article Atlantic Anti-Submarine Camouflage Schemes (ASW) (1943–1945) It became clear during 1943 that the standard US Navy three-tone camouflage scheme—developed for operations in the Pacific—was not effective under the grey, overcast conditions of the Atlantic.…
article P-47 THUNDERBOLT PILOT USAAF 340th & 341st Fighter Squadron / 348th Fighter Group Aircraft HistoryBuilt by Republic. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-47D Thunderbolt serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped…
article US Air Force/Air National Guard 1968-1980 U.S. Air Force/Air National Guard. From 1968 onwards, it was a special command of the USAF charged with the defense of continental U.S. airspace, and existed between 1946…
article Tactical Air Command Camouflage 1947-1964 The Tactical Air Command was formed on 21 March 1946, a year before the USAF was established, and encompassed fighters, fighter-bombers, ground attackers, and other non-combat aircraft that could…
article Brewster F2A Buffalo Brewster Buffalo in 1/32 scale Marcel du Long This kit from Special Hobby isn’t unfortunately that special at all.The engineering, the panel-lines, the details etc… are pretty bad.Didn’t had much fun building this…
article Who is JM Villalba Juan Manuel Villalba is not just another modeler. He is one of those rare figures who completely change the way you see the hobby. Founder of JM Villalba Workshop, he…
article Workbench & Hobby Room WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION / BASIC PACKAGE for your start Basic list of Necessary materials and tools for the initial but also necessary organization and equipment of your workshop as a first…
article Photo-Reconnaissance Camouflage In the period 1942-1945, the USAAF was approached by a Boston paint manufacturer known as Samuel Cabot with a proposal for a new white Haze paint that allegedly rendered aircraft close to…
article Tactical Paint Camouflage.US Navy 1980 Concerns over the detectability of the LGG/IW scheme resulted in the development of so-called Tactical Paint Schemes from 1976, a process that took various years with final evaluations taking…
article Aegean Ghost Camouflage Inspired by the camouflage of the USN F-16N Aggressors, Ghost Gray or “Aegean Ghost” developed in the late 1980s, is the variant worn by all Greek F-16 Vipers, F-4E AUP Phantom…
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