Category: History
Each aeroplane has its own history. On this page you will find articles in which we try to dodge the mystery and show the history of pilots and their machines, modeled on Arma Hobby models. Browse the list of articles below and find photos and illustrations included that will help you make your model.
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Silver Curtisses in the Armée de l’Air
Faced with the growing threat from Hitlerite Germany, in the second half of the 1930s France...
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Indian Hurricanes from No. 6 Squadron
HV538, a fighter-reconnaissance Hurricane, served with No. 6 Squadron of the Indian Air Force...
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‘Glory is the Reward of Valour’: The Remarkable Story of Hurricane “Sir Iain” and the ‘MacRobert Fighters’
‘It is with a mother’s pride that I enclose a cheque for £25,000, and with it goes my sympathy to...
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Lithuanian pilot in the RAF – hero of the ‘Great Escape’
Our Friend Mark Attrill, RAF Wing Commander (retired), author of many aviation books, presently...
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Deep Blue Hurricane over India and Burma
In the second half of 1942, Hurricane PR Mk II BM969 was assigned to No. 3 Photographic...
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Hurricanes with the red stars
For me, the person primarily responsible for the project, the “Eastern Front” kit was a great...
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“P-Seven” – Polish gull-winged fighter
The main fighters defending the Polish skies against German and Soviet aggression in September...
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85 years ago – Polish September 1939
1 September. It is the 85th anniversary of September 1939, those five dramatic weeks in the...
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Mustangs over Europe. Review of markings from Deluxe Set 70069
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord and the battles over Normandy and...
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Stanisław Skalski and his Mustang III FZ152 “SS”
On 8 April 1944, North American Mustang III no. FZ152 (or P-51B-5NA no. 43-6533) was delivered to...
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Experimental Hurricane camouflages 1941
The present article was occasioned by the difficulty in interpreting the camouflage of Hurricane...
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