Paul Ooi Modelworks » WW2 Axis Aircraft

The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was originally conceived as a heavy fighter, but the model suffered heavily in the opening days of the battle of Britain. However, it went on to be very successful in the...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/meine-kameraden-messerschmitt-bf-110d-in-sicily-1941/

The Me 262, the world’s first operational jetfighter is truly iconic. The shape and design was way ahead of its time. It was such a nasty surprise to the Allied bomber crews in 1944, and at its...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/check-this-out-hans-fays-messerschmitt-me262a/

  The German aircraft industry leading up to WW2 was very advanced and experimented with all kinds of unusual designs. The Blohm & Voss 141 was a unique asymmetrical design centered around a sep...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/blohm-voss-bv141-germanys-asymmetrical-wonder/

Doesn’t that look like a Junker Ju88? In Japanese markings? It does look very similar, and being allies at that time, one might imagine the Germans lending this design to their Asian ally. Howe...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/kyushu-q1w1-tokai-lorna-imperial-japanese-navy-sub-hunter-%E9%99%B8%E4%B8%8A%E5%93%A8%E6%88%92%E6%A9%9F%E6%9D%B1%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%80%E5%9E%8B/

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 can really grow on you, as I just built a second one immediately after my recent Friedrich project. Between the Hans Bob Bf 109-F2 and Erich Hartmann’s Bf 109-G6, there...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/messerschmitt-bf-109-g6-der-schwarze-teufel-over-hungary/

The Bf 109 needs no introduction. I have built this famous fighter in the forms of the Finnish Mersu (Gustav) and the Israeli Avia. What was really missing for me was to build a mottled German hu...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/messerschmitt-bf-109-f2-yellow-one-barbarossa-hunter/

  The Dornier Do 217 descended from the venerable Do 17 “Flying Pencil” of Spanish Civil War fame. The Do 217 has a bulkier frame for a heavier bomb load and various versions used either the...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/baby-blitz-bomber-from-italeri-dornier-do-217-m-1/

Towards the end of WW2, the aircraft designers for the Third Reich reached new heights of experimentation even as the empire that they seek to preserve was being grounded to dust by the combined ...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/arado-ar-234p-the-shape-of-things-to-come/

It’s that time of the year again! Even as the farms across the Upper Midwest gather in their harvest, modelers from around the region carry their year’s worth of plastic models to the Twin Ci...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/nordiccon-2012-part-1/

The Messerschmidt Bf109 G-6 was a 1944 version of the famed German fighter plane operated not only by the Luftwaffe but also some of the other Axis allies. One of the most successful users of the...

https://www.paulooimodelworks.com/finnish-messerschmidt-bf-109-g-6-mersu/