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VOL.9 ISS.100 NOVEMBER 2013CONTENTS

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VOL.9 ISS.100 NOVEMBER 2013

Editorial: Editor: Richard A. FranksPublisher: Alan Harman Group Editor: Marcus Nicholls Artist: Richard J. Caruana Administration Manager: Hannah McLaurie Offi ce Manager: Paula Gray Advertisement Manager: Colin Spinner Advertising Sales: Mark Peacock Advertisement Assistant: Joe Brown

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Contributors: Alan Bottom, Patrick Branly, Bob Edwards, Steve A. Evans & Libor Jekl

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REGULARSp4-5 Newslinep74 Events Diaryp75 Contact Detailsp76 News - Just Releasedp77 News - Coming Soonp82 Next IssueFind out what’s due next month...

REVIEWSp6 Kwik BuildsThe Airfi x 1:72 Gladiator Mk I by Libor Jekl, HobbyBoss 1:48 Yak-38U by Alan Bottoms and PJ Productions 1:72 Mirage IIIE by Bob Edwards

p62 New Releases KitsThe latest kit releases assessed p65 New Releases AccessoriesNew products from AeroBonus, Aires, Eduard, Master Box and Scale Aircraft Conversions

p70 New Releases DecalsNew sheets from Aviattic, Eduard and Iliad Design

p72 New Releases BooksA selection of the latest aviation and modelling titles

FEATURESp18 Scary TeethSteve A Evans also builds one of his Top Ten kits, the Hasegawa 1:32 P-40 but in RAF colours

p28 Awesome!Alan Bottoms builds his No.1 kit since our launch in the form of the Airfi x 1:24 D.H. Mosquito

p38 Top TenRichard J. Caruana revisits our pick of the ten top subjects from Issues 1 to 99

p50 Digby in America Patrick Branly takes a look at Special Hobby’s 1:72 B-18 Bolo

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N ewsl i n eN ewsl i n eN ewsl i n e1 1 / 2 0 1 3 - L a t est n ews & i n f or ma t i on f or S c a l e Ai r c r a f t M od el l er s

Editorial - Something SpecialThose of you that read MAI on a regular basis will realise that writing a regular editorial is not something I do, I do not know why, maybe I just can’t, or maybe I think there are more important things to use the space for. Whatever is the case I usually only ever write an editorial for two reasons, the fi rst being to mark the end of another volume the other being when something special occurs. Well, this month is something special, as it marks out the100th edition. Yes, eight years and 100 editions have passed since I took the mantle as editor of MAI, blimey! I started as an editor of a monthly title back in 1996 and I think my enjoyment of the hobby was my main reason for doing so and it still drives me today. Throughout the year I get to talk with a great many of you at the events in the UK that I attend and although I

tend not to travel abroad any more, I have in the past and I never cease to be amazed by your enthusiasm and sheer dedication for the hobby. So, a big thank you to all of you out there who support me and the team at ADH by buying MAI each month, we know you enjoy it, you tell us, and ADH is constantly striving to make it look better and better, whilst I struggle to type and answer emails fast enough... Producing a title on a regular monthly cycle can be hard at times (especially over the Christmas/New Year period), but with the help of friends and contributors it has still not lost its sparkle for me. Now I can’t thank all our contributors here by name, but you know who they are and I have to just pass on a big personal thank you to them all - nice work guys. MAI would not be complete each month without the superb artwork of Richard J. Caruana and 2013 marks 18 years of our both working together, so another big thank you. What does the future hold, who knows, I will certainly keep MAI up to date and we will continue to bring you the best in kit builds with a nice mix of product reviews and hints and tips. With all of us now in a ‘digital age’ apparently, many may think that the printed magazine is a dinosaur, but it’s not the case as a computer is far less user-friendly than a printed title and, at least here in the UK, until Internet service and broadband connections are a lot faster in all regions and free, the printed magazine is still cheaper and a lot more accessible. Besides it gives us all some ‘me time’ and long may it continue.So, having waffl ed on for a bit, now on with Issue 100 as I sit here by the keyboard and contemplate the next 100 editions.

Spitfi re by instalmentsDeAgostini have recently turned their attention to part-works on aircraft with a 1/12th rendition of the Spitfi re Mk Vb. The kit is made up of laser-cut wooden frames with a top skin of aluminium plates and once built the model is 760mm long with a span of 935mm. The kit will be supplied over 32 months at a monthly price of £28.00, so not cheap, but it is a big impressive model that will delight fans of the type that would otherwise probably not make models.Visit www.buildthespitfi re.com for more details and to sign up for a subscription, as those doing so will get a few bonuses, including a 1:72 die-cast Bf 109E with the second instalment, a free tool kit designed to help you build your Spitfi re with the fourth instalment and a free lighting kit with the 10th instalment.

New from AmberAmber Books have recently started a new series of weighty hardback titles in their ‘Aviation act ile’ series. The fi rst two can be seen here and they cover Aircraft of World War II and Military Aircraft of the Cold War. Each is packed with data on all the types covered, including specifi cations, operational service and variants. A look at the format is sort of familiar, maybe akin to the Air Power Journal series

maybe? Anyway, overall the effect is good and the images and artwork nice and clean. With over 200 pages and a hardback cover the £19.99 price is amazing, but this type of title has to fi nd purchases in a more general marketplace than just to aviation enthusiasts, so if you fancy either title, it may well be worth adding to your library as a quick ‘one spot’ guide.Amber Books are distributed in the UK by Casemate UK Ltd, so for more details visit their website at www.casematepublishing.co.uk or call 01865 241249.

StripdownBack in 2001 Eduard released their neat little okker Dr.I Triplane in the special ‘Stripdown’ series, where all the structure of the airframe was replicated in etched. This was pretty early days in the whole process, and Eduard have learnt a great deal in the intervening 12 years, so now they have reissued the kit, but with a big update. The whole airframe is now etched, plus you get the plastic parts in the

kit so you could do a solid fuselage and etched wings or etched fuselage with solid wings. On top of the three frets of etched, you get a number of new detail parts in resin like the engine, struts and tailskid, plus there are two big lumps of resin. These are actually jigs to help you bend and form the mass of etched and they will have uses after

kit so you could do a solid fuselage and etched wings or etched fuselage with solid wings. On top of the three frets of etched, you get a number of new detail parts in resin like the engine, struts and tailskid, plus there are two big lumps of resin. These are actually

you have done this kit, that is for sure! No decals are included, as there is nothing to put them on really, but the kit is a special limited edition, so buy it whilst you can, because once it’s gone, it’s gone. UK retail price is £27.80 and it (#2114) is distributed in the UK, along with all other Eduard products by Creative Models, Hannants and LSA Models. or all other enquiries worldwide, visit the Eduard website at www.eduard.com.

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Pick-up PencilThis is an odd cross-over from the craft side, but these odd little ‘pencils’ are idea for modellers when working with fi ddly bits of plastic, resin or etched brass. The central core is tacky, not massively, just enough, so you touch it to the item and it picks it up, but when you place it in position, once you get the hang of it, you will go front or back down fi rst and the item will just drop

off. We have also used these to move parts around, as the tack is good for that as well and if you slightly moisten the core it gets a little tackier. Available in a few specialist ranges already, at varying prices, the ones here will be available at model shows from the Valiant Wings Publishing stand for just £1.79 a go. Thus far they are not available online from Valiant, but if demand is suffi cient, they may add it to their stock list, but for now seek them out at shows and pick up one (or more) of these highly useful little beasts!

New Luftwaffe Colours from HumbrolHumbrol continue to expand their range of acrylic paints with the addition of the following new colours1 Grey Primer; 160 German Camoufl age Red Brown, Matt; 240 RLM 02 Grau, Matt; 241 RLM 70 Schwartzgrun, Matt; 242 RLM 71 Dunkelgrun, Matt; 243 RLM 72 Grun, Matt; 244 RLM 73 Grun, Matt; 245 RLM 74 Graugrun, Matt; 246 RLM 75 Grauviolett, Matt; 247 RLM 76 Lichtblau, Matt; 248 RLM 78 Himmelblau, Matt; 249 RLM 79 Sandgelb, Matt; 251 RLM 81 Dunkelbraun, Matt; 252 RLM 82 Olivgrun, Matt and 253 RLM 83 Dunkelgrun, Matt.All colours come in 14ml plastic containers and they retail for £1.60. We have been testing these new acrylics of late and have to say that they are a quantum leap from the old paints, no more lumps and gloopy varnish, they are quite superb and go on well with a brush or via an airbrush. It is great to have Humbrol adding ‘authentic’ colours like this once more into their range, as it is what they were known for decades ago and it is also great to see that these paints easily meet today’s standards. All Humbrol products should be readily available from a number of high street and internet outlets, but you can also buy directly from Humbrol by visiting www.humbrol.com.

Now also available in the enamel paint range

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Airfi x ha e opted to release the Mk I fi rst and the box contains two sprues of about 70 parts and one clear sprue with another fi e parts, whilst the decal sheet is made b

Carto raph and the instructions are in irfi x s current format. One aspect of these new irfi x kits that is often the cause of much debate is the ar in ualit and fi nesse of the surface detail, howe er in this kit I was more than satisfi ed because the panel lines and the fabric rendition are fi ne and restrained. The en ra ed lines are ma be ust a little bit too deep but this does not matter once the are under a coat of primer and paint but most importantl the are complete and consistent on all parts. The fi nel raised ribs and lon erons make the fabric co ered areas realistic plus there are arious panels includin the win un access

panels that sli htl protrude from the surface, althou h I think the rims on the fusela e sides are perhaps a little on the hea side. It s m opinion, howe er, that irfi x didn t et ri ht the look of the metal panel fasteners, doin them as rather hea ri ets with semi round heads, which ou are better sandin off. The cockpit looks decent and has a fl oor connected with the construction isible under the rear la in , seat, armour plate, control column, ro compass and separatel moulded machine uns. The instrument panel is part of the fusela e assembl and the instruments are pro ided onl as decals. The kit allows for the side access

doors to be opened if the fusela e sides are cut out, but the doors seem to ha e soft detail, so I recommend ou wait until an aftermarket set arri es that will undoubtedl address this, and some of the cockpit simplifi cations or omissions, for instance the unsi ht that lacks its supportin tubular structure. The en ine unit looks prett ood with nicel done indi idual exhausts connected to the rin collector, inner braces, oil cooler inlets and rear fuel mixture pipework. The en ine cowlin itself is di ided into four parts, with the front rin attached to the bottom panel with exhaust pipes plus two separate upper panels, howe er the bul es abo e the al es are too shallow. nice wooden atts propeller unit is pro ided to ether with a spinner cap the later aire

eed metal propeller will be included in the Mk II kit. T pical with their recent releases

irfi x offer a step that simplifi es assembl , in this case it concerns the win assembl . hile the fusela e struts are lued in the separate deckin so their an le is fi xed, the outer interplane struts are connected to ether ia shaped connection pieces what should ensure perfect fi t and eometr . owe er, I m afraid in this case ood intention won o er common sense as the connection pieces are intended to be remo ed from the struts after the win s are lued to ether, which would make cleanin the

struts and the o erall kit s paintin uite diffi cult unless of course ou don t use an airbrush or

choose a sin le coloured camoufl a e scheme .


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SPECIFICATION:

Built & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic

The announcement of a brand new Gladiator kit among Airfi x’s schedule for 2013 was received with delight by many modellers. Obviously the choice of subject has not been done randomly because the Gladiator stands alongside the Spitfi re and Lancaster as an icon of the RAF that can still be seen in the skies today, and purely from an economic point of view, it makes perfect sense as well. The last ‘modern’ mainstream injected kit was from Heller which was released about 30 years ago (not counting the simplifi ed and not very precise recent release from HobbyBoss) and despite a number of newer short-run kits that were well detailed and quite nice (especially the Sword kit), their nature and price meant that they were unable to interest a broad range of modellers.

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I believe painting the upper wing separately and assembling it with the rest of airframe afterwards seems a more logical approach, but I confess it may not suit all. Additionally, the struts have deep and perfectly formed recesses that reliabl ensure correct and positi e fi t. The instructions offer a detailed and clear rigging diagram, which is a nice touch, plus there are miniature holes for the wires. The kit correctl captures the offset position of the wheel axle and two styles of wheel are provided (one is wei hted with separated wheel discs. The wing gun pods have open spent cartridge ports that look fi ne, althou h the seem to be a bit slim in cross section and the gun barrels are thick. The canopies are pro ided as early and late versions and the open option is a ailable too. The camoufl a e schemes offer a pre-war overall Aluminium machine from No.73 Squadron that is now depicted on the Shuttleworth Collection example, and a camoufl a ed example of the Irish l in Corps.

Before commencing construction I carefully removed with the tip of a scalpel blade the fasteners and reproduced them with a mini-punch I made with a s rin e needle. Then I turned m attention to the cockpit and since I planned to build the kit with closed canop I used the kit s parts without ma or updates I ust added the seat belts and the unsi ht from spares. The cockpit was then spra ed in ircraft Grey-Green for the upper half with Aluminium for the lower, and the fuselage halves were then closed. Next I added the separate upper deckin with struts with instrument panel decal glued inside, and here a little putty was needed at the oint with the side doors the line was then rescribed to match the thickness of the surrounding panel lines. Once all the fuselage seams looked O I attached the lower win and the tailplanes, all without an trouble. The main undercarria e le s fi tted nicel as the

were inserted in the recesses that ensure correct ali nment. ow I could take care of those outer struts, fi rst of all I cut awa those X-shaped connections and cleaned the struts with a sandin stick. The indi idual struts were then secured in the lower wing, which didn't pose any issues at all as the correct geometry is again ensured via the precisely moulded o al shaped recesses. The miniature holes for the rigging I made deeper with a 0.15mm drill bit and I also added a few that were omitted during this phase I also prepared the upper wing by drilling through the holes for the rigging.

fi nal trial fi t of both win s went O so I lued the canop to the fusela e actuall , the canop ust snapped on and was secured with a tin amount of c anoacr late as the fi t was perfect.

n wa , check for the correct t pe of the windshield as both early and later (armoured) t pe are pro ided rom the fusela e spine I removed the antennae mast because that wasn t present on attle s machine, plus one of the columns on the fi n as well. The tropical fi lter I needed was in the kit, but I was not satisfi ed with the shape of this unit and so replaced it with a cast item from the a la kit. I also cut off the not very convincing rendition of the light on the dorsal spine, fi lled the hole and installed a cast li ht from the CM ran e instead. hen assembling the cowling I deviated from the instructions and glued it together without the en ine which was later inserted after paintin if the locating pins are removed from the valves the engine can easily put into the cowling from behind. After general cleaning, polishing and maskin off the canop I proceed with the painting.

Since I already had in my collection a ladiator in pre war markin s, I utili ed the

decal sheet from lanet Models 72004 Gloster Gladiator over North and East Africa) I recentl ac uired and went for . attle s

machine of No.80 Squadron based in Egypt in 1940 incidentall , these markin are contained within the Starter Set ersion of this kit too . This plane wore the Temperate and scheme with black and white undersides some sources state the upper wing underside was left in

luminium . The camoufl a e colours on period pictures look a bit washed off with hea si ns of attrition and repainting, so the colours I used were appropriately lightened and the surface weathered and dusted using a light overspray of a i ht Sand colour. fter a coat of loss arnish I applied the decals, which worked

perfectly and I can recommend them (I suspect the are printed b O enc . rom the kit s decals I used onl the instrument panel so I cannot fully evaluate them, but based on previous experience with Cartograph they should not pose any issues. On the paper they seem to have perfect register, good colours and the welcome addition of a set of stencils.

fter the fi nal matt arnish coat I continued with the fi nal assembl , settin in position the upper win fi rst, followed b the ri in . The individual wires were cut to length from heat-stretched sprue, painted black, secured in the lower wing and then pulled through the upper win holes. fter fi llin and cleanin the upper win surface I fi nished the paintin on this part and applied the upper win roundels. The main wheels look prett ood, but I e entuall replaced them with cast resin a la items I ha e se eral a la kits that seem to be surplus now, so wh not to rob them . The win un barrels did not look ri ht in the scale so these were exchan ed for Quickboost cast resin examples and I also removed the pitot placed on the left strut and replaced it with fi ne brass wires from the same material I also shaped the foot step. At the end I glued to the fuselage the assembled engine unit and installed the aerials cut from black fi shin line. ●

FINAL VERDICTith no doubt this is the best mainstream in ected ladiator kit to date in 1:72 and a er nice effort from irfi x indeed. In comparison with the more

detailed Sword kit the irfi x ladiator ma loose some points, but the other ad anta es are ob iousl on its side. Considerin the price and eas assembl it has the potential to become et another of irfi x s bestsellers, especiall reboxed with attracti e markin s from orth frica, reece and the Middle East, not to mention the large number of foreign users of the type.

Plane FactsThe ladiator was deri ed from the auntlet and built to Specifi cation .7/30, howe er once submitted to the ir Ministr in une 1935 Specifi cation .14/35 was written around it. The protot pe 5200 fi rst fl ew in September 1934. roduction started with the Mk I powered b the Mercur I and 231 were built for , with the t pe enterin ser ice in ebruar 1937 before e uippin 31 fi hter s uadrons. The t pe was also supplied to el ium, China, ire, reece, at ia, ithuania, orwa and Sweden.The Mk II was powered b the Mercur III or III S and was built to meet Specifi cation .3 /37 with 252 bein built for the . ircraft

22 5 2302 were modifi ed to Sea ladiator Interim standard for the in ad ance of deli er of 0 Sea ladiator Mk IIs, and ei hteen Mk IIs were supplied to Sweden, where the were operated as s. The fi nal ersion of the t pe was the Sea ladiator Mk II and 0 of these were built for the .

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GlosterJavelin

The Gloster Javelin was an “all-weather” interceptor aircraft that served with Britain’s Royal Air Force in the late 1950s and most of the 1960s. It was a T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last aircraft to bear the Gloster name.

• First injection moulded 1:48 Gloster Javelin to be produced.• Detailed crew access ladder.• Optional open or closed canopy.• Poseable elevators, ailerons, rudder, fl aps and airbrakes.• Removable intake and jet pipe covers.• Optional detailed armament and fuel tanks.

