Dec 10, 2017 | AMT, Civil Aviation, Golden Age
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...
Nov 11, 2016 | Civil Aviation, Golden Age, Williams Brothers
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...
Nov 9, 2016 | Airfix, Civil Aviation, Golden Age, Minicraft, World War II
Boeing Model 314 by Minicraft 1/144 scale Kit No. 14503 Cost: $15.00 Decals: One version – the Dixie Clipper Comments: Re-issue of Airfix kit, decals do not include U.S. flag History The Boeing 314 took its maiden flight on June 7, 1938, and was perhaps the most...
Nov 11, 2016 | Golden Age, Monogram
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...
Nov 8, 2016 | Civil Aviation, Glencoe, Golden Age
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...
Nov 8, 2016 | Airfix, Civil Aviation, Golden Age
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,...
Sep 12, 2020 | Civil Aviation, F-Rsin, Golden Age
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...
Mar 18, 2018 | Golden Age, Heller
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,...
Jan 3, 2018 | Ardpol, Golden Age
Douglas O-2H by Ardpol Resin 1/72 scale Kit No. 72-015 Cost: $35.00 Decals: One version – U.S. Army Air Corps, 91st Observation Squadron, 1930 Comments: Nicely detailed resin kit; difficult windshield assembly; interplane struts may need replacing; quick drying...
