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A 1938 Fairchild Model 24K has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

Engine/Prop: Ranger L-440-5; HP: 175; TT: 140 (Since Restored)… N#: NC19189; SN: 3304; No Damage History, Always Hangared, Recent Annual, Logs Complete… Avionics / Equipment / Modifications: No ADS-B. Masterfully restored to perfection. One of a kind. Multi-award winner. Spare 0-Hour 200HP Ranger Engine. Box of Spare Parts and Book detailing the planes history included. Records Dating to 1938.

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

Eduard has released a new tool, dual combo Sopwith Camel model kit in 1/48 scale.

The limited edition offering, dubbed “Camel & Co.” (11151) includes Eduard plastic parts for two aircraft as well as pre-painted photo-etched details and a painting mask. Eduard decals with ten marking options (including two fictional Biggles liveries) are also included:

J4613, Capt. James Bigglesworth (No. 266 Sqn RFC); J1936, Capt. James Bigglesworth (No. 266 Sqn RAF); 83889, Capt. Clive F. Collett, (8 Flight, No. 70 Sqn RFC); 87190, Capt. Walter G. R. Hinchliffe (C Flight, No. 10(N) Sqn RNAS); 83893, Capt. Arthur R. Brown (No. 9(N) Sqn RNAS); N6377, Capt. Harold F. Beamish (No. 3(N) Sqn RNAS); Capt. Henry R. Clay Jr (41st Aero Squadron USAS); C6713, Capt. D’Urban Victor Armstrong (No. 151 Sqn RAF); C1555, Capt. Francis L. Luxmoore (No. 78(HD) Sqn RFC); F1471, (185th Aero Sqn USAS).

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A Stearman project as well as a large collection of related parts has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

I have one Stearman Project with new wing and center section kits, new stringers (top, bottom and sides), including 4 different engines: Two 300 Lycomings, one R-985 PNW and one 440 horse Wright Engine.I have everything from carburetors, magnetos, governors, enough wing hardware for two airplanes, several stabilizers, front and back cockpit cowling, two to three firewalls, new old stock landing gear, tons of wheel and brake parts, landing gear scissors, all kinds of motor mounts for the engines, several BT-13 dishpans, hundreds of fuselage clamps, a multitude of instruments, extra wheels, two 2D-30 props, one windshield, complete sets of Cobain Struts plus extras, complete set of N-Struts, complete set of flying wires, elevators, front and back throttle quadrant, new wood wing kits, two fins, one fuel tank, seats, front and back sticks, all rudder/tail wheel cables and complete trim tab setup. Gear leg farings and many faring attachments.

The project / collection is located in Auburn, California and is currently available for US $80,000, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the listing on eBay, which includes additional photos and details.

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A Curtiss JN4 Jenny project has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

Curtiss Jenny 1918 Project: New wood kit for wings and Fuselage, Two Engines OX5, New Radiator, New Mount, New Prop, New Cowing, Spear Cylinders, Some Gages, All the Blue Prints for Stander JN 4 and a Canuck, And much more two many parts to list.

The project is located in Auburn, California and is available for US $80,000, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

Fonthill Media and bestselling author Justo Miranda have released the new title Fighters of the Dying Sun which is described as “a previously unpublished compilation of forty-two advanced fighters developed in Japan during the Second World War.”

The first B-29 flew over Tokyo on 1 November 1944. It was a photographic reconnaissance aircraft ironically named ‘Tokyo Rose.’ The Ki.44 fighters of the 47th Sentai took off to intercept it but as it turned out the Superfortress flew at such an altitude and speed that they could not reach it. The Ki-44-II-Otsu had been specifically designed for this type of interception and could reach the astonishing rate of climb of 5,000 m in four minutes; however it was not good enough. During the following ten months, a devastating bombing campaign of thousands of Superfortresses destroyed 67 Japanese cities and half of Tokyo. [continue reading…]

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A 1941 Aeronca Chief has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):

restoration done 2009, good compression, fresh annual, new tail wheel, new floor, fabric, gas-tanks, interior, newer mags and harness

The aircraft is located in Greenleaf, Wisconsin and is currently available for US $22,000, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the listing on eBay.

Airfix has released their new tool DH Mosquito B Mk.XVI model kit in 1/72 scale.

The offering (A04023) represents the the final major bomber variant of the type and reportedly utilizes “all the latest design and manufacturing technologies available” to the team. It includes plastic sprues and decals with two marking options: B.XVI ML963/8K-K of RAF No.571 Squadron, No.8 (Pathfinder) Group and B.XVI ML957/HS-D, RAF No.109 Squadron.The kit includes 161 parts and has a wingspan of 229 mm.

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Guideline Publications and author Ken Darling have released Warpaint Special No. 5, which focuses on the North American P-51 Mustang and its derivatives.

The title reportedly boasts over 200 images (some never seen before), 16 pages of color profiles, 2 page scale plans and 4 pages of detailed aircraft used by various units. It is supported with artwork by John Fox.

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LukGraph has released images of their forthcoming 1/32 Albatros C.III model kit, which is “dedicated to all fans of World War I aviation.”

Details are limited at this point, although the company previously noted that Erwin Böhme’s famous machine with two dragons will be featured on the cover box and that the kit’s Mercedes D III engine will also be made available separately.

Click below to check out a selection of the newly released images.

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