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Initial impressions of the kit were good with the usual grey-coloured and clear plastic sprues supplemented with photo-etch and resin components. The IIIE had a Hispano-built Martin-Baker RM4 seat that is provided

in resin, but this raised questions as single and loop t pe fi rin handles are supplied, however some export variants were provided with a seat modifi cation to allow ero ero ejection, which is where the B-loop handle comes in. The French Air Force never took this option so if you are planning on a French scheme use the single-loop handle.

The plastic parts themselves are good quality, particularly the transparent one, and engraved panel lines and raised detail are good all round although maybe a little too pronounced for some modellers. There was irtuall no fl ash to be seen an where and

whilst sink holes were inevitably present, they were thoughtfully located out of sight. The painting instructions are well produced but I found some colour recommendations to be inaccurate. The camoufl a e scheme pro ided is accurate for the starboard profi le and win but the port side looked nothing like any of my references? The simple advice is always go

with your references and Mirage III, Mirage 5, 50 and derivatives from 1955 to 2000 by Dominique Breffort and Andre Jouineau (Histoire & Collections 2004) provides excellent, accurate camoufl a e schemes for all domestic and export variants.

Construction began with the wings and rear fuselage and a number of issues were encountered. Firstly, there were large gaps at the underside leadin ed e. More si nifi cant gaps were evident along the join of the fuselage with the upper wing roots. These were strai htforward to resol e thou h, usin un eSangyo Mr Dissolved Putty on the leading ed es and st rene strips plus fi ller on the win roots. The fi n presented the bi est challen e as with the trailing edge set correctly there was a si nifi cant ap at the leadin ed e 1.5mm that re uired more st rene and fi ller. The onl other problems encountered during the build were the engine intake cowls, which would not sit s mmetricall so this was fi xed b addin a slither of styrene to the port cowl. Once this was done, the front fuselage went on with no trouble at all. The only observation to be made is that the Doppler blister appears to be slightly too short at the trailing edge when compared


SPECIFICATION: PJ Production 1:72 AMD Mirage IIIEKit No: 721026Materials: IM, PE, RAvailability: Hannants Ltd (UK Importer) and PJ Production stockists worldwidePrice Guide £27.99

BEFORE STARTING:● Tamiya masking tape● Sprue cutters● X-acto knife● Tweezers (various)● Sanding sticks● Micro-mesh System● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Dissolved Putty● Styrene strip● Microscale Matt and Gloss● Clamps● Flory weathering wash (dark dirt and black)

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 27ft (8.23m)Length - 49ft 4in (15,04m)Height - 14ft 9in (4.5m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:72Span - 114mmLength - 209mm Height – 62.5mm

AIRBRUSH USED:Iwata HB-B PlusIwata Revolution CRUK importer The Airbrush Company visit www.airbrushes.com

PAINTS USED:Alclad II lacquer:ALC-101 AluminiumALC-106 White AluminiumALC-107 ChromeALC-111 MagnesiumALC-113 Jet ExhaustALC-116 Semi Matt AluminiumALC-117 Dull AluminiumALC-302 Grey Primer

Tamiya acrylic:XF-1 BlackXF-53 Neutral GreyXF-61 Dark GreenXF-71 Interior Green

Xtracolor enamel:X629 Soviet interior Blue Green

REFERENCES● Mirage III, Les monoréacteurs Dassault à Aile Delta, Tome 1 Les Mirage IIIC & IIIB/BE & 5F dans l’Armée de l’Air by B. Chenel, E. Moreau & M. Liébert (DTU 2000 ISBN: 2-912749-02-6)● Mirage III Vol. 2 (DTU 2003)● Mirage III, Les monoréacteurs Dassault à Aile Delta, Tome 3 Les Mirage IIIR/RD & 5F dans l’Armée de l’Air by B. Chenel, E. Moreau & M. Liébert (DTU 2008 ISBN: 2-912749-10-7)● Mirage III 1955-2000, Avions et Pilotes No.6 (Historie & Collections 2004)● Mirage III In The Brazilian Air Force by P.F. Kasseb (ZLC 2009 ISBN: 978-85621-720-07)● Mirage IIIC by J-J Petit, Historavia Gisserot No.3 (J.P. Gisserot 1989)● irage haha ro irage to fi r art . or (AD Graphics 2000)● Mirage IIIC/B by H. Brun, Aviascope 1 (Avia Editions 2004)● Mirage IIIO Colours & Markings by P. Mason & D. Mottram, Mushroom Model Magazine Special No.9102 (Mushroom Model Publications 2005 ISBN: 83-89450-14-3)


SPECIFICATION:

Built & Written by Bob Edwards from the UK

In my opinion the Mirage is under represented in the modelling community, which is a mystery given its success, especially in the export market. It is therefore nice to see this joint venture between High Planes and PJ Production with PJ deviating from their more traditional line of resin kits to injected styrene.

Built & Written by Bob Edwards from the UK The ‘Little Jet’

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to reference photos. I originally elected to go with an all metal fi nish usin arious shades of lclad, howe er I had some problems with the product cra in I am unsure of the cause of the issue but it ma be due to not allowin suffi cient time for the lclad black base coat to cure suffi cientl This was not the onl reason for abandonin the natural metal fi nish, thou h. rench militar aircraft usuall ha e different markin s on each side of the fi n, howe er the 02/13 lpes s uadron decals pro ided were inaccurate as the are presented as a mirror image with a night star. The insi nia of the 2nd escadrille 2nd fl i ht of the C 2/13 should depict a two tone blue representin their da and ni ht operational

role but without the ni ht star which was remo ed from the III s uadrons. lso the colour of ord a ard s escutcheon should be reen on the ri ht and red on the left. This was

disappointin and had I noticed this before I would ha e elected for a different scheme from the outset. Option was the 03/003

rdennes s uadron and the colour chart would ha e ou usin Tami a 25 Steel

re , howe er I found Tami a 53 eutral re to be a closer match. ith the base coat

of 53 applied, the dark reen camoufl a e Tami a 1 ark reen was o erlaid b

hand. The model was then i en a coat of Microscale Micro Gloss prior to applying the decals. The decals themsel es are excellent albeit er delicate, needin onl a uick dip prior to placement because an thin more and there is a real risk of the thin s disinte ratin The o erall fi nish was then i en a hea fi lter of Tami a 71 Interior reen. The fi nal fi nish was then achie ed b oin o er the

53 eutral re parts of the camoufl a e with hea il thinned 53 eutral re within the panels. The bell was fi nished in arious shades of lclad, as was the et exhaust. inal fi nishin was completed with lor Models

ark irt underneath and black on top. Microscale Micro lat was then applied prior to fi ttin of the undercarria e and canop and stores. ead wire 0.3mm was also installed on the main landin ear to simulate the brake h draulic lines. The resin fuel tanks went on at this sta e, howe er the locatin pins on the p lon did not line up with the holes in the win s so usin the forward locatin pin I was able to add new rear holes and locate the tank. ob done. ●

FINAL VERDICTespite some issues with the build, the kit is stran el endearin . This is because it presents

somethin of a challen e for the modeller and draws on a number of basic modellin skills. I thorou hl en o ed the challen e, howe er I appreciate that others ma not. This is certainl not one for the no ice and the onl real disappointment was the inaccurac of some of the decal options. O erall a nice kit and excellent alue for mone .Special thanks also to: Mr G. Howarth (BAE Systems) and Mr K. Wilson (Martin-Baker Ltd)

Plane FactsThe desi n studies that ultimatel lead to the Mira e series can be said to reall start with the M. .550 M st re elta, a single-seat delta-wing interceptor-fi hter protot pe powered b two M. .30 rmstron Siddele iper turbo et en ines. rom this came the Mira e I, a re ised protot pe fi tted with a swept ertical tail and powered b two M. .30 turbo et en ines with reheat and a S auxiliar rocket motor.

ext came the Mira e II, another sin leseat interceptor fi hter protot pe with a delta win which was a lar er ersion of the Mira e I and was powered b two Turbomeca abi o turbo et en ines, althou h the t pe was ne er actuall completed, the onl protot pe bein abandoned when part built. The Mira e III 001 was the fi rst true Mira e III and it initiall had an tar 101 1 turbo et en ine, but was later refi tted with an

tar 101 2 and S auxiliar rocket motor. rom this came the fi rst pre production series, the Mira e III , which featured a len thened, area rule fusela e, was powered b an tar 9 turbo et en ine with reheat and had the pro ision for an S 4 auxiliar rocket motor. ust ten were built for the

rench ir orce. The Mira e III was a two seat tandem trainer ersion based on the Mira e IIIC that lacked radar, armament or the pro ision for the booster rocket. The Mira e IIIC was a sin le seat all weather interceptor/fi hter with a lon er fusela e, C rano Ibis radar, two 30mm cannon and a sin le Matra .511, ord .20 or Matra 530 air to air missile under the fusela e plus two IM 9 Sidewinder missiles under the win s. The C series was built as the IIIC for the Israeli ir

orce, IIICS for the Swiss ir orce, IIIC for the South frican ir orce and a sin le IIIC 2, which was a con ersion of a Mira e III . The Mira e III series was a two seat trainer ersion of the Mira e III that was built in III , III , III , III 2, III , III , III S, III , III and III 2 ariants. The Mirage IIIE was a single-seat tactical strike and fi hter bomber, which had a 30cm fusela e plu to accommodate an additional a ionics ba behind the cockpit. The t pe used the C rano II radar, had impro ed na i ation e uipment, includin T C and a

oppler radar and was powered b an tar 09C 3 turbo et en ine. ain the t pe was built in man different ariants to meet specifi c nations needs

as follows: III r entina , III ra il , III 2 ra il , III Spain ,

III ebanon , III akistan , III ene uela , III South frica .

“The decals themselves are excellent albeit very delicate, needing only a

quick dip prior to placement because anything more and there is a real risk of

the things disintegrating! “

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As you would expect this second kit utilises some of the sprues from the first one and this is its only real failing. The problem is not one of quality; both new and

old parts are well moulded and detailed. The problem is that the rear fuselage on the real aircraft was extended slightly to balance the extended nose of the two-seat variant. By using the same rear parts for both kits the rear end comes up short on the new kit although with a set of plans and some plasticard the surgery wouldn’t be too difficult. Anyway let’s have a look at what you do get. On opening the box you will find six sprues of grey-coloured and one of clear parts, 165 and 11 respectively. The instructions and colour decal/paint sheet are both to HobbyBoss’s usual standard.

By that I mean easy to follow but with a sometimes unusual assembly sequence. As before the colour scheme options are limited to two blue over green schemes, One Russian and the other Ukrainian.

Construction begins with the cockpit tub. This is fairly basic but with the canopy designed to be closed it proves to be adequate with careful painting. From there we move on to the nose gear bay and nose undercarriage leg. The bay was built up but the leg can be left aside for later installation. The cockpit tub and gear bay can now be installed in the forward fuselage halves. Moving on we turn to the rear fusela e. This is all as per the fi rst kit with parts for the lift engines, main gear bays and rear rotatin no les bein fi tted into the rear fuselage halves. With the front and rear fuselage sections joined the intakes can be


SPECIFICATION: HobbyBoss 1:48 Yakovlev Yak-38U Forger BKit No: 80363Materials: IMAvailability: Creative Models Ltd (UK Importer) and HobbyBoss stockists worldwidePrice Guide £21.99

BEFORE STARTING:● Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S● Pacer Formula 560● Tamiya Masking Tape● Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty● Tweezers● Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades● Micro Chisel● Silver and Graphite Karismacolor pencils

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 7.32mLength - 16.00mHeight - 4.37m

DIMENSIONS: 1:48Span - 152.5mmLength - 333.3mmHeight - 91mm

AIRBRUSH USED:SATAgraf2For worldwide distribution and availability visit www.sata.com

PAINTS USED:Alclad II lacquer:Jet ExhaustSteelSemi-Matte Clear

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H54 Navy Blue H309 Forest Green

MIG Production washesDark Wash

REFERENCES● International Air Power Review Volume 10 (AIRtime Publishing Inc. 2003 ISBN: 1-880588-59-5/1-880588-58-7)● Yakovlev’s V/STOL Fighters by J. Fricker & P. Butowski, Aerofax (Midland Counties 1996)● Yakovlev Yak-36, Yak-38 & Yak-41 by Y. Gordon, Red Star Vol.36 (Midland Publishing 2008 ISBN: 1-85780-287-0)


SPECIFICATION:

Two-seat JUMPERBuilt & Written by Alan Bottoms from the UK

A couple of years back HobbyBoss gave us the fi rst injection moulded 1:48 kit of the Yak-38M Forger A. When I built that original single-seat kit it was fairly obvious from some of the additional surplus parts that the two-seater was coming at some point. Well, here it is.

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fi tted and once a ain these are uite shallow with no internal detail, so the easiest fi x here would be to fi t some co ers to hide this. The instructions would ha e ou fi t the canop now but I skipped this and carried on fi ttin arious airframe parts. I had built the fi rst kit

with the intakes for the lift en ines open so for the sake of comparison this one would be all closed up. The doors for these needed a bit of work with the fi les to et a clean fi t. The win s ha e the parts for the folds included but ou do need to cut the win s to do this. There are no hin es or brackets included so I drilled holes into the fold faces and inserted pre bent brass rods to support the outer win sections. ith the inner win s, tailplanes and rudder fi tted the airframe was nearl read for some paint, needin ust a few smears of fi ller to smooth all the oints and a few swipes with a sandin stick saw that completed. i e minutes with an Olfa Cutter saw an panel lines lost in the process reinstated. The fi t of the clear canop parts was ood enou h that I was able to paint them separatel and add them later, so armed with a roll of Tami a tape the cockpit was masked read for paintin . I be an with the underside reen areas and this was done with un e San o 309 orest

reen. Once that had dried the undersides were masked and on went the upper

un e San o 54 a lue paint. The underside maskin was remo ed and then remasked so the wheel ba s and rear exhaust no le surrounds could be spra ed with the appropriate bare metal shades. Once a ain all but the cockpit maskin was remo ed and the model i en an o erall coat of umbrol clear loss acr lic read for the decals to o on. hile the clear dried thorou hl I used the

time to build and paint the p lons, stores and undercarria e parts read for later fi tment. I decided to use the un pods on this one but the barrels weren t that ood so these were sliced off and replaced with some metal tubin cut from a lue applicator no le. Mo in back to the main airframe the decals were applied and most went on prett well needin ust a touch of Micro Set and Sol to bed them down. The bare metal leadin ed e decal on the main intakes and the white tail fi n tip fi tted reasonabl well but did need a spot of paint to fi nish them off. ith the decals dr and an excess decal sol ent remo ed the whole model was i en a pin wash with some thinned re ink to brin out the en ra ed detail. To i e the detail on the undercarria e and wheel ba s some depth some MI ark

ash was carefull applied with a fi ne brush and an excess remo ed with some odourless thinner. I kept the weatherin to a minimum on this one restrictin m self to a small amount of lclad II et xhaust dusted around the rear swi ellin no les. There are a number of small exhaust puffer no les and ents around the aircraft and these alon with the aerials and sensor panels were picked out a fi ne brush and ames orkshop acr lics.

ettin near to the fi nishin line now, all of the pre iousl prepared undercarria e, doors, p lons and stores were added and the outer folded win panels were slipped onto the brass pins. Out with the airbrush a ain to i e whole model a coat of lclad Semi Matte clear to blend the arious fi nishes to ether. ith the e ection seats dropped into the cockpit the canop parts were fi xed in place with acer

ormula 5 0 canop lue lea in ust the pitot tube to complete the model. ●

FINAL VERDICTith the completed model sittin on the bench in front of me alon side its sin le seat counterpart it does look ood in an u l sort of wa . It is a lot

lon er than the sin le seat ersion to the point where the missin rear fusela e extension isn t that ob ious. If ou didn t know about it ou wouldn t reall notice it until ou et out a set of plans and a ruler. or that reason I will i e this one a thumbs up as it is reasonabl priced and detailed and builds ust as well as the fi rst ersion. ould I build another Certainl but it would be another sin le seat ersion. et s ust hope obb oss keep up the ood work brin in us more unusual sub ects in the future.

Plane FactsThe or er series started with the

ak 3 M, an initial pre production ersion that differed sli htl from the ak 3 in that it was li hter and had

en ines that enerated sli htl less power. The fi rst production ak 3 was the or er , which fi rst fl ew on the 15th anuar 1971, and entered ser ice with the So iet a al iation on 11th

u ust 197 . In all a total of 143 were produced and it was followed b the

ak 3 M or er , which was an up raded ersion with new Tumansk

2 300 and binsk 3 en ines that a e an increased take off wei ht in

TO . The t pe had en ine intakes that were sli htl widened and the p lons under the win s could carr 2,000lb. The t pe entered ser ice with the So iet

a al iation from une 19 5 and 50 were built. The ak 3 U or er was a two seat trainer ersion for So iet

a al iation and it had a len thened forward fusela e to accommodate the two seat cockpit and an extended rear fusela e to counterbalance the effect of the elon ated nose. It entered ser ice on the 15th o ember 197 and 3 were built with the last bein deli ered in 19 1.

