A percep eemmneetvecesoremmmms ll i CYCLONIC ENDEAVOUR The Typhoon in 1:32 from Model Design Construction TESTED, SCRAPPED, REVERED! Getting to grips with the OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY Win the Airfix TSR.2 resin master! [Xero sy [error iy nee ed et Pete ed1148 Scale 112637 A-20G Havoc ITALERI Engraved panel lines, detailed cockpit and undercarriage. Ex-AMT mold, Decals for 2 USAAF, 1 Soviet and 1 RAAF aireraft ‘$5144 A-20 Havoc in action (SC) ‘N20 and DB-75 saw acon eimost Eh ‘aor ete of operation aug MW I 38 Kae brbors, round eee and antigens: Ove {00 photos, 40 deal cravings, 3 pages of selecrawnge and 18 clo paintings 50 pages. $10.46 Diets: 8:20 -tavoe as sed widely in he Pati, Mile Eason ican, Ruin. and Europea So ticaters. A-20s were one of the most popular and effective light bombers ofthe Second World War and served with many nations including the US, Soviet Russia, several Commonwealth ait forces (under the nickname “Boston’) and with Fra Armee de I'Airand Vichy AirForc. The A-20G variant brought the Havoc tits zenith with six forvard-iring 50-aliber machine guns, plus two additional .50-caliber machine guns in an electrically driven dorsal turret, an internal bomb load of 2,000 hs rl provision for anothe 2,00 bon fou Win had points, Further theca ore fs. upplermenta Wheel Set 2 main wheels and 1 nose whee! with cockpit lite rat (osin)... $1.96 theDo the O-1 was a oe observation and/Tiaison aircraft defived from the commercial Cessna Mode! 170and Model 195 during 1949 "ee designated L-19, Dogs" were used by the USAF, Army, Marines and many other nations for artillery spotting, communications, medical evacuation, and pilot training. The aircraft could ‘operate from rough unprepared fields and was ea am. 1/48 Scale eee M0001 L-19/0-1 Bird Dog Engraved pan ines, detalled ‘cockpit and engine. Decals for USAR, Japanese and South Vietnamese AF. .......$14.96 / TEA O-1s were often used by forward air controllers for reconnaissance and | oe Dol: target identification. Enemy ground 4/48 Scale targets could be marked with smoke 1048514 Bird Dog rockets so they could be easily located~| Cockpit Set FRsin cockpit floor, seats, side panels, instrument panels consoles and frewall $8.96 by fighter-bombers; the O-1 remained ‘on the scene to report bombing results. Low, slow, unglamorous but effective, the Bird Dog soldiered through almost“ — 25 years of service with the US military. Squadron Mail Order Dept. MAI0606 Squai a FYI Crowey Deve Carroltion, TexapiiBON-501 DUSK Tel: 972-242-8663 Fax; 979-242-3775 $S1087 O-1 Bird Dog in action (SC) The Cessne L-1900-1 Bra Bog was the tat altel high-wing ara to seve the US ‘Amy Over 3,000 ol hese aera wre bul n 56 cerent models, also Serving the US. 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Caruana provides colour profiles for ll of our main features this month (MAI VOLUME | ISSUE 11 JUNE 2006, Contents FEATURES p8-22 Blitzkreig Bomber Hasegawa’ 72 He I updated by Rx. John Malimuray 924-34 Cyclonic Endeavour ‘ay Lavery bul the L:2 Hawker Typhoon {tom Mode Design Construction p36-43 McDD F-4J Phantom It Fichard J Caruana looks at an al-ime clas siclet fighter ‘TSR.2- Tested, Scrapped, evered! Nick J Wigman gets to grips wit he Aric E72 TSA2, and we mean gps! FEESS Techniques Gude - Paint ipping Jeroen Veen ts you how ine 206 - Mal Airplane international 3a n e NT) S | I n e 06/ 2006 - Latest news & information for Scale Aircraft Modelle Back Again Airfix like to rebox kits and, of late, also ee Ea Pe ey renee eo decades, bt these new sheets from Hobby Decal in Koroa are a bit of a surprise nowadays. They have opted nat ogo forthe main marking Peiren ee rece ener erty eee SL poten eee ced Spotter’s A SCALE ny Annuals : 4 Mode! Airplane tterational une 206= Frail very atest nows on ki = ae eee a = og fa Sueur ae = aE = Build Your Dream! NAN PENTEL} MAFVAN — vibe at Dar on the Revell Reboxings es Iti dificult 10 know whose kts in Revel box nowadays, a8 they Ucsong lcci work with so many firms. Some of ther most cent reissues include the Abus A380 ‘New Livery (#04218/819.99), Arbus A32-100 ‘Lufthansa, Retro Design’ (3#04222/€12.98) and McOO AH-64D Longbow Apache (#04046/£3.49) alli 144, the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (#04483/6799), MiG-3 (#04372/83.49), Sopwih Fi Camel (¢04il/£2.99) and Heinkel He ilH-6 (104377/813.98) in 72 and the Henschel Hs 2344 peer ((#04500/818:98) in 48, Of these all he L144 kts and the Camel originate Aaa from Revell moulds, but the Ka-52 isthe Zverda kt, the MiG-3 eth old Ss ieetkinal ‘Cap Coded Sud it tha ale now own, the Helis the new Hasegawa kit (Gargain) and the Henschel Hs 23 isthe old sei toting which, onee again, ale now own. al gets very confusing! Szk> 2 NAS 4a2a26s2 Tail Twitchers produced this pocket-guide ent 7 tie Aitiner Tail Colours (ISBN: FAU-7 Corsair ‘1-85780-209-8). itis a simple 108- i wevoeeo. rere Hornets in Iraq Antonov aN-124 be Colour image ofthe vertical fn ofall Osprey have ust released the lates ation to their Combat sels ; Steck cheese [Arcrat serie andi lke a the us af the F/A18 Hornet by Develped bythe Soviet aed faces in 1982 ths oor a the USAIO and RAAF during Operation ian Freedom, ite n th tye Nea anspor acalt wos The worl. concise, but rather complex, system the USMC an luring Operation iraqi Freedom. itis in the | aia Seale tea tt codes andletters that ienty the wal 6-page format and etal for £1299, 20 for more detale Sirtiner name, the tivee-eter code contact 019323 443063, Email info@ospreydrectcouk viet |“ E/APIBIBE Super Hornet ass ‘sed by that airline for fight ‘wor oepreypubliching com. Readers inthe USA should contact the Super, Hornet isthe latest US Navy numbers, et, the radio callsign £866 620 694i or email info@ospreysirectusa co Festi mc wh 219978 ag bret, ternational erat the met cape of 3p speed of Ep registration prefix, TU country code 4 i and ATA aircraft ype codes. At just Boom: are {£799 isa neat and very useful Fist seeing servic in 1942 ths single seater ude to artiner markings fighter id he bet edo the Secon Wo Wa For more eta wait hing over 6,000 mssons. pail ton Wear the right protective clothing when advised to 'm 3. What an earth doos the modeller do with all those depressingy deep panel lines that would make Matchbox Blush? Like the First Wold War, trenches ceverraere! ‘Other observations wil be picked up asthe build proceeds, as they are not that ‘obvious from the outset. One major ero wish I had/should have spotted at the beginning was the por representation of how the alrons work. Instead ‘ofa broken fine following ether the hinges joined tothe wing or the two major hinges joined tothe aleron Hasogawa have elected o jut give you a straight up and down rench with no relationship tothe engraved hinge deta at al ‘This really spoils the whole control surface and Iam rally mad with mysel for ‘not spotting t until near th ond of the project [Satly the CMK contr! surface set #7103 ai not include the ailerons - Ed]. ne 205 - Madl Airplane aterational 8SHILLEVL: Aarne panne heat engender gn iat ame hott et hae re ‘mown tha 72 abet “Qne major error I wish I had/should have spotted at the heginning was the poor representation of how the ailerons work. Instead of a broken line following either the hinges joined to the wing or the twa major hinges joined to the aileron Hasegawa have elected to just give you a straight up and down trench with no relationship to the engraved hinge detail at all.” < can aso vin the lt nes but this can the P-2and 210 H-4 ie, the the Wwe. Eduardhave come tothe res- uct i very pleasing fo the eye and wall be soided you ean up the joints hatch onthe spine. The reverse also cue here, as youthnew they woul, and worth the frustrations along the way 1 thing Atek Arush leaner solution true witha numberof fuselage panel provided the necessary seat bel and didnot actualy ot, bu if you the 0 tather than sanding This suis very nes needing tbe deleted completely othr fine etal tas. Before you begin undercoat your mde! in Hafoés Grey Dower and-ean be Used towipe off modeling an H-6o Hl, had been construction of thi stage you wil have Primer but do not tke the bud of the rime from the ene model. but using vee Hasegawa Heinkel upto 10 decide whether or not you are going so much pant onthe canopy frames ttisremaves tome ofthe depth tothe this point nan atlempt to ivesigate toute the Eduard photeetched Bomb and maths then you cou always eect filed-in pane! ines and you als lose the best soliton tothe panel ine prob- Bay st (#72 437). you are then the not tog the cockpit oor (C1) with the Benefit of how sanding decreases lembut now, having eid upon thes ETCracka and bomb bay lor are alitsdetall tothe bulkhead (16) at te width ofthe panel ine One more Halfords Filer Primer, Inarowed the replaced and part 9 (Joaded bomb the stage This can be painted up as ‘bservaton tobe made about tie _build down fo mao onthe bull ofthe detail) surgical altered help he parte tem and sd nto postion ‘sora applied ter if you elect 0 sand He P-2 fot the photo-etched parts. This set afer the reat ofthe model has been ‘down the primer tothe plastic you wil Iso forthe fan eared and you wil primed, ater than having se the ‘linate the pane! ines completely. BONLNE Certainly needa Hold & Fold tack The laa parte as a mask frit ‘Gonot know how kindly the filer takes Myf assembly step concerns the ‘tof part is very Nght and itis hard vo Next the fuselage sides come to boing ererved however? assembly ofthe cockpit and bomb bay. gt all the thin edges to stay supergued_Yogeter to sandwich in he cockpit Whatever you decide odo aout ‘These part ar beauty and cleverly Together 28 hey spring par again wth (with or without one-piece bomb bay) the pane! ine is worth noting that rd trea well but you may jst ait pressure [Oaing such ois rear bulkhead an tawhee (he tal ‘here ae afew pane! tings that could fal the cockpit ust aie with solder wil ge a mich stronger whee can actualy be located at any have done wth being represented on further conden how high viable subvassombiy- Ed]. The frishedprod- tine as there is nothing hinder ts ica) non bree wedi nejou Thwart ease Hom Noon (2), eng he ‘an iri he Nos le vrn fo (00009) Howse @ Aways ensure that you workin a well-ventilated area when using solvents 10 Model Airplane interatonal- e206The sahen srs athe etna ‘end ee he lap at tn sos aay eto ey re toileivan SMILLEVEL ‘Css Te I poba e Sein ecopenbembe! rie ata n Wad Sh ‘ney bthave ber mae ae ‘ert nooner tases ten "If you like to undercoat your model but do not like the buildup of paint on the canopy frames and masks, then you could always elect not to glue the cockpit floor (C10) with all its detail to the bulkhead (A16) at this stage. ‘This can he painted up as a separate item and slid into position after the rest of the model has heen primed. unner’s fot rai? This was copied as. asoprat tom a8 well. Care wilbe might want fo cutoff the bares and _When consveting henge nacelle from the P2 restored in Norway andis needed with thete brite pars andit reattach them atthe very end ofthe parts. cone remove the eating ins hotopraphedin the Aero Duallslume fe Beet fe remove thom frm the sprue project. I would like to see Hasegawa atthe topanrer of parts Eland E4as ody mentioned One nal hinge witha razor saw followed by clearing put more dealinto such deensive thay proven a oa fi. Two things knot ‘iy about the pening show excel” upwith he sharpest of capo blades; weapons, for instance the Roden stun he very endo he projet was voy pated come ofthe Edvard parte anyresstance whatsoever can damage He IIE comes with amazing MGI5s how he bttom of the eng cowl shou wre However | woud ave apprecithesanstive pasti. Although beaut complete with cocking handles and havea te bump init etre it meets ‘Jed taumd tong ur what pans they fly clear and famasticaly engineered spent cartridge pouches ~ why can thera the ther isuei fr more tout ovat east ecommendingapor~ the front nose piece (NI4) dose not Hasogawa do tha? Edvard provide a seraunin that. omy har raed that “ibe match forthe purpose of touching have the charectersicsucked-in’ numberof very helpful photo-etched onthe nhad model you can ok own {ip damaged pant work tea around the gun mount, This was parte forthe interior ofthe nose gaz- rough heater aperia and tehe Now tis time to deal with one ofthe achieved by Roden in ther He IIE Kit Ingand none more helpful than atl of he cowl, Consider acing las smowtdatingushing features ofthe He but with the reel of the plastic look- the provision ofthe cling console tear paed ack side hese nacelle I the Gazed nose andits assembly. Ing awfully thick, so Lam glad that nt he pis hatch. This is one parts before conentingio he wines Ini great to have the plot's ‘separate tom, an dot te gredy, bu | woul vet had he windshield just forward of etal tat | ink ell should he “aking jst a rie deviation rom ily clear One or two (depending. been Included a¢ ait part as ican the 2 bull, CMK provide a reat option) MG I5s need Ye bebe clearly seen when the hatch ssid resin engine set for he Hasegawa He at this stage, although you back IH 6 or #6 ht (87104). The ony Og y ‘het ovat da wonder This ph greene Thane Bom yi oven ant seamed aot sa Te mjrty fd part ped ne ae ry Ine miso bh ea ting at ea ing me! veges i ‘a ena snd phy i a ra {enn poson STEP BY STEP GUIDE - INTERIOR 1 Atways ensure that you work na well-ventilated area when using solvents 12 Model Aeplane international - ne 208eh ‘Theses pel ope slong et cal ad rsh other a LM 707 aig fee STEP BY STEP GUIDE - PANEL LINES oa On ier pan use Mit con cn ae edt ee terre gs Sen ec al — many andar wt a Hrd Fler Aen nemty ete an nag esr ee Pr hs mane fran aes oot bru cr rome ach eet nbs ‘ron ta ua oe reece Deceit tetas ais pened Th hid scape we ny oe ssn ech cones ‘Wear the right protective clothing when advised to une 206 Ml Airplane international 13,14 Model Airplane international - oe 20%ne 2006 Mel Airplane international 15,BUILD MLLER: sid PHOTO ALBUM =" This selection of photographs shows the cel He II1P preserved at the Norwegian Air Force Museum at Gerdermoen near Oslo. This machine was recovered from its crash site in the (970s and carefully restored over a number of years. Itis a genuine wartime veteran, and was actually shot down in 1940 by some Blackburn Skuas. The ame eg ein eon (te Nery HP nk). Tas machi aks eo manent ena tn ‘Teeter fae oh per egal, ine wt te per cn ttn lt wer 16 Model Alan international - oe 208TyBUILD SHULUEVE: To my horror I realised that on the finished model you can look down through the radiator aperture and see the bottom of the cowl. To overcome this consider placing plasticard painted black inside these nacelle parts before cementing to the wing: real work involves ting aburrte the The nextfew sage of assembly see Now t was ime f0 se the main My nex assembly stage iva he saa eeentcat