Category: WW2 Era (1939-45)

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Tiger Moth Project Offered For Sale

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A Tiger Moth project has hit the market. The listing states:

The wings are off and have been recovered. The rear tail section has been recovered including the elevators & rudder! The fuselage needs recovering, yes it’s got a canopy as well as brakes!

The engine was started six months ago and has about 130hr to run. All ADs are complete on the engine!

The Australia-based aircraft is located in “Burpengary Qld in between Caboolture & Redcliffe Airport Qld” and is currently available for AU $35,000 (about US $24,806.25), although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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New Video Details Ongoing Restoration of Kermit Weeks’ Seversky P-35A

Fantasy of Flight owner Kermit Weeks has posted a new video update on the restoration of his rare Seversky P-35A.

In the video, Paul Stecewycz offers a brief overview of previous updates before explaining the next phase of the project, which will see the wings going into wing fixtures and the beginning of wing skin removal by FoF sheet metal specialist Rick Reeves. This process serves as the starting point for “fully striping the wings, examining the status of the components, and proceeding to do what is necessary to completely restore both wings to new condition.”

The new update is reportedly a prelude to the next update, “which will take you through the restoration and fabrication process, following a single wing skin from removal, to fabrication, to finishing, to placement back on the wing.”

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Special Hobby Announces Liveries for Upcoming New Tool Sunderland V Kit

Special Hobby has revealed the four marking options to be included in their highly anticipated new tool Short Sunderland Mk V model kit.

The 1/72 offering (SH72162) will reportedly contain liveries for ML796, NJ177 and PP117, as well as SZ566, which was flown by Vaclav Bergman in Singapore during the Korea War and is featured on the box art shown above. The marking options appear to represent post-war machines, which is reflected in the kit’s “Fighting Commies” release title.

As previously reported, the company describes the product as “a brand new model, yes just ours – no cooperation with anyone else.” It is currently slated for release in April.

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1943 SNJ-4 Project Offered For Sale

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A 1943 North American SNJ-4 project has hit the market.

The machine has reportedly amassed only 38 hours since complete airframe overhaul while the Pratt & Whitney 1340 engine has 1000 SMOH. The listing states that the “pilot landed on dirt and flipped,” with the aircraft sustaining “damage to cowling, canopies, roll over structure, vertical, rudder, left wing, prop strike.”

Photos identify the machine as S/N 88-13243 / N243CC. It is located in El Cajon, California and is currently available for $100,000, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Eduard Announces Development of Spitfire Mk. Vb, Additional Variants

Eduard has shared a series of images suggesting that a new line of 1/48 Spitfire kits is in the works. In a recent post, the company states:

Láďa Jonáš is finalizing the design of a Spitfire Mk. Vb. Other Spitfire versions – Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.Va, Mk.Vc, Seafire as well as Spitfires Mk.VI and Mk.VII, are also a part of the project.

At the moment additional details, including a time frame for release, have not yet been announced. Click below to check out additional images.

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“Excellent” Condition WW2 Norden Bombsight Offered For Sale

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An example of the Norden bombsight, described as “perhaps the most iconic ww2 aircraft component,” has hit the market.

The artifact is touted as original and in excellent condition, with no noticeable flaws apart from a section of the data plate being marked out. It reportedly comes complete with stand and is located in Santa Rosa, California.

The bombsight is currently being offered for US $7,995.99 although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Eduard Releases First Test Shots of Upcoming New Tool P-51 Kit

Eduard has released the first test shots of their upcoming new tool P-51D Mustang model kit in 1/48 scale.

The company states that they successfully tested the first two of six tools needed for production. The early test provided a “nice result with some flashes, but without shrinkages.” It is expected that the next test will move both tools “very close to production status.”

As previously reported, the kit makes use of “every technological innovation” at Eduard’s disposal and will initially be released as a ProfiPACK edition, followed by limited edition releases that will be theme related.

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Restoration of Spitfire AA810 Begins

The Spitfire AA810 Project has begun restoration of the PR.IV flown by Alastair “Sandy” Gunn of 1 PRU RAF.

As previously reported, the machine departed RAF Wick in Scotland for a photo reconnaissance mission to Trondheim, Norway on March 5, 1942. During the flight, Gunn was forced to bail out after being shot down by two Messerschmitts of Jagdgruppe Losigkeit near Surnadal. Gunn became a POW and took part in The Great Escape in 1944, but sadly was recaptured and executed.

The remains of the Spitfire were recovered in July, with “some 70% of the aircraft” remaining intact. It will now receive a full restoration to airworthy status and will reportedly incorporate a significant amount of original material. The Project has enlisted Airframe Assemblies to provide CAA Part 21 services and Kennet Aviation for Part 23 and 25 services. Continue reading Restoration of Spitfire AA810 Begins

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Flight Replicas Provides Update on Upcoming Bf 109 G-6, HA-1112

Flight Replicas has shared an update on their upcoming Rolls Royce-powered HA-1112 Buchon for FSX and P3D.

The developer states that the project is taking “a little longer to complete” as it was decided to do the original Spanish Ejército del Aire version of the aircraft, which are nearing completion. The more modern examples of the aircraft are reportedly “ready for delivery.”

As previously reported, Flight Replicas is also developing a Bf 109 G-6, the “basic” mid-production version of which is now complete. According to the update “the only items remaining are to bring the other versions (eg. early and late production, etc.) up to the same standard.”

If all goes well, release of the new machines “shouldn’t be too long now.”

Click below to check out new, WIP screenshots of the Buchon.

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“Museum Quality” Ryan PT-22 Offered For Sale

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Ryan PT-22 N46503 (S/N 1290) has hit the market.

The listing states that the machine has an airframe TTSN of 2,887 hrs, while the Kinner R-55 engine has 196 hrs SMOH by Antique Aero Engines. Additional features reportedly include a King KY-97A Nav/Comm (hidden), PTT Intercom, ELT, as well as “new wing spars at time of restoration.”

The aircraft is located in central Florida and is available for $97,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: SDASM Archives [Public Domain] via Wikimedia Commons)