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Orion RisingWith so much military equipment now moved in containers it is surprising that model manufacturers have as yet not offered any handling equipment to go with them. Well that all changes because Planet Models have just released the Orion V, a container loader used by the Bundeswehr. OK, so it is an Army item, but there have got to be opportunities to use it on aircraft dioramas because it is beautifully cast and comes complete with decals.As yet this item is not listed by UK Importer Hannants, but if you keep an eye on their website we are sure it will appear before too long. See their advert elsewhere in this edition for their contact details etc., while worldwide enquiries should visit www.cmkkits.com for details of importers in your country.

Editor’s Choice - New from GunzeGunze-Sangyo, or CSI Creos Corporation as they are more correctly called, have added a couple of new ‘Surfacer’ compounds to their range, these being Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 black or grey. Both of these are currently available in a 40ml, screw-top jar, but MDC hope to have them shortly in the 100ml aerosol as well. Basically we all use Mr Surfacer, which is great to fi ll gaps and prepare the model surface for paint, but it has limitations and the most obvious is that it is slightly grainy and also quite soft, even when dry. This new version is designed to give a totally smooth and very hard coating prior to the application of colour. The grey is obviously ideal for all colours whilst the black is just right for metallics. Drying time is a little slower than the ordinary Mr Surfacers and this is deliberate to allow the surface to level and thus give a perfect smooth fi nish. Both products are available in the UK for £9.00 plus shipping from Model Design Construction, Tel: 01246 827755, Email: [email protected] or visit www.modeldesignconstruction.co.uk.

Microbrushes in a canMany of you will use Microbrushes, we do in large numbers as they are so good for so many tasks on the model bench and in the past they have only been available in small boxes, well now Little-cars has them in these handy little plastic dispensing containers. Each holds 100 Microbrushes and they are available in the following sizes; superfi ne (white), fi ne (yellow) and regular (green). The container becomes a dispenser by opening the tab in the base, which should hopefully stop you spilling the whole lot on the deck on a regular basis!Available for £12.00 a tube, contact Little-Cars.com, Tel: 01234 711980 or Email: [email protected] for more details.

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Clever TrumpeterTrumpeter continue their excellent Master-Tools range with the release of a number of new items recently. Those we have here are as follows:#09925 Model Chisel#09938 Plastic Circle Board B-set#09941 0.2mm Filmic Gauge-SilverNow these titles all sound odd and probably don’t tell you a lot, so let’s elaborate. The Model Chisel is just that, a metal cutting edge designed to allow modellers to wor in confi ned spaces removing excess material or revising the shape of an area. The version we have is at headed and mm wide, but there are fi ve more shapes sizes available, all at the same retail price of £4.99 each. The Plastic Circle Board B-set is a set of 0.5mm thick plastic rings and

dots in diameters from 80mm down to 30mm for the former and 1mm to 20mm for the latter, Probably you are thinking “what can I use them for?”, well they can be templates for scribing or masks for painting plus of course you can use them as they are in scratchbuilding, as they are far more consistent than you can probably punch and at £4.99 a pack a lot cheaper. The fi nal item, the ilmic auge ilver, is a set of gauges printed in silver on . mm clear fi lm and it offers a ruler, protractor and square all of which are very e ible, so are ideal for wrapping around things like fuselages and wings. A very useful set and only £3.99, so well worth the investment. They all should be available from all Trumpeter stoc ists, but in case of diffi culty contact the Importer, Pocketbond Ltd for details of your local supplier.

At lastHaving covered the release of their superb new A4 (V2) rockets in Issue 96, Special Armour have at last released the Meillerwager V2 transporter to go with them. This injected kit (#SA72012) is stunning with no fewer than 111 parts moulded in a dark tan colour. Detail is excellent, about all you may want to add are brake lines, and once combined with the A4 (V2) rocket and SS-100 Gigant tractor that they also do (#72001), this should make for a very impressive model. We have to ask, though, why so long for such an (in)famous rocket in kit form because we have had kits of the Bloodhound and SAM-2 for decades!t retails for . and is available in the via importer for the range Hannants, so see their advert elsewhere in this edition for their contact details etc. Worldwide enquiries should visit www.cmkkits.com for details of importers in your country.the range Hannants, so see their advert elsewhere in this edition for their contact

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This is my third time of opening up one of the sturdy AFV Club boxes and getting to grips with one of their Tigers. In this particular case it’s the two-

seat trainer F-5F. As before, the box is very nicely done with excellent artwork, which protects the light grey-coloured sprues within. You get seven sprues of grey, a separate upper rear fuselage and a single transparent sprue. All of the plastic is neatly moulded


SPECIFICATION: AFV Club 1:48 Northrop F-5F Tiger II ‘U.S. Air Force’Kit No: AR48106Materials: IM, PEAvailability: Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importer) and AFV Club stockists worldwidePrice Guide £35.99

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DIMENSIONS: 1:48Span - 169.2mmLength - 326.1mmHeight - 83.5mm

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ACCESSORIES USED:Eduard #49-577 Detail SetUK distribution via Creative Models Ltd, Hannants & LSA Models

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REFERENCES● F-5E & F Tiger II, Detail and Scale Vol.5 by B. Kinzey (Aero Publishers 1982 ISBN 0-8168-501-5-1)● F-5E/F Tiger II by C. Donnet, Lock On No.26 (Verlinden Publications 1995 ISBN 1-9306-072-3-7)● Northrop F-5/F-20/T-38 by F.A. Johnsen, Warbird Tech Vol.44 (Speciality Press 2007 ISBN: 1-58007-094-2)

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without too much flash and excellent detail is immediately evident in the cockpit and wheel well interiors. The exterior is covered in rivets, mind you, so some people aren’t going to like that too much, but the engraved panel lines are clean and not too deep. Transparent bits are OK with good clarity, even though they are a bit on the thick side. You also get a tiny etched fret with just five parts on it (no seat belts) a single decal sheet and a well-drawn instruction booklet of 16 pages. The last four pages are dedicated to the paint and markings of the four really good versions on offer. The drawings for the paint guide are four-view black and white, really clear and with very welcome accurate camouflage demarcations. I also cheated a bit on this one as I had the Eduard detail set # 49577 with interior and exterior photo-etched parts to liven it up a little.

Construction is of a very modular style, as with all the AFV Club F-5s. They have maximised their use of the moulds by chopping it all up into little bits, so you can mix and match the sprues into a huge number of variants. This could have been a nightmare of ill fi tting sub assemblies but the moulds are really well done, with very accurate location. This means that the actual build time is radically shortened because you re not fi ghting with any of the joints. Proof of this was in the fact that within a day I had the complete rear of the aircraft, wings, tail, fi n, the whole lot,

built and ready to accept the elongated nose, in less than 2 hours! The nose, however, was a completely different ettle of fi sh. ecause I had decided to complicate matters with the Eduard details, the cockpit interior took considerably longer to get ready. The AFV Club cockpit moulding is actually really good with lots of very fi ne detail but the paint on the duard parts is astonishing and infi nitely more accurate than anything I could hope to achieve. Eventually it all goes just about where it should do and it’s time to attach the nose to the fuselage. This is pretty painless with no gaps to speak of although there is a little step on the lower fuselage to blend in. One seriously positive aspect of the build is the way in which it all lines up properly if you’re careful. Allow the moulded parts to sit where they want to and it’s amazingly straightforward. So, with that in mind, mask off the transparent bits, tack them into place and it’s already time for paint.

The options in the box are nothing short of inspired: one USAF aircraft in wrap-around grey three tone camou age, one ranian in desert camou age, one ordanian in all over silver and one from Singapore in wrap-around three-tone blue/greys. Each of them would look just great and it's a hard choice to make. I opted for the Iranian machine so I could fade it and ma e it loo suitably fi lthy. The decals loo good, with neat printing and good colours but I think I had something wrong with my sheet because the moment they touched the water they began to break up and became almost

totally unusable. This is the fi rst time ve had this kind of trouble from AFV Club and I’m not sure if the decal sheet was left in the window of the modelling room, which might account for their incredible brittleness. That aside, I managed to cobble enough of them back together to get some markings on the model but there was no way was going to fi ght with any of the stencils so there is just the minimum of them on show.

After that little disaster it was on to another one as once the fi nal fi nish of Testors ull Coat matt varnish had been applied I started on the fi nishing process for the coc pit. This meant attaching all the Eduard etched sills and canopy rails and to be honest I should have done this before painting and masked it off as opposed to being lazy and just putting the canopies in place. The sills are really diffi cult to get into place properly and even now I’m not 100% happy with them but for fear of ruining the paint I’m leaving them alone. The added detail is great though, and with those big canopies in such an odd open position it needs that added realism. The kit gives you a couple of very useful additions as well. You not only get Sidewinders and two sizes of drop tanks, you also get two crew ladders for the cockpit and unmentioned in the instructions, is a data-link pod for the wing tip. This last bit is a really good addition to the American version as they often carry them on exercise. ●

FINAL VERDICTThe AFV Club range of F-5s is hard to beat. They go together superbly, they have excellent detail and they look amazing when done. dd to that the fi nishing touches of ladders, pods and missiles and barring the oddity of the decal sheet in mine, you’re looking at a nearly perfect kit. Nearly that is until you look at the price as they are a little bit expensive, but then I guess quality doesn’t come cheap, does it?

“The options in the box are nothing short of inspired: one USAF aircraft in wrap-around grey three-tone camoufl age, one Iranian in desert camoufl age, one Jordanian in all-over silver and one from Singapore in wrap-around three-tone blue/greys”

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The most noticeable facet achieved with the P.24 kit was the excellent rendition of the corrugated metal skin, one of the main design features of this

gull-wing fighter, so it is not surprising to find the same parts utilised here from that previous kit. This P.11 comprises two sprues moulded in grey-coloured plastic

offering 45 parts (some won’t be used as they are intended for the P.11c version) and these are complemented with 13 resin pieces and a small etched fret with about 30 parts. The newly moulded parts are thus the fuselage, engine unit and the struts, while the resin parts offer smaller details such as the wing gun bulges and machine gun barrels and all can be further


SPECIFICATION: Azur/Frrom 1:72 PZL P.11f ‘In Rumania’Kit No: FR023Materials: IM, PE, RAvailability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Azur Frrom stockists worldwidePrice Guide £16.99

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DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 35ft 2in (10.719m)Length - 24ft 9 1/4in (7.55m)Height - 9ft 4 1/2in (2.85m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:72Span - 148.9mmLength - 104.8mmHeight - 39.6mm

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PAINTS USED:Alclad II lacquer:ALC102 Duraluminium

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H11 Flat WhiteH12 Flat BlackH34 Cream YellowH67 Light BlueH77 Tire BlackH414 RLM 23 RedH423 RLM 83 Dark Green

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Color lacquer:Super Clear Gloss III GX100187 Super Clear UV Cut Flat

Vallejo Model Color acrylic:70.521 Metal Medium70.990 Light Grey 70.950 Black70.957 Red

Abteilung 502 oil paint:Abt.080 Wash BrownAbt.110 Black

REFERENCES● y ro e o ro e Publications 1966)● P.11 cz.1 by A. Glass, T. Kopanski & T. Makowski, Mo ogra e ot e o re ISBN: 83-86208-63-5)● P.11 cz.2 by A. Glass, T. Kopanski & T. Makowski, Mo ogra e ot e o re ISBN: 83-86208-64-3)● y e ar u a ar u Ma o

a e e o Mo e ma a re● y e ar o a e o er e No.6108 (Mushroom Model Publications 2003 ISBN: 83-917178-5-2)● Mo e ma a 2 re 8● y G yma o Ho ma o ot No.26 (Kagero 2006 ISBN: 83-60445-6-0)● Rumanian Air Force: The Prime Decade, 1938-1947 by D. Bernárd (Squadron/Signal Publications 1999 ISBN: 1-89747-402-3)● Romanian Fighter Colours 1941-1945 by Teodor Liviu Morosanu & Dan Alexandru Melinte (Mushroom Model Publications 2010 ISBN: 978-833-89450-90-6)


Built & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic

Following the successful PZL P.24 kit released under the Azur/Frrom label (See Issue 77) it was obvious that a state-of-the-art version of its predecessor, the PZL P.11, was probably on the cards. Sure enough, this year sees the brand new PZL P.11 kit in 1:72 split between both labels with Azur covering the P.11c version for Polish and foreign users, while Frrom offers the Rumanian licence-built P.11f as reviewed here.

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enhanced with etched parts that are no longer nickel-plated, so they are easier to work with. The larger plastic parts are very cleanly moulded without any visible flaws and this is fundamental for the corrugated skin, which would be impossible to repair. The manufacturer this time has portrayed the cooling apertures on the fuselage much better, being deep enough and not just a scribed outline as was the case with the P.24 kit. The smaller parts feature, typically for short-run production, some flash and mould dividing seams that must removed. The windscreen is perfectly moulded, extremely thin and crystal clear. The kit offers five markings for Rumanian machines during WWII including a rare option with ski undercarriage, the skis themselves being included amongst the resin parts. The decal sheet is printed by Aviprint and shows good register, density and typically for this

producer the decals are very thin with a gloss carrier film.

The kit has a well reproduced but rather spartan cockpit interior and right at the start of the build found ill fi tting parts when a trial fi tting of the oor and rear bul head highlighted a substantial overlap and both parts had to be reduced by about 2mm. I continued with installation of the seat, control column, a few etched bits and the whole cockpit was then sprayed Aluminium. The instrument panel is again from the . it but it loo s rather at with vaguely defi ned dials and does not loo at all like the real thing with its raised and well visible individual instruments. After painting it black I brushed the red and white dials and accentuated the whole thing with a gentle dry brushing of light grey oil paint. Once the fuselage halves were closed I glued the resin oil cooler onto the starboard side. This part seemed be slightly larger and thicker than

the real thing, even taking into account that the umanian machines used a larger fi ns version, plus the reinforcing etched strips (#PP15) were not long enough, so they had to be extended with strips for the smaller version (#PP16) that is not used in this version.

I continued construction with the wing assembly that is formed by an upper half and centre part onto which the separate outer bottom halves are attached. These parts fi tted very well, perfectly hiding the joint lines in the corrugated skin, so I clamped them together and fi ed them with small amount of e tra thin Mr Cement S. However it should be noted that before I did this I had to thin down the thickness of the trailing edges, which looked a bit thick. The instructions show incorrect placement of the wing guns, bulges and spent ammo chutes as they were mounted on the inner position by the wing’s struts (the correct position is shown in the camou age diagram,

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The interior as supplied is not bad, but there is lots of scope to add more if you wish

Main sub-assembles, construction is as straightforward as that! The engine and cowling as supplied, although it is better to add the engine to the airframe and fi t the cowl rather than as directed in the instructions

You can see the resin oil cooler on the fuselage side, the etched straps as supplied are too short, so take the bits left on the fret for the other shorter version to fi ll the gaps

Once the underside is painted the tactical bands on the wings and fuselage can be added, then masked off

The outer wing tips have already been painted white, then yellow, before the whole underside is masked

Be aware that the red band on the fuselage only goes down as far as the camoufl age colour demarcation

The top surface colour is Luftwaffe dark green darkened further with black

The engine and cowling once painted; the exhaust pipe needs extending on one side, here done with brass tubing

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FINAL VERDICTt has been a long wait for a modern it of this uni ue olish fi ghter that become an icon of the olish ir orce in its defence of their homeland during the early days of . This it is very well detailed with e cellent rendition of the corrugated metal s in and it can be built into a nice replica with few complications. This umanian version also offers uni ue and rarely seen mar ings that may attract modellers loo ing for alternative sub ects with an interesting historical bac ground.

though), so the outer holes needed to be fi lled in. The tiny etched aileron trim tabs were glued into the wing ust before painting commenced in order not to break them off; the same applying to the rudder trim tabs, rod lin age and other miniature parts. To retain the correct geometry it is mandatory to glue the wing to the fuselage along with the struts at the same time, so fi rst fi ed the wing in position using regular evell ontacta cement and then installed the struts; the slow curing cement thus allowing any necessary ad ustments. Next I added the landing gear struts, and eeping the correct wheel trac ( . mm) was

achieved with a simple aid drawn on a piece of paper were parallel lines at that separation, then simply put the it on them and gently press from above to ad ust the trac , before fi nally fi ing the struts in position with a few drops of cyanoacrylate. e t added the tailplanes, but their struts were added at a later stage in order to simplify painting.

With the airframe assembled I moved my attention to the engine unit. The instructions rather illogically suggest you glue the e haust collector to the engine and after that add the cowling halves proceeded in a more conventional manner, though, gluing the cowling together fi rst and opening up the gun apertures with a fi ne drill bit at the same time. The engine itself loo ed very busy with fi ne fi ns and subtle cran case details; however, added individual ignition cables using thin

copper wires. The engine was then sprayed aluminium with valve covers brushed gloss blac and the cran case pic ed out in light grey. The e haust collector was about mm short on one side so the missing part was added from bent brass rod of a corresponding diameter.

ow could proceed with painting, so fi rst sprayed the model with a base coat of r urfacer then added rivet lines, which can be

seen uite distinctively in close up shots of the real plane, especially on the fuselage. n the fuselage and wings then sprayed the yellow and red identifi cation bands followed by the light blue on the undersides. ere used

, while on the upper surfaces went for ar reen that was further dar ened with

a drop of blac because period photographs show a distinctively dar colour with an almost blac tint to it. The paint scratches seen around the coc pit and port fuselage side were reproduced with a silver rismacolor pencil and then sealed the surface with gloss varnish. y mar ing choice was hite

the machine own by oan imache who, during the early arbarossa campaign in summer whilst ying this aircraft, shot down two fi ghters. noticed this aircraft did not wear the rudder tricolour as can be seen in photographs in the e cellent boo omanian ighter olours , so these decals were left off. therwise the decals wor ed well on the corrugated s in

but must offer a word of warning because the decals are e tremely thin and need to be carefully handled. fter an application of r

ar ofter they perfectly conformed to all the surface details and the rather large areas of carrier fi lm disappeared, which could have been a problem especially with the crosses on the wing.

ow it was time for the fi nal assembly starting with the engine unit fi rst. t was inserted into the cowling then the e haust ring went on and the complete unit was cemented to the fuselage. The fuselage machine guns loo ed nice having nicely cast perforations, however felt they were too thic so eventually replaced them with similar loo ing items from my spares bo . n aperture needs to be drilled out in the gun slot s opposite side as the it omits these openings where the shell enters the fuselage, went through it via a tube, then out through the muzzles in the cowling. managed to brea off and loose one of the wing guns, so these were replaced with aluminium tube from the lbion

lloy lide ac . . mm diameter . The windshield was secured using ator lue and all the remaining petite etched bits such as the ring and bead sight, grab handles and others were added at this point. The undercarriage reinforcing wires were cut from lbion lloys nic el silver . mm diameter rod then painted a natural steel colour, and fi nally glued on the aerial wires made from blac fi shing wire. ●


"The kit offers fi ve markings for Rumanian machines during WWII including a rare option with ski undercarriage, the skis themselves being included amongst the resin parts"

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The box artwork is OK, but this undersells the contents of the decent sized box, brim full with individually bagged sprues, foam protecting delicate parts and separate boxings

for the fuselage etc., superb. Also supplied is a full complement of weapons and full length engines that have (on the most part) redundant exterior detail. The wings have separate slats and aps, and there are three decal sheets. Photo-etched parts are employed for the radar, which isn’t a major selling point of the kit, unlike the seat harnesses, canopy rails and mirrors, which are. These add that extra level of detail often missing in such a release. The sixteen-page book style instructions are well illustrated and give an encouraging reassurance to the build process (being quite involved - spread over 23 steps) to complete the model with its high parts count. First impressions? Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls Of Fire…, it’s time to press play on ‘that’ soundtrack! But there are some blemishes to attend to. There is a slight seam line down the centre of the clear canopy (as well as the raised moulded detonation chord) and the tyres are vinyl! One more point to highlight is the abundance of rivet detail on the wings - which is going to be down

to personal preference how you deal with them, or not.