he enpre mounts so. althemain parte coming together From undercarage being assembled. From _ssambly ofthe propel ars andthe {har they clear the kit's gar bey parts. my pln of vw tiincuded the rada- a pre-pinting pint of view here ‘oral defensive postion oC Stand {This CMK engine set provides probably tor part fom Stop 10. auard provides is jst enough layin the forks to ‘This lead bee ited and would ecanest nay of modeling the Hel raalor deal for both rent and back ot getthe wheels in atthe end. Eauard after painting have the Eduard iar aresrnead cdots make curethe pare Cland Clas wella potoetched provide some very helpful fie items man eta ted. Ebvard suggest it titan ontop ofthe engines further ape orth cowings. was whist ft- fo enhance the already excelent ‘uperging he fbi rade deal tothe Chin'naner higher ante cowling ting these flaps at he endothe project undercarriage part, but an oversight sold plastic cradle given on he dors panna Ac lemgasyou ue eter the that ntced how the Boiom ofthe has occurred in ony providing enough ingmount (C5) you woud be ade cae Aulenaiere not too worried, cowlnge ifr Matter than should be brake pipes todo one ol leg on each remove the sl plastic radar com ‘hour ot having the upper and ight making the fape oo flat sso | wimped__ sie, rater than all four. This pletely and make your own cradle rane saeeeeine corre chown by your out nal he surgery involved it~ siple enough oversight fe amend, and__ung ect wre The motion seesrtnonyoucan have a goea v1 tngthe Eduard gear bay deals being electrical wie is always going tolook all the more mportant when mdling seiereccvearvorear ake and content wth he much stronger bond of better than at photo-etched material sn open-ended dora laa part, asthe hallow ol tank plastic underearrage'o plastic frowall. anyway ‘cade early seen rom bore Menthe i sage nonekang Air of RUM RM 2 ks et hed on ‘Sesame fing wale pte RM he + Always ensure that you work na well-ventilated area when using solvents 18 Model Airplane International - ne 206Ws se mch eta eine mas od pen up ese ces as ne ag ese eae hander herman we The la et one tot ‘erie bt han te steams pred Te Des rae Ue ras heh ans wy he Eur se arse So et cer rs ens Th ec nthe mean Fm th AMS sfrmare set an vest re hr ‘ty dept he che ee he pla ‘tect ol shame er et Other than the lght cover in the back lingo he Eduard masks with Guts onthe ner fuel al cover. The (epey, had, pry) fuse for all te loft wing, noted in Step I ale other Humbrol Maskol none or two places traditional method of pre-ahadng just colour being sprayed, n this ase RLM ams be ited, be they fram the kt youare ready to spry. Indeed these doesnt work in .72in my humble opin- 65 (ight be), ALA 7 aren) and ‘or Eduard, wore located atthe vary and masks ar 0 good that was able fo ion but what you can dol pray onthe RLM7O (lack green) in that order. ‘ofthe project at they would interfere uve them agin Something |ehould_baceclour ret and hen postshade used XIracrytc pints forthe RLM 70 with he masking necessary insoraying have done Belore praying. however, the panellin,Hyou are not confident and 7a love the fnel val of these ‘model a number f diferent colours. wa ofl the two FuG Ol ado atim- enough fo ry and Keep avery ng, pats. The Xraerc RLM 65 however tor panel ets under the right wing. scale-tendy,eprayed-on dark lou, fe way 0 dark and so the Poly Sale PaeTng Hasogawa pln this out with an icon, hen ry uning black pastel applied with product was used instead. | had maior In preparing spray your model you but theinsructions fall point outa brush instead; when the made has prem along the way with ough wn be digit oko thatthe what the con represents and just been recoated withthe bae colour you overspray generated by bath the Aad ewstvle Eduard aie tape masks dt hnk about hard enough, so wile afar igher rendering cf shad- primer an the Xiacrykc paint, but are amarked improvement over thir Landed up mesing up my paintwork ing that moe adequately portrays 72. thakfly mos ofthe wa eminated previous viny ones. With ust ile _Iateron and ecratehbuit come tte seal, Theeame tvee-shade approach using Mero-Msh cath and les of STEP BY STEP GUIDE - FINAL ASSEMBLY AND PAINTING ‘Bybring ut wna a mask) the bck of tho Whathor yous his garb tal the crcl el il tok holo fers The Eduard ming eis brant nis ‘henge superstars te sprit ar deal | ety sono wed aan on ante Uursparteyprsandetneorecty pace Sather nthe era oak oat (© Wear th right protective clothing when advised 10 ue 2005 Medel Rrplane Internation! 18SALLE earth ph ai ht ee ment athe ebro wed pg ee Inthe hell ot or coped eae” ‘erie to mak of oh ean ay he rt stiches ti ne ‘seems tis “The traditional method of pre shading just doesn't work in 1:72, in my humble opinion, but what you can do is spray on the base colour first and then postshade the panel line.” 4 wate Wh he pant inah as oath Thi. ke he machin represented by _ct-eoued wala leering instead the man markings (2720008 Hil Titov coud gett acouple option! canbe fund photographed ofthe yolow ecle mich re provide: Collection Par) and thi oer for Sfeoursat Poy Ss ors ware inthodtpanevepublcaten Famous againcheck our frences but they option forth P versn. rtd by toreyden he model ody fr ‘Rrplanes 1 The Word Here! Hel? leo ike yelow ome the pat. ‘Monel thy were ice an hin. decal ppcaton Indeed majry of eal optonegaphe, Anbar eects are pro-_exrmel any hich ely hlps iat cndrcriageles Hesal inthe ve Hasegnva boning canbe wed that ave no fame, 06 speak, when comes tovetyng a ume elricchaenmecsant ine found ghotopapicayrecrdeé th bute are aio arings hat wah of ac) ands you wold expect ‘St gndsa snd tweradstorhout- book shame erforethat ech had been povided namely he ner reacted fantasy to Merona weTelmaitnantepronct tne state a hing ha KG27 machine uel (jell) andl ed) cle stents Se andl decal seus. ey fevcortytpsyingstntebt ot cuntbadgs when none seen inthe fortheangaved atch dtl Why the ther asus hint of msrepitr on tape or tm) Shore, side sowed Ihevereverouteryeiow uel making shod be” theron, th we oscaping om Tome case aphte tthe KOSS, provided and nat einer markings enanth he hi ack oreo tho ecals ‘Teche tnaie Opton3-As tere are lsbeyond me? iyouhewe 2 Walon ara crosses Lam ofthe epnion Thereareanumbercpotems wit smumberetprebloms with he acl punchand de een you can repe- tat one rhe macurcy was fy TRevtnognea dss pronded nthe He epiorain lee Haregar ts you Sent hese (Det at tN) by wing_own ignin ht am sue my wae Mp-dinenddecdiatthe bongs maywanttocheckupenalletthen te punced-out oy masingotone ta decals aru td onthe smal fue famous aera, bt wilt Wt punch andthe soround fhe punched sider. wat whist ecang my i'Mtumrnetomone desis found —— Aaforthestncl plas oro do oul of tenet punch sy up. mel a eae the ere eer Mincpsa kn Thee decal optons ae s0 | dianderack on without checking Cammet Liha pene pack withthe aleron ngs meroed at ‘ven toot thomangom KOSS, yourrfrencan Hasegawa gveyou comanngaSEOnm mm see ot the begining of he arc Sst tar tom G7 Option acute’ eundarywallwny makings tht Sl Adhesive Vin Masking an thi “Tino craw tevery messy estendonethe fap Theater?” product rom BEDC Mode Accessories MESH TOUERES Tieckdurmper very wel domonstatedcomect tu had mine ona ay before Lidifantast. Thedtference nthe Witte dca elena few simoboran Tree SS adgeis, tread. damaging the paintwork size ofthe punches eat toolarge coals Pal Scle at some exauet imme nncenalsdebur tet © samewhain en aemptreiy te burton res beter than ot Saing was ped athe werthoree ‘UOpiceicmexc erasure, muake-Toy sue telyou tous the ing. ubedmyown AMS decals fr” otha Lae us asrayed opp DE - FINAL ASSEMBLY AND PAINTING ‘Stange palace Tuo much cna whe wekarasnite “Check fry ea he Hasegaea aleny Sd aor gers a ‘femanedserhasberapteghopehep MOS groan Petctg tach) Sven ec shout tend eth lap! sng snd you ine cone up wih at eric "tei ming perpen Soars roeh eat ti Wao FchandDe st eth nan net © Atways ensure that you work na well-ventilated area when using solvents 20 Made leplane International ne 206oe 206. Model Airplane International 21BUILD SHILLVEL “With the decals sealed in with a few coats of Polly Scale Flat some exhaust staining was applied to these workhors- es of the Luftwaffe. I use a sprayed application of Humbrol Matt Black 33 with just a hint of Chocolate 98 for this.” ton of Huot Mat lack 2 whet the p's hatch on early Hanks isnot Fantot Chocdate SB fer tha Wyouhavea tobe placed atthe extreme right ont ‘d-ctenarbrush hen woud recor corer ofthe small pop-up windshield mmc spraying fay fin pint mixat ut elacaed carvan nto the shout 35-40 PSluang avery smal necdie windshield. Likewise the smal D-shaped fer. tha found eso ot only stirupe (#6) in the Eduard bomb bay ‘vexie misma canto bu becuse sat (#72 497) donot goon the inside Youhove more inept than pant sorte of he rearmost outside bomb Yeucanbuldupthe sag ice with bay doors, but ater onthe rntmost The fearof any par buk-uprnningor segment af the Ine doors, making seaong Wah everthing dy titre to contact wth the wind deflector ails Carey remove te Edvard masks ard that hang down when he bomb bay dors Sony tach the fideo temain are open One tem sad missing om he eel [ua enero set that of “piece of whitepaper ued wih Fu 2rackarvanna My carey PVAtothe reverse ofthe plots escape moulded antenna stubs wet along ine hatch serves wll ea sunbind. goin th sanding process and | never Euar's msrucione are alte me- batted an ee, beng sure ha sucha re leading wih some ofthese nal detis deta tom would be on the Edvard et, but Youraybe adding For example the sang and ayo, ended up robbing tall mast that canbe seen ahesd ot one of tho Eauard Ju BBA et ‘ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE HASEGAWA HE tt [edebamentone hearsay sneer oes is ‘ete arb hen et (7211845), wih noes iow fi sepa pat ted etal ead ae mast es manne he MK eg et (7188127, at hy make ‘Sept cnel races (TOGIE0.0) an A esac fein Sie wha tt cd iy asa rs hb (97255225) We reals aa ot re me rte CHU awn se a we a cme! uo rnin hay are Wel nr St (271021050; he oe Tak et (2710/66 20 He crane et (705850) A soe utp eon Hams ad a ere a ne of pressptt eo CYCLONIC ENDEAVOUR - The Hawker Typhoon must rank as one of the best ground-attack aircraft produced during the Second Mae Gn ee Cn OU Ed once armed with eight 3in unguided rocket projectiles it became a true ‘Giant Killer’ as the Wehrmacht (7th Army and Sth Panzer) discovered along the Todesgang (‘death road!) as they retreated from the Go CS a fEerLa te est ws | é he unassuming packaging plastica and metal, anditis another could make a grown modeller weep __photo-tched brass easy equaling Hehaieresiehtenen tamer ene Penne MET en ete St ME eee) perenne mnt wrieeeeier etn Ranney nl tn eg Herenpesarenerr ianEnrnnens Sener Crem ent nt Ste ML ee peeeeareennn iar mann nen ener nT MEME SS TT ET Ma black and white graphic onthe fp, spots in the pane ines that wil ce ener ieee tens poabinieeranianininenmmnrry tet ont tc Mm Loo earns Hacer area ner amneonnne enennen nner mE Coney n ttt mL hg Hoeaiaesnnnenienrir ty Ener enn tT Se TS nan sihneinciael aenirevsioner mann nent ret OnE nt t Sete toe Mae hk oa Frenne et Eon ee eats eonrenyenmnraes tm ern hot) ponerrmerreeniset) Petaiennen yi ier err etrnter eterna aE Err patien enanavehimannner nam nerve erent tanec pernpiinenrenyinest inant emerson et MME CLC OL mL ee Recommended paints: [Always ensure that you workin a well-ventilated arca when using solvents Pee nyDimensio ESKIT parte Cee gee nr mo Ly oe oC ee koe ety ee ee od onereheeeeine Eee renee eatin Hr an Cre net a a penapeaninennannrwnne ammeter Pret A nS ereaeetrmmmnneny ror epeannbriet Oe mmmree Tsetse roel aL Cos oneenailit sneer cnneseeorummnetnnennncy oueeheny MENTE ree rr po neannmennnipemn mr eiennrny Tay mame iit Me enc ont peuntieieinronme rere er mane pert seer tie nr meee en panilniahrsrenely rer nner reenter ot ad prvieanean enennerienie mamn in nuntnenieoneiser imme nen tt) ht EE ead pooner nedinne peo wn heim Op enTr oony went ene nea ete atid pe peunariienyoenrter naman roearier ny Me mm ere oat there re the side frames were Bificut 0 into agent. Personally the recommended perenne erie’ Hpepeebee celine ansinamoieeie tee monn veri mn ent foc sr St cht Mr trad pnseotiaaberenrerey insane neperopertreettt oT ES nT OTS ONT a tt ciael foapesnaninier nanan nnehelenmenerietibr subipetennet ST Eero Ct fe fe ead panini ner pamnenNraTeretnr ye amar tte ch Hapaeann een senna wentrre Nt ee mEMne Nt Teter t SME cot Coat Ere eee eedKIT porn Peete pea ea ae “The cockpit needs careful test fitting, and make sure you add the instrument Pe ee ee een fully used slow-setting superglue and was able to pry the fuselage apart after the initial realisation once I noticed the panel sitting on the table!” ome Tamiya tape, secured wih tiny was some reforming of he wing rot, buffing the Alclad were secured at the ends ofthe wel, was not big problemas find one of paint being apple is peer re tet oa rete ors enc) ee eet ee eed Leeann et nee eet oer Paneth sarin sre tein TONt ete ma eto ery see iseeney i oeeermmmet ote a ne besaianny Hirer eanonennr enn nine rete Ee ee tg poverontern ent met meee Sm ey eer Lorene ttt rte pee tention) Perpiesiliereneer so ert est cnten nt arnt peveoitere nein ras Completed the wings could be ited. ofthe bus ety Teat tts had shown that the starboard Pomerat et eet ingooked tke was going give me AROUND THELAST BEND Pereeten eted be-rarearenneenshnpes ar Drona nT Cement tent ieevrmnerensenrinnee manent oteen Cc a oo Cee Sanaa peenennr tenant nies h et Mn Lote Cece To] en eeeSKILLEVE: ‘30 Mode! Aeplane international - ine 208‘oe 206, Made lane international 31KIT Parti Pore eu ny Re ee eee oy pee ren the various details from S Ce ed ST Se A Pee ena " Ree CRB Ld Peeters a > eee ay : » ) a Neen nee nee ee en eee ee ee aa hao paenine raanerniamanebenennn renee mm ent nt tele te ae LL pears pine he ee eeRt Oy er tt MS es a Hey eiianiainelenennr eh eam nner Siren rrr mane en Tit | ME LO eee ofthe Naps woud be touched up wih (Vsimply sick tn he table iret then Peeerernett one ee creo Pe een penenineinhsanaeenaaen ie enero ie MEE NY CO ee hapa ere weber mane ener ners te Ls pena ner err trent) pavalrsrsnanion ebianenvar ram eben erimneeterr at ste Moe erst SS St pidifhopeicuaebaseie slate inamnonerinnnInieT nner Poem in swett ner it ns Tee Fesirhcneestrniearey ar mmr ce seen ne aaah ftealy dawned onme that euting the then follow wih few coat of oss mod to model inthe elo of keeping applied tthe surface ater the area peeercevelenesitiainen nial anomonrpenen ney es SE nT ett S| nS ee er Template cteced the simplest and quck- and subsequent weathering At this edna moture of 60% Raw Umber the ial coat of mat varnish in prepa pohenanrnaneteriinmaimpenrnmneie br einrian tr amare. TSO el OTT CE Se) Pe eeepeau eeesauumeprowne “Normally being a very lazy modeller the task of huffing the Alclad primer