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This plane didnt get far than a fullscale mockup, before cancelled. A very interesting plane though, with its flying boat retractable hull on a fighter.. I made it in foamboard at 1150mm wingspan, with landingear retracts for hull, and sponsoons. And of course a counter rotating prop system...

In the very first Thnunderbirds Episode "Trapped in the Sky" the London Airport building features the letters BAOC (based on the British Airways predecessor BOAC) as a rival to the Air Terrainean company who flew the Fireflash. As a BOAC fan I always hoped to see the BAOC version. So 50 years...

Complex curves? That's why God gave us Bondo! David

I'm working on a CAD model of the Rockwell "Star Raker" winged gigantic SSTO concept. I'm doing this to create accurate and consistent diagrams for the next issue of US Launch Vehicle Projects, but I'm also looking at using the CAD model and 3D printing to create a 1/288 scale model kit through...

Scale Modeler Magazine (SMM) published bimonthly by Challenge Incorporated North Highwood, California debuting in December 1965 was from the mid-1960s till mid-1970s the foremost source for news & information regarding new scale model kit releases & reviews. Arriving on scene near the crest of...

Just found an interesting time-waster of a site devoted to plastic spacemen toys, specifically the ones sold by Tri-ang in the early 70s under the SpaceX (UK) and Golden Astronaut (US) line http://www.triangspacextoys.info/index.html But where it gets really interesting is that at least one...

Running an r/c model submarine, the SEAVIEW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxfA5d2L0BA

Near Beaconsfield is a picturesque model village called Bekonscot. It contains amongst other things a model airport. In the 50s and the 60s it was called Northrow and tried to reflect the excitement of the world outside. Significantly in 1992 it was decided to change the airport to Hanton and...

I found this video on britishpathe http://www.britishpathe.com/video/model-makers It's about a model factory in Hounslow, Great Britain in 1968 They made Models for Movies industry, Gerry Anderson and Britsh Aerospace Company A Lost Art Form, destroy by CAD, CGI and bad PowerPoint Presentation...

ok its time for some imagination and stuff first of all i don't have a F-18A/B/C/D fuselage but i have one spear from RoG F-18E with some issues on it i think that it will be good starting point Concept 2403 it's taken from this topic McDD/Northrop/BAe ASTOVL/MRF/JAST/JSF studies post's #73...

Hi everyone,remember the MRF(multi role fighter) program from the 90`s, the one canceled in 1993? Thanks to all of your pictures posted here in the forum, i build two years ago a model of one of the proposals for that program,the one from McDonnell Douglas which was one of my favorite designs,so...

Avro Excalibur R.1 "XP730" - 543 Squadron RAF - 1964 Scratchbuilt 1/72 scale Avro 730. This depicts the earlier 4 engine version that was submitted by Avro against Operational Requirement 330. The fuselage was built using a length of 1 inch conduit as a core, fitted with cross sections...

better know as Mission Engineering Study of Electrically Propelled Manned Planetary Vehicles GE began the study for MSFC in July 1966. they proposed to uses both nuclear-thermal and nuclear-electric propulsion. Nuclear ionengine give mission flexibility also for unfavorable opportunities and...

Hi, First of all this is my first time posting anything in the forum. I wish I found out about this sooner as it is such a wonderful gathering place for aviation enthusiasts and information. I recently acquired this huge Snark model it's 76"in x 44"in wingspan made out of wood and...

Britain's Avro 730 supersonic bomber concept was the first kit produced by Fantastic Plastic. (It was released in October 2005). After being out of production for almost two years, I've brought it back as a new, improved model. Whereas the first kit was a simple "tabletop" model, Version 2.0...

The first model I did for Fantastic Plastic back in 2004 was the British Avro 730 bomber in 1/144 scale. Last year I was asked to re-visit the model. I completely rescribed it, added cockpit, landing gear and bomb bay details, and just generally improved the hell out of it. The first time...

Greetings All, I recently sent some review copies of my new magazine on commercial variants of the Martin Mars to Koku-Fan and Scale Aviation magazines in Japan. I subscribe to neither and I'm not sure if they will review it or not - certainly haven't received any orders from Japan yet. I...

Hi guys and gals!!! This is my last adventure, a model inspired by Bell-Boeing's QTR (Quad Tilt-Rotor), the successor to V-22. I call it StormWind, and this is what it looks like: It is mainly made of paper. Enjoy!!! Rafa BEHIND THE SCENES....... Found a couple...

I saw this site looking for future projects. Here is an Avro 730 I carved about 18" long plus a Supermarine Scimatar that I fancied having a model of. When I was last in the science museum in London I saw these sorts of models and wanted ones like them, the 730 is my first attempt the Scimatar...

Nostalgie look from 80s...numerous Popular Science artists' attempts to imagine real look of ATB. Most charming is impression of B-2 as semi-faceted design - already after DoD disclosure of B-2 drawing in 1988.