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NewslineNewslineNewsline11/2014 - Latest news & information for Scale Aircraft ModellersHaving mentioned the eeting reappearance of the Classic Airframes Mk I/If kit (#4155/49.99) in early August, which swiftly sold out, we are delighted to say that a second production batch was produced and became available in early September.It is still only available worldwide via Hannants, so visit their website (www.hannants.co.uk) for more details.

In PicturesAmberley Books have just released a new title in their series entitled The Second World War in the Air in Photographs and it deals with the 1940 period (ISBN: 978-1-4456-2239-2). The 23.5x16.6cm title has 128 pages and a laminated card cover. Inside you will nd a nice selection of period images showing all aspects of the air ghting around the globe during 1940, not just the actual aircraft, but the effects on the civil population as well. Each month is covered in turn with good captions and one or two images per page, so they are nice and big.Although not intended as some ultimate guide, this is a useful title offering a lot of inspirational images if you are into building dioramas etc. Most of the title is in black and white, but the centre 16 pages are full colour. It is available for 15.99 and should be in all good bookshops as well as numerous Internet outlets, and the coverage of 1939 in this series is also available from Amberley (ISBN: 978-1-4456-2234-7)

Photographs and it deals with the 1940 period (ISBN: 978-1-4456-2239-2). The

the actual aircraft, but the effects on the

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Little Bird Zvzeda continue to expand their series of snap-together 1:200 kits, intended for wargaming, but also ideal for those with restricted storage and display space. The latest is the Junkers Ju 88 (#6186) and it is a neat little kit, with good levels of detail and even things like a separate clear canopy and front nose glazing; in all there are eighteen grey-coloured and three clear plastic parts plus a two-part display stand.The snap-together nature of the kit may put some off, which is a shame because the parts are nicely moulded, plus you get decals and a display stand. The kit should be available from all Zvezda stockists for just 2.99, or in case of dif culty contact the UK importer, The Hobby Company Ltd.

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The world above CarsZvzeda released various snap-together kits from the rst Disney Planes animated movie, well now they are doing the same with the second one (Planes: Fire & Rescue). For this movie the collection includes three aircraft, Dusty Crophopper (see here), Blade Ranger (#2077) and LilDipper (#2076) along with three vehicles (Avalanche #2079, Ryker #2078 and Drip #2081). Each kit is intended as a rst for many future model makers and in that Zvezda have to be commended, their choice of such a movie for such kits is also inspired, as youngsters will want to y these models just like we did with various Air x, Matchbox and Revell kits way back when! The aircraft kits mentioned should be available from all Zvezda stockists from 4.99 for Dusty through to 7.99 for Blade Ranger and LilDipper, or in case of dif culty contact the UK importer, The Hobby Company Ltd.

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WWI ResurgenceIn this the 100th anniversary year of the start of WWI and with the superb releases from Wingnut Wings of late, there has been a resurgence of interest in all things WWI aviation. So, if you are getting into WWI subjects you can do no better than to really consider joining Cross and Cockade, the First World War Aviation Historical Society. The society produces a superb quality

quarterly magazine, with in-depth articles, colour artwork and product reviews, all speci cally tailored to WWI subjects and only WWI subjects. Their magazine really is of the very highest quality and they also do special publications and a number of other products that are available to members. So, to join contact the Membership Secretary, Roger Tisdale, 11 Francis Drive, Westward Ho!, Bideford, EX39 1XE, Email: [email protected] or visit their website www.crossandcockade.com

Readers ModelsShowcase your latest creation within the pages of MAI. Send images as jpeg or tiff les to [email protected] along with a brief description of the model.

Valiant Wings - New & FutureHaving announced their next title in the Airframe Album series (Bristol Blenheim) last month, Valiant Wings are about to launch a new series, entitled Airframe Detail. This series will major on the technical aspects of speci c aircraft types, with their usual high quality coverage via period images and diagrams plus photos of modern preserved examples andthis will be combined with a detailed section on camou age and markings, with artwork by Richard J. Caruana, and (where applicable) builds of some of the best kits in popular scales. All of this will be supported by appendices listing kits, accessories and decals as well as a full bibliography. The series will be covering those subjects that while of great interest and historical importance do not have suf cient variants and/or production to allow inclusion in the existing Airframe & Miniature or Airframe Album series. To start the ball rolling the rst title in the series will be on the very odd-looking asymmetric Blohm & Voss Bv 141.For more details visit their website www.valiant-wings.co.uk or follow them on Facebook (valiantwingspublishing).

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Lovers of the Supermarine Spit re have been well served recently with new kits from Tamiya and Paci c Coast, and now Revell have joined in with an all-new kit of a

Mk IIa. The big difference with the new kit is price. Where the Tamiya kits are well over a hundred pounds each now, the Revell kit is well priced at just over twenty here in the UK. Test shots of this new kit were rst shown quite a while ago and at the time sparked some controversy over certain parts and surface details. The worst error was the instrument panel, which had been reversed, probably on

the computer at the design stage. Well I can safely say this has now been corrected on the production kit. The other big talking point was the surface detail. Some parts are very heavily overdone, in particular the control surfaces. The rivets and panel lines are nicely engraved but the problem is with the rivets. They are everywhere! Although strictly correct in their positioning, on the real airframe at the factory most of these were lled and sanded ush on the nished aircraft and so were not visible. The worst of these are on the engine cowlings, forward fuselage sides and the leading edge of the wings. Moving along the


SPECIFICATION: Revell 1:32 Supermarine Spit re Mk IIaKit No: 03986Materials: IMAvailability: Revell GmbH [UK Branch] (UK Importer) and Revell stockists worldwidePrice Guide 22.99

BEFORE STARTING: Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S Tamiya Basic Putty Tweezers Aizu 1mm Masking Tape Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades Pacer Formula 560 PVA glue Micro Set and Sol decal solutions GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Dissolved Putty GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Surfacer 500

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 36ft 10in (11.23m)Length - 29ft 11in (9.12m)Height - 11ft 5in (3.48m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:32Span - 350.9mmLength - 285mmHeight - 108.7mm

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

ACCESSORIES & DECALS USED:Model Design Construction #D32006 RAF Instrument Dials#E32002 RAF/FAA WWII Sutton Harness

PAINTS USED:CSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H72 Dark EarthH73 Dark GreenH74 Sky (Duck Egg Green)

CSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Color lacquer:364 BS283 Aircraft Grey Green

Games Workshop/Citadel acrylic:Boltgun Metal

Vallejo acrylic:Satin Varnish

REFERENCE Supermarine Spit re Part 1 (Merlin-powered variants); A Complete Guide to the RAFs Iconic Fighter by Richard A. Franks, Airframe & Miniature No.8 (Valiant Wings Publishing 2014 ISBN: 978-0-9575866-6-6)

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Revell have had a 1:32 Spitfi re in their range since the late 1960s. This early kit was reissued many times over the years until replaced by a joint effort with Hasegawa to give us a Mk I/II.

