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From November 1941, beginning in the Libyan desert, it had to face a new formidable opponent: the new Regia Aeronautica Macchi C.202Folgore. The Italian aircraft proved superior to the Hawker fighter(112] and, thanks to its excellent agility and a new, more powerful inline engine licence-built by ..

From November 1941, beginning in the Libyan desert, it had to face a new formidable opponent: the new Regia Aeronautica Macchi C.202Folgore. The Italian aircraft proved superior to the Hawker fighter(112] and, thanks to its excellent agility and a new, more powerful inline engine licence-built by ..

This set provides the markings for James Nicolson VC's during the Battle of Britain. The Underwing Roundels were introduced in August 1940. Nicolson's action took place on the 16th August and it is left to the modeller to decide whether the underwing roundels should be used. Decals are provided for ..

Nightfighters were were sprayed matt black on the undersideThe Hurricane II armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispanos become the Mark IIC, using a slightly modified wing. Most mark II were built as able or converted to carry external stores. By then performance was inferior to the latest German figh..

Nightfighters were were sprayed matt black on the undersideThe Hurricane II armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispanos become the Mark IIC, using a slightly modified wing. Most mark II were built as able or converted to carry external stores. By then performance was inferior to the latest German figh..

During 1940 two camouflage patterns were used; Type A for aircraft with serial numbers ending in even numbers and Type B for aircraft with serial numbers ending in odd numbers. During Mid 1941 only type A was supposed be used. See our mask TNM-M131 for Pattern A but mixed schemes continued to appear..

Gleed flew Hurricanes in France. 87 Squadron suffered significant casualties during the first week of the battle.Gleed proved himself an exceptional pilot. During the Battle of Britain, 87 Squadron was part of 10 Group, based at Church Fenton and later Exeter. Gleed was promoted to squadron leader a..

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Flown by Adolf Galland this scheme is sometimes portrayed in an upper surface three tone camouflage, but third colour (RLM 61) was applied only after the plane was handed over from 3 to the Nationalist Gruppo de Cadena 4-G-2. Galland had the Maltese Cross as a personal symbol during the Spanish Civi..

The operational scheme of the Typhoon remained fairly uniform while in service. Variations are seen mainly on the right side. We have provided several overlays for the modeller to accommodate these variations. In addition, there are 2 types of Wing insets to allow for a variation on this piece. Thes..

Physically, the Tempest II was longer than the Tempest Mk.V The weight of the heavier Centaurus engine Performance was improved; maximum speed was 442 mph (711 km/h) at 15,200 ft (4,633 m) and climb rate to the same altitude took four and a half minutes compared with five minutes for the Tempest Mk..

During 1940 two camouflage patterns were used; Type A for aircraft with serial numbers ending in even numbers and Type B for aircraft with serial numbers ending in odd numbers. During Mid 1941 only type A was used. See our mask TNM-M010 for Pattern A.We have tried to faithfully represent the schem..

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is the first of the Harrier Jump Jet series of aircraft. It was developed in the 1960's as the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities and the only truly successful V/STOL design of ..

The F4F, known in British service as the Martlet, was taken on by the FAA as an interim replacement for the Fairey Fulmar. Navalised Supermarine Spitfires were not available because of the greater need of the Royal Air Force. In the European theatre, its first combat victory was on Christmas Day 1..

The British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) received 1,263 F6Fs under the Lend-Lease Act; initially it was known as the Grumman Gannet Mark I. The name Hellcat replaced it in early 1943 for the sake of simplicity. The F6F-3 being designated Hellcat Mk.I, the F6F-5, the Hellcat II. The camouflage pattern varied..

During the Winter War, the Finnish Air Force (FAF) obtained 30 Mk II fighters from the UK. Ten of the aircraft were donated while the other 20 were bought by the FAF; all were delivered during early 1940. The Finnish Gladiators served until 1945 but they were outclassed by modern Soviet fighters dur..

The Gladiators that survived the Winter War were gradually repainted in the Finnish scheme of forest green/black with light grey or blue under surfaces. During the Continuation War the yellow eastern front markings were applied to the fuselage, engine cowling and wing tips.Please check your refere..

This aircraft was flown by Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle, DFC & Bar (3 July 1914 - 20 April 1941). He was known as Pat Pattle and was a South African born Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF).This pack depicts an aircarft of No 80 Sqn. Amriya, Egypt 1940.T..

This aircraft was flown by 607 Squadron. Still equipped with Gladiators, the squadron was deployed to France as the Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force in November 1939. During the Battle of France, the squadron operated from various locations, including Saint-Inglevert. In March 1940, ..

This aircraft was flown by no 72 Sqn in 1938 and was finished in doped silver...

These shapes are provided to help the modeler mask non-standard camouflage patterns normally found on German aircraft.We also provide mottling masks, insignia and other shapes.Any products (models, paints etc) shown in photos are not included...

While the factory camouflage scheme was common to most production versions of the Dora series, there is a lot of debate as to machines at the end of the war. 1945 was a difficult time for production and a lack of resources led to many variations. Field adaptations to keep aricraft servicble also led..

The aircraft depicted using this scheme was flown by Walter Kohne. He flew combat over western Europe up to the end of the war achieving a total of thirty kills, the majority of which were B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers.The standard camouflage scheme of this Fw 190A-8 is supplemented by Defence of t..

The aircraft that used this pattern was flown by Ernst Schroder in October 1944. In November the II. Gruppe marking disappeared under the 900 mm wide red fuselage band on the rear fuselage.For alternative patterns, please see our standard A series (TNM-M000) or other pattern A8 masks.This set in..