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£10 and add 25% of order value Worldwide Zone 2*: Min order £10 and add 30% of order value (*As defined by Royal Mail) We accpet all major payment cards £ Sterling Cheque drawn on a UK Bank Cheques made payable to Aviation Book Centre SHOWCASE S H O W C A S E The HobbyBoss Douglas A-4E By Colin ‘Flying’ Pickett total of nine sprues containing three hundred and twenty parts, including a host of weapons to hang under the aircraft and still have a fair amount left for the spares box The medium grey parts have wonderfully fine engraved surface detail A dig through my library found a couple of useful references, these being Detail and Scale Volume 32 and an old Japanese language BUNRIN-DO No.123 dating from 1981 Kit No: 81764 Scale: 1/48 Type: Injection Moulded Plastic Manufacturer: HobbyBoss Creative Models/Squadron T he Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a diminutive aircraft, so small that it was able to operate from the capacious aircraft carriers of the US Navy without having the need for wing fold or other such devices to reduce its dimensions, which in turn simplified and lightened the airframe It is also highly manoeuvrable and despite being a design that is well over forty years old, still finds itself in service today Modelwise there have been numerous 1/48 kits about, the Hasegawa kit being considered the most accurate to date by most knowledgeable persons on the subject The HobbyBoss kit comes as a box crammed with parts, a In addition to the kit parts I also added two sets of Eduard etched parts to the kit along with the canopy mask set These were A-4E Seatbelts STEEL (FE872), which adds additional detail to the kit seat, A-4E Detail Set (49 871), which adds prepainted cockpit panels, parts and undercarriage bay detail, and A-4E Mask Set (EX 569), providing canopy and wheel masks to help speed up the painting process Following the landscape format A4 instruction book was simple enough and I found that the fit of the parts is certainly very good, with there being no discernible gaps or crevices unless they are supposed to be there Generally the build was problem free, with any confusion or issues only being introduced by my own clumsy manner Flash was almost non-existent on the parts themselves, requiring only a slight clean down in a couple of areas Don’t forget to add a chunk of nose weight I used some off-cut roofing lead W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K wrapped in Blu-Tack and sealed in place with superglue There is plenty of space in the nose for this I fitted the Eduard parts as I went along, and whilst the kit has ample enough detail for most tastes the etch does lift the bar a bit higher and is worth the additional effort This was especially the case in the cockpit area, where the prepainted etch and additional details add detail more in line with a much larger scale Skyhawk Before long the kit was pretty much together and it was time to fire up my compressor and sort out paints The kit comes with two different marking choices, and it’s worth noting that both of these have the large avionics hump that was retrofitted to the majority of A-4E aircraft, though should you have the need for an aircraft without this it is simple enough to omit without upsetting the quality of the parts fit The first of the kit options is an A-4E of VC-1, Bu.No 150056, of the US Navy in standard Light Gull Grey over White undersides, whilst the subject of my model, Bu.No 1551074, is a three tone green and grey scheme over white undersides of VA155, from USS Constellation from 1966, a short lived experimental scheme that makes it all SHOWCASE e fuselage before the addition of the ionics hump It is possible to build an A-4E thout this and the parts needed are cluded in the kit if required Once completed, with requisite etch parts from Eduard, the cockpit is most acceptable the more interesting All colour callouts are in Mr Color, Vallejo, Model Master, Tamiya and Humbrol, so it should be simple enough to find a paint choice that suits your liking I started the painting process by coating the entire undersides of the model in satin white before masking this off and then airbrushing the upper surfaces in Light Green (Mr Hobby H303) I then applied Dark Green (Mr Hobby H302) and Engine Grey (Mr Hobby H301) freehand to match the colour A4 diagram provided The paint was made airbrush ready by simply topping up the level of a new jar of paint with the correct thinner A coat of gloss varnish was then applied to the whole airframe prior to applying the decals The decals are certainly crisp and neat, with a decent depth of colour, particularly important when being placed over a dark colour scheme They also settled down well into the panel lines and detail, so with no further treatment they were again coated with gloss acrylic varnish prior to a Vallejo dark grey wash being applied to give the panel lines more depth and clarity I also added some staining along with wear and tear marks before sealing everything up with a coat of satin varnish in keeping with the original aircraft Finally I set about adding a full set of drop tanks and bombs under the wings of the Skyhawk along with the undercarriage and bay doors, coupled with those important small details such as aerials and antenna The Skyhawk saw, and is still in great number of air forces around the globe so a kit such as this has great sales potential for HobbyBoss, and unlike so many kits hasn’t fallen into the trap of having many over engineered parts to allow all the versions to be kitted from one set of moulds This is due in part to the Skyhawk’s design, but also the way that HobbyBoss have put the package together Certainly if you wanted a first 1/48 kit then this could well fit the bill I used some primer to check the joins were tidy and masked the intakes with chunks of foam rubber cut to shape, which also forms a decent mask for painting Dimensionally it looks to be in keeping with the original aircraft, and builds to a tidy replica with little effort, sitting high on its impossibly thin looking undercarriage legs for a carrier aircraft I would say that the only weak part of the kit was the instrument panel, which was easily addressed with a replacement Eduard etched part, but again isn’t really an issue if you plan to have the cockpit closed, though this itself may be an issue as the transparency is really only designed to be displayed open I would be happy to build a few more of these in different guises with the appropriate adaptations and decals, and that’s a recommendation in itself The camouflage in place, sprayed free hand, prior to the decals being added It would be worthwhile to comment that this kit certainly built simply with absolutely nothing in the way of drama APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 CO N T E N T S SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELLING T H I S VOLUME: 41 ISSUE: 02 April 2019 Proudly M O N T H 04 26 Published by Guideline Publications & printed in the UK Unit 6, Kensworth Gate, 200-204 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Scale Aircraft Modelling (ISSN 0956-1420) is sold through the news distribution trade subject to the condition that no material written or pictorial is copied from editorial or advertising pages without the written consent of the publishers Guideline Publications accepts no liability for the contents of advertisements or the conduct of advertisers Opinions expressed by authors and reviewers are their own and may not reflect those of the publishers Unsolicited material sent for publication is welcome on the understanding that it may not be returned unless postage is provided W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K 84 78 E D I TO R I A L ’ S F E A T U R E S 30 04 Showcase 66 Little Green Skyhawk The HobbyBoss Douglas A-4E By Colin ‘Flying’ Pickett 26 Back to the Fold Aero's Aggressive ALCA Miniwing in 1/144 by Mike Verier 70 Malta Needs Spitfires Revellution to Scratch… 76 By Michael Hase Beauty and the Vildebeest Special Hobbys Vickers Vildebeest Mark III By Dave Hooper 40 The Iron Cricket Sukhoi Su-17UM3 Fitter-G in 1/48 A Cold War Swinger By Karl Robinson 45 The Fin’s Finale Two views of the Tornado’s finale Call Sign Monster by Mark Young and New Schemes at Marham By Ray Ball 62 78 Walkaround Grumman F11F-1 Tiger by Steve Muth 84 Horse Over Water Sikorski HO3S-1 by Huw Morgan Aircraft in Profile Bristol Blenheim By Richard Mason Scale Plans and Colour Profiles By Jan Polc 58 Condor Moment Messerschmitt Bf 109D Legion Condor by Rick Greenwood (A scale model project with ups and downs) 34 Quick Build Tempest V in 1/48 Eduard Rise to the Occasion by Rick Greenwood Revell Fairey Gannet in 1/72 By Mike Fleckenstein 30 Albatros with Attitude With: Update – our monthly news roundup section with new product previews and reviews 90 IPMS UK Column with Chris Ayres 93 Stash in the Attic – Trevor Pask works through the loft insulation 94 American Patrol – US modelling matters with Steve Palmer It is not uncommon for a modelling magazine to run an article on the Supermarine Spitfire To run one in the same issue as an article on the Bf 109 is almost a cliché, but we seem to have achieved that with this issue, albeit with a difference Not content with some glossy pictures and a minimal text that more or less says ‘here is a Spitfire what I built’ we have Michael Hase’s very hands on conversion of the Revell 1/72 Vb with Pavla’s resin wing Our Bf 109, on the other hand, is the infrequently covered Dora, and an expert analysis of the AMG kit, also in 1/72 Here at SAM we like to be the same, only different, and it’s that difference that makes our content go farther than any other magazine, and makes us the best value for modellers looking for something more than simply cosmetic By Gary Hatcher Editor Distributed to the UK and International news trade by Intermedia http://www.inter-media.co.uk/ via MarketForce (UK) Limited Colour Conundrum More Carrier Conundrums Flight Deck Colours of Royal Navy Fixed Wing Aircraft Carriers of the of the Cold War Era 1946-1978 By Paul Lucas By Paul Lucas With Artwork by Jan Polc T here are a lot of modelling magazines on sale at present, and the reader might well consider themselves spoilt for choice, so why chose Scale Aircraft Modelling instead of one of our competitors? 