Contests

Model Aircraft Photography Contest Winner!

October 18, 2017 The Diecast Flier 0

Congrats to Francisco Salpurido, our Model Aircraft Photography Contest Winner! Francisco’s winning photography shots consisted of two Iberia models, an Inflight200 Boeing 747-100 and Aviation 200 DC-10-30. Francisco will receive a 1/200 scale jetBlue ERJ-190 […]

Airport Builders Corner

Part 2: London Heathrow in the 1960s

September 23, 2017 Adrian Balch 2

Alas our notorious UK weather did not allow many outings, so I decided to concentrate on the central terminal area and reproduced several features I could see on photos and recalled during my visits, which […]

Airport Builders Corner

Part 1: London Heathrow in the 1960s

September 16, 2017 Adrian Balch 4

I suppose I can trace my diecast aircraft collecting back to my childhood in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s when Dinky Toys made a Britannia, Viscount and several military jets, a Hawker Hunter, Supermarine […]