Fairey Flycatcher stationed at HMS Hermes, China Station, 1930. This is the Armory Model Group kit in 1:48, with a hand carved prop and wood decals by ProperPlane of #Ukraine. All upstaged by a couple of cheeky seagulls. modelart.tardate.com/projects/roy... #histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale

Matte varnish went down yesterday so got to unmask the clear parts today and I've had the same problem with the primer & top coat coming away from the cockpit 🤦 Started on the 1/72 Autocar 4x4 Tractor while waiting for things to dry. #histscalemodels #heaviesgb

Unlike the landing gear bay, the landing gear is quite detailed for this model and looks quite nice. WIth a copper wire inside, it is also quite sturdy and solid enough to hold the model. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

The 909 is almost done. I’ll finish weathering tomorrow. #HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB

The KC-135A now has its wings on. See alt text for more info. Next: those dreaded intake covers... #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Another #ModelAircraft just about ready to head for The Hangar is this RCAF Sabre Mk. 6 formerly based out of Chatham NB

Lysander done. Now to start on a base for it. #Histscalemodels #scalemodels

This Weekend in The Hangar: Picking up where I left off yesterday - Another video compilation is on tap today, featuring a few more of my Allied WWII fighter #ModelAircraft : www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6K...

PaddingtonSki pretty much done, not closed wheel wells yet as uncertain how it will be presented. #histscalemodels #heaviesGB

REME Museum model show today. I was quite taken by the Typhoon restoration layout, with 1/24 box files on the 1/24 shelves. Plenty of Scammells, too, and a Quatermass rocket. #HistScaleModels

And for the most unusual #ModelAircraft addition to the collection at The Hangar, I present: The Canadian Coast Guard O-2A

An in-progress shot of a 1/48 Supermarine Walrus. I have to horror of rigging to come… #HistScaleModels

This Weekend in The Hangar: A cold has been bogging me down lately and limiting the bench time here, so a look back at another video compilation is on tap this round. This one featuring a few of my Allied WWII fighter #ModelAircraft : www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPr7...

Aye, the Buccaneer is one of the few aircraft along with the Nimrod can walk its own plank.😅

And here's the result! Not too bad, needs a little clean up. I'll take that for a 1st try. 😅 ##HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Revell 1/72 Hurricane Mk.IIc of 28 squadron of RAF SEAC Dalbumghar North East India 1944. Not a bad kit, not a brilliant kit, but it very much looks like a Hurricane. #Histscalemodels #Scalemodels #Revell

Completed the wings and the wing fillets. As with the rest of the model, the wings are relatively simple, and many details are just painted on them. Though the texture is very nice, the color tones sadly do not always fit. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

I managed to finish this up with my left hand (kinda ambidextrous). Not my magnum opus perhaps but I like the variation in the OD. So that's the #HeaviesGB finished for me.

Waiting for filler to set on the Corsair and struggling to find nose weight for the Canberra. Both 1/72. #histscalemodels

Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C; brilliant 2019 tooling from Airfix. An ugly brute, but pretty magnetic when tooling around the sea at 60 feet! I think also the only time I've used the so-called "invisible" acrylic rod conceit😆 modelart.tardate.com/projects/roy... #histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale

Built the rear wheel and added it to its bay. As with the rest of the model, the structure of the wheel is relatively simple, but the kit makes up for it with very nice textures. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

#histscalemodels #scalemodels Help! Almost finished my Tamiya M36 Jackson and ran into track glitch: the kit appears to be one link short. No idea how this happened. Directions followed explicitly, no remaining links on the sprues. This the second Tamiya model where this has happened. Argh.

Forgot the hashes.😳 #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB (Cheers Matthew.)

