1/144 scale, Imperial Japan, Mitsubishi A5M, Models & History, Pacific Theater, Type96

Four Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighters (Mitsubishi A5M4 “Claude”) of the Soryu Fighter Group (Imperial Japanese Navy) break away from their formation. In their colourful schemes, with sleek, gleaming silver wings, elegant lines, and innocently curved inverted gull wings, they appear almost like a motion study of a single aircraft, demonstrating all the beauty of a machine in flight. But it is the summer of 1939 in Japan, and these Claudes are training for a far darker purpose: to bring terror to the people of China and, soon, to spread war across the entire Pacific. –144 scale display

Mine Recovery, 1/144 scale, Allied, Models & History

25 November 1941 – A Universal Carrier crew from the 1st Polish Corps is towing a Mark XVII contact naval mine off a beach in Tayport, Scotland. – 1/144 diorama

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Hey Joe, Models & History, Ov-1 Mohawk, Small Scale History, Vietnam

The early days of the Vietnam War: Low over the dense jungle canopy, a U.S. Army OV-1 Mohawk slices through the humid air, its twin turboprops scattering a flock of startled parakeets. Below, concealed movement; above, relentless reconnaissance. Nearby, Jimi Hendrix unleashes a blistering solo, his wall of Marshall amps shaking the scene with raw electric force – 1/144 Vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Hawker Tempest, High Speed Silver, Models & History, Post War, Royal Air Force, Small Scale History

3 Squadron RAF was stationed at Airfield Wunstorf in Germany and operated Hawker Tempest Mk. V aircraft. They were part of the post-war RAF presence in Germany. – 1/144 super detailed scale model

1/144 scale, Allied, Civilain, Emil and Mammoth, European Theatre, Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt Bf-109E (Emil), Models & History, Vehicle

Battle of Britain: On 24 August at 15:45, Luftwaffe pilot Herbert Bischoff, 1st/JG52, crash-lands his Bf-109 E-1 “white 9” near Margate, Kent due to engine failure. The pilot is taken prisoner of war, the wreckage of his Emil is transported away on the flatbed of a civilian AEC Mammoth Major – 1/144 scratch-built AEC Mammoth Major 6 Mk II and the Beacon Models Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1.

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Axis, European Theatre, Fiat G.50bis Freccia, Models & History, Regia Aeronautica, Regia Aeronautica Italiana, Small Scale History, WW2

Heavily chipped Fiat G.50bis Freccia of the °20 Gruppo are maintained in Ursel, Belgium, in November 1940 to take part in the Battle of Britain. However, with little impact – 1/144 scale vignette.

Invasion Stripes, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, Models & History, Royal Air Force, Small Scale History, Spitfire MK IX

Somewhere in the UK, some day in june 1944. RAF personel paint or repaint invasion stripes on a heavily weathered Spitfire MK IX – 1/144 scale vignette

Models & History, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, P-47 Thunderbolt, Small Scale History, USAAF, War-Weary Savior, WW2

May 1944: An old P-47 Razorback armed with lifeboats and smoke markers circles above a ditched B-17 crew – the USAAF Air Sea Rescue unit detachment B of the 65th fighter wing, later known as the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron was born.

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

Afternoon of June 4, 1942: This Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, coming from USS Yorktown, is about to attack IJN carrier Hiryū. It’s the famous Battle of Midway – 1/144 scale vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Post War, Royal Air Force, South-East Asian Theatre, WW2

1945/1946 – After the end of the Pacific War, the RAF FEAF’s service was by no means over: Spitfire FR Mk XIVs of No.11 and No.273 Squadron over Singapore and Saigon – 1/144 scale models

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Axis, Eastern Front, Luftwaffe, Models & History, WW2

Bf-109F-4 of Gruenherzgeschwader, belly landed at Eastern Front in 1942 – 1/144 scale Vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, Models & History, Royal Air Force, WW2

September 1944, Fano, Italy: the ground crew of No 601 Sqn maintaining and reloading their Spitfires – 1/144 Vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, USNavy, WW2

October 1943: Pilot Lieut. J. R. Brownstein ditched „Fox 5“ of VC-13 aboard of USS Core into the North Atlantic Ocean – 1/144 scale vignette

Aircraft, 1/144 scale, Allied, Models & History, P-47 Thunderbolt, Pacific Theater, USAAF, WW2

Saipan, 1944: Ground personell of 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, 7th Air Force during gun harmonisation prozess on Republic P-47D-15-RA Thunderbolt 42-23289 “Lady Ruth” – 1/144 scale vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Axis, Imperial Japan, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

November 1943: The USS Saratoga, together with the USS Princeton, attacks the city of Rabaul, an important stronghold of the IJN forces, several times – 1/144 scale Models

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, Models & History, USAAF, WW2

USAAF pilot Maj. Garth Jared inspects his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc “Eleonor” at Anzio, Italy, late January 1944 – 1/144 scale vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

March 1945: two Corsairs of USS Shangri-la – 1/144 scale models