Category: WW2 Era (1939-45)

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Allison V1710-39 Engine For Sale: “Overall Good Condition, 99% Complete”

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An Allison V1710-39 V12 engine has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

For sale is an Allison V1710-39 V12 Aircraft Engine. The engine is in overall good shape, and is 99% complete. The engine does not have log books, and has been stored inside a climate controlled building for the last 45 years. This engine is for either P51 A models or P40s. This version of the Allison engine is the most desirable and collectible as it was used on frontline fighters in WWII.

The engine is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and is currently available for US $25,500, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the listing on eBay.

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Airfix Releases New Tool 1/24 Spitfire Mk.IXc: “Extraordinary Detail”

Airfix has released their highly anticipated new tool Spitfire Mk.IXc model kit in 1/24 scale.

The kit (A17001) includes early and late intakes and breech blisters, clipped wings, two elevator types, and an intricately detailed cockpit. Five marking options are also included which allows builders “to choose between Johnnie Johnson’s mount or something completely different, such as the French Air Force Reconnaissance Spitfire.”

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First Look: Revell’s New Tool 1/32 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB

Revell has released the first test build photos of their upcoming new tool Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB model kit in 1/32 scale.

At the moment additional details are limited, with the kit (04968) being described only as “highly detailed” with a “a detailed cockpit and a rotating propeller.” It is slated for release in early December.

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Full Scale, Static P-51 For Sale: “95% Complete”

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A fiberglass P-51 static display described as “full-scale, 95% complete” has been spotted for sale. The listing states:

P-51 mustang aircraft full scale replica. This replica was commissioned for the movie and television industry and put in storage it’s 95% complete it’s original design was meant to be on a pedestal for a museum or business or personal enjoyment for collectible and placed on a pole or some type of display it’s incredibly strong built with the best fiberglass workmanship available and a steel frame many parts replacement available a complete set of extra propellers complete extra spinner nose cone wing tips tail etc needs a little bit of fiberglass work and a paint scheme chosen and will provide many years of beautiful advertisement or display part. Well over $30,000 in man hours and materials invested sacrifice to a good home to get finished $6,500.

The P-51 is located in Carlsbad, California and is currently available for US $9,500, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the listing on eBay.

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Loehle 5151 Mustang For Sale: “162 Hrs, Always in Hangar”

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A Loehle 5151 Mustang has been spotted for sale. The listing states:

Loehle 5151 Mustang – Experimental – Rotax 582 Electric Start, 162 hours, airspeed, ALT, compass, tach, fuel gauge, water temp., dual EGT, Electric Trim, BRS, VAL. Com, 760 Radio, 3 Blade GSC Prop, Heel Brakes, Retracts, Fuselage and Wings all Sitka Spruce, Always in hangar, 12 1/2 – gallon tank.

The aircraft is located in McKean, Pennsylvania and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay, which includes a number of additional photos.

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Stearman 75-N-1 Fuselage For Sale

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A Boeing Stearman 75-N-1 fuselage has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

This is a Boeing Stearman 75-N-1 fuselage. Or a lot of it. Serial Number 75-6454 and Registration number N64385 ..This, like many Stearman was converted to a spray plane after service. Has tank, chute, lines,pump, etc to show for it. But this one, unlike many sprayers, seems to have stayed out of the power lines, telephone lines, trees, cliffsides and other obstacles over the years. Pretty much straight frame. Has a few broken welds. but most of tubular frame is nice. I bought this and many other old planes long ago in a package deal in an Estate deal. I have a folder on this that has FAA Bill of Sales from thru the decades. including up to my purchase.. Even have a 1959 annual inspection report that it passed.

The fuselage is located in Prescott, Arizona and is currently available for US $2,999. Click here to check out the listing on eBay.

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Allison V-12 V1710-35 Engine For Sale: “Zero Time on Rebuild”

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An Allison V-12 V1710-35 aircraft engine has been spotted for sale.

Details are limited, although the listing states that it has “zero time on rebuild.” According to the data plate pictured, its manufacturer’s number is 12466.

The engine is located in Wichita, Kansas and is currently available for US $37,500, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the listing on eBay.

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Titan T-51 Mustang For Sale: “Always Hangared, Hot Rod, Replica Dream”

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A 2010 Titan T51 Mustang, described as “a hot rod” that “sounds and looks as close to the real mustang as you’d imagine” has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

Replica Dream with Approximately 175 hours TTAF and first flew 2010. Engine and Prop about 51 hours since newly installed FWF. This aircraft has echoUAT SkyFYX-EXT ADSB in/out compliant. Following Options /Upgrades Installed: Engine crated Chevrolet LS376 6.2 Liter, 480 HP, V-8. Serial Number: W529127; Large Gear Legs three-inch retractable main landing gear; 13-gal aluminum fuselage fuel tank; Aft Secondary Battery Mount; Aluminum Pitot Tube; Aluminum Fuel Filler Necks; Aluminum Skin for Elevators and Rudder, Fiberglass Belly and Wing Root Fairings; T-51 LED Landing Light;…6 Simulated 50 Caliber Gun Barrels; New Canopy Cover

The aircraft is located in San Bernardino, California and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the listing on eBay.

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New Book Offers “The Complete Guide” to the P-38 Lightning

Author Richard A. Franks and Valiant Wings Publishing have released Airframe & Miniature No.19: The Lockheed P-38 Lightining described as “a complete guide to the ‘Fork-tailed Devil'”:

This is an 8″ x 11″ paperback of 256 pages. The P-38 Lightning has recently been the subject of several new model toolings in all scales. The latest Valiant Wings book will unpick all the different variants and colorful schemes. Includes 60+ pages of technical information 60+ pages of walk-around images and technical diagrams 8+ pages of camouflage and markings 25+ pages of model builds and modelling information 200+ photographs including wartime images Color side views and four-views by Richard J. Caruana 3D isometric views of all variants by Wojciech Sankowski Three specially commissioned extensive full kit builds in two scales by Steve A. Evans Bonus set of 1/48 scale plans

As the cover indicates, the book also covers the F-4 and F-5 variants of the type.

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“Full Scale, Ultimate” Spitfire Mk.IX Simulator For Sale

A “Full Scale Flight Simulator Cockpit” based on the Spitfire Mk.IX has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

After almost one whole year of construction, this 1:1 scale Spitfire cockpit simulator is now complete (further improvements currently being added regarding flaps lever, screen stand framework extension bars and integrated screen ceiling for even greater immersion)… Laser-cut metal instrument panel with functioning six-pack analogue gauge displays, which communicate with DCS software to give real-time flight system information. Unique rudder pedal and spade grip system designed to emulate the real workings of a Spitfire. 2.1 Speaker and subwoofer surround sound for replicating the authentic roar of the beautiful Merlin engine. Fully working switch/lever interfaces… External visual system using 3 x 65” screens with integrated pod ceiling for the ultimate in immersion… All powered by a state-of-the-art high performance gaming PC with an RTX 3080 graphics card, 32gb of ram and an i7 12700k CPU for beautifully rendered graphics and high framerates. Designed to be plug and play and user friendly.

The simulator is located in Littlehampton, UK and is currently available for £39,995, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the listing on eBay, which includes many additional photos and details.

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