Decals on and turrets installed. I like the clean look so will only do minor chipping and weathering and then the final clear coat and I'll call it done. Next up will be the vehicles for the airfield. #histscalemodels #heaviesgb

This is a lot of work and still a lot more to go. Also waiting on decals which seem to be delayed due to the postal strike. It’s a bit brighter in reality but still subtle as is my style. #histscalemodels #heaviesGB

Weathered and ready for a final clear and fixing of the remainder of the "breakable" items. Despite it being a 1996 Revell kit, I've quite enjoyed this one and it went together without too much fuss. #Histscalemodels #Scalemodels

Finally the 1/48 HobbyBoss f4f-3 is done! I am going from shelf queen to shelf queen... The p-47d is waiting patiently to be finished next. #scalemodels #histscalemodels

With having now also a Sunderland landed for #HeaviesGB, and a Fortress, a Stirling and a Liberator well underway: Let's put Mavis next to them all in 1/72, she turely was a beast. Ignore the decades old Liberator finish, I need to revisit her at some point. #histscalemodels

There’s a VW Beetle too. Progressives for that are on the website. Here’s some bits no bobs. onlysmaller.co.uk/project/the-...

Had some paint adhesion issues for the first time in a long time, so back to re-spraying the top coat. Didn't like the look of the tail decals so decided to paint it on instead. Turned out pretty well I think #histscalemodels #heaviesgb

#HeaviesGB #histscalemodels PB4Y-1 Liberator is plodding along. Built up the waist gunner interior using Metallic Details photo etch and Browning 50 cal guns. Also showing my take on the interior colours: Dull Dark Green, Interior Green, and Zinc Chromate sidewalls which will get aluminium bracing.

1/48 Monogram B-25J Mitchell updated to represent US Navy PBJ-1J "Devil Dog" from the Commemorative Air Force, 2015. Top turret deleted and airframe and radio fitted to modern standards with VHF aerial, landing lights and red beacon. #histscalemodels #scalemodels

Think that'll do from the weathering point of view on the Hurricane. #Revell #Histscalemodels #Scalemodels

Metallic parts painted. Managed to keep most of the panels distinct. Next up is re-masking and painting the white and red bits. #histscalemodels #heaviesGB

The big old Shackleton is built and definitely ready for paint. A really fun thing to photograph. 😂👍 #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB

New #HistScaleModels project … 1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.1 …

This is kind of insane. Extra masking as metallics need a number 3 needle and metallic overspray looks terrible. #heaviesGB #histscalemodels

#workinprogresswednesday update on my Canadian LAV-III Kodiak MMEV The first (and majority) of the stowage added on all ready get to muddy and snowy, and the tires got themselves sorted out. #scalemodels #scalemodelling #plasticmodels #histscalemodels #trumpeter

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Been out and about all summer. Fall is here, back home for the winter. Back to the kit. #histscalemodels

The first coat was some misbehaving aged Humbrol that went on a little lumpy and fumed-up the room for a couple of days, before the tinlet dried up less than 72hr later. This time it’s a Tamiya mix and it went on smooth and with little smell. I’m really enjoying this. #histscalemodels 2/2

Really worth watching. I've never had to learn this level of zen, because I don't need to. And that's damning.

Oregon AG Dan Rayfield: "California, DC, Memphis, potentially Illinois, now Oregon - this normalization that you can use the US military in our cities. That is un-American & every place that it happens, you will see Democratic attorneys general standing up, drawing a line in the sand & saying, 'No'"

29/9/40. Two RAAF Avro Ansons collided in the air over Brocklesby, New South Wales. Both navigators and the lower Anson pilot baled out, but the engines of the lower aircraft were still running and the upper pilot, LAC Fuller, was able to control and land the unwieldy combination successfully. 📷 AWM

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Something I am curious about on here is what kind of aviation images do people like most? General Aviation? Commercial? Military? All of the above? I have a catalogue of over 15 years worth of images and am curious which I should prioritise featuring on here next. Pictured, A-10C at sunrise.

Announcing my return to aviation. After a few years hiatus due to having to handle some adult shit and growing up a little, I’m coming back strong and plan to use this platform for all of my aviation photos and adventures. 🤙🏼

Live from "war ravaged" Portland

Mirage 2000D 629 | French Air Force, EC 03/003 | Andravida Air Base, Greece LGAD | April 2025

Ty Cobb: "The simple theme is rewriting history. Trump wants to rewrite history so the next generation may not know that he incited a violent insurrection... America needs to learn from the mistakes that we've had. And one of the biggest mistakes that America ever had was reelecting President Trump"