The finished model: In the comics: Lt. Johnny (Flying) Cloud, aka “The Navajo Ace”, first appeared in the DC Comics All-American Men of War #82 (1960). A member of the Navajo, Flying Cloud was named after a cloud resembling an Amerindian…
Ponyo (Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, literally “Ponyo on the Cliff”), initially titled in English as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena…
The finished model: The scene: Shin’s F-20 Tigershark vs. Kanzaki’s F-18… in the final fight… to the death. That’s it. Check out the original manga scene from the FINAL Chapter 172 “Battlefield of Sand” here: The story: Really… what is…
The finished model: The scene: In a flashback scene, Mickey recalls his time in Vietnam. After a crash landing closes the flight deck of his aircraft carrier, Mickey’s squadron of F-14A Tomcats is diverted to a Marine airbase in Da…
The finished model: The scene: The mercenaries are on a mission to destroy an enemy supply base. As they fly in for a low-altitude bombing run, they are shocked by a deadly surprise – The Fang. The defensive perimeter barrier…
The finished model: The scene: After her father instructs her to return to Japan, Ryoko and Taeko book a flight on MacGregor airlines after all the Yamato Airlines flights are sold out. At the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris,…
DANS les années qui précédèrent la guerre de 1939-1945, les Italiens construisirent d’excellents appareils de bombardement. En revanche la ” Regia Aeronautica ” ne comptait que des chasseurs de faible valeur (le Fiat C-50, notamment). Les constructeurs établirent de nouveaux plans, mais comme…
The finished model: The scene: Shortly after the destruction of the Desert Carrier, the remains of the Area 88 pack up and head off to the base in Greece to regroup. While training in a loaner F-5A Freedom Fighter, Shin…
In October 1940, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) rejected the Toryu’s predecessor, the original prototype Ki45, but followed the rejection with orders for performance improvements on the design. The Kawasaki company, at one point ready to give up any hope…
MIS en chantier en 1940, le fameux Mitchell entra en service l’année suivante, mais au compte-gouttes ; si bien que lors de l’entrée en guerre des États-Unis, en 1941, seules quelques escadrilles continentales possédaient des B-25. Pourtant sa construction devait être poussée activement par…