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Revolutionary in its design, the I-16 was the world’s first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such “introduced a new vogue in fighter design. Developed in the N.N. Polikarpov Design Bureau, the I-16 took…
The Mitsubishi A7M1 Reppū (烈風, “Strong Gale” – Allied code named “Sam”) was the intended replacement for the famous Zero. Design work began in 1942 for a new fighter powered by a 2,200 hp engine. Strangely, the Navy decided…
BAPTISÉ Jack II par les Américains, cet avion d’un remarquable dessin aérodynamique remplaça les célèbres Zeke-52 Zéro, dont la vitesse de pointe était devenue insuffisante par rapport à celle des derniers appareils américains. Comme tous les chasseurs japonais, le Raiden-11 faisait preuve d’une étonnante maniabilité.…
The finished model: The scene: While on his way to Milan for an engine overhaul and a bit of R&R, Porco is the victim of a sneak attack by Donald Chuck and his modified blue R3C-0. Chuck swoops in…
Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚 Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit. Crimson Pig) is a 1992 Japanese animated comedy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai (“The Age of the Flying Boat”), a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki. Toshio Suzuki produced the film. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and…
Tintin in the Congo (French: Tintin au Congo) is the second volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children’s supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from May 1930 to…
Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚 Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit. Crimson Pig) is a 1992 Japanese animated comedy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai (“The Age of the Flying Boat”), a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki. Toshio Suzuki produced the film. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and…
Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚 Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit. Crimson Pig) is a 1992 Japanese animated comedy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on Hikōtei Jidai (“The Age of the Flying Boat”), a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki. Toshio Suzuki produced the film. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and…
The finished model: The story: It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s SUPERMARINE S.7! I love building scale models, but one glance at the main topics of my modelling blog and you should be able to tell that I chose…
The finished model: The scene: Working as a part-time mechanic while putting himself through flight school, Shin Kazama meets a sixteen-year-old Ryoko Tsugumo for the first time. After a slight case of mistaken identity, Ryoko convinces her father, Zenzo Tsugumo to…