A reminder the spring swap meet is on 1st. APRIL at the Deanwater Hotel 7.30pm
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This is Ian Slaters Auster J/1N it’s electric powered and will carry a 6s 500 MAH lipo battery. The model will be finished in the scheme of the one in the picture, scale is 1/5 with a wingspan of 87 … Continue reading
Winter builds this is Jeff Box with his Pilatus Turbo Porter. It’s built from a Canadian kit 1/5 scale , wingspan 10′ 7″ ( 3.2 metres) Powered by a Wren 44 Turboprop turning a 24×8 prop, producing about 37lbs. of … Continue reading
The SE5 was considered by many pilots to be the best British single-seat fighter of World War One. Designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough. It was used by twenty four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal … Continue reading
A few new photos of models, the tail section from the Aerovan by Chris Challener and my Defiant, I’ve being doing the turret over xmas a break from balsa bashing. … Continue reading
Chris has sent some pictures of his progress with the Aerovan, as you can see he has put the windows in. And done some more sheeting around the nose area, it’s starting to look like the Aerovan and very much … Continue reading
This is a model of the Cessna182 Paul picked the kit up at our last swap meet, the kit had been started a few years ago but not touched since. The model is large 81 inch wingspan (2.05mtrs) lenth 64.4 … Continue reading
Another great winter build This time we have Terry Masons Mosquito here are some notes Terry sent me about his superb model. The model is of the Mk6 variant -cannons and machine guns in the nose. It is 115 inch … Continue reading
The Fairey Fulmar was developed as a matter of urgency from a light bomber design to give the Royal Navy an 8 gun -ala Spit/ Hurricane – fighter but with twice the ammo, 4 hour endurance and carrying an observer … Continue reading
The Defiant played a vital part through most of ww2, it fought over the beaches of Dunkirk and in The Battle of Britain. It was also used as a night fighter during the blitz. Pioneering electronic countermeasures and serving in … Continue reading