prior to the paint being applied is skipped and occasionally this, comes hack to haunt me. I decided to actually do this om this model, and rete os eee et ee ee epee em od pemieienaeee weiter ema Eee rcs Pa ey er een ings that etd 1 otie nthe ee ee rere ere me tere ory cose) aren oer Sed hapoy with the results was een peer eed eee ae ent en et ee ee ne ee a Improved. this hes tobe one ofthe most perfect l-round mode kts have ever made. The lack of deta onthe nte- ‘or of he fuselage frames wa tho onl art ofthe model hat! found disappointing and this no ea eave, a8 Henny eer ennrnnenmy sete ean er Oe Ered poeernrennr meee Cte tee eal peonpeemmbemnnrerecen a cent ete Mere ree Ce ee paeeininnenrnierpetr eer Mt enc Mtn penne ireennmpnt Sy nebet cette en ee Prremreneteneen nn teeter rt rt no pouaanrrenmrmiarnerentsnrin er nie trent Lette n nce Toh hd ee od Peer remeeenrr st rerio)coO F-4PRANTOM THE McDONNELL F-4J PHANTOM Although the McDonnell Aircraft Company did not contribute to aircraft production in WWII, their first major project moved into an entirely new sphore - jet propulsion RETIN BY RICHARD CARUANA | Itnough James &. McDonnell formed the McDonnell ‘Arcratt Company (MAC) in {0 St Louis Municipal port on “hy 1898, he wartime years were United Si int propulalon ary 9 1943 an order was placed with MAC by the US Navy its existing Neto earnera. McDonell ‘he rat tine on 25 January 1945, ater bait in smal mbes, he Panton 536 Mode Alplane Internationa ne 2005 the F2D (later F2H) Banshee in 1947, 3 hardworking protagonist of the Korean War of which 898 examples wer eventual IMAC became a very bury ile entity pecially the experiertal el. It was responsible forthe XF-€5 Goblin, red and launched from the bomb product forthe US Navy was the F3H 7 pugust 1951, Asif fo ensure that fe the super F101 Voodoo for ha US Ac Force (USAF), a high-powered flow an 29 September 1954 carer experimental MAC design the 1F-08 that cried th sam which nad performed it maiden ght way back in October 1948 ‘elon reputation fr high workman- tip, design and structural facies ‘Thole ofa compton in May 1953 for MAC. Undsunted, MeDandal knew that it ould produce a beter prod Inthe US Navy rely needed taking fares. They talked tothe Chit of Naval Operations (CNO), the Head of (Overhaul and Ropat facies, Visits to the company’ faites at St Lou's vere alo arranged for anyone ine odin its project Within 2 months, MAC had actualy bulla mock-up F3H-6, which he Navy wasted 0 was issued requesting the contruction but pomores by General Electric J78“The future of the Phantom II changed completely following a visit to the St Louis works by four naval afficers in April 1955. The Navy now seemed to know exactly what it needed - and it wasn’t the AH” engines, when these would become attack aera, Variable geometry ar Moat of he work that had gone ‘ralable,nplace of MAC's orignal plan intakes forthe engines ensured peak tothe AH- had Tobe undone, the forte use of par of Wight JOSs.. perfomance a al ptedeandalttudes, mock-up torn apart andthe engineer ‘Athough work wet head on what enabling reach Mach LS and higher ing stucs revised. The vretity of now was known 36 the AH-Phantom The ute of he Panto MAC design team here came othe Mit saemed thatthe Navy had no eal changed completly folowing asi to for, 26 the Phantom was changed McDonnell began to surpect that this ers in April 1955, two fom the Buker powered bya pi of J79 Albut ona ‘was nothingimee than a consolation andtwo from the CNO. The Navy now ofthe underwng pyans wee removed frie for loosing out tthe Crusader. seemed toknow exact what tneeded (retaining the cenrline pylon for an [Athi stage the scraft looked very and wasn the AH; they wanted external uel an). Gun armament was ‘much ke across between the Voodoo ster finer forest defence, capa- exchanged fr four Sparrow Ato-Ar tnd the Demon, asinge-seater ited ble ofetaying on Combat Ar Patrol” Misses (RAMs) partly submerged witha poweruradar, four 20mm can- (CAP) fort least wo hours, hing out nf he firs a-botomed fee hon under the nove and an impressive a ar a 250 nautical mies, destroying age Within fori, a revised and trray of hardpoints under the wings. any enemy sicraft within that ange, fully detalledspeitetion was writen tleven tobe exact. clearly determining andreturing othe carrie ater rund the preect, now bearing the iteintended role as tha of amuti-ole thre hours. Aesgnation of XFAH and accepted. ‘ne 005 Madel Airplane nteratonal 37FEATURE COD F-41PHANTOM A pst 44 Paton a om SS Sats 110) on Pat tag Maton 0 ‘herr S82 200 oa 6582020 (Gate angen) McDonnell on 26 May 1955, forthe two pratorypes already contracted Chance Vout who proposed the XFOU-3 Crusader I as competitor The US Navy's decision ro have a competing areratt, notaithstanding the entra cota, stemmed from ear0n tbe fears hat McDonnell aireratt ‘he Phantom Iwas a completely new sirerat the Crusader was but an Updated version of Chance Voush's ‘eeady well-established naval lighter ‘reat. The XFAH- lew forthe frst ‘te on 27 May 1958 at Edwards Ae Force Base (AFB) whore it sso carried cut it igh ral. The fh-of agin the fire of ve XFOU-3e took place Ones ched Mach 2.03, and d erwanet henge Seagn'o endef he more power Tbs, _betweentheprotaypes nde rst ro- al predvton model was designate thesmgeseat snge-engieeout ot having machined anges andar icon modes waste ge fve hat wasimprssve sa the ast Whe treCrsnderlAlmiedcowectlor seine telaterbeng ante coddacrommadte the Westinghouse Wmigh bconled vad even by Zivewiopment ara (ncune he tweteneforary ersten. APO nepal real fa andar must have been December 195. other wih an order” were pda withthe ute feng tated by eo he Mideast raft performed bee in pracicaly {or 24 prediction ara dans bg een wed cup rca The maieunarca~_alapct compared the spect feochew ssceuie got Avo tage lps weretateduptowistanda_requrements (town in parenhees) ‘we prow wonenees vended wore there asuraceslangpac of 23.0000 ea ekate_manmam sped at fl milary power Vaneredegn werk that wort whee omelets = ac _ of 2h pecan we noel Mach (0.99). rte of cm 175008 Inger enrcndclenta conned could beestendedby 20s er etput per mnt (2.250, me 0 era re ted down. en a _unches anodic anmorthe climb 5,000 Inn vec (in ther down 022. 360" power stearng '20¢ec), supersonic combat cling on $38 Mode Alplane international - oe 2005USS SARATOGA ng an early trial with a precompressor water-injection cooled F4A, a speed of Mach 2.62 was registered ‘maximum power 88.900 (554307) ‘Once the afterburner was engaged, the acraft comfortably reaches Mach 203, and ring an eal tal with an water-njection coding speed of Mach 262 was registered when the “The frst 47 aircraft built (F-4A) were powered by J-79-GE-2rrbojets {nd could cary four Sparow il AMS 26 of hese Phantom Is were assigned the reat were delivered tthe fiat US Nay unit 0 operate the type, VEO! and VFI2l, Between 1961 and 1966, ‘Mebonnel butt and delivered 649 F 4B, the frst mor production version ‘These were powered bythe uprated J 79-GE-8 engines and were equipped withthe AJB-2A bombing system 10 {i delivery of 16,0001 of ordnance ‘ared on four underwing pylons Wile the APQ-T2 system forthe dalivery ofthe Sparrows was retained, it also cated an AKA infra-red tensor in bulged faring beneath the owe for the fring of Sidewinder mi TWE SUPERB 4 Other version included the 45 ual contol RF=4Bs forthe US Marine Corps and 93 F-AC# forthe USAF F-48, The US Navy took note ofthe USAF version of he Phantom I Iaauing » specification in 1963 for an siderable numberof changes Since MAC was updating the F-AC othe F-40 forthe USAF developed the F-4J inpaallel although he late was to result in a moe advanced and Sophisteated fighter sera. with an ‘emphasis on CAP. The st major change consisted in the timing of the Westinghouse APG: 59 pulse-doppler radar incorporated syatom (AWG-IO) that coud ft nto the nose ofthe F-48, while the AWG: 10 was placed in the No! fel eal At vn 185620 VE 4 aa ni (Gate angen) fuselage fue co (No 7) wasted wearing, an ALE-3 flare dispenser, ‘he AJB-7 bombing system, a GVR-O VIAS helmet sight worn bythe pilot Aeploy at zro-height and 2ero-sped, ‘The nner wings festured the Bulge 38,0001 at 231 per second sink rate Mos significant was the introduc tion of slotted leading edge 10 the Buccaneer. This improved immensely the avcratt's handling. especialy at inoard leading-edge slats and sieronsdrooped down 16.5 spproach speed was reduced from 127 10125 knot .s79-GE-10 turbojet rated at 79001 ‘an increase of 2.00015 onthe engines fed tthe F-4B ~ which tenable the aircraft reach Mach 22 £1 36,0008 Ft fh ofthe FAS was performed insane 1966. 522 rampes ofthis version were bul dalwvery beginning on Octaber 1966 and ending in December 1972 Apart from eauiping large numberof US with he Marine Corps, often referred to.as the FAC), tering maint in being ted with a pt AW-0(8) ‘VOL the st to rociv the FAs began re-equpment with he type on 27 December 1968. This version of ‘he Phantom Iwas also blood in being helt US arr Yo operate South Eat Asi, leaving Nam Phong in gust 1973 Without doubt, he F-4d enjoyed the calour at accompanying hs feature They were also to Become the hea xt icra tbe flown by “The Blue [Angle US Navy aerobatic team. Slay modi forte tak, ncuding the iting af smoke generating eau tment, these F-AJs, eeplendent in thir oop blue and gold frsh. proved not eventually the fam converted ato RF Siyhaws, ‘A development continued, the F-Ad ncquired a number of upgrades ting of Sanders AN/ALO-26 DECM inthe frm of lng, slender farines Eventually, 248 Fe were converted to FS standard The F-4J wast sire another major variant, the F-4K/M for Britain the (BN) and Royal Ar Force (RAF) June 2005 - Medel Airplane International 38,yun mo en amy 0a apes pn EN 00 PX pw Nm UE ‘40. Model Airplane aternatonal- e206II 9002 - euense9 + PIER > — Bae Tie oS — es ae = -UBONYR 9 tum 0 me jo owes wreoang s2ue| pay SuoqunN poe BULAN Ye pe ue a:zEP Ye HER APH MONE, z is = poy on wny por pws Dey SSP SA00 LEST ONMG Wem Fd ‘1895 ZZ:1 seqyoud HISTORICAL eoDF-0 ANTON 42 Mode! Aeplane nterational- re 205KIT Porta See 1 t SIONS RUC SEU A ee POS ROO EEOC ee UC Se Leu eerie’ nanny ae) a) Pie eee Porn ety ete Pore reetene semen peste rrr Pere Ltd ecard pr rere cen ee eas need i es Pe tabree ached pee nebo) penne pe tees eres eee nts ene ie ee eaters en ey 125 thse forming the edges ofthe bomb pees Peretti feorpreren eed ens ee as Senter acy eae ited een eons Cette peered this one be easy suanring ovr. eee ee eae ee eer Peres eet eee peer ner seer] ee ad eee prone ierenenent oct g iene ne ay eet eon eee eros pease pares’ Paper rsenpeernr eieeny eee eon Peon reen i) ees ee [erent perenteenret nes emery Pree ed cee er eee aera) eee ted pee ed Peer re ent ee tay ‘OMODEL INFO SPC Av LT2BAC TSR JOT 0700 MATERALS. AVMLABLIT: Ait (Waroie Dra ada sks won side PCE GHDE 1690 aPee aa © "Taking plenty of time to ascertain the fit is essential and, to he fai can make if, but it is a signifKIT Port PSS aA BEL ty See ee ee ery Beret eeenten ten orton te eect te anne Se a ee ee ee or en ciate “On test fitting the clear parts, it was here that the air really turned blue eC EE On eg three parts, hut the other two canopies were half their plastic thicknesses DUOC OR gh Ee oe ee eee ed eee) Se rs ent ponrereeerrer ry erin ee ee reed ety Se rem en oe er eee ent ee ee eet) a ee tee toamerent by some serapungof the went ogether wall but sanding Ere eee en me eer ee ee eet ad ee ee pee etd prereset idune 206- Model Alplane International 47WL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE All photos © Glenn Sands - Unless stated otherwise This selection of images shows the TSR.2, XR222, owned by the Imperial War Museum. This aircraft recently underwent restoration for display in the new Air Space Musoum soon to open at Duxford and Glenn photographed it during the official roll-out ceremony on the 16th December 2005 468 Mode! plane Iterationsptt enn ASSEMBLY AND MASKING — F RK: pe ee Ferien nent erst wee meee tet Tar) ee eee nt eteeta tata ‘saying te ames ich hn NB Ai birdies baienrssrberenteronen ioc nam Sere neni Troster eit ence ee eet Ea et ee ete ene ied them the best iting ofthe tree parts, but rade coming down o Meso-Mesh tao peoreneeetn aerer nr tte peeeererernr renrert i enone tS one ed Laer enero seem erent st tt MENT ene Cont oe a ener er ok nt eT Powe ee ete ee) Prerearrenett poner ere nyerr ie Teer nye ste me en porehrapennne ernment Tent enn meer tt ror) ee re re nee he me Ne teen n tm ny ere me LE Penton det mane er cree re TL ee piles mennenrseint NmmEeeninn Tomer ne et man net ni ene Ten rene nner eh em eee bieaeriorsonennpeen enimmmmenn yy oeryt eee’ Meer Sth ater ere Per aninth se ne herent n sentir st Ma erat Ce ee Lecter nr pirepnnnt none auiny on inanes etea ee sion ent im ee eee Seren eernnr ene et re ee ee Ce renee rien om er eben tt ct nr Sam ieee Tet ee Pere a ea eh beedeatcied pelea pnerbetehnny cmmmrenert arty ener tet atten tet nn es penenainepeaneneneenninl mmenetentiener warren T mmr ns enter et tt Emm en to pavarnuninielcennc erm et Tee ts ee et ee nd Ss Lucepedaaetleeiiaibedimcsesieht an ieeinriel i Am tanh aha nuh neo cect babel ‘the areal tumod blue with unprin- per, such was the overlap ofthe clear cara moved from the windscreen. certain areas, so you make your own THE COMPLETED MODELPott ena “The wing itself also has a very distinct ridge in the undersurface (parallel to the leading- ee ee ee rey Seen eno Oe ee rns ~ ‘52 Model Airplane lnteratonl- re 2006 Oe eee teens puree onary Peery aret nny ‘hake the bor’ i though. Oe ee Lier eren ra Penne comesPAINT CHIPPING -.