The BuildThe busy coc pit is fi rst up, and the raised detail is a pleasure to paint, as are the seats with their PE belts. The forward fuselage is separate from the main body of the kit so I also started on the wings and undercarriage bays at this stage. Very early in the process you do start to question the clarity of the instructions. HobbyBoss have crammed a lot of information into each [well] illustrated step, but take care to understand and follow the detail. I missed some small parts and only realised further on into the build. It wasn’t terminal, it just led me on and made me think: is this the highway to the danger zone? Once the cockpit is all dressed it can be sandwiched with the forward undercarriage bay to give you the forward fuselage. I didn’t install the PE radar, and did add six 1p coins to weight the nose – which there is no mention of in the instructions. The cannon bay panels fi t li e a glove and the front oleo leg (you have a nice choice of extended or compressed) can be fi tted later so left this off to save breakage while handling the growing ‘cat'. Vinyl tyres? Why? (We can write a whole


SPECIFICATION: HobbyBoss 1:48 Grumman F-14D Super TomcatKit No: 80368Materials: IM, PEAvailability: Creative Models Ltd (UK Importer) and HobbyBoss stockists worldwidePrice Guide £49.99

BEFORE STARTING:● ZAP Thin Cyanoacrylate● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S● Swann-Morton No.3 Scalpel with 10A blade● 2mm drill● Tweezers● Sanding sticks● Tamiya masking tape● e ge ear uture fl oor a ● Tamiya Panel Line Accent colour (Black)● Tamiya Weathering Set B● Vallejo Matt Varnish

DIMENSIONS: 1:1a te e t 2 m

e gt 2 t 8 mHe g t t 88m

DIMENSIONS: 1:48a te e mm

e gt mmHe g t mm

AIRBRUSH USED:Badger 200G Airbrush

a a e t e rom e Ho y Com a y t

Har er tee e ty C ua a e t e rom tt e ar om

PAINTS USED:Tamiya acrylic:X-11 Chrome SilverX-19 SmokeXF-1 Flat blackXF-2 Flat WhiteXF-19 Sky Grey

Meta GreyXF-66 Light GreyXF-83 Medium Sea Grey

REFERENCES● om at y ee Mo er Com at r ra t o

a a u g t ● F-14 Tomcat by M. Spick, Aviation Fact File, Modern

g t g r ra t a ama er oo 8● F-14 Tomcat Walk Around No.3 by L. Drendell

ua ro g a u at o ● Grumman F-14 Tomcat - Bye-bye, Baby!: Images and

em e e rom year o a t e er e om e y D. Parson, G. Hall and B. Lawson (2006

2● Grumma om at or e u er g ter Warplane Classic (Aerospace Publishing 1998

8 2● om at ey otogra o Ca o t e Grumma

om at y ro er

● Tomcat! The Grumman F-14 Story by P.T. Gillcrist er 88

● o er g t e Grumma om at y Corema a o u at o 2

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SPECIFICATION:

Built & Written by Carl W. Robertshaw from the UK

With updated avionics, engines, radar and instruments the F-14D was the defi nitive version, delivered by Grumman in 1991 with orders completed in 1992. The big ‘Cat fi nished its service with the US Navy in 2006 after fi nancial cutbacks and government politics halted the future development of the Tomcat, and it was replaced by the smaller F/A-18 Hornet. The most noticeable visual differences between the F-14D and the previous versions are the engines, exhausts and the modern complement of ALR-67, ALQ-165, TARPS pods and smart bombs.

TOP CATBuilt & Written by Carl W. Robertshaw from the UK

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article about why not! – Material degrading, seam lines, cracking and warping over time) Thankfully there was a little gift from our Editor in the box in the form of the lovely resin set of wheels from Tally Ho! These were painted and glued to their respective oleo legs ready for their inclusion later.

Next come the mighty wings. They are fi nely moulded ( wasn t going to worry about the overdose of rivet detail) and without any mechanism to simultaneously synchronise the sweep chose to ta e these bro en wings with separate slats and aps, and pose them spread to show off the grime where the wing glove rubs the wing. n tep , the instructions as you to glue the glove door parts A11 & A12 in the closed position. Not shown is the option to glue them in the correct position, set at 45º for the aps down pose. lso to note is the small slot on the exterior intakes next to the port and starboard lights. These can be fi lled.

Full engines are supplied, with exterior detail, which is redundant on the fi nished it. The multi-part internal detail is good, however, and adds to the overall rendering of this aircraft. The main undercarriage bays are also built up and added to the main fuselage at this stage. They are quite impressive, in engineering and detail, adding to the experience of building this from the box. The rest of the detail and the parts continue in this vein. Detail inside the airbrakes, canopy and of course the plethora of external stores is commendable, especially considering the high parts count, numbered in order on the sprues, ma ing it easy to fi nd everything.

ColourThe F-14 has a very distinctive patina to the panelling, especially on the later D-model. Because these are the end-of-the-line aircraft replaced by F/A-18s, they are beautifully dirty with an abundance of visual reference online giving us plenty of options to recreate the effects in scale of this classic. had my sights set on this objective - to achieve the correct weathering. The supplied decals are thin enough, but have a slight misregister, and ust wasn t ta en with the two schemes offered so ordered the ightertown decals instead. The kit painting diagrams, though basic, are in colour and do include references for the following paint brands: Mr Hobby, Vallejo, Model Master, Tamiya and Humbrol, which is very helpful. Following the colour references on the ightertown decal painting guide, used Tamiya y rey for the underside, along with ight rey and edium

ea rey for the upper surface. n retrospect could have lightened all of these slightly. The exhaust nozzles and the neighbouring areas do lack detail, but with some canny masking and painting can be brought to life. The obligatory gloss coat followed the paint, to prepare for the

decalling session, followed by another gloss coat to seal everything ready for the main mission – the weathering.

Weatheringtep Tamiya panel line wash basically

smearing the entire surface and letting it dry overnight. Using cotton buds dampened with white spirit, then lifted off most of the wash, leaving the panel lines and dirt streaks where appropriate.

tep then added more strea s and dirt, fuel, oil and muck, using oil paints and a at brush with a hint of white spirit, carefully drawing the stains in the direction of air ow. On this swing-wing it keeps things interesting with varying angles for this effect. also made a mask template of the wing glove to depict the oil streaking where the wings sweep into their covers.

tep sprayed on alle o matt coat to bring the surface fi nish together and assess

how to apply the next stage – the patina. tep ve grown fond of the little Tamiya

weathering sets because they are quick to apply and easy to control. used the ust and

oot pressed powder from eathering et to shade around the panels. nce was

happy with the coverage, used a small wad of kitchen paper held in a pair of locking tweezers, slightly moistened with white spirit to erase the shadow along the panel lines. was uite pleased with the result and after a couple of evenings completing the loo , felt satisfi ed. All that remained was to attach the numerous separate parts aps, slats, tailplanes, weapons, antennae, canopy and airbra es. ut ran out of steam. d lost that loving feeling now it was done – the weathering that is.

Fast forward through the hot summer nights and the soundtrack plays again. Out with the cyanoacrylate glue, two evenings completing the build, and is it a Hollywood ending? ●

FINAL VERDICTThis it is easy to build, the fi t of the parts and engineering is very, very good, there is a little ash in some places but nothing to get in the way, and the detail is seriously impressive. The weapons give you more than enough options to build nearly any specifi c machine you want. The experience and result are equally superb and evocative. This fan would line up for another ticket without hesitation.

y apologies to teve vans, concluding in his review he was loo ing forward to this release can easily second teve s review though, without hesitation, to say that asegawa is outshone by a new star. The obby oss range the new Top un.

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Fortunately the Caproni Ca.310 is at last available as a conventional plastic kit in 1:72 scale thanks to MPM, who have issued it in their Azur range in four different boxings

dedicated to the operation of the type by various nations. The one I have here is the Italian and Spanish service version and it consists of three grey-coloured plastic sprues with about 50 parts plus 11 clear and 25 resin parts plus a reasonably sized etched fret. The larger plastic parts are exceptionally cleanly moulded with polished surfaces, fi ne engraved panel lines, restrained fabric rendition on the fuselage and subtly raised control surface structure, although their separation could be more distinct. On some of the smaller parts tooling separation lines can be seen, so some clean-up can be e pected along with refi nement of various small moulding imperfections that can be seen here and there. The ejector pin

marks are positioned so that they should not cause any bother, except the one that crosses the internal structural framework on the cockpit starboard side. The wing trailing edge thickness is acceptable, while the tailplane halves are too thick and need to be reduced. The cockpit interior offers all the basic equipment and instruments, with the boom for the control yokes looking busy (the wheels even include tiny brake levers) as well as the instrument panel with delicate raised dials. However, I suspect that the later Ca.310 version with large side windows would benefi t from e tra detailing in the midfuselage area as this is completely devoid of detail. The large clear sprue is common for all versions and it is again perfectly moulded without any visible defects; I like the way the separate nose section and the main canopy are designed ma ing their fi ture to the fuselage easier without worrying about marking them with glue or damaging them


SPECIFICATION: Azur 1:72 Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio ‘Italian & Spanish Service’Kit No: A106Materials: IM, PE, RAvailability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Azur stockists worldwidePrice Guide £17.60

BEFORE STARTING:● Loctite Super Attak Precision cyanoacrylate● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S● Tamiya masking tape● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty● Tweezers (various types)● Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades● Microscale Micro Set and Sol decal solutions

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 53ft (16.20m)Length - 40ft (12.20m)Height - 11ft 6in (3.52m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:72Span - 225mmLength - 169.4mmHeight - 48.9mm

AIRBRUSHES USED:Iwata HP-BHFor UK distribution and availability visit www.airbrushes.comGabbert TriplexFor worldwide distribution and availability visit www.gabbert-airbrush.de

PAINTS USED:Alclad II lacquer:102 Duraluminium

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H11 WhiteH12 Flat BlackH77 Tire BlackH79 Sand YellowH303 GreenH312 GreenH317 Grey

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Color lacquer:Super Clear Gloss III GX100187 Super Clear UV Cut Flat

Vallejo Model Color acrylic:862 Black Grey990 Light Grey70950 Black70953 Flat Yellow70957 Flat Red

Abteilung 502 oil paint:Abt.080 Wash BrownAbt.110 Black

REFERENCES● Ca ro Ca ro e or ay o y r Kjœraas (2002)● o u y u t a e 2 y a a o

a a M Mura oo ter at o a ISBN: 83-906942-2-0)

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATEKWIK BUILD

SPECIFICATION:

Built & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic

The Caproni Ca.310 is one of those types that has not really attracted the attention of model manufacturers despite an interesting career that included export success to countries like Peru and Norway, which resulted in unique markings as well as being of historical consequence.

AN ILL WINDBuilt & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic

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during sanding. On the other hand I’m curious how the manufacturer intends us to fi the machine gun in the turret because there is no opening for it, nor any kind of mount? Apart from this the turret is quite detailed with internal structure, hand wheel and seat belt. A little trimming will be needed for the side door window because they seem to have a slightly different shape than the door opening (it is a pity the manufacturer didn’t mould the doors completely open and from clear plastic as that would have solved this issue). Eduard has already released a set of canopy masks intended for the Norwegian and Peruvian variants, so these can be used with this version as well. The wheel wells are reproduced with a plain roof, but this is quite OK considering their width, while the resin wheels with two hub styles are e uisite and the main undercarriage legs will loo fi ne once all the tiny etched details are added. Nicely cast are the engines, which include individual e haust stac s and the perforated covers that are needed for some variants. The kit offers two machines in Spanish Nationalists marking and a training and liaison version of the Regia Aeronautica. The decal sheet is printed by

viprint and loo s fi ne, only the dedication inscription on the fuselage seems to be a little blurry in places and the letters should be a little narrower. The typical A5-size instruction booklet is traditionally carefully prepared with the paint references given for the Gunze Sangyo range; however, I think the most colourful schemes will not be easy to read, so suggest chec ing the offi cial website where a full colour version of the kit schemes can be downloaded.

I kicked the build off with the cockpit assembly and installing the oor in the starboard fuselage half. The crew seat needed some thinning with a sanding stick and then the seat belts with anchoring chains were glued in place; the assembly instructions may not be very clear about these items so I suggest checking photographs of any Italian WWII aircraft to get an idea how their seat belts system looked. After assembly of the control wheels and the instrument panel I sprayed the cockpit in the light grey/green interior colour and continued with the window that was trimmed a little before being glued into the port door. Now I glued together the fuselage halves e cept the nose section that was left until the clear nose section has been attached at a later stage.

I now continued with the wing halves, which were thinned at the trailing edges with coarse sanding sticks and all panels lines were rescribed. I also, using the UMM scribing tool, made the separation of the ailerons deeper and broader. Gluing the wing to the fuselage re uired several trial runs until the fi t was acceptable. While the bottom part matched well with just two small gaps to sort out, the upper joint along the wing root was more trouble and the resulting thicker gaps needed

to be fi lled and rescribed to match the surrounding panel line width. little fi ller was also needed to blend in the horizontal stabilizers to the fuselage. For the engines I used my own assembly sequence because the suggested sequence in the instructions did not offer much space for the corrections that I subsequently found necessary. t fi rst installed into the wing the resin nacelle plugs whose correct position is determined by a groove.

e t assembled the cowlings, but their internal diameter was smaller than the resin engines' size, so the cowlings were thinned using a Dremel motor tool. The engines are beautifully cast, so they were just sprayed an Aluminium shade with the reduction gear casing brushed in a blue/grey colour and all the fi ne details accentuated with a dar oil wash. The engines were then trial fi tted being snapped onto the he agon shaped pins fi rst and then the cowlings were applied; however, the engines couldn’t reach the front of the nacelles, therefore the engine locating pins had to be shortened by about 3mm. Once the e hausts were glued to the rear of each engine the cowlings were fi ed to the wing and a few remaining gaps were sorted out with thicker cyanoacrylate and thin plastic strips. The outstanding smaller parts such as the carburettor inlets and the propellers were installed at the end of the build.

Now I could attach the transparencies, starting with the nose that was mated to the fuselage front, which could then be fi nally joined together. Both the nose and main canopy needed a little adjusting and sanding, but overall I was pleased with how these large clear parts fi tted. e t mas ed off the canopies using the Eduard masks, which saved me a lot of time (although the masks do not include the other type of the turret, but they are still very helpful) and went on to the painting. First I sprayed on the white wing tips and also for the vertical stabilizer that is provided in the kit as a decal, but I thought the large white decal area would be troublesome, so I decided to paint it instead with the black crosses cut from the decal for application later. I continued with the under surfaces in Grigio Mimetico (light grey) followed by Verde Mimetico (dark green) and Giallo Mimetico (sandy yellow) on the upper surfaces. I used my own Gunze-Sangyo Aqueous appro imations that deviated from the suggested shades in the instructions (although these seemed and are defi nitely usable); my choice was H303 Green and H79 Sandy Yellow on the upper surfaces with H317 grey underneath. While still having the canopy paint masks on, I added the silver bordering of the cockpit side windows that are visible in period photographs. The decals worked very well and

adhered to the surface without any need for decal solutions, but they are a bit thin so care has to be taken when handling them.

The fi nal completion and preparation of the smaller parts took quite some time and needed a lot of checking against references. First I turned my attention to the landing gear and added the missing oleo rubber sleeves, which were made from thin lead rod wound around the legs and painted gloss black. On photographs I could not see any scissor links so these were left off, although I suspect some aircraft may have had them installed. Bending the etched wheel mudguards to the required shape seemed a little too comple and admit I was not able to bend the part in both planes, so I eventually ended up with rather at loo ing item; thin a resin mudguard would be a more elegant solution here. The resin wheels, however, are little gems having e tremely fi ne tread patterns that suspect were done using 3D modelling. I continued with the turret assembly and opened the rectangular slot for the gun using a fi ne drill bit and scalpel blade and ne t fi ed the gun in it using a rod to imitate the mount. The resin machine gun barrel did not correspond to the real thing, as the muzzle cap was conical, not cylindrical, however I utilized it for the wing-mounted weapon that was missing in my e ample, while the turret gun was sourced from spares. I inserted the turret in the fuselage opening, and its correct position is secured than s to its tight fi t and a small chock moulded on the fuselage wall, so I didn’t use any glue. Based on photographs of the machine '18-11' that I was building I added a couple of missing airframe details such as the DF loop and antenna mast behind the turret and the wing reinforcing wires, which were cut from thic er gauge fi shing line. The it does not include the upper tie rods on the ailerons either, so these were added from my spares bo . ●

FINAL VERDICTverall, this is fi ne it of a long neglected sub ect that may appeal to many modellers than s to its uni ue and rarely seen mar ings. The multi

media nature of the it usually means it is not intended for the ine perienced and the build indeed confi rmed this, so would recommend it to more skilled modellers who are able to cope with both the kit’s physical nature and its omissions.

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SPECIFICATIONSHasegawa 1:48 Douglas A-4C SkyhawkKit No.: PT22Materials: IMAvailability: Ripmax Ltd (UK Importer) and Hasegawa stockists worldwidePrice Guide: £OOP

BEFORE STARTING:● Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S● Tamiya Masking Tape● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty● Tweezers● a g t e● Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades● Johnson’s Future

PAINTS USED:Tamiya acrylic:X-14 Sky BlueXF-2 Flat WhiteXF-20 Medium Grey

Tamiya enamel:X-11 - Aluminium

MIG ProductionsDark Wash

AIRBRUSHES USED:Harder & Steenbeck EvolutionHar er tee e ty o eBoth available in the UK from Little-cars, visit www.little-cars.com

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 27ft 6in (8.38m)Length - 39ft 4in (12m)Height - 15ft (4.57m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:48Span - 174.6mmLength - 250mmHeight - 95.2mm

REFERENCES● Douglas A-4A/B Skyhawk in Navy Service by S. Ginter, Naval Fighters No.49 (Steve Ginter 2002 ISBN: 0-942612-49-3)● McDonnell-Douglas A-4 Skyhawk by B. Elward (The Crowood Press 2000)● McDonnell-Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Variants by L. Peacock (Alan W. Hall Publications 1978)

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNERKIT BUILD

Built & Written by Daniel Zamarbide Suárez from the Canary Islands


Hasegawa 1:48 Douglas A-4C Skyhawk

One can say that the A-4 Skyhawk is one of the most important types in aviation history as it has been involved in several wars beginning with Vietnam and ending with the Falklands and the Gulf Wars.

The model depicted for this article belonged to the Armada Argentina (Argentine Naval Aviation) during the Falklands conflict in 1982, it was registered 3-A-307 and flown by Captain Alberto Philippi during the attack on HMS Ardent on the 21st May 1982. He

was subsequently shot down by the Royal Navy Sea Harriers, but ejected and managed to walk back to the Argentinian lines. Of the three components of his squadron that took part in the attack, all were shot down by Sea Harriers, however HMS Ardent sank a couple of hours later.

ConstructionThe asegawa it is great, but to ma e the specifi c as used by Argentina, you must make several changes to the airframe. First

Malvinas Malcontent

“The painting of the cockpit and the pilot is very simple because it is identical to the U.S. Navy version, although the pilot’s helmet is customized with an eagle on the visor and a German cross on the back”

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One can say that the A-4 Skyhawk is one of the most important types in aviation history as it has been involved in several wars beginning with Vietnam and ending with the Falklands and the Gulf Wars.

