article Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Engine study scaledR-2800 WASP ENGINE DOUBLEThe Double Wasp, an 18-cylinder, 2,800 cubic centimeter radial engineTechnical Specifications: 2,804 Cubic Centimeters• Speed Per Minute: 2,250-2,800• Weight: 2,360 pounds• First Execution: 1937• First …
Yiannis Mitzas
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article XF6F-1 HellcatΜετά την πρώιμη εμπειρία του Αμερικανικού Ναυτικού στον Ειρηνικό κατά τους πρώτους μήνες του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου και μετά από συνεννόηση με τις Συμμαχικές δυνάμεις στο ευρωπαϊκό μέτωπο, ο Grumman άρχισε να αναπτύσσει …
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MODEL DETAILS article Japanese Zero WreckAny self-respecting modeller. You have to creatively destroy a kit at some point, In this article I will try to help you give it a different look, playing with the …
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article The Akutan Zero is inspected by US Navy personnel on Akutan Island on July 11, 1942.The Akutan Zero, also known as Koga’s Zero (古賀のゼロ) and the Aleutian Zero, was a type 0 model 21 …
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article Wrecked Japanese zeroMitsubishi A6M Zero fighterA Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Model 21 takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi to attack Pearl HarborThe Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937. Attacks by Chinese fighter planes on …
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FG-1 Corsair 091″ 092″Many WW2 fighters that flew into battlefields were transformed into more advanced calipers. Egg type, such as the P-51D & P-47D. The earliest covers were, in terms of construction, the shape of …
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F-16 C Viper STAR 60th Anniversary 343 Fighter Squadron Hellenic Air Force Tamiya 1:48I was lucky enough to study this F-16 ‘505’ up close on its mount. In the 115th Fighter Wing in Souda. The …
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# Vought-Sikorsky XF4u-1 CORSAIR Bu.No.1443 PrototypeIn February 1938 the US Naval Aeronautical Bureau issued two requests for proposals for twin and single engine fighters. For the single-engine fighter, the Navy requested maximum speed and the …
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F4u-2(N) CORSAIR Night FighterHistoryIn late 1941 , before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and some seven month before the first production F4U-1 made its initial flight, the Navy expressed an interest in the development …
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P-47D-3-RA Thunderbolt, 42-22607, Naughty Nadine LIEUTENANT (I) JOHN LOLOS 341st FS, 348th FGTAMIYA 1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt When the book of my friend Dimitris Vassilopoulos fell into my hands. (Greeks in foreign cockpits) I saw for …