- ‘Applying realistic paint chips to your model is a necessity nowadays and although the technique is difficult to perfect it is quite a simple process, and here is how best to approach it. hough aera are ganeraly WHERE? You know thatthe matrialof which impression hat th chips occurred over swell greserved by her Frat of alles have a quick ookat the scraft but indeed a certain ong perio fine with ler marke ‘ound crews they are stil where youcan appv chipping elect. mata Terst lesson here. Make sure needing tobe darker than he more ubjectd to alin of wear ean be done in and around lat of you know something ofthe structure recent ones. and ear The‘lean’ impression you ferent ares. Imagine for example ofthe subject you are bldg. The may have when looking at an acraft —thecockpit floor rudder pedals and de Haviland Mosquito for examples OW? ffoma distance can tum out aheax ide pana poeebly even areas onthe mostly bull of wood, the wings on many chipping iff oexe then you move closer Scratches made instrument pane? Think oa he access WWI Russan ara are also wood, as a all but takas ait of bret who erally ump int ther ‘hatches around the engin, he ‘teps’ ig the whole ear fuselage ofthe 2 so. paionce. flnes during a scramble dirty boots used er geting ono the machine for _-meta-olored chips ae not the carect where you want your pan frmaintenance tools rom mechanics, mntnance purposes, the one that thing do in those instances, although and have decided on the colours tis hatches, cand and mud epatrng the machine gun bay hatches. ut dont frst one who makes this mistake ~yes, sure hat ti thin enough Y lave your zane the undraise ofthe wing: forget the wing oot whee pot and admit So when you want io Keep brush easy but avoid it fonding onto ‘rents suchas these leave the sears «mechanics often wal, the underside of onthe safe side, use the second morte surface of he mel You ae ai Sndimarks onthe plane Sometines the wing inthe wheal bay area, and 0 fare. One at thing whatever miqure ing for very sharp Borders between the ‘i ha beating ony leadeo someon Justlock ough yourreference you choose, make sure hat you do not__bate cet already on your model and Giecoloraton ofthe op layer othe ‘ks, onthe nteret orn magasines. paint alle chipping nthe same tone. _ the chips. Take a ire poited brush (a paint But aromber of reas are exposed No doubt youll come up wih alot of Vary the colours ab. That wi lave tho #1 or #0 brush wil ous fie) fit Toru eatment tine and ne again, pictures that rect you towards where Imac scomoltey exposed The wear and ear wear aiming at WHAT? heres calleg‘chipping” Basicaly this Colour choice is ancthe thing you need tothe cediityof your mode. WW or 11 (Sv, tonod down with aw umber modern te effet apples ro acrat of or burt sienna ol pai ~ pure slvr Shy era And eal ft hat hard to wllok much to brighton a weathered do, Juet remember afew simple rules. made. The second moture use 3 ‘And f cours, practic, and develop ger or darker version ofthe base cl your own se. am not wring theo. 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Al colours quoted are xref to the Me Color range ‘Note - Fuselage is split in half ust aft of the cockpit. Crew access door way isin the nosewheel bay but there fs no access ladder included inthe hit, Leading-edge slats and traling-edge laps are all separate items wih ail associated linkage supplied in plastic, not photo-etched. Wing pivot arm secured in postion wth a plastic pn, no screws. Al tyres are rubber Optional parts allow for fully open or fully swept wings. Dimensions 172 Verdict: This i a one big mode and with 600 parts iti also a complex. Syan=(20"Smng) 587m, Spn-20°Swap) ‘one. Once but tis 7Sem long and has a span of 77em,soitis BIG. The (65°Sut) 60, Tae (65Svans)——_Ratreces breakdown ofthe fuselage may cause some joint probloms and soams to \egh-5tin ‘hie (48 Wop. Goran eradicate, but we are pretty confident that this one i going to bud into He -22 Lang 75400 1 Riga (a se 2005 {real stunner! Hh. sso s7e024-4 ‘Scale 48 / Classic Airframes, USA / Matorials:IM,R, PE / Kit No: 108 / Availablity: Hannants (UK Importer) and Cassi Airframes stockists worlwid Price Guide: £29.95 Aatrences Casi ist did the CR.22 back in 1098 (#44), but this isnot areesue ofthat kt, thie totally new tooling, It ¢ made up of thity-one plastic, 18 resin ‘and 32 photo-etched part. The plastic and resins produced inthe Czech Republic and Eduard does the ‘hotovetched, so one ofthe two fet is pre-painted. Verdict: Classic Aitrames kts aro vastly superior nowa- days 0 those they originally produced and the quality ‘ofthe plastic and rosin i tho same as that you will ee ‘in MPM products. So if you like the subject, scale and ‘medium, this ¢ about the only way you are going to get a ‘respectable it of th CR.32 inthis scale. Our thanks to Flt A aa Ay Ase La carta rast 96) Fat R22, hla Wg (CD-R 969) Ft 2b 6 Cato, Pll Ne 2 (Pte Paeanas 865) at RZIOR A Aon No.2 by 6 Pk (SquaevSiuaPtieston 2000) ‘The very complex nature ofthe cowlngs onthe CR.32 doesnot lend itso limited-run injection, so in this kit ‘annants for supplying the review sample the entre nose ie cast in resin. Also in resin ae thetal- Dimensions Dimensions 4 Rag roasts lb Show (Sire planes with separate elevators and most ofthe cockpit ‘Spon Un (508) Span 197900 Sil Pilates) interior elementa. The parts nat in rein for thelnteror —_Leagh-24n Bn (747) Lung 5.500 Fe Me ps 988) are supplied as photo-etched. Decal options are included for seven machines: the porsonal aircraft of Amedeo It Dt Savoia, uca Dele Puge Ell Duca DAosta 167-7 flown by Col. ietro Molin the CO of 5° Stormo Assalto based in Tobruk in August 1940; 0-8" of 410° Squadra [Autonoma CT based at Dire Daua in June 1840; "40-9! ‘of 410° Squadriglia Autonoma CT based at Addis Ababa in Apr 94 160-10, flown by Capt. DulioFanali the (C0 af 160° Squadriglia, 12° Gruppo, 50° Stormo Assalto based in Tobruk in July 1940; the personal arratt of Col, Grandinete the CO of 4° Stormo: "93+" of 83° Sauadrigla based at Castel Benito in 1899, Options 2,3, 4,5.& 7 are in the three-tone motte camouflage scheme, while option | aluminium overall and option Gis ina three-tone camouflage pattern over ight blue trey, One thing we did note about this kit was thatthe ‘hoto-etched was rattling round loose in the box. We fare aware thatthe packaging af these kits is done once fall the various elements arrive, but with the injected ‘and resin bit ll bagged together the phote-etched runs the risk of being crunched up and ruined as that bag moves around inthe box. A litle snap-lock bag to hold the frets would prevent that happening. HT 9238) eg. {58 Model Airplane international - e208Ee ‘Scale 48 / Czech Model, USA / Materials:IM, R/ Kit No: 4817 /Avalabiity: Pocketbond (UK importer) and Crech Model stockists worldwide / rice Guide: £39.95 As far 25 wo are aware, this isthe frst te tis subject has been done in this scale in Injected plastic. Asin version was done a few oars back as part ofthe resin range then otfered by Cassie Airframes, but we are not aware of any others. The SOC was a dismal failure, in no ‘small part due 1o the lack of performance of the Ranger engine. The rye was used by the USN in twee version ($09C-,€-2 & C-3) and the Royal Nay ordered 250 ofthe C-2s where they wore known a5 ‘Sea Cows The type suffered from problems throughout is short career and was withdrawn from servic in 944, Most of those inthe UK were used as target tgs, The ki tse is typieal of he type of kit we have seen from the Czech Republic (MPM, Special Hobby et) Everything is well moulded with fine recessed ‘ane lines and all ofthe cockpit interior and the Ranger XV-770 engine and bulkhead are cast in resin. The canopies ae injected, but ‘he makers don't offer any option 1 open ‘thom. The kt i mage up of twenty-eight plas ‘Sale 72 Pavla Models, Czoch Republic / Matorial Price Guide: £16.99 tie, wo clear plastic and thirteen resin com nents. Decal options for just two machines are included, an 8090-2, BuNo.4857 on USS Denver in 1949 and $09C-3 ‘War Junk’ on USS Blox in 1944, The fist option is Non-epect lar Blue Grey over Non specular Light Grey and the other fe Sea Blue and Non-epecular Intermediate Blue over Non-specular insignia Verdict The subjoct matter i quite rare abit uit a numberof these machines wore but. The ‘quality of tho product is very good and as long 8 you are OK with this type of mitod-run kt and can work with resin thn tore 0 reason why you should have any problem witht. The Span 288 (6) Leng 8a (25) ugh 8 (480) Dimensions 148 Span: 247mm Long 2a ag -9 | Aaernces Care A Win ra Clery Lawson Tan (san are 268) Cir S00 Seamer 186) 1. R/Kit No: 72059 / Availabilty: Hannants (UK Importer) and Pavia Models stockists worlwide / Pavia seem 10 be having a good run on kits of British aircraft types of late and this new one ofthe Gladiator te made up of 33 plastic, 28 resin and two vac formed clear plastic components. ll the interior part, ae wal the engine cowing. gun packs and wheels ar resin, a to make a standard Glatiator or a Sea Gladiator. Both Watts 2-blede fied-pitch and Fairey Reed 3-badefixed-ptch propellers are included, although we have to say the ater leaves alot tobe desired a5 tis almost lat and without detail? There are five colour options: KBO27 of No.87(F) Squadron at Debden in October 1937 (aluminium dope overall) LAOM, YK-D of No.80 San lown by ‘Pat Patten Egypt in 1940 (Dark Earth and Dark Green over black/white): NBSBS, +B of No.247 Squadron based at Roberough in August 1940; NSIS, “ofthe Hal Far Fighter Fight in June 1940 (Extra Dark Sea Grey/Dark Sia Grey over Sky) N57, 6+C of No.BI3 NAS on HMS Eagle inthe Summer of 1940 (Extra Dark Sea Grey/Dark Siate Grey over Sky). Options four and tve are both Sea Gladiators Verdict: The subject and scale will appeal to mary the medium ‘maybe not as many, but the product is certainly one fo consider ‘ityou are OK working with resin and limited-run injected paste ‘This is cortainly one for biplane and RAF fans and our thanks go to Pavla Models for supplying the review sample. Dimensions Span: 3h. (2.8) esr Gaby A emt Lang 275 (82m) (stone Mode Magu Pets eh oe) a) i (357) (ak) steady FX Mase. Pree Tin (O52m)(MKILSea Ho (Pref Pans 68) Aotereces aa Oe sar] ose Garb B Boar chor rat Moog N24 Dimensions 172 (Pes) Sean- 28mm ose Gitorby WA Harn, Long Hg (al ow) ‘nm [ui 4390 Im & Se Gada, Inde Na (Sone besten 2003) See cra Metig (ayew MODELAIRPLANEINTERNATONAL COM Key: IM (nection moulded Plastic) R (Resin), PE (Photo-etched Brass), VF (Vac-formed Plastic), WM (White-metal), RB (Rubber) Pea ‘Scale 32 Trumpeter, China / Materials: IM, PE, RB /Kit No: 02231 / ‘Availabilty: Pocketbond (UK Importer) and Trumpeter stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £68.99 a Once aan Trumpeter have produced tein a scale tha has ben onthe HF Farted tt of many mdr or many years. Tek sl compres na ewer | than 678 parts of which 20 are cla 7 aro whte-atal 2 are poo-tched base ny tnd four are rubber. The cockpit is quite well detaeg, although Black Box ha already iy ‘done a complete new cockot fortis kt. The who wells are OK. although plenty of scope for pipework, et, and the stencil decals supplied in the kit ae areal ‘isappointment when viewed close-up. The fuselage halves ar apparently quite a tight ft andthe lower rear section does nat ine up that well Options include an open access ladder plus gun and electronics bays, wingtip old and underwing stores com ‘ising drop tanks, FLIR pod, GBU-9, GBU:10 bombs, AGM-62A, AGM-I2. AGM-45, 'AGM-05 and AIM-9B missles and Mk 82 and M 17 kon bombs with long- or shert-nose ‘uses. There are two decal options, the fist being for BuNo 59289 of VA-82 Marauders! on US Nimitz (CVW-E) in 1978 and BuNe 157530 of VA-192 on USS Kitty Hawk (CVI) in 872, Verdict: Ithas not been around long bu there are a number of detail and accessory sots for this kit on the market, From the bo it wil ced a lite careful assombly and thore plenty of scope to add detail. bur tho make-or-break ofthis one willbe careful weathering. ori wil Jus look like a big white blob! Our thanks to Pocketbond for supplying the reviow sample. Dimensions Dimensions 122 Aetrences Span-2 Bn (In), with ws fled 38 (7240) Span-368.Bam 147 casa tn Aeon No120 (Sunn Sal Poisons) Lang =A in (4.5) Long 84am Dern Sele (6) V2 (988) AL (88) Mog in (400) gm ae Oa Vereen Patan) LIV (ag) ATA Cas Pte M38 (Pate Pains) Shi A Gs by Dod rw (enad Pao 17) Cee ‘Scale 48 / Classic Airframes, USA / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No. Price Guide: £29.95 125 /Avallability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Classic Airframe stockists worldwide t seems an ad choice for Classic todo the Bt 109, even an early ver son, as thre are other (granted ess detailed te) kits out here? Nonetheless they have now produced this kit of the CoD versions and it comprises 39 plastic, 3 clear plastic, 7 resin and 26 photo-etched compo: ‘ens. The plastic and resin this time around lok similar tothe Sword kts, ‘and we note that tems lke the undercrsage doors are nat even attempted In plastic this time, supplied as pto-etehed. The whole interior i resin, with photo-tched etal an a resin-acetate-etehed sandwich to create the instrument panel {Ail contol surfaces are separately moulded in plastic and you get two ‘complet resin cowings; thee ofthe decal options using the type with exhaust stubs, the fourth option having the cow! withou these. The four {50 Model Airplane international - e208 decal options in the kit are N+ of I(N)/JG 2 based a Tromahelm- Varnes, Norway in May 1940; Red 8 of an unknown unit; flown by the Operations Officer of JGI32(J2) based in Germany in 1929; White 2 of | JaGIa7 (262) in the autumn of 1939. The fst option is RLM 02/71 over 85, wile the others are all RLM 70/71 over 65 Verdict: you have built kits from the likes of MPM or Sword in the past this one should cause no problems. The various optional parts on the goner ‘ie sprue used forthe early 109 series from Classic may confuse some. but at last you got some very usable spares to adapt the Hobbycra kts with! {ty0u lke the scale and subject and can lve with £30 fora 108, thon this ‘sone for ll expeionced Luftwaffe modelos. Our thanks ro Hannants for ‘supplying the review sample. Dimensions Span: 2080m Span 22 412 (9.870) Lan ion Lung 20/8 (850) Pegi hig 2a) Dimensions 48 Aeterences Our pik tthe bunch 41090 ees 20-4, Aerts oy Jn We! (sp 996) Camaag& Matis oth atl 223 (cab Tec Pics, 6&7) Condor The tt Sen 6-29 y Paes (od ais 200) Ness Recto Ml Aie vara weapo gape! by ead Somme (Cas stone 2000) Mezzo 094 W Raegu Sek (Shit Pts 99 SEN 0780-09514) Mest BOSE ers eta Na (ht Baie) Mess 086 € Mae A Sei Ne Mala, 1)EMME ‘Sale 1:48 / Revell AG, Germany / Materils:1M / Kit No. 04521 ‘Availabilty: Revell AG [UK Branch] (UK Importer) and Revell stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £19.99 + Reissue ofthe kit last seen in 1999 (#0459). + This boxing includes the new)y-fooled German paratrooper figures previously ony seen in the Monogram boxing ofthis kt released in 2003, * Kit comprises 57 (grey) and 3 clear plastic components + Optional parts include the canopy with of without the gun rng and ‘machine-gun and erew access dot and ladder forthe port rear fuselage, so this can be displayed open or closed. * Decals forfour machines: 4V*GL of Kgr2b.9 in Rusia during 19432: |ABYCS of Flughdo/Ln-Regt, based in Waly in July 1943; UML of 3/2626 based in France in the Summer of 1940; 3UsMT of 9./2626 also based in France in 1940, Aare the standard RLM 70/71 over 6S scheme, but options three and four have the demarcation high up onthe fuselage sides and a large colourful anake motif down each sie, Why Revell didnot put this ae the box art we wil never know? Verdict: This Ju 52 sa stunner, realy nice kit and one that doos not have ‘many vices. Thre are numerous aftermarket sets for it and Model Design ‘Construction did some lovely engines frit as well asa minesweeper con- version whon twas first oleased. The addition ofthe paratrooper figures and these two stunning colour schomos make this one wo can highly ree- ‘ommend to all Luftwaffe