Eduard Releases New Weekend Edition Bf 109F-4 Model Kit
Included in Eduard’s new August releases is this Bf 109F-4 model kit in 1/72 scale.
The Bf 109F-4 was a refined 1941 version of Germany’s main WWII fighter, prized for its clean aerodynamics, strong climb, and responsive handling. Powered by a Daimler-Benz DB 601E engine, it carried a 20 mm cannon firing through the propeller hub and two 7.92 mm machine guns, serving widely on the Eastern Front, over the Channel, and in the Mediterranean.
Eduard’s new offering (7478) is a Weekend Edition kit featuring Eduard plastic parts and decals with marking options for four aircraft.
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Mooney M20K 305 Rocket Conversion For Sale: “STC S/N 001, Cheap”
A Mooney M20K 305 Rocket conversion has been spotted for sale.
According to the listing, N305PF is the first production 1981 Mooney M20K 305 Rocket conversion (STC serial 0001), a historically significant 305-hp TSIO-520NB-powered speed machine with long-range fuel, speed brakes, upswept wingtips, leather interior, and King KFC 200 autopilot; it previously won the Production Modified class in the 1997 Great Cross Country Air Race. The aircraft has 7,640 hours total time, 969 SMOH, and 439 hours since prop overhaul, but suffered a fuel-starvation, gear-up field landing after suspected fuel-tank sealant contamination; damage is reportedly limited to a bent three-blade McCauley prop, two broken fin antennas, and slight deformation of two belly formers, with no reported wing, gear, control-surface, cowling, tail, or major structural damage.
The aircraft is located in Howell, Michigan and is currently available for US $49,950, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the eBay listing, which includes additional photos and details.
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Eduard Releases Limited Edition, Dual Combo Fw 190A-8 and Fw 190D-9 Kit
Among Eduard’s new releases for August is a new limited edition, dual combo Fw 190A-8 and Fw 190D-9 kit in 1/48 scale.
The Fw 190A-8 was the principal late-war radial-engine “Anton,” entering production in 1944 with a BMW 801D-2 air-cooled engine, heavier protection and armament—normally two 13 mm MG 131 machine guns plus four 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon—and provisions for bombs, rockets, drop tanks, or high-altitude boost equipment; it was widely used in bomber interception, fighter, and fighter-bomber roles. The Fw 190D-9, the “long-nosed Dora,” was an aerodynamic, liquid-cooled Jumo 213-powered development intended to remedy the A-series’ declining high-altitude performance: its lengthened nose and revised rear fuselage housed a substantially more powerful engine, giving better climb and speed—about 430 mph under favorable conditions—while retaining a relatively lighter standard armament of two 13 mm MG 131s and two 20 mm MG 151/20s. In short, the A-8 was the rugged, heavily armed radial-engine workhorse, while the D-9 was the faster, higher-performing late-war interceptor and air-superiority variant.
The new kit (WILDE SAU Episode Three: Until the Fall of the Empire / 11199) includes Eduard plastic parts, pre-painted PE parts, painting mask, resin wheels and Eduard decals with marking options for 11 aircraft. The kit is focused on aircraft from JG 300, JG 301 and NJGr. 11.
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1946 Ercoupe For Sale: “In Annual, Runs Good”
A 1946 Ercoupe has been spotted for sale. Details are limited, although the listing states that the aircraft runs good and is in annual.
The aircraft is located in Parma, Idaho and is currently available for US $17,900 although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the eBay listing, which includes additional photos.
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Eduard Releases New P-40K Warhawk (Short Tail) With PE Details, Six Liveries
Eduard has released a new ProfiPACK Edition P-40K Warhawk (Short Tail) model kit in 1/48 scale.
The P-40K “Short Tail” was an early-production form of Curtiss’s Allison-powered P-40K fighter, distinguished by the original short rear fuselage shared with the P-40E and a prominent dorsal fin fillet ahead of the vertical tail, added to counter the stronger engine’s directional-instability and torque effects. Powered by a 1,325-hp Allison V-1710-73, it was among the fastest P-40 variants to that point—about 370 mph at 20,000 feet. It retained the type’s rugged fighter-bomber character, typically with six .50-caliber machine guns. Beginning with the P-40K-10, Curtiss adopted the longer rear fuselage used on later P-40Fs, making the earlier K-1 and K-5 series the “short-tail” machines familiar to historians and modelers; It is also known as the Kittyhawk Mk III for Commonwealth-operated examples.
Eduard’s new release (82243) includes Eduard plastic parts, pre-painted PE parts, painting masks, and Eduard decals with six marking options.