“The problem is that the rear fuselage on the real aircraft was extended slightly to balance the extended nose of the two-seat variant. By using the same rear parts for both kits the rear end comes up short”

FINAL VERDICT

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This has always been my favourite version of this particular machine and this is probably my favourite scale for it as well, so what’s not to like? As one of my favourites I’ve waited to build it in classic British desert colours and of

course, it had to have the famous sharkmouth as well. So bring out the awesome Hasegawa kit from 2008,

SPECIFICATIONSHasegawa 1:32 P-40K WarhawkKit No.: 08188Materials: IMAvailability: Amerang Ltd (UK Importer) and Hasegawa stockists worldwidePrice Guide: £52.99

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

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

White Ensign Colourcoats enamel:ACRN10 Dark EarthACRN11 Middle StoneACRN12 Azure Blue

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 - 37ft 3in (11.37m)Length - 33ft 6in (9.67m)Height - 12ft 4in (3.77m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:32Span - 355mmLength - 302mmHeight - 118mm

REFERENCES● Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I-IV In RAAF, SAAF, RAAF, RNZAF, RCAF & NEIAF Service, Aircam Aviation Series No.6 (Osprey Publishing Ltd)● Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk I-IV by R. Wagner,

rofi e o. rofi e u ication ● Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk by R. Wagner,

rofi e o. rofi e u ication ● Curtiss P-40 by V. Ehrman & V. Roman (MBI 1998)● Curtiss P-40 From 1939 to 1945 by A. Elbied & D. Laurent, Planes & Pilots No.3 (Historie & Collections 2002 ISBN: 2-913903-47-9)● urti c . . anowic onografi e Lotnicze No.66 (AJ Press 2001 ISBN: 83-7237-041-9)● Curtiss P-40 Vol.III by K. Janowicz & L.A. Wieliczko (Kagero 2010 ISBN: 978-83-61220-74-9)● Curtiss P-40 In Action No.26 by E.R. McDowell (Squadron/Signal Publications 1976 ISBN: 0-89747-025-7)● Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Famous Airplanes of the World No.13 (Bunrin-do, 1979)● Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Famous Airplanes of the World No.117 (Bunrin-do)● P-40 Warhawk Part 2 [P-40D to XP-40Q] by B. Kinsey, Detail & Scale Vol.62 (Squadron/Signal Publications 1999 ISBN: 1-888974-15-X)● P-40 Warhawk, Walk Around No. 8 by Lou Drendel (Squadron/Signal Publications 1996) ISBN 0-89747-361-2)

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNERKIT BUILD

Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK


Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK Scary Teeth

The P-40 has to be one of the world’s classic combat aircraft from WWII and in its short-tailed, fat-nosed K variant it’s also one of the great characters.

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Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK


the Montex Super Masks and the Eduard dropped flaps and let’s get this show on the road. In true Hasegawa style, they make sure they get the best from their expensive moulds, so they have released a number of P-40 versions in 1:32. This one is typical of their modern big-scale releases and is suitably gorgeous in the box with lots of cleanly moulded grey plastic: 13 sprues and

190 parts. There is a little flash on some of the smaller parts but nothing to worry about and absolutely no sinkholes or other problems. You get a couple of sprues of transparent bits that are all very nice and a single large decal sheet for the versions in the box. The instructions come as a well-drawn booklet of 12 pages, including sprue layout diagrams and the two-page paint and

marking guide. I opted to use the Montex Super Mask set (#K32150) for the markings here as I wanted a No.112 Sqn machine and thought I’d try something other than the standard decal options. I’ve not used the Montex masks before so we’ll see how I coped with that one. What’s the worst that can happen, right? Eduard do the perfect finishing touches for just about any aircraft

these days and I limited myself to doing just the flaps on this one, although there are about six different sets you could add to it to make it a bit special.

Construction starts on the innards with the well-detailed cockpit and the nose-mounted radiators. The interior colour is Zinc Chromate Green from LifeColor, with an oil wash for the shadows, a highlight of light green paint and some silver paint chips. The only additions I made at this point were the seat belts made from fi bre lass tape and left o er buckles from the spares box. Otherwise, the Hasegawa plastic is all you need in there. Due to the modular nature of the parts, produced to get as many versions as possible with minimum

“The tail section is the most challenging because the joint doesn’t follow any panel line. This means there’s some serious fi lling, blending and rescribing to do. “

Box top art is superb, Hasegawa have a tradition for excellence where this is concerned

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Plane FactsThe XP-40-CU or Curtiss Model 75P was a conversion based on

3 S/ o.3 10 and the new fi hter desi n was accepted b US C on the 1 th October 193 . The fi rst model was the Curtiss Model 1 1 armed with 2x 0.50in rownin s in the nose and 2x 0.30in in the win s. This was followed b the sin le 40 , then production ersions of the 40 Model 1 2 , 40C Model 1 3 , 40 Model 7 2 , 40 Model 7 3 , 40 plus 40 and 40 protot pes and 40 and 40

protot pe . The 40 series was similar to 40 with a 171073 en ine and the lar e fi llet ahead of the ertical fi n. The 40 5 series had rotar al e coolers, while the 40 10 had the lon fusela e of the 40 5 and some were modifi ed for cold weather operations. The fi nal series was the 15, which retained the lon fusela e, had the 10 cold weather modifi cations, the emer enc h draulic s stem was remo ed, the batter was mo ed forward and 1,500lb of bombs could be carried under the win s and under the fusela e on the centreline rack.

effort, there are a number of inserts and sections to build next. This means a small panel in the nose, the fusela e section ust behind the canop and of course, the complete tail section. This last bit is the most challen in because the oint doesn t follow an panel line. This means there s some serious fi llin , blendin and rescribin to do. t least the plastic parts fi t prett well, makin this ob a

bit less tedious than it could have been. The other plastic parts to complete the fusela e fi t neatl as well, with no troubles from the transparent parts or tail assembl . Thin s were oin to et a bit more complicated for the win , thou h, and it was all m doin .

duard and their ama in photo etched parts are the kind of thin ou either lo e or loathe.

ersonall I lo e the detail and the scale

thickness but hate the process of doin it as it s alwa s complicated and with me bein a clums swine I normall end up breakin as much as I build. In this case I was onl usin the dropped fl aps 32222 , which come as 3 frets of delicious etched metal and two sheets of concise instructions. It needs some kit butcher of course, slicin reat chunks out of the win sections and as lon as ou follow

The interior is beautifully moulded. Seat belts are the only required addition

The nose radiators are adequate and they fi t precisely into the chin

The inserts in the nose aren’t the best of fi ts but a little fi ller will take care of that

Stage-by-Stage - CoNSTRUCTION

Rear decking is well detailed and a big improvement on this area on Hasegawa’s 1:48 kits, which are a pain

The transparent parts are well moulded and an accurate fi t The tail joint. I know they had to do it like this but it’s still a trouble we could do without

Good old Humbrol fi ller, still fi rst-class after all these years Minimise the fi ller contamination of the rest of the detail with a bit of masking tape

Then prepare for the sanding, and rescribing that follows

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those instructions closely, there shouldn’t be any trouble. Talking of trouble, many people complain about the kit and the diffi culties of ettin the win to fi t the fusela e with reat

gaps at the wing roots. Well, here’s how to stop that. In the kit is a central spar and some ribs to box off the undercarriage bays.

The spar is part #A1 and it’s got that number because it is the most important structural bit of the whole kit. Build as per instructions, then get some clamps and make sure that the large lower wing section is clamped tightly to the bottom edge of the spar. This ensures the correct dihedral of the wings and perfect gaps at the wing roots. With the wings in place and dried it’s time to sort out the paint.

Colouring InAs I mentioned earlier, I intended to do this one as a desert RAF machine right from the start, so the kit markings were binned straight

away and the Montex masks brought into play. Montex give you excellent full-colour instructions in the set, with two versions on offer, one RAF, the other Russian, as well as instructions for the masking and painting of the fearsome sharkmouth. No instructions for things like the


The transparent parts masked with Tamiya tape. Yes, I know there are masks for this in the Montex set but guess who forgot that little fact?

I opted to chop out the elevators to off-set them a little on this one. It’s easy to do with a very sharp knife and a little patience

Fit of the kit bits is excellent

Stage-by-Stage - CoNSTRUCTION CONT...

The Eduard photo-etched sets are little packets of metal joy!

“Build as per instructions, then get some clamps and make sure that the large lower wing section is clamped tightly to the bottom edge of the spar. This ensures the correct dihedral of the wings and perfect gaps at the wing roots”

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The kit wing section before being hacked and slashed Post-butchery, waiting for the attachment of the etched parts And here they are. How Eduard gets the detail work this fi ne is one of life’s great mysteries

The central spar; remember, get the lower wing section to follow its profi le exactly and you’ll have no diffi culties with the wing fi t to the fuselage

The proof of the pudding; this is the fi t without any fettling of any kind. Not bad eh?

The new internal detail parts in place; yummy!

roundels though, so you’re on your own with how to do them. Anyway, the main colours came from the White Ensign Colourcoats range of enamels, suitably lightened, with patchy bits and faded panel centres. The

classic nature of the Dark Earth/ Middle Stone/ ure lue camoufl a e makes this a good looking machine already but just wait till those markings go on; I could hardly wait! The Montex mask system was new to me so

I started with the simple serial numbers to get a feel for how the pale green vinyl attached itself and how easily it could be moved and re-arranged to suit. As it turned out, it worked very well indeed with the pre-cut sections

“Well, this is one of my top 10 favourite kits so I’m going to say how great it is, aren’t I?”

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being very simple to position, rub down and mask off. Masking, yes, there’s a bit of that all right. In fact I’m not going to bore you with the seemingly endless task of masking, remasking and covering everything for each and every one of the spraying obs. Suffi ce it to sa it took a couple of days and lots of paint changes with the airbrush. But it’ll all be worth it, right? As it turned out, yes, it certainly was worth the effort because even the sharkmouth wasn’t as complicated as I’d feared and it looked pretty good at the end of it all. With markings applied it was time for weathering, sealing in with Humbrol Clear, applying the stencil decals and then the rather tedious task of doin all the fi ddl little bits at the end to fi nish it all off. There s a lot of those fi ddl bits of course, isn’t there always? One of the problematical bits was the aerial wire and just what did it look like on the RAF machines? After some time trawling about


Blue and green should not be seen, without a colour in between! Sorry but in this case it can’t be helped. Not to worry, the weathering process will calm down both colours

The Middle Stone is a faded version of the White Ensign colour; remember that desert sun is a harsh environment

Stage-by-Stage - Paint & Markings

Dark Earth completes the classic British pattern; once again faded and a bit patchy

The Montex set, the sharkmouth is calling

First off a quick practice with the simple serial number Oh the masking! Good job I had plenty of tape to hand as it’s a tedious job

This is the bit we’ve been waiting for and the Montex mask was surprisingly easy to manoeuvre around the complicated nose curves

Awesome! Note the clean looking paint of the main camoufl age colours; not for long!

Pastels, Tamiya Smoke and silver pencil paint chips get this looking suitably worn

The wing roots are always some of the most badly worn areas thanks to the ground crews’ clumsy boots

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“The Montex mask system is new to me so I started with the simple serial numbers to get a feel for how the pale

green vinyl attached itself and how easily it could be moved and re-arranged to suit. As it turned out, it works

very well indeed with the pre-cut sections being very simple to position, rub down and mask off”

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Fiddly bits ahoy! The kit plastic parts are very neatly moulded, including the rotation gears for the main leg. The only additions needed are the brake lines

Location for the oleos is positive and the drop-tank is neat, although I would have preferred an RAF pattern 250lb bomb here

The aerial wires are attached with tiny metal pates at the wingtip, complete with insulators made from stretched ear-buds. (That’s like stretching sprue, just use a plastic tube from a cotton bud instead)

Stage-by-Stage - Final Details

FINAL VERDICTWell, this is one of my top 10 favourite kits so I’m going to say how great it is, aren’t I? Yes, it is great, simple as that. All of Hasegawa’s new 1:32 kits are superb with excellent detail and usually pretty effortless builds. Add to that the huge number of aftermarket accessories of all kinds for them and you’re onto a winner. As soon as I saw this kit released in 2008 I knew exactly what I wanted to do to it and here it is at long last; hope you like it because I know I do.

Was it worth the effort?hat effort, it s eas to build and defi nitel worth makin .


through books and on the Internet it appears that basically no two machines had exactly the same layout of wires. It depended on the radio fi t at the time and ust how the aircraft had been set up. In the end I followed the standard 40 fi t of a wire to each win tip and one to the insulator on the fuselage spine. This makes it a real pain to handle but it does

look ood. inal fi nish is courtes of tracolor s fl at arnish. This was spra ed on at

high pressure and quite thickly to give a rough, sand blasted look to it. Once the gritty stuff had dried the canopy was unmasked, repositioned and those aerial wires were fi tted, and it was ob done. ●


It’s a fair size in this scale so you’ll need a big cabinet for display

The canopy being open gives some nice views

of the impressive interior

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Airfi x have had their ups and downs but with the take-over by Hornby were soon heading in the right direction again. Amongst a number of new-tool kits that were announced not long after the take-over was one that stood head and shoulders above the rest, namely the 1:24 de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk II/FB Mk VI. For your money you get an enormous box crammed with eighteen large sprues of crisply moulded parts, a two hundred and fi fty-three stage instruction manual, full colour paint and decal placement diagrams and a huge decal sheet printed by Cartograph. I have added a small amount of aftermarket accessories and modifi ed a few things but will endeavour to point these out along the way. Additional detail was added the old fashioned way using lead foil, brass rod and a few sizes of wire and solder. Before I go any further a word of warning: the plastic used for this kit is very soft and the fi t of some components quite tight. If you try to force-fi t anything, even a location pin, the plastic will split or crack.

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AwesomeBuilt & Written by Alan Bottoms from the UK


Airfi x have had their ups and downs but with the take-over by Hornby were soon heading in the right direction again. Amongst a number of new-tool kits that were announced not long after the take-over was one that stood head and shoulders above the rest, namely the 1:24 de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk II/FB Mk VI. For your money you get an enormous box crammed with eighteen large sprues of crisply moulded parts, a two hundred and fi fty-three stage instruction manual, full colour paint and decal placement diagrams and a huge decal sheet printed by Cartograph. I have added a small amount of aftermarket accessories and modifi ed a few things but will endeavour to point these out along the way. Additional detail was added the old fashioned way using lead foil, brass rod and a few sizes of wire and solder. Before I go any further a word of warning: the plastic used for this kit is very soft and the fi t of some components quite tight. If you try to force-fi t anything, even a location pin, the plastic will split or crack.

Assembly began in the cockpit. As most of the model would be painted with an airbrush I needed to look ahead in the

assembly sequence and work out which parts to leave separate from the various sub-assemblies. As the majority of the internal parts are Interior Green this dictated how to proceed with the cockpit, bomb bay, gun bays and wheel bays so that I could spray several sub-assemblies in one session. With this in mind the seat minus cushions and adjustment lever was built up followed by the cockpit fl oor, bulkheads and the rudder pedal box. The fi rst bit of additional detailing I did was to add the bracing struts to the observer's seat backplate armour. The best

reference picture I could fi nd showed four struts and these were cut from lengths of 2mm diameter plastic rod and fi xed in place with Mr Cement S. It was time for a spraying session so all the parts that would be Interior Green were mounted on various boards, bulldog clips and cocktail sticks and given a good coat of paint. With a kit of this complexity you can make good use of drying time by looking ahead and preparing parts for later on in the build. In this case I started putting things like the fuel tanks, ammo cases and control surfaces together, basically anything that was in two halves, so that by the time I needed them all I had to do was clean up any glued seams or joints. Getting back to the plot, the smaller parts like seat cushions, rudder

the bracing struts to the observer's seat backplate armour. The best parts like seat cushions, rudder

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pedals and sidewall detail parts were sprayed in the appropriate colours. With most of the cockpit parts in their base colours I could start detail painting and weathering. Although the ma orit of the cockpit fi ttin s are included there is still a lot of scope for improvement. There are a lot of smaller details that could be added but in this case I restricted myself to things that could be seen through the canopy and door. I

started with the throttle and propeller linkage rods. These are moulded solid so after measuring the kit parts the rods were cut off and replaced with brass versions. The instruments and gauges for the main and electrical system panel are nicely presented, being printed onto insert parts. These were fi xed with acer ormula 5 0 and when set Tamiya clear gloss was used to simulate the

glass lenses. With the various cockpit parts installed the next ob ious omissions were the various cables hooking everything up. These were added from fuse wire and solder. The most important addition to the cockpit visually is to add harnesses to the pilot's and observer's seats, unless of course you add the crew fi ures. or this I used the excellent photoetched set from MDC. The bomb bay was pretty

Completed instrument panel Assembling the MDC seat belts (#E24002) Test assembly of the cockpit parts with the belts now in situ

Note the bracing struts behind the navigator’s seat Additional cables etc. were added to both cockpit sidewalls The only ropey bit really, fi ller was needed on each wing tip

Disaster, the blade tip points to the crack in the fuselage - aagh! The undercarriage door retraction springs were made of fi ne wire, then attached in place in the rear of the undercarriage bay

Here you can see the Mastercasters resin wheels (left, back) in comparison with the kit ones (right, front)

Assembled and painted rudder pedal box Tamiya X-19 Smoke being used to highlight the moulded cables The instrument panel was while the instrument dials are pre-printed onto the front (surely it should have been the back for the ‘glass’ to have any meaning?) of the clear element


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Drilling and pinning the 0.303in gun barrels that I had previously cut off due to them being bent

Here you can see the assembled and painted cannon pack; a lot more can be added if you so choose

The fl exible kit ammo feeds (top) with their lead foil replacements (bottom)

The legs to the left are as per the kit, whilst the assembly on the right shows the brass axle added to easy fi tment of the wheels at a later stage in the overall build

Ejector pin marks aplenty (highlighted) with the various fi llers used to deal with them

All the undercarriage parts laid out, with the various lengths of pipework added visible



much out of the box apart from the addition of the cross-feed pipe between the two fuel tanks. With the bomb/cannon bay and the tailwheel bulkhead all painted they were, along with the cockpit, positioned in one fuselage half. Before the glue set I added the other half, and with a

little bit of coaxin here and there it all fi tted in nicely. For speed and strength Tamiya extra thin cement was used to nail the two halves together before binding it all up with masking tape while it set solid. My attention now turned to the wing and yes, I really do think it’s the

biggest sprue I have ever had to deal with! Next on the list were the separate wingtips and here I came to the onl poorl fi ttin parts in the entire kit. The were fi xed in place and left to set before breaking out the Tamiya putty. This was liberally smeared over both the top and


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bottom joints and also a very long sink mark on the upper rear edge of the inner wing. Lots of sanding and polishing later it was ready to be added to the fuselage. At this point near-disaster struck. hilst fittin the win to the fuselage it needed just a little pressure to hold it in just the right spot. Unfortunately all it needed was a little pressure for the fuselage to crack from the wing root up to the cockpit opening. So be warned, don t force the win fit at all. The control surfaces and tailplanes were added and the elevators glued in a dropped position along

with a slight offset to the rudder. Don’t forget to position the rudder pedals and joystick to match the control surface positionin . The onl external detailing added was to the dinghy compartment panel and the reinforcing strip o er the fusela e spine at bulkhead four. The dinghy panel should be slightly proud of the fuselage skin so a thin skin of plasticard was lued on top of the en ra ed panel. The

reinforcement strip was a strip of plastic card simply glued in place and sanded to shape. Looking through the instructions at steps

concerning the engines, undercarriage and nacelles I decided to approach them in a different order. As well as adding detail to the undercarriage I had also wanted to modify the main le s to allow the wheels to be fitted after it was all built up. I had bought a set of resin wheels and tyres from Mastercasters as these allow you to sand the very prominent tread down to a more acceptable le el. To be in with, a length of brass rod was sourced which matched the diameter of the hole in the wheel centres. The main le hal es were oined and

The engine in situ The canopy framework all painted and installed, note the flare pistol (nice touch)

The 1154/1155 radio sets painted and installed

Plasticard was used to recreate the raised dinghy pack panel and the transit rib

Here the replacement lead ammo feeds can be seen in place The assembled and painted engine, again a lot more can be added if you wish

“Although the majority of the cockpit fittings are included there is still a lot of scope for improvement. There are a lot of smaller details that could be added but in this case I restricted myself to things that

could be seen through the canopy and door”

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cleaned up. The axle pegs were then cut off and a hole drilled all the way through the two inner legs. The outside legs were then drilled out, but only the inside face so the detail on their outer faces would remain. With the undercarriage assembled the wheel could then be put in position and the brass axle pushed through the leg, the wheel and into the other leg. With this modifi cation done the main legs and all the associated cross bracing were built up and brake lines were added using solder and plastic tubing. I also planned to add the door-closing cables later so holes were drilled throu h the fl at strip on the cross bracing and a triangle of one millimetre plasticard was added to the mudguard cross beam, then this was drilled parallel to the beam to simulate a pulley. Holes for the cables and tension springs were drilled in the rear undercarriage bulkhead. The springs themselves were formed from brass wire wrapped around a pin and then cut to length. These were fi xed into place on the bulkheads that were then put in position along with the front bulkheads. I had decided to build the nacelles in a different order to the instructions, as I was more concerned about a ood fi t to the wings than getting everything in.