Malvinas Malcontent

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of all I considered the cockpit interior, which in this case is very narrow with little being seen, so I decided a resin cockpit would be a waste of money plus it had the added bonus of saving me time. As an essential complement to my models I often install a pilot fi gure and in this case used one of the pilot fi gures offered by roduction. The painting of the cockpit and the pilot is very simple because it is identical to the U.S. Navy version, although the pilot's helmet is customized with an eagle on the visor and a erman cross on the bac . The only other interior part to worry about was the engine inta e and that fi tted without any problem. ith all the interior fi nished it was time to close the fuselage halves and add the nose, which are offered as separate parts for the B or C versions, so I went with the version. The fi rst change you will need to make to depict the Q model is to mark the new panel lines around the fi breglass panels, which will later be painted a light cream colour. Then moved on to the wings, which you must modify with a very important detail that is applicable to all A-4s as follows: when on the ground the slats droop, however nearly all model kits depict this by leaving a step in the resulting trough in the leading edge, but this is not there in

Stage-by-Stage - Construction

All the dials and switches were picked out in white, silver and yellow

The pilot and seat were then fi tted into the cockpit tub; note the eagle motif hand-painted onto the front of the ‘bone dome’

The pilot’s helmet also had a German cross painted on the back

First of all, all the main components were test fi tted with the new pilot fi gure installed (note his initial pose, which would be soon changed)

The pilot fi gure came from PJ Production but the pose was modifi ed and various details were added

The kit interior is fi ne for this build, so the tub was painted grey with various details picked out in black

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reality (the thickness of the trailing edge of the slat is such that it is minute when reproduced in scale, and thus invisible). So you must remove the step by cementing a strip of Evergreen plastic (square section) along the step and then fi lling with putty the resulting seam. Once dry, eliminate the join with sandpaper so you leave no trace of the step. Once this correction is completed the wings and fuselage are mated with no problem. This also goes for the air intakes, exhaust and holes for the cannon, although they will all require some ad ustment and maybe even fi ller to get a perfect fi t. The modifi cations continue with the antenna on the dorsal spine as well as structural reinforcements on one side of the fuselage, all of which are exclusive to the


“The modifi cations continue with the antenna on the dorsal spine as well as structural reinforcements on one side of the fuselage, all of which are exclusive to the Argentinian version”

Once painted the pilot was quite effective

The main fuselage components, it is that straightforward

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The nose needs the two fi breglass panels engraved into it, using embossing tape and a pin in a pin-vice Once cleaned up and the lines highlighted in pencil, the new panels are quite effective

Stage-by-Stage - Construction CONT...


rgentine version. ith the airframe fi nished it is time to prepare it for paint.

Paint & Markingso, with the model ready for painting, applied

the lightest colour fi rst. n this instance that

meant matte white for the lower surfaces (Tamiya ) and once dry, medium grey mi ed with a little white (

) applied as the light grey of the upper surfaces. To give a little more life to the grey, add a little more white to the mi and apply

this from the centre of each panel wor ing outwards. This particular aircraft has a large ag on the tail and rudder and although it was supplied as a decal on the ztec sheet was using, the complicated relief of the rudder made me opt to paint the blue white ag on


The large dish antenna needs adding to the dorsal spine; fi rst of all the area is marked out in pencil...

...then a plasticard disc is cut to shape and attached...

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...fi nally putty is used to make the upper section of the antenna

The iron bombs just had nose fuses and sway braces added

The MER had various details added from plasticard and wire

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using Tamiya XF-2 and X-14.Once the aircraft was fully painted, the

panel lines were highlighted with a pencil. I recommend using a 2H, because I tried an HB but the results were much darker than I

wanted. An HB was used, but only in those areas where there would be regular access such as access doors. Once all of that was done I applied a coat of gloss varnish and let it fully dry before applying the Aztec

decals, which are superb. The only diffi culty experienced was with the anchors at the upper surface of the wings due to the need to get them over the vortex generator 'stubs' that are characteristic of the A-4. Once all of the decals

“MIG Productions Dark Wash was applied to all the panel lines and once dry the excess was wiped in the direction of the airfl ow, leaving much of the residue to depict a dirty aircraft that has seen extensive combat use”

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With the canopy masked the basic colours are applied to the canopy (black) control surfaces (white) and slat and fl ap interiors (red over a white base)

The overall scheme was white (XF-2) and light grey, which in this case was made from a 50/50 mix of white (XF-2) and grey (XF-20)

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Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk, 0669/A-216 (BuNo.145061), Base Aeronaval Comandante Espor, October 1972. Light Gull Grey FS26440 upper surfaces with white FS.27875 undersides. All lettering in black. Black anchor markings in four wing positions. Tricolor of blue/white/blue of rudder repeated on elevators

Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk, 0658/3-A-305 (BuNo.144929), 3o Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Rio Grande, May 1982. Light Gull Grey FS26440 upper surfaces with white FS27875 undersides. All lettering in black. Black anchor markings in four wing positions. Unit badge on nose. Tricolour of blue/white/blue of rudder repeated on elevators

Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk, 0668/3-A-215 (BuNo.145053), 3o Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Rio Grande, May 1982. Light Gull Grey FS26440 upper surfaces with white FS27875 undersides. All lettering in black. Black anchor markings in four wing positions. Tricolour of blue/white/blue of rudder repeated on elevators

Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk, 0657/3-A-304 (BuNo.144915), 3o Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Rio Grande, May 1982. Brown and green camouflage on upper surfaces with undersides retaining original white FS27875. Lettering in black. Unit badge on port side of nose only. National flag on fin. Tricolour elevators retained

Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk, 0656/3-A-302 (BuNo.144882), 3o Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque, Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora, 1984. Early low-viz finish adopted on the A-4Qs consisting of green upper surfaces with undersides retaining the original white FS27875. All lettering and markings on upper surfaces in light green. Black anchor markings in four wing positions. Unit badge on nose. Tricolour of blue/ white/blue of rudder repeated on elevators. National flag on fin

Richard J. Caruana © MAI 2013

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The tail markings were supplied as decals, but the raised ribs made it easier to paint this area, starting with white...

...then blue (X-14)... ...to give the fi nal ‘fl ag’

were dry I applied a coat of gloss varnish and left it to fully dry. MIG Productions Dark Wash was applied to all the panel lines and once dry the excess was wiped in the direction of the air ow, leaving much of the residue to depict a dirty aircraft that has seen e tensive combat use. ll that was left to do now painting wise,

were various minor details such as the antidazzle panel ahead of the windscreen and the wing walkways.

Final DetailsThe aircraft itself was fi nished so my attention turned to the smaller parts such as the landing

gear, arrester hoo , wheels and e haust nozzle, which all re uire the same style of weathering as used on the rest of the airframe.

s for the weapons, that are not included in the it, used a weapons set from asegawa to help me correctly arm this particular machine with four na eye bombs on a


The wing walkways were applied as a dense mottle of fl at black The completed overall scheme is still very ‘fl at’, so needs some weathering

Stage-by-Stage - Paint & Markings CONT...

First up, a 2H pencil is used to highlight panels, with an HB used for those panels that are accessed on a regular basis

Stage-by-Stage - Weathering

The pencil lead is drawn back from the access panels on the wings to create streaking

The underside gets the same treatment, although there are fewer access panels

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and two fuel tanks. The MER lacks detail, so I added some from plastic card and wire, while the bombs were just painted with their characteristic overall olive green and nose rings applied with matt yellow. With all these parts fi nished, all that remained was to glue all the pieces together. I recommend you start with the landing gear, then the wheels, then the bombs and MER, arrester hook, fuel tanks and fi nally, the coc pit canopy. ●


Highlights are added to the centres of some panels using a mix of the base grey with yet more white added

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With all the paint weathering effects complete the model needs to be sealed with a gloss varnish

Decals on!

The MIG Productions dark wash is applied to all the panel lines, then the excess is drawn off in the direction of the airfl ow, leaving quite a lot behind as this machine needs to look dirty

Once the matt varnish coat is applied everything levels off and the end effect is a very dirty Skyhawk

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FINAL VERDICTFor me, this is one of the most striking Skyhawk versions alongside the Israeli ones, and with this superb quality kit from Hasegawa you can easily add this beautiful aircraft to your collection. There are dozens of interesting schemes for the Argentinian Skyhawk which make them perfect to model. The Aztec decals are also superb.

The tanks, bombs and MERs all need to be painted and weathered to match the airframe

The simple exhaust nozzle is painted in a variety of metallic shades to reproduce burnt metal

Little details matter: here you have the fl ap interior, painted, decalled and weathered

All the various fi nal detail parts laid out before they are added to the model to complete the build

Stage-by-Stage - Final Details

All the undercarriage doors also need to be weathered, both inside and out

The various components that go to make up the undercarriage units

The cockpit canopy was sprayed black fi rst, to show up inside, then grey at the same time as the main airframe, then weathered in the same way

The tiny cannon barrels are grey at the base with gunmetal in the middle created from graphite applied over black, and silver at the tips

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SPECIFICATIONSTrumpeter 1:48 Grumman HU-16AKit No.: 02824Materials: IM, PE, RBAvailability: Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importer) and Trumpeter stockists worldwidePrice Guide: £79.99

BEFORE STARTING:● Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S● Tamiya Masking Tape● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty● Tweezers● a g t e● X-Acto Modelling knife and #11 blades● Fiskars straight edged scissors

PAINTS USED:Halfords acrylic (aerosol):Grey Plastic Primer

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Hobby Aqueous Hobby Color acrylic:H314 FS35622 Light Blue-Grey

White Ensign Colourcoats enamel:ACUS06 FS25189 Aircraft Blue-GreyACLW21 RLM 04 Gelb

Daler Rowney oil paint:304 Ivory Black

AIRBRUSHES USED:Iwata Hi-Line HP-BH and HP-CHAvailable in the UK from The Airbrush Company, visit www.airbrushes.com

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 80ft (24.38m)Length - 60ft 9in (18.52m)Height - 24ft 4in (7.42m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:48Span - 508mmLength - 386mmHeight - 154.5mm

REFERENCES● Grumman Albatross - A History of the Legendary

ea a e y Mut a er 88● Grumman HU-16 Albatross by Charles Stafrace, Warpaint Series No.92 (Hall Park Books 2013)● Grumman SA-16A & HU-16A, Italian Monographs No.7 Mo ogra ero aut e 8

● HU-16 Albatross In Action No.161 (Squadon/Signal Publications 1996)


Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK


It took some time for Trumpeter to make the promise of 2010 come to life but it’s fi nally here; the 1:48 Albatross

Sure, we’ve had a few versions of it before in smaller scales from the likes of Revell, Monogram, AModel and Aeroclub and

even some resin ones from RVHP, but this is the first in injected plastic in 1:48. The kit comes in a very large, sturdy box with some reasonable art on the lid. This artwork is in fact a

more accurate representation of the real thing than the markings guide, so pay close attention. The plastic inside comes on 17 sprues of grey-coloured plastic, all with very good detail, a single large sprue of clear bits and a bag load of rubber tyres (why?) and metal undercarriage legs. There is also a small etched fret with seat belts and other details and two large

Ancient MARINER

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Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK


It took some time for Trumpeter to make the promise of 2010 come to life but it’s fi nally here; the 1:48 Albatross

Ancient MARINERMARINER

decal sheets (more on them later). The detail on the plastic parts is really nice with very good external panel lines and the internal mouldings, such as the instrument panels and electronic gear, are excellent. The exterior is pretty much devoid of any rivet detail though. I guess that Trumpeter have taken to heart the criticism

of their earlier kits with the ‘divots’ in the skins and have now gone to the other extreme. Not to worry, a couple of hours with the pounce wheel puts some restrained rivets into place.

Construction begins with the interior which is quite an odd build with a totally separate core that’s encased in a forward and rear

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Grumman HU-16A Albatross, S/No.51-1023, ‘White 1023’, Chinese National Air Force (Taiwan). Fuselage is finished in Mid-Blue, Dark Blue and Olive Green with wings and tailplane in the first two colours only. Light Grey undersides. Yellow fuselage band edged in black. National markings on fuselage only, unit badge on fin. All lettering in white

Above: Grumman HU-16A, S/No.MM.50-182, 140-22, 140^ Squadriglia, 15o Stormo SAR, Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 1961-1965. Aluminium (silver) overall, yellow rear fuselage band and wing tips, edged in black. Blue band, edged in yellow, across vertical tail surfaces with ‘S.A.R.’ in white. Codes and serial in black. National markings in four wing positions

Below: Grumman HU-16A, S/No.MM.51-037, 15-9, 15o Stormo SAR, Aeronautica Militare Italiana, post 1974. Aluminium (silver) overall with yellow hull and wing tip floats. Yellow rear fuselage band and wing tips, edged in black. Orange nose and rear fuselage sections. Codes and serial in black

Grumman SA-16A Albatross, 6534/34, 2o/10o Gav-Esq. Pelicano, Força Aerea Brazileira, 1966. Aluminium lacquer overall with white fuselage top decking. Yellow-orange floats, wing tips and rear fuselage band. Black with orange edge band and white ‘SAR’ letters on fin. All other lettering in black. National markings in six positions

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Grumman HU-16C Albatross, S/No.51-37924, ‘7924’, US NAS Brunswick (Maine). Engine Grey and white scheme with Red-Orange areas applied to nose and fin. Yellow floats and wing tips. Yellow upper wing centre section between engine cowlings and rear fuselage band, both edged in black. Lettering in black except last two letters of Pensacola, which are in white. ‘7924’ repeated in white on hull bottom, reading from port side

Above and Below: Grumman HU-16C, S/No.137929, ‘929’, US Navy, NASU Iwakuni, 1967. Engine Grey and white overall. Yellow rectangle on nose and rear fuselage band, both edged in black. Yellow floats, wing tips and section between engine cowlings, with latter two also edged in black. Black lettering on fuselage, white on vertical tail surfaces. National markings in standard positions


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section of the external fuselage. This will allow for other versions of course but the complexity of this kind of thing means that there is plenty of scope for misaligned parts. Overall the detail for the interior parts is pretty good with lots of black boxes and a very good main instrument panel. Sadly lacking, though, are the overhead controls for the engines and propellers. These consist of a whole mess of levers, switches and knobs that are very prominent on the real thing, so it’s a pity that Trumpeter have completely ignored this area. I made a basic set-up with some strips of photo-etched material and stretched sprue. Suitably painted it looks the part but you can bet the aftermarket companies will be on this like a shot. The interior is made up of over 160 parts including 13 transparent bits, so it all takes a bit of time to come together. Painting is a matter of personal choice as well because even though most of the early s were fi nished with an Interior Green cabin, there are plenty of pictures showing them in grey and natural metal although the oor was usually a dark anti-slip kind of surface. Sadly missing is any kind of representation of the interior insulation pads that covered the skins but, once again, the aftermarket world will be rubbing their hands with glee about that. The fuselage quarters close up around

The kit’s light grey plastic is beautifully moulded with crisp, even panel lines but barely a rivet in sight

The pounce wheel strikes again. Hey presto, rivets!


The interior plastic is neatly detailed and the instruments are very good. The only thing missing is the interior acoustic/thermal insulation

Interior colours are a bit of a mixed bag, most early HU-16s were Interior Green but there are a lot of variations

It’s a complicated build which relies on a lot of parts all being properly aligned; plenty of room for mistakes but it does look pretty good

The instrument panel looks gorgeous with a mix of decals and paint; it’s a pity it’s going to be all but invisible on the finished article

Totally missing in the kit are the engine and propeller controls on the centre overhead console. A bit of scratch building required until the likes of Eduard come up with the goods

The transparent main windscreen is a poor fit, which is unusual for Trumpeter these days; nothing that a bit of filler won’t take care of

The engines are very nice but ridiculously over-complicated to build with over 45 parts per engine. They need a wiring harness as well

More rivet detail added to the too-plain wings. I do my riveting before the primer goes on so that the paint layers smooth off the little darlings

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the interior reasonably well, although be prepared for some serious fi ler around the nose and the transparent section covering the coc pit, as the fi t here is not very good. Also worrying is the size of the horizontal tail sections. These appear to have too great a chord by about 4mm, which is a sizeable amount. t s not easy to fi without ma or surgery and with the rudder being about 2mm too wide as well it means the whole tail loo s ust a little too fat .

e t up are the wings and engines. The engines are pretty good representations of the Wright Cyclone powerplants, although at nearly 100 parts for the two they are a bit on the over-complicated side. They need the ignition harness as well but once done and painted they do look quite nice. The large wings come in sections with the central part holding the nacelles and the outer sections separate. This allows for the later, long-span, version to be easily made with ust a new outer wing

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The wing centre section around the engine nacelles is very nicely detailed and it all fi ts together properly too

And here is the result of the over-complicated fashion in which it’s constructed; misaligned parts. The trouble is I actually thought I’d got everything in the right spot; obviously not

There is also the problem of the completely see-through centre section which will need to be boxed in if you’re going to have the fl aps down. Note the fi lled and rescribed joint that was a gaping hole in the previous picture


The major sub-assemblies are ready to come together and it’s beginning to show

its true size: BIG

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“The exterior is pretty much devoid of any rivet detail, though. I guess that Trumpeter have taken to heart the criticism of their earlier kits with the ‘divots’ in the skins and have now gone to the other extreme”

Paint starts with the Light Grey undersides. The instructions say it should be Insignia White, which may be true for the later Taiwanese aircraft but not for the early ones. In this case it’s FS35622 Light Blue Grey

The upper surface is FS25189 Aircraft Blue Grey with various panels and sections of the airframe in a slightly lighter tone to break it up a little

The walkway on the upper surface is nothing like the one depicted in the instructions. Where Trumpeter got the shape for that one is anyone’s guess

Stage-by-Stage - Paint & Markings

The walkway is black outlined and fi lled in with a suitable dark grey; in this case it’s Ocean Grey. Check with your references as to the exact shape of the area as there were differences in the lengths and angles of the sections

It should end up looking something like this The pretty end of the model with lots of stripes. That means lots of masking, of course, but it’s worth it in the end

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moulding. The aps and ailerons are separate which is always a good thing but if you deploy the aps in the down position, you ll have to deal with the see through nature of the fuselage. f d nown this earlier, would have bo ed off the fuselage sections before they were put together for a much more realistic effect, than ust blan ing off the offending section as ended up doing. therwise the wings are trouble free with e cellent detail around the nacelles and a good overall fi t of the parts. The only problem came in attaching the wings to the fuselage. This is tric y with lots of sections to line up and as you can see from the pictures, not entirely successful. The comple ity of the initial construction of the interior, combined with the odd shape of a lot of the parts, allows for misalignment to creep in and that means it s out with the fi ller and sanding stic s.

Colouring Innce that s done we re loo ing at the paint ob

and in the bo you get two good choices. The

fi rst is the classic in silver with yellow and blac bands whilst the second is the much rarer Taiwanese avy version in blue and grey. Trumpeter have a very odd approach to mar ings, though; for some reason they

really hate the stars and bars because in so many of their its they get it wrong. t s no different in this one, as they have once again got the proportions wrong ome on guys, its not that diffi cult t s also a real annoyance


“The interior is made up of over 160 parts including 13 transparent bits, so it all takes a bit of time to

come together. Painting is a matter of personal choice as well because even though most of the early

HU-16s were fi nished with an Interior Green cabin, there are plenty of pictures showing them in grey and

natural metal although the fl oor was usually a dark anti-slip kind of surface”

The paintwork gets some fairly heavy weathering from various shades of pastels, Tamiya Smoke and minimal paint chips as it would have been almost constantly retouched in service

One really fi lthy area is the bit under each nacelle. Those radial engines were notoriously fi lthy…lovely

The undercarriage units are one of the most complicated and ungainly looking affairs around but the metal legs are sturdy and with all the strut work in place it’s very stable. Pity about the nasty rubber tyres, though

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How big is my Albatross? That’s a wing span of over half a metre! Add that to the sheer bulk of the fl ying boat fuselage and it’s got some serious presence

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when they slice the Taiwanese national marking into quarters. I mean, why? If there is some political reason for that then don’t do that nationality and chose someone else’s, it’s not as if you’ve got a limited options list with this particular aircraft. Anyway, enough moaning. I opted for the Taiwanese version, purely because I love their markings, and got to spraying. The painting guide calls for Insignia White on the underside but pretty much all the published material states Light Grey. This is the Mr Hobby Aqueous Hobby Color H314 FS35622 Light Blue-Grey, with a few lighter panels and varying thickness of coats to give it some life. The upper surface is the excellent White Ensign Colourcoats ACUS06 FS25189 Aircraft Blue-Grey, again with varying thickness of paint and some lighter areas and panels.

