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The Black Island (French: L’Île noire) is the seventh 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…
The finished model: The video The scene: Rocky is back from the dead! After seemingly perishing while playing A Game of Chicken by ramming a T-62 tank with a jeep in Chapter 009 “The Horizon of Anger”, Rocky is found…
LE Mustang P-51 B fit son apparition en Europe en 1942, lorsque les Britanniques, qui venaient d’en être pourvus, l’utilisèrent comme chasseur et avion de reconnaissance photographique. Cet appareil était le P-51 A, à moteur Allison de 1.000 C.V., et…
CET appareil, dû à l’ingénieur Kurt TANK, fut produit en 1941 et mis, en service dans la LUFTWAFFE au cours de la même année. Construit dans treize usines différentes dont les principales se trouvaient à Marienburg, Halberstadt, Wismes, Cassel, Sorau…
The finished model: The video The scene: It’s time for the great escape! After spending weeks undercover in occupied neighbouring Brasia, Sera and Kim, with the help of the Brasian resistance movement, is finally ready to attempt a daring move…
The Castafiore Emerald (French: Les Bijoux de la Castafiore) is the twenty-first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised weekly from July 1961 to September 1962 in Tintin magazine. In contrast to the previous Tintin books,…
The finished model: The video The scene: As the team settles in to their new home at the Area 88 Mountain Base, Mickey and the rest of the American pilots celebrate the Fourth of July. Meanwhile, in New York Kanzaki…
The finished model: The video The scene: In a touching sidebar story, we meet Area 88’s luckiest pilot, Carlyle Benditz on his last day at the base. Despite having survived his 3-year mercenary contract – quite literally without a scratch…
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Captain Herbert Von Richter, the so-called Black Knight of Berlin, despite being a Luftwaffe ace is also a man of chivalrous knight of old – preferring not to shoot down an already disabled plane.
The finished model: The video The scene: On Kanzaki’s last flight before becoming a full-fledged Yamato Airlines pilot, he’s forced to fly without the use of an auto-pilot. When the B747-200 he’s piloting strays slightly off course, he learns the…
The finished model: The video The scene: During the invasion of Tanduria, Project 4 ground forces “Trapper” call in “Hawkeye” a MiG-21 to swat down a pesky fly… a RA-5C Vigilante recon plane from Area 88 that is getting intel…
LE Warhawk dérivait du fameux chasseur Curtiss P-36 Hawk, dont il conservait la voilure et le fuselage. Un nouveau moteur ainsi qu’un capotage-avant entièrement redessiné avaient transformé l’appareil et lui fournissaient une vitesse de pointe supérieure. Il fut commandé en série par la…
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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 video 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……
The finished model: The video 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…
The finished model: THE VIDEO: 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…
The finished model: The video 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…
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 video 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…
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…
The finished model: The video The scene: One of the most tense flight scenes in the manga. After the Anti-Government Forces destroy an Asranian oil refinery, Saki has no choice but to authorize an extremely risky mission to capture one…
The finished model: The video The scene: Having been discharged from his mercenary contract with the Royal Asran Air Force, after successfully transported King Zak into exile in France, Shin is at somewhat of a loss as to what to…
CET appareil eut une destinée extraordinaire. En mars 1942, un Me-262, doté d’un train tricycle, effectuait son premier vol. En 1943, à la suite d’un rapport du général des chasseurs allemands Galland, enthousiasme par les performances de cet avion, la LUFTWAFFE…
LES Américains, qui avaient compris déjà bien avant la dernière guerre l’utilité des appareils de ” grosses charges “, possédaient en 1940 une certaine expérience de ce type d’avions. Mais à part quelques B-17, il y en avait fort peu en service. Aussi,…
LE Wildcat fut le premier monoplan de la firme Grumman. Il avait été conçu en 1935, en même temps qu’un biplan qui possédait déjà un système de roues escamotables dans le fuselage. Le Wildcat fut livré à la RAF à partir de 1941, où…
RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE par sa conception, l’I-16 fut le premier chasseur monoplan cantilever à aile basse et train d’atterrissage rétractable au monde à atteindre le statut opérationnel, inaugurant ainsi une nouvelle mode dans la conception des chasseurs. Développé par le bureau d’études…
LE Mitsubishi A7M1 Reppū (烈風, « Fort Gale » – nom de code allié « Sam ») était le remplaçant prévu du célèbre Zero. Les travaux de conception commencèrent en 1942 pour un nouveau chasseur propulsé par un moteur de…
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 video The scene: Greg’s “origin story”! Back before becoming a mercenary and joining Area 88, Greg and Bugsy – having both been dishonourably discharged from the Danish Air Force for a “misunderstanding” – are running a…
The finished model: The video The scene: While waiting for the enhanced radar defence system for the Area 88 mountain base to come online, Saki orders around-the-clock recon missions be flown. However, after both Recon 2 and Recon 5 go…
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…
The finished model: The scene: While exploring the Sea of Corruption, Nausicaa comes across the recently shed shell of an Ohm. Since it’s in pristine condition, she sets about removing one of the eye shields – made from a…
The finished model: The video The scene: When assassins target Asran Crown Prince Saki Vashtar, they don’t care who gets in there way – including a plane full of innocent people. With bombs placed strategically under each wing of a…
The finished model: The video The scene: After having returned to Japan to be with Ryoko, Shin confronts his nemesis Satoru Kanzaki. After a night of nostalgia and competitive gamesmanship, Kanzaki reveals his intention to return to the Middle East…
The finished model: The video The scene: Although the subterranean missile, the “Grand Slam” failed to destroy the base, the detonation destroyed a significant portion of the runway. With the base facing attack from the Desert Aircraft Carrier, Mickey decides…
The finished model: The video The scene: When the Area 88 base is threatened by the “Grand Slam” an underground tunnelling war machine, it’s up to Saki and his B-1 to save the day. After Shin marks the target with…
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The finished model: The video 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,…
Goh “Rocky” Mutsuki, Japanese correspondent from the NP News Service arrives at the AREA 88 base for a one month photo report on the Asran military’s use of mercenary pilots. His ride out to the far side of hell? A Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport.
The finished model: The video The scene: It’s just another day on the battlefield in the Middle East. Shin and Mickey, having just returned from a sortie, stop to admire the Asran Government’s latest plane, an F-15A Eagle and then…
The finished model: The video The scene: There’s a new player on the battlefields of North Africa! When the anti-government forces hire their own band of mercenaries, known as “the Wolfpack”, the pilots of Area 88 face their toughest challenge…
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