fans. Our thanks to Revell AG (UK Branch) for the review sample. Diners Span 85128 Long 6h On eran Span- 68 Long 283mm Aetreces hears 52S, rl a7 re Paean) heh 52 Arc eg by HNowa hays) kr hu S2by HLNowar (Sei SON 08670524) ‘bear Slo Ate Ma (SqneoSga Patan: 203) ek 52 Lut PtSi SB 0760-08524) cd Scale :72 / Gran, Russia / Materials: IM / Kit No: 7207 ‘Availabilty: Hannants (UK Distribution) and Gran stockists worldwide Limited-run nected plastic kt + Ki comprises 8 clear and 35 cream-coloured injected plastic pats, “Decals for five machines: Egyptian Air Fore; ‘Whit 014 ofthe Polish Air Force; Red 87 of Soviet ir Force; Very colourful one operate by the DOSAAF: K-2of the Finish Air Force. Option |i sand overall, options 2 ‘4 Bare Dlve Drab ove light blue, option 4s yellow witha rod ightning bolt ‘along the fuselage sides (deca) and option five is Ocean Grey over light blue Verdict: The breakdown of partis such thatthe fuselage is split with the {entire nose as two clear components and this type of mult-partarrange- ‘mont s fine until you stat using filer and sanding down joints that close to clear plastic! Once again this kt seems very similar tothe one from ‘A-Model, ut without one here to compare it with we can't ay for certain ‘if they are identical or ust very similar. This certainly aki forthe expert= ‘enced modeler ony. Our thanks to Gran forthe review sample. Dimeasins Dimension 172 atrences ong ea) (20680 Lengh-6790m Arenal May 979 (a8) foro Dane 198.3um Janay 188 Frame 4346 ght 48. Ogre Enyehpt of Rssn (ar) ‘rca 8 895 Os.) Haig 2.08 (oe) Rap MX (ne 2003) Commence) ‘Scale [32 / Trumpeter, China / Materils:IM, PE, RB / Kit No: 02236 / Availablity: Pocketbond (UK Importer) and Trumpeter stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £29.95 [Eirvrtmenn meen tron eased yu eu 5) + Kit comorises 959 (rey) plastic, 2 clear late, I photoretched bras, four write-metal, | acetate film and four rubber components + Optional arts are included for $C250 or $0500 bombs and racks and ether ‘onal (narrow) o ator (wide) nosewheel and tye. The kt corey depict the ‘-2a with only to cannon inthe nese and there anew upper com included wih he top two gun ors blanked aft ‘Daca fortwo machines OK*BN of 5M) St based at Schwaiech Han 1944 and B3+GL flown by Ot Ginter Kahler of /KG() 5, The former i ght een (sted as RLM 82) and brown-vlet (RLM 8) over ht be (ALM 78 wth 2 mror-wave parte ofthe ater on the upper surfaces. The other options a RLM Bi ‘over RLM 76 with yellow RLM) tips the vertical fir engine nts and nose Verdict: As Jay said in his ful-uld article of the Alan Issue 5. this is 4 sturming kit that builds up very well and shows the vast improvement ‘Trumpeter have made of late. By the simply adation of afew now parts they have given Luftwaffe fans the bomber version. and thee is no reason to ‘assume this new version will have any problems over the Aa kt. ur thanks to Pocketbond forth review sample. etree Out he bunch ‘Messin Me 22 ar eta (0 Np a) essen Me 22 Demet Teng k Prd by Rng Sh Ste SEN a0 369) esses Me 22 Mega Oe Na. Monaghan ato) esses Me 22 Sate Yl Aa Moa aph ey Pht BM rs Aes (G86 SEN 0-020-668) esc Me 22 Seba YL Arr MonogaghNo by. Pach ys (A Press G50 EN 0-8-6) eset Me 22 ob. Suih ek (Casson 658) Messe Me 252 ole 2 JR Sih Cok (Os beso 58) Mest Me 223 JR. Sith Cok (Ose bless 58) Moses Me 252 oe J. Sth Ce (Cs Pte 200) Dimensions Dimensions 132 Span: 404 V2n(25ia) Span 30am Lang -3449 28 (600) Langh-38.200 Hagin 3.8) Hog 19.70 Pee ee ee Seale F144 / Revell AG, Germany / Maeras:IM / ‘it No: 04047 / Availabilty: Revell AG [UK Branch) (UK Importer) and Revell stockists worldwide 1 Pic Guide: £3.49 ELD Sector anton 7 4020. J+ This boxing just includes a new decal option {for a Tiger Meet scheme. Both options are Westland: buat HC Mik ‘Kit comprises 5B (grey) and 0 clear plastic components. * Decal or two machines: XW281 of No 230 Squadron, RAF during Tiger ‘Meet 2008 at Balikesr, Turkey XW214 of No.33 Squadron, RAF, basod at ‘Benson in September 2008. Actually onthe decal shoot there are three ‘serial numbers for No:23 Squadron machines (XW214, 217 & 228) so there are really four option in the kt. The frst machine is orange with black tiger stripes over white andthe ether options are al wrap-around green and grey ‘amoutlage. The stripes inthe forme option areal supplied an the decal hich is designe by DACO in Begum for Revell Verdict: Produced at a tne when Revell were making some suming little £144 offerings. this Puma is excollent and the addition ofthe rathor ‘eye-catching Tiger Meet scheme makes ital the more appealing. It can be ‘recommended to al helicopter fans and our thanks goto Revell AG (UK ‘Branch) forthe review sample. Dineen Dimensions be etree Reto Dame 1500e Log Sm The Diane Beak Log 50 ato D104 otra W Green Hg Tat O20 (rec Ware 80,19) Hugi -35.7m Ine 2005 Medel Airplane Internationa}EAN a=) Cet Sch oies Key: IM (Ijoction-moulded Plastic), R (Resin), PE (Photo-etched Brass), VF (Vac-formed Pastc), WM (White-metal), RB (Rubber) Piaggio P.OBA with 102/40 Cannon Scale :72 / Special Hobby, Czoch Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No: SH72065 / Availabilty: Hannants (UK Importer) and Special Hobby stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £30.50 edd vrs a OE Se [ssirzons vnc aren Sree by Fea aces #7201 bh 2008 Tb Coma aie prs ton exe rouse exten ‘tempest 60 oe pnt Svea tn cer pt onpnent “Theta tigre (tba) warned wh rm a Caron nt on Jat re mache ws Cone OMI) a huey tet waar he Gama wer ase an was nove Fn rr (though ocr rena omy es wr ude tar). renew bd IAG wr parmesan eran ten hay suede th er hppa "Carmo spin ttr Soni pracy xman mari ‘teeta At or Rep Rrra cor Don eed tr run AB ho04 Bo are ed he Sao 2 (Owe ow {igs uineac (ou) wren roan sta pn tt oy ante oe tron nay ot hye sed ae etn Berson 20 ttosdanonta towne pr slow fmf tr he rer yang encom rte meer tan art oe orang ae carat an impress ra oad th colecon Ohara Spc Want mooie it ew vn Dimensions etree Spa 041750 (32008). Asr Mage N26 427 Leng: 73425 2.82) Cares mes ela eps eae (GMTENPRENES 85) ‘mersone Dele Sombre lS (za) Dimenslos-E72 Fra ovation Noid. 73.78477 Span 44 Sam ‘Pep P08 y Gat (Dan Ros) Leng 380 {aaa ast davon Na 477 (1578) agg P10- Dicer Aro ay. (Ban) Page P18, Aidala Ne (La Banal rouse) ep N72 (een 2005) ‘Scale 1:72 / CMR, Czech Republic / Materials: R, VF /Kit No. 155 / ‘Availabilty: Hannants (UK Importer) and CMR stockists worldwide | Price Guide: £26.65 Reissue of RAF Mkt (#139) sh new decals —— foo lear e-J! 1 This ea reisaue of thor now Wapiti 2 ‘but with decal for RAAF machines. The kt inludes optional pars forthe ary and lat main wheels pls ack for 20, 2 or 120 bombs. The modeler ‘withave fo scratchbuld such toms as contre hors an the message pick-up hook, and some may wieh to replace the rein struts with plastic or bass equiva lent. The mui page neructons mclide hl iene and contre diagrams + There are nine deal options inthe kt allo which arin the sae overall scheme of aluminium wth grey upper decking, Those acatt covered ae a fol low: AB-34,AS-2, A523, 16 (no seria)’2 (no seri), A, ABO, AS-22. AS ‘and AS-12 A good selection of photographs is aladdin the instructions 3 wth complex and fragle Wapiti wil look good once completed and we can highly recommend it. Our ‘hanks to OMA fr supplying the review sample Dimensions Aoterenes Span 46 (ie) West Area see 8 Long 3 Ba (9.85) by DN. Janes Puna 1991 Hugo On (3550) 200s 0-857-8022) esd Wap by CF Aedes, Pre 22 (Poe Pakearars 285) {52 Mode Airplane International - re 205 ‘Scale |:72 / Special Hobby, Czech Republic / Materials: IM. Kit 3H72090 / Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Special Way seen weer Oe 770 Revised relasue oftheir Fw S8C kit #SH72077 Kit comprises 78 grey plastic, (7 resin 8 clear plastic and 85 phote-eched components ‘The previous C version has been converted tothe gunnery trainer withthe adtion of one new sprue of rin plastic parts and another of the new glazed nose ‘and MGIS cupola in clear plastic plus the machine guns * Decals fr thre options: SE-KAD ofthe National Puble Map Office ‘Sweden trom 1944 to 1959 (this machine had no armament ited); SI7+M34 Of LNS 2 of eichsprotektorar Bohmen und Maven in 1942: 197 ofthe Dutch [A Force Jachvegschool (Fighter School in 1940. The fist option is RLM 7 ‘ver 65, the second RLM G2 overall and the hrd RLM 8S overall and iis only this inal option that cares the armament ad is not mode in any way. Verdict: The kit is typical Special Hobby/MPM fare, with good quality lm- ‘ited-run plate pats plus all the smaller detail elements as resin or etched ‘brass. The build will not be straightforward, but you expect this froma limited-run kit, siti realy ony forthe more experienced out there. That ‘said if Luftwaffe areaft are what you build then this one is certainly worth adding to your collection. Our thanks to Special Hobby for supplying us with the review sample. Dimensions Span: 661109 (2:00) ann (14008) Retreat ‘Seman Arca ote Second Wer Warby IRSoh AL Ky (Puna. 172) Lu eran Ne, 2 Mar 78 Na Nae e175 Dimensions -k72 Span-2870m Lengo Scale :48 / Planet Models, Coch Republic / Materials: R, VF Kit No: 175 / Availablity: Hannants (UK Importer) and Special Hobby stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £35.70 - New toting All Planet its are ated lections with only a smal production. + Kit comprises 30 resin and 2vae-formed clear plastic components + The PT-26 was a development ofthe PT19 with an encloses cockpit o cope with the harsh weather conditions in Canada where ‘many WWII pots were being tained. +The kit is typical of Planes work, with the wings moulded as one piece, ely detalled without recourse to photo-etched, and inthis particular kit load-bearing items lke the undercatiage lags are done inthe white resin which s fr tougher than the usual an-cloured version. Two vac-formed Canopies should at last give some leoway for mistakes! + Decale fr thre options: 10687 of No.3 EFTS based at De Winton AB, ‘Nberta, Canada; FZ380 of No.2 EFTS, Indian Ai Force based at Jodhpur in 1944; 105 of the Royal Norwegian Ai Force, based at Lite Norway AB in ‘Canada during 1943. The fist option s yellow overall, the second sitver over land the thir is blue wih yellow ail and wings Verdict Planet hasbeen producing excellent lmited-run resin kits for a ‘numberof years now. The subjects tend tobe quite esoteric. which is ideal for a range in which only afew hundred kits are produced, but at least it coffers modellers kits that would not otherwiee be availabe. This new Cornell ‘8. good example ofa type shghty outshone by the PTI9, but nonetheless ‘wo worth considering you are interested in training acraft Our thanks to Planet Model for supplying the review sample. Dimensions Dimensions E40 Aetrences ‘Span: 268 2a) Span Ze Fach ro 26 angi: 28a B3e)——_Lengh- 75.60 18 y KAM arene Magi: 70 7020 2325) Weg -830m (Mons)accessories A pretty varied selection of new products this month, so read on... en eee ener et ete en ry Pr ee MS Seer on Ty ae Pareles Cer teneey Ce oman eC end OTT ap eee on a cpdardieadlopepaocioal those inthe Hasegawa kit. Each ee ere et Mme Te tt aaa i beanie ‘unit is made up of three resin parts replace those inthe Hasegawa (and Seat, control column and instrument deta inched as photo-etched, a ym Co mm ant Peek ee ae Sa herrea sae premment See e re d eee Reet peor roomie or rane ret eee ere eco Pea resin Pare cern) Parrett) brass. ed ene Ce eo) peer] e tees orem ret) rete ee a ee ea em ere ny withthe afterburner ring in photo- nozzles in the fly closed position Mosquito Wheels (Five-Spoke) ae Comper ers Srepeianeetneat ot er a de up of vee resin pats with and D versions, this st offers the main whecls inthe Tamiya kt. The pees ceo eecerely percent Sor am ere pears t ott perenne reer) reenact Penney withthe bays themselves and hinge tah is the ant-shimmy ype Price Guide: £9.10 puinenriapeonrren bmn Det ea etree) procera saheceae einen Paria neice are Pane eee Price Guide: £5:40, nee perenne Peneeta rer ced Hornet and F-14D Super Tomcat Pere een er ee eee Eee ec eed boon ebayer Tee re tee ata are al ee res ier ona nernrnnsereneson ene a Sa earn att [ae ee be crac ae ay pesrererr) Pore ae te ee ete ed eee eet et ee ee Ce aeen ea ee oy ae en ee et ene an Pointe thas SS Perac yyy Pera ar Pee <5 Peeieteeee Pieter en fo placer Hectares eet eri abe mo nr ed polalesblotint pert err Pareapeerectie ne sae] per Mg al tobe Se eaan eee ea neaee re corer opp eee etre een ear) and the pods mounted onthe rear fuselage sides af the M28 V& P versions Perpctory Pe ea) errant een nL ent ets ee ert ete ienreat natn eens Poprecn toe ae ste SN eee nearaccessories Latest product information for Scale Aircraft Modelers Cn Pera e] Ph Ce ee depict th block tread patter seen on these machines inthe post-war Pee teen a en eee Ree ee Perera) ra Inthe post-war period the RCAF used two Lancaster Mk 10s converted 10 Cee eee eee ere Ly peer erence ten ie ee nto eet one ey eta ere ety Pecteeie reaver een nr a i eee ne Poe en coer ed tel eee e i el ey [i peaber he Tren PT rt eneee a ere [noe eae er elses ed a eer oa L 1's products before, so here are their most recent releases eat a [anette pia) ed AF Small perpen ater en nt eet kad nearer enn en Ty Parham n tec] by just about every medium and heavy bomber used by the RAF in WWI oss Peder Barer ayianly i oeianennenpeennsy ener were ee ee ee eee ee Dr nanometer errs er See SennWIN A PIECE OF MODELLING HISTORY! Model Airplane International and Airfix bring you the chance to win the totally unique laser-cut resin prototype of their 1:72 BAC TSR.2, which is covered in hand-written notes from R&D Department Manager Trevor Snowden! his is the ONLY chance ‘Just send your name and ‘you will get to win this address on a postcard or a Uunique piece of modeling sealed envelope to: history as this isthe only prototype that isin the public Win Plece of History domain, but it could be yours by Co ” simply entering our competition ADH Publishing today! Doolittle Mil, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe, Bedtordshire Lus 10x And answer this simple question: "What aircraft was TSR.2 test pilot Roland P. Beaumont better known for testing and flying operationally during ww ‘And who knows, you could own a piece of history!! This competition is open to all our readers worldwide. You have got until tho 3ist August 2006 to enter. ‘Competition Rules Empoyesvoluntears working fr Humbrol. tix and asodiated companies and ‘thos fami are not permited enter Theft (correct) entry raw wl win Entes are ited to ane per persnvhousehol. The winne's name willbe pb lished ina future eden of Model pane Intemational Allentes received must ‘each ADH Plsahig by heist August 2006, when the daw takes place ne 006 Medel Alan nterstional 67See new releases Kk 2. 