The next job requires a fair amount of masking and that’s the walkway on the upper surface in the proper pattern and not as Trumpeter would have you do. This area is dark grey (any one will do really but I used Ocean Grey) outlined in black. There’s more blac along the leading edge of all the ying surfaces for the de-icer boots as well as the black lining around the fuselage hi-viz stripe. You need a bright yellow for that (RLM 04 is good) but don’t make it too bright in this scale or it will really jump out at you and spoil the whole look of the thing. There are even more stripes to do on the tail for the Taiwanese markings. These are supplied in decal form if you’d like but I opted for the paint version, mixing a suitable light blue to be sprayed over the white. If you do spray your own tail stripes, make sure the white


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FINAL VERDICTThis kit is something of a mixed bag. Yes it looks pretty good and there is excellent moulding throughout but it’s a bit over-complicated, there is some missing detail that should have been included and it’s tricky to get it all properly aligned. The worry about the over-large tail is a bit disappointing, however I enjoyed building something this unusual and because of its sheer ‘presence’ in the display cabinet it could be made into a real show-stopper.

Was it worth the effort?Always a tough question when things in this hobby cost so much anyway; if you want it you’ll buy it.

areas are just a little bigger than the blue or the proportions will look kind of odd.

Weathering is a generous application of pastel dust, some Tamiya Smoke and some very dirty, oily looking stuff around the engine nacelles, courtesy of Lifecolor and their Tensocrom 207 Oil. This was all sealed in with a couple of coats of Klear and it’s on to the decals.

I have a kind of love-hate relationship with Trumpeter decals because they are so often wrong but they work brilliantly. In this case the stars and bars have a too thick border around the star and the Taiwanese sun discs have been butchered into tiny pieces; who knows why? Not only that but there is a second set of Taiwanese markings on the sheet that is completely unmentioned in the instructions! In use, the decals are nothing short of superb. They quickly release from the backing and slide about easily on the gloss surface until, with a little help from some setting solutions, they settle down with limpet like tenacity into all the little nooks and crannies. Then, as the complete master-stroke, once they are totally dry you can remove the bac ing fi lm with a little scrubbing from white spirit and a cotton bud (thanks to John ‘Tigger’ Wilkes for that technique). This leaves them looking totally sprayed on, glorious. Now, if only they could get the markings right in the fi rst place

Final DetailsOnce this lot had dried off it was time for the rest of the build and this is a long process because there’s a lot of it. The undercarriage is the main culprit, which is a fi ddly affair, with plenty of struts, linkages and doors to take care of. The choice of metal units or plastic is useful and it all fi ts together pretty well, ma ing a sturdy fi nal assembly, even if it does use horrible rubber tyres. Please Trumpeter, stop it! There are also plenty of aerials to sort out as, for some reason, the kit ignores the blade antennae under the wings and gives you a whole bunch of pitot probes instead. There are three under each outer wing panel, two straight and one pointy. Plasticard cut to the right shape and size will do here. There is a further single blade on the top of the fi n and two more aerial masts on the upper fuselage to attach the complex array of aerial wires that will follow. With the wing oats and drop tan s in position, as well as the little landing lights, it s time for the fi nal fi nish of tracolor at varnish, a spray of dar exhaust staining across the top wing, and it’s time to sit back and take stock of the new 1:48 Albatross. ●

“Worrying is the size of the horizontal tail sections. These

appear to have too great a chord by about 4mm, which is a sizeable amount. It’s not easy to fi x without major surgery and with the rudder being about 2mm too wide as well

it means the whole tail looks just a little too ‘fat’”

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The concept of a simple, cheap, reliable and easy-to-fly aeroplane was foremost in Sir Geoffrey de Havilland’s mind when his aviation company embarked

on the design and production of the Moth series of biplanes in the mid-1920s. His dream was to promote flying to a wider section of the population at a time when growing enthusiasm towards aviation was influenced by widely publicised record-breaking feats.

First in line was the DH.60, which performed its maiden ight at the company s airfi eld at Stag Lane on 22nd February 1925. It soon gained popular support making it an instant

success, so much so that the Director of Civil Aviation, Sir Sefton Brancker, ordered the acquisition of 90 examples for the growing number of government sponsored ying clubs. As supplies of the Cirrus engine that originally powered the DH.60 began to dry out De Havilland sought the assistance of engine designer Major Frank Halford to provide an alternative power plant. By 1927 tests of the four-cylinder Gypsy had produced encouraging results, producing 135hp for a weight of 295lb. Most importantly, the Gypsy was a completely new engine and did not rely on the availability of ex-World War One parts salvaged from the eight-cylinder Renault engines. Derated to 50hp it became the standard power plant for

the . the following year, ying for the fi rst time in the company owned oth and soon became known as the Gypsy Moth. Further development of both engine and airframe resulted in the Gypsy II that provided 120hp and the Gypsy III of 130hp, the latter becoming known as the Gypsy Major. Building the engines in house meant that De Havilland could streamline its production facilities to build engines and airframes in parallel and in equal numbers. Airframe development was centred around the replacement of the original wooden-frame fuselage construction by a welded steel tube fuselage structure in the DH.60M, thus becoming known as the Metal

oth. This was also the fi rst oth design to be acquired by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in substantial numbers and was also built under licence in Australia, the United States, Canada and Norway.

Enter the TigerA trainer version designated DH.60T,

incorporating further strengthening of the framework to accept cameras, practice bombs and possibly even radio equipment, was rejected by the RAF. Main concern was the problematic access to the front cockpit.

ncouraged by suggestions for improvement by the ircraft rmament perimental

stablishment ( ) at artlesham eath, De Havilland pursued with its military variant. Such access was hampered on the standard

TIGER...TIGER... THE DE HAVILLAND DH.82 TIGER MOTH

G-ANEL is here seen its wartime camoufl age and markings and its original serial: N9238. Of particular interest is the ‘shadow compensation scheme’ correctly applied to this Tiger Moth, where the top of the lower wings were fi nished in Light Earth and Light Green in contrast to the rest of the airframe which is fi nished in Dark Earth and Dark Green. Old Warden, 1978(©Richard J. Caruana)

Tiger Moth G-ANFW was purchased by the Malta Aviation Museum Foundation in 2000 and was restored to its wartime original confi guration and scheme as DE730. It returned to fl y in 2010 and has been displayed at Malta’s International Air Show and featured in an Australian TV production. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Dakota can be seen in the background

(©Richard J. Caruana)

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Moth due to the proximity of the aircraft’s fuel tank in the top wing centre section placed directly above the front cockpit. A solution was found by moving the tank’s position forward while sweeping the wings back to maintain centre of lift without major redesign to the fuselage. Both occupants were also provided with fold-down doors on both sides of the cockpits. Design and development of this new version was, in itself, an amazing feat by the design team led by Arthur Hagg, assisted by F.T. Hearle and F.C. Plumb. A dismantled Moth airframe was used as a full-scale mock-up and the new machine evolved without the aid of the drawing department! A prototype was ordered against Air Ministry

pecification , which was based on the DH.60T with the incorporation of staggered and swept-back wings together with increased dihedral to the lower wings. The result was wor s number , registered ; such was the difference between this aircraft and its predecessors that it was given the type designation . ; the Tiger oth was born. owered by a ypsy hp engine, the prototype was own for the first time on

th ctober by e avilland s chief test pilot Hubert Broad. The Tiger Moth’s success was immediate. t proved simple and cheap to produce and maintain while at the same time being a reliable and stable aircraft. f was fully certified for aerobatics up to , lb and highly suited for blind ying with the possibility of easily adding a hood over the rear cockpit.

n initial order for e amples was made by the ir inistry through its pecification T. ( ) and named the type Tiger oth . The first of these were delivered in ovember to o. lying Training chool, rantham where the first pupils learned to y in what was to become the standard training aircraft for thousands of and Commonwealth pilots. By the following year the Central Flying School was proudly displaying the aerobatic qualities of its new aircraft at the isplay at endon.

eptember mar ed the appearance of an improved version in the form of the

. . arying civilian registration , wor s number featured the new ypsy

a or engine which provided hp together with an e ternal refinement of the airframe. The latter consisted in replacing the previous fabric-covered over stringers of the fuselage dorsal section aft of the rear cockpit with one made from plywood. Access doors to the front coc pit were also slightly modified by replacing

the deep hinged doors will smaller ones. Fuel capacity was increased from to gallons.

ifty machines ( ) designated Tiger oth were ordered by the against pecification . ll of these went to enley with deliveries beginning in

ovember from where they were then passed on to various lementary lying Training chools ( T ), together with o.

uadron and a number of civilian lementary and eserve T . y that time the had chosen the Tiger Moth as its main ab initio training aircraft, as the slowly but surely replaced some vro Tutors, some of which were still being delivered. Operating costs was to be the principal factor and understandably so when comparing the Tutors hp yn engine with the Tiger s hp ypsy a or.

rders were ooding in not only from the and civil ying schools but also from all over

the world. Pressure for increased production of the Tiger Moth resulted in a major decision for de avilland and his company. t became very clear that the restricted space at tag ane could not cope with future orders and with this in mind a number of open fields at atfield were purchased where a new factory and airfield could be built. tag ane was sold and

eoffrey de avilland ew out of its airfield for the last time in uly . The situation in urope had finally stimulated the to embark on a major expansion programme, part of which was the establishment of the

oyal ir orce olunteer eserve ( ) in in which the Tiger oth was to play a significant role. nother innovation was the introduction of anti-spin strakes on the far end

of the fuselage that made their appearance on the Tiger oth as war in urope was on the brink of outbreak. When war broke out over Tiger oths had been delivered, most of which had gone to the numerous

T where the ma ority of pilots got their initial training before proceeding to the Flying Training Schools for further training before joining operational units. Wartime production of the Tiger oth totalled , e amples ending with . f these, , had been built by orris otors td

at owley, ford. further , were built in Canada, Australia and New Zealand for the ommonwealth ir Training lan. , examples were built by de Havilland Canada

alone, including versions of the DH.82C powered by the Menasco-built engines, thus becoming known as the Menasco Moth. A

further 200 were also built in Canada for the nited tates rmy ir orce ( ) under end ease agreements under the designation T , all of which were delivered to the oyal anadian ir orce ( ). weden built e amples as the . , were built in

ortugal, in orway and were built in New Zealand.

The DH.82 Queen Bee externally looked li e a Tiger oth on oats but in actual fact was quite a different aircraft. To begin with the fuselage was the wooden-framed type of the . ypsy oth suitably modified to be fitted with the . wings. lthough standard controls and equipment were retained in the front cockpit, the rear seat was removed and replaced by a radio-control system operating pneumatically-driven servos. t was built as a radio controlled gunnery target version and the first e amples began to

be delivered in . ueen ee production consisted of aircraft built by de avilland at atfield and a further by cottish Aviation.

n the wa e of a possible invasion of ritish territory after the fall of France in the summer of plans were in hand to convert as many available aircraft for defensive purposes, and the first modification considered for the Tiger Moth was its possibility of carrying small calibre bombs to be used against ground troops. e amples were fitted with bomb racks as part of Operation Banquet, a British plan to use every available aircraft in a desperate effort to repel a possibility of invasion hatched on th uly by the AOC-in-C, Training Command.

While University Air Squadrons and the continued for uite a number of

years to y the Tiger oth after the end of the econd orld ar, the found that a considerable number of trainers were surplus to re uirements and were sold to ying clubs and individuals. Most of these continued to y to the present day. The type is also well

represented in aviation museums all over the world. Certainly among the foremost reasons for its longevity is that the Tiger Moth is easy to y, cheap to run and maintain and can be easily adopted for a number of roles. Not to be forgotten the number of times the type acted as a stand in, at times e ternally modified, for other aircraft in a number of films.

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Tiger Moth G-ANRF, a Morris-built example still flying today here photographed at Old Warden on 19th October 1978. Purchased in 1974 by David Cyster it was restored and became the first of its type to fly from England to Australia during the 50th anniversary of the first solo flight between these two countries flown by Sqn Ldr Bert Hinklet in 1928. Note the front cockpit has been faired over (©Richard J. Caruana)

Plenty of detail for the modeller in this close up view of the cockpit area of DE730 belonging to the Malta Aviation Museum, seen here during just before its roll-out ceremony at the end of a nine-year restoration programme. It is kept in fully airworthy condition(©Richard J. Caruana)

Sitting on the parched grass at Old Warden in July 1976 is G-AOBX finished in its wartime Royal Navy colours and carrying its original serial number T7187. A year before this picture was taken it was flying at Thorpe Park fitted with a set of floats but otherwise in the same finish(©Richard J. Caruana)

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De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, N9374, ‘Black 70’, No.22 Elementary Flying Training School, RAF, Cambridge, 1940. Early ‘shadow compensation scheme’ of Dark Earth/Dark Green on upper surfaces with Light Earth and Light Green on top of lower wings. Trainer Yellow undersides. Night serial, repeated below wings. Night code ‘70’, outlined in Trainer Yellow. Type B blue/red roundels above wings

De Havilland DG.82A Tiger Moth, G-ADZN, ‘Black 30’, No.10 Elementary Flying Training School, RAF, Yalesbury, April 1940. ‘Shadow compensation scheme’ of Dark Earth/Dark Green on upper surfaces with Light Earth and Light Green on top of lower wings. Trainer Yellow undersides, vertical tail surfaces and elevators. Night registration, repeated below wings. Type B blue/red roundels above top wings

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, T8209, ‘White 10’, No.25 (Polish) Elementary Flying School, Hucknall, 1943. Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. Night serial, white code on engine cowling. Polish flag on fuselage sides. Type B blue/red roundels above top wings. Note ‘Mustard’ gas detection patch above rear fuselage

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De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, EM973 •YO, No.401 Squadron, 1943. Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. Codes in Medium Sea Grey, serials in Night. Black/white/red ‘sharkmouth’ motif on engine cowling. Squadron hack, carrying the ‘YO’ codes applied on the squadrons’ Spitfires at the time

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, T7741, ‘Black 42’, No.25 (Polish) EFTS, late 1943. Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. All lettering in black with serial repeated below lower wings. Yellow lower part of cowling, top wing tips and fuselage band. Type B blue/red roundels above top wing

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, DE745, assigned to the 353rd Fighter Group, USAAF Station 366 (RAF Metfield), September 1943. Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. US national markings with yellow outer surround on fuselage sides, above upper port and below lower wings; note RAF fin flash overpainted, probably with Olive Drab. Name ‘Dorothy’ in red, outlined in white, on fuselage side

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, 680, ‘White 12’, No.28 EFTS, Rhodesian Air Training Group, Mount Hampden (Southern Rhodesia), May 1942. Trainer Yellow overall. Serial in black, code on engine cowling in white. Red/white checks around rear fuselage. Roundels in six positions


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De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, A17-616, BF•Z, No.5 (Army Co-Operation) Squadron, RAAF, Mareeba (Queensland), summer 1943. Earth Brown and Foliage Green upper surfaces with Sky Blue undersides. Serial in black, codes in Neutral Grey. National markings in six positions

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, A17-358, ‘Black 58’, No.1 Air Observer School RAAF, Cootamundra, 1943. Earth Brown and Foliage Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. Trainer Yellow cowling, rear fuselage band and chordwise bands above top wings. Serial and code in black. National markings in six positions. Although roundels are in blue and white, the fin still carries the original three-colour flash

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, T6026, •ROUD, Oxford University Air Squadron, 1947. Trainer Yellow overall. All lettering in black with serial repeated below lower wings. Blue/white/red roundels above top and below lower wings. Oxford University shield on engine cowling

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth T Mk 2 (ex G-AFST, impressed 15.01.1940), W7957, GP•2C, No.727 Naval Air Squadron FAA, Gosport, 1950. Trainer Yellow overall with all lettering in black. Serial repeated below wings. Post-war style roundels in six positions


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De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, DE709, BD•X, Army Air Corps Centre (British Army Elementary Flying Training School), Middle Wallop, 1955. Silver overall with yellow bands around rear fuselage and chordwise above the top wings and below the bottom wings. Codes and serials in black. Roundels in six position. Red spinner front and wheel hubs. Went to Australia and still flying in Victoria as VH-BPU

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, SR38/9, Flying Training School, Southern Rhodesian Air Force, Cranbourne, 1948-49. Silver overall with black anti-dazzle panel ahead of front cockpit. All lettering in black with serial repeated below wings. Green/yellow/green bars flanking fuselage roundels. Roundels repeated above top wing. Later became VP-YOP

De Havilland SK.11 (DH.82A) Tiger Moth, 5•3, Swedish Air Force, 1935. Yellow overall with red trim. Codes in black, with ‘3’ repeated on engine cowling. National markings in black and white in six position

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, ‘Black 5’, EC 2/595, Vichy French Air Force, Tong (French Indochina), 1941. Silver overall with yellow/red engine cowling, red spinner and rear fuselage, fin and elevators. Horizontal white stripe along fuselage and another vertical around rear fuselage. Serial black, roundels in six positions with those on fuselage being outlined in white

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De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, MO-159, LeLv26, Finnish Air Force, 1943. Oliivinvihre (Olive Green) upper surfaces and Vaaleanharmaa (Very Light Grey) undersides. Underside of wing tips and fuselage band in yellow. Codes in black. National markings in six positions

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, PG712, ‘White 2’, Royal Netherlands Air Force, 1946. Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. Serial in black, code ‘2’ on engine cowling in white. National markings in six positions. Currently kept in flying condition registered PH-CSL

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk II, 0802/NM-150, Yugoslav Air Force. Ocean Grey and Dark Green upper surfaces with Trainer Yellow undersides. Serials in Night. National markings in four wing positions

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, 30•107. Spanish Air Force, post-civil war. Silver overall with Azure Blue underside of wings and tailplane. White wing tips and rudder. All markings in black, with three black bands above top and below lower wing tips


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SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATEKIT BUILD

Built & Written by Alan Price from the UK


The Bf 110 had until fairly recently been a bit of a neglected subject. True, there were a number of kits of it but these were all fairly old and the type was in need of a refresh.

Airfix arrived on the scene with a new kit which was pretty good, certainly better than anything else on the market in 1:72 at the time. I built

that kit for MAI back in Issue 73. Shortly after the Airfix kit, Eduard released their offering, which received instant acclaim for its accuracy and detail. For our build here, we have the Eduard Bf 110 with the full set of their upgrades from the Brassin range, comprising wheels, nose guns and engine (there is also a cockpit set now

available which was not at the time of this build). The kit is packaged in the typical colourful Eduard box with great artwork on the top and representations of the colour schemes on the side. Inside is packed a mass of sprues in a colour not dissimilar to RLM 02. Everything is separately bagged including a very large sprue containing all the clear parts. The moulding is simply first class, beautiful fine, engraved panel lines and rivets adorn the parts. Eduard even supplies two entire fuselages just so you don’t have to glue on the extended

Model Make‐Over

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The Bf 110 had until fairly recently been a bit of a neglected subject. True, there were a number of kits of it but these were all fairly old and the type was in need of a refresh.

Model Make‐OverThe Bf 110 had until fairly recently been a bit of a neglected subject. True, there were a number

tail if you wish to build that version. The instructions are in a booklet style and I do find Eduard’s part placements a little vague at times, an arrow in the general direction of something is not too helpful, a little more clarity for such a detailed kit would help. That said, they are comprehensive and the colour/marking guides are very well done. A lovely pre-painted photo-etch sheet is included as is an equally nice decal sheet – more on this later. The Brassin sets are splendid and all the parts have minimal attachments to the pour stubs for easy

clean-up. The engine is incredibly detailed but the builder is left to source suitable material to make some hoses - it would have been nice to have this included with the set. Another surprise are the Brassin wheels, which though stunningly well moulded are not weighted or flattened. Even the pocket money Airfix kit managed this…

Time to crack on with the build and this begins with the cockpit. The amount of detail included with the photo-etch is phenomenal in this scale and careful study of the instructions

is called for. I painted everything with Gunze-Sangyo H070 RLM 02 before attaching the photo-etched parts and then picked out a few details with some enamels. The fuselage itself fi tted together perfectly, the seams needed almost no attention. Remember to scribe a line down the join top and bottom of the fuselage from the wings back to the tail, as there was a panel join where the two halves of the fuselage were fi ed together. The port wing needs a little modifi cation to fi t the rassin engine, the Eduard instructions again are a little vague here in places so study carefully

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The cockpit is very comprehensively detailed. The whole interior was painted RLM 02 before picking out the details in various colours and adding the photo-etched parts

The completed interior is a little gem – it’s hard to see how the new Brassin cockpit could improve on this!



