For the week immediately following Veterans Day, we first feature the 1:32 scale Figarti LVT(A)-4 with 75mm Howitzer and 2 Figures--WWII Pacific Theatre - US Marines Limited Edition of 100 Pieces - from Hobby Bunker for $64.50.
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Hit the beach here:
http://www.hobbybunker.com/details.cfm?ID=14320
If your budget is small, the Dragon 1:72 scale M4A4
Sherman
Free French Army 1944 for $9.00 from On Mark International might be just your ticket.
It's the first item on this page:
http://www.onmarkint.com/static/drag...on_mil_veh.php
While we're on the subject of the French, our next selection is the Corgi 1:48 scale Spad XIIIC-1 flown by Georges Guynemer - the first French ace to compile 50 victories in World War I - of the French Air Service Escadrille SPA.3 in 1917. Historic Aviation has it on sale for just $26.95.
Replicating the SPAD XIII flown by Georges Guynemer - the first French ace to compile 50 victories in World War I - of the French Air Service Escadrille SPA.3 in 1917, this limited edition, 1/48 scale die cast model features simulated fabric surfaces, real wire bracing, a detailed radiator and a rotating propeller, a figure of Guynemer in the cockpit, two forward-firing Vickers machine guns, authentic markings including Guynemer-inspired Les Cigognes (The Storks) artwork on the fuselage, and more. 6¾" wingspan; arrives ready to display on the included stand.
Find this French Knight of the air here:
http://www.historicaviation.com/prod...ubcategory=WWI
Moving forward more than a handful of decades, our next pick is the 1:72 scale Hobby Master U.S. F-100D Super Sabre - Lt. Col. Harold Comstock - from Wartoyz for $29.99.
The F-100 Super Sabre was designed as a higher performance successor to the F-86 air superiority fighter. The F-100D was a single seat fighter bomber and incorporated many improvements over previous models, including a larger wing and tail fin and advanced avionics. The F-100 was the first U.S. fighter capable of attaining supersonic speed in level flight. The F-100D was used extensively during the Vietnam War for close air support and ground attacks.
This highly detailed 1:72 scale version of the USAF F-100D Super Sabre depicts the aircraft flown by Lt. Col. Harold Elwood 'Bunny' Comstock, commander of the 481st TFS, 27th FW, as it was seen over Tan Son Nhut during 1965.
This U.S. F-100D Super Sabre is part of Hobby Master's Air Power Series. The 1:72 scale die cast metal vehicle is approximately 8.5 inches long with a 6.5 inch wingspan, and includes features such as detailed graphics, an opening canopy, and an interchangeable undercarriage. The aircraft also comes with a display stand.
The flight line is here:
http://www.wartoyz.com/page/WT/PROD/SALE/HM-HA2101
Our "bonus" aircraft pick this week is from the GoMotorBids daily "Get It Now" page. These selections are available for 24 hours each day (5 p.m. until the next 5 p.m.--quantities permitting). So the following is available for $29.99 until 5 p.m. on Monday: Carousel 1 1/48 Maj. Willis Taylor (Squadron Commander) P-36C Hawk: 27th Pursuit Squadron, 15th Pursuit Group, Cleveland National Air Races, September 1939. Watch the shipping costs for a single item.
The 27th Fighter Squadron "Fighting Eagles" is the oldest in the US Air Force, formed in 1917. It claims Frank Luke, who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during WW1. During the 1930's, the 27th Pursuit Squadron was the premier pursuit unit in the Army Air Corps, serving the same sort of role as the modern "Thunderbirds" alongside normal duties. Beginning in 1929, the Cleveland National Air Races had become the most prestigious aviation event in the world, with single-day crowds exceeding 100,000. In 1939, the 27th converted to the P-36, the hottest plane in the American arsenal, and was selected to represent the Army Air Corps at Cleveland. Based at Michigan's Selfridge Field, the squadron focused on preparation and practice for this event.
Major Willis Taylor, commanding officer of the 27th, is credited with the idea of painting the squadron's P-36's in a variety of camouflage patterns without national insignia, using the new water-based camouflage paint colors. Crew chiefs were encouraged to use their imaginations devising patterns, and none of the squadron's P-36's used the same scheme, although colors were shared. Colors included sand, dark green, light gray, dark blue, dark olive drab, and neutral gray, most aircraft using three or four colors. Faded or over-exposed color photos of these planes have been published in which light gray looks white and sand appears orange. The significance of the frog emblem on Taylor's left hand wing "bucket" for shell casings is a mystery. At the time, American military aircraft were painted in bright colors and the eighteen camouflaged P-36's created a sensation at Cleveland.
Major Taylor was less familiar with the aerial routines, because he had been posted to Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama during the summer. During the 1 September 1939 performance, he turned the wrong way at the bottom of a dive over the grandstand, nearly causing a catastrophic collision. But public attention was distracted by the much larger aviation demonstration that the German Luftwaffe staged over Poland earlier that day. The Cleveland Air Races were finished after 1949, when a P-51 stalled and crashed into a nearby house, killing a mother and child-the first non-participant fatalities. The 27th Fighter Squadron was the first to convert to P-38's and served with distinction in the Mediterranean theater during WW2. Recently, the 27th was the first squadron to convert to the F-22.
Link:
http://www.gomotorbids.com/ItemDetai...September-1939
Along the same lines, check in on Pete's daily specials.
Last up this week is the 1:35 Oryon four soldier--two for each side of the battle--Ardennes set. Military Issue has it for just $19.95.
Representing the soldiers who fought in the decisive 1944 winter campaign at the Battle of the Bulge, and particularly at the siege of Bastogne, these 1/35 scale figures of the U.S. 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles and the German 26th Volksgrenadier Division are made of metal and individually painted by hand.
The road to Bastogne starts here: