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Steve A Evans also builds one of his Top
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Mosquito
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ten top subjects from Issues 1 to 99
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Hobbys 1:72 B-18 Bolo
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Editorial - Something Special

Those of you that read MAI on a regular basis will realise that writing a regular editorial is not something I do, I do not know why, maybe I just cant, or maybe I think
there are more important things to use the space for. Whatever is the case I usually only ever write an editorial for two reasons, the rst being to mark the end of
another volume the other being when something special occurs. Well, this month is something special, as it marks out the100th edition. Yes, eight years and 100
editions have passed since I took the mantle as editor of MAI, blimey! I started as an editor of a monthly title back in 1996 and I think my enjoyment of the hobby was
my main reason for doing so and it still drives me today. Throughout the year I get to talk with a great many of you at the events in the UK that I attend and although I
tend not to travel abroad any more, I have in the past and I never cease to be amazed by your
enthusiasm and sheer dedication for the hobby.
So, a big thank you to all of you out there who support me and the team at ADH by buying MAI
each month, we know you enjoy it, you tell us, and ADH is constantly striving to make it look
better and better, whilst I struggle to type and answer emails fast enough... Producing a title on a
regular monthly cycle can be hard at times (especially over the Christmas/New Year period), but
with the help of friends and contributors it has still not lost its sparkle for me. Now I cant thank
all our contributors here by name, but you know who they are and I have to just pass on a big
personal thank you to them all - nice work guys. MAI would not be complete each month without
the superb artwork of Richard J. Caruana and 2013 marks 18 years of our both working together,
so another big thank you. What does the future hold, who knows, I will certainly keep MAI up to
date and we will continue to bring you the best in kit builds with a nice mix of product reviews
and hints and tips. With all of us now in a digital age apparently, many may think that the printed
magazine is a dinosaur, but its not the case as a computer is far less user-friendly than a printed
title and, at least here in the UK, until Internet service and broadband connections are a lot faster
in all regions and free, the printed magazine is still cheaper and a lot more accessible. Besides it
gives us all some me time and long may it continue.
So, having wafed on for a bit, now on with Issue 100 as I sit here by the keyboard and
contemplate the next 100 editions.
Spitre by instalments
DeAgostini have recently turned their attention to partworks on aircraft with a 1/12th rendition of the Spitre
Mk Vb. The kit is made up of laser-cut wooden frames
with a top skin of aluminium plates and once built the
model is 760mm long with a span of 935mm. The kit
will be supplied over 32 months at a monthly price of
28.00, so not cheap, but it is a big impressive model
that will delight fans of the type that would otherwise
probably not make models.
Visit www.buildthespitre.com for more details and to
sign up for a subscription, as those doing so will get a
few bonuses, including a 1:72 die-cast Bf 109E with the
second instalment, a free tool kit designed to help you
build your Spitre with the fourth instalment and a free
lighting kit with the 10th instalment.
New from
Amber
Amber Books have recently
started a new series of
weighty hardback titles in
their Aviation act ile series.
The rst two can be seen
here and they cover Aircraft
of World War II and Military
Aircraft of the Cold War. Each
is packed with data on all
the types covered, including
specications, operational
service and variants. A
look at the format is sort of
familiar, maybe akin to the
Air Power Journal series
maybe? Anyway, overall

the effect is good and the
images and artwork nice and
clean. With over 200 pages
and a hardback cover the
19.99 price is amazing, but
this type of title has to nd
purchases in a more general
marketplace than just to
aviation enthusiasts, so if you
fancy either title, it may well
be worth adding to your library
as a quick one spot guide.
Amber Books are distributed
in the UK by Casemate
UK Ltd, so for more details
visit their website at www.
casematepublishing.co.uk or
call 01865 241249.
Stripdown
Back in 2001 Eduard released their neat little okker
Dr.I Triplane in the special Stripdown series, where
all the structure of the airframe was replicated in
etched. This was pretty early days in the whole
process, and Eduard have learnt a great deal in the
intervening 12 years, so now they have reissued
the kit, but with a big update. The whole airframe
is now etched, plus you get the plastic parts in the
kit so you could do
a solid fuselage and
etched wings or etched
fuselage with solid
wings. On top of the
three frets of etched,
you get a number of
new detail parts in
resin like the engine,
struts and tailskid,
plus there are two
big lumps of resin.
These are actually
jigs to help you bend
and form the mass
of etched and they
will have uses after
you have done this kit, that is for sure! No decals

are included, as there is nothing to put them on
really, but the kit is a special limited edition, so
buy it whilst you can, because once its gone, its
gone. UK retail price is 27.80 and it (#2114) is
distributed in the UK, along with all other Eduard
products by Creative Models, Hannants and LSA
Models. or all other enquiries worldwide, visit the
Eduard website at www.eduard.com.
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Pick-up Pencil
This is an odd cross-over from the craft side, but these
odd little pencils are idea for modellers when working
with ddly bits of plastic, resin or etched brass. The
central core is tacky, not massively, just enough, so
you touch it to the item and it picks it up, but when you
place it in position, once you get the hang of it, you will
go front or back down rst and the item will just drop
off. We have also used these to move parts around,

as the tack is good for that as well and if you slightly
moisten the core it gets a little tackier. Available in a
few specialist ranges already, at varying prices, the
ones here will be available at model shows from the
Valiant Wings Publishing stand for just 1.79 a go.
Thus far they are not available online from Valiant, but
if demand is sufcient, they may add it to their stock
list, but for now seek them out at shows and pick up
one (or more) of these highly useful little beasts!
Now also a
v
enamel paailable in the
int range
New Luftwaffe Colours from Humbrol

Humbrol continue to expand their range of acrylic paints with the addition of the following new colours
1 Grey Primer; 160 German Camouage Red Brown, Matt; 240 RLM 02 Grau, Matt; 241 RLM 70
Schwartzgrun, Matt; 242 RLM 71 Dunkelgrun, Matt; 243 RLM 72 Grun, Matt; 244 RLM 73 Grun, Matt;
245 RLM 74 Graugrun, Matt; 246 RLM 75 Grauviolett, Matt; 247 RLM 76 Lichtblau, Matt; 248 RLM 78
Himmelblau, Matt; 249 RLM 79 Sandgelb, Matt; 251 RLM 81 Dunkelbraun, Matt; 252 RLM 82 Olivgrun, Matt
and 253 RLM 83 Dunkelgrun, Matt.
All colours come in 14ml plastic containers and they retail for 1.60. We have been testing these new
acrylics of late and have to say that they are a quantum leap from the old paints, no more lumps and gloopy
varnish, they are quite superb and go on well with a brush or via an airbrush. It is great to have Humbrol
adding authentic colours like this once more into their range, as it is what they were known for decades
ago and it is also great to see that these paints easily meet todays standards. All Humbrol products should
be readily available from a number of high street and internet outlets, but you can also buy directly from
Humbrol by visiting www.humbrol.com.
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The announcement of a brand new Gladiator kit among Airfixs schedule for 2013
was received with delight by many modellers. Obviously the choice of subject
has not been done randomly because the Gladiator stands alongside the Spitfire
and Lancaster as an icon of the RAF that can still be seen in the skies today, and
purely from an economic point of view, it makes perfect sense as well. The last
modern mainstream injected kit was from Heller which was released about 30
years ago (not counting the simplified and not very precise recent release from
HobbyBoss) and despite a number of newer short-run kits that were well detailed
and quite nice (especially the Sword kit), their nature and price meant that they
were unable to interest a broad range of modellers.
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Glad-rags
Built & Written by Libor Jekl from the Czech Republic
DIMENSIONS: 1:72
irx ha e opted to release the Mk

I rst and the box contains two
sprues of about 70 parts and one
clear sprue with another e parts,
whilst the decal sheet is made b
Carto raph and the instructions are in irx s
current format. One aspect of these new irx
kits that is often the cause of much debate is
the ar in ualit and nesse of the surface
detail, howe er in this kit I was more than
satised because the panel lines and the fabric
rendition are ne and restrained. The en ra ed
lines are ma be ust a little bit too deep but
this does not matter once the are under a
coat of primer and paint but most importantl
the are complete and consistent on all parts.
The nel raised ribs and lon erons make the
fabric co ered areas realistic plus there are
arious panels includin the win un access
panels that sli htl protrude from the surface,
althou h I think the rims on the fusela e sides
are perhaps a little on the hea side. It s m
opinion, howe er, that irx didn t et ri ht the
look of the metal panel fasteners, doin them
as rather hea ri ets with semi round heads,
which ou are better sandin off. The cockpit
looks decent and has a oor connected with the
construction isible under the rear la in , seat,
armour plate, control column, ro compass
and separatel moulded machine uns.
The instrument panel is part of the fusela e
assembl and the instruments are pro ided onl
as decals. The kit allows for the side access
doors to be opened if the fusela e sides are

cut out, but the doors seem to ha e soft detail,
so I recommend ou wait until an aftermarket
set arri es that will undoubtedl address this,
and some of the cockpit simplications or
omissions, for instance the unsi ht that lacks
its supportin tubular structure. The en ine unit
looks prett ood with nicel done indi idual
exhausts connected to the rin collector, inner
braces, oil cooler inlets and rear fuel mixture
pipework. The en ine cowlin itself is di ided
into four parts, with the front rin attached
to the bottom panel with exhaust pipes plus
two separate upper panels, howe er the
bul es abo e the al es are too shallow.
nice wooden atts propeller unit is pro ided
to ether with a spinner cap the later aire
eed metal propeller will be included in the
Mk II kit. T pical with their recent releases
irx offer a step that simplies assembl , in
this case it concerns the win assembl . hile
the fusela e struts are lued in the separate
deckin so their an le is xed, the outer
interplane struts are connected to ether ia
shaped connection pieces what should ensure
perfect t and eometr . owe er, I m afraid
in this case ood intention won o er common
sense as the connection pieces are intended to
be remo ed from the struts after the win s are
lued to ether, which would make cleanin the
struts and the o erall kit s paintin uite difcult
unless of course ou don t use an airbrush or
choose a sin le coloured camoua e scheme .
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KWIK BUILD
Plane Facts
The ladiator was deri ed from the auntlet and built to Specication .7/30, howe er once submitted to the ir Ministr in une 1935
Specication .14/35 was written around it. The protot pe 5200 rst ew in September 1934. roduction started with the Mk I powered
b the Mercur I and 231 were built for
, with the t pe enterin
ser ice in ebruar 1937 before e uippin 31 hter s uadrons.
The t pe was also supplied to el ium, China, ire, reece, at ia, ithuania, orwa and Sweden.
The Mk II was powered b the Mercur III or III S and was built to meet Specication .3 /37 with 252 bein built for the
. ircraft
22 5 2302 were modied to Sea ladiator Interim standard for the
in ad ance of deli er of 0 Sea ladiator Mk IIs, and
ei hteen Mk IIs were supplied to Sweden, where the were operated as
s. The nal ersion of the t pe was the Sea ladiator Mk II and
0 of these were built for the
.
I believe painting the upper wing separately
and assembling it with the rest of airframe
afterwards seems a more logical approach, but
I confess it may not suit all. Additionally, the
struts have deep and perfectly formed recesses
that reliabl ensure correct and positi e t. The
instructions offer a detailed and clear rigging
diagram, which is a nice touch, plus there are
miniature holes for the wires. The kit correctl
captures the offset position of the wheel axle
and two styles of wheel are provided (one is
wei hted with separated wheel discs. The
wing gun pods have open spent cartridge
ports that look ne, althou h the seem to
be a bit slim in cross section and the gun
barrels are thick. The canopies are pro ided
as early and late versions and the open option
is a ailable too. The camoua e schemes
offer a pre-war overall Aluminium machine
from No.73 Squadron that is now depicted on
the Shuttleworth Collection example, and a
camoua ed example of the Irish l in Corps.
Before commencing construction I carefully
removed with the tip of a scalpel blade the
fasteners and reproduced them with a minipunch I made with a s rin e needle. Then I
turned m attention to the cockpit and since
I planned to build the kit with closed canop
I used the kit s parts without ma or updates I
ust added the seat belts and the unsi ht from
spares. The cockpit was then spra ed in ircraft
Grey-Green for the upper half with Aluminium
for the lower, and the fuselage halves were
then closed. Next I added the separate upper
deckin with struts with instrument panel decal
glued inside, and here a little putty was needed
at the oint with the side doors the line was
then rescribed to match the thickness of the
surrounding panel lines. Once all the fuselage
seams looked O I attached the lower win
and the tailplanes, all without an trouble. The
main undercarria e le s tted nicel as the
were inserted in the recesses that ensure

correct ali nment. ow I could take care of
those outer struts, rst of all I cut awa those
X-shaped connections and cleaned the struts
with a sandin stick. The indi idual struts were
then secured in the lower wing, which didn't
pose any issues at all as the correct geometry
is again ensured via the precisely moulded
o al shaped recesses. The miniature holes for
the rigging I made deeper with a 0.15mm drill
bit and I also added a few that were omitted
during this phase I also prepared the upper
wing by drilling through the holes for the rigging.
nal trial t of both win s went O so I lued
the canop to the fusela e actuall , the canop
ust snapped on and was secured with a tin
amount of c anoacr late as the t was perfect.
n wa , check for the correct t pe of the
windshield as both early and later (armoured)
t pe are pro ided rom the fusela e spine
I removed the antennae mast because that
wasn t present on attle s machine, plus one of
the columns on the n as well. The tropical lter
I needed was in the kit, but I was not satised
with the shape of this unit and so replaced it
with a cast item from the a la kit. I also cut off
the not very convincing rendition of the light on
the dorsal spine, lled the hole and installed a
cast li ht from the CM ran e instead. hen
assembling the cowling I deviated from the
instructions and glued it together without the
en ine which was later inserted after paintin
if the locating pins are removed from the valves
the engine can easily put into the cowling from
behind. After general cleaning, polishing and
maskin off the canop I proceed with the
painting.
Since I already had in my collection a
ladiator in pre war markin s, I utili ed the
decal sheet from lanet Models
72004
Gloster Gladiator over North and East Africa)
I recentl ac uired and went for . attle s
machine of No.80 Squadron based in Egypt in

1940 incidentall , these markin are contained
within the Starter Set ersion of this kit too .
This plane wore the Temperate and scheme
with black and white undersides some sources
state the upper wing underside was left in
luminium . The camoua e colours on period
pictures look a bit washed off with hea si ns
of attrition and repainting, so the colours I used
were appropriately lightened and the surface
weathered and dusted using a light overspray
of a i ht Sand colour. fter a coat of loss
arnish I applied the decals, which worked
perfectly and I can recommend them (I suspect
the are printed b O
enc . rom the
kit s decals I used onl the instrument panel
so I cannot fully evaluate them, but based on
previous experience with Cartograph they
should not pose any issues. On the paper they
seem to have perfect register, good colours and
the welcome addition of a set of stencils.
fter the nal matt arnish coat I continued
with the nal assembl , settin in position the
upper win rst, followed b the ri in . The
individual wires were cut to length from heatstretched sprue, painted black, secured in the
lower wing and then pulled through the upper
win holes. fter llin and cleanin the upper
win surface I nished the paintin on this
part and applied the upper win roundels. The
main wheels look prett ood, but I e entuall
replaced them with cast resin a la items I
ha e se eral a la kits that seem to be surplus
now, so wh not to rob them . The win un
barrels did not look ri ht in the scale so these
were exchan ed for Quickboost cast resin
examples and I also removed the pitot placed
on the left strut and replaced it with ne brass
wires from the same material I also shaped the
foot step. At the end I glued to the fuselage the
assembled engine unit and installed the aerials
cut from black shin line.
FINAL VERDICT
ith no doubt this is the best mainstream in ected ladiator kit to date in 1:72 and a er nice effort from irx indeed. In comparison with the more
detailed Sword kit the irx ladiator ma loose some points, but the other ad anta es are ob iousl on its side. Considerin the price and eas
assembl it has the potential to become et another of irx s bestsellers, especiall reboxed with attracti e markin s from orth frica, reece and
the Middle East, not to mention the large number of foreign users of the type.
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Gloster
Javelin
1:48 New
Tooling
Three schemes available:
A 64 Squadron RAF Tenagh

Singapore 1960s
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B XH898 2280CU RAF Leuchurs
The Gloster Javelin

was an all-weather
interceptor aircraft that
served with Britains
Royal Air Force in the
late 1950s and most of
the 1960s. It was a
T-tailed delta-wing aircraft
designed for night and
all-weather operations and
was the last aircraft to bear
the Gloster name.
C XH903 3 Squadron RAF
to be produced.
Detailed crew access ladder.

Optional open or closed canopy.
Poseable elevators, ailerons, rudder, aps
A12
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KWIK BUILD
SPECIFICATION:
PJ Production 1:72 AMD Mirage IIIE

Kit No: 721026
Materials: IM, PE, R
Availability: Hannants Ltd (UK Importer) and PJ
Production stockists worldwide
Price Guide 27.99
BEFORE STARTING:
Tamiya masking tape

Sprue cutters
X-acto knife
Tweezers (various)
Sanding sticks
Micro-mesh System
Gunze-Sangyo Mr Dissolved Putty
Styrene strip
Microscale Matt and Gloss
Clamps
Flory weathering wash (dark dirt and black)
DIMENSIONS: 1:1
Span - 27ft (8.23m)

Length - 49ft 4in (15,04m)
Height - 14ft 9in (4.5m)
DIMENSIONS: 1:72
Span - 114mm
Length - 209mm
Height 62.5mm
AIRBRUSH USED:
Iwata HB-B Plus

Iwata Revolution CR
UK importer The Airbrush Company visit www.airbrushes.com
PAINTS USED:
Alclad II lacquer:
ALC-101 Aluminium
ALC-106 White Aluminium
ALC-107 Chrome
ALC-111 Magnesium
ALC-113 Jet Exhaust
ALC-116 Semi Matt Aluminium
ALC-117 Dull Aluminium
ALC-302 Grey Primer
Tamiya acrylic:
XF-1 Black
XF-53 Neutral Grey
XF-61 Dark Green
XF-71 Interior Green
Xtracolor enamel:
X629 Soviet interior Blue Green
REFERENCES
Mirage III, Les monoracteurs Dassault Aile Delta,

Tome 1 Les Mirage IIIC & IIIB/BE & 5F dans lArme de lAir
by B. Chenel, E. Moreau & M. Libert
(DTU 2000 ISBN: 2-912749-02-6)
Mirage III Vol. 2 (DTU 2003)
Mirage III, Les monoracteurs Dassault Aile Delta,
Tome 3 Les Mirage IIIR/RD & 5F dans lArme de lAir by B.
Chenel, E. Moreau & M. Libert
(DTU 2008 ISBN: 2-912749-10-7)
Mirage III 1955-2000, Avions et Pilotes No.6
(Historie & Collections 2004)
Mirage III In The Brazilian Air Force by P.F. Kasseb
(ZLC 2009 ISBN: 978-85621-720-07)
Mirage IIIC by J-J Petit, Historavia Gisserot No.3
(J.P. Gisserot 1989)
irage
haha
ro
irage to r art
. or
(AD Graphics 2000)
Mirage IIIC/B by H. Brun, Aviascope 1
(Avia Editions 2004)
Mirage IIIO Colours & Markings by P. Mason & D.
Mottram, Mushroom Model Magazine Special No.9102
(Mushroom Model Publications 2005
ISBN: 83-89450-14-3)
The
Little Jet
Built & Written by Bob Edwards from the UK
In my opinion the Mirage is under represented in the modelling community,

which is a mystery given its success, especially in the export market. It is
therefore nice to see this joint venture between High Planes and PJ Production
with PJ deviating from their more traditional line of resin kits to injected styrene.
nitial impressions of the kit were good with

the usual grey-coloured and clear plastic
sprues supplemented with photo-etch and
resin components. The IIIE had a Hispanobuilt Martin-Baker RM4 seat that is provided
in resin, but this raised questions as single
and loop t pe rin handles are supplied,
however some export variants were provided
with a seat modication to allow ero ero
ejection, which is where the B-loop handle
comes in. The French Air Force never took
this option so if you are planning on a French
scheme use the single-loop handle.
The plastic parts themselves are good
quality, particularly the transparent one, and
engraved panel lines and raised detail are
good all round although maybe a little too
pronounced for some modellers. There was
irtuall no ash to be seen an where and
whilst sink holes were inevitably present, they
were thoughtfully located out of sight. The
painting instructions are well produced but I
found some colour recommendations to be
inaccurate. The camoua e scheme pro ided
is accurate for the starboard prole and win
but the port side looked nothing like any of my
references? The simple advice is always go
with your references and Mirage III, Mirage

5, 50 and derivatives from 1955 to 2000
by Dominique Breffort and Andre Jouineau
(Histoire & Collections 2004) provides excellent,
accurate camoua e schemes for all domestic
and export variants.
Construction began with the wings and
rear fuselage and a number of issues were
encountered. Firstly, there were large gaps at
the underside leadin ed e. More si nicant
gaps were evident along the join of the
fuselage with the upper wing roots. These were
strai htforward to resol e thou h, usin
un e
Sangyo Mr Dissolved Putty on the leading
ed es and st rene strips plus ller on the win
roots. The n presented the bi est challen e
as with the trailing edge set correctly there was
a si nicant ap at the leadin ed e 1.5mm
that re uired more st rene and ller. The onl
other problems encountered during the build
were the engine intake cowls, which would not
sit s mmetricall so this was xed b addin
a slither of styrene to the port cowl. Once this
was done, the front fuselage went on with no
trouble at all. The only observation to be made
is that the Doppler blister appears to be slightly
too short at the trailing edge when compared
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The decals themselves are excellent

albeit very delicate, needing only a
quick dip prior to placement because
anything more and there is a real risk of
the things disintegrating!
Plane Facts
The desi n studies that ultimatel lead

to the Mira e series can be said to reall
start with the M. .550 M st re elta,
a single-seat delta-wing interceptor hter protot pe powered b two
M. .30 rmstron Siddele iper
turbo et en ines. rom this came the
Mira e I, a re ised protot pe tted with
a swept ertical tail and powered b two
M. .30 turbo et en ines with reheat
and a S
auxiliar rocket motor.
ext came the Mira e II, another sin le
seat interceptor hter protot pe with a
delta win which was a lar er ersion of
the Mira e I and was powered b two
Turbomeca abi o turbo et en ines,
althou h the t pe was ne er actuall
completed, the onl protot pe bein
abandoned when part built. The Mira e
III 001 was the rst true Mira e III and
it initiall had an tar 101 1 turbo et
en ine, but was later retted with an
tar 101 2 and S
auxiliar
rocket motor. rom this came the rst
pre production series, the Mira e III ,
which featured a len thened, area rule
fusela e, was powered b an tar 9
turbo et en ine with reheat and had
the pro ision for an S
4 auxiliar
rocket motor. ust ten were built for the
rench ir orce. The Mira e III was
a two seat tandem trainer ersion
based on the Mira e IIIC that lacked
radar, armament or the pro ision for
the booster rocket. The Mira e IIIC was
a sin le seat all weather interceptor/
hter with a lon er fusela e, C rano
Ibis radar, two 30mm cannon and a
sin le Matra .511, ord
.20 or
Matra 530 air to air missile under the
fusela e plus two IM 9 Sidewinder
missiles under the win s. The C series
was built as the IIIC for the Israeli ir
orce, IIICS for the Swiss ir orce,
IIIC for the South frican ir orce and
a sin le IIIC 2, which was a con ersion
of a Mira e III . The Mira e III series
was a two seat trainer ersion of the
Mira e III that was built in III , III ,
III
, III
2, III , III , III S,
III , III
and III 2 ariants. The
Mirage IIIE was a single-seat tactical
strike and hter bomber, which had a
30cm fusela e plu to accommodate
an additional a ionics ba behind the
cockpit. The t pe used the C rano
II radar, had impro ed na i ation
e uipment, includin T C
and a
oppler radar and was powered b
an tar 09C 3 turbo et en ine. ain
the t pe was built in man different
ariants to meet specic nations needs
as follows: III
r entina , III
ra il , III
2 ra il , III
Spain ,
III
ebanon , III
akistan , III
ene uela , III
South frica .
to reference photos. I originally elected to go

with an all metal nish usin arious shades
of lclad, howe er I had some problems
with the product cra in I am unsure of the
cause of the issue but it ma be due to not
allowin sufcient time for the lclad black
base coat to cure sufcientl This was not
the onl reason for abandonin the natural
metal nish, thou h. rench militar aircraft
usuall ha e different markin s on each side
of the n, howe er the 02/13 lpes s uadron
decals pro ided were inaccurate as the are
presented as a mirror image with a night star.
The insi nia of the 2nd escadrille 2nd i ht
of the C 2/13 should depict a two tone blue
representin their da and ni ht operational
role but without the ni ht star which was
remo ed from the III s uadrons. lso the
colour of ord a ard s escutcheon should be
reen on the ri ht and red on the left. This was
disappointin and had I noticed this before
I would ha e elected for a different scheme
from the outset. Option was the 03/003
rdennes s uadron and the colour chart
would ha e ou usin Tami a
25 Steel
re , howe er I found Tami a
53 eutral
re to be a closer match. ith the base coat
of
53 applied, the dark reen camoua e
Tami a
1 ark reen was o erlaid b
hand. The model was then i en a coat of
Microscale Micro Gloss prior to applying the
decals. The decals themsel es are excellent
albeit er delicate, needin onl a uick dip
prior to placement because an thin more and
there is a real risk of the thin s disinte ratin
The o erall nish was then i en a hea
lter of Tami a
71 Interior reen. The nal
nish was then achie ed b oin o er the
53 eutral re parts of the camoua e
with hea il thinned
53 eutral re within
the panels. The bell was nished in arious
shades of lclad, as was the et exhaust. inal
nishin was completed with lor Models
ark irt underneath and black on top.
Microscale Micro lat was then applied prior
to ttin of the undercarria e and canop and
stores. ead wire 0.3mm was also installed
on the main landin ear to simulate the brake
h draulic lines. The resin fuel tanks went on
at this sta e, howe er the locatin pins on
the p lon did not line up with the holes in the
win s so usin the forward locatin pin I was
able to add new rear holes and locate the
tank. ob done.
FINAL VERDICT
espite some issues with the build, the kit is stran el endearin . This is because it presents
somethin of a challen e for the modeller and draws on a number of basic modellin skills. I
thorou hl en o ed the challen e, howe er I appreciate that others ma not. This is certainl not
one for the no ice and the onl real disappointment was the inaccurac of some of the decal
options. O erall a nice kit and excellent alue for mone .
Special thanks also to: Mr G. Howarth (BAE Systems) and Mr K. Wilson (Martin-Baker Ltd)
MI
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SPECIFICATION:
HobbyBoss 1:48 Yakovlev Yak-38U Forger B

Kit No: 80363
Materials: IM
Availability: Creative Models Ltd (UK Importer) and
HobbyBoss stockists worldwide
Price Guide 21.99
BEFORE STARTING:
Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S
Pacer Formula 560
Tamiya Masking Tape
Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty
Tweezers
Swann-Morton #3 scalpel and blades
Micro Chisel
Silver and Graphite Karismacolor pencils
DIMENSIONS: 1:1
Span - 7.32m
Length - 16.00m
Height - 4.37m
DIMENSIONS: 1:48
Span - 152.5mm
Length - 333.3mm
Height - 91mm
Built & Written by Alan Bottoms from the UK
AIRBRUSH USED:
JUMPER
SATAgraf2
For worldwide distribution and availability visit
www.sata.com
PAINTS USED:
Alclad II lacquer:
Jet Exhaust
Steel
Semi-Matte Clear
Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:

H54 Navy Blue
H309 Forest Green
MIG Production washes
Dark Wash
REFERENCES
International Air Power Review Volume 10 (AIRtime

Publishing Inc. 2003
ISBN: 1-880588-59-5/1-880588-58-7)
Yakovlevs V/STOL Fighters by J. Fricker & P. Butowski,
Aerofax (Midland Counties 1996)
Yakovlev Yak-36, Yak-38 & Yak-41 by Y. Gordon, Red
Star Vol.36 (Midland Publishing 2008
ISBN: 1-85780-287-0)
Two-seat
A couple of years back HobbyBoss gave us the first injection moulded 1:48 kit
of the Yak-38M Forger A. When I built that original single-seat kit it was fairly
obvious from some of the additional surplus parts that the two-seater was coming
at some point. Well, here it is.
s you would expect this second

kit utilises some of the sprues
from the first one and this is its
only real failing. The problem is
not one of quality; both new and
old parts are well moulded and detailed.
The problem is that the rear fuselage on
the real aircraft was extended slightly to
balance the extended nose of the two-seat
variant. By using the same rear parts for
both kits the rear end comes up short on
the new kit although with a set of plans and
some plasticard the surgery wouldnt be too
difficult. Anyway lets have a look at what
you do get. On opening the box you will
find six sprues of grey-coloured and one of
clear parts, 165 and 11 respectively. The
instructions and colour decal/paint sheet
are both to HobbyBosss usual standard.
By that I mean easy to follow but with a

sometimes unusual assembly sequence.
As before the colour scheme options are
limited to two blue over green schemes,
One Russian and the other Ukrainian.
Construction begins with the cockpit tub.
This is fairly basic but with the canopy designed
to be closed it proves to be adequate with
careful painting. From there we move on to
the nose gear bay and nose undercarriage
leg. The bay was built up but the leg can be
left aside for later installation. The cockpit
tub and gear bay can now be installed in the
forward fuselage halves. Moving on we turn to
the rear fusela e. This is all as per the rst kit
with parts for the lift engines, main gear bays
and rear rotatin no les bein tted into the
rear fuselage halves. With the front and rear
fuselage sections joined the intakes can be
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Plane Facts
The or er series started with the

ak 3 M, an initial pre production
ersion that differed sli htl from the
ak 3 in that it was li hter and had
en ines that enerated sli htl less
power. The rst production ak 3 was
the or er , which rst ew on the
15th anuar 1971, and entered ser ice
with the So iet a al iation on 11th
u ust 197 . In all a total of 143 were
produced and it was followed b the
ak 3 M or er , which was an
up raded ersion with new Tumansk
2
300 and
binsk
3 en ines
that a e an increased take off wei ht in
TO . The t pe had en ine intakes that
were sli htl widened and the p lons
under the win s could carr 2,000lb.
The t pe entered ser ice with the So iet
a al iation from une 19 5 and 50
were built. The ak 3 U or er
was
a two seat trainer ersion for So iet
a al iation and it had a len thened
forward fusela e to accommodate the
two seat cockpit and an extended rear
fusela e to counterbalance the effect of
the elon ated nose. It entered ser ice
on the 15th o ember 197 and 3
were built with the last bein deli ered
in 19 1.
The problem is that the rear fuselage on the real aircraft was
extended slightly to balance the extended nose of the two-seat
variant. By using the same rear parts for both kits the rear end
comes up short
tted and once a ain these are uite shallow
with no internal detail, so the easiest x here
would be to t some co ers to hide this. The
instructions would ha e ou t the canop
now but I skipped this and carried on ttin
arious airframe parts. I had built the rst kit
with the intakes for the lift en ines open so
for the sake of comparison this one would be
all closed up. The doors for these needed a
bit of work with the les to et a clean t. The
win s ha e the parts for the folds included
but ou do need to cut the win s to do this.
There are no hin es or brackets included so
I drilled holes into the fold faces and inserted
pre bent brass rods to support the outer win
sections. ith the inner win s, tailplanes and
rudder tted the airframe was nearl read
for some paint, needin ust a few smears of
ller to smooth all the oints and a few swipes
with a sandin stick saw that completed. i e
minutes with an Olfa Cutter saw an panel
lines lost in the process reinstated. The t of
the clear canop parts was ood enou h that
I was able to paint them separatel and add
them later, so armed with a roll of Tami a tape
the cockpit was masked read for paintin . I
be an with the underside reen areas and this
was done with un e San o 309 orest
reen. Once that had dried the undersides
were masked and on went the upper
un e San o 54 a
lue paint. The
underside maskin was remo ed and then
remasked so the wheel ba s and rear exhaust
no le surrounds could be spra ed with the
appropriate bare metal shades. Once a ain
all but the cockpit maskin was remo ed and
the model i en an o erall coat of umbrol
clear loss acr lic read for the decals to o
on. hile the clear dried thorou hl I used the
time to build and paint the p lons, stores and

undercarria e parts read for later tment. I
decided to use the un pods on this one but
the barrels weren t that ood so these were
sliced off and replaced with some metal tubin
cut from a lue applicator no le. Mo in
back to the main airframe the decals were
applied and most went on prett well needin
ust a touch of Micro Set and Sol to bed them
down. The bare metal leadin ed e decal
on the main intakes and the white tail n tip
tted reasonabl well but did need a spot of
paint to nish them off. ith the decals dr
and an excess decal sol ent remo ed the
whole model was i en a pin wash with some
thinned re ink to brin out the en ra ed
detail. To i e the detail on the undercarria e
and wheel ba s some depth some MI
ark
ash was carefull applied with a ne brush
and an excess remo ed with some odourless
thinner. I kept the weatherin to a minimum on
this one restrictin m self to a small amount
of lclad II et xhaust dusted around the
rear swi ellin no les. There are a number
of small exhaust puffer no les and ents
around the aircraft and these alon with the
aerials and sensor panels were picked out
a ne brush and ames orkshop acr lics.
ettin near to the nishin line now, all of
the pre iousl prepared undercarria e, doors,
p lons and stores were added and the outer
folded win panels were slipped onto the
brass pins. Out with the airbrush a ain to i e
whole model a coat of lclad Semi Matte clear
to blend the arious nishes to ether. ith
the e ection seats dropped into the cockpit the
canop parts were xed in place with acer
ormula 5 0
canop lue lea in ust the
pitot tube to complete the model.
FINAL VERDICT
ith the completed model sittin on the bench in front of me alon side its sin le seat counterpart it does look ood in an u l sort of wa . It is a lot
lon er than the sin le seat ersion to the point where the missin rear fusela e extension isn t that ob ious. If ou didn t know about it ou wouldn t
reall notice it until ou et out a set of plans and a ruler. or that reason I will i e this one a thumbs up as it is reasonabl priced and detailed and
builds ust as well as the rst ersion. ould I build another Certainl but it would be another sin le seat ersion. et s ust hope obb oss keep
up the ood work brin in us more unusual sub ects in the future.
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KIT BUILD
SPECIFICATIONS
Hasegawa 1:32 P-40K Warhawk

Kit No.: 08188
Materials: IM
Availability: Amerang Ltd (UK Importer) and
Hasegawa stockists worldwide
Price Guide: 52.99
BEFORE STARTING:
Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Cement S
Tamiya Masking Tape
Gunze-Sangyo Mr Putty
Tweezers
an ing tic
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X-Acto Modelling knife and #11 blades
Fiskars straight edged scissors
PAINTS USED:
Halfords acrylic (aerosol):

Grey Plastic Primer
White Ensign Colourcoats enamel:
ACRN10 Dark Earth
ACRN11 Middle Stone
ACRN12 Azure Blue
Daler Rowney oil paint:
304 Ivory Black
AIRBRUSHES USED:
Iwata Hi-Line HP-BH and HP-CH

Available in the UK from The Airbrush Company,
visit www.airbrushes.com
DIMENSIONS: 1:1
Span - 37ft 3in (11.37m)

Length - 33ft 6in (9.67m)
Scary
Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK
Teeth
The P-40 has to be one of the worlds classic combat

aircraft from WWII and in its short-tailed, fat-nosed
K variant its also one of the great characters.
his has always been my favourite version of

this particular machine and this is probably
my favourite scale for it as well, so whats not
to like? As one of my favourites Ive waited to
build it in classic British desert colours and of
course, it had to have the famous sharkmouth as well.
So bring out the awesome Hasegawa kit from 2008,
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BUILD
DIMENSIONS: 1:32
Span - 355mm
Length - 302mm
Height - 118mm
REFERENCES
Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I-IV In RAAF, SAAF,

RAAF, RNZAF, RCAF & NEIAF Service, Aircam
Aviation Series No.6 (Osprey Publishing Ltd)
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk I-IV by R. Wagner,
ro e o.
ro e u ication
Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk by R. Wagner,
ro e o.
ro e u ication
Curtiss P-40 by V. Ehrman & V. Roman
(MBI 1998)
Curtiss P-40 From 1939 to 1945 by A. Elbied
& D. Laurent, Planes & Pilots No.3
(Historie & Collections 2002
ISBN: 2-913903-47-9)
urti
c .
. anowic
onograe
Lotnicze No.66 (AJ Press 2001
ISBN: 83-7237-041-9)
Curtiss P-40 Vol.III by K. Janowicz & L.A.
Wieliczko (Kagero 2010
ISBN: 978-83-61220-74-9)
Curtiss P-40 In Action No.26 by E.R.
McDowell (Squadron/Signal Publications 1976
ISBN: 0-89747-025-7)
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Famous Airplanes of
the World No.13 (Bunrin-do, 1979)
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Famous Airplanes of
the World No.117 (Bunrin-do)
P-40 Warhawk Part 2 [P-40D to XP-40Q]
by B. Kinsey, Detail & Scale Vol.62 (Squadron/
Signal Publications 1999 ISBN: 1-888974-15-X)
P-40 Warhawk, Walk Around No. 8 by Lou
Drendel (Squadron/Signal Publications 1996)
ISBN 0-89747-361-2)
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the Montex Super Masks and the Eduard

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

of the smaller parts but nothing to worry
about and absolutely no sinkholes or other
problems. You get a couple of sprues of
transparent bits that are all very nice and a
single large decal sheet for the versions in
the box. The instructions come as a welldrawn booklet of 12 pages, including sprue
layout diagrams and the two-page paint and
marking guide. I opted to use the Montex

Super Mask set (#K32150) for the markings
here as I wanted a No.112 Sqn machine
and thought Id try something other than
the standard decal options. Ive not used
the Montex masks before so well see how
I coped with that one. Whats the worst that
can happen, right? Eduard do the perfect
finishing touches for just about any aircraft
The tail section is the most

challenging because the joint
doesnt follow any panel line.
This means theres some
serious filling, blending and
rescribing to do.
these days and I limited myself to doing just
the flaps on this one, although there are
about six different sets you could add to it
to make it a bit special.
Construction starts on the innards with the
well-detailed cockpit and the nose-mounted
radiators. The interior colour is Zinc Chromate
Green from LifeColor, with an oil wash for the
shadows, a highlight of light green paint and
some silver paint chips. The only additions I
made at this point were the seat belts made
from bre lass tape and left o er buckles from
the spares box. Otherwise, the Hasegawa
plastic is all you need in there. Due to the
modular nature of the parts, produced to get
as many versions as possible with minimum
Box top art is superb, Hasegawa have a tradition for

excellence where this is concerned
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KIT BUILD
Stage-by-Stage - CoNSTRUCTION
The interior is beautifully moulded. Seat belts are the only

required addition
The nose radiators are adequate and they fit precisely into
the chin
The inserts in the nose arent the best of fits but a little filler will
take care of that
Rear decking is well detailed and a big improvement on this

area on Hasegawas 1:48 kits, which are a pain
The transparent parts are well moulded and an accurate fit
The tail joint. I know they had to do it like this but its still a
trouble we could do without
Good old Humbrol filler, still first-class after all these years
Minimise the filler contamination of the rest of the detail with a

bit of masking tape
Then prepare for the sanding, and rescribing that follows
effort, there are a number of inserts and

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

other plastic parts to complete the fusela e
t neatl as well, with no troubles from the
transparent parts or tail assembl . Thin s
were oin to et a bit more complicated for
the win , thou h, and it was all m doin .
duard and their ama in photo etched parts
are the kind of thin ou either lo e or loathe.
ersonall I lo e the detail and the scale
thickness but hate the process of doin it as

it s alwa s complicated and with me bein a
clums swine I normall end up breakin as
much as I build. In this case I was onl usin
the dropped aps 32222 , which come as 3
frets of delicious etched metal and two sheets
of concise instructions. It needs some kit
butcher of course, slicin reat chunks out
of the win sections and as lon as ou follow
Plane Facts
The XP-40-CU or Curtiss Model 75P was a conversion based on

3 S/ o.3 10 and the new hter desi n was accepted b
US C on the 1 th October 193 . The rst model was the Curtiss
Model 1 1 armed with 2x 0.50in rownin s in the nose and 2x
0.30in in the win s. This was followed b the sin le 40 , then
production ersions of the 40 Model 1 2 , 40C Model
1 3 , 40 Model 7 2 , 40 Model 7 3 , 40
plus
40 and
40 protot pes and 40 and
40
protot pe . The 40 series was similar to 40 with a 1710

73 en ine and the lar e llet ahead of the ertical n. The 40 5
series had rotar al e coolers, while the 40 10 had the lon
fusela e of the 40 5 and some were modied for cold weather
operations. The nal series was the 15, which retained the
lon fusela e, had the 10 cold weather modications, the
emer enc h draulic s stem was remo ed, the batter was mo ed
forward and 1,500lb of bombs could be carried under the win s
and under the fusela e on the centreline rack.
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KIT BUILD
Stage-by-Stage - CoNSTRUCTION CONT...
The transparent parts masked with Tamiya tape. Yes, I know

there are masks for this in the Montex set but guess who forgot
that little fact?
I opted to chop out the elevators to off-set them a little on this

one. Its easy to do with a very sharp knife and a little patience
Fit of the kit bits is excellent
those instructions closely, there shouldnt be

any trouble. Talking of trouble, many people
complain about the kit and the difculties of
ettin the win to t the fusela e with reat
gaps at the wing roots. Well, heres how
to stop that. In the kit is a central spar and
some ribs to box off the undercarriage bays.
The spar is part #A1 and its got that number

because it is the most important structural
bit of the whole kit. Build as per instructions,
then get some clamps and make sure that the
large lower wing section is clamped tightly to
the bottom edge of the spar. This ensures the
correct dihedral of the wings and perfect gaps
at the wing roots. With the wings in place and
dried its time to sort out the paint.
away and the Montex masks brought into

play. Montex give you excellent full-colour
instructions in
the set, with two
versions on offer,
one RAF, the other
Russian, as well
as instructions
for the masking
and painting of
the fearsome
sharkmouth. No
instructions for
things like the
Colouring In
As I mentioned earlier, I intended to do this

one as a desert RAF machine right from the
start, so the kit markings were binned straight
The Eduard photo-etched sets are

little packets of metal joy!
Build as per instructions, then get some

clamps and make sure that the large
lower wing section is clamped tightly to
the bottom edge of the spar. This ensures
the correct dihedral of the wings and
perfect gaps at the wing roots
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The kit wing section before being hacked and slashed
Post-butchery, waiting for the attachment of the etched parts
And here they are. How Eduard gets the detail work this fine is
one of lifes great mysteries
The central spar; remember, get the lower wing section to follow
its profile exactly and youll have no difficulties with the wing fit
to the fuselage
The proof of the pudding; this is the fit without any fettling of
any kind. Not bad eh?
The new internal detail parts in place; yummy!
roundels though, so youre on your own with

how to do them. Anyway, the main colours
came from the White Ensign Colourcoats
range of enamels, suitably lightened, with
patchy bits and faded panel centres. The
classic nature of the Dark Earth/ Middle

Stone/ ure lue camoua e makes this a
good looking machine already but just wait
till those markings go on; I could hardly wait!
The Montex mask system was new to me so
I started with the simple serial numbers to get

a feel for how the pale green vinyl attached
itself and how easily it could be moved and
re-arranged to suit. As it turned out, it worked
very well indeed with the pre-cut sections
Well, this is one of my top 10 favourite kits so Im going to say how great it is, arent I?
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KIT BUILD
Stage-by-Stage - Paint & Markings
Blue and green should not be seen, without a colour in between!

Sorry but in this case it cant be helped. Not to worry, the
weathering process will calm down both colours
The Middle Stone is a faded version of the White Ensign colour;

remember that desert sun is a harsh environment
Dark Earth completes the classic British pattern; once again faded
and a bit patchy
The Montex set, the sharkmouth is calling
First off a quick practice with the simple serial number
Oh the masking! Good job I had plenty of tape to hand as its a tedious job
This is the bit weve been waiting for and the Montex mask was
surprisingly easy to manoeuvre around the complicated nose curves
Awesome! Note the clean looking paint of the main camouflage

colours; not for long!
Pastels, Tamiya Smoke and silver pencil paint chips get this looking
suitably worn
The wing roots are always some of the most badly worn areas
thanks to the ground crews clumsy boots
being very simple to position, rub

down and mask off. Masking,
yes, theres a bit of that all right.
In fact Im not going to bore
you with the seemingly endless
task of masking, remasking and
covering everything for each
and every one of the spraying
obs. Sufce it to sa it took a
couple of days and lots of paint
changes with the airbrush. But
itll all be worth it, right? As
it turned out, yes, it certainly
was worth the effort because
even the sharkmouth wasnt as
complicated as Id feared and it
looked pretty good at the end of it
all. With markings applied it was
time for weathering, sealing in
with Humbrol Clear, applying the
stencil decals and then the rather
tedious task of doin all the ddl
little bits at the end to nish it all
off. There s a lot of those ddl
bits of course, isnt there always?
One of the problematical bits was
the aerial wire and just what did it
look like on the RAF machines?
After some time trawling about
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The Montex mask system is new to me so I started with

the simple serial numbers to get a feel for how the pale
green vinyl attached itself and how easily it could be
moved and re-arranged to suit. As it turned out, it works
very well indeed with the pre-cut sections being very
simple to position, rub down and mask off
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KIT BUILD
Stage-by-Stage - Final Details
Fiddly bits ahoy! The kit plastic parts are very neatly moulded,
including the rotation gears for the main leg. The only additions
needed are the brake lines
Location for the oleos is positive and the drop-tank is neat,

although I would have preferred an RAF pattern 250lb bomb
here
through books and on the Internet it appears

that basically no two machines had exactly
the same layout of wires. It depended on the
radio t at the time and ust how the aircraft
had been set up. In the end I followed the
standard 40 t of a wire to each win tip
and one to the insulator on the fuselage spine.
This makes it a real pain to handle but it does
look ood. inal nish is courtes of tracolor s

at arnish. This was spra ed on at
high pressure and quite thickly to give a rough,
sand blasted look to it. Once the gritty stuff had
dried the canopy was unmasked, repositioned
and those aerial wires were tted, and it was
ob done.
The aerial wires are attached with tiny metal pates at the
wingtip, complete with insulators made from stretched earbuds. (Thats like stretching sprue, just use a plastic tube from a
cotton bud instead)
The canopy being open

gives some nice views
of the impressive
interior
Its a fair size in this

scale so youll need a
big cabinet for display
FINAL VERDICT
Well, this is one of my top 10 favourite kits so Im going to say how great it is, arent I? Yes, it is great, simple as that. All of Hasegawas new
1:32 kits are superb with excellent detail and usually pretty effortless builds. Add to that the huge number of aftermarket accessories of all
kinds for them and youre onto a winner. As soon as I saw this kit released in 2008 I knew exactly what I wanted to do to it and here it is at
long last; hope you like it because I know I do.
Was it worth the effort?
hat effort, it s eas to build and denitel worth makin .
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Airx have had their ups and d

kits that were announced not
NF Mk II/FB Mk VI. For your m
three stage instruction manua
amount of aftermarket access
fashioned way using lead foil,
very soft and the t of some c
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ssembly began in the

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

four struts and these were cut from
lengths of 2mm diameter plastic rod
and xed in place with Mr Cement S.
It was time for a spraying session so
all the parts that would be Interior
Green were mounted on various
boards, bulldog clips and cocktail
sticks and given a good coat of paint.
With a kit of this complexity you can
make good use of drying time by
looking ahead and preparing parts for
later on in the build. In this case I
started putting things like the fuel
tanks, ammo cases and control
surfaces together, basically anything
that was in two halves, so that by the
time I needed them all I had to do was
clean up any glued seams or joints.
Getting back to the plot, the smaller
parts like seat cushions, rudder
Awesome
Built & Written by Alan Bottoms from the UK
heir ups and downs but with the take-over by Hornby were soon heading in the right direction again. Amongst a number of new-tool
nnounced not long after the take-over was one that stood head and shoulders above the rest, namely the 1:24 de Havilland Mosquito
VI. For your money you get an enormous box crammed with eighteen large sprues of crisply moulded parts, a two hundred and ftyruction manual, full colour paint and decal placement diagrams and a huge decal sheet printed by Cartograph. I have added a small
market accessories and modied a few things but will endeavour to point these out along the way. Additional detail was added the old
using lead foil, brass rod and a few sizes of wire and solder. Before I go any further a word of warning: the plastic used for this kit is
e t of some components quite tight. If you try to force-t anything, even a location pin, the plastic will split or crack.
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KIT BUILD
pedals and sidewall detail parts were sprayed in

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

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

installed the next ob ious omissions were the
various cables hooking everything up. These
were added from fuse wire and solder. The
most important addition to the cockpit visually is
to add harnesses to the pilot's and observer's
seats, unless of course you add the crew
ures. or this I used the excellent photo
etched set from MDC. The bomb bay was pretty
Assembled and painted rudder pedal box
Tamiya X-19 Smoke being used to highlight the moulded cables
The instrument panel was while the instrument dials are preprinted onto the front (surely it should have been the back for
the glass to have any meaning?) of the clear element
Completed instrument panel
Assembling the MDC seat belts (#E24002)
Test assembly of the cockpit parts

with the belts now in situ
Note the bracing struts behind the navigators seat
Additional cables etc. were added to both cockpit sidewalls
The only ropey bit really, filler was needed on each wing tip
Disaster, the blade tip points to the crack in the fuselage - aagh!
The undercarriage door retraction springs were made of fine

wire, then attached in place in the rear of the undercarriage bay
Here you can see the Mastercasters resin wheels (left, back) in
comparison with the kit ones (right, front)
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KIT BUILD
much out of the box apart from the addition of

the cross-feed pipe between the two fuel tanks.
With the bomb/cannon bay and the tailwheel
bulkhead all painted they were, along with the
cockpit, positioned in one fuselage half. Before
the glue set I added the other half, and with a
little bit of coaxin here and there it all tted in

nicely. For speed and strength Tamiya extra thin
cement was used to nail the two halves
together before binding it all up with masking
tape while it set solid. My attention now turned
to the wing and yes, I really do think its the
biggest sprue I have ever had to deal with!

Next on the list were the separate wingtips and
here I came to the onl poorl ttin parts in the
entire kit. The were xed in place and left to
set before breaking out the Tamiya putty. This
was liberally smeared over both the top and
The legs to the left are as per the kit, whilst the assembly on the
right shows the brass axle added to easy fitment of the wheels
at a later stage in the overall build
Ejector pin marks aplenty (highlighted) with the various fillers

used to deal with them
All the undercarriage parts laid out, with the various lengths of
pipework added visible
Drilling and pinning the 0.303in gun barrels that I had previously
cut off due to them being bent
Here you can see the assembled and painted cannon pack; a lot
more can be added if you so choose
The flexible kit ammo feeds (top) with their lead foil
replacements (bottom)
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Plasticard was used to recreate the raised dinghy pack panel

and the transit rib
Here the replacement lead ammo feeds can be seen in place
The assembled and painted engine, again a lot more can be

added if you wish
The engine in situ
The canopy framework all painted and installed, note the flare
pistol (nice touch)
The 1154/1155 radio sets painted and installed
bottom joints and also a very long sink mark on

the upper rear edge of the inner wing. Lots of
sanding and polishing later it was ready to be
added to the fuselage. At this point neardisaster struck. hilst ttin the win to the
fuselage it needed just a little pressure to hold it
in just the right spot. Unfortunately all it needed
was a little pressure for the fuselage to crack
from the wing root up to the cockpit opening. So
be warned, don t force the win t at all. The
control surfaces and tailplanes were added and
the elevators glued in a dropped position along
with a slight offset to the rudder. Dont forget to

position the rudder pedals and joystick to match
the control surface positionin . The onl
external detailing added was to the dinghy
compartment panel and the reinforcing strip
o er the fusela e spine at bulkhead four. The
dinghy panel should be slightly proud of the
fuselage skin so a thin skin of plasticard was
lued on top of the en ra ed panel. The
reinforcement strip was a strip of plastic card
simply glued in place and sanded to shape.
Looking through the instructions at steps
concerning the engines, undercarriage and

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

still a lot of scope for improvement. There are a lot of smaller details
that could be added but in this case I restricted myself to things that
could be seen through the canopy and door
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Stage-by-Stage Paint & Final Details
Here the Sky tail band has been painted then masked, whilst the
rudder has been subject to some pre-shading
The Sky band revealed
The topside camouflage was applied freehand
All of the invasion stripes were painted on; a laborious job

of masking
Here I am cleaning excess MIG pigment from the tyres
The scheme depicted meant that a number of the decals had to be cut
into sections prior to application
The kit (right) and Cammett (left) ice screens for the
carburettor intake
Adding paint chips to the propeller using a Karismacolor

Silver pencil
A steady hand is needed to drill out the flash eliminators of the

0.303in guns
The decal option dispensed with the aerial mast, so instead a hole
had to be drilled into the rear of the canopy for the aerial lead
cleaned up. The axle pegs were

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

addition to the cockpit
visually is to add
harnesses to the pilots
and observers seats,
unless of course you
add the crew figures
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So, after dealing with a lot of ejector pins the

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

and masked.
Paint & Markings
ith the primer and an little aws smoothed

out the canopy was tacked into position
with
and i en a coat of Interior reen.
My choice of scheme dictated the painting
se uence so with m trust Sata raf2 airbrush
in hand the rst colour to o on was the Sk
band around the tail and when that had dried
the stripe was masked with some 18mm Tamiya
tape. The top surface camoua e came next
startin with the Ocean re followed b the
ark reen spra ed freehand. hen that had
all dried the top surfaces were masked off ready
to tackle the underside. Next was a good coat
of white where the in asion stripes would be,
then the white portions were masked and the
black was applied. When dry the black stripes
were masked read for the o erall Medium Sea
re . lon spra session later and this was on
so that when that had all dried all the masking

except the canopy could come off. A coat of
ohnson s lear sealed the paint and a e me
a ood surface to appl the decals. Mo in
on to the decals, the kit national markings
and stencilling went on with no problems
whatsoe er with a ust a touch of Micro Set
and Sol. The aircraft I had selected from the
tradecal sheet was in ser ice with o.4 4 S n
prior to
a so the codes and identication
number are supplied as full characters. This
meant some cutting with a sharp scalpel and
steel rule as the were partiall o erpainted
alon with the Sk band b the in asion stripes.
The resin wheels and tyres were painted
up and i en a coat of uropean arth MI
pigment around the treaded face. The excess
pi ment on the tread blocks was remo ed with
a damp cotton bud.
Final Assembly
I could now see the light at the end of the
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tunnel as I could put all my pre-prepared

parts onto the model, startin b completin
the undercarria e. The wheels were put into
position and the brass pins slid into place.
eroclub n lon monolament was threaded
through the undercarriage cross beams and
pulle s and tacked to the front of the doors.
Shorter len ths were run from the rear of the
doors down to the rear bulkhead to meet up
with the tensionin sprin s tted earlier. The
bombs were tted into the bomb ba and onto
the wing pylons although in reality an aircraft
with this many panels removed for maintenance
would ne er be armed. The last parts to add

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

outlet. The entire model was now i en an
o erall coat of un e San o Matt Clear and
the canop maskin remo ed. The 0.303in
machine un barrels, win tip li hts and cockpit
door were added leaving me with a couple
of small obs to do. One was the radio aerial,
which is different to the kit supplied one, so a
0.5mm hole was drilled into the rear canop
fairing and into this a length of brass rod
painted black was push tted. The nal piece of
this epic was to attach the windscreen wiper!
FINAL VERDICT
I must admit that this write-up has tried to cover most of the build blow-by-blow but as you will have no doubt noticed there is a lot more to
this build than I could t in. The onl real criticism I can put forward is the e ector pin marks that were a real pain to deal with. I must admit
to bein biased as I lo e the Mos uito but puttin that aside I can honestl sa that this is a reall fun kit to put to ether. Sittin there it is a
lar e model with a lot of detail and ou do feel ou e ot our mone s worth from it. ell done irx, this is the best kit ou e e er done.
as it worth the effort
es, and brin on the Mk I or e en better a
Mk 34/ Mk 35.
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Westland Wyvern; Issue 1
Westland Wyvern S.4, VZ758/J-376, No.830 NAS FAA, Suez, 1956.

Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky undersides. Maroon
spinners and finlets; yellow/black bands around
fuselage and wings.
All lettering in black
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Westland Wyvern S.4, VZ766/273, No.813 NAS FAA,

1957. Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky
undersides. White/blue spinner; all lettering in black
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Westland Wyvern S.4, WL879/E-278, No.813 NAS FAA, HMS Eagle, 1958. Extra Dark
Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky undersides. White/Red/Exta Dark Sea Grey spinner;
Dennis the Menace motif on fuselage (this side only) and unit badge on fin. All
lettering black
Westland Wyvern S.4,

WN324/O-380, No.831 NAS FAA,
HMS Ark Royal, 1957. Extra Dark
Sea Grey upper surfaces with Sky
undersides. Red spinners. Flook
motif on starboard only; unit crest on
both sides of fin
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Avro Manchester; Issue 20
Avro Manchester L7247, second prototype after it had been fitted with the standard central fin, 1940. Dark
Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Ident Yellow undersides; black spinners and serials.A1 roundels on
fuselage sides,A type below wings, B type above; fin flashes on outer fin faces. Note ventral gun turret
Avro Manchester B. Mk.I, L7284/EMD, No.207 Squadron, RAF

Waddington, November 1940. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with
Night undersides; codes and serials in Medium Sea Grey. A1 roundels
on fuselage sides, B type above wings
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Avro Manchester B Mk IA, L7463/OFP Jill, No.97 Squadron, RAF Coningsby, November 1941. Dark Earth/
Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides; codes in Medium Sea Grey, serials in Ident Red. SRI.GAJAH
(elephant aircraft of this squadron carried animal names), Jill and mission tally in white
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Avro Manchester B. Mk.I, L7380/EMW, No.207 Squadron, RAF Waddington, 1941. Dark Earth/Dark Green
uppersurfaces with Night undersides; codes in Medium Sea Grey, serials in Ident Red.A1roundels on fuselage
sides,B type above wings
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Avro Manchester B Mk I, L7472/OLQ, No.83 Squadron, RAF Scampton, March 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green
upper surfaces with Night undersides; Medium Sea Grey codes, Ident Red serials. A1 roundels on fuselage
sides, B type above wings. Note ten mission markings in red on nose; lost during a raid over Hamburg, 8/9
April, 1942
Avro Manchester B Mk I, L7471/ZNV, No.106 Squadron, RAF Coningsby, May 1942. Dark Earth/
Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides; Medium Sea Grey codes, Ident Red serials. A1
roundels on fuselage sides, B type above wings
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Early Harriers; Issue 31
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel, XS688, Tripartite Evaluation Squadron (TES), 1965. Natural metal overall with black
inflatable rubber air intake lips; TES markings in four wing positions (exceptionally on this example, these were
handed). Black serial, repeated below wings, and logo on nose
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel, XS693/3, Tripartite Evaluation Squadron, 1965. Natural metal overall with TES markings in
four wing positions; serial in black, repeated below wings. 3 in black on nose
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV279, Dunsfold, 1969. Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with
national markings in bright colours; 36 diameter roundels above and below wings, 24 diameter roundels on air
intakes. Black serial, repeated below wings. Unpainted nose cone and parachute tail housing
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV277, Dunsfold, 1969. Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with
national markings in bright colours; 36 diameter roundels above and below wings, 24 diameter roundels on air intakes.
Black serial, repeated below wings
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV755, Harrier Conversion Team, displayed at Biggin Hill, 19 September 1969. Gloss Dark
Sea Grey/Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with national markings in red/white/blue; roundels in six positions. Serial in
black, repeated below wings; RAF Wittering crest on fin
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk I, XV783, No.1 Squadron, Wittering, 1969. Gloss Dark Sea Grey/
Dark Green/Light Aircraft Grey finish with national markings in red/white/blue; roundels in six
positions. Serial in black, repeated below wings; unit badge, flanked by red/white arrowheads, on
nose. RAF Wittering crest on fin
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Fiat G.55; Issue 42
Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie I (Sottoserie 0), MM.91059/353-12,
353^ Squadriglia, 20 Gruppo, 51 Stormo CT, Regia Aeronautica,
CiampiNo.(Rome), August 1943. Verde Oliva Scuro upper surfaces
with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides; white rear fuselage band and
cross on rudder. Codes in light blue and red, serial block in yellow
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port wi
Fiat G.55 Centauro, MM.592, 2nd prototype, Aeritalia late

1942. Verde Oliva Scuro/Nocciola Chiaro upper surfaces
with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides; black spinner, white
rear fuselage band and cross on rudder. Black fasces
markings in all four wing positions; black serial
Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91097/5, Squadriglia

Complementare Montefusco-Bonet, Venaria Reale (Turin),
April 1944. Verde Oliva Scuro upper surfaces with Grigio
Azzurro Chiaro undersides; black/white fasces markings
above and below wings. Yellow code and serial block; 5
repeated on nose in yellow; red front of spinner. Bonet
motif in white on nose
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Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91088/4, flown by

Ten. Vittorio Pignati di Morano, 2 Gruppo Caccia,
Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, Bresso, April
1944. Verde Oliva Scuro/Grigio Azzurro Chiaro
finish; yellow codes and serials block. Wing
markings in black and white, above and below
wings; Diavolo Rosso badge on nose
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Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, MM.91147/21, 3^ Squadriglia, 1

Gruppo Caccia Bonet, Aviazione Nazionale Repubbicana, July 1944.
Nocciola Chiaro/Verde Oliva Scuro upper surfaces with Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides.
Light blue/white codes, light blue/yellow serial block; light blue lettering on fin. White spinner with
black backplate and spiral; white Bonet motif above
codes
Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1, Black 7 (MM

unknown), flown by Cap. Ugo Drago, 1^
Squadriglia, 2 Gruppo Caccia, Aviazione
Nazionale Repubblicana, Cascina Vaga,
May 1944
Above: Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie 1,

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

Black6, 1^ Squadriglia, 2 Gruppo Caccia,
Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, Cascina
Vaga (Pavia), May 1944. RLM 76 overall
with RLM74/75 upper surfaces; wing
markings in black only. White fuselage
band; black/white code
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Battle of France; Issue 58
Hawker Hurricane Mk I, P2575/J, No.73 Squadron RAF, Rouvres
(France), March 1940. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces;
Aluminium underside of fuselage; Night port and white starboard wing
and tailplane undersides. Medium Sea Grey code, Night
serial; blue/white/red roundels on fuselage sides
and below wings. Red/white/blue rudder; Night
spinner. Blue/red roundels above wings
Bloch MB.151, No.98/6, GC II/10, Arme de LAir, Rouen-Boos, early March

1940. Vert Fonc/Terre Fonc/Gris Bleu Fonc upper surfaces and Gris Bleu
Clair undersides; white 6 on fin. Code Y5 below starboard and 85 below
port wings in black; unit badge on fuselage sides
Above Right: Dewoitine D.520, No.266/6, flown by Sub Lt Ren Pomier

Leyrargues of GC II/7, June 1940. Vert Fonc/Terre Fonc/Gris Bleu
Fonc upper surfaces with Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white 6 on fin
and unit badge on fuselage sides (outlined in white). This pilot shot
down Werner Molders on 5 June 1950 but was shot down and killed
minutes later
Above: Dewoitine D.520, flown by Adj. Chef Marie Emile Leblanc,
Relizanne, June 1940. Vert Fonc/Terre Fonc/Gris Bleu Fonc upper
surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; black/white spinner. French
Blue stripe along fuselage sides; black/white spinner.
Curtiss 75A-2 Hawk, No. 217/2, flown by Edmond Marin La Mesle

of GC I/5, Arme de lAir, May 1940. Vert Fonc, Terre Fonc and Gris
Bleu Fonc upper surfaces with Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white 2
within a red disc on fin; Champagne badge on fuselage sides
Caudron CR.714 Cyclone, No.14 GC I//145 Arme de lAir, Dreux, June

1040. Vert Fonc/Terre Fonc/Gris Bleu Fonc upper surfaces and
Gris Bleu Clair undersides; white 2 on fin, all other lettering in black.
Code I- below starboard and 204 below port wings in black; partially
painted Polish marking over French roundel on fuselage sides
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Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1, No.806/1, flown by Cpt Pierre Bouvarre, 6e

Escadrille, GC III/7, Vitry-le-Franois, April 1940. Vert Fonc/Terre Fonc/
Gris Bleu Fonc upper surfaces and Gris Bleu Clair undersides; black 1
over yellow disc on fin. Code L-8 below starboard and 35 below port
in white; Micahelangelos Fury on fuselage sides. Bullet holes received
during an encounter with Bf109Es on 31 March marked wih white
swastikas; 1 in white repeated above port wing
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Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1, No.989, flown by Cdt Jules Morlat,

commander of GC II/3 Arme de lAir, Connantre, April 1940. Standard
camouflage colours. Red/French Blue band across fuselage sides;
code L5 below starboard and 79 below port wings in white. Unit
badge on fin
Potez 631, No.73/8, ECN 1/13 Arme de lAir, Meaux-Esbly, April
1940. Vert Fonc/Terre Fonc/Gris Bleu Fonc upper surfaces and
Gris Bleu Clair undersides. Unit badge on nose; code X-6 below
starboard and 44 below port wings in black. This was one of the
units assigned to the defence of Paris in May 1940
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SAAB Viggen; Issue 67
Top of Page: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37308/48-FC, Frskscentralen (Test Centre), Malmsltt, summer 1985.
Splinter camouflage of 093M Black Green, 326M Dark Green, 322M Medium Green and 507M Tan upper
surfaces with 058M Blue Grey underside; Dayglo 48 on fin, yellow FC on nose. Unit badge on top of fin
Second from Top & Plan View: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37344/32-17, F.17, Ronneby, 1992. Splinter camo
scheme; dayglo triangle and 32 on fin, the latter repeated above the wing; yellow 17 on nose. Unit
crest over a white disc on top of fin
Bottom: SAAB SF37 Viggen, 37953/06-13, F.13

(Division 1), Norrkping, 1986. Splinter camo
Scheme; dayglo 06 on fin, yellow 13 on nose.
Unit badge on fin top
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SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37394/47-17, F.17, Ronneby, 2002. Same scheme as above. Dayglo triangle and 47
on fin, the latter repeated above the wings. Blue/yellow leading edges to all flying surfaces. Unit badge
on fin within a white disc, Division 1 badge aft of cockpit
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SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 37410/p10-16, F.16 (Division 3), Uppsala, 2003. Light Ghost Grey/Light Grey scheme; red vertical
tail surfaces. Division 3 badge aft of cockpit
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Below, Top to Bottom: SAAB JA 37 Viggen, 08-4, F.4, stersund-Frsn. Light Ghost Grey FS.36375 upper surfaces with
Light Grey FS.36495 undersides; Dayglo and triangle 08 on fin (08 repeated also in Dayglo above the wings), black 4 on
nose. Unit badge on top of fin
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Sea Hornet & Hornet; Issue 73
Hornet PR.2 Prototype, PX216/R, Photographic Development Unit. PRU Blue overall;
No.armament in the nose, cameras installed beneath rear fuselage. Blue/red roundels on
fuselage and above wings; code in white, serials in black
Below: De Havilland Hornet F Mk 3, PX302/

EBD, No.41 Squadron RAF, 1949. Medium Sea
Grey upper surfaces; PRU Blue undersides.
Yellow spinners; standard national post-war
markings. Codes and serials are black; note
small squadron crest above fin flash
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De Havilland Hornet F Mk 4, WF975/N, No.45 Squadron RAF, Butterworth (Malaya), May 1945. Scheme
as above Aluminium spinner, natural metal areas around engine exhaust stacks. Eed bars with white
dumb-bells, superimposed with unit badge, flanking fuselage roundels
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Above: De Havilland Hornet F Mk 3, PX314/EBC, No.41

Squadron RAF, 1949. Ocean Grey and Dark Green upper
surfaces with PRU Blue undersides; Blue/Red national
roundels on fuselage sides and above wings. Silver/Red
spinners; all lettering in black. Unit badge flanked by
a red bar, outlined in black, above fin flash.
Top view at far left shows the typical
camouflage pattern
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De Havilland Sea Hornet F Mk 20, VR848/

HF-532, No.728 Naval Air Squadron FAA, Hal
Far (Malta), 1954. Silver overall with
black anti-dazzle panels
ahead of cockpit and on
inner top faces of engine
nacelles; yellow spinners
and flash on fin, the
latter outlined in black
De Havilland Sea Hornet N F Mk 21, VW960/A-483, No.809 Naval Air Squadron FAA, HMS Eagle. Extra Dark Sea Grey
upper surfaces and spinners with Sky undersides; all lettering in black. White Ensign (waved) on fin fillet; national
markings in bright colours in six positions
De Havilland Sea Hornet NF Mk 21, VX250/Q-485, No.809 Naval Air Squadron FAA, HMS Indomitable, 1952. Extra
Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces and spinners with Sky undersides; all lettering in black. Post-war style national
markings in bright colours in six positions; unit crest on nose

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Malta GC 70th Anniversary; Issue 81
X302/
dium Sea
sides.
st-war
k; note
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb, Z2961/K, fflown by

Sgt G.E. Horicks of No.185 Squadron, Ta Qali,
late March 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper
surfaces with Sky undersides; Night spinner and
serial. Medium Sea Grey codes. Note patched
area painted in red dope on top of fin
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIa, Z2827/M, Malta Night Fighter

Unit, January 1942. Dark Earth/Mid Stone/Azure Blue
finish with white spinner and Light Grey codes
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BP964/XI, flown by

Sgt A Goldsmith (RAAF), No.261 Squadron, Ta Qali,
April 1942. Dark Earth/Mid Stone upper surfaces
overpainted with a dark blue whilst enroute to Malta
on USS Wasp (Operation Calendar) with Azure Blue
undersides; Night spinner and serial. White codes
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BR329/GLJ, flown by Flt Lt

Johnny Plagis of No.249 Squadron, showing 11 swastika
victory markings under the windscreen on 6 June 1943. Dark
Earth/Mid Stone upper surfaces with Azure Blue undersides;
Night spinner and Yellow codes. Note name KAY in black on a
yellow background above victory markings
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, AB264/GNH, flown by Plt Off

Peter Nash, No.249 Squadron, Ta Qali, May 1942. Dark Earth/
Mid Stone upper sufaces with Azure Blue undersides; Night
spinner. Codes and serial in white
Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4, White 3, flown by Uffz Dr

Felix Sauer, 10 (Jabo)/ JG53, Sicily, 1942. RLM74/75/76
finish with white rear fuselage band and wingtips;
white 3 on fuselage sides. Black spinner; unit badge
on nose. Personal emblem of bomb on Malta on rear
fuselage band
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Reggiane Re 2001, 358-1, 358^ Sq (2 Gr, 6 St),

Caltagirone, 1942. Verde Oliva Scuro/Gricio Azzurro
Chiaro scheme with white spinner front, fuselage
band and cross on rudder; codes are in Grigio Azzurro
Chiaro and red
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Macchi C.202 Folgore Serie VII, M.M.9042/151-1, flown by Cap. Furio

Niclot of 151^ Squadriglia, 20 Gruppo, 51 Stormo, Gela, May 1942.
Nocciola Chiaro 4 upper surfaces with Verde Oliva Scuro 2 smoke
rings; Grigio Azzurro Chiaro 1 undersides. White spinner front and
rear fuselage band; white arrowhead aft of cockpit Codes in black/red,
outlined in white; Stormo badge on fuselage band
Savoia Marchetti S.79, 253-8, 253^ Squadriglia, 104 Gruppo

Autonomo Aerosiluranti, late June 1942. Verde Mimetico 3/
Marrone Mimetico mottling over Giallo Mimetico 3 upper
surfaces; Grigio Azzurro Chiaro undersides and frontal areas.
Code in black/red; type 3 markings above wings, type 2 below
wings. Note scoreboard on fin
NOT TO THE SAME SCALE
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French T-6s in Algeria; Issue 89
North American T-6G Texan, 49-2982/YD, E.A.L.A.
15/72, Bou Sada, 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall
with black anti-dazzle panel and band across cowling.
Balbuzard (Buzzard) unit badge superimposed. All
lettering in black. Mission tally in blue cannon shells, white
rockets and red bombs over a black rectangle. red spinner
and wingtips
North American T-6D Texan, 44-80853/123, cole de Marrakech, late

1967. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overal. All lettering and anti-dazzle
panel in black, with 123 repeated below starboard wing, inboard of
roundel. Standard national markings; mid-blue band across engine
cowling with unit (Flight School) insignia superimposed. Bar below
code number indicated that aircraft was capable of being armed
North American T-6G2 Texan, 49-3489, E.A.L.A. 2/71,
Oujda (Morocco), 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall
with black anti-dazzle panel. All lettering in black. Red
bands around cowling and rear fuselage, red mainwheel
centre. This unit operated for a very short period of just
over a year, becoming E.A.L.A. 20/72 in July 1957
Below Left: North American T-6G

Texan, 51-15237/OH, E.A.L.A. 5/72,
Colomb-Bchar late 1957. Trainer
Yellow FS.13507 overall with dog-face
marking in black, red and white. All
lettering in black. Daube (Desert
Lizard) unit badge on fin
North American T-6G2 Texan, 51-14375, E.A.L.A. 6/72,

Khenchela, April 1958. Natural metal overall with black antidazzle panel. All lettering in black. Yellow spanwise bands
above the wings. Red front of spinner, red wingtips and outer
wing joint fairing. Ramel (Eagle) unit badge over a red
shield below cockpit; badge of the 13 me
DBLE (Legionaire Regiment) on the fin
North American T-6G Texan, 51-14440/WI, E.A.L.A. 13/72,

Paul Cazelles, 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with
Sharkmouth marking in black, red and white. All lettering
in black. Red spinner. Cigogne dUturu (Stork of Uturu)
unit badge on fin
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North American T-6G2 Texan, 49- 3111, E.A.L.A. 16/72,