The wing needs altering to fi t the Brassin engine set; follow the instructions carefully here to ensure the wing is cut correctly

Assembly moved on at a pace due to the simple nature of the build and the superb fi t. In no time the bulk of the airframe was together. A little rescribing was needed on the fuselage to repair detail which was damaged during clean-up

With the tail surfaces on, the airframe is just about complete

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“The instructions are in a booklet style and I do fi nd Eduard’s part placements a little vague at times, an arrow in the general direction of something is not too helpful, a little more clarity for such a detailed kit would help. That said, they are comprehensive and the colour/marking guides are very well done”

The Brassin engine and nose are fi tted prior to painting and although the engine is a little fi ddly to fi t, the nose fi ts perfectly

I replaced the photo-etched aerial under the fuselage with brass wire, which would be a little more substantial than the rather delicate photo-etched one. The actuators for the tail surfaces were tricky to fit, having no locating points

and do plenty of dry fi ts to ensure everything goes together properly. had the duard e terior detail photo etched set too and this includes the inner framing for the nacelles. found this impossible to fi t as the frames have straight edges but the inside of the nacelle is curved. The solution would be to scribe lines to fi t the frames into but this needs to be done before gluing the halves together. ith the wings assembled a test fi t to the fuselage showed that the upper edge of each wing was a little low compared to the mating surfaces on the fuselage sides. ather than fi ll this after assembly, cut some small sections of sprue

to wedge in between the open ends of the wings to push the upper edge a little higher.

fter a little fi ddling around ad usting the size, this gave me a perfect fi t and the wing was then glued into place. ith the tail surfaces also on, the clean up was done in no time at all and other than a couple of dabs of r

urfacer, no fi ller was needed. turned my attention to the resin parts ne t

and added the nose, leaving the guns off till the end. The engine was detailed as per the

duard instructions and then painted with Tamiya , T lac . fter applying gloss, a brown oil wash gave the engine a

grimy appearance. found the engine bearers made the engine point up in the air slightly and had to shorten the lower mounts to get the engine to sit in the correct position. This may be related to the fi t of the fi rewall, though had cut it where duard show in the instructions, but it may be that it needs to be a millimetre or so further bac to ma e the angle of the bul head a little steeper, thus lowering the engine, but couldn t ad ust this as d glued the nacelle on by this point. The engine is also a little wide for the nacelle and a bit of trimming here and there was needed to get things to fi t. There are uite a few small parts to fi t before

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Time for paint – everything is masked off ready for the primer coat

Painting begins with a coat of Tamiya grey, which is then polished with Micro-mesh to ensure a fl awless fi nish


painting and a fair bit of photo-etched; all this takes time but after a few more evenings it was ready for paint. I left off the guns and some other tiny parts that were bound to get broken, to be attached right at the end.

Paint & MarkingsI began the painting process by masking everything off, with foam blocks pushed into the cockpit and wheel wells. I’d attached the front section of the canopy and this was masked with the supplied masks. Its worth noting Eduard don’t supply the masks for the tiny triangular windows at the top of this part of the canopy, so I made these myself from some offcuts from the mask sheet. The model was fi rst coated with Tamiya XF-83 Medium Sea Grey to act as a neutral undercoat. This was then pre-shaded with blac . The camou age was a fairly standard RLM 74/75/76 scheme with a heavy mottle on the sides. I started with the underside blue using Gunze-Sangyo H417 RLM 76. Once dry I masked off the underside and the fuselage and applied the camou age scheme freehand with Gunze-Sangyo H068 RLM 74 and H069 RLM75. I wasn’t happy with the effect, for some reason I just couldn’t get the splinter scheme to look right and in the end I masked the edges and gave the colours a hard edge; this seemed to work better

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A pre-shade with black is the next stage in painting The light blue goes on next, just enough to allow the pre-shading to show through

The upper wing surfaces were next airbrushed with the splinter scheme and a hard-edge demarcation was used

The fuselage and tail surfaces were then painted with the splinter scheme and fi nally the mottling was added to the sides of the fuselage

A fairly heavy mottle was applied to match the scheme shown in the instructions

“Once dry I masked off the underside and the fuselage and applied the camoufl age scheme freehand with Gunze-Sangyo H068 RLM 74 and H069 RLM75. I wasn’t happy with the effect, for some reason I just couldn’t get the splinter scheme to look right and in the end I masked the edges and gave the colours a hard edge”

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and I was happy with the result. The top of the fuselage was then unmasked and the splinter scheme painted. The sides were unmasked and the mottling done with very thin paint at low pressure (around 12psi). The aircraft I was building had yellow markings under the wings and fuselage so with all the masking removed,

these areas were then masked and airbrushed fi rst with unze angyo lat hite then

ellow.ollowing a coat of icroscale icro loss,

it was time for the decals. The sheet supplied is very comprehensive including a lot of tiny stencils – full marks to Eduard for supplying

spares for a lot of these. owever, was not too impressed with the decals as there were a number of register issues. The swastikas were unusable as the white was so far off the black and a number of the small stencils had issues too. The yellow outline for the on the fuselage codes was also slightly out

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Yellow identifi cation markings were added as the fi nal stage in painting

With the gloss coat on, the decals went on over three sessions

Stage-by-Stage - Paint, Markings & Weathering CONT...

The pin wash was applied using well thinned Humbrol black enamel

Almost there, with the matt coat on it’s time for fi nal detailing


of line. was going to attempt to fi this after completing the build but it was ust too delicate to wor on so in the end left it. The decals too three sessions to apply and responded nicely to my usual

icroscale setting solutions. fter a wash down, another coat of gloss sealed things ready for the pin wash using heavily thinned umbrol lac . ith the wash completed decided to give the build a light coat of icroscale icro lat in preparation for a bit of weathering as the thin paints used ta e better to a matt fi nish. also started the fi nal assembly, adding the e hausts, undercarriage and undercarriage doors. used some heavily thinned Tamiya red brown blac for some post shading on panel lines then a similarly thin mi of Tamiya

T lac and some white to ma e the e haust stains.

Final DetailsThe remaining aerials and small parts were attached ne t. duard don t provide any locating pins for these small parts, which means that the tiny balance weights and aerials are ust butt glued to the locating points on the airframe. This is not very secure and noc ed off the balance weights a number of times nother light

I added the undercarriage at this point to make the build easier to handle. A second coat of gloss prepared the build for the pin wash

The weathering is applied and the last parts attached, just the aerial leads to add and it’s fi nished

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FINAL VERDICTAn absolutely superb kit, it’s hard to fault it. The decals were the only real issue with the register fault on my sheet, but this may be an isolated incident. The resin parts used here do raise this from being a beginners’ kit to a little more advanced level but if you fancy the easy life there is always the ‘Weekend’ edition without the photo-etched parts. That version is not a lot more than the irfi it and it s a lot more accurate. This has to be, without a doubt, the best Bf 110 to date in this scale.

Was it worth the effort?Yes, worth every penny.

coat of at now completed the fi nish and removed the canopy masking and attached all the clear sections. The guns were added to the nose section and d airbrushed these with some Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black and then dry brushed them with some Humbrol 27004 Gun Metal, which was then burnished with a stiff brush. With the propellers and wheels on, just the landing lights and aerial leads from stretched sprue were needed and the build was complete. ●

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NEW RELEASES / KITS

MiG-25PD/PDS FoxbatScale 1:48/ Kitty Hawk Models, USA / Materials: IM, PE / Kit No.: KH80119 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Kitty Hawk Models stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £49.99

The MiG-25 is big, so the deep, large box is no surprise, nor are the masses of sprues inside. The twelve grey-coloured sprues contain over 300 parts with the upper and lower mid/rear fuselage halves offered as separately packed components. You also get a clear sprue of eight parts and an etched brass fret containing eight pieces. The instruction booklet takes you through assembly via 17 pages of clear diagrams and you also get a separate diagram showing you the various weapons you can fi t to the

pylons etc. The outer ‘wrap’ of the instructions is in colour and offer the painting and decalling guide, as well as details of the various weapons included. These latter items comprise FAB500 and 1500 bombs, R-60, R-40R and R-40T missiles and the large drop tanks. The breakdown of the parts shows that other versions are planned, as the entire forward fuselage/cockpit/nose is a separate sub-assembly. The massive exhaust cans are included, to give a nice deep effect in the rear fuselage, but Kitty Hawk have not wasted time and money offering you both engines that would then be hidden. Once again the undercarriage is shown installed before the bays go inside the fuselage, as they did with their Jaguar kit, but this time it does not look essential, so hopefully they can be omitted and added at the end to save the risk of damage. You are going to need a lot of weight forward of the coc pit and although small areas are identifi ed as needing weight adding during assembly, inside the bo is a large ball bearing, which we presume is a nose weight that needs to be fi tted between coc pit and forward noseradar unit shown in stages 16 and 17, but no mention is made of it in the instructions? You also get a full radar unit should you wish to pose the radome hinged to one side, but that spoils the lines of the type, we feel.

The kit offers three decal options: ‘Blue 75’ of the Russian AF in 1979; ‘Blue 56’ of the Ukrainian Air Force; nidentifi ed machine of the ra i ir orce. o other details about units, bases or locations are included in the

instructions, which is a shame. ll colours are identifi ed by unze angyo r olor paints, although all are identifi ed by a full name and, where applicable, an number albeit that these are going to be appro imates as the ussians did not use the system. The decal sheet is well printed, has a light sheen to the fi nish and includes a full set of airframe and ordnance stencils.

Dimensions 1:1Span - 45ft 11.5in (14.02m)Length - 78ft 1 3/4in (23.82m)Height - 20ft 0.25in (6.10m)

References● Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat - Guardian on the Soviet Borders by Y. Gordon, Red Star Vol.34 (Midland Publishing 2007 ISBN: 1-85780-259-7)

Verdict: The Foxbat in 1:48 is probably one of the most wanted types, because up until now all you had was the old Lindberg kit. This is certainly a modern tooling, maybe not as refi ned as some, but overall a very good product and one that we highly recommend to all post-war Russian aviation fans. Our thanks to Kitty Hawk Models for the review sample.

Hawker-Siddeley Harrier GR Mk 3cale irfi , aterials it o. vailability ornby obbies ( anufacturer) and irfi stoc ists

orldwide / Price Guide: £14.99

Having given us the newly tooled GR Mk 1(#A03003) a few months ago (See Issue 99), Airfix have now produced the GR Mk 3 version and although it uses much of the GR Mk 1, the number of new parts is such that it has leapt up a series and is thus half as much again. Inside the box you will find the usual grey-coloured plastic sprues containing 98 grey and five clear components. Assembly follows similar

lines to the GR Mk 1, so you build up the cockpit tub first, then the intakes on either side of the fuselage before adding the compressor blades and gluing the fuselage together. Options include having the undercarriage up for an ‘in-flight’ pose, although to do this you have to buy the stand separately, and you also have the intake bleed doors either open or closed. The neat aft position of the join on the exhaust cans is repeated here as it was on the GR Mk 1, so no worries about unsightly seams. Two types of laser-ranger nose are included and ordnance-wise you get Sidewinders, tanks, Aden cannon pods and Matra rocket launchers.

The it offers two decal options , o. ( ) uadron, ermes ir roup, outh tlantic, ay ; , o. ( ) n, tersloh, ermany, . The decals are nicely printed, albeit

matt, and include a full set of stencils for airframe and ordnance.

Dimensions 1:1Span - 25ft 3in (7.7m)Length - 46ft 10in (14.27m)Height - 11ft 7 3/4in (3.55m)

Reference● Harrier by F.K. Mason (Patrick Stephens Ltd 3rd Edition 1987)

Verdict: If like me you remember the old GR Mk 3 kit, with the horrible ‘linkage’ to the nozzles that we all got covered in glue, then this new tooling is just about as far away from that as you can possibly get! It is truly a quantum leap in quality, detail and production and it is highly recommended to all, without reservation. Our thanks to Hornby Hobbies Ltd for the review sample.

Dimensions 1:72Span - 106.9mmLength - 198.2mmHeight - 49.3mm


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Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3 CondorScale 1:72 / Trumpeter, China / Materials: IM / Kit No.: 01637 / Availability: Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importer) and Trumpeter stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £39.99

This kit has been a while in the making, as it was first announced back in 2007. In the largish box you will find eight grey-coloured sprues and a single one in clear plastic. These offer 254 grey and 18 clear parts and for a change there are no etched, rubber or metal parts. The kit has much in common with their 1:48 version so you get a full interior with all

the fuel cells etc., crew positions and gun stations. Assembly is quite easy though, and all done in 11 stages, but there is still good detail throughout and you get separate control surfaces and flaps plus a complement of three torpedoes. Oddly, the ventral gondola is devoid of any interior detail at all?

The it offers two decal options r. , of an unidentifi ed uftwaffe unit; W/Nr.0034, ex-F8+GW, which was captured and used in the USSR. The decals include all unique and national insignia, although the swastikas are split in half and there are no stencils. t is interesting to note that the fi rst option most li ely never carried torpedoes, it also had a different gun turret cupola for the front upper than that offered in the kit, and almost certainly never had the ‘ring around the world’ insignia on the fuselage/nose sides

Dimensions 1:1Span - 32.84mLength - 23.85mHeight - 6.30m

Reference● Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor by M.J. Murawski, Monograph No.32 (Kagero 2007 ISBN: 978-83-60445-53-2)

Verdict: The link to its 1:48 brother tells in the amount of detail, but some will shudder at the price, as it is almost double the new-tooled Revell example (See Issue 20), but this one does have a lot more detail with all the potential therein. Best to junk the decals, use some aftermarket and check your references, but overall it is recommended to all Luftwaffe modellers, and our thanks to Pocketbond Ltd for the review sample.

Fokker E.IVScale 1:32/ Wingnut Wings, New Zealand / Materials: IM, PE / Kit No.: 32029 / Availability: Wingnut Wings worldwide / Price Guide: £69.99

Having done the E.III (see Issue 94) Wingnut have now turned their attention to the later E.IV with this kit. It comes in their usual style of box and we are glad to see the nice clear (crinkly) plastic bags containing all the parts once again, as we were not fans of the cloudy, sloppy bags they used for a while there. Inside you will find eight grey-coloured sprues

containing 106 parts, some of the sprues are common with the E.I/III/IV series (x4), whilst others are just for the E.IV (x3) and the final one is just for the engine. A single clear plastic sprue offers five parts, but only two are used here. The little etched fret contains 20 parts, of which 18 are used in this version. The instructions are their usual impressive ‘booklet’, supporting the assembly stages with period photographs and diagrams. Assembly is achieved in just eight stages, it is a simple monoplane after all, then you get a clear rigging diagram with a couple of nice period images to support this, which are reproduced nice and big.

The kit offers five decal options: 122/15 prototype, flown by Anthony Fokker and to arschau, eptember ; , flown by a mmelmann, , anuary ; , flown by arl lbert, lbert esterreicher, lfred ehn, ilhelm ierec and urt intgens, , mid late ; , flown by t. ller of est , pril ; , flown by urt tudent, o erstaffel,

August 1916. The large decal sheet includes all the national insignia for each option, as they all seem to differ, plus unique markings and a full set of stencils

Dimensions 1:1Span - 10.05mLength - 7.5m

Reference● Fokker Monoplanes by J.M. Bruce, Profi le No.38 (Profi le Publications 1965)

Verdict: uperb, as always, it is good to see them fi lling all potential subjects from their basic moulds and it is also good to see the quality of their packaging going back up once again, as it is a small thing, but it makes all the difference in how we view the ‘worth’ of a kit! Highly recommended to all WWI modellers, and our thanks to Wingnut Wings for the review sample.

Dimensions 1:32Span - 314.1mmLength - 234.4mm


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NEW RELEASES / KITS

McDD F-4C ‘Vietnam War’Scale 1:48 / Academy. Korea / Materials: IM / Kit No.: 12294 / Availability: Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importer) and Academy stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £36.99

evised tooling white, blac and grey coloured plus

clear plastic components ne decal option o. , cat

own by ol. . lds and t. . roc er, rd T , th T . This machine is today on

display at the useum, ayton, hio.

Verdict: Everyone said this would be moulded in grey plastic, but it’s not, it is still a horrible mix of black, grey and white sprues - yuk! The quality of the kit itself cannot be faulted, though, so it is highly recommended to all Phantom fans. Our thanks to Pocketbond Ltd for the review sample.

References● F-4C, F-4D & RF-4C Phantom II, Detail & Scale Vol.43 by B. Kinzey (Kalmbach Books/Airlife Publishing, 1994)

Polikarpov U-2 ‘Kukurznik’

cale dmiral, aterials , it o. vailability

Hannants (UK Importer) and Admiral stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £21.99

pgraded reissue of avia it fi rst released in

tan coloured plastic plus photoetched components

Three decal options hite . ormandie iemen, ree rench ighter egiment, , molens aya region, eptember ; lue unidentifi ed uard egiment, , entral ohemia, summer

; hite , th uard egiment, ,

Verdict: The basic Gavia kit is still good 13 years later and the addition of the new etched parts plus some good decals makes for a very appealing package. Recommended to all VVS fans, and our thanks to Admiral/AZ Model for the review sample.

Reference● Polikarpov U-2/Po-2 by Martin Velek, Model File (MBI 2003)

Morane-Saulnier MS.406C.1 ‘Czechoslovak & Polish Pilots’

cale zur, aterials , , / Kit No.: A111 / Availability: Hannants (UK mporter) and zur stoc ists worldwide Price Guide: £12.99

ew tooling grey coloured and three clear plastic plus

three resin and seven photo etched components our decal options o. , own by gt .

ubace , . ay ; o. , own by t . y ora, e scadrille , pril ay ; o. , own by t . halupa, e scadrille , une ; o. , own by nd t . hciu ,

e scadrille , ay

Verdict: This new tooling is superior to both Hasegawa and HobbyBoss examples, as it is produced for a French company (thus using French data) by MPM who have been improving the quality of their kits no end recently. Highly recommended to all French AF fans, and our thanks to Azur/MPM for the review sample.

Reference● Le Morane-Saulnier MS.406 (Lela Presse 1998)

Polikarpov I-16 Type 18

cale duard, aterials it o. vailability reative odels td, annants odels

( istribution) and duard stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

eissue in the simplifi ed ee end dition series

dar grey coloured and two clear plastic components

ne decal option ellow of the th , eningrad area, pring

Verdict: Always nice to have Eduard’s e cellent kits available in this simplifi ed form, this one is no exception as it can be highly recommended to all, from novice to expert. Our thanks to Eduard M.A. for the review sample.

Reference● Le Polikarpov I-16 by C. Cony, M. Ledet, J-A. Cerda & V. Kulikov (Lela Presse, 2001)

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-1/G-2

cale ar odels, aterials , it o. vailability

Hannants (UK Importer) and Mark I Models stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

eissue of duard tooling upgraded with resin parts (2x kits in box)

dar grey coloured and two clear plastic plus two resin components

our decal options own by . arnigico, tab . , la urrti airfi eld, orthern ussia, pril ; ellow , own by . atner, . , Tunisia, ovember ; lac ,

own by . all, . , astern ront, ugust ; T , own by . uu anen, e v ,

innish ir orce, tti airfi eld, summer

Verdict: The basic kit is sound and the addition of a new resin interior ‘tub’ puts right one of the major disappointments of the original Eduard version. Recommended to all, and our thanks to Mark I Models for the review sample.

Reference● Messerschmitt Bf 109G, Aero Detail No.5 (Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd 1992 ISBN: 4-499-20589-1)

Douglas DB-7C ‘Captured Boston’

cale , aterials it o. vailability annants (

Importer) and MPM stockists worldwide / rice uide .

eissue (limited edition) dar grey coloured and nine clear plastic

component ne decal option achine captured by the

apanese and tested at o u i utsu en yu o ( ir Technical esearch aboratory),

Verdict: An interesting limited edition reissue of this kit with these markings, as the existence of this captured machine has been known for decades, so it is good to be able to add it to the collection at last. Highly recommended to experienced modellers, and our thanks to MPM for the review sample.

