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Ditched into the North Atlantic
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
Lady Ruth – Gun Harmonisation in the Fields
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
November 1943 over Rabaul
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
American Spitfires over Anzio
USAAF pilot Maj. Garth Jared inspects his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc “Eleonor” at Anzio, Italy, late January 1944 – 1/144 scale vignette
Shangri-la
March 1945: two Corsairs of USS Shangri-la – 1/144 scale models
War-Weary Saviour
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.
Air Sea Rescue water vignette
Building a 1/144th scale water vignette with a scratch built life raft for an air sea rescue P-47D diorama
Scratch building a life raft for air sea rescue vignette
Modification of 1/144 resin figures and scratchbuilding a life raft from styrene.
Painting and weathering A war-weary P-47D
Painting and weathing a war-weary P-47D Razorback of 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron without decals in 1/144 scale
Building a war-weary Air Sea Rescue P-47 Razorback in 1/144 scale
Building an 1944 USAAF Air Sea Rescue P-47D Razorback from the 1/144 Eduard/Platz kit and scratch building dinghy packs and smoke markers
1/144 P-47D Thunderbolt kit (Platz / Eduard)
The top-class P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback and Bubble Top kits from Platz/Eduard in 1/144 scale – Kit review
Building P-51b “Princess Elisabeth” in 1/144 scale
wrapping the 1/144th scale kit from Sweet in aluminium foil …
Building the Akutan Zero Crash site
in 1/144th scale from the wonderful Sweet A6M2b kit …
Dauntless
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
Post War RAF Far East Air Force
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