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Airfix Saturn V Skylab
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In May 1973 Skylab was launched using a two-stage Saturn V sometimes called a Saturn INT-21 2 It was the only launch not directly related to the Apollo lunar landing program Three crews lived aboard Skylab from May 25 1973 to February 8 1974 with Skylab remaining in orbit until July 11 1979 ...
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Airfix Seafire XVII
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The Mk XVII was enhanced from earlier variants by way of the reinforced main undercarriage This went some way towards taming the deck behaviour of the Mk XV reducing the likelyhood of the propeller tips hitting the deck during an arrested landing & the softer oleos stopped the aircraft from occasionally bouncing over the arrestor wires & into the crash barrier In addition the wings were reinforced with a stronger mainspar necessitated by the new undercarriage & they were able to carry heavier underwing loads than previous Seafire variants ...
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Airfix Shaun The Sheep
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The back of the Farmer s Land Rover is an ideal place for Shaun to put the Naughty Pigs into & try to stop them being the bane of his life It s also a good place to keep an eye on Timmy the Lamb too A brilliant fun set complete with al the characters & a fantastic Land Rover model to build ...
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Airfix Shaun The Sheep
And Tractor 1 76 Scale
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The Farmer goes about his daily business completely unaware of the escapades of all his animals This is a superb model of his ...
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Airfix Supermarine
Spitfire
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The immortal Spitfire was the most famous fighter of the Second World War & one of the greatest war planes of all time When the Battle of Britain began in the summer of 1940 there were nineteen squadrons of Spitfires in action The two Spitfires for which markings are provided are typical of those flown at the begining of the hostilities The first Bogus belonged to 602 Squadron originally based at Drem in Scotland & which with 603 Squadron shot down the first enemy aircraft over Britain in October 1939 The second Kiwi was flown by Flt Deere D F C of 54 Squadron based at Hornchurch Essex during the Battle of Britain This fabulous model will show the cockpit the Merlin engine gun ports & other great detail Skill Level 3 ...
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Airfix Vickers Valiant
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The Valiant was the first of the V-bombers to see combat during the Anglo-French-Israeli Suez intervention in October & November 1956 During Operation Musketeer Valiants operating from the airfield at Luqa on Malta dropped conventional HE bombs on Egyptian targets Also On May 15 1957 a 49 Squadron Valiant B K 1 dropped the first British hydrogen bomb the Short Granite AKA Green Granite Small over the Pacific as part of Operation Grapple ...
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Airfix Vostok 1
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One of the most successful space designs ever the initial flight of the Vostok which carried the first human being into space was launched on April 12 1961 Vostok 1 carrying cosmonaut Yury A Gagarin made a single orbit of Earth before reentry The Vostok series included six launchings over a two-year period 1961-63 The final two missions in June 1963 by Vostok 5 followed two days later by Vostok 6 carrying Valentina V Tereshkova the first woman in space were notable in that the two spacecraft travelled at times only 3 miles 4 8 km apart setting the stage for future space dockings between orbiting vehicles ...
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Airfix Vulcan
Celebration 1 72 Scale
Gift Set
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The Vulcan bomber was used by the RAF in an extraordinary 8000 mile round trip to disable Port Stanley airfield whilst it was in the hands of the Argentinian forces The Vulcan has just returned to the skies & will be seen again in the 2008 air show season ...
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Airfix Wallace &
Gromit Bike Side Car
Plane Gift Set
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Based on the award winning short film Wallace [&] Gromit
- A Close Shave This amazing double pack consists of Gromit in the featured
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Airfix Spitfire MkXII

The Mk XII was the first production version of the Spitfire to use the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine The Griffon was a development of the R sprint engine used in the Supermarine Schneider Trophy racing seaplanes of the late 1920s and early 1930s The low level performance of the Mk XII was very useful when dealing with low level hit and run raids mounted by the Fw 190 and later helped against the V-1 though the mark did not enter mass production Only 100 were built equipping two squadrons - No 41 received its Mk XIIs in February 1943 and No 91 in April 1943
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The Mk XII was the first production version of the Spitfire to use the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine The Griffon was a development of the R sprint engine used in the Supermarine Schneider Trophy racing seaplanes of the late 1920s & early 1930s The low level performance of the Mk XII was very useful when dealing with low level hit & run raids mounted by the Fw 190 & later helped against the V-1 though the mark did not enter mass production Only 100 were built equipping two squadrons
- No 41 received its Mk XIIs in February 1943 & No 91 in April 1943

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