This is my build of a Royal Navy Phantom F4K in 1/32 scale - a build that requires quite a lot of adaptation of the venerable Tamiya F4J kit.
In 1964 the Royal Navy replaced its Sea Vixens with a modified version of the Phantom F4J. The original General Electric engines were replaced with Rolls Royce Spey turbofans to allow operations from US carriers. The larger Spey engines required subtle but significant changes to the airframe - primarily larger intakes, a broader body and larger exhausts. They also...
A beautiful kit of the flying wing produced by the Nazis at the end of WW2...
Built from a truly horrible snap-together Revell kit from the 70s - this van was originally a Charlie's Angels tie in.
Instead it became a post-apocalyptic zombie van, with metallic paint and deep-pile shag replaced with heavily rusted exterior, scratch built seats in the back and a great big zombie bar on the front.
Great fun to do - and not a Farrah Fawcett blonde flick in sight!...
Excerpt textReally looking forward to this build – it’s a great story to tell of Flying Officer Arnold Hallas. He came from Burton and was sadly killed when he was flying Spitfire IX NH231 coded UF-A with 601 Sqn on the 30th April 1945.
His is believed to be the last Spitfire lost in the European Theatre, and I jumped at the chance to help the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum down at Manston in Kent with their display to show Arnold’s Spitfire as it was before his...