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cockpit is nicely detailed but is let down by the seat, which doesnt look quite right and is ddly to assemble. The armour panel behind the seat is missing altogether but wouldnt be too dif cult to make from some plasticard. There are a few other points that have been raised regarding this kit, for example there shouldnt be a crowbar on the door, and is the oil cooler correct? After looking through my many reference books it would appear that Mk II Spits were built with both the early half-round Mk I and later the round Mk V oil coolers. The other possibility is of course retro- tting of the later-style oil coolers on earlier aircraft. I shall get this one out of the way now. The biggest disappointment with this kit is the wheels. It doesnt matter if they are three-, four- or ve-spoke wheels from the Mk I right through to the Sea re 47. They are all dished wheels, so why have Revell made them domed? These were replaced with some spares from a Hasegawa Mk V kit although there are many suitable resin replacements already on the market. The rest of the package is completed with a typical Revell instruction sheet with references to their own paint range and mixes of them. Decals are provided for two aircraft from Nos.19 and 65 Squadrons circa 1941. These are nicely printed with good colours and register. If youve read some of my more recent builds youre probably thinking Oh no, not another one but despite the apparent problems I was still keen to get on with this one.

The rst job was to deal with some of the rivets. I decided to ll the fuselage ones but leave the wing to see how they looked under

some paint. After looking through some photos I set about the fuselage and cowling rivets with a pot of Mr Dissolved Putty and an old brush. This wet-sands very easily once dry and after a couple of rounds of lling and sanding I was satis ed they were pretty much gone. I could now get on with the actual build starting in the cockpit. The sub-assemblies all came together very quickly so it was time for some paint. The cockpit parts were all given a coat of Mr Colour 364 BS283 Aircraft Grey Green. A decal is supplied for the instrument panel but for this one I decided to paint it black and add the dials using the excellent MDC RAF Instrument decals. The seat was dressed up with a back cushion made of foil and an etched brass harness, once again by MDC. With the detail painting done and a few other placard decals added the fuselage was closed up and set aside to dry. Moving onto the wings these built up quickly although a word of advice here is not to add any glue along the rear edge in the ap bays if you are going to have the aps closed. It is a lot easier to get them correctly positioned with this seam loose and then applying some extra thin cement along the seams. The wing could now be added to the fuselage. After a quick go around with the sanding sticks the only place any real ller was needed was on the underside of the wing tips, typical of just about any Spit re model there, then. Before adding the tail feathers the overdone surface detail on the rudder and elevators was reduced with a sanding stick. With the addition of the radiator, oil cooler, front screen and a few other details it was more or

less time for some paint. With some masking on the screen and the

cockpit plugged with a piece of foam, some thinned black paint was sprayed around the panel lines as a pre-shade. This was followed by the underside colour, in this case GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) H74 Sky not forgetting to carry this round the rear of the fuselage for the tail band. The following evening the fuselage band and undersides were masked with Tamiya tape. Next up was the upper camou age starting with GSI Creos H72 Dark Earth, with a lightened mix dusted over the centre of the panels. The H73 Dark Green was then applied freehand and once again a lightened mix dusted on as per the brown. With the underside masking removed the whole model was given a coat of Johnsons Klear to seal the paint and prepare for the decals. These went on well needing just a touch of Micro Set/Sol to bed them down. With the decals dry any excess decal solution was wiped off and wash of grey ink applied to the recessed detail with the exception of the wing leading edges. Some wear and tear was applied with a combination of Citadel Boltgun Metal paint and a Pentel pencil. While that all well and truly dried, the undercarriage, propeller and exhaust stubs were built up and painted before they were added to the airframe. The whole model was nally given a coat of Vallejo satin clear to even everything up. The oil stains on the underside were added leaving just the lights and aerials to complete the model.


FINAL VERDICT

Despite the criticism this kit has received it doesnt take much to get a nice model out of the box. It builds nicely and most importantly, looks right. A big factor in todays market is of course price and even if you factor in replacing the wheels and getting a harness set for it a 1:32 Spit re Mk IIa for about 30 cant be bad.

Was it worth the effort? Would I build another? Ive already bought one!

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and a two-part canopy. The larger plastic parts are typical for Sword, being moulded with an extremely glossy surface, and although some of the smaller parts suffer slightly from ash or visible tooling dividing lines, the overall quality of the plastic parts is very good indeed. The panel lines are delicate but too shallow and inconsistent at places, especially on the fuselage. The control surfaces are well separated with thicker lines, and it is nice to see that the ailerons and landing aps are moulded separately to allow them to be posed in a de ected position. The tooling is designed to cover both T Mk 4 and T Mk 5 versions, therefore the n is moulded separately, plus you get both types of air-to-air missiles carried by the Lightning, the Firestreak and Red Top. The etched fret, apart from the usual cockpit parts, includes various antennas of the various electronic systems, and there were many of them in the Lightning! The resin parts are excellent, especially the ne exhaust nozzles, although in my kit I could not nd the pitot tube that is shown in the instructions; fortunately this part is included in the plastic anyway. The separate canopy is nicely transparent, however it may be a little bit on the thick side

in this scale. The individual building steps are pretty well drawn in the instructions, but at some points you do not get the exact position of parts like the landing gear or antennas on the underside, so it is essential to have a good set of drawing or photographs to hand. The camou age schemes are only given as general colours without any speci c paint call-outs, but it is clear enough; additionally, the coloured pro les are printed on the reverse of the box. The instructions contain the stencil placement guide, which is obviously taken from the T.4 kit but works for most of the stencils, however some I could not nd on the decal sheet or their numbers did not correspond to those quoted in the instructions, so take care. Included are markings for three options: XS452 of No.226 OCU in natural metal, XS458/DY in grey-green camou age and XV328/DU wearing the late camou age of two tones of grey; these last two


SPECIFICATION: Sword 1:72 English Electric Lightning T Mk 5Kit No: SW72080Materials: IM, RES, PEAvailability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Sword stockists worldwidePrice Guide 14.99

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


DIMENSIONS: 1:72Span - 147.5mmLength - 233.9mmHeight - 82.9mm

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

PAINTS USED:Alclad II lacquer:ALC-102 DuraluminiumALC-113 Jet Exhaust

GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H3 RedH11 Flat WhiteH12 Flat BlackH25 Sky BlueH77 Tire BlackH308 GreyH317 Grey

GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Color lacquer:Super Clear Gloss III GX100187 Super Clear UV Cut Flat

Vallejo Model Color acrylic:990 Light Grey70950 Black70953 Flat Yellow70957 Flat Red

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

REFERENCES The English Electric Lightning, Modellers Data le No. 7 by R.J. Caruana (2003 ISBN: 0-9533465-7-9)

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNERKWIK BUILD Built & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic

Sword is one of the few manufacturers that instead of relying upon bestsellers like the Bf 109 or P-51 are continually fi lling gaps among less frequent types in 1:72. Recently RAF fans have enjoyed the release of the two-seat Harrier T Mk 2 and T Mk 4 kits and now another British icon of the Cold War is here, the English Electric Lightning in either T Mk 4 or T Mk 5 training versions.