Here the Sky tail band has been painted then masked, whilst the rudder has been subject to some pre-shading

The Sky band revealed

Stage-by-Stage - Paint & Final Details

The topside camoufl age was applied freehand All of the invasion stripes were painted on; a laborious job of masking

Here I am cleaning excess MIG pigment from the tyres The scheme depicted meant that a number of the decals had to be cut into sections prior to application

The kit (right) and Cammett (left) ice screens for the carburettor intake

Adding paint chips to the propeller using a Karismacolor Silver pencil

A steady hand is needed to drill out the fl ash eliminators of the 0.303in guns

The decal option dispensed with the aerial mast, so instead a hole had to be drilled into the rear of the canopy for the aerial lead

“The most important addition to the cockpit visually is to add harnesses to the pilot’s and observer’s seats, unless of course you add the crew fi gures”

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So, after dealing with a lot of ejector pins the undercarriage bays were painted and the nacelles closed up before gluing them onto the wings. The main legs and oil tanks were painted and fitted into the nacelles and while the dried the cannon pack and bomb racks were painted and assembled read for fittin . The 0.303in machine guns were all bent at the breech end of the barrel on my kit. My answer to this was to cut the barrels off at this point, straighten them and then drill and pin them with brass rod; this also meant I could make life easier by adding the barrels right at the end of the build. The cannon pack builds up well but an extra set of fin ers would ha e been useful at times, it was a bit fiddl in places. The uns with ammunition boxes and bomb racks were placed into their rele ant ba s allowin me to add the bomb ba side panels. The next modification re ards the 0.303in machine un ammo feed belts. These are moulded on the black in l sprue, as the ha e to be twisted throu h ninet degrees between the ammo case and gun breech. This is fine apart from the fact I couldn t find an paint that would stick to them often with flexible plastics it can work if ou coat them with PVA before painting? - Ed). The solution was to find some thick lead foil and replicate them in this material. The nose cone with its gun camera could now be added. The engines were next and here the only alteration was to lea e the propeller hubs remo able. The engines were painted pretty much as per the instructions apart from a few little touches I could see in my references. I understand that when built the en ines were painted o erall black but whene er somethin was remo ed for ser icin or repair the parts were cleaned and paint stripped. Hence mine has had its superchar ers ser iced and the al es ad usted. The en ines were fitted now, m method was a tight squeeze but it does work if ou re careful. ll the plumbin was painted and

added next. The engines and undercarriage bays were masked with Post-it Notes and Tamiya tape. The cockpit opening was taped up while the model was i en a coat of primer and

while this was drying the canopy was prepared and masked.

Paint & Markingsith the primer and an little flaws smoothed

out the canopy was tacked into position with and i en a coat of Interior reen. My choice of scheme dictated the painting se uence so with m trust Sata raf2 airbrush in hand the first colour to o on was the Sk band around the tail and when that had dried the stripe was masked with some 18mm Tamiya tape. The top surface camoufla e came next startin with the Ocean re followed b the

ark reen spra ed freehand. hen that had all dried the top surfaces were masked off ready to tackle the underside. Next was a good coat of white where the in asion stripes would be, then the white portions were masked and the black was applied. When dry the black stripes were masked read for the o erall Medium Sea

re . lon spra session later and this was on

so that when that had all dried all the masking except the canopy could come off. A coat of ohnson s lear sealed the paint and a e me

a ood surface to appl the decals. Mo in on to the decals, the kit national markings and stencilling went on with no problems whatsoe er with a ust a touch of Micro Set and Sol. The aircraft I had selected from the

tradecal sheet was in ser ice with o.4 4 S n prior to a so the codes and identification number are supplied as full characters. This meant some cutting with a sharp scalpel and steel rule as the were partiall o erpainted alon with the Sk band b the in asion stripes. The resin wheels and tyres were painted up and i en a coat of uropean arth MI pigment around the treaded face. The excess pi ment on the tread blocks was remo ed with a damp cotton bud.

Final AssemblyI could now see the light at the end of the


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FINAL VERDICTI must admit that this write-up has tried to cover most of the build blow-by-blow but as you will have no doubt noticed there is a lot more to this build than I could fi t in. The onl real criticism I can put forward is the e ector pin marks that were a real pain to deal with. I must admit to bein biased as I lo e the Mos uito but puttin that aside I can honestl sa that this is a reall fun kit to put to ether. Sittin there it is a lar e model with a lot of detail and ou do feel ou e ot our mone s worth from it. ell done irfi x, this is the best kit ou e e er done.

as it worth the effortes, and brin on the Mk I or e en better a Mk 34/ Mk 35.


tunnel as I could put all my pre-prepared parts onto the model, startin b completin the undercarria e. The wheels were put into position and the brass pins slid into place.

eroclub n lon monofi lament was threaded through the undercarriage cross beams and pulle s and tacked to the front of the doors. Shorter len ths were run from the rear of the doors down to the rear bulkhead to meet up with the tensionin sprin s fi tted earlier. The bombs were fi tted into the bomb ba and onto the wing pylons although in reality an aircraft with this many panels removed for maintenance

would ne er be armed. The last parts to add to the underside were the carburettor intake screens. The canop was remo ed and the inside polished read for fi nal fi ttin . The control column, pilot s seat and unsi ht were added and the cockpit canop was fi nall fi xed into place with . The pre iousl assembled and painted propellers were given chips and scratches with a silver Karismacolor pencil and the same pencil was used to give the impression of wear and tear on the metal access panels and en ine cowlin s. xhaust streaks were spra ed on usin Tami a Smoke

followed b a touch of re at the exhaust outlet. The entire model was now i en an o erall coat of un e San o Matt Clear and the canop maskin remo ed. The 0.303in machine un barrels, win tip li hts and cockpit door were added leaving me with a couple of small obs to do. One was the radio aerial, which is different to the kit supplied one, so a 0.5mm hole was drilled into the rear canop fairing and into this a length of brass rod painted black was push fi tted. The fi nal piece of this epic was to attach the windscreen wiper! ●


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Westland Wyvern S.4, VZ758/J-376, No.830 NAS FAA, Suez, 1956. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky undersides. Maroon spinners and finlets; yellow/black bands around fuselage and wings. All lettering in black

Westland Wyvern S.4, VZ766/273, No.813 NAS FAA, 1957. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky undersides. White/blue spinner; all lettering in black

Westland Wyvern S.4, WL879/E-278, No.813 NAS FAA, HMS Eagle, 1958. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky undersides. White/Red/Exta Dark Sea Grey spinner; ‘Dennis the Menace’ motif on fuselage (this side only) and unit badge on fin. All lettering black

Westland Wyvern S.4, WN324/O-380, No.831 NAS FAA, HMS Ark Royal, 1957. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky undersides. Red spinners. ‘Flook’ motif on starboard only; unit crest on both sides of fin


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Avro Manchester L7247, second prototype after it had been fitted with the ‘standard’ central fin, 1940. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Ident Yellow undersides; black spinners and serials.‘A1’ roundels on fuselage sides,‘A’ type below wings, ‘B’ type above; fin flashes on outer fin faces. Note ventral gun turret

Avro Manchester B. Mk.I, L7284/EM•D, No.207 Squadron, RAF Waddington, November 1940. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides; codes and serials in Medium Sea Grey. ‘A1’ roundels on fuselage sides, ‘B’ type above wings

Avro Manchester B. Mk.I, L7380/EM•W, No.207 Squadron, RAF Waddington, 1941. Dark Earth/Dark Green uppersurfaces with Night undersides; codes in Medium Sea Grey, serials in Ident Red.‘A1’roundels on fuselage sides,‘B’ type above wings

Avro Manchester B Mk IA, L7463/OF•P ‘Jill’, No.97 Squadron, RAF Coningsby, November 1941. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides; codes in Medium Sea Grey, serials in Ident Red. ‘SRI.GAJAH’ (elephant – aircraft of this squadron carried animal names),‘ Jill’ and mission tally in white

Avro Manchester B Mk I, L7472/OL•Q, No.83 Squadron, RAF Scampton, March 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides; Medium Sea Grey codes, Ident Red serials. ‘A1’ roundels on fuselage sides, ‘B’ type above wings. Note ten mission markings in red on nose; lost during a raid over Hamburg, 8/9 April, 1942

Avro Manchester B Mk I, L7471/ZN•V, No.106 Squadron, RAF Coningsby, May 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides; Medium Sea Grey codes, Ident Red serials. ‘A1’ roundels on fuselage sides, ‘B’ type above wings


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Hawker Siddeley Kestrel, XS688, Tripartite Evaluation Squadron (TES), 1965. Natural metal overall with black inflatable rubber air intake lips; TES markings in four wing positions (exceptionally on this example, these were ‘handed’). Black serial, repeated below wings, and logo on nose

Hawker Siddeley Kestrel, XS693/3, Tripartite Evaluation Squadron, 1965. Natural metal overall with TES markings in four wing positions; serial in black, repeated below wings. ‘3’ in black on nose

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV277, Dunsfold, 1969. Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with national markings in bright colours; 36” diameter roundels above and below wings, 24” diameter roundels on air intakes. Black serial, repeated below wings

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV279, Dunsfold, 1969. Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with national markings in bright colours; 36” diameter roundels above and below wings, 24” diameter roundels on air intakes. Black serial, repeated below wings. Unpainted nose cone and parachute tail housing

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV755, Harrier Conversion Team, displayed at Biggin Hill, 19 September 1969. Gloss Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with national markings in red/white/blue; roundels in six positions. Serial in black, repeated below wings; RAF Wittering crest on fin

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV783, No.1 Squadron, Wittering, 1969. Gloss Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with national markings in red/white/blue; roundels in six positions. Serial in black, repeated below wings; unit badge, flanked by red/white arrowheads, on nose. RAF Wittering crest on fin



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Bloch MB.151, No.98/6, GC II/10, Armée de L’Air, Rouen-Boos, early March 1940. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white ‘6’ on fin. Code ‘Y5’ below starboard and ‘85’ below port wings in black; unit badge on fuselage sides


Fiat G.55 Centauro, MM.592, 2nd prototype, Aeritalia late 1942. Verde Oliva Scuro/Nocciola Chiaro upper surfaces with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides; black spinner, white rear fuselage band and cross on rudder. Black fasces markings in all four wing positions; black serial

Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie I (Sottoserie 0), MM.91059/353-12, 353^ Squadriglia, 20º Gruppo, 51º Stormo CT, Regia Aeronautica, CiampiNo.(Rome), August 1943. Verde Oliva Scuro upper surfaces with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides; white rear fuselage band and cross on rudder. Codes in light blue and red, serial block in yellow

Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91097/5, Squadriglia Complementare Montefusco-Bonet, Venaria Reale (Turin), April 1944. Verde Oliva Scuro upper surfaces with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides; black/white fasces markings above and below wings. Yellow code and serial block; ‘5’ repeated on nose in yellow; red front of spinner. ‘Bonet’ motif in white on nose

Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91088/4, flown by Ten. Vittorio Pignati di Morano, 2º Gruppo Caccia, Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, Bresso, April 1944. Verde Oliva Scuro/Grigio Azzurro Chiaro finish; yellow codes and serials block. Wing markings in black and white, above and below wings; Diavolo Rosso badge on nose

Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91147/21, 3^ Squadriglia, 1° Gruppo Caccia ‘Bonet’, Aviazione Nazionale Repubbicana, July 1944.

Nocciola Chiaro/Verde Oliva Scuro upper surfaces with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides. Light blue/white codes, light blue/yellow serial block; light blue lettering on fin. White spinner with

black backplate and spiral; white ‘Bonet’ motif above codes

Above: Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91091-8, 4^ Squadriglia, 2º Gruppo Caccia, Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, Bresso, May 1944. Upper surfaces in a splinter-style scheme of sand, green and brown with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides; yellow code and serial block

Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, Black 7 (MM unknown), flown by Cap. Ugo Drago, 1^ Squadriglia, 2º Gruppo Caccia, Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, Cascina Vaga, May 1944

Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM. unknown/ Black6, 1^ Squadriglia, 2° Gruppo Caccia, Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, Cascina Vaga (Pavia), May 1944. RLM 76 overall with RLM74/75 upper surfaces; wing markings in black only. White fuselage band; black/white code

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Hawker Hurricane Mk I, P2575/J, No.73 Squadron RAF, Rouvres (France), March 1940. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces; Aluminium underside of fuselage; Night port and white starboard wing and tailplane undersides. Medium Sea Grey code, Night serial; blue/white/red roundels on fuselage sides and below wings. Red/white/blue rudder; Night spinner. Blue/red roundels above wings

Bloch MB.151, No.98/6, GC II/10, Armée de L’Air, Rouen-Boos, early March 1940. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white ‘6’ on fin. Code ‘Y5’ below starboard and ‘85’ below port wings in black; unit badge on fuselage sides

Above Right: Dewoitine D.520, No.266/6, flown by Sub Lt René Pomier Leyrargues of GC II/7, June 1940. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces with Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white ‘6’ on fin and unit badge on fuselage sides (outlined in white). This pilot shot down Werner Molders on 5 June 1950 but was shot down and killed minutes later

Above: Dewoitine D.520, flown by Adj. Chef Marie Emile Leblanc, Relizanne, June 1940. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; black/white spinner. French Blue stripe along fuselage sides; black/white spinner. Curtiss 75A-2 Hawk, No. 217/2, flown by Edmond Marin La Meslée

of GC I/5, Armeè de l’Air, May 1940. Vert Foncé, Terre Foncé and Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces with Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white ‘2’ within a red disc on fin; ‘Champagne’ badge on fuselage sides

Caudron CR.714 Cyclone, No.14 GC I//145 Armée de l’Air, Dreux, June 1040. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white ‘2’ on fin, all other lettering in black. Code ‘I-’ below starboard and ‘204’ below port wings in black; partially painted Polish marking over French roundel on fuselage sides

Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1, No.806/1, flown by Cpt Pierre Bouvarre, 6e Escadrille, GC III/7, Vitry-le-François, April 1940. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; black ‘1’ over yellow disc on fin. Code ‘L-8’ below starboard and ‘35’ below port in white; ‘Micahelangelo’s Fury’ on fuselage sides. Bullet holes received during an encounter with Bf109Es on 31 March marked wih white ‘swastikas’; ‘1’ in white repeated above port wing

Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1, No.989, flown by Cdt Jules Morlat, commander of GC II/3 Armée de l’Air, Connantre, April 1940. Standard camouflage colours. Red/French Blue band across fuselage sides; code ‘L5’ below starboard and ‘79’ below port wings in white. Unit badge on fin

Potez 631, No.73/8, ECN 1/13 Armée de l’Air, Meaux-Esbly, April 1940. Vert Foncé/Terre Foncé/Gris Bleu Foncé upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides. Unit badge on nose; code ‘X-6’ below starboard and ‘44’ below port wings in black. This was one of the units assigned to the defence of Paris in May 1940


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Top of Page: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37308/48-FC, Försökscentralen (Test Centre), Malmslätt, summer 1985. Splinter camouflage of 093M Black Green, 326M Dark Green, 322M Medium Green and 507M Tan upper surfaces with 058M Blue Grey underside; Dayglo ‘48’ on fin, yellow ‘FC’ on nose. Unit badge on top of fin

Second from Top & Plan View: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37344/32-17, F.17, Ronneby, 1992. Splinter camo scheme; dayglo triangle and ‘32’ on fin, the latter repeated above the wing; yellow ‘17’ on nose. Unit crest over a white disc on top of fin

Bottom: SAAB SF37 Viggen, 37953/06-13, F.13 (Division 1), Norrköping, 1986. Splinter camo Scheme; dayglo ‘06’ on fin, yellow ‘13’ on nose. Unit badge on fin top

