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Brickmania Releases 1/35 F-14 Tomcat LEGO Model Kit

Brickmania has released a new, limited edition 1/35 F-14 Tomcat LEGO model kit.

The offering (BKM1033) is based on the real-life VF-103 “Jolly Rogers” color scheme and reportedly includes 1,607 “new-condition” LEGO and BrickArms elements, a high-quality sticker sheet, and two pilot minifigures.

The model is described containing “an enormous number of cool features” including working landing gear, posable flaps / elevators, arrestor hook, a fully-detailed cockpit, functioning F-14 Tomcat wings, a display stand, two AIM-7 Sparrow and two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.

Click below to check out the product page and a video overview of the new kit.

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Curtiss Jenny Project With “Many Original Parts” Offered For Sale

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A Curtiss Jenny project is currently available for sale.

The aircraft was reportedly “rebuilt and improved structurally and mechanically in the Philippines” before being disassembled and brought to the US. The example is said to boast many original Jenny parts and is powered by “new 3.8 Ford motor.”

The Jenny, which currently “needs to be finished being put back together,” is located in Great Falls, Montana and is being offered for $39,999, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Eduard Releases New Tool Hawker Tempest Mk. V Series 2 Model Kit

Eduard has released their new tool Hawker Tempest Series 2 model kit in 1/48 scale.

The kit (82122) follows Eduard’s new tool Series 1 Tempest released in November and is offered as a ProfiPack edition with paint masks, pre-colored photo etched parts and Cartograf decals for six machines. The company also states that there are some improvements in the plastic frames.

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“Complete” 1957 C-130A Available for Trade

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A C-130A has been spotted for trade. The listing states:

ATTENTION MUSEUMS! • 1957 C-130A looking for trades complete aircraft with spares info and pics licensed restricted cat

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Restored, “Always Hangared” 1943 Stinson L-5B Offered For Sale

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A 1943 Stinson L-5B (N8224P) is available for sale. The listing states (in part):

Airframe: TT 732hrs; Engine: TT 732hrs Lycoming 0-435-1 Top overhaul 721hrs; chrome cylinders and new compression rings; New ACK model E-04 ELT; New ELT Battery {expires 6/29/23}; New Concord Battery; Annual 8/2018; Compressions 75/80 or better; New Brackett Air Filter, transponder and encoder check 8/2018; Many spare parts; Restored 1996 to 2005; Always Hangared; No Damage History Known; Avionics: Trimble TX 760D Comm, Bendix King KT 76A Transponder, New TCI Encoder, Dave Clark Intercom

The aircraft is located in Carnegie, PA and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Kermit Weeks Shares New, Two Part Video Update on Messerschmitt Bf 108 Restoration

For the latest installment of Fantasy of Flight’s Mechanic’s Corner, owner Kermit Weeks has shared a two part video update on the restoration of his 1936 Messerschmitt Bf 108.

Part 1 features restoration specialist Paul Stecewycz talking about the restoration of tail and wing components and demonstrating the operation of the mechanical trim wheel. In part 2 Stecewycz visits the large paint stripping booth to explain, then demonstrate, the process of plastic blasting the paint layers and filler materials off of the 108 wings.

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BAe Hawk T1 Fuselage With Mock Up Cockpit Offered For Sale

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A BAe Hawk T1 fuselage / cockpit has hit the market.

Details are scarce, but the offering reportedly consists of the center/rear fuselage with a fiberglass cockpit mock-up included. The offering is described as “ideal for a movie prop / museum display.”

The fuselage/cockpit is located in Ipswich, UK and is currently available for GBP 3,595. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Newly Restored P-39Q Performs First Engine Test in NZ [Video]

Pioneer Aero of Ardmore, New Zealand has announced that their P-39Q Airacobra project performed its first successful engine test earlier today.

As previously reported, the aircraft (42-20341) is based largely on an ex-Soviet Air Force P-39Q which was recovered around 1995, although it is also said to feature parts obtained from P-39Q 42-20341. The machine is reportedly owned by Jerry Yagen / Military Aviation Museum and is being restored to airworthy condition as USAAC 220341.

The company reports that high powers will be conducted later in the week “and who knows what after that.”

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RAAF Museum Mustang Performs Initial Ground Runs [Video]

The RAAF Museum’s CA-18 Mustang Mk 23 is reportedly one step closer to returning to the air with initial ground runs of its newly installed Packard Merlin engine.

This particular aircraft, A68-170 (now painted as A68-750), was transferred from No 7 Stores Depot to the RAAF Museum for display in 1970. It underwent restoration in the mid-1970s and was known as “Duffy’s Delight.” Another restoration followed in 1989 which saw every component of the aircraft disassembled and refurbished. The project lasted 10 years, which the Mustang returning to the air in February 1999.

In recent years, the Merlin engine was removed and sent to the UK for overhaul, and was returned to the airframe in late 2018. Click below to check out a video of the test conducted earlier today.

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“The Flying Machine” Winter 2019 Edition Now Available!

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