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My 1/72 Aussie Collection..Hobby Master and Airfix...
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:01 am
by krieglok
I recently purchased a couple Hobby Master Planes in the RAAF livery. The Havoc and Beaufighter are really nice models. The Boomerang is an Airfix kit I put together recently. I have a Wirraway trainer and a Mosquito kit that will soon join them...
Tom
Re: My 1/72 Aussie Collection..Hobby Master and Airfix...
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:29 am
by cnq
Very nice models.
I am too collecting HM diecast models in Canadian markings and building plastic kits that don't get make by diecast manufacturers.
Re: My 1/72 Aussie Collection..Hobby Master and Airfix...
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:53 am
by krieglok
Thanks, Cnq. I have a small collection of Canadian aircraft, mainly jets. One of my favorites is the F-104 Starfighter Trainer...a Hobby Master product.
I started building Cold War era Soviet planes not offered by Diecast makers to accompany my US Cold War planes that are very well represented by Diecast maker's offerings...
Tom
Re: My 1/72 Aussie Collection..Hobby Master and Airfix...
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:11 pm
by cnq
You might have seen this picture as I posted it here few weeks ago; But here it is again in case you never seen it. The Arrows and CF100 Canuck are plastic kits. The rest is HM diecast models.

Re: My 1/72 Aussie Collection..Hobby Master and Airfix...
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:09 am
by krieglok
Nice collection! Just don't turn on the treadmill..lol.
I love the looks of the F-101s. What are the two white planes in the foreground?
Tom
Re: My 1/72 Aussie Collection..Hobby Master and Airfix...
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:08 am
by cnq
krieglok wrote:Nice collection! Just don't turn on the treadmill..lol.
I love the looks of the F-101s. What are the two white planes in the foreground?
Tom
Those are the Avro Arrows developed by Canada during the Cold War. It was designed to be a high speed high attitude intercepter but got scrapped due to cost and other factors. Only six proto types are made number from RL201 to RL206.