Below, Top to Bottom: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 08-4, F.4, Östersund-Frösön. Light Ghost Grey FS.36375 upper surfaces with Light Grey FS.36495 undersides; Dayglo and triangle ‘08’ on fin (‘08’ repeated also in Dayglo above the wings), black ‘4’ on nose. Unit badge on top of fin

SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37410/p10-16, F.16 (Division 3), Uppsala, 2003. Light Ghost Grey/Light Grey scheme; red vertical tail surfaces. Division 3 badge aft of cockpit

SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37394/47-17, F.17, Ronneby, 2002. Same scheme as above. Dayglo triangle and ‘47’ on fin, the latter repeated above the wings. Blue/yellow leading edges to all flying surfaces. Unit badge on fin within a white disc, Division 1 badge aft of cockpit


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Top of Page: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37308/48-FC, Försökscentralen (Test Centre), Malmslätt, summer 1985. Splinter camouflage of 093M Black Green, 326M Dark Green, 322M Medium Green and 507M Tan upper

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Hornet PR.2 Prototype, PX216/R, Photographic Development Unit. PRU Blue overall; No.armament in the nose, cameras installed beneath rear fuselage. Blue/red roundels on fuselage and above wings; code in white, serials in black

Below: De Havilland Hornet F Mk 3, PX302/EB•D, No.41 Squadron RAF, 1949. Medium Sea Grey upper surfaces; PRU Blue undersides. Yellow spinners; standard national post-war markings. Codes and serials are black; note small squadron crest above fin flash

Above: De Havilland Hornet F Mk 3, PX314/EB•C, No.41 Squadron RAF, 1949. Ocean Grey and Dark Green upper surfaces with PRU Blue undersides; Blue/Red national roundels on fuselage sides and above wings. Silver/Red spinners; all lettering in black. Unit badge flanked by a red bar, outlined in black, above fin flash. Top view at far left shows the typical camouflage pattern

De Havilland Hornet F Mk 4, WF975/N, No.45 Squadron RAF, Butterworth (Malaya), May 1945. Scheme as above Aluminium spinner, natural metal areas around engine exhaust stacks. Eed bars with white dumb-bells, superimposed with unit badge, flanking fuselage roundels

De Havilland Sea Hornet N F Mk 21, VW960/A-483, No.809 Naval Air Squadron FAA, HMS Eagle. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces and spinners with Sky undersides; all lettering in black. White Ensign (waved) on fin fillet; national markings in bright colours in six positions

De Havilland Sea Hornet NF Mk 21, VX250/Q-485, No.809 Naval Air Squadron FAA, HMS Indomitable, 1952. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces and spinners with Sky undersides; all lettering in black. Post-war style national markings in bright colours in six positions; unit crest on nose

De Havilland Sea Hornet F Mk 20, VR848/HF-532, No.728 Naval Air Squadron FAA, Hal Far (Malta), 1954. Silver overall with black anti-dazzle panels ahead of cockpit and on inner top faces of engine nacelles; yellow spinners and flash on fin, the latter outlined in black

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Savoia Marchetti S.79, 253-8, 253^ Squadriglia, 104º Gruppo Autonomo Aerosiluranti, late June 1942. Verde Mimetico 3/Marrone Mimetico mottling over Giallo Mimetico 3 upper surfaces; Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides and frontal areas. Code in black/red; type 3 markings above wings, type 2 below wings. Note scoreboard on fin

Macchi C.202 Folgore Serie VII, M.M.9042/151-1, flown by Cap. Furio Niclot of 151^ Squadriglia, 20º Gruppo, 51º Stormo, Gela, May 1942. Nocciola Chiaro 4 upper surfaces with Verde Oliva Scuro 2 ‘smoke rings’; Grigio Azzurro Chiaro 1 undersides. White spinner front and rear fuselage band; white arrowhead aft of cockpit Codes in black/red, outlined in white; Stormo badge on fuselage band

Reggiane Re 2001, 358-1, 358^ Sq (2º Gr, 6º St), Caltagirone, 1942. Verde Oliva Scuro/Gricio Azzurro Chiaro scheme with white spinner front, fuselage band and cross on rudder; codes are in Grigio Azzurro Chiaro and red

Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4, White 3, flown by Uffz Dr Felix Sauer, 10 (Jabo)/ JG53, Sicily, 1942. RLM74/75/76 finish with white rear fuselage band and wingtips; white ‘3’ on fuselage sides. Black spinner; unit badge on nose. Personal emblem of ‘bomb on Malta’ on rear fuselage band

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb, Z2961/K, fflown by Sgt G.E. Horicks of No.185 Squadron, Ta’ Qali, late March 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Sky undersides; Night spinner and serial. Medium Sea Grey codes. Note patched area painted in red dope on top of fin

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIa, Z2827/M, Malta Night Fighter Unit, January 1942. Dark Earth/Mid Stone/Azure Blue finish with white spinner and Light Grey codes

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BP964/X•I, flown by Sgt A Goldsmith (RAAF), No.261 Squadron, Ta’ Qali, April 1942. Dark Earth/Mid Stone upper surfaces overpainted with a dark blue whilst enroute to Malta on USS Wasp (Operation Calendar) with Azure Blue undersides; Night spinner and serial. White codes

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BR329/GL•J, flown by Flt Lt Johnny Plagis of No.249 Squadron, showing 11 ‘swastika’ victory markings under the windscreen on 6 June 1943. Dark Earth/Mid Stone upper surfaces with Azure Blue undersides; Night spinner and Yellow codes. Note name ‘KAY’ in black on a yellow background above victory markings

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, AB264/GN•H, flown by Plt Off Peter Nash, No.249 Squadron, Ta’ Qali, May 1942. Dark Earth/Mid Stone upper sufaces with Azure Blue undersides; Night spinner. Codes and serial in white

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Below: De Havilland Hornet F Mk 3, PX302/EB•D, No.41 Squadron RAF, 1949. Medium Sea Grey upper surfaces; PRU Blue undersides. Yellow spinners; standard national post-war markings. Codes and serials are black; note small squadron crest above fin flash

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North American T-6D Texan, 44-80853/123, École de Marrakech, late 1967. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overal. All lettering and anti-dazzle panel in black, with ‘123’ repeated below starboard wing, inboard of roundel. Standard national markings; mid-blue band across engine cowling with unit (Flight School) insignia superimposed. Bar below code number indicated that aircraft was capable of being armed

North American T-6G Texan, 49-2982/YD, E.A.L.A. 15/72, Bou Saâda, 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with black anti-dazzle panel and band across cowling. ‘Balbuzard’ (Buzzard) unit badge superimposed. All lettering in black. Mission tally in blue cannon shells, white rockets and red bombs over a black rectangle. red spinner and wingtips

North American T-6G2 Texan, 49-3489, E.A.L.A. 2/71, Oujda (Morocco), 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with black anti-dazzle panel. All lettering in black. Red bands around cowling and rear fuselage, red mainwheel centre. This unit operated for a very short period of just over a year, becoming E.A.L.A. 20/72 in July 1957

Below Left: North American T-6G Texan, 51-15237/OH, E.A.L.A. 5/72, Colomb-Bèchar late 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with ‘dog-face’ marking in black, red and white. All lettering in black. ‘Daube’ (Desert Lizard) unit badge on fin

North American T-6G2 Texan, 49- 3111, E.A.L.A. 16/72, Biskra, September 1959. Aluminium overall with black anti-dazzle panel, wingtips and spinner, the latter having a white spiral. All lettering in black. Yellow spanwise panels above the wings. ‘Serpent/Cresent’ unit badge on fuselage sides

North American T-6G2 Texan, 51-14375, E.A.L.A. 6/72, Khenchela, April 1958. Natural metal overall with black anti-dazzle panel. All lettering in black. Yellow spanwise bands above the wings. Red front of spinner, red wingtips and outer wing joint fairing. ‘Ramel’ (Eagle) unit badge over a red shield below cockpit; badge of the 13 éme DBLE (Legionaire Regiment) on the fin

North American T-6G Texan, 51-14440/WI, E.A.L.A. 13/72, Paul Cazelles, 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with ‘Sharkmouth’ marking in black, red and white. All lettering in black. Red spinner. ‘Cigogne d’Uturu’ (Stork of Uturu) unit badge on fin

North American T-6G2 Texan, 51-5033, E.A.L.A. 11/72, La Réghaîa, 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with black anti-dazzle panel. All lettering in black. Mid-blue spinner, wingtips and part of the engine cowling on which is painted the early version of the unit badge inspired by the cartoon character ‘Marsupilami’ riding a T-6. This marking was painted on at least three aircraft by Pilot Sgt P. Fournier but was not officially approved

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Short Stirling Mk I, N3638, recorded at Syndeham prior to being delivered to No.7 Squadron. Dark Earth/Dark green upper surfaces going down the fuselage sides, with Sky undersides. Night serial. Blue/Red roundels above wings. Note black spinners fitted

Short Stirling Mk I, N6103/OJ-E, No.149 ‘East India Squadron, Mildenhall, 1941. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undesides. Medium Sea Grey codes, Red serial. ‘East India 1’ on nose

Short Stirling Mk I (Srs III), N6073, MG•Y, No.7 Squadron, March 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides. Codes in Medium Sea Grey, serial in Red

Short Stirling Mk I, BF382/BU•Q, No.214 ‘Federal Malay States’ Squadron, Chedburgh, 1943. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides. Codes and serial in Red. Blue/Red roundels above wings. Anti-icing Lanolin paste applied to fin leading edge

Short Stirling Mk III, LJ525/EX•R, No.199 Squadron, North Creake (Norfolk), late 1944-early 1945. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides. Red codes and serial. Blue/Red roundels above wings. Mandrel electronic jamming equipment fitted for radio countermeasures. ‘Jolly Roger’ art carried on the nose

Short Stirling Mk IV, QS-E, No.620 Squadron, June 1944. Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides. with black/white bands around rear fuselage; codes are in Dull Red, serial overpainted

Short Stirling Mk V, PK124/JQ-Q, No.51 Squadron, Stradishall, 1945. Extra Sark Sea Grey/Dark Slate Grey upper surfaces with Azure Blue undersides. Codes and serial in black. Blue/White/Red Roundels above wings


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SPECIFICATIONSSpecial Hobby 1:72 B-18 Bolo ‘Pre-war Service’ Kit No.: SH72095Materials: IMAvailability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Special Hobby stockists worldwidePrice Guide: £29.99

BEFORE STARTING:● Thin Cyanoacrylate● Tamiya Extra-Thin cement● Tamiya Masking Tape● Tweezers● an a er fi e● Tamiya side cutter● Cutting mat

AIRBRUSHES USED:Tamiya Spray Work HG Airbrush IIAvailable in UK via The Hobby Company Ltd, visit www.thehobbyco.net

PAINTS USED:Alclad II lacquer:ALC102 DuraluminALC116 Semi-matte Aluminium

Model Master Metalizer lacquer:1402 Stainless Steel

Humbrol enamel:Hu 11 Silver metallicHu 56 Aluminium metallicHu 93 Desert YellowHu 100 Red brownHu 165 Medium Sea Grey

Revell enamel:32109 Anthracite32310 Lufthansa yellow

White Ensign Colourcoat enamel:US 30 Bronze green

DIMENSIONS 1:1Span - 89ft 6in (27.28m)Length - 57ft 10in (17.63m)Height - (4.62m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:72Span - 378.9mmLength - 244.9mmHeight - 64.2mm

REFERENCE● Douglas B-18 Bolo - The Ultimate Look: From Drawing Board to U-Boat Hunter by W. Wolf

chi er u i hing t ISBN: 1-7643-2581-6)

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATEKIT BUILD

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Built & Written by Patrick Branly from France


The Douglas B-18 was a pre-war bomber based on the DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 airliner series, however because of the frantic pace in development during the late 1930s the type never achieved the fame of its airliner cousins. Famous or not though, we are now lucky enough to get one as an injected kit from Special Hobby.

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If I had not been to the Air Force Museum at Dayton, Ohio, some years ago I would certainly not have heard about this bomber. So when I did learn that MPM Productions in their Special

Hobby range were preparing a 1:72 kit of it I was very pleased. The first version produced by Special Hobby is the B-18 operating within some Bombardment and Reconnaissance squadrons of the U.S. Army Air Corps in the pre-war period, wearing an overall natural metal scheme. I started this build by assembling the wings because I felt there would be some difficulties here. As this kit has been designed around different versions of the

Bolo the upper engine cowling is made as a separate piece. Depending of the chosen aircraft you have to select one of the different upper cowlings. In this case it was the one with the engine manifold running along the centre. The joint with the upper wing is less than perfect so I had to fill the gap with cyanoacrylate glue and sand it back. Actually I repeated this three times to get the perfect joint as this was very important due to the natural metal finish that I was going to apply. I was not satisfied with the shape of the landing lights so I made mine from a block of Plexiglass. From pictures I took in the USAF Museum I could see there were two lights on the port

wing and only one on the starboard, so I made small holes at the back of the block that I then filled with Humbrol Silver paint with a touch of red for the small one on the port side. I then painted the whole block in matt black before cementing it in position with cyanoacrylate. After 24 hours drying I reshaped the leading edge starting with some coarse sandpaper glued on to a piece of plastic. After finer and finer sandpaper, followed by Tamiya polishing compound I got something that looked more convincing. Having spent a good few hours with the wings I then shifted my attention to the cockpit. I started with the photo-etched straps on the seats and various details

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around the pilots. I added some styrene blocks to the navigator's desk, modified the control wheels according to some pictures I found on the Internet and finally I glued the transparent instrument film onto a white background to highlight them before adding the photo-etched facia on top. The metal rudder pedals seem too wide but they won’t be seen once the model is built, anyway. Before painting the interior I glued the transparencies in place and I have to say that they are not perfectly shaped for the openings so I had to adjust them. I glued them with a lot of cyanoacrylate cement so that once dry I could sand everything

smooth as I had done with the leading edge lights. I discovered that the cockpit interior was covered with a sound proofing material and all the seams were waterproofed, so this means that the interior colours are not as they are stated in the instruction sheet. The cockpit walls should be a medium grey colour whilst the floor is Bronze Green. For these colours I chose Humbrol 165 (Medium Sea Grey) and White Ensign US 30 (Bronze Green). Elsewhere in the fuselage the colour was mainly natural metal so I painted these areas with Alclad II Duralumin. As I did not intend to open the rear fuselage door I left that area empty,

although details for it are included in the kit. It was now time to choose between the different positions for the rear turret. As I was going to put mine in the stowed position I cut off the small lugs inside the fuselage that were supposed to keep the turret up. Next I closed the fuselage halves with cyanoacrylate and left the whole thing overnight to fully cure.

My next task was the engines and they are nicely moulded but I added an ignition wire to the front of each cylinder. After painting them they were convincing enough for this scale so they were put aside until the end of the build. After a long period of sanding the fuselage joints I glued the wings in place with extra-thin cement, which I fi nd i es a stron bond.

n little aps were once a ain fi lled with cyanoacrylate to give a strong bond, because

The blocks of Plexiglass are glued into the leading edge of the wing. The black paint is there to create the ‘background’ for the lights

Now the landing lights take shape but you still have to achieve a high gloss fi nish with different (fi ner and fi ner) grades of sandpaper. The fi nal stage was to use Tamiya polishing compound

Here is my own tool made of a very coarse piece of sandpaper glued to a length of plastic

I was not satisfi ed with the joint around the upper cowlings so I fi lled and sanded back once again. This stage is very important when you are going to apply a natural metal fi nish

Here are the seats with their photo-etched seat belts added The throttle box is made from small metal parts, but thankfully I work with a (large) magnifi er!

First I glued together the upper and lower wings. The upper cowling is a separate piece to cope with the different versions of the Bolo. As you can see there is still a small gap between this and the upper wing. That’s the reason why I fi lled this with cyanoacrylate

Here you see the cowling upper part glued into the upper wing. I prefer using cyanoacrylate instead of putty because it is easier to rescribe any panel lines removed by sanding as it is much harder than putty once dry

These pieces of Plexiglass were easy to use as a landing light. First I drilled small holes in the rear; the port one has two lights. Later I painted these holes with silver and metallic red


When I saw a photo of the B-18's cockpit I decided to modify the control wheels with a length of styrene to give them the right shape

“The joint with the upper wing is less than perfect so I had to fi ll the gap with cyanoacrylate glue and sand it back”

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Here is the background of the instrument panel. I painted a plastic back piece white and then glued the transparent instruments over it. Next I added the metal front part aligning the holes with the instruments underneath

I added some plastic pieces to the navigator’s desk although in the end everything is hidden once the fuselage halves are joined

To fi ll the little gaps around the transparencies I decide to apply some cyanoacrylate cement and then sand it back later. It was time consuming but the result was better then just leaving the kit parts ‘as supplied’



with a short run kit like this I had to fi ll each oint a couple of times. To check the results of the sandin sessions I used two coats of paint, fi rst brushin on a thick matt paint to act as a er fi ne putt and next I airbrushed

on fi ne la ers of lclad II uralumin to hi hli ht an remainin scratches.

Painthen I was satisfi ed with the surface fi nish

I started the paint ob. s usual I painted the smaller areas, as the are much easier to mask off later. ll mo in parts such as the ele ators and the ailerons were fabric co ered, so I painted them in lclad II satin


Plane FactsOn 14th u ust 1934 the US rm ir Corps US C Materiel

i ision at ri ht ield issued Circular 35 2 for a new bomber. ith a crew of 4 to the new bomber should carr a ton of bombs

o er a distance of 2,200 miles 3,541km with a maximum speed of 250mph 402km/h . ou las proposed the 1 , which was infl uenced b their C 1/ C 2/ C 3 airliner series. This new bomber was to replace the Martin 10, but unlike the airliners the new 1 had a mid win to lea e room for a bomb ba . The t pe had a bomb load of 4,000lb 1, 1 k with a maximum ran e of 1,000 miles 1,931km . The defensi e armament consisted of three 0.30in uns, one in a nose turret, one in a dorsal turret and the last one in the entral hatch. The fi rst production ersion

was the 1 powered b the ri ht 1 20 45 and 131 were built some state 133 . ext came the 1 , which featured a redesi ned and lon er nose, impro ed bomb aimer s position power operated dorsal turret. 217 of the 1 were built, of which the fi rst 44 were ori inall ordered as 1 s and 20 were used b C and desi ned i b Mk I. 1 s were 122 con erted

1 s undertaken in 1939/40 with maritime radio e uipment and, in some cases, a tail cone extension housin submarine detection e uipment that allowed this ersion to undertake antisubmarine patrols until the end of 1943 alon the US , Caribbean and anama shores. lthou h accepted as a bomber it should be noted that the 1 was ne er used as a bomber operationall durin II, althou h it was to see ser ice not ust in the US and Canada but also with the ra ilian ir orce.

