet

De Havilland DH.88 Comet

DeHavilland DH 88 by Airfix 1/72 scale Kit No.  ? Cost: $5.00 Decals: One version, G-ACSS “Grosvenor House,” winner of the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race Comments: Old kit (1973); major historical interest History The DeHavilland DH 88 Comet was a twin-engine,...
Dewoitine D.333

Dewoitine D.333

Dewoitine D.333 by F-RSIN 1/144 scaleKit No. FR 14014Cost: $25.00Decals: Two versions, both Air FranceComments: Cast resin kit engineered for easy assembly; aftermarket replacement engines and propellers strongly recommended History The D.332 was an all-metal...
Dewoitine D.510

Dewoitine D.510

Dewoitine D. 510 by Heller 1/72 scale Kit No. 102 Cost: $10.00 Decals: Two versions – both Armee de l’Air Comments: Released 1978; basic, open cockpit; raised panel lines History The Dewoitine D.500, from which the D.510 was derived, was an all-metal,...