Category: WW2 Era (1939-45)

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Arma Hobby to Release Line of New Tool Grumman Wildcat Kits

Arma Hobby has announced that their first project for 2020 will be the release of new tool Grumman Wildcat model kits in 1/72 scale.

The offerings will reportedly be released in three boxings, including an FM-2 Wildcat Expert Set (70031), Wildcat Mk VI Model Kit (70032) and FM-2 Wildcat Model Kit (70033). The project will also continue into the F4F-4 Wildcat version at some point.

The Expert Set has an expected delivery time of February/March 2020, while the remaining two kits will reportedly be released early in the second quarter of 2020. Additional details regarding the kit contents and marking options are currently scarce, but will be “given soon.”

In the meantime, some images have been released, additional examples of which can be seen below.

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AT-6G “Always Hangared, Ground-Up Restoration” Offered For Sale

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An “always hangared” North American AT-6G (N4269E) has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

North American AT-6G, Only 490 Hours Since Ground-up Restoration, 112 Hours on Engine Since IRAN with Overhauled Cylinders.

Specifically, the airframe is listed as having 490.3 hours since complete ground-up restoration (1994) and 1739.7 hours since ‘G’ conversion. The P&W R-1340-AN1 engine reportedly has 363.6 hours SMOH by Tulsa Aircraft Engines and 112 hours since IRAN with overhauled cylinders. Additional features include an avionics package, new canopy cover, fast throw ailerons, new wiring at restoration, new tires and annual inspection completed in October 2019.

The aircraft is located in Carson City, NV and is currently being offered for $240,000. Click here and here to check out complete listings.

(Photo: Tequask via Wikimedia Commons)

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Kermit Weeks Shares New Video Update on Messerschmitt Bf 108 Restoration

Fantasy of Flight owner Kermit Weeks has shared the December update on his Messerschmitt Bf 108 restoration project.

The latest video features Fantasy of Flight Restoration Specialist Paul Stecewycz providing an update on current work as well as a wrap-up of the year’s progress before ending with another personal insight into how he got started in aircraft restoration.

Click below to check it out.

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“Excellent Condition” Loehle 5151 Mustang Offered For Sale

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An “excellent condition” Loehle 5151 Mustang has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

Rotax 582 Electric Start, 162 total hour, airspeed, ALT, compass, tach, fuel gauge, water temp., dual EGT, Electric Trim, BRS, Com, 760 Radio, 3 Blade GSC Prop, Heel Brakes Retracts, Fuselage and Wings all Sitka Spruce. Always hangered in a climate controlled building.. 12 1/2 gallon tank. Excellent Condition! The aircraft is mostly made of Sitka spruce & aircraft plywood and covered with Poly-Fiber Finish.

The machine is located in McKean, Pennsylvania and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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ICM Releases New Tool 1/32 Gloster Gladiator Mk.I Model Kit

ICM has released its highly anticipated new tool Gloster Gladiator Mk.I model kit in 1/32 scale.

The kit (32040) utilizes “100% new molds” and is described as ICM’s very first attempt to release a 1/32 plastic of the type into the market. It reportedly includes a highly detailed engine and cockpit interior as well as four marking options.

Product Page ($75.99 ICM via AeroScale)

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Full-Scale Jurca Focke Wulf Fw 190 Offered For Sale

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A full scale, 2006 Focke Wulf Fw 190A (D-FWUB) has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

This is a Marcel Jurca 1:1 Scale built Focke Wulf featuring a 1380 P&W Twin radial engine producing 1180 HP. The AC has been built by a professionel Pilot over more than a decade and it has already starting flying ist test Programm. Over the last 3 years the AC underwent substantial improvements.

The aircraft’s total time is listed as 12, while the engine hot section time is 800. The machine is located in Lippstadt, NW Germany and is currently being offered for US $395,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.

Image: (B. Huber via Wikimedia Commons)

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Second Trailer Released For Top Gun: Maverick [Video]

Earlier today, Paramount Pictures released the new second trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun. Details about the plot were also included:

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

As reported when the first trailer was released, the new film will apparently focus on the F-18, although the familiar F-14 also makes an appearance, as does a P-51D Mustang.

Top Gun: Maverick is currently slated to hit theaters on June 26, 2020. Click below to check out the new trailer.

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Rebuilt C-45H Twin Beech 18 Offered For Sale

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A rebuilt C-45H Twin Beech 18 has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

’53 C-45H rebuilt from a ‘43 T-7 that served in Fairbanks, Alaska during WWII. 11,204 TT 201/311 SMOH annual done 4/19, props 6/16. New military-style paint, new windshield, nice 10- place interior, airstar cargo door, Narco 12D with GS, ValCom 760, King transponder with encoder, intercom, auto fuel STC, jack, tow bar.

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

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HK Models Releases New Tool B-17G (Early) Model Kit

Hong Kong Models has released its new tool B-17G Flying Fortress (Early Production) model kit in 1/48 scale.

As previously reported, the offering (01F001) is the manufacturer’s first kit in 1/48 scale and is described as easy to build with nice surface detail, sensible part engineering, beautiful markings and fantastic box art by Piotr Forkasiewicz.

It appears that marking options are included for two machines, including S/N 42-31353 “Queenie” of 322 BS/91 BG, and S/N 42-98008 “American Beauty” of 834 BS, 486 BG.

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Arma Hobby Releases New Tool Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc “Expert Set”

Arma Hobby has released the expert edition of their new tool Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc model kit in 1/72 scale.

The model’s design is said to maintain the rear fuselage shape, wings and tailplane of the company’s previous Mk I kit, with the rest being “an entirely new project.” This includes a longer fuselage before the cockpit, new fishtail exhaust, a new carburetor inlet, a new (longer) tropical filter cover, two variants of cannon barrels, a modified one-piece propeller design, enhanced landing gear bays with improved assembly of the undercarriage legs, and more. It appears that two livery options will also be included.

Eventually, the offering will be available three versions, including this Expert Set (70035), Model Kit (70036) and a Trop Model Kit (70037).

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