Biskra, September 1959. Aluminium overall with black
anti-dazzle panel, wingtips and spinner, the latter
having a white spiral. All lettering in black. Yellow
spanwise panels above the wings. Serpent/Cresent
unit badge on fuselage sides
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North American T-6G2 Texan, 51-5033, E.A.L.A. 11/72, La

Rghaa, 1957. Trainer Yellow FS.13507 overall with black
anti-dazzle panel. All lettering in black. Mid-blue spinner,
wingtips and part of the engine cowling on which is painted
the early version of the unit badge inspired by the cartoon
character Marsupilami riding a T-6. This marking was painted
on at least three aircraft by Pilot Sgt P. Fournier but was not
officially approved
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Short Stirling; Issue 94
Short Stirling Mk I, N3638, recorded at Syndeham prior to being delivered to No.7

Squadron. Dark Earth/Dark green upper surfaces going down the fuselage sides,
with Sky undersides. Night serial. Blue/Red roundels above wings. Note black
spinners fitted
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Short Stirling Mk I, N6103/OJ-E, No.149 East India Squadron, Mildenhall, 1941. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces
with Night undesides. Medium Sea Grey codes, Red serial. East India 1 on nose
. C aru a M A
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Short Stirling Mk I (Srs III), N6073, MGY, No.7 Squadron, March 1942. Dark Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces
with Night undersides. Codes in Medium Sea Grey, serial in Red
Short Stirling Mk I, BF382/BUQ, No.214 Federal Malay States Squadron, Chedburgh, 1943. Dark Earth/Dark
Green upper surfaces with Night undersides. Codes and serial in Red. Blue/Red roundels above wings. Antiicing Lanolin paste applied to fin leading edge
Short Stirling Mk III, LJ525/EXR, No.199 Squadron, North Creake (Norfolk), late 1944-early 1945. Dark
Earth/Dark Green upper surfaces with Night undersides. Red codes and serial. Blue/Red roundels above
wings. Mandrel electronic jamming equipment fitted for radio countermeasures. Jolly Roger art carried on
the nose
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Short Stirling Mk IV, QS-E, No.620 Squadron, June 1944. Dark Earth and Dark Green
upper surfaces with Night undersides. with black/white bands around rear fuselage;
codes are in Dull Red, serial overpainted
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Short Stirling Mk V, PK124/JQ-Q, No.51 Squadron, Stradishall, 1945. Extra Sark Sea Grey/Dark
Slate Grey upper surfaces with Azure Blue undersides. Codes and serial in black. Blue/White/Red
Roundels above wings
Subjects are listed in the order they appeared, not in any ranking position
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KIT BUILD
SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
SPECIFICATIONS
Special Hobby 1:72 B-18 Bolo Pre-war Service

Kit No.: SH72095
Materials: IM
Availability: Hannants (UK Importer) and Special
Hobby stockists worldwide
Price Guide: 29.99
BEFORE STARTING:
Thin Cyanoacrylate
Tamiya Extra-Thin cement
Tamiya Masking Tape
Tweezers
an a er e
Tamiya side cutter
Cutting mat
AIRBRUSHES USED:
Tamiya Spray Work HG Airbrush II

Available in UK via The Hobby Company Ltd,
visit www.thehobbyco.net
PAINTS USED:
Alclad II lacquer:
ALC102 Duralumin
ALC116 Semi-matte Aluminium
Model Master Metalizer lacquer:
1402 Stainless Steel
Humbrol enamel:
Hu 11 Silver metallic
Hu 56 Aluminium metallic
Hu 93 Desert Yellow
Hu 100 Red brown
Hu 165 Medium Sea Grey
Revell enamel:
32109 Anthracite
32310 Lufthansa yellow
White Ensign Colourcoat enamel:
US 30 Bronze green
DIMENSIONS 1:1
Span - 89ft 6in (27.28m)

Height - (4.62m)
DIMENSIONS: 1:72
Span - 378.9mm
Length - 244.9mm
Height - 64.2mm
REFERENCE
Douglas B-18 Bolo - The Ultimate Look: From

Drawing Board to U-Boat Hunter by W. Wolf
chi er u i hing t
ISBN: 1-7643-2581-6)
Digby in
Built & Written by Patrick Branly from France

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

Museum at Dayton, Ohio, some years
ago I would certainly not have heard
about this bomber. So when I did learn
that MPM Productions in their Special
Hobby range were preparing a 1:72 kit
of it I was very pleased. The first version
produced by Special Hobby is the B-18
operating within some Bombardment and
Reconnaissance squadrons of the U.S.
Army Air Corps in the pre-war period,
wearing an overall natural metal scheme.
I started this build by assembling the
wings because I felt there would be some
difficulties here. As this kit has been
designed around different versions of the
Bolo the upper engine cowling is made

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

made small holes at the back of the block
that I then filled with Humbrol Silver paint
with a touch of red for the small one on the
port side. I then painted the whole block in
matt black before cementing it in position
with cyanoacrylate. After 24 hours drying
I reshaped the leading edge starting with
some coarse sandpaper glued on to a piece
of plastic. After finer and finer sandpaper,
followed by Tamiya polishing compound I
got something that looked more convincing.
Having spent a good few hours with the
wings I then shifted my attention to the
cockpit. I started with the photo-etched
straps on the seats and various details
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KIT BUILD
First I glued together the upper and lower wings. The upper
cowling is a separate piece to cope with the different versions
of the Bolo. As you can see there is still a small gap between
this and the upper wing. Thats the reason why I filled this with
cyanoacrylate
Here you see the cowling upper part glued into the upper wing.
I prefer using cyanoacrylate instead of putty because it is easier
to rescribe any panel lines removed by sanding as it is much
harder than putty once dry
These pieces of Plexiglass were easy to use as a landing light.

First I drilled small holes in the rear; the port one has two lights.
Later I painted these holes with silver and metallic red
The blocks of Plexiglass are glued into the leading edge of the
wing. The black paint is there to create the background for
the lights
Now the landing lights take shape but you still have to achieve a
high gloss finish with different (finer and finer) grades of sandpaper.
The final stage was to use Tamiya polishing compound
Here is my own tool made of a very coarse piece of sandpaper

glued to a length of plastic
I was not satisfied with the joint around the upper cowlings so I
filled and sanded back once again. This stage is very important
when you are going to apply a natural metal finish
Here are the seats with their photo-etched seat belts added
The throttle box is made from

small metal parts, but thankfully
I work with a (large) magnifier!
around the pilots. I added some styrene

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

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

kit. It was now time to choose between
the different positions for the rear turret.
As I was going to put mine in the stowed
position I cut off the small lugs inside the
fuselage that were supposed to keep the
turret up. Next I closed the fuselage halves
with cyanoacrylate and left the whole thing
overnight to fully cure.
My next task was the engines and they are
nicely moulded but I added an ignition wire to
the front of each cylinder. After painting them
they were convincing enough for this scale so
they were put aside until the end of the build.
After a long period of sanding the fuselage
joints I glued the wings in place with extrathin cement, which I nd i es a stron bond.
n little aps were once a ain lled with
cyanoacrylate to give a strong bond, because
The joint with the upper wing is less than perfect so I had to fill the
gap with cyanoacrylate glue and sand it back
When I saw a photo of the

B-18's cockpit I decided to
modify the control wheels
with a length of styrene to
give them the right shape
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KIT BUILD
Plane Facts
On 14th u ust 1934 the US rm ir Corps US C Materiel

i ision at ri ht ield issued Circular 35 2 for a new bomber.
ith a crew of 4 to the new bomber should carr a ton of bombs
o er a distance of 2,200 miles 3,541km with a maximum speed
of 250mph 402km/h . ou las proposed the
1 , which was
inuenced b their C 1/ C 2/ C 3 airliner series. This new
bomber was to replace the Martin 10, but unlike the airliners
the new 1 had a mid win to lea e room for a bomb ba . The
t pe had a bomb load of 4,000lb 1, 1 k with a maximum ran e
of 1,000 miles 1,931km . The defensi e armament consisted
of three 0.30in uns, one in a nose turret, one in a dorsal turret
and the last one in the entral hatch. The rst production ersion
with a short run kit like this I had to ll each

oint a couple of times. To check the results
of the sandin sessions I used two coats of
paint, rst brushin on a thick matt paint to
act as a er ne putt and next I airbrushed
was the 1 powered b the ri ht 1 20 45 and 131 were

built some state 133 . ext came the 1 , which featured a
redesi ned and lon er nose, impro ed bomb aimer s position
power operated dorsal turret. 217 of the 1 were built, of which
the rst 44 were ori inall ordered as 1 s and 20 were used
b C
and desi ned i b Mk I. 1 s were 122 con erted
1 s undertaken in 1939/40 with maritime radio e uipment
and, in some cases, a tail cone extension housin submarine
detection e uipment that allowed this ersion to undertake anti
submarine patrols until the end of 1943 alon the US , Caribbean
and anama shores. lthou h accepted as a bomber it should
be noted that the 1 was ne er used as a bomber operationall
durin
II, althou h it was to see ser ice not ust in the US and
Canada but also with the ra ilian ir orce.
on ne la ers of lclad II uralumin to

hi hli ht an remainin scratches.
Paint
hen I was satised with the surface nish
I started the paint ob. s usual I painted

the smaller areas, as the are much easier
to mask off later. ll mo in parts such as
the ele ators and the ailerons were fabric
co ered, so I painted them in lclad II satin
Here is the background of the instrument panel.

I painted a plastic back piece white and then
glued the transparent instruments over it. Next
I added the metal front part aligning the holes
with the instruments underneath
Once the fuselage was painted, mainly in

Duralumin with medium grey sidewalls, I
put this and the rear floor into place and the
fuselage was now ready to be assembled
I added some plastic pieces to the navigators

desk although in the end everything is hidden
once the fuselage halves are joined
The kit engines are nice, but I added some

lengths of tin wire to reproduce the ignition wire
for each cylinder
To fill the little gaps around the transparencies

I decide to apply some cyanoacrylate cement
and then sand it back later. It was time
consuming but the result was better then just
leaving the kit parts as supplied
Once painted and with a dark wash applied

to add shadow, the end result is sufficient for
the scale
The cockpit interior painted. This dark bluish/

green is the White Ensign Bronze Green colour
I discovered that the

cockpit interior was
covered with a sound
proofing material and
all the seams were
waterproofed, so this
means that the interior
colours are not as
they are stated in the
instruction sheet
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To obtain a satisfactory joint between the fuselage and

the wings I filled and sanded numerous times
A light coat of an old matt paint is a good way to check the

joints and in the end it can act as very fine putty/primer
Aluminium. Next I painted the whole rudder

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

but I added brake lines from len ths of
tin wire. I put some ne adhesi e tapes
to link these lines to the undercarria e
le s themsel es e en thou h these
were actuall lued in place. er thin
was then airbrushed in ModelMaster
1402 Stainless Steel and I then applied
a dark wash. The wheels were painted
separately and then added to the u/c
le s. I chose to represent the aircraft as
seen in the late thirties so I did not install
an machine uns. I masked all the un
turret transparencies and painted them
with lclad II uralumin which was a time
consumin operation because I had to
cut the Tami a maskin tape for e er
Stage-by-Stage PAINT & MARKINGS
The red (Humbrol 19) was airbrushed

onto the white rudder to get a brighter
colour. The white stripes had first been
covered with Tamiya masking tape
The red and white stripes were

protected with tape before airbrushing
on the blue vertical element
The blue (Xtracolor X122 FS15044)

applied and dry with the rudder ready for
the next stage
To give some colour variations to the panels on the fin I used pieces of low tack notes to act as masks
I used the same system of masking panels on the wings and fuselage
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The leading edges of the

wings, tail and fin are seen
here masked in readiness
for them to be painted black
(actually Tyre Black)
All the decals in place, they were

easy to apply and no silvering is
visible under the letters
individual panel with a sharp blade. To get the

proper height of the rear gun turret I glued
some pieces of plastic at the base so that it
la on the rear oor in the fusela e. inall I
applied the decals, which are very thin and
conform well to the panel lines. Obviously

with the thin metallic paint it is a lot easier to
avoid silvering behind the transparent areas
between the black letters etc. I did not apply
any clear coat over the model as I felt it would
tarnish the metallic effect and I also believe

that there must be a difference in sheen
between the natural metal of the skin and the
painted markings.
To get the proper height of the rear gun turret I glued some pieces of plastic at the base so that it lay
on the rear floor in the fuselage
Stage-by-Stage - FINAL DETAILS
The landing gear is well detailed so all I added were the brake lines
along each leg
The undercarriage and tyre once painted and weathered
The turrets are covered with tiny pieces of Tamiya masking

tape before being painted Duralumin
FINAL VERDICT
This kit from Special Hobby is not suitable for the complete novice or inexperienced modeller, as its quality lays somewhere between shortrun and mainstream production. or the rest of us, thou h, there are few chances of buildin the t pe in 1:72 usin a mainstream in ected
kit, so it has to be recommended. Other ersions ha e now been produced since I started this build, includin the 1 and the i b Mk I,
which are ideal for those of ou that prefer aircraft in camoua e.
Was it worth the effort?
It denitel was
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CONTRIBUTORS TOP
A few months back I asked a number of our regular contributors to put together a
Top 10 of kits, the only criteria being that it contained only those kits that were
new since our launch back in 2005.
So, what did they vote for using a system that allocated 10 points for rst down
to 1 point for 10th, this would give a nal Top Ten for 200 to 2013 as follows
10
10
Hasegawa 1:32 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Steve Evans built this one for us back in Issue 25,

August 2007 and although the whole series of 1:32
P-47Ds from Hasegawa are now pretty pricey here in the
UK (in 2007 they were 29.99, today they are 50+) Steve likes
the kit for the quality of moulding and simplicity of assembly. The
kit is not lled with the t pe of sublime detail which some ma call
gimmicks that you see from other manufacturers, you get nice
clean mouldin s, ood detail and almost but not perfect t. In
summing up Steve said that Do you like the Thunderbolt? If you
do youll love this kit. Its easy to build, with good levels of details
and its as accurate in size and shape as Id ever want
Revell 1:32 BAe Hawk T Mk 1 and 1A
The Revell 1:32 Hawk series was launched back in late 2010
and it sums up what is good about Revell products in that it offers
the basic essential components to make the type, with potential
to add as much detail, either from scratch or via the aftermarket,
that you like. The model was well moulded and nicely engineered
and went together without too many problems, and Alan Bottoms
stated in his review in Issue 76 that it was a great kit from the
box, which at less than twenty pounds is a bargain these days,
his only real problem was just how many could he justify building,
they were that appealing!
irx 1:
awker T
oon
Not really a surprise that this one is here, as many of us

have waited a long time for a decent mainstream injected
1:72 Tife and irx obli ed in 2013 with their little beaut .
Libor built it all for us in Issue 98 and in summing up he stated
that In m opinion irx ha e denitel left the eas kit label,
bringing to the market the best mainstream kit of the late mark
Typhoon in 1:72. Their concept of combining an attractive subject
at a lower price coupled with overall good quality and level of
detail makes it really tempting
Zoukei-Mura 1:32 Focke-Wulf Ta 152H
Zoukei-Mura was a new name that appeared on the market in

2010 with their Kyushu J7W1 Shinden and followed this up with
this superb 1:32 Ta 152H-1 in late 2010. Steve Evans built the
kit for us all in Issue 70, May 2011, so again lets use Steves
conclusion to tell you what this kit is all about This kit had me
stumped to begin with because after all the hype surrounding
it I was expecting some kind of ultra-high tech bit of plastic,
but in reality it looked kind of old fashioned. It may be a bit of a
throwback in the fact that it contains nothing but plastic (no etched
frets, rubber or resin) but thats actually part of its charm, because
it really is like getting back to your roots. It is well detailed, well
moulded and oes to ether ne enou h if ou re pa in attention
to the parts alignment and it is easily the most accurate Ta 152 out
there in this scale. The only downside is the price and availability
but if you love the whole idea of a big old Monogram kit dragged
into the 21st Century to go to town on, then this is perfect.
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Eduard 1:32 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-series
Just about all the guys listed the Eduard 1:32 Bf

109E series in their Top Ten, so no surprise that it got
the No.5 slot. Steve Evans built it for us all in Issue 49, August
2009 and he stated that this is a great kit, even without the
magic of the etched frets , he also said that at that time its only
competition were the old Hasegawa and Matchbox kits and that
every one of the 30+ years plus years age difference shows in
every line and detail
Academy 1:72 Curtiss Helldiver
Academy have been making some nice kits for years, but back
in 2005 they started to raise the bar a bit with some new toolings
and their Helldiver was a good example. Our illustrious Editor
built the kit for us in Issue 12 (back in the days when he had
some spare time to make models!) and he stated that it was A
stunning kit, with good detail from the box, he also said Buy
one, buy a dozen, it is a lovely kit and well worth investing time
and effort in building
Trumpeter 1:32 Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a
Trumpeter has to feature in any kit list for the last eight years, as they have progressively
upped their game. The Me 262 series kicked off in 2005 and ay built the Me 262A 1a
version for us in Issue 5, December 2005. He had mixed feeling about the kit, as it had
some t issues due to the complex nature of certain aspects such as the engines, but
then again few, if any, kit manufacturers ever seem to be able to deal with Me 262s engine
nacelles! In summing up he stated that I like the look of the Me 262 and Trumpeter have
denitely captured it very well, and have also thankfully given the modeller the tools and
the means to open the model up and show some details without the need to resort to an
inordinate amount of scratchbuilding
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Wingnut Wings 1:32 Airco D.H.2
A lot of our contributors liked the whole Wingnut Wings series, and it is true that they have become somewhat of an icon to todays
modellers, with a lot of people who would not otherwise touch a kit of an aircraft with two wings building them with relish. Scooping 19 points
overall and gaining 3rd position though was the D.H.2, which Andy Ieronymides built for us back in the August 2013 edition (Vol.9 Iss.97),
and his summing up is probably the best way to convey how good this, and all other Wingnut Wings kits are, Although rst impressions
would suggest a complex build, in reality the precision of the engineering ensures a straightforward path and, although the rigging might
seem daunting, this can also be safely negotiated with a little patience. This is another top kit from Wingnut Wings academy of excellence
and it is recommended on every level Need we say more!
Tamiya 1:32 North American

