Everything I know about life I learned from model aeroplanes
The Tao of Airfix
After struggling with a variety of languages it’s a slight relief to find a new Dornier Do217 reference in English – Osprey Combat Aircraft 139, Do217 Units of World War 2 currently at a decent price from Books etc.
The author is Chris Goss so it’s going to be a good one. As one would expect, the usual Osprey format focusing on units and operational history, but with some good photos and colour schemes.
Continue reading “If you go chasing rabbits… a new Dornier Do217 reference, auf Englisch”
After determined searching and a bit of retail, some more Dornier Do217 books arrived. One in German, two in Polish, but with lots of pictures and diagrams (fortunately for some of us).
What started out as “a couple of books off eBay for some pictures” turned into a Holy Grail-like obsessive quest for the definitive Do217 reference. Spoiler alert: there isn’t one – yet.
Continue reading “Further down the rabbit hole – even more Dornier Do217 books”
Obviously, model aeroplanes teach you stuff about aviation history – they tend to be models of old aeroplanes, after all. From its original 1958 release to the final 2008 incarnation, one option was to finish your Airfix MiG-15 in Polish markings. Presumably the model was supposed to look something like a real life aeroplane, but which one? Not a real issue for my original 2/- Airfix MiG-15, but over time I got curious (or so people told me).
What started as a 2 minute search on Google developed into yet another rabbit hole…
Continue reading “Air travel pre-Ryanair – the Airfix MiG-15 in Polish markings”