Reference● Douglas Havoc & Boston: The DB-7/A-20 Series by S. Thompson (The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN: 1-86126-670-7)

by B. Kinzey (Kalmbach Books/Airlife Publishing, 1994)

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Douglas TBD-1 Devastator ‘at war’Scale 1:72 / Admiral, CZ / Materials: IM, R / Kit No.: ADM7215 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Admiral stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £18.40

ew tooling dar grey coloured and four clear plastic

plus 26 resin components Three decal options u o. . T of

T on ornet, une ; u o. , lac of T on or town, arch ; T of on anger,

Verdict: The Valom kit had its faults and was hard to build, so let’s hope this all-new tooling from dmiral fi ts the bill as the old

irfi one is too long in the tooth to consider nowadays. Recommended to all, and our thanks to Admiral/AZ Model for the review sample.

Reference● Douglas TBD-1 Devastator by S. Ginter, Naval Fighters No.71 (Steve Ginter 2006 ISBN: 0-942612-71-X)

Sikorsky CH-53GAScale 1:48 / Revell, Germany / Materials:

it o. vailability evell ermany ranch ( istribution)

and Revell stockists worldwide / Price uide .

eissue based on fi rst released in dar green coloured and clear

plastic components Two decal options of the erman

ir orce, based at c eburg in ; of the erman ir orce (no other details given)

Verdict: An impressive kit in the scale and offered this time at a good price, so one we can recommend to all helicopter modellers. Our thanks to Revell Germany for the review sample.

Reference● US Marine Corps Helicopters by Yves Debay & James Hill (Concord Publications ISBN 962-361-711-9)

Henschel Hs 132BScale 1:72 / RS Models, CZ / Materials:

, it o. vailability Hannants (UK Importer) and RS Models stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £15.80

ew tooling dar grey coloured and two clear plastic

components ive decal options (all spurious) lac of t . ; ed of of

; achine tested in apan and a machine captured by American troops and put in USAAF mar ings

Verdict: This depicts the Jumo 004-powered version and it is a lot more detailed than the old Huma Modell version, with sharper penal lines etc. It should be within the capabilities of anyone with a little e perience working with their more recent releases. Our thanks to RS Models for the review sample.

Reference● Luftwaffe Advanced Aircraft Projects to 1945, Vol.1 Fighters & Ground-Attack Aircraft; Arado to Junkers by Ingolf Meyer (Midland Publishing Ltd 2006 ISBN: 1-85780-240-3)

Fiat G.50-II Frecca ‘Finnish Aces’

cale pecial obby, aterials , it o. vailability annants (

Importer) and Special Hobby stockists worldwide rice uide .

evised tooling based on the . bis version released at the same time

dar grey coloured and four clear plastic plus resin and photo etched component

ive decal options , ellow , v , almi , uly ; , ellow , own by apt . . uha a, v , lipasilta , ecember ;

, lue , v , own by tn . Tuominem, ; , hite , v , own by t .

Tuominem, lipasilta , ugust ; , e v . mmola ,

Verdict: We have waited since 2012 for this one to arrive, but it is of e cellent uality and should have everything in it ‘from the bo ’. Highly recommended to all Finnish AF fans, and our thanks to Special Hobby/MPM for the review sample.

Reference● Fiat G.50 & Caudron-Renault CR.714 by K. Keskinen & K. Stenman, Suomen Ilmavoimien Historia No.8 (K. Stenman 2004 ISBN: 952-99432-0-2)

Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B

cale Trumpeter, hina aterials it o. vailability oc etbond

td ( mporter) and Trumpeter stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

ew tooling ne clear and medium grey coloured

plastic components Two decal options lue , ussian nights

display team, huhai, ovember or lue of the same team at the event; the former is in

standard camou age, while the latter is in the redwhite blue scheme

Verdict: This is a really nice kit, scaled down from 1:72 we guess, and with little in the way of compromise or simplifi cation of detail you even get a cockpit tub with separate ejection seat. Ideal for all skill levels and highly recommended to all Russian aviation fans. Our thanks to Pocketbond Ltd for the review sample.

References● Sukhoi Su-27 by Y. Gordon (Midland Publishing 2007 ISBN: 1-85780-247-4)

Sopwith PupScale 1:144 / Valom, CZ / Materials: IM,

it o. vailability annants (UK Importer) and Valom stockists worldwide rice uide .

ew tooling, its in bo dar grey coloured plastic components our decal options , hin how ,

o. n, own by t . . ee, uly ug. ; , own by t . tewart, o.

n, pril ay ; , own by dr . unning, urious, ugust ,

own by t waida, , ay

Verdict: A neat kit, but boy is it tiny in this scale. Recommended to all 1:144 fans, and our thanks to Valom for the review sample.

Reference● Sopwith Pup Windsock Datafi le Special (Albatros Productions)

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NEW RELEASES / KITS

LET L-410 UVP ‘Turbolet’Scale 1:72 / Admiral, CZ / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: ADM7232 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Admiral stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £21.99

pgraded reissue of avia it fi rst released in 1998

tan coloured and clear plastic plus one resin and photo etched components

ive decal options , T ; , T , hite agle viation; ,

, ity ing; , of the nited ations; , of the

Verdict: Nice to have the main issues with the Gavia kit (nose and side windows) corrected, as the base kit is sound. Coupled with the excellent new decal options, it is recommended to all with experience using all three mediums, and our thanks to Admiral/AZ Model for the review sample.

Reference● Internet

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4

cale ar odels, aterials , it o.

Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Mark I Models stockists worldwide / Price

uide .


dar grey coloured and two clear plastic plus six resin components

our decal options hite , own by . eissler, . , astern ront, ay ; ellow , own by . ezna , .(slow.) , napa airfi eld, astern ront, pril ; lac , own by . chiess, . , Tunisia, arch

; of uadriglia, ruppo utonomo, ciacca aircraft, icily, uly

Verdict: The basic kit is sound and with the addition of a new resin interior ‘tub’ plus the missing bulges above the wheel wells also offered in resin it just makes it all that more appealing. Recommended to all, and our thanks to Mark I Models for the review sample.


McDD F-4F Phantom ‘Pharewell’Scale 1:72 / Revell, Germany / Materials:

it o. vailability evell ranch ( istribution) and evell

stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

eissue of it fi rst released by evell in

blue coloured and four clear plastic components

ne decal option o. , , irst n ast ut of for the hantom harewell event on the th une

Verdict: Crikey, a very complex scheme that utilises gold decals, which we have to say is going to be a real nightmare applying and/or matching, even though Revell quote their gold (#94) paint as a match? One for the more experienced, we feel, our thanks to Revell [UK Branch] for the review sample.

Reference● Luftwaffe Phantom - Die McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom in Dienst der Bundesluftwaffe by A. Klein (AirDoc 2001)

Morane-Saulnier MS.405Scale 1:72 / RS Models, CZ / Materials: IM, R / Kit No.: 92152 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and RS Models stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

evised tooling based on their . released in mid

dar grey coloured and three clear plastic plus fi ve resin components

Three decal options o. as test at , eims in ; o. at hartres in

une ; o. at in anuary ; . . , o. as displayed at the alon

de Provence in 1939

Verdict: A few years back no-one knew about the 405, well between them AZ and RS have put that right and this new one from RS is nicely detailed and should be within the grasp of all but the complete novice. It is recommended to all Armée de l’Air fans, and our thanks to RS Models for the review sample.

Reference● Le Morane-Saulnier MS.406 (Lela Presse 1998)

North American F-86L Sabre Dog‘Thai Service’Scale 1:72 / Special Hobby, CZ / Materials:

, , , it o. vailability Hannants (UK Importer) and Special Hobby stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

eissue (limited edition) dar grey coloured plastic, three resin and

photo etched brass plus two vacformed clear plastic components

our decal options , , and all from the st wing, th n, oyal Thai , on uang

,

Verdict: A nice limited edition reissue of this kit with some super markings; the high parts count for the etched should not be of concern, as most are vortex generators on the rear fuselage and these are so small, most we suspect will avoid them! Highly recommended to experienced modellers, and our thanks to MPM for the review sample.

Reference● North American F-86D/K/L Sabre Dog, Part 3: ANG & Foreign by D. Curtiss, Air Force Legends No.211 (Ginter Books 2004)

Fokker E.I ‘Early’cale ingnut ings, ew ealand

aterials , it o. vailability ingnut ings worldwide rice uide .

evised tooling using parts from previous . series kit/s

grey coloured and two clear plastic plus photo etched brass components ive decal options , own by tto

arschau, une uly ; own by urt intgends, b, uly ; own by ffz. neiste, , ugust ; own by a

mmelmann swald oelc e, , ugust ; own by duard hme, b,

ugust

Verdict: Superb, as always, there is little more you can say really! Highly recommended to all WWI modellers, and our thanks to Wingnut Wings for the review sample.

Reference● Fokker Monoplanes by J.M. Bruce, Profi le No.38 (Profi le Publications 1965)

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NEW RELEASES / KITS

Morane-Saulnier MS.410C.11Scale 1:72 / Azur, CZ / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: A075 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Azur stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £12.99

ew tooling grey coloured and three clear plastic plus

four resin and seven photo etched components ive decal options , e v ,

irvas , arch ; , seized by the ehrmacht at rly airfi eld in une ;

, e v , olomani , une ; , T e v , Til s rvi , une ; , e v , irvas , arch

Verdict: Cheaper and more detailed than the old Hasegawa one and better detailed than the ‘easy assembly’ HobbyBoss example, this is a superb new tooling that we recommend to all French and Finnish aviation fans. Our thanks to Azur/MPM for the review sample.

Reference● Le Morane-Saulnier MS 406 (Lela Presse 1998)

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5/G-6

cale ar odels, aterials , it o.

Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Mark I Models stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £12.20


dar grey coloured and two clear plastic plus six resin components

our decal options lac own by . ar horn, . , astern ront, ovember

; red , own by . artels, ., alama i airfi eld, reece, ovember ; ellow , own by . roll, . ,

neburg airfi eld, ermany, pril ; ombined uadron of the lova nsurgent ir orce, lova ational prising, Tri uby

airfi eld, lova ia, ugust

Verdict: A sound basic kit with the addition of new resin for the interior and missing bulges on the wings. Recommended to all, and our thanks to Mark I Models for the review sample.


McDD F/A-18C Hornet ‘Swiss Air Force’

cale evell, ermany aterials it o. vailability evell

ranch ( istribution) and evell stoc ists worldwide / Price Guide: £17.99

eissue of it fi rst released by evell as a in late light grey coloured and si clear plastic

components Two decal options of taffel

anthers based at ayerne; of taffel alcons based at ayerne

Verdict: The sprues carry a 1995© and are made in China, they have a mix of engraved hinge lines and raised panel lines and access hatches, so by today’s standard this one already looks very dated. Probably not anyone’s choice for the F/A-18C in 1:48, the only things going for it being neat decals and a very low retail price! Our thanks to Revell [UK Branch] for the review sample.

References● Uncovering the Boeing F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet by D. Coreman & N. Deboeck (Daco Publications 2004 ISBN: 90-806747-3-7)

Tupolev Tu-144Dcale evell, ermany

aterials it o. vailability evell ermany ranch

( istribution) and evell stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

tooling from white and clear plastic components

plus a display stand Two decal options or both

operated by ero ot

Verdict: The original ICM version was well over £20 in the UK, so this reissue offers it cheaper and with better options - result! Recommended to all, and our thanks to Revell Germany for the review sample.

Reference● Tupolev Tu-144 - Russia’s Concorde by Y. Gordon & V. Rifmant, Red Star Vol.24 (Midland Publishing 2005 ISBN: 1-85780-216-0)

Lockheed P-38D LightningScale 1:72 / RS Models, CZ / Materials: IM, R / Kit No.: 92155 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and RS Models stockists worldwide rice uide .

evised tooling ne clear and dar grey coloured plastic

plus nine resin components Three decal options of the st ursuit

roup during manoeuvres in alifornia in ctober ; of the st ursuit roup during

manoeuvres in alifornia in ctober ; ellow of an unidentifi ed unit in

Verdict: The P-38 series from RS are actually very good, better detailed than all the older kits and easier to build (and cheaper) than the Dragon ones. They are not 100% mainstream, but not that far off, so if you have some experience working with their more recent releases this one is highly recommended. Our thanks to RS Models for the review sample.

Reference● P-38 Lightning In Detail & Scale Part 1 [XP-38 to P-38H] by Bert Kinzey (Squadron/Signal Publications 1998 ISBN: 1-888974-10-9)

V-156B Chesapeake Mk IScale 1:72 / Special Hobby, CZ / Materials:

, it o. vailability Hannants (UK Importer) and Special Hobby stoc ists worldwide rice uide .

evised tooling based on indicator fi rst released in mid

dar grey coloured and three clear plastic plus one resin component

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Verdict: A nice upgrade via new fuselage halves to depict the FAA version, one can only assume the French V156F will be along shortly! Highly recommended to all FAA fans, and our thanks to Special Hobby/MPM for the review sample.

Reference● SB2U Vindicator by Dana Bell, Aircraft Pictorial No.2 (Classic Warships Publishing 2010)

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NEW RELEASES / ACCESSORIES

EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA ModelsPhoto-Etched 1:72 Series

72-568Ju 88C-6 Exterior / Revell / Price Guide: £13.99

72-569Ju 88C-6 Antennae / Revell / Price Guide: £8.40

72-572Il-2M Landing Flaps / Academy / Price Guide: £10.99

72-575MiG-15/MiG-15bis Exterior / Eduard / Price Guide: £14.99

72-570Ju 88C-6 Surface Panels / Revell / Price Guide: £10.99

72-573Il-2M3 Landing Flaps / Tamiya / Price Guide: £10.99

72-574MiG-15 Landing Flaps / Eduard / Price Guide: £13.99

73-486Il-2M Detail Set [PP/SA] / Academy / Price Guide: £12.80

73-487Ju 88C-6 Interior [PP/SA] / Revell / Price Guide: £14.99

73-488F/A-18F Detail Set [PP/SA] / Revell / Price Guide: £14.99

Photo-Etched 1:48 Series

48-788Jaguar A Exterior / Kitty Hawk / Price Guide: £13.99

48-790MiG-21PFM Acces-sories / Eduard / Price Guide: £14.99

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EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA Models

49-642Jaguar A Detail Set [PP/SA] / Kitty Hawk / Price Guide: £14.99

49-658MiG-21PFM Interior [PP] / Eduard / Price Guide: £13.99

Photo-Etched 1:32 Series

Photo-Etched 1:48 Series CONT...

32-343F4U-1 Birdcage Engine / Tamiya / Price Guide: £16.70

32-344F4U-1 Birdcage Exterior / Tamiya / Price Guide: £14.99

32-351Bf 109 Tools & Boxes / Various / Price Guide: £12.80

32-760P-61 Placards [PP] / HobbyBoss / Price Guide: £13.99

32-781F4U-1 Birdcage Interior [PP/SA] / Tamiya / Price Guide: £16.70

32-784F4U-1 Birdcage Seat Belts [PP] / Tamiya / Price Guide: £8.40

32-785Spitfi re Placards [PP] / Various / Price Guide: £8.40

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EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA ModelsPhoto-Etched 1:32 Series CONT...

32-788Bf 109G-6 Detail Set [PP/SA] / Revell / Price Guide: £16.70

32-791F4U-1 Birdcage Seat Belts - Fabric [PP] / Tamiya / Price Guide: £8.40

Big ED series

32-792Bf 109G Seat Belts - Fabric [PP] / Revell / Price Guide: £8.40

32-794Bf 109G Seat Belts [PP] / Revell / Price Guide: £5.60

32-795F4U-1 Placards [PP] / Tamiya / Price Guide: £8.40

We can’t show you all the photo-etched in these sets, as they would take up pages on their own. Visit the Eduard website where images of the frets and instructions are available.

BIG 4990F-4B Phantom

AcademyPrice Guide: £42.99

Includes: 48-773 Exterior; 48-779 Air Brakes; 49-009 RBF Tags [PP]; 49-605 F-4B Seat Belts [PP]; 49-644 Interior [PP/

SA]; EX393 Canopy & Wheel Masks

BIG 4991P-40E/K

Italeri/AMTPrice Guide: £27.80

Includes: 48-776 Landing Flaps; 49-562 Detail Set [PP/SA]; EX398

Canopy & Wheel Masks

BIG 3326A-4E Skyhawk

TrumpeterPrice Guide: £77.99

Includes: 32-299 Armament Detail Set; 32-304 Landing Flaps; 32-305 Slats; 32-501 RBF tags [PP]; 32-719 Interior [PP/SA];

32-724 Escapac IA-1 Seat Belts [PP]; 32-730 Exterior Detail Set; JX125 Canopy & Wheel Masks

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EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA Models

1:72 CX371Tupolev Tu-2HobbyBossPrice Guide: £7.20

BIG 3327Lynx Mk 88

RevellPrice Guide: £54.60

Includes: 32-328 Exterior; 32-501 RBF Tags [PP]; 32-761 Interior Detail Set

[PP/SA]; 32-763 Seat Belts [PP]; JX147 Canopy & Wheel Masks

BIG 3328Heinkel He 111H-6


Includes: 32-293 Bomb Bay; 32-306 Undercarriage; 32-331 Exterior; 32-708 Seat Belts [PP]; 32-766 Interior Detail

Set [PP/SA]; JX150 Canopy & Wheel Masks

BIG 3329P-51KTamiya

Price Guide: £38.99Includes: 32-327 Exterior; 32-776 Interior Detail Set [PP/SA]; 32-778

Gun Bays [PP]; JX156 Canopy & Wheel Masks

BIG 3330Lynx Mk 88 Sonar


Includes: 32-326 Exterior; 32-501 RBF Tags [PP]; 32-759 Interior Detail Set

[PP/SA]; 32-762 Seat Belts [PP]; JX147 Canopy & Wheel Masks

Express Masks

1:72 CX371Tupolev Tu-2HobbyBossPrice Guide: £7.20

Each set of masks includes those for

the canopy as well as any other glazed sections and all the

wheels (main, tail and/or nose). They are die-cut Kabuki

tape.1:48 EX406Heinkel He 115Special HobbyPrice Guide: £8.40

Brassin 1:72 Series

672 020MiG-15bis Air Brakes [R/PE] / Eduard / Price Guide: £4.50

672 021MiG-15 Air Brakes [R/

PE] / Eduard / Price Guide: £4.50

672 022MiG-15 Cockpit [R/PE] / Eduard Price Guide: £10.99

672 023OFAB-100 Bombs

(x8) [R] / Various Price Guide: £5.60

672 024MiG-15bis Cockpit [R/PE] / Eduard / Price Guide: £10.99

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EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC [www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA ModelsBrassin 1:48 Series

Verdict: Each month we see a superb selection of new products from Eduard, and all of those featured here are to the very highest standards of detail and production. They are most highly recommended to all but the complete novice, and our thanks to Eduard M.A. for the review samples.

Available from: www.eduard.com

648 110MiG-21PFM Wheels [R/PE/Ma] / Eduard / Price Guide: £5.60

648 122R-13M/AA-2 Atoll-D Missiles x4 [R/PE] / Various /Price Guide: £8.40

Brassin 1:32 Series

632 018Bf 109G-6 Wheels [R/Ma] / Revell / Price Guide: £8.40

QUICKBOOST, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.quickboost.net] / Available in the UK from: Hannants

1:48 QB48554B-25 Mitchell EnginesDesigned for: Accurate Miniatures/Italeri kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £8.40

1:48 QB48559Fw 190D-11/D-13 Air IntakeDesigned for: Eduard kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £3.30

1:48 QB48562Yak-1 ExhaustsDesigned for: Accurate Miniatures/Eduard kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £3.30

1:48 QB48564P-38 Lightning Correct Air IntakesDesigned for: Hasegawa kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £3.30

1:48 QB48565N1K1-J Shiden ExhaustsDesigned for: Hasegawa kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £3.30

1:48 QB48566Jaguar A AntennasDesigned for: Kitty Hawk Models kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £3.30

1:48 QB48567Focke-Wulf Ta 152C Propeller with toolDesigned for: HobbyBoss kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £5.99

1:48 QB48568Ju 52 Seats with safety beltsDesigned for: Revell/Monogram kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £4.50

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QUICKBOOST, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.quickboost.net] / Available in the UK from: Hannants

1:32 QB32145F-51D Propeller with toolDesigned for: Trumpeter kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £5.99

1:32 QB32146He 111H-1/3/6/8 ExhaustsDesigned for: Revell kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £5.99

Verdict: This range really is superb, as it offers simple yet effective updates. They are all beautifully cast, with excellent levels of detail but are not complex so they can be recommended to all, regardless of experience. The whole range is stocked in the UK by Hannants, and our thanks to Quickboost for the review samples.

