Vintage aircraft and more

I've been a modeller since my early childhood, I'm interested in WW2 aircraft and other subjects connected with the history of warfare.

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb – ‘5403’, was manufactured by Canada Car and Foundry Company Limited in Langley, Canada, and served as a home based fighter with the RCAF 135 squadron from 1942 to 1945.

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Dassault MD.450 “Ouragan” of the Israeli Air Force above the Sinai desert, operation Kadesh, 1956. Original model from Valom, 1/72 scale.

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Junkers Ju-87B2 of the Royal Hungarian Air Force, model from Airfix, 1/72 scale. Got a Highly Commended award during the Scale Model Challenge in Holland.

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P-51 Mustang Mk. IV of the 303 (Polish) Squadron, model from Eduard, 1/72 scale

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Pilots of the Douglas SBD Dauntless routinely flew with their canopies open for improved visibility, cockpit cooling in hot Pacific climates, and to prevent their telescopic bombsights from fogging. It also provided an easier bail-out route if their carrier-based aircraft had to

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Fieseler Storch Fi-156. G-STCH - GM+A1

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Spitfire Mk.I s-n. R6690, code PR-Q of no. 609 Squadron RAF

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F4U-1D Corsair

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McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II of the Israeli Air Force, 69th “The Hammers” Squadron, Yom Kippur War, 1973

Model from Hasegawa, 1/72 scale.

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A-4N Skyhawk of the Israeli Air Force, Yom Kippur War, 1973. Model from Fujimi.

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Focke Wulf FW-190 A8, Royal Hungarian Air Force, 1944. Model by Eduard.

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RAF Duxford 1940

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX, the vintage model by Matchbox.

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I am starting to publish the images of my models pimped up by AI. Here's my AH-1F Cobra from Fujimi. All models are 1/72 scale.

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In early 1945, the Airforce of the NDH (Ustasha Croat state) began receiving the newest Bf 109G versions (G-6, G-10, G-14). One of the latter ones is depicted in this picture. The image has been remastered and colorized digitally.

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Junkers Ju-87B2/R2 of the Royal Hungarian Air Force. These aircraft were used for training the crews (thus the lack of the gunner's machine gun), which were meant to fly the newer D version. The image has been digitaly remastered and colorized.