P-51 Mustang series
Scooping a massive 33 points from the contributors,

there is no denying that the Tamiya P-51 Mustang
series is a lesson in model engineering excellence.
Steve Evans built if for us back in the October 2011
edition (Vol 7 Iss.75) and found it to be a real joy to
build, although not one that would literally fall together.
His opening statement set the scene for what was to
follow when he said Tamiya have, just recently, taken
the big scale kit market by the scruff of the neck and
given it a damn good shaking. The punishment for all
the other kit manufacturers continues as they release
another masterpiece and his conclusion left you with
no doubt what he thought of the kit Tamiyas best
yet! No question, its even better than their amazing
Spitre and its lost the toy like quality of the original
Zero releases. The markings are good and the level
of detail, especially on the exterior, is nothing short
of astonishing. O , so theres plenty of scope for
adding masses of your own tubes, pipes, wires and
who knows what else to something in this scale but
out of the box it couldnt get any better. It may be a
little daunting to someone without much modelling
experience, purely because of the number of parts
but follow the excellent instructions and you wont go
wrong. or more experienced hands its a pleasure
from start to nish. Price will be an issue, of course,
but I can honestly say that if you only ever want one
P-51 Mustang in your collection, then this one is it!
As if you needed more encouragement, ADH went
even further and offered a full blow-by-blow build
guide to the kit in their excellent How to build...
series. Visit the ADH Books website, www.adhbooks.
com to order your copy today, you dont want to make
your kit without it!
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Tami a 1:
ermarine
itre series
Netting the biggest haul of the points from our contributors, with a whopping 42 points, the Tamiya Spitre series was the
outright winner. ust like their P 51 series, the Spitres are superb examples of Tamiyas engineering art and although we
have never built the type within the pages of Model Airplane International, that was because ADH produced a complete book
on the type in their excellent How to build... series. Tamiya rst produced the Mk I c ( 60319) in 2009, then offered the Mk
VIII ( 60320) in mid 2010 and nally (to date), as a revision to the basic Mk I , the Mk VIe ( 60321) in early 2011. All of these
kits raised the bar as far as modellers expectations were concerned for 1:32 aircraft kits, and certainly did raise even Tamiyas efforts in
comparison with their earlier Zero series.
o t ere o ave it t e larger scale taking all t e to ono rs so no real s r rise t ere as t e larger scale allows a lot more detail is easier to work
wit gives a ver im ressive end rod ct and o ave to admit it t e last eig t ears ave all een a o t new releases in 1: .
wonder w at t e To Ten will e or ss e
Richard A. Franks, Editor
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NEW RELEASES / KITS
Spitfire Mk IX Royal Class
Scale 1:48 / Eduard, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: R0008 /
Availability: Creative Models Ltd, Hannants and LSA Models (UK Distributors) and
Eduard stockists worldwide / Price Guide: 69.99
K, we all know how well the new Eduard Spitfire builds, as Dani showed
you all in Issues 97 and 98, well now Eduard have packed up no fewer
than two complete kits and combined them with resin and etched parts
along with a very special item to offer it in the very exclusive Royal Class
version. Inside the box you will find nine grey-coloured sprues and two
clear; the wing sprues are offered in three different styles, so you can make each Spitfire with s different configuration but not both the same. The resin (Brassin) parts include four- and five-spoke wheels, two resin slipper tanks and two sets of the Mk XXX
conversion, namely beer barrels under the wings. This last item ties in nicely with the
very special item in the kit, which is a glass beer/lager glass in Bohemian glass (what
else would you expect from a Czech company!). The set is completed with four frets of
photo-etched, one of which is pre-painted. You will also find die-cut self-adhesive masks
for the canopy and wheels, a beer mat and the beer mat game, but for more on that
visit the Eduard website!
The kit comes with fourteen decal options: Mk I c, M 35 , T S, own b S n dr . .
Storrar, o. 5 S n,
in snorth, September 1943 Mk I c,
39 ,
, own b
Off I. eltie, o.402 S n,
enle , March
1943 Mk I c,
52 , S
, own b
Cdr . abs ewic , ortholt in , summer 1943
Mk I c, M 779, U , o.453 S n,
ord, une 1944
Mk I c,
, own b Ma . ared, 309th S, 31st
, Castel olturno, Ital , late 1943/earl 1944
Mk I c, M 7 3,
S, own b rince . alit ine,
o.72 S n, amatuelle aireld, rance, autumn 1944
Mk I c, M 2 ,
, own b
Cdr le o du i ier, o.324 i hter in , Ital , Ma 1944
Mk
I e,
432, OU , own b
Off M. . Collet, o.4 5 S n, Malde em aireld, el ium, 1944 Mk I e,
1 1,
, own b
Cdr . . er , o.132 in ,
Twenthe ireld, olland, winter 1944 45

Mk I e, T7 , 2
, own b
M ccart, o.345 S n, eanland aireld, September 1944
Mk I e, own b
Ma . . . Mats e ich, 2 th I , enin rad area, Ma 1945
Mk I e, S 32, 101st Ta eset, Israeli ir orce, late 1949
Mk I e, M 97 ,
M, o.132 S n,
1944 Mk I e, M 329,
, own b
Cdr . . ohnson, o.144 in , une 1944 the last two options ha e the Mk
modication tted. The decal sheet is
gorgeous, being printed by Cartograf and all the colours are vibrant and there are even instrument panel decals should you not want to use the pre-painted etched.
There are also two separate sheets of airframe stencils.
Dimensions
Span - 36ft 10in (11.23m)
Length - 31ft 3.5in (9.54m)
Dimensions - 1:48
Span - 233.9mm
Length - 198.8mm
Height - 72.5mm
References
Spitfire LF Mk IX In Detail by F. Koran, V. Danda, J. Martnek & M. Khol, Special Museum Line No.26 (WWP [Wings & Wheels Publications] 2002 ISBN: 80-86416-25-9)
Verdict:
t is is a really s perb it an alt
erall e t in it is ell
rt in estin in i
m re t an
ble t e st t
stan ar r a
ly re mmen e t all Spitre ans an
r t an s t
its t ere is a
m re in t e b
ar
A r t e re ie sample
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Striking Eagles
Scale 1:48 / Eduard, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: 1177 /
Availability: Creative Models Ltd, Hannants and LSA Models (UK Distributors)
and duard stockists worldwide / rice uide: 1.30
ere you have a very limited-edition upgrade to the Academy F-15E kit via the
addition of the following: - Brassin exhaust nozzles, wheels (2 types) and
e ection seats, plus a mass of photo etched, includin pre painted, paintin
masks for wheels and canopy and decals from Cartograf. The basic kit
comprises 282 parts moulded in a very dark grey-coloured plastic along with
four in clear plastic, albeit that a number of these parts are then replaced with the supplied
resin and etched upgrades. Unlike some others in this series, the upgrade parts are not
massive, probably because some much of it was already out there in etched from Eduard
an wa none of the etched fret in this kit ha e pre iousl been released thou h, the are
all new to suit and enhance the enclosed resin and/or update the airframe. If you want
to go still further, the sets already released by Eduard for the base Academy kit are as
follows: e ection seat 49 410 , weapons 4 5 4 , interior pre painted 49 409 and
exterior 4 5 3 or 4 52 .
The kit comes with e decal options: S/ o. 9 04 7, 4335th S, 4th
, a ram
, f hanistan, anuar 2012 S/ o. 7 0173, 391st S, 3 th
, Mountain ome
, 2002 S/ o. 9 0472, 335th S, Se mour ohnson
, 2002 S/ o. 0 0133, 10 th
Tayeset, Tel Nov airbase, IDF, Israel. The decals are by Cartograf and are superb but
the real mind-blowing element is the stencil sheet, which is bigger than the main marking
sheet and which has 2 pages of instructions for either USAF or IDF machines!
Dimensions 1:1
Span - 42ft 9 3/4in (13.05m)
Height - 18ft 5 1/2in (5.63m)
Dimensions 1:48
Span - 271.9mm
Length - 404.8mm
Height - 117.3mm
Reference
F-15 Eagle by L. Drendel, Walk Around No.28 (Squadron/Signal Publications 2002)
Verdict: This is a nice update that can be taken even further with all the other
available etched sets if you so choose. We suspect building this properly would take
months, so the asking price is not that high when you consider how long it will take
to build and the fact that this is limited production; once its gone, its gone. Highly
recommended to all modern USAAF modellers, and our thanks to Eduard M.A. for the
review sample.
Jugs over Germany
Scale 1:48 / Eduard, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No.: 1179 /
Availability: Creative Models Ltd, Hannants and LSA Models (UK Distributors)
and Eduard stockists worldwide / Price Guide: 41.75
his is another of Eduards excellent limited-edition specials, which combines the sound
Academy P-47D-25 kit parts with new resin and photo-etched detail components and
decals to show those P-47s operating over Europe in WWII. In the box therefore you get
all the Academy parts, comprising 126 grey-coloured and eight clear plastic components, although a great many of these parts are not used in this version because they
are replaced with resin and/or photo-etched. On top of this you get a completely new cockpit
interior, a new set of wheels and a new propeller unit in resin plus all the various interior bits,
including pre-painted parts, for the interior. The kit retains the bombs, drop tanks (four versions)
and HVARs, although the latter are not used here, but of course if you want you can update these
with the new resin examples in the Brassin range: HVAR (#648 061), 250lb GP bombs (#648
086), 500lb GP bombs (#648 081) and M2 Browning machine-guns in either two (#648 077) or six
(#648 075) gun packs. Dont forget also that Eduard do an upgrade set of exterior photo-etched
parts for the Academy, and thus this kit, which is now available separately (#48-784).
The kit comes with e er colourful decal options: S/ o.42 2 473, oroth
, own b t T.
mbrose, 410th S, 373rd
, ento aireld, The etherlands, March 1945 S/ o.42 2 2 , o ie eth
II , own b Capt . . Christensen, 2nd S, 5 th
, oxted, summer 1944 S/ o.42 2 3 2, Ole Cock
III own b Ma . Smith, 1st S, 5 th
, oxted, earl 1945 S/ o.42 2 445, Chow ound , own b
Capt . lackburn, 509th S, 405th
, Saint i ier, rance, 1944 S/ o.42 2 70, il Tuff own b t
. Cox, 512nd S, 40 th
, sch aireld, el ium, eb pril 1945. The decals are superb, bein of the
hi hest ualit and produced b Carto raf the also include a full set of airframe stencils.
Dimensions 1:1
Span - 40ft 9 1/4in (12.43m)
Length - 36ft 1.65in (11.02m)
Dimensions 1:48
Span - 258.9mm
Length -229.6mm
Height - 90mm
Reference
P-47 Thunderbolt, Walk Around No.11 by Lou Drendel (Squadron/Signal Publications 1997 ISBN: 0-89747-375-2)
Verdict: The base Academy kit was basic but good, so the addition of all the resin and etched
ta es t is ne t a ne le el e e als er s me s perb s emes s it is in t be i lt
choosing. Highly recommended to all WWII USAAF modellers, and our thanks to Eduard M.A. for the
review sample.
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NEW RELEASES / KITS

Lockheed SR-71
History
Scale 1:72 / Academy, Korea / Materials:

IM / Kit No.: 12509 / Availability:
Pocketbond Ltd (UK Importers) and
Academy stockists worldwide /
Price Guide: 18.99
eissue
3 black and three clear plastic components
Twel e decal options: 1 7974, et.1, 9th S
, adena
,
apan, 19
1 79 7, et.1, 9th S
, adena
, apan, late
1970s 1 797 , ed abbit , et.1, 9th S
, adena
, apan
107955, ir orce o istics Command, 19 5 to 19 5 1 797 ,
et.4, 9th S
,
Mildenhall, 1977 1 79 7, et.1, 9th S
,
Osan
, orea, ecember 19
unscheduled landin
1 79 2,
9th S
, eale
, mid 19 0s 1 79 2, et.1, 9th S
, last
S 71 to lea e adena in 1990 1 7971, 9th S
, eale
, one
of the three a/c returned durin in 1995 1 79 7, 9th S
, after
reacti ation in 1995 1 7072 own to the Smithsonian Collection and
settin a record for manned i ht in the process also has codes for
1 7 1 to 4 with temporar markin s seen with 9th S
at adena
in the 19 0s.
Verdict: It is good to have this kit back again

because although simple it is a sound basis for
the type in this scale and it is even more appealing
now thanks to the superb decal sheet, which even
includes decals for each instrument panel. Highly
recommended to all USAF fans, and our thanks to
Pocketbond Ltd for the review sample.
Reference
SR-71 Blackbird by J. Goodall, Walk Around No.32
(Squadron/Signal Publications 2004)
Junkers Ju 88A-4
with bombs
Scale 1:32 / e ell, erman / Materials:

IM / it o.: 039 / ailabilit : e ell
U ranch U
istribution and e ell
stockists worldwide / rice uide: 39.99
e ised toolin based on the 1 ersion
released in 2008
2 3 li ht re coloured and 21 clear plastic
components
Two decal options: 3 M, 4./ 54, Catania,
Sicil , pril 1943 S4 M , 3./ . l. r.50 ,
eeuwarden, The etherlands, pril 1942.The
decal sheet is well printed althou h the carrier lm
is uite thick and ou et no swastikas, but it does
include an extensi e selection of airframe stencils,
the
loop metal element and the di e an le
lines painted on the canop side window.
Verdict: An excellent kit, the A-4 version will

prove very popular just as long as people
a e spa e r t
s in t eir isplay
cases. Excellent value for money and highly
re mmen e t all t a e ans r t an s
to Revell [UK Branch] for the review sample.
Republic P-47M
Thunderbolt
Scale 1:72 / e ell, erman / Materials:

IM / it o.: 039 4 / ailabilit : e ell
U
ranch U
istribution and e ell
stockists worldwide / rice uide: .50
eissue of kit rst released in 1999
4 li ht re coloured and three clear plastic
components
Two decal options: 44 211 0, e astatin
ebs , 3rd S, 5 th
, th , oxted, Ma
1945 44 21233, M , 2nd S, 5 th
, th
, oxted, earl 1945. The decal sheet is well
printed althou h the carrier lm is uite thick and
it includes a ood set of airframe stencils.
Verdict: This always was a good kit so it is

good to have it back once again. Fourteen
years already though, I must be getting on as
re all t is rst time r n at
i ly
recommended to all USAAF fans and our
thanks to Revell [UK Branch] for the
review sample.
Reference
P-47 Thunderbolt, Walk Around No.11 by Lou Drendel
(Squadron/Signal Publications 1997
ISBN: 0-89747-375-2)
Messerschmitt
Bf 109E-4
Scale 1:4 / duard, C ech epublic /

Materials: IM / it o.: 7421 / ailabilit :
Creati e Models td, annants
S Models
U
istributors and duard stockists
worldwide / rice uide: 13.99
eissue in simplied eekend dition series
127 re coloured and e clear plastic components
One decal option: / r.5 19,
own b Obstlt
dolf alland, eschwaderkommodore 2 ,
udembert, rance, ecember 1940.
Verdict: r bably t e best ay t a a neat

t y r lle ti n as it is ertainly m re
accurate than the Hasegawa one and a lot more
etaile t an t e Air ne pl s it is an t er
mplete bar ain as
ra
part it is
reat r t an s t
ar r t e re ie sample
Reference
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 Early Series (V1 to E-9 including the
T-series), Airframe & Miniature No.5 by Richard A. Franks (Valiant
Wings Publishing Ltd 2013 ISBN: 978-0-9567198-7-4)
Reference
Junkers Ju 88, Aero Detail No.20 (Dia Nippon Kaiga
Co 1998 ISBN: 4-499-22679-1)
Messerschmitt
Bf 110G-2
Scale 1:72 / duard, C ech epublic /

Materials: IM / it o.: 7421 / ailabilit :
Creati e Models td, annants
S
Models U
istributors and duard
stockists worldwide / Price Guide: 10.99
eissue in simplied eekend dition series
130 re coloured and 10 clear plastic
components
One decal option: 2 M , 5./ 1, ells,
ustria, winter 1943 44
Verdict: A quick and easy way to add the

ersi n t y r
lle ti n t e
basic kit is sound and without the photoetched it should be within the capabilities
of all, its also a complete bargain at this
pri e r a
part it
r t an s t
Eduard for the review sample.
Reference
Messerschmitt Bf 110G, Walk Around No.24 by
R. Makay (Squadron/Signal Publications 2000 ISBN:
0-89747-420-1)
Hawker Sea Hurricane

Mk IIc
Scale 1:72 / e ell, erman / Materials: IM /

it o.: 039 5 / ailabilit : e ell U ranch
U
istribution and e ell stockists worldwide
/ rice uide: .50
eissue of kit rst released in 2000
52 li ht re coloured and four clear plastic
components
Two decal options: 721, O , o.7 7
S,
S St. Merr n, o ember 1943
99, , O. 24
S, MS Striker, earl 1944. The decal sheet is well
printed althou h the carrier lm is uite thick and it
includes a ood set of airframe stencils and a decal for
the instrument panel.
Verdict: This always was a sound kit, with better

etail t an b t ne Air an ase a a
s
and a lot cheaper than the latter. Revell have not
b t ere t rem e t e Ab ir esert lters r m
the sprues this time, which is a little extra added
value. Highly recommended to all RAF/FAA fans and
our thanks to Revell [UK Branch] for the
review sample.
Reference
Hurricane, Walk Around No.15 by R. Mackay (Squadron/Signal
Publications 1998 0-89747-388-4)
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AEROBONUS, CZECH REPUBLIC

[www.aires.cz] / Available in the UK from: Hannants
1:48 480 054

Flightline Traffic Cones (x6)
Designed for: N/A
Material: R, Dec
Price Guide: 6.55
1:48 480 057

US Navy Multiple Ejector Rack MER-7 [A/A37B-6] (x2)
Designed for: Various
Material: R
Price Guide: 6.55
1:48 480 060

LAU-3 US Navy Rocket Container (x2)
Note: Suitable for A-1, A-7, A-4 etc.
Material: R, Dec
Price Guide: 6.55
1:48 480 055

Wing Pylons for F-4B/N/J/S [US Navy Version] (x2)
Material: R
Price Guide: 5.50 3.10
1:48 480 056

US Navy Triple Ejector Rack TER-7 [A/A37B-5] (x2)
Material: R
Price Guide: 6.55
1:48 480 058

FAB-100 Soviet WWII Bombs (x2)
Note: Suitable for Su-2, Pe-2, Tu-2, Il-2, Yak-9B etc.
Material: R
Price Guide: 5.50
1:32 320 027

Flightline Traffic Cones (x6)
Designed for: N/A
Material: R, Dec
Price Guide: 7.85
1:48 480 059

Mk 46 US Navy Torpedo (x2)
Note: Suitable for S-3 Viking, SH-3 Sea King, Lynx etc.
Material: R
Price Guide: 7.85
1:32 320 029

USAF Flightline Tool Cabinet (Roll Cab) 5-drawer
Designed for: N/A
Material: R, Dec
Price Guide: 6.55
1:32 320 036