19672 a Mon, No 5 Son, Moar, isu as) KW 2 X77, ay a Na Seton, Mag Sen ai 61 WU) Kk 2X7, Ts Ts No 5 Sqn ara, ‘Si Arba, 1291 LAS) “KAZ X64 Sic Sa, a5 Sao, arog Seo ai. 88 (WLS) KM 2 X23 sy Un, No Suton, Mahara, Sot ri, 18 WAS) (air W- Wie, OD Gi, MSE Maton Ses roy. M- Hong, AGL Area roy Desi fe Machol is Pre ie 83195 {:72 ED72101 Vory Colourful Sabres “FG, SM 46.2, Matra ANG. Nai AFB 855”) “RGE SN S224 Ai Fre et Cet Edwards A, ag 72 (M00) RSW 52-82 of he Republi of area Face. anak og Gon nb 7 (MGT. 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Vampires Mk, WAS, 2 Ho CARY a 1960 (ospscia) {5B Model Aeplan international - ne 208 ‘We have received a number of new sheets this month, rom waza, WAS Cues, 195 OGBSEA) FMS WAZOo Nos 502 605 & Sates, AF Hone, 95354) “FRM VZ05, FL own by WC RLS, Wig eater fos 50, 605 & Sats, RAF Out 85 55 (O60SGPRUB) FRM, WRB, 25 of RAF Fj alee, Came, ‘a9 06/06/PAUDO) ‘FB MK 216 oh Advanced hig Sho, SM, Petersburg uring hese f(A) FMS A487 of M2 (hy fab) Sn, hn’ Frc, RAAF, aver AB eve 183 (8) ‘FBS NZSTB N08 Sp. NCA 1854 (0) *FBM& 0080, S7S10 of adie SS, Acasa, 1960 (ose) i. 06 - Dk Gren, 6-Day A- Arnon, RUB PUB, 0 ag ange, 08 Dark Se Be Designee lero Rel rs esa 5795 1:72 ED72104 Occupational USAF in Germany +P, So 4-160 YE, Lal Pal 358 FS, 5 tae Aa n 9 (BM) PS, SM 4-TSE, WR, Wo’ own by vn et HTS 8d ema WBE PS, So 47282 Wr of 4 FS, HF Geman 41 (8M) 0, SN 4-10, ony Cig CH. a Kea ste HO Sue 3587 35, Germany 456 (BM) "F-47480, FE O08 he S27 FS, 6 FM, Netter. Germany. 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Drs ry 0 er AD is Pee 95 1:32 £D32100 Operation Tlic Tonkas + BUA ZOMS/AM, Nam Mae Mer Cons he Sur (C5005) + BR ZAS54F, BanFigt'(O8) “AZM, Mean Oe (CONC) + GRA, AS6/04 Dead Nhs (C5008) ‘Ra, 2700, Dnt (C005). * GRA, A527, ang Mousa Du (03/08) RA AGUA We Stow Tne (CHE) “BL AGODA Yor Su (CC) 1, TOT, BABS (C5008) * GL TORSOA est Car Dro (C/0CE) +814 245300, Diy (CDC) “18.4 ZA6OO, ies (C8005) GRA TIPS The aca (0/00) “+R TEGO, Bae CoBeromac (008) RAK, ZETA, Tote Sos Aas Teg (005) + 0R4 ZONA, Deze Raver (CICS). ‘GRAN, ZTE wok Fr Tobe (0/008) “GRA 7582 wh shatceach (CHDCE) ‘ear C5 Cannas Gey 06 ak Canute Gey ‘ese fr Rev (RI) hi wh Fieipah GR une st Pree 5195 | rt The Euro Decals range certainly offers some nice and colourful options forthe well known types pus some sheets covering those subjects that have not been done often before. ‘Tho quality of the decals i exellnt and the Instructions are full colour withthe cal ‘ours referenced by FS number and Humbrol, Litecolor Xtracolor and Model Mastor paint ranges. UK P&P is £00, Europe £200 and Fest ofthe World £3.00. Our thanks to The Fantasy Prntshop forthe review samples. BEST BUY ORS RVRAvailabe in UK from: Manufacturer 1:72 72/050 Thunderbolt, Hunter and C.20 + PA7DRatack 6 of SWS Dap 84 (ODN) “P70 Ratack of GC WSL Fyre 94 (00NG) “P70 Rtback 65 flown by Recess ef 6O WSL Fayre ang 94 (OONG) P70 Raztback, 28 fl by Gon of 1 La Fae n845 (00) Lo C0, Ft of 405 ase yg 909 A) Le0 C3, Fo GARSON ig 803 (wesiy) LC, M5 Secon sunges asd tri ‘se oa) “A 30, 2 St Squat Royal anh Fare based Mars 18 (6) “Hanh eT A FST Ne.728 NAS ed ot Lossiemouth 962 (N00 [wing ada) Hanh Mate TM 1.580 0 he ADT asd Yeon 0 (N00 (ving anal) ‘Hawker ase T M3 F209 of US Heron Satin Fig bad enon 972 (N00 [ving ad) + Hawker Hae TW 58078 of B88 Sadr ase tert 180 (EISEN) ‘Hawk Moe T Mk, XL5072 of N69 Squton based enon 85 (EDSEGW) ‘wa 0 -veDah, NG -eral r. K-Ki, ‘Muni, 5B Sona [ot See) MG tlc rey. 0 ay ran EDS = Ena Dak Sea {oy OW Css White Deseo can. Wasa ov (P70): A (Ld £904 he C20): ster arc (camer) Reve (Me Tk& Tau) Pre le $700 PP ase oxpart n 53 ) + Weston raguny HRM, GOO of a 75 NA aed 1 ies in 9 (E06) OTe eee ‘Available in UK from: We are not aware of a UK ice Both of these sheets offer some unusual stockist of the decal rango. Schemes forthe MIG-21, wth the rigor stripe UM ‘ery apealing. The main problems are that ease fore ara deta vn fete sundons 2; we Ea nett tia eoumumaueenty “MIZE ed IT of te Pah i Fre ina speci okt scheme (GLP) MG 2 i fe Pete A Fre (AGLI) (ler 5 Da ey, SS Go LS La Gre, ‘LG PR ae Bi Gy LAG Li Areal Ge 16 Ug rey 68 - Gey Bue Dae fr Any MG 2 ‘Pree $734 1:72 72-301 MiG-2ibis & MiG-21UM + WG 2, Red O80 ol etd tl Pls Noy ow + MG 2, Red 86 of the Pash Fre BM) MG 200, Gry 28 ft oh i Fern age ee ‘tig sheme (GLYOAS) (awry Bre Met MS- Me Gy, YO-Ylo/rangs 8 Uh Gey ese fe Ay Mig 2 FM Pre le TBA 72/051 Thunderstreak, $-51 & Dragonfly Rept F 4 Thats Po EC eon ted {St Dorn (24) Rapti 4 Thodersieak 3-9 o E03 Noa dr te Sui 956 and sod teh Rept Thonterseak SK of 4 Dap! ase a Lea 968 (6) Rept 94 Thderseak UF of £2 La Foye ase Lat 868 (6) Stary Sol za fe Seto 85, Naveen te caer Aromces 82 (S80) + Shay $5. ZH of ELA, And hr based at Ga La Indochina 1852 (FSASIOD Saray $5 il EAS Amd ei bad iL Indochina 853 FSAIOO + Saray $5. BIG f ELAS re rad ta Lam een in 852 SAGE) + Weston Dragan HRM, WPS oe Sh Fig on HS ape 852 (0) + Wesind Daan HRM, WGTSUGITOo Ne 705 WAS ‘used, there are no colour references fall not oven FS numbers! Ifyou / hhave the roforence materia to get ‘over this hurdle then each sheet can berecommended, and our thanks goto ‘Ardpol or the review samples. BNO?) * 507° %-% = BSB wean 4 + Weston Dagan HRM, M70 960 SAR Fgh at a Fa Maa 1980 (8) (ly Bar Meal, Sea Bi Gls FAS -Fnch ‘my Gen DE- Dak Erk A- Aion xq]. S- Sy. 86D Be Gy ‘ase cP Prout Are le 2: Aten, Mock 2 WPM lard Dagoty) Pre le S700 = PP “ets Both ofthese sheet are excelent, beaut ‘uly produced and printed. The instructions are ‘comprehensive and very informative and about ‘the only thing that could be added are FS or BS ‘ferences forall he colours. a only some of them are quoted n each instance. They ae both highly recommended to all and our thanks to ‘Model Art Decal Systm forthe review samples. BEST BUY ne 296: Model Airplane Internationa 68Cee ery new releases - i) i PTs een j ‘vailable worldwide from: manufacturer “HOI, VE, Day of Md Go seine #72 BDIT-Seafr, Firefly Sea Fury & Tracker (OOM j See PAT 4 No Sen LION EOSESES) gaa am Eh {Sate PMOL EOS AO EOSENES) MA if See MPR. MB Net ROK Hw OONG) PNR ‘SeietantmotNeseaase nace Ost AES uabmas | f/ “feo MAM ORS SHeRSS eRe Caeser) AAO if “rayrirar awocson noe asses) OSOOM A fi

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eae “Feet Fk Pgs A sts Gag) ART +See TBO Nei Sp A SESE) + Sea Fry, VHB92, AMC, Mo 871 Sqn, RCN, 1952 (EDSGYS) Te awd, ‘+ Grumman CS2F Trachr, SMa 1523, No.8! San, RN, 956 jenn a ow oe “Cooma SHO Nes FOL; AMAL eset oa g ‘tin os Ps con ma Pog enn aco pas ‘Establishment, Cold Lake, 1959 (NM/ACE/R) ‘arg DE Or Eth, Ua Cre, M-Net (Bh), AA RR WN Nee Met WW, Anan iy espe Art, Haseena orbs kis ‘art EDSG tsa Dk Sa Gy 5 -Stat G.S-S (GD Ge. 16 Li Gy ‘eign fr CUR ar Hgh Paes (Sete 3), Spc Hey (Fey PR Sea Fy). Fujin er Hope (SF Taha) Pcl: CnSi098 pateerat Ver Wf you ar into RCAF or RCN subjects then Belchor have some stunning sheets fo entice you. 1:72 BDIB Canadian Lancaster X Those buying the frst shee! should read the instructions carefully as there ae afew erors thatthe + ur Exes, TOO VIZ of (RCAF) Sa. 84-45 manufacturer points out in thom. The print quay ofeach shoot fe excellent andthe diversity of sub- (oe70en) Jets is very impressive, so they can be highly recommended fall Evrything can be ordered directly “HBT, Vo No.9 (RCAF STi arf was sat "ith the manufacturer and our thanks to Bolcher forthe review samples. fon an 2 Ap 85 andthe acne wih FO ny Myr wat wade he tar acing chances of sural neg sae alow cow menbe Ts she he ‘chee ttt Caan Vpn Hein Lancs PTF TVG caries OEDEN) OES REVERS COE ‘Available worldwide from: Directly from ‘manufacturer 1:72 720010 Heinkel He It Collection Part 3 Hol, 3-8 StS HSE, a of Br ura) Net 2, Fo HSS, Bait Ben, 140 (RLATOTZZ) “Hel WB Sib E26 asd ads, Narn 182 ouuro68) Hel WP of. basen a, 99 (ROUGE) He AAC Gaps Sb EE asa Sather Fs hoy Spee 188 RLATOTVES) 8 Med a ety Sebvgpegue onthe East Fe ig (RLTOTNS wth Stenger enue sacs) *Helb20, NM of AGS, own by Ot Kan base at Paton Russi 9H RLMTOITU2 ws RL at) “Hel, To Grape LL 2st Poke he ae ie ur.) Chor fey RLMZ2- Seer). RLS Het (et ‘i, LTO Seapine), ALT -Drkgn (da pen, LTS ein ih an) ese rasp er (2) 1HGPBBBE soe i, JjIgu reneade + “4 a a a8 \erdt Thi is another excell sheet from AIMS, whichis wel printed and offers some unusual Lk ve Schemes: including tha Zing option. Abou he ony hing lacking conrmatono th colours for ‘ach option. as ahough some colours are noted. ot all of thom are sted foreach oon and this rong ‘ould cause confusion I you have afew Hels 0 Bud thon tis sheet can be hy recommended, ‘and ur thanks fo AIMS for the review sample. avons 70 Medel Airplane international: ne 2098books TR Cen a ae ditorial address and we will be delighted to review th (etic ese eee byD.Coremans aco Publications |SBN: 90-806747-6-1 Price Guide: €94.75/£2750 + 168-page, 215 x 240mm, laminated card cove + English + http:/ultra.glo.de/daco }Daco set the modelling scene aight afow yoars back when thoy started tis series: they ithe F16, then the F-18, then the -38 and each time wo wore all agog looking at these simply stunning photo books. To eal them a walk-around isto miss the opportunity to call them a ‘Forensic Photographic Case Study The coverage I hat doop and that complete that once you Nave ‘tle ke thie the only problem it does bring with ia that now you have no ‘excuse for not goting al the detail into your model! Every part of the Tomcat is covered and the colour mages ae clear and well composed. The coverage {008 from overall airframe views, to details of the various access panels and ‘bays, through the cockpit. onto the engines (wth them removed from the airframe no less) and finaly to the various armaments carid by the A,B and D series. The titles concluded by the inclusion of ance set of foldout 148 ‘lane of the above three variants, and schematics of the cockpit for them all as woll Verdict Wow, what ale! This is one of those tls that if you have any affection for the F-14 (and wio doesnot), you will want to get it. You know ‘how good ther previous FIG, F18 and T-28 titles were, well multiple this by 2 factor of fn and you get some idea of what ison offer. OK, have we sold it te you yer? Go on buy you will net rogrot a. a by HHH Stapfer ‘Squadron/Signal Publi ISBN: 0-89747-495-3, Price Guide: £13.95 + Walk Around No-40 + 80-page, Ad landscape, laminated card cover + English This now Walk Around tt follows the usual format for this 50/50 split of black and white and colour images. The fist 15 pages ral views ofthe MiG-5 inservice and onthe rerap heap! The remain ofthe book is, as expected, amass of wal-around images of just about azpect ofthe airframe, inside and ou. Unlike most books produced in the West previously, this one includes details on things lke the radio equip ment and weapons. soit is well worth having fo that alone. Diagrams show changes in the airframe throughout production and thi is also very useful to the modeler, Verdict: The photos in this ttle area mix of period images, chats of ait- ‘rames preserved in museums and also of those rotting away on scrap ‘heaps and as a result thoy give a wealth of information. ris deal or the ‘modeler and is therefore highly recommended, SUPPLIED BY: THANKS TO SQUADRON iy SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS by K. Barez & M. Kalinowski Kagero ISBN: 83-89088-86X Price Guide: £6.99, + Topshots No.11014 + 50-page, AS landscape, laminated card cover + Polish & English + worm kagero.pt 5 with prvious les in his series. this new one offers full-colour walk round images ofthe chosen subject and inthis ease includes the Mil MP MTV-4 and Mi7. A decal sheet, produced by Tecmo, is included and this offers markings i 72 and 135 for the Polish Navy Mil M17 and Polish ‘ir Cavalry M17 soon nthe various images in the tie. Thiel upplemented with de-cut self-adhesive pant masks te spray on these options instead. Just bout every area ofthe airframe ie covered in the photographic sections and ‘he narrative restricted othe introduction and the caption fr each image cause many of th images have been taken ofthese helicopters ule they are undergoing maintenance there are great shots with al the access panels open andthe engines removed. Verdict With tho type in Ki form in £72 and :35 this is an dealt for any ‘ane considering building It's obviously designed for the modeller and can therefore be highly recommended SUPPLIED BY: THANKS TO HAGEROTe) ation or modelling titles reviewed here, send along to the editorial address and we will be delighted to review them by C. Goss fed Kite Publications ISBN: 0-9546201-4-3, Price Guide: £1795 + InFocus Series + 96-page, A, laminated card cover + worn edkitbooks.com This ie follows similar lines to he est of the InFocus sores although tis time, because it deals with an Axis subject, the coverage more of historical account than a detailed isting ofthe units that usd the type. There are chapters onthe development of the De I folowed by those tha look at Its us in Span, Poland, the Barto of Britain the Balkans and Russa. The narrative foreach is very cncise, withthe bulk being photographic. The te fe concluded with a et of known Do I7 unit codes fllowed by four pages of colour profiles Verdict Although alte different from those titles previously produced in this series the combination of information and the mass of clear mages ‘makes it ideal forthe modeller, s0 we can highly recommend ito all Latrwate fans LIED BY: THANKS TO RED KITE PUBLICATIONS CELT Te ree ie by J. Weal 1 Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1-84176-879-0 Price Guide: £12.09 + firrat ofthe Aces No.68 + 96-pago, AS, laminated card cover + woew.ospreypublishing.com This isthe atest tito to join the Avra ofthe Aces series and it Jécals wih all thse plots that became aces whilst fing in defence of ‘Germany during th pos-1943 period of WIL. This ite follows the usual format forthe series witha detalednarative combined wth a good selection of images, lbelt that most are reproduced quite small and a numberof pages ‘of colour profiles, The appendices ist award recipients andthe Order of Battle for 1943 1944 and 1945. Ae usual, the captions forthe profiles fill up the last tew pages. Verdict: Ths is a well established series that has abroad appeal to both aviation enthusiasts and modellers alike, and we can certainly recommend it to all Lutwatfe fans. SUPPLIED BY THANKS TO OSPREY PUBLISHING by A. Anostis & G. Papadimitriou Periscopio Publications ISBN: 960-8945-54-5 Price Guide: 012.00 + Photo Gallery & Profiles No.