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both came from the Lightning Training Flight in the late 1980s.

Before commencing the build I spent en evening rectifying the shallow panel lines with a UMM scribing tool; on the fuselage I also used pieces of electricians tape to help the tool keep on track. The build starts with assembly of the nose cone that also forms the front wheel bay. Inside the cone you can insert some lead ballast, but the volume is obviously too small to prevent tail sitting, so I added approximately 7 grams of shing plummets behind the lower engine bulkhead. Anyway, the correct position of these parts is not marked inside the fuselage, so some trial tting was needed to align them correctly. In my opinion the fuselage intake opening is slightly undersized, and additionally it would be necessary to ll the fuselage joints visible inside, so I eventually addressed this issue with a scratchbuilt FOD guard made from thin plastic sheet, as that hides the inlet and makes the smaller front opening less obvious. The combination of the resin seats and etched parts resulted in a ne looking cockpit, but once again it is mandatory to trial t the cockpit tub with the fuselage as mine spread out the fuselage a little at the front, so the side consoles needed to be sanded down. Next I joined the fuselage halves and cleaned up the cast exhaust nozzles. This part eventually became the most dif cult step of the build because its t into the fuselage opening was not satisfactory. It helped a bit, however,

to reduce the fuselage wall thickness with a motor tool so that the curvature of the nozzles obtained a better position inside. I still had to ll the resulting joint with thicker cyanoacrylate and then sand it all smooth. The separately moulded n did not conform to the spine and needed adjusting with the resulting joint once again lled with cyanoacrylate. The instrument panel decking and the front canopy, however, perfectly matched the fuselage pro le at their chosen positions.

I continued with the wing assembly which required only a little cleaning up here and there, then the landing aps were added before I eventually glued each wing to the fuselage. The Lightning wing had negative dihedral of -6, so this needs to be checked and the wing aligned accordingly. I could not avoid lling at the wing root, especially underneath. I recommend you attach the all-moving elevators via a brass pin because that helps to keep the right 90angle in relation to the fuselage plus, if you want, you can de ect them slightly to add some interest to the model. Once all the smaller air intakes and etched antennas were glued to the fuselage I airbrushed the kit with base coat of Mr Surfacer 1000 primer and added the rivet lines.

Despite the good selection of markings in this kit I eventually obtained the Xtradecal sheet #X72201 EE/BAC Lightning T.4/T.5 Part 2 because it offers the markings of XS419 with its red stars as a Soviet penetrator during an air exercise in the mid 1980s. The plane wore

late camou age consisting of Medium Sea Grey and Barley Grey with visible tonal variation of some of the fuselage panels and air brakes. I selected the paints from the GSI Creos Mr Aqueous Hobby range as follows: H317 with a touch of blue for Medium Sea Grey and H308 for Barley Grey. Photos of this particular aircraft clearly show that the right paint demarcation line was placed approximately on the fuselage centre axis and not at the bottom as shown in the Xtradecal instructions. The parts left in natural metal were oversprayed with Alclad II Duraluminium and after a coat of gloss varnish I applied the decals. From the kit I utilized only the stencils, but I was fully satis ed with them as they worked perfectly and did not silver; the rest of the sheet appears to be of high quality as well.

More attention and time was needed for the landing gear assembly, though, especially as far as the right angles and positions of the auxiliary struts are concerned, so I recommend that you work from photographs. Anyway, the complete gear after adding some brake pipelines looked very effective and well detailed. I decided to arm the kit with a single Red Top missile, but the front control surfaces were too thick, so these were replaced with new ones cut from 0.13mm Evergreen sheet. At the end I added the fuel probe, antennas and the rear canopy, which was supported with a hydraulic ram scratchbuilt from Albion Alloys micro tubing, as was the nose pitot tube.

FINAL VERDICT

This new kit complements the existing single-seat Lightning versions already available in 1:72 and for fans of the type becomes an unavoidable addition to their collection. The kit is well detailed with well thought out etched and resin parts that are really a bonus from the level of detail point of view and are not just a useless addition. However, the build itself is not an easy matter of a few sessions, it was a pretty laborious project and if you want a pure natural metal nish you will have to consider the extra time required to prepare the surface to obtain a reasonable result. The nished kit is worth the effort, though, and personally Ill be adding the T Mk 4 to my collection as well. Recommended to all determined builders or modellers with experience of short-run kits.

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Fortunately I spotted them and after careful study it looked like we were in for a treat. Most of the European kit manufacturers have had a go at the Tornado in

1:48 scale, and of these Italeris offering was the best. Revell actually had this kit in their own range for a few years until finally deciding to create their own tooling which makes sense considering they have already done it in 1:144, 1:72 and 1:32 scales. The other option of course is the kit by HobbyBoss, which is very nice and builds very well but it is almost twice the price of the Revell kit. The question you

will be asking will be Is it another budget simple kit, though? Well, lets take a look, shall we. In the usual end-opening box youll find fourteen sprues, thirteen grey and one clear. The parts count is large at over 270. When you consider that in this first issue of this kit the only weapons included are a pair of Sidewinder missiles that is quite an impressive parts count. One reason for this is that Revell have taken a different approach to the breakdown of the airframe to previous kits enabling them to add certain details that would otherwise require the use of expensive slide tooling. The other is


SPECIFICATION: Revell 1:48th Panavia Tornado IDSKit No: 03987Materials: IMAvailability: Revell GmbH [UK Branch] (UK Importer) and Revell stockists worldwidePrice Guide 22.99

BEFORE STARTING: Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S Pacer Formula 560 Aizu 1mm Masking Tape Tamiya Basic Putty Vallejo Plastic Putty Tweezers Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades Gunze-Sangyo Mr Surfacer 500

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 45ft 7 1/2in (13.91m) at 25 sweep, 28ft 2 1/2in (8.60m) at 67 sweepLength - 54ft 10 1/4in (16.72m)Height - 18ft 8 1/2in (5.70m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:48Span - 289.8mm (25), 179.2mm (67)Length - 348.3mmHeight - 118.8mm

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

PAINTS USED:CSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H20 Flat ClearH308 Grey FS36375H331 Dark Sea GreyH334 Barley Grey BS4800 18B21H338 Light Grey FS36495