The cockpit interior painted. This dark bluish/green is the White Ensign Bronze Green colour

Once the fuselage was painted, mainly in Duralumin with medium grey sidewalls, I put this and the rear fl oor into place and the fuselage was now ready to be assembled

The kit engines are nice, but I added some lengths of tin wire to reproduce the ignition wire for each cylinder

Once painted and with a dark wash applied to add shadow, the end result is suffi cient for the scale

“I discovered that the cockpit interior was covered with a sound proofi ng material and all the seams were waterproofed, so this means that the interior colours are not as they are stated in the instruction sheet”

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Aluminium. Next I painted the whole rudder in Xtracolor X141 Gloss White FS 17875. Over this when dry I masked and painted on the red stripes of the American rudder fl a usin umbrol 19. fter maskin this I painted the remainin areas with Insi nia lue usin 122 S15044 . The last colour for the rudder was the satin aluminium leadin ed e and I was then ready to apply the overall natural metal fi nish to the aircraft. irst I airbrushed some li ht coats of lclad II uralumin, the main ad anta e of this paint bein that it is eas to put on numerous la ers because the are so fi ne that the do not build up or create rid es. To make differences between panels I put some low tack notes on the ed es then applied a li hter shade and because the paint dries uickl it was easy and fast to paint the whole aircraft. The second colour used was ModelMaster 1402 Stainless Steel, then once e er thin was dr I prepared the black areas around the leadin ed es, on the inner part of the en ine cowlin s and in front of the windscreen. ctuall I used 505 T re

lack, which is li hter than pure black and better for this scale. Once I remo ed all the masks I was read to tackle addin all the small components to m olo.

Final DetailsThe main landin ear is nicel detailed but I added brake lines from len ths of tin wire. I put some fi ne adhesi e tapes to link these lines to the undercarria e le s themsel es e en thou h these were actuall lued in place. er thin was then airbrushed in ModelMaster 1402 Stainless Steel and I then applied a dark wash. The wheels were painted separately and then added to the u/c le s. I chose to represent the aircraft as seen in the late thirties so I did not install an machine uns. I masked all the un turret transparencies and painted them with lclad II uralumin which was a time consumin operation because I had to cut the Tami a maskin tape for e er

To obtain a satisfactory joint between the fuselage and the wings I fi lled and sanded numerous times

A light coat of an old matt paint is a good way to check the joints and in the end it can act as very fi ne putty/primer

The red (Humbrol 19) was airbrushed onto the white rudder to get a brighter colour. The white stripes had fi rst been covered with Tamiya masking tape

The red and white stripes were protected with tape before airbrushing on the blue vertical element

The blue (Xtracolor X122 FS15044) applied and dry with the rudder ready for the next stage

Stage-by-Stage - PAINT & MARKINGS

To give some colour variations to the panels on the fi n I used pieces of low tack notes to act as masks

I used the same system of masking panels on the wings and fuselage

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individual panel with a sharp blade. To get the proper height of the rear gun turret I glued some pieces of plastic at the base so that it la on the rear fl oor in the fusela e. inall I applied the decals, which are very thin and

conform well to the panel lines. Obviously with the thin metallic paint it is a lot easier to avoid silvering behind the transparent areas between the black letters etc. I did not apply any clear coat over the model as I felt it would

tarnish the metallic effect and I also believe that there must be a difference in sheen between the natural metal of the skin and the painted markings. ●


FINAL VERDICTThis kit from Special Hobby is not suitable for the complete novice or inexperienced modeller, as its quality lays somewhere between short-run and mainstream production. or the rest of us, thou h, there are few chances of buildin the t pe in 1:72 usin a mainstream in ected kit, so it has to be recommended. Other ersions ha e now been produced since I started this build, includin the 1 and the i b Mk I, which are ideal for those of ou that prefer aircraft in camoufl a e.

Was it worth the effort?It defi nitel was

The leading edges of the wings, tail and fi n are seen here masked in readiness for them to be painted black (actually Tyre Black)

All the decals in place, they were easy to apply and no silvering is visible under the letters

The landing gear is well detailed so all I added were the brake lines along each leg

The undercarriage and tyre once painted and weathered The turrets are covered with tiny pieces of Tamiya masking tape before being painted Duralumin

Stage-by-Stage - FINAL DETAILS

“To get the proper height of the rear gun turret I glued some pieces of plastic at the base so that it lay on the rear fl oor in the fuselage”

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CONTRIBUTOR’S TOPA few months back I asked a number of our regular contributors to put together a ‘Top 10’ of kits, the only criteria being that it contained only those kits that were new since our launch back in 2005. So, what did they vote for using a system that allocated 10 points for fi rst down to 1 point for 10th, this would give a fi nal Top Ten for 200 to 2013 as follows

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Revell 1:32 BAe Hawk T Mk 1 and 1AThe Revell 1:32 Hawk series was launched back in late 2010 and it sums up what is good about Revell products in that it offers the basic essential components to make the type, with potential to add as much detail, either from scratch or via the aftermarket, that you like. The model was well moulded and nicely engineered and went together without too many problems, and Alan Bottoms stated in his review in Issue 76 that it was “a great kit from the box, which at less than twenty pounds is a bargain these days”, his only real problem was just how many could he justify building, they were that appealing!

Hasegawa 1:32 Republic P-47D ThunderboltSteve Evans built this one for us back in Issue 25,

August 2007 and although the whole series of 1:32 P-47Ds from Hasegawa are now pretty pricey here in the

UK (in 2007 they were £29.99, today they are £50+) Steve likes the kit for the quality of moulding and simplicity of assembly. The kit is not fi lled with the t pe of sublime detail which some ma call ‘gimmicks’ that you see from other manufacturers, you get nice clean mouldin s, ood detail and almost but not perfect fi t. In summing up Steve said that “Do you like the Thunderbolt? If you do you’ll love this kit. It’s easy to build, with good levels of details and it’s as accurate in size and shape as I’d ever want”

Steve Evans built this one for us back in Issue 25, August 2007 and although the whole series of 1:32

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Zoukei-Mura 1:32 Focke-Wulf Ta 152HZoukei-Mura was a new name that appeared on the market in 2010 with their Kyushu J7W1 Shinden and followed this up with this superb 1:32 Ta 152H-1 in late 2010. Steve Evans built the kit for us all in Issue 70, May 2011, so again let’s use Steve’s conclusion to tell you what this kit is all about “This kit had me stumped to begin with because after all the hype surrounding it I was expecting some kind of ultra-high tech bit of plastic, but in reality it looked kind of old fashioned. It may be a bit of a throwback in the fact that it contains nothing but plastic (no etched frets, rubber or resin) but that’s actually part of its charm, because it really is like getting back to your roots. It is well detailed, well moulded and oes to ether fi ne enou h if ou re pa in attention to the parts alignment and it is easily the most accurate Ta 152 out there in this scale. The only downside is the price and availability but if you love the whole idea of a big old Monogram kit dragged into the 21st Century to go to town on, then this is perfect.”

irfi x 1: awker T oonNot really a surprise that this one is here, as many of us

have waited a long time for a decent mainstream injected 1:72 Tiffi e and irfi x obli ed in 2013 with their little beaut .

Libor built it all for us in Issue 98 and in summing up he stated that In m opinion irfi x ha e defi nitel left the eas kit label, bringing to the market the best mainstream kit of the late mark Typhoon in 1:72. Their concept of combining an attractive subject at a lower price coupled with overall good quality and level of detail makes it really tempting”

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Revell 1:32 BAe Hawk T Mk 1 and 1AThe Revell 1:32 Hawk series was launched back in late 2010

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Academy 1:72 Curtiss HelldiverAcademy have been making some nice kits for years, but back in 2005 they started to raise the bar a bit with some new toolings and their Helldiver was a good example. Our illustrious Editor built the kit for us in Issue 12 (back in the days when he had some spare time to make models!) and he stated that it was “A stunning kit, with good detail from the box”, he also said “Buy one, buy a dozen, it is a lovely kit and well worth investing time and effort in building”

6 Eduard 1:32 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-seriesJust about all the guys listed the Eduard 1:32 Bf

109E series in their ‘Top Ten’, so no surprise that it got the No.5 slot. Steve Evans built it for us all in Issue 49, August

2009 and he stated that “this is a great kit, even without the magic of the etched frets , he also said that at that time it’s only competition were the old Hasegawa and Matchbox kits and that “every one of the 30+ years plus years age difference shows in every line and detail”

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Trumpeter 1:32 Messerschmitt Me 262A-1aTrumpeter has to feature in any kit list for the last eight years, as they have progressively upped their game. The Me 262 series kicked off in 2005 and ay built the Me 262A 1a version for us in Issue 5, December 2005. He had mixed feeling about the kit, as it had some fi t issues due to the complex nature of certain aspects such as the engines, but then again few, if any, kit manufacturers ever seem to be able to deal with Me 262s engine nacelles! In summing up he stated that I like the look of the Me 262 and Trumpeter have defi nitely captured it very well, and have also thankfully given the modeller the tools and the means to open the model up and show some details without the need to resort to an inordinate amount of scratchbuilding”

competition were the old Hasegawa and Matchbox kits and that “every one of the 30+ years plus years age difference shows in every line and detail”

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Wingnut Wings 1:32 Airco D.H.2A lot of our contributors liked the whole Wingnut Wings series, and it is true that they have become somewhat of an icon to today’s modellers, with a lot of people who would not otherwise touch a kit of an aircraft with two wings building them with relish. Scooping 19 points overall and gaining 3rd position though was the D.H.2, which Andy Ieronymides built for us back in the August 2013 edition (Vol.9 Iss.97), and his summing up is probably the best way to convey how good this, and all other Wingnut Wings kits are, Although fi rst impressions would suggest a complex build, in reality the precision of the engineering ensures a straightforward path and, although the rigging might seem daunting, this can also be safely negotiated with a little patience. This is another top kit from Wingnut Wings’ academy of excellence and it is recommended on every level” Need we say more!

2 Tamiya 1:32 North American P-51 Mustang seriesScooping a massive 33 points from the contributors, there is no denying that the Tamiya P-51 Mustang series is a lesson in model engineering excellence. Steve Evans built if for us back in the October 2011 edition (Vol 7 Iss.75) and found it to be a real joy to build, although not one that would literally fall together. His opening statement set the scene for what was to follow when he said “Tamiya have, just recently, taken the big scale kit market by the scruff of the neck and given it a damn good shaking. The punishment for all the other kit manufacturers continues as they release another masterpiece” and his conclusion left you with no doubt what he thought of the kit Tamiya’s best yet! No question, it’s even better than their amazing Spitfi re and it’s lost the toy like quality of the original Zero releases. The markings are good and the level of detail, especially on the exterior, is nothing short of astonishing. O , so there’s plenty of scope for adding masses of your own tubes, pipes, wires and who knows what else to something in this scale but out of the box it couldn’t get any better. It may be a little daunting to someone without much modelling experience, purely because of the number of parts but follow the excellent instructions and you won’t go wrong. or more experienced hands it’s a pleasure from start to fi nish. Price will be an issue, of course, but I can honestly say that if you only ever want one P-51 Mustang in your collection, then this one is it!”As if you needed more encouragement, ADH went even further and offered a full blow-by-blow build guide to the kit in their excellent ‘How to build...’ series. Visit the ADH Books website, www.adhbooks.com to order your copy today, you don’t want to make your kit without it!

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the other kit manufacturers continues as they release another masterpiece” and his conclusion left you with no doubt what he thought of the kit Tamiya’s best yet! No question, it’s even better than their amazing Spitfi re and it’s lost the toy like quality of the original Zero releases. The markings are good and the level of detail, especially on the exterior, is nothing short of astonishing. O , so there’s plenty of scope for adding masses of your own tubes, pipes, wires and who knows what else to something in this scale but out of the box it couldn’t get any better. It may be a little daunting to someone without much modelling experience, purely because of the number of parts but follow the excellent instructions and you won’t go wrong. or more experienced hands it’s a pleasure from start to fi nish. Price will be an issue, of course, but I can honestly say that if you only ever want one P-51 Mustang in your collection, then this one is it!”As if you needed more encouragement, ADH went even further and offered a full blow-by-blow build guide to the kit in their excellent ‘How to build...’ series. Visit the ADH Books website, www.adhbooks.com to order your copy today, you don’t want to make

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1 Tami a 1: ermarine itfi re seriesNetting the biggest haul of the points from our contributors, with a whopping 42 points, the Tamiya Spitfi re series was the outright winner. ust like their P 51 series, the Spitfi res are superb examples of Tamiya’s engineering art and although we have never built the type within the pages of Model Airplane International, that was because ADH produced a complete book

on the type in their excellent ‘How to build...’ series. Tamiya fi rst produced the Mk I c ( 60319) in 2009, then offered the Mk VIII ( 60320) in mid 2010 and fi nally (to date), as a revision to the basic Mk I , the Mk VIe ( 60321) in early 2011. All of these

kits raised the bar as far as modellers’ expectations were concerned for 1:32 aircraft kits, and certainly did raise even Tamiya’s efforts in comparison with their earlier Zero series.

o t ere o ave it t e larger scale taking all t e to ono rs so no real s r rise t ere as t e larger scale allows a lot more detail is easier to work wit gives a ver im ressive end rod ct and o ave to admit it t e last eig t ears ave all een a o t new releases in 1: . wonder w at t e To Ten will e or ss e

Richard A. Franks, Editor

comparison with their earlier Zero series.

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Spitfi re Mk IX ‘Royal Class’Scale 1:48 / Eduard, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: R0008 / Availability: Creative Models Ltd, Hannants and LSA Models (UK Distributors) and Eduard stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £69.99

OK, we all know how well the new Eduard Spitfire builds, as Dani showed you all in Issues 97 and 98, well now Eduard have packed up no fewer than two complete kits and combined them with resin and etched parts along with a very special item to offer it in the very exclusive ‘Royal Class’ version. Inside the box you will find nine grey-coloured sprues and two

clear; the wing sprues are offered in three different styles, so you can make each Spit-fire with s different configuration but not both the same. The resin (Brassin) parts in-clude four- and five-spoke wheels, two resin slipper tanks and two sets of the ‘Mk XXX’ conversion, namely beer barrels under the wings. This last item ties in nicely with the very special item in the kit, which is a glass beer/lager glass in Bohemian glass (what else would you expect from a Czech company!). The set is completed with four frets of photo-etched, one of which is pre-painted. You will also find die-cut self-adhesive masks for the canopy and wheels, a beer mat and the ‘beer mat’ game, but for more on that visit the Eduard website!

The kit comes with fourteen decal options: Mk I c, M 35 , T S, fl own b S n dr . . Storrar, o. 5 S n, in snorth, September 1943 Mk I c, 39 , , fl own b Off I. eltie, o.402 S n, enle , March 1943 Mk I c, 52 , S , fl own b Cdr . abs ewic , ortholt in , summer 1943 Mk I c, M 779, U , o.453 S n, ord, une 1944

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I e, 432, OU , fl own b Off M. . Collet, o.4 5 S n, Malde em airfi eld, el ium, 1944 Mk I e, 1 1, , fl own b Cdr . . er , o.132 in ,

Twenthe irfi eld, olland, winter 1944 45 Mk I e, T7 , 2 , fl own b M ccart, o.345 S n, eanland airfi eld, September 1944 Mk I e, fl own b Ma . . . Mats e ich, 2 th I , enin rad area, Ma 1945 Mk I e, S 32, 101st Ta eset, Israeli ir orce, late 1949 Mk I e, M 97 , M, o.132 S n, 1944 Mk I e, M 329, , fl own b Cdr . . ohnson, o.144 in , une 1944 the last two options ha e the Mk modifi cation fi tted. The decal sheet is gorgeous, being printed by Cartograf and all the colours are vibrant and there are even instrument panel decals should you not want to use the pre-painted etched. There are also two separate sheets of airframe stencils.

DimensionsSpan - 36ft 10in (11.23m)Length - 31ft 3.5in (9.54m)Height - 11ft 5in (3.48m)

References● Spitfi re LF Mk IX In Detail by F. Koran, V. Danda, J. Martínek & M. Khol, Special Museum Line No.26 (WWP [Wings & Wheels Publications] 2002 ISBN: 80-86416-25-9)

Verdict: t is is a really s perb it an alt m re t an ble t e st t stan ar r fi a its t ere is a m re in t e b s erall e t in it is ell rt in estin in i ly re mmen e t all Spitfi re ans an r t an s t ar A r t e re ie sample

Dimensions - 1:48Span - 233.9mmLength - 198.8mmHeight - 72.5mm

photo-etched, one of which is pre-painted. You will also find die-cut self-adhesive masks

Storrar, o. 5 S n, in snorth, September 1943 Mk I c, 39 , , fl own b Off I. eltie, o.402 S n, enle , March

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Jugs over GermanyScale 1:48 / Eduard, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: 1179 / Availability: Creative Models Ltd, Hannants and LSA Models (UK Distributors) and Eduard stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £41.75

This is another of Eduard’s excellent limited-edition specials, which combines the sound Academy P-47D-25 kit parts with new resin and photo-etched detail components and decals to show those P-47s operating over Europe in WWII. In the box therefore you get all the Academy parts, comprising 126 grey-coloured and eight clear plastic compo-nents, although a great many of these parts are not used in this version because they

are replaced with resin and/or photo-etched. On top of this you get a completely new cockpit interior, a new set of wheels and a new propeller unit in resin plus all the various interior bits, including pre-painted parts, for the interior. The kit retains the bombs, drop tanks (four versions) and HVARs, although the latter are not used here, but of course if you want you can update these with the new resin examples in the Brassin range: HVAR (#648 061), 250lb GP bombs (#648 086), 500lb GP bombs (#648 081) and M2 Browning machine-guns in either two (#648 077) or six (#648 075) gun packs. Don’t forget also that Eduard do an ‘upgrade set’ of exterior photo-etched parts for the Academy, and thus this kit, which is now available separately (#48-784).