| + 64-page, American AA, laminated card cover ‘+ worn periscopio.gr Some of you may know this publisher’ work az they produce a mode! ing magazine a Groece called Model Expert Over the past fw years ‘they have also produced some excellent specials on modeling both aviation and military, but hi new sris from them i specifically about real sireraf [As the series tte implios each offers a mass of details, walk around images long with colour drawings and sketches of various airframe clomonts plus colour pottes and scale plans. MA contributor George Papadimitriou has contributed many ofthe images and Richard J. Caruana has done the profiles and scale plans The colour drawings ae done by Vincenzo Aleta. rabab ‘the best inthe business currently af this typeof illustration so the whole package is very impressive. Verdict: This frst tle promises a very impressive series to come, as the {quality of the colour mages i such and their coverage so in-depth, that you {are left without any doubts about the construction and equipment inthe F104. Richard's colour artwork s always a joy to see and the ilustranions from Vincenzo add that itl extra that makes thi ate that we can highly recommend fall F104 fans. "72 Mode plane iterations ine 06 SUPPLIED BY THANKS TO PERSCOPIO PUBLICATIONSby Perry Watts Schifer Publishing ISBN: 0-7649-2165 Price Guide: £49.95 ($59.95) + 424-page, 230mm x 305mm, hardback + worn schitferbooks.com + English iter produce a wide range of fic squadron. In this case ts the 467th BG snd thoi use ofthe (H) in World War IT es and within thie thee are titles lke this that deal with a spe: 3-24 Liverator ow WWII As you can tel with 400+ pages this ea very detlld history ofthe unt. The frst, Europe during re chapters Set the scone, with alook at their activation and training, then a breakdown ofthe structure ofthe Group, followed by a look at their bas | ‘he main bulk with full accounts of tho UK (Rackheath, Norfolk) and finaly look a the 8-24, By this stage the text turns 1 deal with operations bythe Group from March 944 through to ly 1945 and this forms h mission. including commonts trom the crows involved and lots of period images. The rst of tha titles made upof a tribute tothe Groups commanding tficer (Cl Albert 4: Shower), a special look atthe work of the grounderow a ul Rol of Honour, deta of POWs and intern 0, brotha finally some anecdotes anda complet list of missions flown, Verdict: you ae interested in WWII USAAF bombor operations thn tis ie a must. It is packed ‘with both narrative and photographie information thats just so useful othe modeller The added boner with a tle ofthis quality i thatthe images are not just all about 8-24, as thore are some very intoresting imagos obviously taken by USAAF crews a the time of visiting RAF aircraft SUPPLIED BY: THANKS TO BUSHWO0D 600KS Ee ed by M. Ledet Lola Prosse ISBN: 2-914017-32-4 Price Guide: 665.00 * Collections Historie de Aviation No.I7 + 580-page, A4, hardback + wwavions-bateaux.com Lela Presse are wolknown forthe Avions series and also fr the very Jepecial books produced within this History of Aviation range. Ths lt 2s deals with Imperial Japanese naval aviation fom fo 1944 period. To say that it's a massive ‘work is probably to lite it slighty, as this is probably THE tiie on this subject to date. The only downside for many wil be that although the cap tions aren both French and English the rest ofthe Book i entirely in French ‘The contents deal with the historical aspects of Japanese carlr aviation, charting pre-war development through to each and every action he careers wor involved with during WWI. This followed by a section looking at each cari in turn, then a technical ection that deals withthe aircraft rypes sed. This is all supported wit loads of period mages, most af which are previously ‘unpublished, anda mass of colour diagrams, charts and profiles. n these lt ter eloments the areratt lagrams ae 01:72 and with the carriers exch is supplemented with either a line drawing ora colour profile, Verdict I is impossible in so few words to sum thistle up ast holds so ‘much information. The text being in French wil probably limit the appeal ‘whichis ashame because the photos and artwork alone make it a must for ll Japanese aviation fans. and we most highly recommend it all UK read ‘rs can obtain the Lola Presse range from The Aviation Book Centre or The Aviation Bookshop, while all ther enquiries should go directly tothe pub Isher (contact avins-bateaux con). SUPPLIED BY Tmo a _ 5 ofall the 8-243 used by the Group, a special look atthe B-24 named Witcherat and by JR. Smith & EJ. Creek Midland Publishing ISBN: |-85780-225-X Price Guide: £16.99 ($28.95) * Military Aircraft In Detail + 96-pago, 215mm x 280mm, laminated card cover + English + ww ianallanpublshing.com Thies the iret na new series of case studies by Mi witht eartyvrsion of the Ar 234. The title is mainly technical fom a photographic and dagrammatie viewpoint, but the supporting narrative i also very informative. The coverage is broken downto look sta pany th chapters dealing with design and development finally what it wa ket ly the Ar 224K. Th Images. many of them wll known. but afew less so. Thre are fos and extremely useful drawings like thse forthe landing dol bythe V5 and V7 (always welcome trom the modelers standpoint) Verdict: Superb, quite simply a ie tha ll Luftwatte fans will want inthe ‘bookcase and certainly one that is almost tailor-made for modellors because ‘of the depth of formation it offers. Next up inthis series wil be the Honschol Hs 29. ‘SUPPLE BY: THANKS TO AN ALLAN PUBLISHING ure 206, Model Aipane international 73books by P.Kassak Mushroom Model Publ ISBN: 83-09450-22-4 Price Guide: £8.99 (Git inc P&P [UK & Europe ony]) + Mushroom Model Magazine Special No.SI08 + 80-page, AS, laminated card cover + worn mmpbooks.biz se here ote om tusromm hi ne hat es wih Ce reneene oh nach ts Une penne Cepvenaies snes eee nanny name Tato ‘Te opeans tr Woon Eros ta ay fort tn ah dns THF GAP) ann and A Fes (USAF coer ed Peete ca coven ee fue on oct erica ee ae {ht cae ch erste 5, 84 BT omer Se roa ea nd 258 Vien Tu atid te ht an seme mar wl ind ‘Sat hese sca bea sgn fom vectra ‘ete US cosy tee MD sd ac ua cha Comsct Paryps Paton i the 109, SUPPLIED BY THANKS TO MUSHROOM MODEL PUBLICATIONS Peemerrress eee eee byJ. Freeman ‘The Aviation Workshop ISBN: 1-904843-15-9 Price Guide: £15.00 + On Targot Profiles No.8 + 48-page, 210mm x 297mm, laminated card cover *Engiish + wr theaviationworkshop.co.uk ena mutshl, tis 2 ‘ons bated on the fighter airframes right trough tthe specific PR marks Foreign us of the latter type is also coverd, as well as RAF and foreign use ofthe Fighter Reconnaissance (FR) versions. The mix of profiles is about 70/20 in favour of single sde-vews. but that 20% is made up of complete four-viow sets as wll. Tho captioning of al ofthe profiles is extensive, with 2 {00d 100+ words per subject. and the published source on which tis based also quoted each ime. Photographs are restricted to two pages towards the ‘mile ofthe tt Verdict: PR Spitfires ar certainly some ofthe most colourful, but also some ‘ofthe most neglected, 0 this new book i ideal for Spitfire aficionados and Just anyone witha liking for PR aircraft and operations during and diecty ‘after WIL Don forget Medel Allance do three sets of decals in both 72 ‘and 1:48 depicting many ofthe options seen in this book. SUPPLE BY: THANKS TO THE AVIATION WORKSHOP 74 Mode plane International 06 ee es Copies along to the editorial address and we will be deligh tion or modelling titles reviewed here, send mca Sub rae ISBN: 83-72337-169-5 we boc ice Guide: £16.99 ($29.95) Tis serios should be wellknown to all. in Both this. he Polish language version, andthe English editions (Aircraft Monograph. This atest ad Yom sone ina much larger format, with over 100 pages this time. The formula forthe content eth same, lots of narrative on both the development and operational use of the Duck, coupled wit loads. and we mean loads. of period photographs and diagrams, Service withthe US Mavy and Coast Guards Covered in deta along with cil and other nations’ use ofthe type. There fe ven a section dedicated tothe Columbia JL-I monoplane derivative. The tile Is completed with a good selection of 48 plans and various colour pratis. By he way all the photo and colour profile caption are in English Verdice With the ype already done i 72 and the Classic Airframes version ‘due back soon in 48, this is a ite that wl be very useful when building {any of these kits. Ifyou are just interested inthe type, amphibian aircraft ‘9rUSN and USCG operations, then this one you will want toad to your calection.Cee by Dr Alfred Price Classic Publications (SBN: -903223-48-2 Price Guide: £27.99 ($49.95) + 320-page, 280mm x 305mm, hardback + www ianallanpublishing.com ist cd en he creas fi ig tt ‘crete tyre wot rope ag sted ory ies tane capers tree atin wanes wen aro fete et ha Goo ees pata pana rote tstonmer cate Lites pos tye anon ees gre ‘oytanen iv oft oe Vere Ts area and compro the et ve Tarver an crea ed te gehen pred Evens eeecintn ener onan uateeratren serous ‘vse meer yu wets ot RPA Larne ep Sone Pearse by ¥. Gordon and $ & D. Komissarov Midland Publishing ISBN: -85780-228-4 Price Guide: £19.99 (UK), $36.95 (USA) + Red Star Volume 27, + 128-page, 280mm x 215mm, laminated card cover + English + wor ianallanpublishing.com JThe DC: s world renowned andthe oficial leense-but version ro luce in Rusia is probably jst as well known, even though mast probably think twas an unofficial copy. This now addition tothe Red Star sai chars the licence production ofthe DC-2 in Russi from 1996, ital as the PS-B4 and on trough until production moved in 1941 Yo Tashkent ant became the U2. Allof the service use and dvelopment of the type is covered, cluding the LU-2VP bomber versions. There is a gest mass of period images, both overall and in great deta so you should have no dificult in understanding the subject ‘once you have read all Wartime operation ofthe PS-4 and L-2 is covered In deta, as wo as post-war use ina variety of roles and bya large numberof ‘Communist nations. The bulk ofthe content i in black and white but there a colour section towards the end offering colour profile of various machines and nice mixed bag of period and modern calour photographs ofthe type Verdict if you ever consider converting a DC-3/0-47 ta Li-2 then this is the book you need, as there is so much dtal that this i the type of le we ‘moder keto have in the library. Alo, ofcourse if you area DC-3 fan then ‘this adds the usin connection’ othe story and so can be highly con ‘mended. SUPPLE BY: THANKS TAM ALAN PUB Te by B. Gooden Classic Publications 'SBN;1-9909223-62-8 Price Guide: £24.99 ($44.95) + 144-page, 226mm x 303mm, hardback English + wo janallanpubishing.com ata ob he ni aay icp th 39 war epee 9 armany The (ces te 16D wae emanate at Charter Vwk a rural of rel mnces of Neer tt ‘satel op fn et emetone exept Senet net ope repaid tw a a ma Verte nce ns ind prob on tab ore Sein wor on he pf nay parse ome Te ie oe rom ‘neurite nar Conidae oped goede Hoy Pi mle le mM 4y- a te SUPPLIED BY THANKS TO AN ALLA PUBLISHING by G.Paloque & F. Weil DTU sarl ISBN: 2-912749-08-5 Price Guide: €24.00 + Flight Colors No.! + 98-page, 210mm x 297mm, laminated card cover + Fronch & English This isa brand now series from wol-known French publisher DTU. I 8, a5 the series ite suggests, a massive collection of colour profiles of | specific type in this ease the F100. The frst 18 pages area narrative his tory ofthe F100, spit 50/50 on cach page in French and Engi. The rest of the ti coils organised by operating department, so you get USAAF TAC Wings first, in numerical order. followed by USAFE, PACAF and [ANG unis. The final few sections deal with miscellaneous US-based oper tors, then the coverage moves onto deal wth export examples from Denmark, France, Taiwan and Turkoy. Thore are up to fv side profiles per page, no four view sets, but the captions ae in both languages as well and quite detailed Verdict: This i certainly a realy impressive selection of F-100s and if you ‘modelled them al you would be doing t nearly forever! There ean excellent Ativrsty of subjects, markings and colour schemes and this ls made very ‘usable by the multilanguage format. you ike the Supor Sabre in sorvice ‘with any nation then this book i or you ol ee SUPPLIED BY: THANKS TO OTU SARLa . uae eee Oe Se cece gg Email: [email protected] The wews expressed hare are et acessnly thos of te eo or uber Lats maybe ee fer ation ET aa i ‘North American™ P-51™ Mustang™’ - Modelling of the Future! One of the biggest issues currently in our community is the attempt by so far it seems, certain American aircraft manufacturers to claim licensing fees from model companies. To date we have heard comments about this relating to Boeing (sorry, Boeing™) and Pratt & Whitney, but it will affect our entite hobby before too long, Agree or disagree, the problem is here to stay and its also quite legal for these firms to seek licensing fees from anyone producing a replica of any of the products they, or member companies of their conso tium, have created. It may well be that this will therefore soon spill over into all forms of manufactured’ products in our hobby, after all even the MOD now has a copyright on the RAF roundel and fin flash! What it will mean to the hobby is rising cost, IF all these firms {and organisations insist on the licence fees, The flipside of this is that sadly those firms that flout the law, or operate in countries that simply dont abide by them, wil just keep on making stuf without authorisation an will be priced ‘ut the market. We have all seen trademark logos appearing on kit boxes nowadays, take Tamiya’ lovely 1:72 P-51D Mustang, note the ‘Boeing Officially Licensed Product’ in the top left hand comer (Boeing own North American) and there are others out the One can only hope that sense prevails and this multi-national firms decide that charging a very small firm x-amount of money to make a resin kit, decal sheet ete of one, orto fit one, of the products they made in the past is just not worth ther effort and we willbe left to enjoy our hobby. Ifnot, all that will be left are those products produced by firms that no longer exist or, many are going to hate ths, those made for the Third Reich in WWA, aftr all what suit-and-tie company lawyer is going to stand up in court and state that his firm ‘made those items for the Nazi regime! Time will el, but let's hope that enjoym make an easy buck’ out of i Richard A. Franks - Editor, Model Airplane International nt of our hobby is not about to be crushed by those who have no interest init other than to PROP WASH! Ed Says: Thanks David, we have WOWED! DEAR MAI ‘hada ot of new WWII aircraft kit HELLO, LOVE THE MAGAZINE, but ‘releases of lato and as the contents | JUST WANTED to take a having jst read Issue 9 from ‘OfMAlis dictated by whats new minuto and thank you SO ‘cover fo cover think it must have we may boon sean fo have been a much for delivering my been printed about 1944 before bit foo heavily woighed towards one magazines SO quickly! the invention ofthe jet engine. ‘genre. Sorry about that, we do have You guys are GREAT! Those ‘Were not all propeller heads you the FIF Tiger coming up in Issue wore a birthday present that my know! My particular interest ls __‘12, a well a a numberof other jot wife had bought for me. looked Naval jet aviation, especially the subjects in Volume 2, so hopefully though a couple ofthe issues {60s and 70s would love that will meet with your approval, today and WOW, what a Yo 800 some more of that Just somany kits and not enough wonderful magazine. You have genre. ‘ays hours/pages each month! done an awesome job on putting Regards together, in my opinion, the BEST ‘avid France aircraft modeling magazine that Ed Says: Thanks Jef glad ro is published today. You hax know that you are enjoying what we definitly listened 10 us wing offer in MAL and I hope you enjoy ruts. Ihave been building models readingit each month. This hobby of ow for over 25 years and ‘urs is cortanly growing al the time something different everyday and that is why ADH came into the Amazes me about this hobby. ‘marker with MAI o bring thie syle Your magazine has yet WOWED and presentation tous al. and smo again, ‘est assured lam just as wowed ‘Thanks again and take care. ‘each month as you are by what Winches USA ‘these guys can create! "76 Model Aelane nteratonal - ne 208ALBATROS OBSERVATIONS =| DEAR SIR JAY LAVERTY has done one heck of a job ofthe Albatros in Issue 8. The interior wood finish methos ‘Twill use on my ‘Truly outstanding. What Jasta are the markings from? The Source of the markings fs not in the article; Think it is Jasta 4, per one of my sources (Osprey's Albatros Aces of World War) (Mt. Editor: The marking source should be told in an article) ‘Some observations: |. Thank you for pointing out the sagging of the wings. Iisa shame, but admitting it doesnt etract from the model, and enhances the review. 