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Maybe CMK or someone will a set of replacement tipped-up wingtips one day, but in the meantime it's the single necessary fix for every one of these kits we build Personally I think it's a price worth paying, because the rest of it's so good The aircraft depicted are EV-W of 180 Squadron and SM-E of 305 (Polish) Squadron, both serving with Group/2 TAF during 1943 Both had astrodomes and bulged navigator's windows, either from new or as upgrades Of these, FV923 SM-E is the easier build There are photos and supporting artwork in Typi Broni i Uzbrojenia (Polish Profile to us old hands) No 99, which show, rather fuzzily, that this machine indeed had the Clayton exhausts and 0.50" nose gun FV923 was built as 264736, a C-25, with the clear view windscreen etc., so if you follow the instructions for the second option to the letter you'll have an accurate model C28, apart from the Norden bombsight Both these machines need the Mk XIV, and since my last opus I got the Haynes RAF 100 Technical Innovations Manual in my Hogswatch stocking Scratchbuilders and Quickboost please note page 110! You'll also need an ammunition feed to the gun, and long tubular tails for the bombs if they're going to be on show The decals are perfect except for the style of S in the squadron codes The horizontal stroke at mid height ought to descend at about forty five degrees I have Modeldecal and Almark generics, but neither supplies this style SM-C appears (with correctly styled codes and a dozen other Mitchells) on DK Decals’ sheet 72043 N.A B-25 Mitchell Mk II/III in RAF Service The other option is more difficult The instructions and decals give its identity as FL-212 for a start Well, I have a starboard and three port photos of this one, and it was definitely FL-218! Frog got it right, apart from the hyphen, though their codes were too big and fat, and the artwork too simplified Anyway, '218 is a B-25C, 112806, and the earliest version the kit as moulded covers is a C-1 Hence, in order to use the otherwise excellent and accurate decal sheet, we need to alter the midships windows and the carb intakes, as detailed in the recent Aircraft in Profile in SAM Volume 40 Issue Airfix's parts breakdown would easily allow for alternatives to G1 and G2, but I asked, and they won't, so as the 'new' little windows clash with the ‘old’ there is no real alternative to filling, cutting-out, and reglazing I recommend a complete glazed oval for the starboard side, with a lick of paint across the top As for the carburettor intakes, I'd razor saw them horizontally off the top of parts C2/C3, replacing the saw cut with suitable thin card, and take the excess width (5") out of the middle, to keep the round ends undamaged Replace them on top of the bulkhead, then shave the cowlings and upper wing fairings to suit and extend the gill rings inwards I know it's messy, but it does show when you compare before and after Note that the rectangular panel behind the exhaust collector outlet is not camouflaged, but discoloured bare steel This aeroplane shows no sign of having a nose gun, either stowed or deployed It did however have a short rod aerial under the nose, just forward of the port nose hatch and perpendicular to the skin The bombsight of course remains a Mk XIV Despite '218's depiction in Aircraft in Profile and Paul Lucas's articles on the subject, neither of these aeroplanes was green The instructions correctly suggest Humbrol 155, and I reckon Revell 146 (NATO Olive) would be just as good I'd lighten either, just a little, with light grey and then splurge a darkened version over the centre section, the nacelle tops and the forward half of the outer wings as far as the ailerons This is not paint, but muck, neither neat nor symmetrical, but glaringly obvious nonetheless And after only seven trips, too Overall it's marvellous, with minor annoyances Airfix deserve to sell shedloads of them, if only because the conversion potential is so extensive And having already got a 2TAF Mitchell on my shelf, that's where I'll go with this one Don't wait up www.revell.de PLUS MODEL Constellation Plus… Plus Model’s adoption of the Heller C-121 has offered modellers the opportunity to build a striking model in 1/72, building on a classic tooling that already had much to offer, and adding an assortment of upgrades and detail sets that are now joined by this latest addition, a set of four engines and propellers comprising some forty six resin parts, a small etched fret and a decal sheet Also new from Plus Model are a couple of pilot figures AL3001 is a 1/32 standing figure of a RAF Tempest pilot depicted with a cup of tea in one hand and his flying helmet folded in the other AL4082 is a 1/48 US Navy pilot figure designed to pose alongside the F4U Corsair Both are very finely sculpted with superb detail and a great deal of character www.plusmodel.cz 12 W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K DROPPING A BRICK Apologies for the incorrectly credited article in last month’s issue The Buccaneer was of course the work of Ray Ball Thanks to Ray for the piece and for his patience in the face our lapse Likewise to Brian Derbyshire, who confronted with a Buccaneer would probably wonder where the propeller was Thanks to both for their continuing contributions and expertise B F 10 D Messerschmitt Bf 109D Legion Condor By Konstantine Malinovsky the beginning of the 1990s, and nowadays belongs to the realm of collectors By the end of the first decade of this century a now defunct Avis produced the whole range of Jumo powered Messerschmitts and some of them are still available in the AModel range Kit No: 72410 Scale: 1/72 Type: Injection Moulded Plastic Manufacturer: AMG Hannants/Stevens International N o collection of World War II aircraft models can be complete without a Bf 109 The subject is so well known and publicized that it is a challenge in itself to write anything new or unknown on the topic But perhaps a few words on the kitography of the early Jumo powered Bf-109s would be in order The RLM’s idea behind the Bf 109D was the unification and implementation of all accepted minor and major changes that had been made to earlier Bf 109 versions and to couple it with the newly developed BMW engine The engine however was not yet ready by the time the first airframes were laid, so the RLM decided to continue the installation of Jumo engines to the upgraded airframes Thus appeared Dora, the Bf 109D, the last of the Jumo powered Bf 109s This version was a transitional type from the very beginning, and was quickly replaced by the Emil, the Bf 109E, but still saw quite a bit of action in the last phases of the Spanish Civil War and the opening months of World War II Unlike the later versions of the Bf 109, the Jumo powered variants have not received much attention For decades the only kit on offer was the Heller Bf 109B It was already outdated by scale were better with the Classic Airframes kits, which superseded the very inaccurate Hobbycraft tooling When AMG came out with their excellent kits, they were warmly received by modelling community and highly commended for overall accuracy Two years ago exciting news came to modellers in the only proper scale when AMG announced a downscaling of their kits to 1/72 The first batch of AMG Jumo powered Bf 109s covered all the versions from A to D but the decal options rather surprisingly suggested only Luftwaffe operated machines, so the appearance of a Legion Condor boxing is a welcome addition to the range The kit consist of three sprues of light grey plastic, one clear sprue with the canopy, a small photo etch fret, resin part for the water cooler intake and a set of paint masks The quality of the plastic parts is up to twenty first century standards The panel lines are inscribed and consistent and leave a very good impression It is however very clear that the parts represent a general airframe for all the versions and only reflect the panel lines layout common to all early 109s As all of the variants bore a number of differences the kit builder will have to add the appropriate access panels by their own hand On the positive side there will be a number of spare parts which will not be used for the build The kit also provides an engine and some of the structures around it, so with some additional effort you can build the model with the engine exposed With this kit the modeller has to make decisions on the configuration of the finished 76 W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K model early on in the construction process There are interests of a quick build I decided to keep the engine hidden but show off the cockpit and have all the flaps in lowered positions For the D version one would need to fill in a small length of the inscribed lines on both of the wings and inscribe a few round and rectangular access panels The instruction sheet sadly does not provide proper guidance as to where these tasks need to be performed, so a set of good plans is a vital necessity for this project, or any other project involving AMG’s Bf 109s The task is made much easier by the set of templates provided in the kit in the form of addendum to the photo etch fret As the instruction sheet yet again does not explain clearly what the extra piece of photo etch is, I thought this warning here might be useful The other rather annoying aspect of the kit engineering is the assembly of the wings parts I assume that in order to preserve scale thickness AMG decided to split the upper and lower wings not in accordance with the prototype’s panel lines but in the middle of the lower wings panels This resulted in a truly elegant looking wing on the finished model, but added extra effort in aligning the parts and then filling, sanding and smoothing the resulting seam Given that the kit is relatively small this would lead to loss of some surface details In short, I would suggest the following sequence for the wings assembly; attach the lower and upper parts, putty over the joint seams and the extra lines according to the instructions and drawings, then smooth everything over and rescribe the lost details, and then add any access panels B F 109 D according to the drawings Simple The current AMG kit offers what is likely the most detailed cockpit for a model of this aircraft in 1/72 scale Every conceivable detail is reflected either in plastic or in photo etched parts It is very commendable that the producer went to such lengths to provide a little extra, but the fact that they decided to provide the instrument panel for the dashboard and side switches console not as photo etch parts but as decals is a strange lack of consistency No matter how good the decal instrument panels are, photo etch ones would beat them any day for authenticity and effect The decal for these parts in this particular boxing is very different from the previous edition of the same kit They are a bit oversized and I suspect, having built Avis kits before, that the graphics were borrowed from the Avis/Amodel kits Still, even with this slight drawback the finished cockpit looks amazingly good During the build I considered replacing the stock canopy with a vacformed one, but the quality and thinness of the pieces provided (it is a three piece canopy) makes a replacement unnecessary The paint masks provided are also very handy, but they are not thin kabuki tape items and work well only on the flat surfaces The adhesion, thickness and stiffness of the material prevents successful usage on the curved parts The solution is very easy though as I used the top of the canopy masks as patterns for cutting out my own from Tamiya yellow tape I simply stuck the masks on top of Tamiya tape and traced them with a sharp blade In two or three minutes the result is almost perfect When examining the kit on the sprues, my big worry was the fit of the engine cowling parts and under chin radiator housing I had a less than pleasant experience with these parts building Avis kits but happily, with some careful dry fitting of the parts, there were no issues outside of some minor smoothing and sanding here and there The radiator itself consists of three parts, two photo etch grills and the plastic block, which after assembly looked so good that the question of the positioning of the rear cooling flap sort of disappeared by itself The stabilizers in this kit are the other part that deserves special mention Their trailing edges are very thin and the ends of the control surfaces are already precut Given the latter it is a matter of thirty seconds work with a scriber to position them at any angle one would wish, and so it would be rude not to try The quality of small parts is also very good with the exception of the pitot tube, which looks oversized and is better replaced For this build I did not use the antenna mast as according to photos Oblt Werner Mölders mount did not have one And this brings us to the traditional colour conundrum AMG offers the choice of four aircraft in their decals All of them are well known and can be confirmed with photo evidence and three of the proposed schemes can be attributed to specific pilots The suggested colour for the upper surfaces of most of the suggested versions is RLM62, which looks rather dark Most of the pictures and colour profiles I have seen of the Legion Condor Messerschmitts suggest a much lighter shade and callouts of RLM63 Given the thoroughness of the research put into AMG’s kits the discrepancy between the suggestion and the perception urged for extra research and some dabbling into the dark art of interpreting black and white pictures Sadly, despite my research I failed to find a conclusive answer It was my impression that earlier research suggested the use of RLM63 and the later efforts from the late 90s tended to lean towards RLM62 The attempt to interpret the photos did not help me much, as if one looks at the contrast of the demarcation line between lower and upper surfaces, the upper colour could well have been RLM63, but the contrast between the spinner and the upper surfaces also suggests RLM62 Given the latter argument I opted for RLM62 to finish the model In conclusion I must say I thoroughly enjoyed building this kit and highly recommend it to anyone modelling in 1/72 scale The fit of the parts presented no problems, but the necessity to hide and smooth the seams as well as inscribe extra lines, as well as the inclusion of resin parts and photo etch details would not make this kit suitable for a novice to the hobby APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 77 WA L K A R O U N D Grumman F11F-1 Tiger By Steve Muth T supersonic shipboard fighter but it had the misfortune of being powered by the troublesome J-65 Sapphire engine and competing with the superlative F-8 Crusader As a result only 200 were built with the last one delivered on 23rd January 1959 The Tiger was initially a privately funded 1952 design effort to modernize the F9F Cougar by applying area rule and other advances such as full span leading edge slats and trailing edge flaps Roll control was by applying spoilers rather than ailerons Wing folding was downward and was manual and the tail planes were all moving rather than elevator and stabilizer The Tiger was originally designated the F9F-8 but it was such a departure from the Cougar that it was changed to F11F in April 1955 Starboard side view of Blue Angels hanging in the entrance hall of the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City, NY It ultimately equipped VF-21 and VF-33 in the Atlantic Fleet and VF-156 (later renamed VF-111), VF-24 (later renamed VF-211), VF-51, VF-121 and VF-191 in the Pacific Fleet It was withdrawn from carrier operations by 1961 having served in the fleet for only four years due to the F-8 Crusader coming on line It was perhaps best known for being the mount of the Blue Angels from 1957 through 1969 and being the first plane to shoot itself down, having caught up with its own bullets while diving under them In 1955 Grumman investigated and proposed an advanced version, the F11F-1F, to be powered by the new General Electric J79 Two were built and performance was significantly improved but not enough to warrant full production Starboard front view of Blue Angels in the Movie Land Museum parking lot in what appears to be original paint This Aircraft The bulk of these images are of F11F-1 Bu.No 141828 at The National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida Delivered to the Navy in 1958, Bu.No 141828 served with several squadrons at Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines and with VT-26, a training squadron, before flying with the Blue Angels from 1957 to 1969 Camouflage and Markings Almost all F11Fs had the same camouflage and markings, aside from specialized unit markings They were Glossy Gull Grey, FS16440, top surfaces and Glossy Insignia White on the A short nose F11F-1 on a plinth on the Intrepid Air Museum deck, also in the standard color scheme 78 W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K WA L K A R O U N D Cockpit starboard side The wiring bundles appear to have all white wires with yellow tie wraps Cockpit looking forward Mostly grey sheet metal, rudder pedals and control column The control column grip, instrument panel, equipment panels and windscreen interior are dull black Cockpit seat has a black leather head rest and a light olive green seat cushion Cockpit starboard forward with grey control column, black grip and dirty grey boot APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 79 BOEING FORTRESS MK III The Boeing Fortress III with CMK Details By Andy McCabe Scanner It also featured the Jostle Transmission Mast behind the radio boom and the rear mounted Grocer and Dina aerials The Airfix kit of the Fortress III is the same basic tooling as the B-17G kit but with new sprues and decals Kit No: 08018 Scale: 1/72 Type: Injection Moulded Plastic Manufacturer: Airfix www.airfix.com E ighty five B-17Gs were transferred to the Royal Air Force, where they received the service name Fortress III Three went to Coastal Command in the Azores fitted with radar before reuse with meteorological squadrons while the rest were operated by two squadrons of Bomber Command's 100 Group RAF at RAF Sculthorpe from February 1944, where they were used to carry electronic countermeasures to confuse and jam enemy radar in support of bombing missions 214 Squadron, based at Sculthorpe in Norfolk, was withdrawn from frontline service for the specific purpose of developing the EWCM role The impetus for making this kit came from receiving the CMK upgrade kits, 7380 Cockpit Set, 7381 Radio Operators Set, 7382 Bomb Bay Set, 7384 Port Engine Set and 7385 Starboard Engine Set from CMK, and as I had already made a few B-17s the chance to something different appealed to me so I duly purchased the Airfix Fortress III whilst at Telford Construction The comprehensive build begins with the interior CMK have produced complete replacement parts for the bomb aimer’s position, cockpit, bomb bay, radio compartment and port and starboard engines, all of which are used on this build The interior supplied with the kit is excellent but completely replaced by the CMK sets Each has some The Fortress III did not have the ball or nose turrets, the nose turret being replaced by the H2S ones very nicely moulded resin and etched parts that are a direct replacement for the Airfix The cockpit and bomb aimer’s positions were sprayed with Revell Bronze Green, while aft of the cockpit the interior was sprayed with 82 W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K Tamiya XF-16 Aluminium The fuselage halves were then buttoned up and work commenced on the wings, which are pretty standard kit parts up until two of the engines Despite the wing spars not being fitted due to them being part of the bomb bay bulkheads, the wings fit very tightly to the fuselage The rudder was now fitted and the tail planes assembled The tail gunner’s position was now painted, masked and assembled then fitted to the rear fuselage and then the tail planes glued into position I now painted and fitted the port and starboard outer engine, the two inner ones being destined for CMK replacements The cockpit and nose glazing were now masked and fitted and then I started work on the two CMK Engines These have a lot of parts to them and take some time to assemble, they are however infinitely more detailed than the kit ones and look a lot better These were fitted and the open engine panels attached The model was now given a coat of Ultimate Grey Primer The upper surfaces were sprayed with Lifecolor UA519 Dark Earth and then UA546 Dark Green was applied These were then masked and the under surfaces sprayed with S TA S H IN T H E AT T IC By Trevor Pask Polikarpov I-16 Type 28 Kit No: 32002 Scale: 1/32 Type: Injection Moulded Plastic Manufacturer: ICM www.icm.com.ua Aftermarket: Eduard ED33209 www.eduard.com T he Polikarpov I-16 was arguably the most advanced fighter in the world when it first flew in December 1933 Influenced by the Bee Gee racing planes from a different world in the capitalist USA, the Soviet I-16 was a rugged fighter, which aimed to put as much power as possible into the smallest practicable airframe Some view the design as being midway between the Hurricane and the Spitfire, but it was neither It was unique, a highly innovative mixture of new ideas and technology mixed with the practical for ease of production Typically Soviet in other words At the time when the RAF was still thinking about the biplane Gladiator, and the early fabric covered Hurricanes, which were built around conventional tubular fuselages, the I-16 had a fuselage that was a monocoque of plywood This used a new constructional technique but with a familiar material The Spitfire was superior with a metal monocoque, but this came at the cost of hugely more involved and expensive manufacture The I- 16 used metal, but on the wings, which were easier to fabricate The 1-16 also had a retractable undercarriage, but one which the pilot had to crank up manually, thus saving on the systems needed in the British fighters Earlier versions of the 1-16 also had an enclosed cockpit but this was soon discarded Possibly a retrograde step but many contemporary photographs show the Gladiator and Hurricane with their cockpits open in flight Basically, many pilots did not trust closed cockpits and wanted to be able to get out quickly in case of accidents, especially fire In summary, the I-16 was analogous to the MiG-21 and MiG-23s of the Cold War period NATO had better fighters, but they tended to come with complexity, whereas the Soviets had more aircraft, which were more basic and innovative only where it really mattered Frankly in the Soviet Union, who cared that the pilot got a sore arm cranking the undercarriage up? The system worked, was cheap, easy to build and no one cared to complain While not in the same impossible league as the Bee Gee Racers, the I-16 was a handful to fly The pilot had poor visibility, not helped by a tendency for the canopy to get covered in oil The position of the engine and cockpit gave the aircraft very bad longitudinal stability This increased maneuverability in the hands of a skilled pilot but made it wicked for the inexperienced The early aircraft had a simple cable system to fire the guns, which required a lot of effort from the pilot and made aiming difficult The