News — 15 December 2020

Scale 1:35
#815
1941 Packard Clipper

The Packard Clipper was an American passenger car introduced in 1941 by the Packard Motor Car Company, a leading manufacturer of luxury cars since the early 20th Century. Up to February 1942, about 16,000 cars of this brand were produced, but after the United States entered World War II and most private manufacturers became involved in fulfilling military orders, the company was reorganized for the production of Packard Merlin aircraft engines, licensed copies of one of the best engines of its time, the Rolls Royce Merlin.
A significant number of vehicles of this type were bought by the army and were used both domestically and overseas in numerous theaters of conflict as personal vehicles for senior officers. At least two Packard Clippers became particularly famous because they were used by two of the nation's most famous military leaders, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur. After the end of the Second World War, new restyled Packard Clippers were produced by the company, although in significantly smaller quantities than on the eve of the war.

Scale 1:48
#454
Arado Ar68F

The Arado Ar 68F was a German multirole biplane developed in the
mid-1930s, the main competitor to its contemporary the famous Heinkel He 51. At the time of its appearance, the aircraft displayed very good flight characteristics, but the rapid pace of technological progress and the introduction of monoplane fighters, such as the Bf 109, immediately pushed it like all other biplanes into the background, and therefore from the very beginning the Arado Ar 68F mainly entered training units.
A small number of Arado Ar 68Fs were also flown by combat units, but for the most part in secondary theaters of the war. The last few machines of this type were used until 1942.