2. Aminor gripe, the wing a it is rigged on the model is for a DY, hich was not compatible with the DIL The B.Va and the Dil top wing were interchangeable. Only an Albatros nut would notice this so you will probably get several (thousand?) outraged let 5. Tell Jay 10 ignore these, his ‘Albatros is excellent Excellent Magazine “Tom Anderson 4 Says: Thanks Tom, Jay's build was indoed excelent and it was {good to include a build of large- ‘scale WWI subject in MAI for a ‘change. The lack of source informa ton forthe markings s simply that ‘we didnot have it to hand. We only Ihave a limited numberof rference tiles in our libraries, regardless hhow extensive we think they are, 0 ‘nether the Editor nor author can ‘supply it there is not alot else we ‘can do. suspect the mix-up with the rigging was probably because ‘thor no information i incuded in ‘the kit 0 Jay had ro go with what he could find, oF the wrong informa ton was included. As you say, only a ‘complete Albatros nut would notice this butt sa valid point to raise ro forewarn our readership, so thanks for that. AMATTER OF SUBJECT DEAR EDITOR AAS A NEW subscriber Ihave 1 say that | have been impressed with the magazine so far - great design, los of articles and superb pho- tography. However a gripe | have about the magazine i the repetition factor. Inthe last few months we have seen some superb models, but do we need to see the same subject, albeit in another scale and/or by anather manufacturer, within such a short period of tim. brief porusal ofthe covers over ‘the last 5-6 issues would lead one to believe that only F-6's,F-i8's, 40's and Fw 190's are being pro- duced, And next month yet another Fw 180 and another P-40 - boring! Sure | have some of those aircraft my collection, maybe not from those ‘model companies, and the quality of the modeling in these issues ‘expisite- but dort want read about them over and over and over rains met see marstacturers He Hasegawa releasing yot another ‘109 with a new decal set, or Tamiya releasing yet another Tiger tank what happened tthe beau tf roleases of afew year ago “Tamiya started off with afew classic 50 ets and then. Zip. Hasegawa, the same - great A-4's and F045 and now just the same models regurgitated with now decals. Guys lke Trumpeter, Classic Airframe, Eduard, Roden, Special Hobby, ete are putting these guys 1 shame in terms of subject material ad output ‘And sot goes with the magazine how about some ates onthe more esoteric subjects - not anther boomin F-16! Dont get me wrong. the F-16 is one of myfavourites but [ike to see how another modeler tackled the resin and PE of a inted- runt rte esos ofa kt wth mo ‘eg tabs, orhow the modeler had to scratchbuld a cockpit that wasnt Included withthe kit- not anothor sthake-m-bake from Tagawa I want to see more technique rather than how grea hist falls together’. ‘Bur otherwise it's good. Regards, Rober Wis Mew Zeland ci ia yo ete eee “The selected letter each month wllectv a icraft kt rom he ‘Academy ange courtery of Reademy and their UK importer, Teyway [eet RESIN - THE HIDDEN DANGER DEAR RICHARD, | sat down the other day withthe latest MAI (keep up the good work) land saw the item on Painting resin cockpit. "Ah, good!” I though, being a great fan of the Neomega product. But as read, I was brought ‘up sharply. Using a Dreme! tool on resin! As Hary Enfield would say, “Oi! no! stop It is important to remember the basi thing about work- ing with rosin - wear a face mask when sanding or working with resin and always sand resin wet. Polyurethane resin dust is carcinogenic. And before anyone starts muttering about “nanny state", let me point out that over the years, a number of fine modellers have ded of lang cancer ‘through inhaling resin dust = just the sot of thing tha’s flung about when you work resin with a power tool. i's reasonably sae to carve thin resin flash or wobs off with a sharp blade, but all eanding of resin should be done wet, whilst wearing a respirator and doubly eo when using a power tol Best wishes, ‘Robert Day (UX) Ed Says: Voy valid point there Robert, and apologies fall for not adding ‘larger warning on tat fist part of Jeroens guide. We do carry safety warning throughout MAI each month, a feototes on all main feature ‘pages but it s probably best also to add larger notes when covering pe ‘fi techniques and! will ry to remember his in future. See my Last Word ‘this month for more on this topic. and details of one ofthe types of reepira- Ed Says: As have said bofore, the | stand that you want more, we get so contents of MAlis very much aie- | many people asking for moro, more, {ated by what's new out thero, soit | mor! With limited space and tine the manutacturers choose to algo | it always gong tobe difficult and ‘along the same route fora time we | a8 an experienced editor know t {are going tobe covering what they | is impossible to satsty everybody ‘,In cur defence I should point out | all ofthe tne. Techniques are to ‘that we have featured kis like the | ics wo are covering separately and Czech Model Skykniht Batleaxe | I plant offer one technique per Albatros DM, Roden Fokker DR, | edition, tating with the two we Trumpeter Wyvern, Special Hobby | have already seen trom Jroen in Butta, Accurate Miniatures fssue 9 and 10. would als ke 10 Vindicator et, et, so we are not | do some more builds that actually ‘stuck ina rut covering the same old | focus on working with that type of ‘subjects time and again. We have | kit, but tall depends on contibu- covered just about all the major | tors, of there are any of you out ‘leases since our launch from al__| there who feo up tothe task and ‘the top manufacturers, and sprin- | have the skis 0 do the modelling. led in a good mix of other releases | writing and photography (never an {rom the smaller names in our hobby | easy task know), then please drop as well-Tho mixis good, but lunder- | me a line. une 206; Model pane international 77Le SEN UL) ‘Now let's get all enthusiastic about next month's edition! On Sale 22nd June 2006 Tiger Blues The Fonderie Miniatures 1:48 Grumman FIIF-{ Tiger built by Pierre A. Lambert Bristol Beaufort by Richard J. Caruana Russian Knight ¥ lan Ruscoe builds Revel’s lovely, not-so-small, :144 An-124 Ruslan ‘Trumpeter’s 1:32 MiG-29M Fulcrum E built and updated by Jay Laverty Richard J. Caruana colour profiles with all our main features Plus all the latest news and kit, accessory, decal and book reviews. ANN VOL 11S 11 UNE 2006 EDITORIAL: ean ems coupe st ‘CIRCULATION TRADE iNqUI Yow Tocomacrus: SEMIS, SRMATIN TINE US i aS Fax: 01525 222574 ART: ‘antag adCntin Mri i Ate int—Sameran ete eae fe eldteribipeemsiodon OMRDTOS! eiomwontiomnen Sone Nodal plan teatosl, AM Pabihing, US & CANADA SUBSCRIPTIONS: sw eins ann ane na erat AON Pising. EDYTORIAL, ADVERTISEMENT AND CIRCULATION: U5 &; CANADA SUBSCRIETIONS: war nose nse Boris, LU 10, England eek nna Nader ‘peo eo tenn Romeo THE NEXT ISSUE OF MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL I ON SALE 22ND JUNE 2006 ‘une 206. Model Airplane international 78We all know that many of the compounds we use could be harmful, so isn't time you hat 1 our hobby we are all aware that we deal with potentaly harmful substances as a by-product. 30 years ago it may have been the cate that iti in the way of specific safety equipment was available tothe hobbyist but nowadays with COSHH regulations there a mass of safety equipment out there. With this in mind I thought i would be good to finish off this month by just making a request for ll of you to make serious consideration ‘of your own and othere’eafety in how you undertake your hobby. Last month we noted in Jeroen's technique feature the hazard represented by sanding resi, and the need to consider just how the dust particles could be distributed when using things like a motor too! or sandpaper. The latter ean be overcome by working with wet dry paper and water, but you stil have to ensure the slurry doos not get fry or it becomes airborne once again. Using ' power tool or power sander is best avoided, Unless you have a ful clean-air circulation and filtration system installed in your workroom! Iris true that buying safety equipment can be ‘expensive, but how much fs yout long-term well-being worth to you? Even if you think you fare invineible and don't need protection (who fare you kidding), then you have to consider ‘others in your household, so fr a start how about investing ina vapour and particle reepiratr, First ofall dont hold up one af those ile masks you get in DIY shops and say, T've alceady got one”, as they areas much use asa chocolate teapot. What you need is a specialist respirator, known a8 a ha-mask, and t needs to be fitted witha iter unit that ean deal with both organic vapours as well as particles. have juet had 0 replace my old respirator, ater about ‘decade of excellent service. In doing so! had Re Rte La P ieneernnrenr ean reg ene ete Porperen treat een! ter eee i ce Td rn eae E ace Town Hall on the 27th (Contact Les W ey renee ie. ees earn POG ne eee ee Ce rete eed ces) 182 Mode Alrplane Internationa ne 2008 to read up on all he safety documents to find the current type of mask and fiter combination ‘that would meet my needs. As always the omenclatures and reference numbers all change overtime, 0 a quick check of the Scott, website (www: scotteafety.com) soon gave me the information | needed. | therefore opted for Scot’ Profile 2 respirator fitted with AIP3 filter nits, The AI element ofthe filter code tells you that it deals with gases and vapours from ‘organic compounds with a boing point above {65°C (e4 all petroleum-based paints), while the P3' bt means it protects against solid and liquid hazardous particle, The combination fof both seemed ideal to me, but | would advise you alto take time and read up a litle on the subject via the various brochures and information sheets avaiable to download on the Scott ste. The Profile 2 was duly ordered from 8 suitable UK eupplier and arrived the next day. Inall, even with an extra set of fiters, and | had one forthe long duration’ version as well i Cost me les than £40, well worth investing in for the well-being of your lungs! Oh, and by the way f you are going to tell me you dont need a respirator because you use acrylics, and they fare water-based, think again, anything sprayed te dangerous and most acrylics are just -water ‘modified enamels or cellulose, so they are just fs harmful , ERE. Pr eee EDITOR’S CHOICE Face Painting Made Easy As aircraft model ‘As aitle test, if you need further proof before investing in a professional respirator, ve Litle-cars.com call and purchase one of ther entry-level half-masks: they only cost {£5 and come with after unt 80 they won't break the bank. Put it on fora couple of evening sessions of spraying, then take i off and look at the iter ~ all that lot would be going up your nose and into your lungs ~ now ist worth Investing in a respirator? Richard A. Franks Editor - Model Airplane International 1s we do come across occasions when we need to paint a figure, so this new bored set of acrylic painteepecitialy for this purpose from Andrea is well worth invest= ing in. The set comprises six plastic bottles af lesh-tint colours and there i a itl instruction booklet with stage-by-stage photos to show you how to use the colours to achieve effective flesh tones on a model. Haven’ things changed since we all had one tinlet of paint called ‘lsh! The Andrea range and this sos stocked by a numberof outlets in the UK, but we got ‘ur sample from Litl-cars.com, eo they get the credit. f you want to know more, contact them a infotitle-cars.com or vist them at www tie-cars.com.WOLFPACK’S NEMESIS eee 1278) OA Built in 1938 ta meet the requirements ear er eed ee ee ey oe ee eee ae ee es ee ceed squadrons were already equipped with ee ens ee eee ee ed ey ee ere ee the U.S. Navy began placing arders for eee eee pare eae ae ee eae rs er eee ee ae a ae ee ed ee ee ee ed ee ene mn Ce ee ey ee mens Ce eetSTONS OF OVERPOWERING FORCE 1448 scale REPUBLIC P-47M THUNDERBOLT... Decals or 3 itferent markings incided bolt was nicknamed the First introduced a2 fighter escort for Aled bombers, the Repu “hug* for its heavy, imposing frame, Deployed in January 1945, the 47 version designed to counter threats ike the V-1 buzz bomb and new jt f 3 P-47D-28RE airrame fitted with a radial R-2800-57 engine capable of top speed of 76km/h. Now ‘valle in 148 scale, this model faithfully reproduces the PA7M's features uch sae brakes installed 0 build P-47M or P-47D Bubbletop versions with or without dorsal tal fins, vast increasing ‘modeling options. 3 et of markings depict planes of the Bth Air Force, 56th Fighter Group, including ‘Major George Bostwick, who downed a German Me262 jet fighter in his 47, Trace the Evolution of the P-470n a 1/48 Scale Sa” Follow the development ofthe P47 Thunderbolt with Tamiya’ 148 cle serie, Tamia’ Razorbck er 61086) and Bubbitop em 61090) modes ccuratelyrepcoduced, with fly detailed cockpit interior and pil figure mrmucrov rac ince. Eta parts depict 500 1b, bomb rocket launchers ad op tanks ‘SHLORA 4229610 JAPAN,