Available from: www.quickboost.net

AIRES, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.aires.cz] / Available in the UK from: Hannants

1:72 7290AV-8B Harrier Wheels & Paint MasksDesigned for: Any kitMaterial: R, MaPrice Guide: £3.30

1:72 7296F-15C Eagle Cockpit SetDesigned for: Hasegawa kitMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £10.25

1:72 7301F6F Wheels (Type B) & paint masksDesigned for: Any F6F kitMaterial: R, MaPrice Guide: £3.30

1:72 7302Hawker Typhoon Wheels & paint masksDesigned for: Any Typhoon kitMaterial: R, MaPrice Guide: £3.30

1:72 7303F4U-1 Corsair FlapsDesigned for: Tamiya kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £6.30

1:72 7304F-100 Super Sabre & paint masksDesigned for: Any F-100 kitMaterial: R, MaPrice Guide: £3.30

1:72 7305F9F Panther Wing Fold setDesigned for: HobbyBoss kitsMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.60

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AIRES, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.aires.cz] / Available in the UK from: Hannants

Verdict: As always these are all superb sets with beautiful levels of detail and expertly cast. Regardless of the detail none of those shown here are massively complex. They can be highly recommended to all except the complete novice, and our thanks to Aires for the review samples.

Available from: www.aires.cz

1:48 4605Jaguar Gun BayDesigned for: Kitty Hawk Models kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.60

1:48 4606Jaguar Speed BrakesDesigned for: Kitty Hawk Models kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.60

1:48 4607T-28D Trojan Cockpit SetDesigned for: Roden kitMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £17.99

1:48 4608JAS-39C Gripen Exhaust Nozzle - OpenDesigned for: Kitty Hawk Models kitMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £10.25

1:48 4609JAS-39A Gripen Exhaust Nozzle - ClosedDesigned for: Kitty Hawk Models kitMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £10.25

1:48 4613P-51D Mustang Wheel Bay & DoorsDesigned for: HobbyBoss kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £6.30

SCALE AIRCRAFT CONVERSIONS, USA[www.scaleaircraftconversions.com] / Available in the UK from: LSA Models

1:144 14415Boeing 720 Landing GearDesigned for: Roden kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £8.99 ($11.95)

1:72 72072Boeing 707/C-135 Landing GearDesigned for: Heller kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £14.20 ($18.95)

1:72 72073Hawker Typhoon Landing Gear (x2 sets) Designed for: Airfi x kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £9.70 ($12.95)

1:72 72074F-101B Voodoo Landing GearDesigned for: Revell kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £9.70 ($12.95)

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SCALE AIRCRAFT CONVERSIONS, USA[www.scaleaircraftconversions.com] / Available in the UK from: LSA Models

CMK, CZECH REPUBLIC[www.cmkkits.com] / Available in the UK from: Hannants

1:48 48241Alpha Jet Landing GearDesigned for: Kinetic/Wingman Models kitsMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £11.20 ($14.95)

1:48 48242Mi-2 Hoplite Landing GearDesigned for: AeroPlastc kitsMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £11.20 ($14.95)

1:32 32077F-104 Starfi ghter Landing GearDesigned for: Hasegawa kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £13.50 ($17.95)

1:32 32078Bf 109 Landing GearDesigned for: Revell kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £12.70 ($16.95)

1:18 18001SBD-3/4 Dauntless Landing GearDesigned for: Merit kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £14.20 ($18.95)

Verdict: All of these sets are offered as direct replacements for the kit undercarriage, but offer more detail and, where appropriate, correcting any errors. The whole range is distributed in the UK by LSA Models, and our thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for the review samples.

Available from: www.scaleaircraftconversions.com

1:72 7250P-40E/M/N Undercarriage SetIncludes: Main undercarriage bays with or without canvas covers, main undercarriage doors plus tailwheel, canvas cover and doorsDesigned for: Academy kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.70

1:72 7251P-40E/M/N Control SurfacesIncludes: Separate fl aps, ailerons, tailplanes, elevators and rudderDesigned for: Academy kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.70

1:72 7252Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Control SurfacesIncludes: Separate fl aps, ailerons, tail-planes, elevators, rudder and trim tabsDesigned for: Tamiya kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.70

1:72 7253Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Engine SurfacesIncludes: Engine with separate cylinders, exhaust pipes, cowl fl aps and two-part cowling in resin plus the ignition harness and rocker cover oil feed pipes in etched brassDesigned for: Tamiya kitMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £12.99

1:72 7258WWII Japanese Navy 250kg Bomb Type 98Includes: Six bombs with separate tail cones and fi ns in resin and fi n support struts (with two spares) in etched brassDesigned for: Various kitsMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £7.70

1:48 4299Seafi re Mk 46/47 Armament SetIncludes: Cannon bays and cannon, ammunition bays and all access panels in resin with ribs and framework for the bays in etched brassDesigned for: Airfi x kitMaterial: R, PEPrice Guide: £10.40

Verdict: These are all excellent sets, beautifully cast with high levels of detail. The instructions include colour references to Humbrol, which is a nice change. Ideal for all except the complete novice, and our thanks to CMK for the review samples.

Available from: www.cmkkits.com

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NEW RELEASES / DECALS

LIFELIKE DECALS, JAPAN[www16.ocn.ne.jp/~lifelike/] Available in the UK from: Hannants

72-028 B-24 Liberator Part 1F-7A, S/No.42-73045, ‘American Beauty’, 20th CMS, 6th PRG, Nazadab, New Guinea, September to November 1944 (NM)B-24L-5-CO, S/No.44-41479, ‘Air Pocket’, 320th BS, 90th BG, San Jose AB, The Philippines, 1945 (NM)B-24J-190-CO, S/No.44-40980, ‘Barbara Jean’, 373rd BS, 308th BG, Clark Field, The Philippines, April 1945 (NM)B-24L-10-CO, S/No.44-41549, ‘Maiden Montana’, 23rd BS, 5th BG, Morotai, Indonesia, early January 1945 (NM)Colour Guide: NM - Natural MetalPrice Guide: £14.99

72-029 B-24 Liberator Part 2B-24H-15-CF, S/No.41-29385, ‘Double Trouble’, 791st BS, 467th BG, 8th AF, Rackheath, 8th September 1944 (OD/NG)B-24D-CO, S/No.41-11836, ‘Lil’ De-Icer’, 415th BS, 98th BG, 15th AF, Lecce, Italy, spring 1944 (DS/NG)F-7A, S/No.42-64331, ‘Over Exposed’, 2nd PMS, 311th PW, Hollandia or Morotai, Indonesia, spring 1945 (OD/NG)B-24J-185-CO, S/No.44-40920, ‘Shy-Chi Bay’, 531st BS, 380th BG, 5th AF, Yontan AB, Okinawa, 1945 (NM) Colour Guide: OD - Olive Drab, NG - Neutral Grey, DS - Desert Sand, NM - Natural MetalPrice Guide: £14.99

72-030 B-24 Liberator Part 3B-24D-26-Co, S/No.41-24223, ‘Doodlebug’, 373rd BS, 308th BG, 14th AF, Yangkai AB, China, October 1943 (OD/NG)B-24J-170-CO, S/No.44-40674, ‘Going My Way’, 431st BS, 11th BG, 7th AF, Kadena AB, Okinawa, 1945 (NM)B-25H-15-FO, S/No.42-52563, ‘Pistol Packin’ Mama’, 776th BS, 464th BG, 15th AF, Pantanella, Italy, summer 1944 (OD/NG)B-24M-5-CO, S/No.44-41946, ‘Puddle Jumper II’, 819th BS, 30th BG, 7th AF, Saipan, 1944 (NM)Colour Guide: OD - Olive Drab, NG - Neutral Grey, NM - Natural MetalPrice Guide: £14.99

72-031 B-24 Liberator Part 4B-24D-20-CO, S/No.41-24183, ‘The Goon’, 374th BS, 308th BG, 14th AF, Yangkai, China, November 1943 (OD/NG)B-24J-110-CO, S/No.42-109984, ‘Shoo Shoo Baby’, 408th BS, 22nd BG, 5th AF, Anguar, Palau, December 1944 (OD/NG)B-24L-15-FO, S/No.44-49988, ‘Mickey Finn’, 758th BS, 459th BG, 15th AF, Glulia airfi eld, Italy, 1945 (NM)B-24M-15-FO, S/No.44-51030, ‘Sleepy-Time Gal’, 493rd BS, 7th BG, 10th AF, Panaveswar, India, 1945 (NM/B)Colour Guide: OD - Olive Drab, NG - Neutral Grey, NM - Natural Metal, B - BlackPrice Guide: £14.99

72-032 N.A. P-51 Mustang Part 2P-51B-15-NA, S/No.42-106924, ‘Salem Representative’ fl own by Lt. Ralph K. Hofer, 334th FS, 4th FG, June 1944 (NM)P-51D-5-NA, S/No.44-14059, ‘Skyczar’, fl own by Capt. Fred Munder Jr, 381st FS, 363rd FG, Maupertus or Azeville, July-August 1944 (NM)P-51B-10-NA, S/No.420196647, ‘Big Mac Junior’, fl own by Capt. John Brown Jr, 382nd FS, 363rd FG, Maupertus, France, August 1944 (NM)P-51D-20-NA, S/No.44-72322, ‘Nancy Lee’, fl own by Lt. Richard Baggett, 402nd FS, 370th FG, Gütersloh, Germany, May 1945 (NM)Colour Guide: NM - Natural MetalPrice Guide: £13.99

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NEW RELEASES / DECALS

AIMS, UK[www.aims.co.uk] Available in the UK from: Manufacturer

1:32 32D008 Junkers Ju 88A-4/C-6/D-1Ju 88A-4, 5K+BP, 6./KG3, Ukraine, mid-1942 (RLM 70/71/65)Ju 88C-6, 5K+ET, ((Eis.)/KG3, fl own by Lt. Udo Cordes (RLM 70/71/65)Ju 88A-4, 7T+FH, 1./KG77 (RLM 70/71/65)Ju 88A-4, F1+DP, 6./KG76, spring 1943 (RLM 70/71/65 with whitewash on upper surfaces)Ju 88D-1, 7A+LH, 1.(F)/121 in Libya in 1943 (RLM 79/78)Ju 88C-6, ‘<-+-’ fl own by Erich von Selle of ZG1 (RLM 70/71/65)Colour Guide: RLM 65 - Hellblau, RLM 70 - Schwarzgrün, RLM 71 - Dunkelgrün, RLM 78 - Hellblau, RLM 79 - SandgelbPrice Guide: £10.25

1:32 32D009 Junkers Ju 88A-4/C-6/D-1/A-6/A-17Ju 88D-1, T5+GL of 3(F) Aufkl.Gr.ObdL at Luga airfi eld, Eastern Front, winter 1942 RLM 70/65 with whitewash distemper on the upper surfaces)Ju 88A-6/U, PN+MT, KG54, Mediterranean (RLM 70/71/22 with either 02 or 76 squiggles)Ju 88A-4 or A-11, B3+AM, 4th Staffel, 2nd Gruppe, KG54, Catania, Sicily, 1943 (RLM 79/78 with RLM 80 squiggles)Ju 88A-17, 3Z+UT of 9./KG77, Southern Europe, summer 1943 (RLM 70/71/65 with RLM 76 squiggles)Ju 88C-6, 4R+AS, 8./NJG2, fl own by Hptm. Fredrich Tober (RLM 74/75/76)Ju 88C-6, F8+CY, 14th Staffel of KG40 operating over the Bay of Biscay, 1942-44 (RLM 74/75/76)Colour Guide: RLM 02 - Grau, RLM 22 - Schwarz, RLM 65 - Hellblau, RLM 70 - Schwarzgrun, RLM 71 - Dunkelgrün, RLM 74 - Graugrün, RLM 75 - Grauviolett, RLM 76 - Lichtblau, RLM 78 - Hellblau, RLM 79 - Sandgelb, RLM 80 - GrunPrice Guide: £10.25

1:32 32D010 Junkers Ju 88A-4/C-6/D-5Ju 88A-4, 9K+AS. 8./KG51, Nikolajew, Southern Crimea, March 1942 (RLM 70/71/65)Ju 88D-5, T5+BU, Wekusta ObdL 1 (RLM 70/71/65)Ju 88A-4, 3Z+AC, Stab. II/KG77, fl own by Hptm. Heinrich Paepcke, October 1942 (RLM 70/75/79/65)Ju 88A-4, R4+CK, 1./NJG2, fl own by Oblt. Jackob, summer 1942 (RLM 22)Ju 88C-6, D5+AV, 11./NJG3, fl own by Oblt. Gunther Koberich (RLM 65/75)Ju 88C-6, R4+BHm 1./NJG2, El Quasaba, North Africa (RLM 22)Colour Guide: RLM 22 - Schwarz, RLM 65 - Hellblau, RLM 70 - Schwarzgrün, RLM 71 - Dunkelgrün, RLM 75 - Grauviolett, RLM 76 - Lichtblau, RLM 79 - SandgelbPrice Guide: £10.25

Verdict: These are excellent sheets offering all the unique markings for each option along with, in some instances, national insignia and swastika. They are most highly recommended to all Luftwaffe modellers, and our thanks to AIMS for the review samples.

Verdict: All of these are excellent sheets, with comprehensive instructions. The decals are beautifully printed with perfect register and colour. Everything here can be highly recommended, and our thanks to Lifelike Decals for the review samples.

72-033 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Part 6P-47D-30-RE, S/No.44-33087, ‘Bloom’s Tomb’ fl own by Capt. Jay van Bloom, 514th FS, 406th FG, Handorf, Germany, April 1945 (NM)P-47D-4-RE, S/No.42-22762, ‘Tinkle’ fl own by Lt. Samuel Stampes, 63rd FS, 56th FG, Halesworth, February-March 1944 (OD/NG)P-47D-28-RE, S/No.42-29173, ‘Rain Dear’, fl own by Lt. Clarke Bresmeth, 510th FS, 405th FG, St. Dizier, France, autumn 1944 (NM)Colour Guide: OD - Olive Drab, NG - Neutral Grey, NM - Natural MetalPrice Guide: £13.99

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Samples for reviewBooks Samples for reviewPlease send all items for review to the following address:Model Airplane International, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, United Kingdom.Companies in the European Union should also add our VAT number, which is GB 789 7020 84

Soviet Naval Aviation 1946-1991by Y. Gordon & D. Komissarov / Hikoki Publications / ISBN: 978-1-902109-27-5 / Price Guide: £34.95/$56.95 / 368-page, A4, hardback with separate dust jacket / English

This new title charts the development and operational service of Naval aviation in Russia in the stated timeframe. The narrative starts by taking an overall look at Soviet naval aviation in the post-war years then moves on to loo in detail at maritime reconnaissance, stri e aircraft, anti submarine operations, fi ghters and attack aircraft and auxiliary and special mission aircraft. All of those instances that brought Soviet naval aviation into con ict with estern powers are charted ne t, along with a detailed chapter on the

oviet aircraft carriers before it signed off by loo ing at the fi nal days of naval aviation before the fall of the wall in . The fi nal chapter is a detailed list of all the principal aircraft and weapons used by oviet naval aviation. The whole thing is heavily illustrated with a great number of black & white and colour period images and a good selection of modern colour side profi les.

VERDICT : A VERY USEFUL TITLE FOR THE MODELLER, AS IT SHOWS THESE MACHINES IN SERVICE, SO WITH THEIR CORRECT PAYLOAD AND ORDNANCE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY WEATHERED INDEED, WHICH IS EXTREMELY USEFUL WHEN MODELLING ANY SUBJECT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL POST-WAR SOVIET AVIATION FANS, AND OUR THANKS TO CRÉCY FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.

Than s to orldwide istribution i o i ublicationswww.crecy.co.uk

B-25J Mitchell in combat over Europe (MTO)by M. Katarzynski / Kagero Publishing / ISBN: 978-83-62878-65-9 / Price Guide: £12.99 / 80-page, A4, laminated card cover / English

One of the latest additions to the ‘SMI Library’, which covers the use of a specifi c type during a specifi c period and theatre and combines the historical text with colour profi les, some of which are offered on the enclosed decal sheet. In this case the title looks at the use of the B-25J over Europe (MTI), which seems confusing? The types covered inside in fact cover both theatres, with them operating over Europe, but from bases in

the Mediterranean, so that explains things. The narrative is restricted to a couple of pages setting the scene, then the remainder is visual, being mainly period black and white images, all produced nice and big with images of nose art in close-up and extensive captions. Towards the back you get nine pages of period colour images, then pin-up nose art and group badges followed by four view colour profi les of four s, of which three are offered on the enclosed decal sheet in , and

scales. The decals only offer the uni ue mar ings for each option so the standard national insignia and stencils will have to come from the kit or elsewhere.

VERDICT : OBVIOUSLY INTENDED FOR THE MODELLER, THIS IS A VERY USEFUL SERIES, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE B-25J IT IS RECOMMENDED, ESPECIALLY THOSE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SCHEME FOR THEIR HK MODEL’S 1:32 KIT! OUR THANKS TO CASEMATE UK FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.

Than s to istribution asemate www.casematepublishing.com

L’Amiot 143by J. Ribeiro & M. Ledet / Editions Lela Presse / ISBN: 978-2-914017-75-6 / Price Guide: €55.00 / 382-page, A4, hardback / French

The miot series is probably well nown to most modellers, as it epitomised French design of the era, in that it was just so ugly (sorry, it must be what they call ‘French style’)! Basically a block of ats with wings the miot was ust one

of a series of designs from the miot through to the and all of these are covered in this new title. Lela

resse product superb titles and this is one is no exception, as it is packed with nice sharp period black and white images and a good selection of modern side profi les. Although the text is of little use unless you can read French, and sadly all the photo captions are also only in French, the images themselves speak volumes and you will fi nd stuff in here that you would never dreamed existed - forget just cockpit images, this books contains an almost photographic parts list! Operational use and service allocation of the type is also well covered, with lists of s uadrons and locations, and there is even a detailed history for every built.

VERDICT : SUPERB AND REALLY USEFUL FOR THE MODELLER DOWN TO THE SHEER VOLUME OF INFORMATION OFFERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL FRENCH AVIATION FANS, AND OUR THANKS TO EDITIONS LELA PRESSE FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.

Than s to orldwide istribution ditions ela ressewww.avions-bateaux.com

B-25J Mitchell in combat over Europe (MTO)by M. Katarzynski / Kagero Publishing / ISBN: 978-83-62878-65-9 / Price Guide: £12.99 / 80-page, A4, laminated card cover / English

One of the latest additions to the ‘SMI Library’, which covers the use of a specifi c type during a specifi c period and theatre and combines the historical text with colour

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IN BRIEFHow to build Tamiya’s 1:32 F4U-1 Corsairby Marcus Nicholls / ADH Publishing / ISBN: N/A / Price Guide: £11.95 / 82-page, A4, laminated card cover / English

etailed step by step builds of the new Tamiya it from arcus, rett reen and

pencer ollard election of period colour images as

well as detail photographs of the interior and engine

iscussion and photo references for almon in primer

VERDICT : A VERY USEFUL TITLE FOR ANYONE BUILDING THE NEW TAMIYA KIT, AS IT TAKES YOU THROUGH ALL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION IN A MANNER THAT WILL BE INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE FOR READERS OF TMMI, MMI AND MIM. OUR THANKS TO ADH PUBLISHING FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.

