Most World War II modellers will be aware of Caproni aircraft, but it may not be widely known that there were several companies in the Caproni group, one of them being Caproni-Vizzola, from Vizzola Ticino, Varese. The Italians invested in a bewildering number of fighter and ground-attack designs, aircraft that never made it beyond prototype stage, or where only a few were built. One such was the F.6M. Caproni-Vizzola started with its F.4 and F.5 fighters, but only a handful of F.5s entered Regia Aeronautica service. The F.6 and the F.6M (M for its all-metal design) were developed from the F.5 by installing a licencebuilt Daimler-Benz DB 605A engine. The F.6M never made it into production, although the prototype eventually got attached to 303 Squadriglia for night fighter duties over Rome and Naples.
If resin modelling perhaps doesn't get much of a look in when it comes to the modelling press, well maybe the press reflects actual modelling! I must admit to owning several such kits, but I've only ever finished a couple, and then only for editorial requirements.
LF Models from the Czech Republic have a big range of subjects, many of them quite exotic, stuff that you'll struggle to find in the styrene world. If the handful of their kits in my stash are anything to go by, you'll do well to make a start with LF as their quality is excellent. Some of their instruction sheets, however, need refinemen
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Mustard
BAC's Low Speed Research Vehicle
KOVOZAVODY PROSTEJOV (KP) 1 Was Monty's Triple'
Brian Derbyshire
SPECIAL HOBBY SAAB J-21A Review
From the late 1930s and early 1940s, with thewar in Europe raging around them andedging ever closer to its borders, the Flygvapnet had ordered Seversky P-35A aircraft, alongside Vultee Vanguards, but only sixty of the former and none of the latter were received.
VFR MODELS Beagle B.121 Pup
This is the first 3D printed kit I have come across and it is really rather fine.
Hearts in the sky RIAT RETURNS
After a nearly three-year hiatus RIAT returned to our skies with a hot show in every sense of the word. SAM’s Mike Verier and Ray Ball were there.
Colour Conundrum
A Cancellation Conundrum - The RAF F-111s That Might Have Been Part 1
COPPER CAUDRON Caudron G.Ill in 1/32
Copper State Models have carved a name for themselves in the last few years producing high quality plastic kits of World War One subjects.
Academy RF-8A Crusader Conversion in 1/72
USMC squadron VMCJ-2 used six RF-8As during the Crisis (designation F8U-1P until September 1962), with others held in reserve, two flying out of Guantanamo Bay, and four out of NAS Key West.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Modelling US reconnaissance assets in 1/72 Part 2: The Nuclear Confrontation
UKRAINIAT striker
The Sukhoi Su-24 is an all-weather attack aircraft capable of supersonic speeds and characterised by its side-by-side pilot/navigator seating and its variable geometry wing.