Tamiya acrylic:X-19 Smoke

Games Workshop/Citadel acrylic:ChainmailBoltgun

REFERENCE Panavia Tornado - The Tornado IDS/ECR (Luftwa e) in the 21st Century by Andreas Klein & Christian Gerard, Fox Two No.1 (Double Ugly Books 2011 ISBN: 978-3-935687-17-1)


Built & Written by Alan Bottoms from the UK

This kit was announced last year, and although a set of test shot sprues was on display on the Revell stand at Telford they were so tucked away it was very easy to miss them altogether

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that this is a very comprehensive kit which includes a usable cockpit and the option of open or closed canopy, landing gear, flaps, slats, spoilers, airbrakes and thrust reversing buckets. A pointer toward a future release of an RAF machine is the inclusion of all the aerials, a Sky Shadow ECM pod and most of the parts for the GR.1/4 under-nose targeting gear. All of these parts are marked as not for use, obviously. The surface detail is

all engraved and very fine to the point where a lot of it doesnt really become apparent until you add a coat of paint. Another point worth mentioning is that this is the first Tornado kit Ive built that gives you not just full length exhaust outlets but full length intake trunking as well. The instructions are to Revell's usual standard, comprehensive but complicated, spread over 94 steps, with the usual Revell-only paint chart. The decal sheet covers only the one box art anniversary scheme, and appears well printed and usable. Unfortunately the decal sheet was misplaced between the preview and my build so I had to source a replacement set. So as not to hold up the build I bought the Printscale Panavia Tornado Part 2 sheet from Hannants that covers RAF aircraft from Operation Telic 2003. The

A pointer towards a future release of an RAF machine is the inclusion of all the aerials, a Sky Shadow ECM pod and most of the parts for the GR.1/4 under-nose targeting gear

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reasoning behind this sheet in particular was that it included all the stencilling for the airframe and most of the stores. So, how does it build?

The instructions would have you start with the ejector seats so obviously these were ignored for now with the build starting with the cockpit. This is pretty well detailed so nothing was added here apart from some paint, in this case Gunze-Sangyo H308 Grey FS36375 overall. Because of the lack of decals I had to paint everything so working from some reference the details were picked out with Games Workshop acrylics and a White Karisma pencil for the switches. Step 3 has you opening a few holes in the lower fuselage. This is ne if you are building a stock German aircraft but as I was building it as an RAF GR Mk 4 a good study of the references showed me which, where and where not to drill. With the cockpit sorted next to go on are the undercarriage bays and the intake trunking. As the intake trunking is pale grey I got away with leaving them in the bare plastic. Assembly moves onto the fuselage now and time for a word or two of advice. The breakdown of the fuselage is quite complex so before committing to glue, test t everything and adjust where needed. It does all go together with very little in the way of ller needed, just be patient with it. With the lower fuselage built up we move onto the wings. Here you need to make a

few decisions about optional positions for the aps etc. I built mine with everything open but before sticking anything together the parts were test tted in the closed positions and it all seems to t nicely. If like me you decide to have everything dropped it's time for another case of patience. In this case its because there are a lot of small, delicate parts involved. The wings are then dropped into position and the top of the fuselage added along with the intakes. While the rest of the airframe sets solid we turn to the rear end with the tailplanes, n and jet pipes. The optional thrust reversing buckets make this area quite busy but as you can see it does all t very well. The nosecone had some weight xed into it and then it was added to the fuselage. The scheme I had chosen is for an RAF machine ying in Iraq during Operation Telic. These aircraft were sprayed with an overall temporary nish of Barley Grey so before I reached for the paint all the pylons, doors and drop tanks were prepared and mounted ready for spraying. With the cockpit masked and the compressor red up on went a couple of coats of Gunze-Sangyo H334 Barley Grey BS4800 18B21. When that had dried the wheel bays were masked and along with the undercarriage parts and door inner faces were sprayed H338 Light Grey FS36495. The bare metal parts of the airframe were brush painted with Games Workshop Chainmail and

Boltgun Metal acrylics. The main paintwork was nished with a coat of H331 Dark Sea Grey on the radome. A coat of Johnson's Klear overall sealed everything up and prepared the surface for the decals. The Printscale decals worked well but great care was needed as they are very thin. A touch of Micro Set and Sol bedded them all down well. A wash of grey acrylic ink made all the surface detail pop out along with a dusting of thinned Tamiya X-19 Smoke around the hot parts and up the n. The undercarriage bays and legs were given a wash of MIG Productions Dark Wash tidied up with odourless thinners. While everything dried fully the ejector seats were built up and painted. The basic harness is moulded into the cushions but in reality these are quite busy so a raid of the photo-etch spares box turned up a set of Eduard Hawk belts. As they both use the Martin Baker Mk 10 seats, on these went. I now had a painted and decaled airframe and large pile of parts so it was time to put it all together. With everything on except the canopy and screen the whole model was given a coat of H20 Flat Clear rather than my usual satin nish. Being a temporary nish it lost its sheen and got grubby very quickly. Getting close to the nish line the screen and canopy were added leaving just the various lights and beacons to complete the build.

FINAL VERDICT

So, now its built what do I think? If you want a simple, quick build go for the Italeri kit. If you want something that builds like Lego, its HobbyBoss all the way. If you want a comprehensive, well-detailed model more or less from the box, this is it. Its not an easy build by any means but with patience its the best 1:48 scale Tornado out there. The added bonus is the price as it is currently among the cheapest so the cost of the aftermarket stuff is more justi able. Although I wasnt able to use the kit decals for the purpose of this review I feel the scheme I chose actually shows the detail better than the multi-coloured kit scheme would. Well done Revell, another winner as far as Im concerned.

Was it worth the effort? De nitely. Would I build another? De nitely.

onto the wings. Here you need to make a


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All of the kits now labelled under this brand are completely new toolings, having nothing to do with the older kits, and the new Avia S-199 released in

either Czechoslovak or Israeli markings is no exception. The latter kit is the one I am building here and in keeping with KPs traditional look, the box layout is prevailingly red and yellow inside which are three sprues containing almost 100 parts. Two sprues we already know from the previously-released Bf 109G kits from AZ Model (see Issue 103), although this time a light grey-coloured plastic is used instead of tan, and there is a new

sprue featuring the specific S-199 parts. Therefore for the most part what has already been said about the Bf 109G kits still applies here and that means that it is well moulded with extremely fine panel lines and surface detail but there are no locating pins on any of the parts; this did not prove an issue as the fit of major parts was really outstanding. Newly moulded are the fuselage halves, propeller with spinner, gun covers plus a few smaller parts for the cockpit; all done to the high standard we have recently come to expect from AZ Model. However, with the Israeli Air Force version I would have liked to see the inclusion of the bomb rack that was often


SPECIFICATION: Kovozavody Prostejov 1:72 Avia S-199 Messer/SahkinKit No: KPM 006Materials: IMAvailability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Kovozavody Prostejov stockists worldwidePrice Guide 8.99