The kit comes with fi e er colourful decal options: S/ o.42 2 473, oroth , fl own b t T. mbrose, 410th S, 373rd , ento airfi eld, The etherlands, March 1945 S/ o.42 2 2 , o ie eth

II , fl own b Capt . . Christensen, 2nd S, 5 th , oxted, summer 1944 S/ o.42 2 3 2, Ole Cock III fl own b Ma . Smith, 1st S, 5 th , oxted, earl 1945 S/ o.42 2 445, Chow ound , fl own b Capt . lackburn, 509th S, 405th , Saint i ier, rance, 1944 S/ o.42 2 70, il Tuff fl own b t

. Cox, 512nd S, 40 th , sch airfi eld, el ium, eb pril 1945. The decals are superb, bein of the hi hest ualit and produced b Carto raf the also include a full set of airframe stencils.

Dimensions 1:1Span - 40ft 9 1/4in (12.43m)Length - 36ft 1.65in (11.02m)Height - 14ft 2in (4.32m)

Reference● P-47 Thunderbolt, Walk Around No.11 by Lou Drendel (Squadron/Signal Publications 1997 ISBN: 0-89747-375-2)

Verdict: The base Academy kit was basic but good, so the addition of all the resin and etched ta es t is ne t a ne le el e e als er s me s perb s emes s it is in t be i fi lt choosing. Highly recommended to all WWII USAAF modellers, and our thanks to Eduard M.A. for the review sample.

Striking EaglesScale 1:48 / Eduard, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: 1177 / Availability: Creative Models Ltd, Hannants and LSA Models (UK Distributors) and duard stockists worldwide / rice uide: 1.30

Here you have a very limited-edition upgrade to the Academy F-15E kit via the addition of the following: - Brassin exhaust nozzles, wheels (2 types) and e ection seats, plus a mass of photo etched, includin pre painted, paintin masks for wheels and canopy and decals from Cartograf. The basic kit comprises 282 parts moulded in a very dark grey-coloured plastic along with

four in clear plastic, albeit that a number of these parts are then replaced with the supplied resin and etched upgrades. Unlike some others in this series, the upgrade parts are not massive, probably because some much of it was already out there in etched from Eduard an wa none of the etched fret in this kit ha e pre iousl been released thou h, the are all new to suit and enhance the enclosed resin and/or update the airframe. If you want to go still further, the sets already released by Eduard for the base Academy kit are as follows: e ection seat 49 410 , weapons 4 5 4 , interior pre painted 49 409 and exterior 4 5 3 or 4 52 .

The kit comes with fi e decal options: S/ o. 9 04 7, 4335th S, 4th , a ram , f hanistan, anuar 2012 S/ o. 7 0173, 391st S, 3 th , Mountain ome , 2002 S/ o. 9 0472, 335th S, Se mour ohnson , 2002 S/ o. 0 0133, 10 th

Tayeset, Tel Nov airbase, IDF, Israel. The decals are by Cartograf and are superb but the real mind-blowing element is the stencil sheet, which is bigger than the main marking sheet and which has 2 pages of instructions for either USAF or IDF machines!

Dimensions 1:1Span - 42ft 9 3/4in (13.05m)Length - 63ft 9in (19.43m)Height - 18ft 5 1/2in (5.63m)

Reference● F-15 Eagle by L. Drendel, Walk Around No.28 (Squadron/Signal Publications 2002)

Verdict: This is a nice update that can be taken even further with all the other available etched sets if you so choose. We suspect building this properly would take months, so the asking price is not that high when you consider how long it will take to build and the fact that this is limited production; once it’s gone, it’s gone. Highly recommended to all modern USAAF modellers, and our thanks to Eduard M.A. for the review sample.

Dimensions 1:48Span - 271.9mmLength - 404.8mmHeight - 117.3mm

Dimensions 1:48Span - 258.9mmLength -229.6mmHeight - 90mm

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NEW RELEASES / KITS

Lockheed SR-71 ‘History’Scale 1:72 / Academy, Korea / Materials: IM / Kit No.: 12509 / Availability: Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importers) and Academy stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £18.99 eissue 3 black and three clear plastic components Twel e decal options: 1 7974, et.1, 9th S , adena , apan, 19 1 79 7, et.1, 9th S , adena , apan, late

1970s 1 797 , ed abbit , et.1, 9th S , adena , apan 107955, ir orce o istics Command, 19 5 to 19 5 1 797 , et.4, 9th S , Mildenhall, 1977 1 79 7, et.1, 9th S ,

Osan , orea, ecember 19 unscheduled landin 1 79 2, 9th S , eale , mid 19 0s 1 79 2, et.1, 9th S , last S 71 to lea e adena in 1990 1 7971, 9th S , eale , one of the three a/c returned durin in 1995 1 79 7, 9th S , after reacti ation in 1995 1 7072 fl own to the Smithsonian Collection and settin a record for manned fl i ht in the process also has codes for 1 7 1 to 4 with temporar markin s seen with 9th S at adena

in the 19 0s.

Verdict: It is good to have this kit back again because although simple it is a sound basis for the type in this scale and it is even more appealing now thanks to the superb decal sheet, which even includes decals for each instrument panel. Highly recommended to all USAF fans, and our thanks to Pocketbond Ltd for the review sample.

Reference● SR-71 Blackbird by J. Goodall, Walk Around No.32 (Squadron/Signal Publications 2004)

Republic P-47M ThunderboltScale 1:72 / e ell, erman / Materials: IM / it o.: 039 4 / ailabilit : e ell U ranch U istribution and e ell stockists worldwide / rice uide: .50

eissue of kit fi rst released in 1999 4 li ht re coloured and three clear plastic

components Two decal options: 44 211 0, e astatin ebs , 3rd S, 5 th , th , oxted, Ma

1945 44 21233, M , 2nd S, 5 th , th , oxted, earl 1945. The decal sheet is well

printed althou h the carrier fi lm is uite thick and it includes a ood set of airframe stencils.

Verdict: This always was a good kit so it is good to have it back once again. Fourteen years already though, I must be getting on as re all t is fi rst time r n at i ly recommended to all USAAF fans and our thanks to Revell [UK Branch] for the review sample.

Reference● P-47 Thunderbolt, Walk Around No.11 by Lou Drendel (Squadron/Signal Publications 1997 ISBN: 0-89747-375-2)

Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2Scale 1:72 / duard, C ech epublic / Materials: IM / it o.: 7421 / ailabilit : Creati e Models td, annants S Models U istributors and duard stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £10.99

eissue in simplifi ed eekend dition series 130 re coloured and 10 clear plastic

components One decal option: 2 M , 5./ 1, ells, ustria, winter 1943 44

Verdict: A quick and easy way to add the ersi n t y r lle ti n t e

basic kit is sound and without the photo-etched it should be within the capabilities of all, it’s also a complete bargain at this pri e r a part it r t an s t Eduard for the review sample.

Reference● Messerschmitt Bf 110G, Walk Around No.24 by R. Makay (Squadron/Signal Publications 2000 ISBN: 0-89747-420-1)

Junkers Ju 88A-4 with bombsScale 1:32 / e ell, erman / Materials: IM / it o.: 039 / ailabilit : e ell U ranch U istribution and e ell stockists worldwide / rice uide: 39.99

e ised toolin based on the 1 ersion released in 2008 2 3 li ht re coloured and 21 clear plastic

components Two decal options: 3 M, 4./ 54, Catania,

Sicil , pril 1943 S4 M , 3./ . l. r.50 , eeuwarden, The etherlands, pril 1942.The

decal sheet is well printed althou h the carrier fi lm is uite thick and ou et no swastikas, but it does include an extensi e selection of airframe stencils, the loop metal element and the di e an le lines painted on the canop side window.

Verdict: An excellent kit, the A-4 version will prove very popular just as long as people a e spa e r t s in t eir isplay

cases. Excellent value for money and highly re mmen e t all t a e ans r t an s to Revell [UK Branch] for the review sample.

Reference● Junkers Ju 88, Aero Detail No.20 (Dia Nippon Kaiga Co 1998 ISBN: 4-499-22679-1)

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4Scale 1:4 / duard, C ech epublic / Materials: IM / it o.: 7421 / ailabilit : Creati e Models td, annants S Models U istributors and duard stockists

worldwide / rice uide: 13.99

eissue in simplifi ed eekend dition series 127 re coloured and fi e clear plastic components One decal option: / r.5 19, fl own b Obstlt dolf alland, eschwaderkommodore 2 , udembert, rance, ecember 1940.

Verdict: r bably t e best ay t a a neat t y r lle ti n as it is ertainly m re

accurate than the Hasegawa one and a lot more etaile t an t e Airfi ne pl s it is an t er mplete bar ain as r a part it is

reat r t an s t ar r t e re ie sample

Reference● The Messerschmitt Bf 109 Early Series (V1 to E-9 including the T-series), Airframe & Miniature No.5 by Richard A. Franks (Valiant Wings Publishing Ltd 2013 ISBN: 978-0-9567198-7-4)

Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk IIcScale 1:72 / e ell, erman / Materials: IM /

it o.: 039 5 / ailabilit : e ell U ranch U istribution and e ell stockists worldwide

/ rice uide: .50

eissue of kit fi rst released in 2000 52 li ht re coloured and four clear plastic

components Two decal options: 721, O , o.7 7 S,

S St. Merr n, o ember 1943 99, , O. 24 S, MS Striker, earl 1944. The decal sheet is well

printed althou h the carrier fi lm is uite thick and it includes a ood set of airframe stencils and a decal for the instrument panel.

Verdict: This always was a sound kit, with better etail t an b t ne Airfi an ase a a s

and a lot cheaper than the latter. Revell have not b t ere t rem e t e Ab ir esert fi lters r m the sprues this time, which is a little extra added value. Highly recommended to all RAF/FAA fans and our thanks to Revell [UK Branch] for the review sample.

Reference● Hurricane, Walk Around No.15 by R. Mackay (Squadron/Signal Publications 1998 0-89747-388-4)

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

1:48 480 054Flightline Traffi c Cones (x6)Designed for: N/AMaterial: R, DecPrice Guide: £6.55

1:48 480 055Wing Pylons for F-4B/N/J/S [US Navy Version] (x2)Designed for: VariousMaterial: RPrice Guide: £5.50 3.10

1:48 480 056US Navy Triple Ejector Rack TER-7 [A/A37B-5] (x2)Designed for: VariousMaterial: RPrice Guide: £6.55

1:48 480 057US Navy Multiple Ejector Rack MER-7 [A/A37B-6] (x2)Designed for: VariousMaterial: RPrice Guide: £6.55

1:48 480 058FAB-100 Soviet WWII Bombs (x2)Note: Suitable for Su-2, Pe-2, Tu-2, Il-2, Yak-9B etc.Designed for: VariousMaterial: RPrice Guide: £5.50

1:48 480 059Mk 46 US Navy Torpedo (x2)Note: Suitable for S-3 Viking, SH-3 Sea King, Lynx etc.Designed for: VariousMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.85

1:48 480 060LAU-3 US Navy Rocket Container (x2)Note: Suitable for A-1, A-7, A-4 etc.Designed for: VariousMaterial: R, DecPrice Guide: £6.55

1:32 320 027Flightline Traffi c Cones (x6)Designed for: N/AMaterial: R, DecPrice Guide: £7.85

Verdict: It is great to have a series offering such diverse sets, not just to add ordnance etc. to the aircraft, but equipment for dioramas etc. They are all beautifully detailed and cast, so they can be highly recommended to all. Our thanks to Aires for the review samples.

Available from: www.aires.cz

1:32 320 029USAF Flightline Tool Cabinet (Roll Cab) 5-drawerDesigned for: N/AMaterial: R, DecPrice Guide: £6.55

1:32 320 036USAF 150 Gallon Fuel BowserDesigned for: N/AMaterial: R, PE, DecPrice Guide: £13.95

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NEW RELEASES / ACCESSORIES

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

1:72 7300Sepecat Jaguar Wheels & paint masksDesigned for: Any Jaguar kitMaterial: R, MaPrice Guide: £3.30

1:48 4578F-4B/N Auxiliary Air IntakeDesigned for: Academy kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.60

1:48 4579F-4B/N Wheel BaysDesigned for: Academy kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £12.99

1:48 4582MiG-23ML Cockpit SetDesigned for: Trumpeter kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £10.25

1:48 4584T-28 Trojan Wheel BayDesigned for: Roden kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £12.99

1:48 4585Me 410B-2/U4 Cockpit SetDesigned for: Meng kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £17.99

1:48 4590Sepecat Jaguar A Electronics BayDesigned for: Kitty Hawk kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £7.60

1:32 2184MiG-23ML Electronics BayDesigned for: Trumpeter kitMaterial: RPrice Guide: £17.99

Verdict: As always these are superb sets, beautifully detailed and cast. The level of detail is superb yet none of those shown here are excessively 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

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MASTER BOX, UKRAINE[www.bltd.info] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models Ltd

Verdict: Not really an accessory, but it goes with a built model, so we classifi ed it as such! The box contains three fi gures, in poses as depicted on the box top and you get optional heads so that you can have the pilots with forage caps or fl ying helmets on. The sculpting is extremely good and as long as you are a good fi gure painter these are going to look superb once completed. Highly recommended to all, and our thanks to Creative Models Ltd for the review samples.

Available from: www.creativemodels.co.uk

1:32 MB3202Pilots of the Luftwaffe, WWII EraDesigned for: N/AMaterial: IMPrice Guide: £9.99

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

Verdict: All of the above sets are offered as direct replacements for the kit undercarriage, but offer more detail and, where appropriate, correcting any errors. The 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 72067B-57B/G Canberra Landing GearDesigned for: Italeri kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £9.70 ($12.95)

1:72 72068B-47 Landing GearDesigned for: Hasegawa kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £12.70 ($16.95)

1:48 48236F-104 Starfi ghter Landing GearDesigned for: Revell/Monogram kitsMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £11.20 ($14.95)

1:48 48237T-38A Talon Landing GearDesigned for: Wolfpack Design kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £11.20 ($14.95)

1:32 32074F4U Corsair Landing Gear

Designed for: Tamiya kitMaterial: WM

Price Guide: £14.20 ($18.95)

1:32 32075Spitfi re Mk II/Vb/VI Landing GearNote: Improved oleos with new main wheels and separate tail wheelDesigned for: Hasegawa kitMaterial: WMPrice Guide: £13.50 ($17.95)

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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 1:48 Series

48-762Tu-2 Exterior / Xuntong / Price Guide: £14.99

48-770Spitfi re PR Mk XIX Landing Flaps / Airfi x / Price Guide: £10.99

48-775Yak-3 Landing Flaps / Zvezda / Price Guide: £12.80

48-777Tu-2 Landing Flaps / Xuntong / Price Guide: £18.40

48-778Tu-2 Undercarriage / Xuntong / Price Guide: £18.40

48-782Me 410B-2/U4 Engine / Meng / Price Guide: £12.80

48-784P-47D-25 Upgrade Set / Eduard/Academy / Price Guide: £16.70

49-064F-4 Seat Belts, Grey - Fabric [PP] / Various / Price Guide: £7.20

49-065MiG-21 KM-1 Seat Belts - Fabric [PP] / Various / Price Guide: £7.20

49-602Me 410B-2/U4 Detail Sets [PP/SA] / Meng / Price Guide: £18.40

49-632Tu-2 Interior [PP/SA] / Xuntong / Price Guide: £18.40

49-641Yak-3 Detail Set

[PP/SA] / Zvezda / Price Guide: £18.40

49-645Vampire FB Mk 5/FB Mk 9 Detail Set [PP/SA] / Trumpeter/ Price Guide: £16.70

49-648Spitfi re PR Mk XIX Detail

Set [PP/SA] / Airfi x / Price Guide: £16.70

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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

32-333P-61A/B Exterior / HobbyBoss / Price Guide: £18.40

32-334P-61A/B Undercarriage / HobbyBoss / Price Guide: £18.40

32-337B-17G Landing Flaps / HK Model / Price Guide: £66.85

32-338B-17G Engines / HK Model / Price Guide: £19.50

32-342B-17G Undercarriage / HK Model / Price Guide: £14.99

32-345A-4F Slats / Trumpeter / Price Guide: £13.99

32-346A-4F Landing Flaps / Trumpeter / Price Guide: £13.99

32-769P-61A/B

Interior [PP/SA] /

HobbyBoss / Price Guide:

£19.50

32-772Seat Belts RAF WWII - Fabric [PP] / Various / Price Guide: £8.40

32-777Bf 109E-4 [PP] / Eduard ‘Weekend’ / Price Guide: £12.80

32-783A-4 Escapac IA-1 Seat Belts [PP] / Trumpeter / Price Guide: £12.80

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 those fl aps are massive A-4-sized frets, just goes to illustrate how big that kit is! 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

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NEW RELEASES / DECALS

ILIAD DESIGN, CANADA[www.iliad-design.com] Available in the UK from: Hannants

72011 Air National Guard Mustangs• P-51D, S/No.44-72952, ARK•NG, 154th FS, Arkansas National Guard, fl own by Maj. H.H. Kirby (NM)• P-51D, S/No.44-73205, MO•NG, 110th FS, Missouri National Guard, late 1946 or early 1947 (NM)• P-51D. S/No.44-73564, SD•NG, 175th FS, 132nd FG, South Dakota National Guard, summer 1947 (NM)• P-51D, S/No.45-11349, IND•NG, 113th FS, Indiana National Guard, 1949 (NM)• P-51D, S/No.44-63746, NMEX•NG, 188th FS, New Mexico National Guard, 1947 (NM) Colour Guide: NM - Natural MetalPrice Guide: £9.60 ($12.00)

48026 Naval T-Birds• TV-2, BuNo.138977, attached to NAS Glenview (NM)• TV-2 drone, BuNo.131885, GMGRU-1 (Guided Missile Group 1), mid 1959 (EG/OY)• T-33B, BuNo.137952, Naval Air Training Command, NAS Glynco, circa 1974 (GG)• TV-2, BuNo.141532, MCAS El Toro, October 1961 (GW/FRO)Colour Guide: NM - Natural Metal, EG - Engine Grey, OY - Orange Yellow, GG - Gloss Grey, GW - Gloss White, FRO - Fluorescent Red OrangePrice Guide: £9.60 ($12.00)

Verdict: These are both excellent sheets with some great options. The decals include national insignia for each option, along with all the unique markings. The instructions are clear and precise with all the colours being identifi ed by ederal Standard numbers. They are highly recommended to all, and our thanks to Iliad Designs for the review samples.