Wing Masters Hors-Serie #1: Le Guerre du Vietnam Tome 1: 1964-1968Historie & Collections / ISBN: N/A / Price Guide: €11.50 / 82-page, A4, laminated card cover / French

This is the fi rst special from renchlanguage magazine ing asters

odels built by atric ranly ( ), mmanual ret ( ), omini ue riard

( ), o l zard ( ), ibor e l ( i) ean uc artineau ( ) ac ed up with historical te t (in rench) and a large selection of period images in

blac and white and colour plus a selection of modern colour side profi les

VERDICT : AN INTERESTING TITLE, WHICH OFFERS MUCH THROUGH THE STAGE-BY-STAGE BUILDS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT READ FRENCH.

Warplane No.6: Convair B-58 Hustlerby N. Braas / Lansta / ISBN: 978-90-8616-166-9 / Price Guide: €13.95 / 48-page, A4, laminated card cover / English

oncise guide to the fi rst et bomber capable of ach

ombines period images with colour profi les and wal around and detail images during production

oncise te t combines details of development and service use with technical specifi cations and other data

VERDICT : A USEFUL REFERENCE BOOK FOR THOSE WHO PROBABLY ONLY EVER INTEND MAKING THE ONE B-58 FOR THEIR COLLECTIONS, AS IT HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT AND TO PAINT/WEATHER IT IN KEEPING WITH ITS SERVICE USE.

French Flying Boats of WWIIby G. Bousquet / Mushroom Models Publications / ISBN: 978-8-63678-06-7 / Price Guide: £45.00 / 232-page, A4, hardback / English

This new title loo s at all rench designed and built

ying boats of the period. The coverage is set so each type is covered in detail, with a good narrative charting development and service use combined with period images and modern colour side profi les. The title covers the reguet hort

alcutta, reguet izerte, aigon, herbourg, autilus and pro ect,

, and , at co re , , , , and chernar, oir and livier e ,

and , oir , retagne, and , the ini assin . . and . . pro ects, otez

, otez ntares, otez pro ect, chrec and ,

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VERDICT: AN EXCELLENT TITLE THAT WILL BE OF GREAT USE TO THE MODELLER, AS IT SHOWS EACH TYPE IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL VIA THE SUPERB PERIOD BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PRODUCED LARGE, AND THEN CLEARS UP C&M THANKS TO THE COLOUR PROFILES. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL FRENCH AVIATION FANS, AND OUR THANKS TO MMP FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.

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www.mmpboo s.biz

detail, with a good narrative charting development and service use combined with period images and modern colour side profi les. The title covers the reguet hort

alcutta, reguet izerte, aigon, herbourg, autilus and pro ect,

Early US Jet Fightersby T. Buttler / Hikoki Publications / ISBN: 978-1-902109-30-5 / Price Guide: £29.95/$49.95 / 208-page, A4, hardback with separate dust jacket / English

This new title tells the story of early merican et fi ghter development in the immediate post war period. The coverage is split into sections dedicated to a specifi c role for a design, so you get all weather fi ghters, penetration fi ghters and interceptors, night fi ghters, day fi ghters, long range escort fi ghters and interceptors along with miscellaneous pro ects and ying boat fi ghters and supersonic designs for both the ir

orce and avy. The appendices list and test bases, the main merican fi ghter designers, some original concepts for in ight refuelling, some thoughts on actually ying some of these early machines and a list of merican et engine manufacturers. Throughout each chapter is illustrated with a mi of period concept drawings, photos of models or diagrams for those that were never built, or a nice selection of period images for those that were.

VERDICT : A USEFUL TITLE FOR THE MODELLER BECAUSE MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN KIT FORM. IT IS ALSO A FASCINATING SUBJECT SO IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL, AND OUR THANKS TO CRÉCY FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.

Than s to orldwide istribution i o i ublications

www.crecy.co.u

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Model shows for 2014EVENTS DIARY

March 29thGreat South Tigerfest XXI Scale Model Contest at St. Jerome K.C. Hall, 3310 Florida Ave., Kenner,Louisiana, USA. For more details contact Richard Marriott, Tel: +504-737-9514

May 10thIPMS Atlanta Con 2014 at Marietta, GA - IAM Local 709 Union Hall, 1032 South Marietta Pkwy SE, Marietta, Georgia, USA. For more details contact Bill Johnston, Tel: +678-308-7308

January 19thBolton IPMS Annual Model Show at St Joseph’s RC High School, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL6 6HW.

February 1st17th Annual Hope It Don’t Snow Show at the Ramada Hotel & Convention Center, 1517 16th St. SW, MN 55902, USA. For more details contact Chris Krco, Tel: +507 254 4646, Email: [email protected]

March 29thTulsa Modelers Forum open contest at the Bixby Community Center, 211 N. Cabaniss, Bixby, Oklahoma, USA. For more details contact David Horn, Tel: +918-810-1880

April 5thMosquitoCon at Wayne PAL, 1 PAL Drive, Wayne, New Jersey, USA. For more details contact Martin Quinn, Tel: +862-686-1555

April 11th & 12thWrightCon 2014 at the Hope Hotel and Conference Center, State Route 444 at B Road, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA. For more details contact Dave Koukol, Tel: +937-602-4033

January 10th & 11ModelCon 2014 (Region 3 Regional Convention) at Chattanooga Convention Center, 1150 Carter St, TN 37402, USA. For more details contact Mike Moore, Tel: +423-596-5130, Email: [email protected]

April 26thFleacon 10 at Landmark Aviation, Eastern Iowa Airport, 3411 Beech Way, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. For more details contact Charles Kucera, Tel: +319-389-0877

April 26th & 27thScottish Nationals 2014 at the Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, Scotland, PH2 0TH. For more information visit http://scotnats.org.uk/ or contact Jim Gibb, Email: [email protected], Tel: 01738 441365

January 25thCALMEX 28 at the Managan Center, 1000 McKinley St, LA 70669, USA. For more details contact Robert Leishman, Tel: +337 244 9938, Email: [email protected]

February 1stMid-Michigan Model Makers Contest and Show at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 360 S. River Rd (M-13), MI 48706, USA. For more details contact Jim Church, Tel +989 799 1705, Email: [email protected]

February 15thSmoky Mountain Mini-Con at Elington Plant Sciences Building, University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, TN 37669, USA. For more details contact Mike Driskill, Tel: +865 789 2368, Email: [email protected]

February 15thModel Fiesta 33 at the San Antonio Event Center, 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive, TX 78227, USA. For more details contact Kent Knebel, Tel: +210 481 2731, Email: [email protected]

February 15thBlizzcon 2014 at Aladdin Shrine Center, 3850 Stelzer Road, Columbus, Ohio, USA. For more details contact Graham Holmes, Tel: +614-379-2549

February 16thHuddersfi eld Model Show at Huddersfi eld Sports Centre, Southgate, Huddersfi eld, HD1 1TW. For more details contact Geoff Milnes, Tel: 0113 2893452 or 07879 44655 or Alan Paul, Tel: 07811 358355

February 22nd2014 Old Dominion Open at Richmond International Raceway, 600 E Laburnum Ave., Richmond, Virginia, USA. For more details contact Chazz Klanian, Tel: +804-794-8020

March 15thKC CON 2014 at Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene, 11811 State Line Road, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. For more details contact Stuart Malone, Tel: +816-560-8282

March 22ndTRICon 2014 at the A.W Beattie Career Center, 9600 Babcock Blvd, Allison Park, Pennsylvania, USA. For more details contact Scott Scariot, Tel: +412-492-8378

April 5thSilicon Valley Classic at the Naperdak Hall, 770 Montague Expressway, San Jose, California, USA. For more details contact Michael Woolson, Tel: +510-914-7376

April 5thIPMS Phantom Phlashers Phantom Phurball 2014 at the Anniston City Meeting Center, 615 Noble Street, Anniston, Alabama, USA. For more details contact Will Nichols, Tel: +205-616-5499

April 12thSurgicon 20 at The Euclid Room, 2540 E Euclid Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. For more details contact Aimee Wright, Tel: +515-291-3395

April 25th & 26thValourCon 5 (2014) Regional Scale Model Contest at St. James Legion Branch #4, 1755 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada. For more details contact Steve Curll, Tel: +204-888-0289

April 26thModelmania 2014 at the Stafford Convention Center, 10505 Cash Road, Stafford, Texas, USA. For more details contact Richard Kern, Tel: +713-320-3599

May 2nd & 3rdNoreastcon 43 at the American Airpower Museum, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale, New York, USA. For more details contact Robert DeMaio, Tel: +631-707-3442

May 24thTorbay Military Modelling Society and IPMS Torbay & South Devon Model Show 2014 at Torquay Town Hall. For more details contact Email: [email protected] or visit www.torbaymilitarymodellingsociety.org.uk.

June 6th & 7thChile Con III at the Albuquerque,NM/MCM Elegante Hotel & Event Center, 2020 Menaul Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. For more details contact James Guld, Tel: +505-982-3089

June 7thScottCon 2014 at the Museum of Aviation, 1942 Heritage Blvd, Warner Robins, Georgia, USA. For more details contact Bill Paul, Tel: +478-929-3210

September 21stWings and Things at Spalding High School, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2PJ. For more details contact Bill Pickering, Email: [email protected], Tel: 01775 710465 or visit www.ipmsfenlandandspalding.moonfruit.com

May 16th & 17th2014 Region 6 Convention at the Marriott Hotel & Event Center, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive, Wichita, Kansas, USA. For more details contact Mark Vittorini, Tel: +757-440-6846

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Academy Plastic Model Co., Ltd., 273-64 Suyu 2-Dong, Kangbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea.Tel: 82-2-908-7000Fax: 82-2-997-3003

Admiral**See AZ Model**

AeroBonus**See Aires**

AFV Club, Hobby Fan Trading Co., Ltd, No.13 Lane 136, Sec. 3, Chung King N. Road,Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.Tel: (02) 259 21750Fax: (02) 2594 1488

AIMSEmail: [email protected]

Aires Hobby ModelsCepirohy 115,434 01 Most 1,Czech Republic.

Airfi x, Hornby Hobbies LtdWestwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent. CT9 4JXTel: +44 (0)1843 233500Fax: +44 (0)1843 233513www.airfi x.com

AZ ModelMendelova 542,149 00 Praha 4 - Háje,Czech Republic.Tel/Fax: +420 272 940 948Email: [email protected]

Azur & Azur/Frrom**See MPM**

Casemate UK Ltd17 Cheap StreetNewbury, Berks.RG14 5DDTel: 01635 231091Fax: 01635 41619www.casematepublishing.com

Creative Models LtdUnit 6/10, Honeysome Road Industrial Estate, Honeysome Road,Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.PE16 6TGTel: +44 (0)1354 760022Fax: +44 (0)1354 760037Email: [email protected]

Crécy PublishingUnit 1a, Ringway Trading Estate,Shadowmoss Road,Wythenshawe, Manchester.M22 5LHTel: 0161 499 0024Fax: 0161 499 0298Email: [email protected]

Eduard M.A., 170 Obrnice, Obrnice, 435 21, Czech Republic.Tel: 420 35 6 11 81 86Fax: 420 35 6 11 81 71Email: [email protected]

HannantsHarbour Road, Oulton Broad,Lowestoft, Suffolk.NR32 3LZTel: 01502 517444Fax: 01502 500521www.hannants.co.uk

Hikoki Publications**See Crécy Publishing**

HobbyBoss www.hobbyboss.comUK Importer: Creative Models Ltd

The Hobby Company LimitedGarforth Place, Knowlhill,Milton Keynes.MK5 8PHTel: 01908 605 686 Fax: 01908 605 666Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Kageroul. Melgiewska 7-9,20-952 Lublin, Poland.Mobile: +48 601 401 157Tel/Fax: +48 81 749 11 81Email: [email protected]

Lela Presse S.A.R.L.29, rue Paul Bert,62230 Outreau,France.Tel: 03 21 33 88 96Fax: 03 21 32 00 39www.avions-bateaux.comEmail: [email protected]

Lifelike Decals2-8-7-202 Kameari,Katsushika,Tokoyo 125-0061,Japan.Fax: +81 3 5680 6733Email: [email protected]/~lifelike/

LSA Models151 Sackville Road, Hove,East Sussex. BN3 3HDTel/Fax: 01273 705420Email: [email protected]

Mark I Models**See 4+ Publishing**

MPM/CMKMezilesi 718,Prague 9 193 00,Czech Republic.www.cmkkits.com

Mushroom Model Publications3 Gloucester Close,Petersfi eld, Hants.GU32 3AXTel: +44 (1)1730 265014Email: [email protected]

Pocketbond Ltd. PO Box 80, Welwyn, Herts.AL6 ONDTel: 01707 391509Fax: 01707 327466

Planet Models**See MPM/CMK**

Quickboost**See Aires**

Revell GmbH & Co., KG [UK Branch]Orchard Mews, 18C High Street,Tring, Hertfordshire.HP23 5AHTel: 01442 890285Fax: 01442 827919Email: [email protected]/en

Revell GmbH & Co., KGAbteilung X, Henschelstr 20-30, D-32257 Bünde, Germany.

RS ModelsU Iomu 7,795 01 Rymarov,Czech Republic.Tel/Fax: +420 (0) 647 211 636Email: [email protected]

Scale Aircraft Conversions3795 Shady Hill Drive,Dallas, TX 75229, USA. Tel: (214) 477 7163Email: [email protected]

Special Hobby**See MPM**

TrumpeterWa San Development (Macau) LtdRampa Dos Cavleiros No.9Block 5, Floor 16, Flat AS EDF, Jardim Sun Yick Garden, MacauaChinawww.trumpeter.com

ValomKloknerova 9,148 00 Praha 4,Czech Republic.

Wingnut Wings LtdPO Box 15-319,Miramar,Wellington 6022,New Zealandwww.wingnutwings.com

4+ Publishing Co.c/o MARK I Ltd.PO Box 10CZ-100 31 Prague 10 - StrasniceCzech RepublicTel: +420-241 765 158Fax: +420-241 765 158Email: [email protected]

Contact details for companies featured in MAI this month...CONTACTS

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76 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - November 2012

NEWSLINEThe below lists UK kit releases since our last edition.Manufacturer Scale Item # Type Decription Price NoteAcademy 1:48 12294 IM McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom ‘Vietnam War’ £36.99 RTAcademy 1:72 12462 IM Hawker Typhoon Mk IB £7.99 REAcademy 1:72 12446 IM Spad XIII £2.99 REAdmiral 1:72 7233 IM Airspeed Oxford AS.10 £14.99 NTAdmiral 1:72 7234 IM Airspeed Oxford Mk I with turret £14.99 NTAdmiral 1:72 7235 IM Airspeed Oxford Mk I/II £14.99 NTAirfi x 1:72 A02067 IM Hawker Hurricane Mk I ‘Early’ £7.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:144 3010 R German VTOL set (Do 29/VAK.191B/VJ.101C/Do 31) £66.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:144 4081 R Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind £66.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:72 2116 R General Airborne XCG-16/Cornelius XFG-1 £58.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:72 2117 R Raytheon Sintinel R.1 £114.30 NTAZ Model 1:72 7385 IM Airspeed Oxford T Mk 1 ‘Navy’ £14.99 NTAzur 1:72 A114 IM Morane-Saulnier MS.406C.1 ‘Red & Yellow Stripes’ £14.50 NTAzur 1:72 A115 IM PZL P.11c ‘Foreign Service’ £14.50 NTEduard 1:72 7422 IM Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 ‘Weekend EDITION’ £12.80 REEduard 1:48 8238 IM/PE Mikoyan MiG-21R ‘PROFIPACK’ £33.40 RTHasegawa 1:200 10698 IM Kawasaki C-1 Combo £33.99 REHasegawa 1:72 02016 IM Junkers Ju 88S-1/3 ‘KG66’ £41.99 REHasegawa 1:72 02057 IM Nakajima Ki44-II & Ki-84 ‘104th Flight Regiment’ £33.49 REHasegawa 1:72 02058 IM North-American B-25H Mitchell £38.99 REHasegawa 1:72 02059 IM Northrop T-38A Talon Combo £29.99 REHasegawa 1:72 02060 IM General-Dynamics F-111A Aardvark £42.49 REHasegawa 1:48 07345 IM Aichi B7A2 ‘752nd Flying Group’ £37.49 REHasegawa 1:48 07346 IM Kawanishi N1K2-J ‘343rd Flying Group’ £33.49 REHasegawa 1:48 07347 IM Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4 ‘JG77’ £33.49 REHasegawa 1:48 07348 IM Boeing/McDD F/A-18E ‘VFA-27 Royal Maces 2013’ £67.49 REHasegawa 1:48 07349 IM McDD AV-8B Harrier II Plus ‘VMA-311 Tomcats’ £42.49 REHasegawa 1:48 09973 IM McDonnell-Douglas RF-4B Phantom £47.49 REHasegawa 1:32 08234 IM Lockheed F-104C Starfi ghter ‘Vietnam War’ £57.49 REItaleri 1:72 1331 IM Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II £19.99 NTItaleri 1:72 1339 IM Junkers Ju 52/3m Floatplane £18.99 REItaleri 1:48 2632 IM Henschel Hs 123A-1 £24.99 REItaleri 1:48 2725 IM Fairchild-Republic A-10C ‘Blacksnakes’ £34.99 REMeng Model 1:48 LS-003 IM Messerschmitt Me 410A-1 £46.99 RTMeng Model 1:32 S-001 IM Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet £44.99 NTMPM 1:48 48062 IM/R/PE Heinkel He 177A-5 ‘Captured Bird’ £69.99 RERevell 1:144 03989 IM Airbus A350 £19.99 NTRevell 1:144 04074 IM Eurofi ghter JF-90 £4.99 RERevell 1:144 04259 IM Airbus A380 with visible interior £29.99 RERevell 1:144 04870 IM Airbus A330-300 ‘Thai’ £17.99 RERevell 1:72 04288 IM Panavia Tornado IDS ‘Boelcke 50th Anniversary’ £12.99 RERevell 1:48 04555 IM De Havilland Mosquito B Mk IV £18.99 RERevell 1:48 04872 IM North-American P-51C Mustang Mk III £14.99 RERoden 1:144 320 IM Boeing 720 ‘United’ £24.99 NTRoden 1:48 449 IM Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter ‘French Army’ £35.99 RER.V.Aircraft 1:72 72033 IM MiG-21SM £19.99 RTSpecial Hobby 1:72 72225 IM/R North-American Mustang Mk I ‘Red Stars’ £12.40 RESpecial Hobby 1:72 72275 IM/PE North-American F-86L Sabre Dog ‘Thai Service’ £15.50 RETrumpeter 1:144 03909 IM Sukhoi Su-27B ‘Early’ £10.99 NTTrumpeter 1:144 03914 IM Dassault Rafale M £10.99 NTTrumpeter 1:32 02253 IM Douglas A-1H/AD-6 Skyraider £79.99 RTWilliams Bros 1:72 72624 IM The world fl ight of 1924 (4x Douglas World Cruiser) £43.20 REWilliams Bros 1:53 53598 IM Lockheed Electra £27.99 REWilliams Bros. 1:32 32510 IM Laird Super Solution £27.99 REWilliams Bros 1:32 32532 IM Hall’s Bulldog £27.99 REWilliams Bros 1:32 32535 IM Seversky P-35 £27.99 REWilliams Bros 1:32 32560 IM Caudron C.450/460 £27.99 REWilliams Bros 1:32 32590 IM Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk £27.99 REWingman Models 1:48 48005 IM/R/PE Luftwaffe Alpha Jet £60.00 REWingman Models 1:48 48006 IM/R/PE Portugese Alpha Jet £60.00 REWingnut Wings 1:32 32021 IM Fokker E.I ‘Early’ £69.99 RTWingnut Wings 1:32 32029 IM Fokker E.IV £69.99 RTZvezda 1:48 4805 IM Sukhoi Su-2 £18.99 NT

The below lists UK kit releases since our last edition.

News - Just Released

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