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

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span - 9.92m (32ft 6in)Length - 8.94m (29ft 4in)Height - 2.59m (8ft 6in)

DIMENSIONS: 1:72Span - 137.8mmLength - 123.2mmHeight - 36mm

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

PAINTS USED:GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:H11 Flat WhiteH12 Flat BlackH25 Sky BlueH65 RLM 70 Black GreenH70 RLM 02 GreyH77 Tire BlackH318 RadomeH337 Greyish BlueH416 RLM 66 Black Grey

GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Mr Color lacquer:Super Clear Gloss III GX100187 Super Clear UV Cut Flat

Vallejo Model Color acrylic:990 Light Grey70950 Black70953 Flat Yellow70957 Flat Red

MIG Productions washes:Neutral Wash

REFERENCES Avia S-199 in Israeli Air Force Service 1948-1950 by A. Yofe & L. Nyveen (White Crow Publications 2007 ISBN: 0-9774627-1-4)


Built & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic

Kovozavody Prostejov (KP, later KoPro) was a brand that produced traditional plastic models since 1962, however from the mid-1990s it tended to focus only on re-issues and in more recent times the original tools have been leased to other fi rms. Anyway, thanks to the activities of AZ Model the KP brand is back once again on the modelling scene, but thats where the similarities with the original products end.

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THE MULEseen on operational machines and also wheels with smooth tyres (hopefully these may still appear in future reissues or via the aftermarket?). The single-piece canopy (Erla type) is cleanly moulded without visible distortion and has finely defined framing. The instructions, which have a nice layout and are in full-colour, seemed to be sufficient at a first glance but the build revealed many omissions and misleading information (more on this later). The camouflage scheme depicts two machines from No.101 Tasejet in overall light grey/green dating from 1948, and an example in brown-green camouflage over light blue undersides from a military exhibition in 1950.

The build commences with the cockpit assembly, which offers a good number of parts and nice sidewall detail. The interior of Avia was not like wartime Bf 109s as it was sprayed in a blue-grey colour that approximately corresponds to GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Aqueous H337 Bluish Grey; all

the smaller details such as the trim wheel, throttle box and control stick were brush painted with Vallejo acrylics. Despite the closed canopy that the kit provides there is enough light on the interior and with the lighter colour used this further accentuates things, so careful brush painting paid dividends here. The instructions do not show the position of the gunsight, but as with the Bf 109, it was set slightly off to starboard. The seat belts I cut from Tamiya tape and painting a light beige colour while the instrument panel was again brush painted and then gently drybrushed with white oil paint. The interior assembly tted into the fuselage with negligible trimming on the instrument panel edge and the halves could then be joined. The upper gun cowling insert was glued in place, however there are just plain openings with no provision for mounting the gun barrels, so I cut sockets to take 2.5mm brass tubing into which the barrels were later attached. The n required a little trimming too, but once the joint lines were levelled

Here you can see the gap at the trailing edge of the port wing that needed to be fi lled with a wedge of plasticard

The cannon ejector ports in the underside originate from

the AZ Model Bf 109G kit, so need to be fi lled for the

S-199

You can see the slight gap at the

leading edge of the starboard wing root; all this needed was

a little fi ller

Overall fi t is very good, but those

bulges on the nose look just too big?

Even before the overall scheme is applied, the lighter interior shade used in the S-199 does help to make this area much more visible than the wartime Bf 109 series

The interior of Avia was not like wartime Bf 109s as it was

sprayed in a blue-grey colour that approximately corresponds to GSI

Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Aqueous H337 Bluish Grey

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with at sanding sticks it matched the fuselage without trouble.

Onto the wing now, I assembled the radiator interiors and glued the halves together. The large wheel bay doors perfectly matched the wing surface and the joint was secured with only a small amount of extra thin cement. Nice features include the separately moulded bottom radiator aps, which I recommend you glue in at the end of the build as they could be easily broken off. Despite the trial tting at the beginning of the build that showed almost awless t between the fuselage and the wing, the installed cockpit interior and wing radiator interiors probably caused a slight displacement, so the resulting gap at the port wing root was sorted out with a thin wedge of plastic sheet, while that on the starboard side was easily corrected with a smear of ller. Now for the confusion with the instructions, to overcome this I recommend you check your references, or ideally photographs of the real thing. While the elevator part numbers 50 and 51 are shown in the sprue layout as not for use, they should be installed. Similarly, the tailwheel with canvas cover is shown whereas the other type (#23) should be used instead. The instructions state that all these details and other optional parts such as the head armours, cowling bulges and drop tanks depend on the selected camou age option,

but the drawing is not very informative and does not help. Additionally, the building parts of the instructions are common with the other version, which uses a different canopy and other speci c parts and this is again a source of confusion. Anyway, I continued with the canopy that needed trimming at the bottom edge as both front and rear parts exceeded the fuselage aperture and I eventually used ller to smooth out the joint to the spine. The positions of the prominent gun breech bulges are not precisely shown either, but here you can follow the fuselage panel lines. The manufacturer tried to correctly depict the metal seal that ran across the bulge and this is therefore slightly raised but I feel this detail looks soft and unconvincing. In my opinion the bulges seems to be slightly oversized because the one on the starboard side almost touches the compressor intake, while on the real aircraft quite a gap can be observed. In the fuselage underside the original Bf 109 spent ammo chutes needed lling with a piece of scrap plastic and then the primer could be applied. This time I did not attempt to rivet the built model because the Avias surface was lled and sanded smooth; actually, even the panel lines in the fuselage rear part were lled in as well.

The Israeli machines wore the original Avia production colour that was similar to German RLM 02 and so the instructions suggest

you use the corresponding shades with the Humbrol or Agama paint ranges. I went for my own mix of GSI Creos (Gunze-Sangyo) Aqueous H70 RLM 02 with 20% white and touch of rich blue. The surface was then slightly post-shaded with a darker colour and weathered with a dust overspray on the fuselage lower sides (H318). The decals are printed by BOA Agency and worked on a gloss surface well without any need for decal solutions and they appeared to have perfect register and nice colours. However, the instructions showed certain errors in the proportions of the marking, such as the wing underside roundels are almost twice as big as those on the decal sheet. I had trouble tting the No.101 Tasejet emblem on the limited space on the front fuselage as well.

The correct position of the landing gear legs is xed via tapered pins and I replaced the wheels with those that had smooth tyres from a Revell Bf 109G-10 kit. The DF loop on the spine I scratchbuilt from thin copper wire, then I attached the antenna mast onto which I secured a wire cut from Uschi van den Rosten super ne thread. At the end I added the propeller unit, installed the machine gun barrels and replaced the wing cannon with Albion Alloys ne tubing.

