Thursday, October 24, 2013

F-35A Lighting ll



After a very good and detailed Fujimi model now we have an alternative, great news Italeri!




F-35A Lighting II
100% NEW MOULDS

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, result of the Joint Strike Fighter program, is the most advanced expression of military aircraft to perform close support and ground attack duties.  Its extreme flexibility makes it suitable also to the "dogfighting" and to carry out missions of air superiority. The F-35 is a  "Fifth generation jet fighter, with advanced stealth capability, that intended to replace a wide range of existing fighter , strike and ground attack aircraft  of the Western Countries Air Forces. The development project  is based on three main models: the F-35A is a convention take off and landing aircraft, the F-35B is a short take off an vertical landing variant, and the F-35C is a carrier based variant. Thanks to its external wing supports and its internal bays the “Lightning II” is able to carry a wide variety of offensive weapons such as clusters bombs, laser-guided and GPS-guided bombs, air-to-surface missiles and anti-ship missiles.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Panzerkampfwagen PzKpfw II

































The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II (abbreviated PzKpfw II).
Although the vehicle had originally been designed as a stopgap while larger, more advanced tanks were developed, it nonetheless went on to play an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. The Panzer II was the most numerous tank in the German Panzer divisions beginning with the invasion of France. It was used in both North Africa against the British and on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_II

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

MiG-23ML

MiG-23ML (Ex-Iraqi AF) Photo Gallery


On August 30, 2009 the Iraq Defense Ministry revealed that they had discovered 19 Soviet Mig-21 and Mig-23 aircraft that had been stored in Serbia. Saddam Hussein sent the 19 jet fighters to Serbia for repairs in the 1980s, during the Iran-Iraq war but was unable to bring them back after sanctions had been imposed on his country. The Serbian Government promised to make two of the aircraft available "for immediate use," and would proceed to restore the remaining aircraft on a rush basis... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force)




Mig-23ML Walkaround





























Roden New Tool Convair B-36 "Peacemaker"

Brand New 1:144 scale   Convair B-36B "Peacemaker"  http://www.roden.eu/ Really looking forward to it...  enjoy this...