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August 2014

29/08/2014
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The wait is almost over on AA27201 Vulcan, proposed for release 15.09.14.

The long awaited AA27201 Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 ‘Vulcan to the Sky’ Return to Flight October 2007 from Corgi is proposed for release week commencing 15th September. Pre-orders are still being taken on this 1:72 Scale model at £160.00. After the disbanding of the last Vulcan squadron in 1984 and the subsequent grounding of the Vulcan Display Flight in 1992, the skies over England were deprived of the unique sight and sound of the Avro Vulcan. This was rectified in October 2007 when after years of hard work the ‘Vulcan to... Read More

21/08/2014

New images added for HA2116 F-100C Super Sabre

New images have now been added for HA2116 F-100C Super Sabre SK-737 “Miss Mynookie”, 188th TFS New Mexico ANG Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam, 1968 from Hobby Master. This model is due for release at the end of October priced at £50.00. The F-100 was the first fighter to attain supersonic speed in level flight. With the new role as a fighter/bomber the F-100C had improvements over the “A” variant such as a strengthened wing with six hard-points to carry up to 5,000 pounds of bombs, rockets, fuel tanks or a Mk.... Read More

21/08/2014

New images added for HA3353 F-5F Tiger Desert Bogeys Fallon NAS

New images have now been added for HA3353 F-5F Tiger II BuNo 840456 VFA-127 Desert Bogeys Fallon NAS, Nevada from Hobby Master. Due for release the end of October priced at £50.00, pre-orders are still being taken. The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was produced in 1989 and about two-thirds of... Read More

21/08/2014

New images added for HA3352 F-5F Tiger II

New images have now been added for HA3352 F-5F Tiger II BuNo 761580, VFC-13 Fighting Saints Fallon NAS, Nevada, Feb 2011 from Hobby Master. Pre-Orders on this model are still being taken at £50.00 and this is proposed as a late October release. The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was produced... Read More

21/08/2014

New images added for the HA4501 F-15E Strike Eagle

New images have been added for the HA4501 F-15E Strike Eagle AF 90-0233, 391st FS Bagram AB, Afghanistan, 2012 from Hobby Master. Pre-orders on this model are still being taken and it is proposed as a late October release, priced at £70.00. In 1967 the U.S. became aware of the Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat. This made it necessary to develop a new aircraft to counter the MiG-25. The USAF rejected the USN F-14 Tomcat and issued its own requirements. The solution came in the form of the McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle.... Read More