FINAL VERDICT

This new kit successfully follows up the previous Bf 109G kits released under the AZ Model label and sets the bar pretty high for the re-established KP brand. The kit is not without faults though, especially the instructions, which are the obvious weak point and the manufacturer should consider doing them in more user-friendly fashion. Otherwise this is a quality kit that I believe has the potential to re-establish the traditional KP brand in the market and send the old and tired original S-199 tooling for well-earned retirement.

depend on the selected camou age option,


with at sanding sticks it matched the fuselage with at sanding sticks it matched the fuselage without trouble.

Onto the wing now, I assembled the radiator Onto the wing now, I assembled the radiator interiors and glued the halves together. The interiors and glued the halves together. The large wheel bay doors perfectly matched the large wheel bay doors perfectly matched the wing surface and the joint was secured with only a small amount of extra thin cement. Nice features include the separately moulded

but the drawing is not very informative and does not help. Additionally, the building parts of the instructions are common with the other version, which uses a different canopy and other speci c parts and this is again a source other speci c parts and this is again a source of confusion. Anyway, I continued with the canopy that needed trimming at the bottom edge as both front and rear parts exceeded the

I replaced the wheels with those that had smooth tyres from a Revell Bf 109G-10 kit

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The Legendary Spitfire Textured surfaces with finely engraved panel joints Detailed Mk. IIa wings with MG openings Detailed cockpit and instrument panel Detailed seat suspension Detailed foot-pedal control runs Separate cockpit door Rotating propeller Detailed exhaust system Detailed undercarriage Separate cockpit glazing Decal set for 2 RAF versions


SPECIFICATION: AlleyCat 1:48

Supermarine Type 300

Kit No.: ACRK48-19

Materials: R, PE

Availability: A2Zee Models (Manufacturer) and AlleyCat

Model stockists worldwide

Price Guide: 45.00

BEFORE STARTING: Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S Tamiya Masking Tape Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty Tweezers Sanding sticks & les Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades Johnsons Future

PAINTS USED:Tamiya acrylic:

XF-4 Yellow Green

Tamiya enamel:

X-11 Aluminium

X-19 Smoke

AIRBRUSHES USED:Harder & Steenbeck Evolution

Harder & Steenbeck In nity Two-in-One

Both available in the UK from Little-cars, visit

www.little-cars.com

DIMENSIONS: 1:1Span 36ft 10in (11.23m)

Length - 29ft 11in (9.12m)

Height - 11ft 5in (3.48m)

DIMENSIONS: 1:48Span - 234.0mm

Length 190.0mm

Height - 72.5mm

REFERENCE Supermarine Spit re Part 1 (Merlin-powered variants); A Complete Guide to the RAFs Iconic Fighter by Richard

A. Franks, Airframe & Miniature No.8 (Valiant Wings

Publishing 2014 ISBN: 978-0-9575866-6-6)

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATEKIT BUILD

Built & Written by Daniel Zamarbide Surez from the Canary Islands

AFTER COUNTLESS SPITFIRE MODELS OVER THE YEARS, THE PROTOTYPE OF THIS FAMOUS AIRCRAFT SEEMS TO REMAIN THE ONE THAT IS FORGOTTEN, MAYBE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE APPEAL OF A COMBAT AIRCRAFT OR IS JUST NOT ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH FOR MODELLERS? IN MY OPINION THE PROTOTYPE IS THE MOST ELEGANT MODEL OF AN AIRCRAFT THANKS TO THE PURITY OF ITS LINES AND ITS SIMPLE PAINT SCHEME THAT FURTHER ENHANCES THE SILHOUETTE.

First of the Line

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AlleyCat has provided modellers like me with a gorgeous kit that is finely crafted entirely in resin. The parts of the kit are well made without imperfections

such as air bubbles disturbing the surface and with a fairly good fit considering the composition of the parts. The kit in my opinion is fantastic with the opportunity to build the type in one of several schemes and configurations that the prototype underwent as it developed during flight testing. To be honest, the real problem

in my case was actually choosing which version to make. AlleyCat offer several different parts such as the cowling/nose, exhausts, propellers and windshield; the latter I must say, although of resin, is of excellent clarity. Another detail that I really liked was the fact that the fuselage is cast as one piece, so it saved me a lot of work joining two halves together but has the disadvantage that the sides of the cockpit interior have to be painted within the narrow confines of the fuselage width. Working in these conditions the painting, although not

very complicated, tends to be a little more laborious. Like the fuselage, the wings are made as one piece, which saves a lot of time and components in comparison with the usual way of approaching this element in a kit, and it also reduces the amount of sanding and filling required, as well as the actual chances of misalignment occurring in the first place. As you can see, the part number is minimal but this makes it quick and easy to make. The cockpit interior parts such as the seat frame and the seat itself, instrument panel and control column all

First of the Line


The interior is limited to the three elements you can see here, plus the detail moulded into the fuselage. Overall detail is very good and all components will benefi t from careful painting

All the interior parts carefully painted using a mix of colours with high- and low-lights achieved with washes



Assembly is that quick, honestly, the limited number of main components goes a long way to making this one

as trouble-free as it gets

Stage-by-Stage - Construction


as trouble-free as it gets


as trouble-free as it getsOnly the merest amount of Mr Surfacer was need at the wing root and around the windscreen to ensure that the (clear) cyanoacrylate cement had bridged any gaps

The completed model with the canopy masked ready for painting to start

have good fit and excellent levels of detail. I especially like the moulded-on harness in the seat because such detail goes a long way to enhance the interior, which can be further improved with careful painting, washes and other effects. Obviously you have to sand some of the parts to get a good fit within the (thick) resin fuselage, but the work is small in comparison with converting a plastic kit with resin parts

With the interior nished and the correct nose in place for the version I wanted to do, which in this case is for the very rst option, I proceeded to glue the wings in place. Here there are some t problems, but truthfully they are no better or worse than any other model



on the market made from injected plastic and personally, when sanding and replacing the surface detail, I actually prefer working with resin. Thankfully the separate elevators and rudder have a good t with the fuselage. I do recommend that you study the instructions very carefully before you start any assembly, though, as there are various minor changes for each stage of the prototype's life that are depicted in this kit and any oversight by the builder could lead to mistakes that only become apparent once the model is nished.

The last parts I added were the clear ones, and I opted to pose them in the closed position because I did not think they would t well open which would disturb the smooth lines of the airframe. Be careful not to damage or scratch the surfaces of these clear parts, although with care any mishap that may occur can be ground and polished out, then sealed with a coat of a suitable varnish (e.g. Johnsons Klear)

At this point, with the model fully assembled, I went over it with very ne grade sandpaper to ensure that all the joints of the major parts

matched and to deal with the orange peel effect that is common in resin kits. This session helped me to ensure that everything was smooth and all joints secure before I nalised everything by rescribing some lost panel lines and adding rivets.