USAF 150 Gallon Fuel Bowser
Designed for: N/A
Material: R, PE, Dec
Price Guide: 13.95
Verdict: It is great to have a series

offering such diverse sets, not just
to add ordnance etc. to the aircraft,
but equipment for dioramas etc.
They are all beautifully detailed
and cast, so they can be highly
recommended to all. Our thanks to
Aires for the review samples.
Available from: www.aires.cz
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NEW RELEASES / ACCESSORIES
AIRES, CZECH REPUBLIC

[www.aires.cz] / Available in the UK from: Hannants
1:72 7300
Sepecat Jaguar Wheels & paint masks
Designed for: Any Jaguar kit
Material: R, Ma
Price Guide: 3.30
1:48 4582
MiG-23ML Cockpit Set
Designed for: Trumpeter kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 10.25
1:48 4590
Sepecat Jaguar A Electronics Bay
Designed for: Kitty Hawk kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 7.60
1:48 4578
F-4B/N Auxiliary Air Intake
Designed for: Academy kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 7.60
1:48 4584
T-28 Trojan Wheel Bay
Designed for: Roden kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 12.99
1:48 4579
F-4B/N Wheel Bays
Designed for: Academy kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 12.99
1:48 4585
Me 410B-2/U4 Cockpit Set
Designed for: Meng kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 17.99
1:32 2184
MiG-23ML Electronics Bay
Designed for: Trumpeter kit
Material: R
Price Guide: 17.99
Verdict: As always these are superb sets, beautifully detailed and cast. The level of detail is superb yet none of those shown here are
excessively complex. They can be highly recommended to all except the complete novice, and our thanks to Aires for the review samples.
Available from: www.aires.cz
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MASTER BOX, UKRAINE
[www.bltd.info] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models Ltd

1:32 MB3202
Pilots of the Luftwaffe,
WWII Era
Designed for: N/A
Material: IM
Price Guide: 9.99
Verdict: Not really an accessory, but it goes with a built model, so we classied it as such! The box contains three gures, in poses as
depicted on the box top and you get optional heads so that you can have the pilots with forage caps or ying helmets on. The sculpting is
extremely good and as long as you are a good gure painter these are going to look superb once completed. Highly recommended to all,
and our thanks to Creative Models Ltd for the review samples.
Available from: www.creativemodels.co.uk
SCALE AIRCRAFT CONVERSIONS, USA

[www.scaleaircraftconversions.com] / Available in the UK from: LSA Models
1:48 48236
F-104 Starfighter
Landing Gear
Designed for: Revell/
Monogram kits
Material: WM
Price Guide: 11.20
($14.95)
1:72 72067
B-57B/G Canberra Landing Gear
Designed for: Italeri kit
Material: WM
Price Guide: 9.70 ($12.95)
1:72 72068
B-47 Landing Gear
Designed for: Hasegawa kit
Material: WM
Price Guide: 12.70 ($16.95)
1:48 48237
T-38A Talon Landing Gear
Designed for: Wolfpack Design kit
Material: WM
Price Guide: 11.20 ($14.95)
1:32 32074
F4U Corsair Landing Gear
Designed for: Tamiya kit
Material: WM
Price Guide: 14.20 ($18.95)
1:32 32075
Spitfire Mk II/Vb/VI Landing Gear
Note: Improved oleos with new main
wheels and separate tail wheel
Designed for: Hasegawa kit
Material: WM
Price Guide: 13.50 ($17.95)
Verdict: All of the above sets are offered as direct replacements for the kit undercarriage, but offer more detail and, where appropriate,
correcting any errors. The range is distributed in the UK by LSA Models, and our thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for the review samples.
Available from: www.scaleaircraftconversions.com
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NEW RELEASES / ACCESSORIES
EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC
[www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA Models
Photo-Etched 1:48 Series
48-762
Tu-2 Exterior / Xuntong / Price Guide: 14.99
48-778
Tu-2 Undercarriage / Xuntong /
Price Guide: 18.40
49-064
F-4 Seat Belts, Grey - Fabric [PP] / Various /
Price Guide: 7.20
48-770
Spitfire PR Mk XIX Landing Flaps /
Airfix / Price Guide: 10.99
48-775
Yak-3 Landing Flaps / Zvezda /
Price Guide: 12.80
48-782
Me 410B-2/U4 Engine / Meng / Price Guide: 12.80
48-777
Tu-2 Landing Flaps / Xuntong /
Price Guide: 18.40
48-784
P-47D-25 Upgrade Set / Eduard/Academy / Price Guide: 16.70
49-065
MiG-21 KM-1 Seat Belts - Fabric
[PP] / Various / Price Guide: 7.20
49-602
Me 410B-2/U4 Detail Sets [PP/SA] / Meng / Price Guide: 18.40
49-632
Tu-2 Interior [PP/
SA] / Xuntong /
Price Guide: 18.40
49-641
Yak-3 Detail Set
[PP/SA] / Zvezda /
Price Guide: 18.40
49-645
Vampire FB Mk 5/FB Mk
9 Detail Set [PP/SA] /
Trumpeter/ Price Guide:
16.70
49-648
Spitfire PR Mk XIX Detail
Set [PP/SA] / Airfix /
Price Guide: 16.70
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[www.eduard.com] / Available in the UK from: Creative Models, Hannants and LSA Models
Photo-Etched 1:32 Series
32-333
P-61A/B Exterior / HobbyBoss / Price Guide: 18.40
32-334
P-61A/B Undercarriage / HobbyBoss / Price Guide: 18.40
32-342
B-17G Undercarriage / HK Model / Price Guide:
14.99
32-338
B-17G Engines / HK Model / Price Guide: 19.50
32-337
B-17G Landing Flaps / HK Model / Price Guide: 66.85
32-345
A-4F Slats / Trumpeter / Price Guide: 13.99
32-769
P-61A/B
Interior
[PP/SA] /
HobbyBoss /
Price Guide:
19.50
32-772
Seat Belts RAF
WWII - Fabric [PP]
/ Various / Price
Guide: 8.40
32-346
A-4F Landing Flaps / Trumpeter / Price Guide: 13.99
32-777
Bf 109E-4 [PP] / Eduard Weekend /
Price Guide: 12.80
32-783
A-4 Escapac IA-1 Seat
Belts [PP] / Trumpeter /
Price Guide: 12.80
Verdict: Each month we see a

superb selection of new products
from Eduard, and all of those
featured here are to the very
highest standards of detail and
production those
aps
are massive A-4-sized frets,
just goes to illustrate how big
that kit is! They are most highly
recommended to all but the
complete novice, and our thanks
to Eduard M.A. for the review
samples.
Available from: www.eduard.com
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NEW RELEASES / DECALS
ILIAD DESIGN, CANADA
[www.iliad-design.com] Available in the UK from: Hannants

72011 Air National Guard Mustangs
P-51D, S/No.44-72952, ARKNG, 154th FS, Arkansas National Guard, own by Maj. H.H. Kirby
(NM)
P-51D, S/No.44-73205, MONG, 110th FS, Missouri National Guard, late 1946 or early 1947
(NM)
P-51D. S/No.44-73564, SDNG, 175th FS, 132nd FG, South Dakota National Guard, summer
1947 (NM)
P-51D, S/No.45-11349, INDNG, 113th FS, Indiana National Guard, 1949 (NM)
P-51D, S/No.44-63746, NMEXNG, 188th FS, New Mexico National Guard, 1947 (NM)
Colour Guide: NM - Natural Metal
Price Guide: 9.60 ($12.00)
48026 Naval T-Birds
TV-2, BuNo.138977, attached to NAS Glenview (NM)

TV-2 drone, BuNo.131885, GMGRU-1 (Guided Missile Group 1), mid 1959 (EG/OY)
T-33B, BuNo.137952, Naval Air Training Command, NAS Glynco, circa 1974 (GG)
TV-2, BuNo.141532, MCAS El Toro, October 1961 (GW/FRO)
Colour Guide: NM - Natural Metal, EG - Engine Grey, OY - Orange Yellow, GG - Gloss Grey, GW Gloss White, FRO - Fluorescent Red Orange
Price Guide: 9.60 ($12.00)
Verdict: These are both excellent sheets with some great options. The
decals include national insignia for each option, along with all the
unique markings. The instructions are clear and precise with all the
colours being identied by ederal Standard numbers. They are highly
recommended to all, and our thanks to Iliad Designs for the review
samples.
AVIATTIC, UK
Available woldwide from: Manufacturer

d L Lilac
ric decals, all with rib
okker . U ofanpre
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set
full
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tips
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This is the unde idth
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get a complete
width
A4 sheet
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NEW RELEASES / DECALS
U ull idth
L oine
in
enge in the full

This is the topside loz you get a
and
(54in) width panels
complete A4 sheet
This is the unde d and Trimmer

. in
rsi
(52.25in) width de lozenge in the joined an
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panels and again
you get a comp
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sheet
th in e joined and
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fered as a
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trimmed (52. eet
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complete A4
erdict: Now all of the above sheets are scaled for : , although Aviattic will be producing similar sheets in : , : , : and : , with
the chance of : , in the near future. The decals are translucent, so you can do pre shading and staining effects if you choose, plus the
underlying colour applied will dictate the colour of the lo enge fabric. Seven years in the making, and a L T of research, this new range
from Aviattic is certainly giving
modellers something new that is of the same top uality as the kits we are seeing from ingnut, so
now you are really spoilt! Highly recommended to all, and our thanks to Aviattic for the review samples.

[www.eduard.com] Available in the UK from: Creative Models,
Hannants and LSA Models
Spitre A
oundels, Late
This sheet offers Type B, C and C1 roundels in various sizes suitable for the Spitfire and other RAF fighters in
the late war period. Also included are a number of Type C fin flashes.
Price Guide: TBA
erdict: This is an excellent sheet that will have uses aplenty apart from the
Spitre. The images are all cleanly printed, with perfect register and colour density.
ecommended to all, and our thanks to duard M.A. for the review sample.
BINDERS
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Books
Samples for review
Please send all items for review to the following address:

Model Airplane International, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,
Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, United Kingdom.
Companies in the European Union should also add our VAT
number, which is GB 789 7020 84
RAF Trainers - Volume 2: 1945-2012

by P. Freeman T. alsh AIRle Publications
ISBN: 978-0-9569802-9-8 / Price Guide: 19.99 / 80-page, A4,
laminated card cover / English
a in re iewed olume 1 back in Issue 7, I le continue their look at
the complex sub ect of C M with this second part on
trainin aircraft.
It takes up where the rst olume ended and thus co ers the 1945
throu h 2012 period and if ou are used to the material produced b this
team, ou will feel instantl at home with this new title. The narrati e is
conned to the introduction and detailed captions for the numerous colour
proles. These proles are a combination of sin le side iews and three
or four iew sets of specic machines. The t pes co ered ran e from the
sander ri ht throu h to the eaper U
and as well as the at pical
trainer t pes, this period has a lot more frontline machines used in the
secondar trainin role.
VERDICT: THIS IS A VERY USEFUL GUIDE TO ADD TO ANY REFERENCE LIBRARY AND
IT IS THEREFORE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL OR FOR THOSE JUST WANTING TO
ADD A FEW UNUSUAL AND COLOURFUL TYPES TO THEIR COLLECTION.
Thanks to/ orldwide istribution:
www.airlepublications.com
I le ublications
Heinkel HE 111 Walk Around

by R. Mackay / Squadron/Signal Publications /
ISBN: 978-0-89747-694-2 / Price Guide: 16.99 / 88-page,
A4 landscape, laminated card cover / English
The walk around series is well established b S uadron so the format
of this latest addition to the ran e will come as no surprise. ith few
sur i in complete e 111s in the world, this one co ers the 2 in
orwa and the 20 at the of Museum in ondon althou h o er the
ears this has been listed as an 22 and 23 . Co era e is extensi e
and follows a lo ical order from front to back of the airframe, inside and
out. Inset within the colour photos are dia rams showin chan es in
the con uration of the airframe that can t be shown in photos, such
as the chan e in the nose prole. Sadl the author did not ain access
to the edro in Spain, as that would ha e made the co era e er
comprehensi e.
The ima es
are ood, albeit
taken in the
usuall awful
li ht le els we
all contend with
in museums
now, but there
are a few that
look to ha e
been enlarged
too much and
are rain as
a result. The
o erall depth
of co era e,
thou h, is er
ood.
VERDICT: AN EXTREMELY USEFUL GUIDE TO THE MODELLER AS IT IS FULL OF THE
TYPE OF INFORMATION WE CRAVE WHEN BUILDING A KIT, AND WITH THE LIKES OF
REVELLS 1:32 BEAUTY, THE MORE INFORMATION THE BETTER.
Thanks to/U
istribution:
www.adhbooks.com
ooks
PZL.23 Karas,
PZL.42/PZL.43, PZL.46 Sum
by T.J. Kopanski / Stratus / ISBN: 978-83-63678-09-8 /
Price Guide: 15.00 / 88-page, A4, softback with laminated
card cover / English
This is ol.17 in the olish in s
series from Stratus and it follows the
same lines with re ard to contents and
desi n as all the pre ious titles in this
series. The narrati e tells the stor of
the aras alon with its de elopments
as the .42/43 and ultimatel the .4 ,
albeit that co era e of the latter is
er limited due to it ne er
reachin series production
or ser ice. The title is full
of period ima es, o er 200
of them, with most ne er
ha in been published
before. To support this
specic aircraft ha e been
selected for reproduction as
colour proles 30 of them .
The title concludes with a
er useful narrati e on the
camoua e and markin s
applied to these t pes, with
a colour chart, althou h ou
ha e to understand the limitations of colour printin make this chart
not 100 accurate due to the ains/losses of certain inks durin
printin .
VERDICT: THIS WHOLE SERIES IS VERY USEFUL TO MODELLERS INTERESTED
IN POLISH OPERATIONS IN WWII, AS IT IS PACKED WITH NICE CLEAR IMAGES.
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL POLISH AVIATION AND P.23 FANS, AND
OUR THANKS TO STRATUS/MMP FOR THE REVIEW SAMPLE.
Thanks to/ orldwide istribution: Mushroom Model ublications
www.stratusbooks.com.pl
www.mmpbooks.bi
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DONT MISS A THING...

Issue 78 January 12
Issue 79 February 12
Issue 80 March 12
Fly 1:48 Roland D.VIa
Airfix 1:72 Harrier GR.7A/GR.9A
Fading colours with oil paint
Aoshima 1:48 Blue Thunder
HobbyBoss 1:48 TA-7C
Trumpeter 1:32 P-51B Mustang
Sword 1:72 Re.2001
Oil wash Techniques Guide
Eduard 1:72 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
Eduard 1:48 MiG-21MF
Hasegawa 1:32 J2M3 Raiden
Spitfire F Mk 22-24 by Richard J. Caruana
Eduard 1:32 Bf 109E-1 B AlleyCat conversion
Italeri 1:48 Hurricane Mk I
Italeri/Kinetic 1:48 F-84F
SM.84 by Richard J. Caruana
A-6 Intruder & EA-6 Prowler artwork
HobbyBoss 1:72 Kamov Ka-29
Wingnut Wings 1:32 D.H.9A
Special Hobby 1:72 CA-12 Boomerang
Trumpeter 1:32 Bf 109G-6
and more...
and more...
and more...
Issue 81 April 12
Issue 82 May 12
Issue 83 June 12
Issue 84 July 12
HobbyBoss 1:48 Yak-38
The basics of figure painting
How to paint cockpit interiors
RS Models 1:72 Ki-61-I Kai
The Platz 1:72 Global Hawk
Airfix 1:72 Valiant in anti-flash white
1:48 Great Wall Hobby P-61A
Cyber-Hobby 1:200 YB-49
TechGuide#3 - soft-edged demarcation
Quick update of the Hasegawa 1:48 J 35
Roden 1:32 Ni.24bis
Airfix 1:48 Lynx AH.7
HobbyBoss 1:48 F3H-2 Demon
Tornado IDS by Richard J. Caruana
Hawker Hart by Richard J. Caruana
Tarangus 1:48 Lansen
Revell 1:72 Ju 88A-4
The HobbyBoss 1:32 F-84E
1:72 Fly Whitley GR Mk VII
AML and Special Hobby 1:72 Ki-43s
Tamiya 1:32 A6M Zero to A6M2-N Rufe

conversion
Italeri 1:48 Kiowa
Trumpeter 1:48 Me 509
RAF Hunters Pt.2 by Richard J. Caruana
Sword 1:72 Spitfire Mk IX
Special Hobby 1:72 Sea Balliol
and more...
and more...
and more...
Issue 85 August 12
Issue 86 September 12
Issue 87 October 12
Issue 88 November 12
Brengun 1:72 Bachem Ba 349A Natter
Trumpeter 1:48 Spiteful F Mk 14
Admiral 1:72 F6U Pirate
Roden 1:144 Douglas C-124A
Tech Guide #6 Eradicating canopy seams
Eduard 1:72 Hellcat Mk II - PR Mk II conversion
AZ Model 1:72 MiG-17F
Airfix 1:48 Spitfire F.22 in RSAAF markings
Airfix 1:72 Spitfire PR.XIX
Paint chipping and fabric effects
Revell 1:32 Heinkel He 219
CMR 1:72 Bristol Sycamore
Trumpeter 1:48 Su-15 updated
HobbyBoss1:48 F4U-4
Painting radial and inline engines
HobbyBoss 1:48 F7U Pt.2
Hasegawa 1:72 Su-33
Azur 1:72 SNCASO Vautour
HobbyBoss 1:48 F7U
Trumpeter 1:32 F-117A
F-102 Delta Dagger by Richard J. Caruana
Desert Bf 109s - JG27 by Richard J. Caruana
Cyber-Hobby 1:72 Sea Vixen
A-26 Invader artwork
and more...
Wingnut Wings 1:32 Pfalz D.XII
Sword 1:72 Sea Gladiator
Eduard 1:48 Bf 109E
and more...
and more...
and more...
Issue 89 December 12
Issue 90 January 13
Issue 91 February 13
Issue 92 March 13
HobbyBoss 1:72 Sea Hawk FGA.6
Skunkworks 1:48 Reaper
R.V. Aircraft 1:72 MiG-23ML
The Academy 1:48 T-50
CMR 1:72 Scimitar F Mk 1
Ibex 1:48 T-6 Texan II
Trumpeter 1:72 J-11
Special Hobby 1:72 Seafire F.45
How to remove carrier film from decals
Wingnut Wings 1:32 Roland D.VIa
Trumpeter1:48 J-8B
Roden 1:48 T-28D
Tamiya 1:72 P-47D with Big ED and