AVIATTIC, UKAvailable woldwide from: Manufacturer

okker . U and L LilacThis sheet offers a full set of pre-shaped lozenge fabric decals, all with rib

tapes in place and with extra panels for the wing tips, in case you make

mistakes! This version has the lilac in the lozenge pattern

okker . U and L lueThe same as above, but this time you have blue instead of lilac

The same as above, but this time you have blue instead of lilac

L ull idth inThis is the underside lozenge in the full (54in) width panels and you get a complete A4 sheet

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

Spitfi re A oundels, LateThis sheet offers Type B, C and C1 roundels in various sizes suitable for the Spitfi re and other RAF fi ghters in the late war period. Also included are a number of Type C fi n fl ashes.Price Guide: £TBA

NEW RELEASES / DECALS

erdict: This is an excellent sheet that will have uses aplenty apart from the Spitfi re. The images are all cleanly printed, with perfect register and colour density.

ecommended to all, and our thanks to duard M.A. for the review sample.

U ull idth inThis is the topside lozenge in the joined and

trimmed (52.25in) width panels, again offered as a

complete A4 sheet

erdict: Now all of the above sheets are scaled for : , although Aviattic will be producing similar sheets in : , : , : and : , with the chance of : , in the near future. The decals are translucent, so you can do pre shading and staining effects if you choose, plus the underlying colour applied will dictate the colour of the lo enge fabric. Seven years in the making, and a L T of research, this new range from Aviattic is certainly giving modellers something new that is of the same top uality as the kits we are seeing from ingnut, so now you are really spoilt! Highly recommended to all, and our thanks to Aviattic for the review samples.

U ull idth inThis is the topside lozenge in the full

(54in) width panels and you get a

complete A4 sheet

L oined and Trimmer . inThis is the underside lozenge in the joined and trimmed (52.25in) width panels and again you get a complete A4 sheet

U ull idth in

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RAF Trainers - Volume 2: 1945-2012

by P. Freeman T. alsh AIRfi le Publications ISBN: 978-0-9569802-9-8 / Price Guide: £19.99 / 80-page, A4, laminated card cover / English

a in re iewed olume 1 back in Issue 7, I fi le continue their look at the complex sub ect of C M with this second part on trainin aircraft. It takes up where the fi rst olume ended and thus co ers the 1945 throu h 2012 period and if ou are used to the material produced b this team, ou will feel instantl at home with this new title. The narrati e is confi ned to the introduction and detailed captions for the numerous colour profi les. These profi les are a combination of sin le side iews and three or four iew sets of specifi c machines. The t pes co ered ran e from the

sander ri ht throu h to the eaper U and as well as the at pical trainer t pes, this period has a lot more frontline machines used in the secondar trainin role.

V E R D I C T : T H I S I S A V E R Y U S E F U L G U I D E T O A D D T O A N Y R E F E R E N C E L I B R A R Y A N D I T I S T H E R E F O R E H I G H L Y R E C O M M E N D E D T O A L L O R F O R T H O S E J U S T W A N T I N G T O A D D A F E W U N U S U A L A N D C O L O U R F U L T Y P E S T O T H E I R C O L L E C T I O N .

Thanks to/ orldwide istribution: I fi le ublicationswww.airfi lepublications.com

Heinkel HE 111 Walk Aroundby R. Mackay / Squadron/Signal Publications / ISBN: 978-0-89747-694-2 / Price Guide: £16.99 / 88-page, A4 landscape, laminated card cover / English

The walk around series is well established b S uadron so the format of this latest addition to the ran e will come as no surprise. ith few sur i in complete e 111s in the world, this one co ers the 2 in

orwa and the 20 at the of Museum in ondon althou h o er the ears this has been listed as an 22 and 23 . Co era e is extensi e

and follows a lo ical order from front to back of the airframe, inside and out. Inset within the colour photos are dia rams showin chan es in the confi uration of the airframe that can t be shown in photos, such as the chan e in the nose profi le. Sadl the author did not ain access to the edro in Spain, as that would ha e made the co era e er

comprehensi e. The ima es are ood, albeit taken in the usuall awful li ht le els we all contend with in museums now, but there are a few that look to ha e been enlarged too much and are rain as a result. The o erall depth of co era e, thou h, is er ood.

V E R D I C T : A N E X T R E M E L Y U S E F U L G U I D E T O T H E M O D E L L E R A S I T I S F U L L O F T H E T Y P E O F I N F O R M A T I O N W E C R A V E W H E N B U I L D I N G A K I T , A N D W I T H T H E L I K E S O F R E V E L L ’ S 1 : 3 2 B E A U T Y , T H E M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N T H E B E T T E R .

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PZL.23 Karas, PZL.42/PZL.43, PZL.46 Sumby T.J. Kopanski / Stratus / ISBN: 978-83-63678-09-8 / Price Guide: £15.00 / 88-page, A4, softback with laminated card cover / English

This is ol.17 in the olish in s series from Stratus and it follows the same lines with re ard to contents and desi n as all the pre ious titles in this series. The narrati e tells the stor of the aras alon with its de elopments as the .42/43 and ultimatel the .4 , albeit that co era e of the latter is er limited due to it ne er

reachin series production or ser ice. The title is full of period ima es, o er 200 of them, with most ne er ha in been published before. To support this specifi c aircraft ha e been selected for reproduction as colour profi les 30 of them . The title concludes with a er useful narrati e on the

camoufl a e and markin s applied to these t pes, with a colour chart, althou h ou ha e to understand the limitations of colour printin make this chart not 100 accurate due to the ains/losses of certain inks durin printin .

V E R D I C T : T H I S W H O L E S E R I E S I S V E R Y U S E F U L T O M O D E L L E R S I N T E R E S T E D I N P O L I S H O P E R A T I O N S I N W W I I , A S I T I S P A C K E D W I T H N I C E C L E A R I M A G E S . I T I S H I G H L Y R E C O M M E N D E D T O A L L P O L I S H A V I A T I O N A N D P . 2 3 F A N S , A N D O U R T H A N K S T O S T R A T U S / M M P F O R T H E R E V I E W S A M P L E .

Thanks to/ orldwide istribution: Mushroom Model ublicationswww.stratusbooks.com.plwww.mmpbooks.bi

Price Guide: £15.00 / 88-page, A4, softback with laminated

in museums now, but there are a few that look to ha e been enlarged too much and are rain as a result. The o erall depth of co era e, thou h, is er

to the edro in Spain, as that would ha e made the co era e er

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Issue 78 January ‘12• Fly 1:48 Roland D.VIa

• Aoshima 1:48 Blue Thunder

• Sword 1:72 Re.2001

• Eduard 1:48 MiG-21MF

• Eduard 1:32 Bf 109E-1 B AlleyCat conversion

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• Oil wash Techniques Guide

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• Italeri 1:48 Hurricane Mk I

• A-6 Intruder & EA-6 Prowler artwork

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Issue 80 March ‘12• Fading colours with oil paint

• Trumpeter 1:32 P-51B Mustang

• Eduard 1:72 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat

• Spitfire F Mk 22-24 by Richard J. Caruana

• Italeri/Kinetic 1:48 F-84F

• HobbyBoss 1:72 Kamov Ka-29

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Issue 81 April ‘12• HobbyBoss 1:48 Yak-38

• The Platz 1:72 Global Hawk

• TechGuide#3 - soft-edged demarcation

• HobbyBoss 1:48 F3H-2 Demon

• Revell 1:72 Ju 88A-4

• Tamiya 1:32 A6M Zero to A6M2-N Rufe conversion

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Issue 82 May ‘12• The basics of figure painting

• Airfix 1:72 Valiant in anti-flash white

• Quick update of the Hasegawa 1:48 J 35Ö

• Tornado IDS by Richard J. Caruana

• The HobbyBoss 1:32 F-84E

• Italeri 1:48 Kiowa

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Issue 83 June ‘12• How to paint cockpit interiors

• 1:48 Great Wall Hobby P-61A

• Roden 1:32 Ni.24bis

• Hawker Hart by Richard J. Caruana

• 1:72 Fly Whitley GR Mk VII

• Trumpeter 1:48 Me 509

• Special Hobby 1:72 Sea Balliol

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Issue 84 July ‘12• RS Models 1:72 Ki-61-I Kai

• Cyber-Hobby 1:200 YB-49

• Airfix 1:48 Lynx AH.7

• Tarangus 1:48 Lansen

• AML and Special Hobby 1:72 Ki-43s

• RAF Hunters Pt.2 by Richard J. Caruana

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Issue 85 August ‘12• Brengun 1:72 Bachem Ba 349A Natter

• Tech Guide #6 Eradicating canopy seams

• Airfix 1:72 Spitfire PR.XIX

• Trumpeter 1:48 Su-15 updated

• Hasegawa 1:72 Su-33

• F-102 Delta Dagger by Richard J. Caruana

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Issue 86 September ‘12• Trumpeter 1:48 Spiteful F Mk 14

• Eduard 1:72 Hellcat Mk II - PR Mk II conversion

• Paint chipping and fabric effects

• HobbyBoss1:48 F4U-4

• Azur 1:72 SNCASO Vautour

• Desert Bf 109s - JG27 by Richard J. Caruana

• Wingnut Wings 1:32 Pfalz D.XII

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Issue 87 October ‘12• Admiral 1:72 F6U Pirate

• AZ Model 1:72 MiG-17F

• Revell 1:32 Heinkel He 219

• Painting radial and inline engines

• HobbyBoss 1:48 F7U

• Cyber-Hobby 1:72 Sea Vixen

• Sword 1:72 Sea Gladiator

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Issue 88 November ‘12• Roden 1:144 Douglas C-124A

• Airfix 1:48 Spitfire F.22 in RSAAF markings

• CMR 1:72 Bristol Sycamore

• HobbyBoss 1:48 F7U Pt.2

• Trumpeter 1:32 F-117A

• A-26 Invader artwork

• Eduard 1:48 Bf 109E

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Issue 89 December ‘12• HobbyBoss 1:72 Sea Hawk FGA.6

• CMR 1:72 Scimitar F Mk 1

• How to remove carrier film from decals

• Tamiya 1:72 P-47D with Big ED and Quickboost accessories

• Kitty Hawk Models 1:48 F-35B

• French T-6s in Africa artwork

• Revell 1:72 Halifax» and more...

Issue 90 January ‘13• Skunkworks 1:48 Reaper

• Ibex 1:48 T-6 Texan II

• Wingnut Wings 1:32 Roland D.VIa

• Pre-shading Tech Guide

• Trumpeter 1:32 Ju 87B

• Airfix 1:48 Sea Vixen review

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Issue 91 February ‘13• R.V. Aircraft 1:72 MiG-23ML

• Trumpeter 1:72 J-11

• Trumpeter1:48 J-8B

• Hasegawa 1:72 F-15E

• Airfix 1:72 Spitfire F.22 to F.24 conversion

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Issue 92 March ‘13• The Academy 1:48 T-50

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• Italeri 1:72 Sunderland Mk I

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Issue 93 April ‘13• Kwik Build of the ICM 1:72 Po-2

• Eduard 1:48 Spitfire Preview

• Humbrol Clear varnish bench test

• Trumpeter 1:48 MiG-23M

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• Airfix 1:48 Spitfire PR Mk XIX

• Wingnut Wings 1:32 F.E.2b

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NEWSLINEThe below lists UK kit releases since our last edition.Manufacturer Scale Item # Type Decription Price NoteAcademy 1:144 12606 IM Sepecat Jaguar £2.99 REAcademy 1:72 12447 IM Sopwith Camel £2.99 REAcademy 1:72 12495 IM Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress ‘Memphis Belle’ £21.99 REAirfi x 1:72 50136 IM Focke Wulf 190A & Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib ‘Dogfi ght Double’ £18.99 REAirfi x 1:72 55205 IM H-S Harrier GR Mk 1 ‘Starter Set’ £9.99 REA Model 1:72 72271 IM Sukhoi Su-31 £14.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:144 4083 R Handley-Page Halifax B Mk I £66.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:144 4086 R BMW Schnellbomber P.II £58.99 NTAnigrand Craftswork 1:72 2110 R EWR VJ-101C £58.99 NTArt Model 1:72 7214 IM Mikoyan MiG-27K Kaira (Guillemot) £24.99 RTAzur 1:72 A075 IM Morane-Saulnier MS.410 £14.50 NTAzur 1:72 A109 IM Morane-Saulnier MS.406 ‘Battle of France’ £12.99 NTCMR 1:144 12HM R/VF Martin JRM-3 ‘Coulson Hawaii Mars’ £54.99 RECMR 1:144 12PM R/VF Martin JRM-3 ‘Coulson Philippine Mars’ £54.99 RECMR 1:72 72-158 R/PE Blackburn Firebrand TF.5 ‘FAA Late Schemes’ £39.99 NTEduard 1:48 1182 IM/PE Messerschmitt Bf 110C-6 [Ltd Ed] £33.40 RTEduard 1:48 8237 IM/PE Mikoyan MiG-21PFM ‘Profi PACK’ £33.40 RTEncore Models 1:72 72007 IM S.E.5a ‘Hispano’ (Econo-kit, bagged, ex-Roden) £7.99 REHobbycraft 1:32 1696 IM Republic F-105D ‘MiG Master’ (ex-Trumpeter) £99.99 REHPH Models 1:48 48014 R LET L-200 Morava £34.60 NTHPH Models 1:32 32001 R Avia B.534 £81.99 NTHPH Models 1:32 32007 R Avia B.534 ‘Luftwaffe & Bulgaria’ £81.99 NTHPH Models 1:32 32010 R Zlin Z126 Trenér £63.99 NTHPH Models 1:32 32015 R Bell P-63C Aircaobra ‘French’ £119.99 REHPH Models 1:32 32017 R Zlin Z-50LS £81.99 NTHPH Models 1:32 32020 R SG-38 Schulgleiter (SK-38 Komar) £48.70 NTHPH Models 1:32 32026 R Shmolík Sh-1 £163.99 NTMARK I Models 1:144 14411 IM Shenyang J-6A/Nanchang J-6B Farmer B/D £10.50 NTModelsvit 1:72 7202 IM Sukhoi Su-7BMK £24.99 NTPlanet Models 1:48 242 R Caproni Ca.114 ‘Peruvian AF Fighter’ £47.80 NTPlanet Models 1:32 248 R Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake £89.99 NTRevell 1:72 03984 IM Republic P-47M Thunderbolt £6.50 RERoden 1:144 309 IM Douglas DC-3 ‘Trans World Airlines’ £16.99 RERS Models 1:72 92144 IM North-American P-51H Mustang ‘USAF’ £15.80 NTRS Models 1:72 92148 IM North-American P-51H Mustang ‘ANG’ £15.80 NTRS Models 1:72 92149 IM Heinkel He 280 V3 £19.99 NTRS Models 1:72 92150 IM Heinkel He 280 V2 £19.99 NTR.V.Aircraft 1:72 72029 IM/PE Mikoyan MiG-21MF ‘Hi-Tech’ £31.20 RESOVA/A Model 1:72 72069 IM Yakovlev Yak-50/50 £13.50 RESpecial Hobby 1:72 72264 IM Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator ‘Marines Go To War’ £16.60 RESpecial Hobby 1:48 48110 IM Heinkel He 115 £53.80 NTSpecial Hobby 1:48 48136 IM Fairey Firefl y Mk 4/5 ‘Korean War’ £29.99 RTSpecial Hobby 1:32 32044 IM/R/PE Fiat G.50-II ‘In Finnish Service’ £37.30 NTSpecial Hobby 1:32 32056 IM/R/PE Fiat G.50bis ‘Regia Aeronautica’ £37.30 NTTrumpeter 1:48 02860 IM Chengdu J-7B £25.99 NTTrumpeter 1:32 02295 IM Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Tropical £34.99 RTWingman Models 1:48 48001 IM/R/PE Latin American KFIR C.2/C.7 (ex-Kinetic) £60.00 REWingman Models 1:48 48002 IM/R/PE IAI Kfi r C.2/C.7 (ex-Kinetic) £60.00 RE

Manufacturer Scale Item # Type Decription NoteAcademy 1:32 12106 IM G.D./L-M F-16CG [Block 40] Fighting Falcom RTAce 1:72 72302 IM/PE Martin AM-1 Martin Mauler ‘Late Version’ (ex-Siga) REAce 1:72 72305 IM/PE Grumman Guardian AF-2S/3S Killer (ex-Siga) REA Model 1:144 14412 IM De-Havilland-Canada C-7B Caribou (military version) RTCyber-Hobby 1:200 2018 IM Tupolev Tu-142MZ NTCyber-Hobby 1:72 5111 IM Sikorsky S-61A Sea King ‘Antarctica Observation’ REEduard 1:48 1183 IM/R/PE Lavochkin La-5FN [Limited Edition] RE 11/2013Eduard 1:48 8282 IM/PE Supermarine Spitfi re Mk.IXc ‘Early Version’ RT 11/2013Eduard 1:48 8494 IM Dassault Mirage IIICJ ‘Weekend Edition’ RE 11/2013Hasegawa 1:200 10698 IM Kawasaki C-1 Combo (2x kits) RE 08/2013

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