PaintUsing Tamiya masking tape I could mask up all the transparent parts and start the painting phase. The scheme for the prototype that I chose had a kind of varnish with a

"To create the effect of the almost transparent primer, after much thought I decided to mix the greenish-yellow using Tamiya XF-4 with 95% alcohol or solvent"

First to go on is Tamiya X-11 Aluminium from their enamel paint range because it is tough enough to stand the later stages

Stage-by-Stage - PAINTING

The engine cowlings were highly polished aluminium at this stage, so they are masked off, whilst the control surfaces were doped fabric and thus are

also masked to remain in the base aluminium colour




Very thick Tamiya XF-4 is applied on various panels to break up the overall colour

Stage-by-Stage - PAINTING CONT...Stage-by-Stage - PAINTING CONT...

With the masks removed the contrast in colours is very marked

I proceeded to glue the wings in place. Here there are some fi t problems, but

truthfully they are no better or worse

than any other model on the market made

from injected plastic and personally, when sanding and replacing the surface detail, I actually prefer working with resin"



The fi nished effect

The same process is used for the undersides

The propeller is added, along with the tailskid, both of which are also painted aluminium

transparent greenish-yellow tint to it over the natural metal airframe. To start I applied a layer of aluminium overall using Tamiya X-11 enamel paint, which is hard and thick enough to deal with any slight imperfections in the resin parts and to withstand subsequent masking. To create the effect of the almost transparent primer, after much thought I decided to mix the greenish-yellow using Tamiya XF-4 with 95% alcohol or solvent. This would be applied over the entire surface of the model, adding more layers in some panels

The decals are superb and add the extra bit of vintage

colour to the type

because in photos there are certain ones that look darker and that in turn gives the model more variety to what could be a very bland scheme.

With a soft 2B pencil all the panel lines were highlighted, then the whole process was sealed with a layer of gloss varnish that would form the basis for applying the decals. The kit decals are excellent and once thoroughly dry I applied a coat of gloss varnish and removed all the masking, then it was time to nish the model by adding all the small parts.

Final DetailsI decided to start with the landing gear, which being made of resin and in this small-ish scale you would expected to be very fragile, but AlleyCat have solved this by casting a length of copper wire within the oleo legs to give rigidity to them. In this case, the prototype did not have any undercarriage doors tted, so I put those


Stage-by-Stage - PAINTING CONT...



FINAL VERDICT

Given its competitive price, quality and ease of building this is a resin kit that anyone can build. I enjoyed it so much that I will be purchasing another copy soon to complete my collection of Spit res of all ages.


in the kit aside for potential use in another project. The wheels, as with the rest of the kit, have great quality, however my model was missing one, but a quick call to the manufacturer saw replacement parts winging their way to me quickly and for free - well done AlleyCat, superb customer service. The nal

job was to attach all the pieces such as the landing gear, wheels, tailskid (you also get the tailwheel in the kit so you can build it later in its life) and to paint and install the

two-blade wooden propeller.

With the model now complete I was very taken with the transparent green and yellow colours over the metallic base, as well as the other details unique to this airframe such as the lack of undercarriage doors and the tailskid, all of which give a very vintage air to a type that was so advanced at that time.

A dark wash is applied with a fi ne brush along the panel

lines bisected by the decals

and that helps to blend them into the overall scheme instead of their being stuck on top


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SPECIFICATION: Trumpeter 1:48 Westland WhirlwindKit No.: 02890Materials: IMAvailability: Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importer) and Trumpeter stockists worldwidePrice Guide: 29.99

BEFORE STARTING: Humbrol Liquid Poly Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator Tamiya masking tape Tweezers Sanding sticks & les X-Acto Modelling knife and #11 blades Fiskars straight edged scissors Valiant Wings photo-etch pick-up pencil

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

Humbrol enamel:30 Dark Green106 Ocean Grey

Tamiya Color acrylic:X-19 Smoke

White Ensign Colourcoats enamel:WEMCC ACRN01 Sky S-type BS210WEMCC ACRN04 Medium Sea Grey BS637

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: 1:48Span - 285.8mmLength - 207.9mmHeight - 73.5mm

REFERENCE The Westland Whirlwind; A Detailed Guide to the RAFs Twin-engine Fighter by Richard A. Franks, Airframe Album No.4 (Valiant Wings Publishing Ltd 2014 ISBN: 978-0957586-63-5)


Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK

The Westland Whirlwind has to be one of the most forgotten ghters that served with the RAF during WWII, but what a pity that is because it had the potential to be one of the greatest.

Crikey!Crikey!Crikey!Crikey!The box top art is beautiful but one glance at the decal sheet and you already know that things just arent right

WHIRLWIND.indd 2 03/10/2014 10:18


OK, so we all know that it fell foul of the Peregrine engine never living up to its potential and it was beset by all sorts of problems due to being rushed

into service, but whats not to love about this thing? Its twin-engined, single-seat, massively armed and was a real hoot to fly, apparently. Not so good against the more

nimble single-engined aircraft but what a great strike aircraft it could have been and what a great subject for modellers. The Classic Airframes version of it is the most well known in this scale, with Special Hobby making the best of it in 1:72, so its really great to have a new one in modern injected plastic. Its just a pity therefore that what Im about to tell you is nothing short

of heroically bad that it defies belief. Harsh words, you say, well maybe, but you get the idea of just how disappointed I am with this kit. Now dont get me wrong, Im not knocking Trumpeter, because that company single handedly took the modelling world by the scruff of the neck and gave it a damned good shaking a few years back. But any company that produces a lemon needs

Crikey!Its really great to have a new one in modern injected plastic. Its just a pity therefore that what Im about to tell you is nothing short of heroically bad that it defi es belief.

WHIRLWIND.indd 3 03/10/2014 10:18

The fuselage is about the right size and shape but its a bit too long The vertical tail is too tall, too pointy and has a really slanted trailing edge. The rudder hinge line is also backwards slanting instead of vertical, the bullet is too skinny and too pointed and theres no aerial lead in clear Perspex. Not a good start



Stage-by-Stage - Accuracy

Modifi cations marked in black: rounding off the tip, rescribing the rudder hinge and trimming back that trailing edge

The wings are no better, being too big in chord and span, there are no raised reinforcing strips and the back edge of the fuel cell seems to be lifted up for some reason and there are only two fi ller caps on show instead of the four on the real thing

The wing leading edge has the wrong profi le, with the angle a little too shallow

Modifi ed area shown in black again. Theres not much room to play with here, as the plastic is quite thin

Thats the modifi ed wing, better but not perfect, itll have to do The reinforcing strips need to be added to both top and bottom wing halves

The engine nacelle is nearly there but not quite. Its a little too short and the trailing edge has the wrong contour, so does the hinge line for the fl aps

Tiny adjustment at the back end gives it a better shape

WHIRLWIND.indd 4 03/10/2014 10:19


to be told, just so they can take measures to not produce another one. So here is the long and the short of it: there is almost no single piece on this kit that is an accurate representation of the real thing. Ouch! To be fair to it, its beautifully presented with excellent art on the box, four sprues of immaculately produce grey-coloured

plastic and clear parts on a single sprue. Theres no etched fret, which were used to seeing in Trumpeter kits of late, and there are just two versions on the decal sheet. A decal sheet that is sharply printed and would no doubt be very good if it werent totally unusable due to some very odd colour and font usage. All the serial codes

are in a very pale grey instead of Sky and Medium Sea Grey, the serial numbers are in an odd looking font, the colours for all the national markings are the bright pre/post-war versions and the little chequer board for the bullet fairing is in black when it should be red, and the red portion on the sheet is slightly out of register. - oh woe is me!