Quickboost accessories
Pre-shading Tech Guide
Hasegawa 1:72 F-15E
Italeri 1:72 Sunderland Mk I
Kitty Hawk Models 1:48 F-35B
Trumpeter 1:32 Ju 87B
Airfix 1:72 Spitfire F.22 to F.24 conversion
HobbyBoss 1:72 F-14A Tomcat
Airfix 1:48 Sea Vixen review
Italeri 1:48 Ju 87D
Fiat BR.20 Artwork
Airfix 1:72 A6M Zero
Nieuport No.28 artwork
Revell-Monogram 1:48 Me 410
and more...
and more...
and more...
Issue 93 April 13
Issue 94 May 13
Issue 95 June 13
Issue 96 July 13
Kwik Build of the ICM 1:72 Po-2
Eduard 1:72 Bf 110G-2 Kwik Build
CMR 1:72nd Venom NF Mk 2/2A
Airfix 1:72 A-4P
Eduard 1:48 Spitfire Preview
CMR 1:72 Hunting-Percival Provost T Mk 1

Kwik Build
Sea Venom F(AW) Mk 21/22/53
Planet Models 1:72 Martin-Baker MB.2
Gallery Models 1:48 H-34 Choctaw
Trumpeter 1:48 MiG-21F-13
Airfix 1:48 Spitfire PR Mk XIX
Trumpeter 1:32 A-4F into an A-4H
Wingnut Wings 1:32 F.E.2b
Academy 1:48 F-4B
Special Hobby 1:72 P-35A
1:32 P-61 from HobbyBoss
Supermarine Walrus artwork
Operation Husky - The Invasion of Sicily
and more...
and more...
Dont worry, earlier issues are

still available to buy and full
details are on the website @
www.modelairplaneinternational.com
and more...
French T-6s in Africa artwork

Revell 1:72 Halifax
and more...
Humbrol Clear varnish bench test

Trumpeter 1:48 MiG-23M
Swiss Bf 109s artwork
Revell 1:32 Lynx
and more...
Kitty Hawk Models 1:48 Jaguar

Wingnut Wings 1:32 E.III
Short Stirling artwork
1:48 Trumpeter F-100F updated
and more...
Issue 97 August 13
Issue 98 September 13
Issue 99 October 13
AFV Club 1:48 F-5E
Special Hobby 1:72 Seafire FR Mk 47
Academy 1:48 Su-30MK
AZ Model 1:72 D.H.82A
Special Hobby 1:32 Buffalo
Italeri 1:72 Spitfire Mk VII
Zvezda 1:72 Bf 109F
Zvezda 1:72 Fw 190A-4
1:32 Zoukei-Mura Skyraider
Eduard 1:48 Spitfire Mk IXc
AlleyCat 1:32 CAC Boomerang
Eduard 1:72 F6F-5N
Vickers Valletta Artwork
Airfix 1:72 Typhoon
Ilyushin Il-2 artwork
1:48 Airfix Merlin HC.3
Eduard 1:48 Spitfire Mk IXc Pt2
Tamiya 1:72 A6M5 in a captured scheme
1:32 Wingnut Wings D.H.2
Revell 1:32 He 219
and more...
and more...
and more...
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CONTACTS
Contact details for companies featured in MAI this month...
Academy Plastic Model Co.,

Ltd.,
273-64 Suyu 2-Dong,
Kangbuk-Gu,
Seoul,
Korea.
Tel: 82-2-908-7000
Fax: 82-2-997-3003
Email: academy@academy.co.kr
AeroBonus
**See Aires**
AeroResearch Co.
6468 Valley Wood Drive,
Reno,
NV 89523-1263
USA
www.AeroResearchCDs.com
Aires Hobby Models

Cepirohy 115,
434 01 Most 1,
Czech Republic.
A le ublications
Tel: +44 (0) 1226 785811
Email: info@airfilepublications.com
www.airfilepublications.co.uk
Airx,
Hornby Hobbies Ltd
Westwood Industrial Estate,
Margate,
Kent.
CT9 4JX
Tel: +44 (0)1843 233500
Fax: +44 (0)1843 233513
www.airfix.com
Amerang Ltd
Commerce Way,
Lancing,
West Sussex.
BN15 8TE
Tel: 01903 765496
Fax: 01903 753643 or 765178
Email: HYPERLINK mailto:sales@
amerang-group.comsales@ameranggroup.com
Aviattic
Creative Models Ltd
LSA Models
Revell GmbH & Co., KG
Unit 6/10, Honeysome Road Industrial

Estate,
Honeysome Road,
Chatteris,
Cambridgeshire.
PE16 6TG
Tel: +44 (0)1354 760022
Fax: +44 (0)1354 760037
Email: info@creativemodels.co.uk
151 Sackville Road,

Hove,
East Sussex. BN3 3HD
Tel/Fax: 01273 705420
Email: lsamodels@mcmail.com
Abteilung X,
Henschelstr 20-30,
D-32257 Bnde,
Germany.
Eduard M.A.,
170 Obrnice,
Obrnice,
435 21,
Czech Republic.
Tel: 420 35 6 11 81 86
Fax: 420 35 6 11 81 71
Email: info@eduard.cz
Hannants
Harbour Road,
Oulton Broad,
Lowestoft,
Suffolk.
NR32 3LZ
Tel: 01502 517444
Fax: 01502 500521
www.hannants.co.uk
MPM/CMK
Mezilesi 718,
Prague 9 193 00,
Czech Republic.
www.cmkkits.com
Mushroom Model
Publications
3 Gloucester Close,
Petersfield,
Hants.
GU32 3AX
Tel: +44 (1)1730 265014
Email: rogerw@mmpbooks.biz
www.mmpbooks.biz
PJ Production,
rue Albert Bodson 38,
B6280 Gerpinnes,
Belgium.
Tel/Fax: 32 (0)71 50 44 39
Email: pjproduction@pjproduction.net
www.pjproduction.net
Hasegawa Corporation,
Pocketbond Ltd.
3-1-2 Yagusu Yaizu,

Shizuoka 425-8711,
Japan.
Tel: 81 54 6 28 82 41
Fax: 81 54 6 27 80 46
UK Importer: Amerang Ltd
PO Box 80,
Welwyn,
Herts.
AL6 OND
Tel: 01707 391509
Fax: 01707 327466
HobbyBoss
Revell GmbH & Co., KG (UK

Branch)
www.hobbyboss.com
UK Importer: Creative Models Ltd
Iliad Designs
334 Sunnyside Avenue,
Ottawa,
Ontario,
K1S 0S1,
Canada.
Fax: (613) 730 0580
Email: info@iliad-design.com
www.iliad-design.com
Orchard Mews,
18C High Street,
Tring,
Hertfordshire.
HP23 5AH
Tel: 01442 890285
Fax: 01442 827919
Email: ukbranch@revell.de
www.revell.eu
Scale Aircraft Conversions

3795 Shady Hill Drive,
Dallas,
TX 75229,
USA.
Tel: (214) 477 7163
Email: sacmactexas@aol.com
www.scaleaircraftconversions.com
Special Hobby
**See MPM**
Wydawnictwo Stratus s.c.

PO Box 123,
27-600 Sandomierz 1,
Poland.
Tel: 0-15 833 30 41
Email: office@stratusbooks.biz
www.stratusbooks.com.pl
Squadron Products
1115 Crowley Drive,
Carrollton,
Texas 75011-5010,
USA.
Tel: 972 245 3504
Fax: 972 242 3775
www.squadron.com
Tarangus Models
Box 2006,
SE-169 02 Solna,
Sweden.
Tel: +46 8 825206
Email: sales@tarangus.com
www.tarangus.com
www.aviattic.co.uk
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NEWSLINE
News - Just Released
The below lists UK kit releases since our last edition.
Manufacturer
Academy
Academy
Academy
Airfix
Airfix
A Model
Anigrand Craftswork
Anigrand Craftswork
Anigrand Craftswork
Art Model
Azur
Azur
CMR
CMR
CMR
Eduard
Eduard
Encore Models
Hobbycraft
HPH Models
HPH Models
HPH Models
HPH Models
HPH Models
HPH Models
HPH Models
HPH Models
MARK I Models
Modelsvit
Planet Models
Planet Models
Revell
Roden
RS Models
RS Models
RS Models
RS Models
R.V.Aircraft
SOVA/A Model
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Trumpeter
Trumpeter
Wingman Models
Wingman Models
Scale
1:144
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:144
1:144
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:144
1:144
1:72
1:48
1:48
1:72
1:32
1:48
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:144
1:72
1:48
1:32
1:72
1:144
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:48
1:48
1:32
1:32
1:48
1:32
1:48
1:48
Item #
12606
12447
12495
50136
55205
72271
4083
4086
2110
7214
A075
A109
12HM
12PM
72-158
1182
8237
72007
1696
48014
32001
32007
32010
32015
32017
32020
32026
14411
7202
242
248
03984
309
92144
92148
92149
92150
72029
72069
72264
48110
48136
32044
32056
02860
02295
48001
48002
Type
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
R
R
R
IM
IM
IM
R/VF
R/VF
R/PE
IM/PE
IM/PE
IM
IM
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
IM
IM
R
R
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM/PE
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM
IM
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
Decription
Sepecat Jaguar
Sopwith Camel
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle
Focke Wulf 190A & Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib Dogfight Double
H-S Harrier GR Mk 1 Starter Set
Sukhoi Su-31
Handley-Page Halifax B Mk I
BMW Schnellbomber P.II
EWR VJ-101C
Mikoyan MiG-27K Kaira (Guillemot)
Morane-Saulnier MS.410
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Battle of France
Martin JRM-3 Coulson Hawaii Mars
Martin JRM-3 Coulson Philippine Mars
Blackburn Firebrand TF.5 FAA Late Schemes
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-6 [Ltd Ed]
Mikoyan MiG-21PFM ProfiPACK
S.E.5a Hispano (Econo-kit, bagged, ex-Roden)
Republic F-105D MiG Master (ex-Trumpeter)
LET L-200 Morava
Avia B.534
Avia B.534 Luftwaffe & Bulgaria
Zlin Z126 Trenr
Bell P-63C Aircaobra French
Zlin Z-50LS
SG-38 Schulgleiter (SK-38 Komar)
Shmolk Sh-1
Shenyang J-6A/Nanchang J-6B Farmer B/D
Sukhoi Su-7BMK
Caproni Ca.114 Peruvian AF Fighter
Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake
Republic P-47M Thunderbolt
Douglas DC-3 Trans World Airlines
North-American P-51H Mustang USAF
North-American P-51H Mustang ANG
Heinkel He 280 V3
Heinkel He 280 V2
Mikoyan MiG-21MF Hi-Tech
Yakovlev Yak-50/50
Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator Marines Go To War
Heinkel He 115
Fairey Firefly Mk 4/5 Korean War
Fiat G.50-II In Finnish Service
Fiat G.50bis Regia Aeronautica
Chengdu J-7B
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Tropical
Latin American KFIR C.2/C.7 (ex-Kinetic)
IAI Kfir C.2/C.7 (ex-Kinetic)
Price
2.99
2.99
21.99
18.99
9.99
14.99
66.99
58.99
58.99
24.99
14.50
12.99
54.99
54.99
39.99
33.40
33.40
7.99
99.99
34.60
81.99
81.99
63.99
119.99
81.99
48.70
163.99
10.50
24.99
47.80
89.99
6.50
16.99
15.80
15.80
19.99
19.99
31.20
13.50
16.60
53.80
29.99
37.30
37.30
25.99
34.99
60.00
60.00
Note
RE
RE
RE
RE
RE
NT
NT
NT
NT
RT
NT
NT
RE
RE
NT
RT
RT
RE
RE
NT
NT
NT
NT
RE
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
RE
RE
NT
NT
NT
NT
RE
RE
RE
NT
RT
NT
NT
NT
RT
RE
RE
News - Coming Soon

Manufacturer
Academy
Ace
Ace
A Model
Cyber-Hobby
Cyber-Hobby
Eduard
Eduard
Eduard
Hasegawa
Scale
1:32
1:72
1:72
1:144
1:200
1:72
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:200
Item #
12106
72302
72305
14412
2018
5111
1183
8282
8494
10698
Type
IM
IM/PE
IM/PE
IM
IM
IM
IM/R/PE
IM/PE
IM
IM
Decription
G.D./L-M F-16CG [Block 40] Fighting Falcom
Martin AM-1 Martin Mauler Late Version (ex-Siga)
Grumman Guardian AF-2S/3S Killer (ex-Siga)
De-Havilland-Canada C-7B Caribou (military version)
Tupolev Tu-142MZ
Sikorsky S-61A Sea King Antarctica Observation
Lavochkin La-5FN [Limited Edition]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc Early Version
Dassault Mirage IIICJ Weekend Edition
Kawasaki C-1 Combo (2x kits)
Note
RT
RE
RE
RT
NT
RE
RE 11/2013
RT 11/2013
RE 11/2013
RE 08/2013
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PE - Photo-Etched Brass, R - Resin, RB - Rubber, VF - Vac-formed PLastic, WM - White-metal including Bronze and Pewter
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Hasegawa
PH Models
Revell
Revell
RS Models
RS Models
RS Models
RS Models
RS Models
RS Models
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Special Hobby
Valom
Valom
Valom
Valom
Valom
Valom
Valom
Valom
Zoukei Mura
Zoukei Mura
1:200
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:48
1:32
1:32
1:72
1:144
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:48
1:48
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:32
1:144
1:144
1:144
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:72
1:48
1:48
10699
00637
02048
02050
02057
02058
02059
02060
02061
02062
02064
02065
02066
02067
02068
02069
02070
02071
02072
E41
K15X
SP312
07326
07327
07328
07334
07335
07341
07345
07346
07347
07348
07349
07350
07351
07352
07353
07354
07355
07356
07357
07358
07359
07360
07361
08234
ST33
72103
03989
04844
9272
92151
92152
92153
92154
92155
72274
72275
48131
48144
32049
32052
32054
32055
14404
14405
14406
72074
72075
72076
72080
72079
48-01
TBA
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
R
IM
IM
IM/PE
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM
IM
IM
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM/R/PE
IM
IM
Lockheed C-130H J.A.S.D.F. Combo (2x kits)

McDD F-4EJ Kai Super Phantom No.8 Sqn Panthers
Panavia Tornado IDS Italian AF Tornado 25th Anniv.
Mitsubishi Ki-100-II 28th Flight Regiment
Ki-44-II Shoki & Ki-84 Hayate 104th Flight Regt
N.A. B-25H Mitchell Nose Art
Northrop T-38A Talon Combo (2x kits)
F-111E Aardvark Nose Art
Kugishi P1Y1 Ginga 521st Flying Group
Mikoyan MiG-29 Hungarian Air Force 70th Anniv.
McDD F-4J Phantom II VF-96 Fighting Falcons
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Early/Late Version Combo
Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark
Bell AH-1S Cobra Kisarazu Special 2013 (2x kits)
Lockheed P-38J/L Lightning South Pacific Aces Combo
Kawanishi H8K2 851st Flying Group
McDonnell-Douglas F-15K Slam Eagle
Kawasaki T-4 Blue Impulse 2013 (2x kits)
Cessna A-37B Dragonfly Black Eagles (2x kits)
MV-22B Osprey
Lockheed P-3C Update II Orion
Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker D Ace Combat Yellow 13
F/A-18C Hornet VFA-192
TA-4F Skyhawk FAC
B5N1 Type 97 Kate 12th FG
Supermarine Spitfire Mk VI No.616 Squadron
Nakajima B6N1 601st Flying Group
Kawasaki T-4 Blue Impulse 2012/2013
Aichi B7A2 (Grace) 752nd Flying Group
Kawanishi N1K2-J (George) 343rd Flying Group
Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4 JG77
F/A-18E Super Hornet VFA-27 Royal Maces 2013
AV-8B Harrier II+ VMA-311 Tomcats
Kawasaki Ki-100-I Koh 59th Flight Regiment
Mitsubishi A6M2-K Trainer Tsukuba Flying Group
Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 KG200
McDonnell F-15I Iraeli Air Force Raam
Mitsubishi F-1 6 Sqn Sea Camouflage
McDD F-4S Phantom II Vandy 75
Aichi D3A1 Model 11 Indian Ocean Raid
Nakajima Ki-84 Hitachi Flight Training Squadron
Douglas A-4E/F Skyhawk Top Gun
Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter Type 21 Rabaul
Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka Rudel
McDD F/A-18A Hornet RAAF 77 Sqn 70th Anniv.
F-104C Starfighter Vietnam War
Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden kai (George)
Blackburn Botha Mk I
Airbus A350
Lockheed-Martin F-16C Solo Trk
Dornier Do 17F
Bell TP-39Q Airacobra
Morane-Saulner MS.405
Henschel Hs 132
Henschel Hs 132
Lockheed P-38D Lightning
Bell AH-1G Spanish & IDF Service
North American F-86L Thailand Service (Ltd Ed)
Fairey Firefly Mk I Pacific Fleet
Morane-Saulnier 30E1 Polish Markings (Ltd Ed)
Hawker Tempest Mk V
Hawker Tempest Mk V Hi-Tech
Hawker Tempest Mk II
Hawker Tempest Mk VI
RAF S.E.5a Dual Combo
Neiuport Ni.17 Dual Combo
Albatros D.V Dual Combo
MD.450 Barougan
N.A. Fury FJ-1
Yak-7UTI
MD.450 (PAF)
Yakovlev Yak-9 (early series)
Kyushu J7W1 Shiden
Focke-Wulf Ta 152H-1
RE 09/2013
RE
RE
RE
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 09/2013
RE 09/2013
RE
RE
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
NT 3rd Qtr
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE
RE
RE
RE
RE
RE
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 08/2013
RE 09/2013
RE 09/2013
RE 09/2013
RE 09/2013
RE 09/2013
RE 09/2013
RE
RE
RE
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 10/2013
RE 08/2013
NT 09/2013
RE
NT
RE
RT
RT
NT
NT
NT
RT
RE
RE
RT
RE
NT 3rd Qtr
NT 3rd Qtr
NT 3rd Qtr
NT 3rd Qtr
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
RT
RE
RT
NT
NT
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www.airx.com and all good retail stockists

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PJ Production 1:72 AMD Mirage IIIE

Tamiya masking tape

Span - 27ft (8.23m)

Iwata HB-B Plus

Mirage III, Les monoracteurs Dassault Aile Delta,

In my opinion the Mirage is under represented in the modelling community,

nitial impressions of the kit were good with

with your references and Mirage III, Mirage

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The decals themselves are excellent

The desi n studies that ultimatel lead

to reference photos. I originally elected to go

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HobbyBoss 1:48 Yakovlev Yak-38U Forger B

Thick Cyanoacrylate & Accelerator

Built & Written by Alan Bottoms from the UK

Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Color acrylic:

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s you would expect this second

By that I mean easy to follow but with a

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HOBBYBOSS, VALLEJO, MODEL MASTER, MINIART, MASTER BOX, AK

www.creativemodels.co.uk Tel: +44(0)1354 760022

The or er series started with the

time to build and paint the p lons, stores and