In response to many requests for a metallic silver version of our most popular and beloved propeller, we have produced a limited number of these to celebrate Authentic Models’ own 50th anniversary...
THE SOPWITH WAS THE MAINSTAY FIGHTER-PLANE OF THE BRITISH AND USA AIR FORCES IN THE EARLY 1900S. BRIGHTLY PAINTED IN VARIOUS NATIONAL COLORS, IT RULED THE SKIES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SOME OF THE...
You can’t see the mechanic from your open cockpit. You yell … “Contact” and the propeller jumps to life, the plane starts to shudder. The mechanic pulls away the wheel blocks and escapes. The noise...
Wood propellers used to be replaced as often as tires. Old ones were usually taken home, completed with a clock, and hung over the mantel. Mechanics, pilots, flight-crew. They wore propeller tiepins...
WOOD PROPELLERS USED TO BE REPLACED AS OFTEN AS TIRES. OLD ONES WERE USUALLY TAKEN HOME, COMPLETED WITH A CLOCK, AND HUNG OVER THE MANTEL. MECHANICS, PILOTS, FLIGHT-CREW. THEY WORE PROPELLER TIEPINS...
During the Great War, from 1914-18, a new kind of art flourished. Hand crafted creations from gifted soldiers and army personnel became known as trench art. They used whatever material was at hand.....
Wood propellers used to be replaced as often as tires. Old ones were usually taken home, completed with a clock, and hung over the mantel. Mechanics, pilots, flight-crew. They wore propeller tiepins...