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Early Bird Jenny For Sale: “Beautifully Built, Flies Wonderfully”
An Early Bird Jenny (reduced scale Curtiss Jenny) has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):
Jenny replica beautifully built, flies wonderfully. Continental A 75 engine runs flawlessly and low time. A great way to learn taildragger flying in this airplane. Cheap to own and fly.
The aircraft is located in Simpsonville, South Carolina and is currently available for US $14,950, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the eBay listing, which includes additional photos and details.
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Airscale Announces Development of Bristol Blenheim Mk IV Kit
Airscale has announced the development of a Bristol Blenheim Mk IV model kit in 1/32 scale.
The Mk IV was the principal later version of the Blenheim light bomber, entering production in 1938 with a longer, redesigned glazed nose that gave the bombardier more room and visibility, plus added armor and more powerful 920-hp Bristol Mercury XV radial engines. Flown by a crew of three, it could carry roughly 1,000 lb of bombs and served widely with the RAF during WW2 in Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Far East. Although fast by mid-1930s standards, it was increasingly vulnerable to modern fighters and anti-aircraft fire as the war progressed.
Regarding the project, Airscale states
I am still refining the options, but there will be an early one with the single VGO drum fed gun and no canopy blisters, and the later one with twin Brownings and blisters – lots of marking options to choose from too and plenty of heroic airframes I started with the nose as if I can do that, I can do the whole airframe – it was challenging and took a few weeks, but the design is done and now it is a matter of working out the best way to split the transparent parts.
Release is planned for mid 2027. Click below to check out additional renders.
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1967 Piper Cherokee Six For Sale: “Immaculate, Current Annual”
A 1967 Piper Cherokee Six has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):
For sale is an immaculate 1967 Piper Cherokee Six Airplane low hours ( 470 since major overhaul ) 3 axes auto pilot… This airplane is owned by us outright there are no liens or money owed on it. We have all documentation, log books and it has a current annual inspection
The aircraft is located in Watertown, Connecticut and is currently available for US $249,000. Click here to check out the eBay listing, which includes additional photos.
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Jagdverband 44, the Me 262 and the Luftwaffe’s Mavericks
Coming soon from Osprey and author Robert Forsyth is Jagdverband 44: The Luftwaffe’s Mavericks, the dramatic story of Jagdverband 44, the squadron of aces founded by leading Luftwaffe pilot Adolf Galland equipped with the new Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
Jagdverband (JV) 44 was formed as a result of conflict and dissent within the Luftwaffe’s high command. Following disagreement with Reichsmarschall Herman Göring, the commander of the fighter arm, Adolf Galland, was dismissed from his post and exiled. He was given permission to set up a small fighter unit with which to prove that the revolutionary Me 262 was the war-winning jet fighter he believed it to be.
Assembling a small group of disillusioned and weary Luftwaffe fighter aces and flying instructors, Galland – arguably the most famous German fighter ace of World War II – moved his unit, JV 44, to Munich, from where it operated the Me 262 against USAAF aircraft bombing targets in Austria and southern Germany.
In this reappraisal of JV 44, published 30 years after his acclaimed and bestselling first study of the unit, leading Luftwaffe historian Robert Forsyth assesses Galland’s motives for forming the unit and whether it can be regarded more accurately as a ‘Squadron of Aces’ or a ‘Squadron of Outcasts and Exiles’. The book contains numerous first-hand accounts sourced by the the author during his research in the 1990s when he met with several former pilots from the squadron.
The 448 page book is currently available for pre-order in hardcover, audiobook and Kindle editions with release set for November 3.
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New Renders Detail Rare Birds Models’ Upcoming LeO H.246 Flying Boat
Rare Bird Models has released a series of renderings for their upcoming Lioré et Olivier LeO H.246 flying boat in 1/72 scale.
The H.246 was a French four-engine commercial flying boat developed in the late 1930s for Air France’s Mediterranean services, particularly routes linking southern France with North Africa. A high-wing parasol monoplane with a duralumin hull, it carried a crew of four and up to 26 passengers; its prototype first flew from Étang de Berre on 30 September 1937. Only six production aircraft were completed, and the war interrupted their intended civil role: examples served with Vichy French forces and, after capture, the Luftwaffe, while the surviving aircraft briefly returned to Air France service on the Marseille–Algiers route after 1945 before retirement in 1946.
The new renderings detail a “third possible option” representing F-AREN, which was captured by the Luftwaffe and used as a transport aircraft under registration 24+63. It was later deployed by KG200 in Norway. The armament includes 4 x MG15 in side positions and a MG13 in nose turret. As an additional option there will be 2 passenger salon interior versions – either with 11 x two stored stretchers or with 26 × seats for soldiers.
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