Category Archives: Theme Build

USS Enterprise (CV-6) Easily the best known aircraft carrier of World War II, and the name is even better known thanks to a certain sci-fi television series. Why did the Enterprise become so synonymous with US carrier aviation? Known as … Continue reading →

Trainers No doubt that took a lot longer than I wanted! But at long last, my trainer theme build is complete. We looked at several different types of trainers here, two were specifically trainer airframes, the other two were (full) … Continue reading →

Trainers Another theme I likely have little need to introduce. But you all know, I will anyway… Every nation needed aircraft designed for training. This isn’t quite the “duh” comment that, well, that it actually is. In the early days … Continue reading →

Spitfire That took a lot longer than expected! As I mentioned at the start, the Eduard kit all of these planes were built from, is an involved and sometimes tricky build. Combine that with a few busy months and this … Continue reading →

Spitfire It seems obvious to have a Theme Build of all one type of aircraft. And there’s a few types I have many examples of. I think I’ve mentioned a few times that I have so many Mustangs I hardly … Continue reading →

Captured! This group all represented captured fighters(ish). From very early until shortly after the War. These were all fairly simple builds, only the Do 335 got a little complicated, but that was mainly due to a more involved finish (natural … Continue reading →

Captured! What happens when an aircraft is captured by an opposing combatant? No surprise the best answer may be “it depends”. The vast majority of captured aircraft will be wreckage. Either brought down in combat or captured in a damaged … Continue reading →

Prototypes We looked at a wide variety of prototypes, from the first of a long and famous line to highly experimental. For me this was also an opportunity to dip my toe into “limited run” model kits. I’m pretty happy … Continue reading →

Prototypes I think most often when we think of prototype aircraft its as the first example of some famous type. But of course the term actually has much broader usage. There are actually four completely different sorts of prototypes I’ll … Continue reading →

Hypothetical I think this Theme tripled the number of “Hypothetical” builds I’ve done! The Rufe may better count as speculative, or something milder than hypothetical. But they were all ideas I’d kicked around in my little brain for a few … Continue reading →