Stage-by-Stage - Construction

Nicely moulded cockpit is lacking some very prominent parts; Throttle quadrant. elevator trim wheel, compass and (good grief) the gunsight!

A decal sheet that is sharply printed and would no doubt be very good if it werent totally unusable due to some very odd colour and font usage

A scratchbuilt gunsight will do for now and while youre at it youll have to do the

roll-over bar as well because thats not supplied either

WHIRLWIND.indd 5 03/10/2014 10:18



Construction starts with the cockpit and the detail thats included is nicely done. The instrument panel is reasonably accurate even though the decal for it is horrible. The missing parts are: the throttle quadrant and elevator trim wheel on the left, with the compass and

ap control levers (early version) on the right. Worst of all, of course, is the complete lack of a gunsight and the roll-over bar for behind the seat (such an obvious pair of bits). The canopies are nicely clear and t well, even though the knock-out panel is also missing,

and if you do the early version the aerial mast sits on the back of the canopy and not on the nose. The plastic parts t very neatly and its certainly an easy kit to build with no vices whatsoever. All the joint lines are free from any serious amounts of ller and the t of major sub-assemblies such as the wings is excellent. The problem comes when you begin to get bogged down in trying to sort out just about every single bit that you t. You can see from the accompanying images the things are pretty bad on the shape/accuracy front, and it must be bad for me to make such a fuss over it. All scale kits have inaccuracies, its the nature of the scaling process, but when it comes down to just about every bit being wrong to some degree, thats where I draw the line. Im not much for rivet counting but Id like at least some of it to be right. This article seems to be one long moan about it all and to be honest, Id run out of patience and love for this kit on the very rst day of the build when I fully realised how inaccurate it is. So maybe I am being a bit harsh but its really dif cult to be subjective when you get your hopes up, only to have them dashed against the hard plastic of reality. How poetic, but Im really struggling

Vertical tail mods part two; the clear aerial cover and the bullet have been reshaped. That bullet really needs replacing, though, as its much too slim

The radiator intake of the kit bears absolutely no resemblance to the real thing at allrubbish!

Very nice moulded detail, beautifully produced and every single bit of it completely wrong!

Stage-by-Stage - Construction CONT...

Whats that? No, seriously? Is that supposed to be the bomb rack? Oh dear!

Kit gun barrel above a modifi ed version below; you have to have the buffer springs on show for the lower set of guns

All scale kits have inaccuracies, its the nature of the scaling process, but when it comes down to just about every bit being wrong to some degree, thats where I draw the line

WHIRLWIND.indd 6 03/10/2014 10:19


to nd anything else good to say about this kit and thats really unusual for me, so Ill just get on with the painting.

Colouring inThere are two versions in the kit and both are nice representations of the two main colour schemes used on this aircraft. Both are the classic RAF early and late schemes, in green/brown and green/grey respectively. As the kit decals are unusable I begged the set of markings from the Classic Airframes Whirlwind kit from a mate of mine (thanks, Simon). Luckily he wants to do the early scheme so I got to do the classic Dieppe raid one with the white nose and wing bands. Humbrol 30 for the Dark Green and 106 for the Ocean Grey with White Ensign ACRN04 Medium Sea Grey and ACRN01 Sky took care of the colours and with suitable black portions of the wings and white

Grey Primer from Halfords smooths it all out and shows

up any surface defectsStage-by-Stage - Paint & Weathering

Medium Sea Grey undersides need protection from the later over-spray

The Dark Green applied and waiting for completion with masking and the Ocean Grey

As the kit decals are unusable I begged the set of markings from the Classic Airframes Whirlwind kit from a mate of mine (thanks Simon).

The slightly soft demarcation lines are reproduced with narrow lines of White-Tac and more masking

WHIRLWIND.indd 7 03/10/2014 10:19



White bands and a white nose give it a distinctive

and unusual look, a bit of weathering now and itll be

great

striping it was looking neat. The temporary raid markings were heavily chipped

and scuffed up, while the rest of the paint got some panels of

lightened versions of the base colours as well as the usual paint chips and Tamiya Smoke panel

line accentuation. I opted to do it a bit dirty and unloved looking because by this time of the war, the Whirlwind was getting perilously close to its demise and replacement as a frontline ghter. All of that was then sealed in under Humbrol Clear and we were ready for the decals.

The sheet in the Classic Airframes kit was

produced by Microscale, so its very nice and works well too. They respond well to their own brand setting solutions and settle down nicely for minimum silvering. The only kit decals I used were the upper wing roundels as there was only one set on my alternative sheet. I modi ed the kit roundels by scrubbing them with dark brown pastel dust, then giving them

The classic RAF colours are instantly recognisable; the Sky band is just so British The Dieppe Raid special markings can be applied in just about any standard from pristine to pretty mucked up. Mine heads for the mucked-up end of the scale every time

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

WHIRLWIND.indd 8 03/10/2014 10:19


FINAL VERDICT

This kit has problems. Problems with sizes, shapes, panel lines, spurious details and worst of all, missing details that should so obviously be incorporated, that it cannot be good enough. I mean, come on, no gunsight? Really? This could be acceptable if the kit was an easy assembly version aimed at the beginner/youngster and was priced accordingly, but we all know that it isnt and it costs nearly 30!If all you need is a fair representation of the basic shape of the Westland machine then this kit is ne but if you want any kind of accuracy with it then youll have a lot of work to do. All of this means that even though its getting rarer and more and more expensive, the Classic Airframes kit is still the Whirlwind kit of choice in this scale.

Worth the effort?Sadly, not even close.


multiple coats of Tamiya Smoke to darken the colours and reduce their contrast. This seemed to work well enough so no real complaints there.

Final DetailsAfter that it was a litany of modi cation of

kit parts to get some of the details right. These included adding the undercarriage legs prominent lifting lugs, the gun barrels with recoil buffer springs, bomb rack details and replacement of th

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