rear weight bias made the landing difficult, but a plus point was that the same bias made the aircraft almost impossible to flip over even on very rough landing strips Early marks of the I-16 saw action in the Spanish Civil War The Republicans who used Soviet supplied aircraft, often flown by Soviet ‘volunteers’ and European/American mercenaries, called it the Mosca (Fly) whereas their nationalist opponents called it the Rat’ (Rat) The Soviets called it the Donkey, but for some reason, Rata is the one that has remained associated with the aircraft The aircraft was also used by the Chinese in the conflict with Japan prior to World War II and used extensively by the Soviets in the early stages of World War II The aircraft served reasonably well but was generally outclassed 92 W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K by the German Bf 109E and the weight of the onslaught it faced When the Soviets regrouped, the type had been phased out of frontline service, but in sheer numbers built, over 8,600, there is no doubt of its contribution to history Eighty years later it is a great modelling project Kit manufactures have never ignored the I-16, but for some reason it has only in the last ten years or so received the attention it deserved In the early days of kit manufacture, only Revell issued a kit in 1/72 and the type was completely ignored by the British mainstream of Airfix, Frog and Matchbox Eventually a better 1/72 scale kit appeared from Hasegawa, and 1/48 was filled by Academy/Hobbycraft who produced some simple kits, which rolled most of the subtypes into one generic tooling With the explosion of kit output in the 2000s, high quality kits in 1/72 and 1/48 appeared from ICM and Eduard and in 2018, this kit in 1/32 The ICM kit, which has also been issued by Revell, is a typical well engineered twenty first century kit that is packed with detail for a comparatively modest price It is the sort of package that would have been unimaginable when the first 1/32 kits started to appear in the 1960s The kit builds into a fantastic replica, but in building it, I had the feeling that less perhaps would have been more The I-16 was paradoxically both a very advanced and a simple aircraft This is reflected in the ICM kit, which captures the engineering brilliance of the real aircraft; basically packing as many innovations as possible into a small airframe ICM though perhaps include a little too much as much of the internal detail is not visible on the finished model This is possibly included for the benefit of the super detailer community, but the resulting separate panels compromise the build of a simple airframe and anyone wanting to build what a car modeler would call a curbside model has to overcome some issues with odd panels not fitting very well Some of the panels around the nose fit quite poorly, and while the build quality on the real aircraft was a little rough, some of the gaps would be very over scale S TA S H IN T H E AT T IC Having said that the cockpit and engine detail is very good and all that needs to be added is a seat belt or a pilot figure ICM provide a separate set with the latter and Eduard had a nice set of prepainted belts, which were used on this project All the internals build up well and reward careful finishing The cockpit insert and bulkhead are very finely molded though and must be fitted with a lot of care into the two fuselage halves Any forcing of the two halves to fit risks distorting the parts The I-16 was one of those World War II era aircraft that did not have a floor and so this makes for a fragile assembly in a model A lot of easing and adjustment was needed to get the instrument panel and seat support to line up, but once they were in the rest of the model can be built up quickly There are a few gaps that required filling The wing to fuselage joint appears to be modelled on a real structural break on the aircraft This is fine, but there is a pronounced step that requires filling and removing Some of the engine panels also needed this treatment The work is not difficult or excessive, but for a model finished without the panels open, it is necessary The kit however captures the feel of the I-16 perfectly, and with a little careful work, the model is soon ready for painting ICM only provide one decal option for the kit, an aircraft in basic green and sky blue Soviet camouflage These decals were used in this build, but I decided to make the model more interesting by adapting the finish in the ad hoc winter scheme often applied to service aircraft The blue undersurfaces were airbrushed, but the upper green was hand painted using Humbrol enamels which were alternately lightened and darkened with tiny amounts of grey and a darker green This created a pleasing blotched effect to the surface The decals were then applied over a coat of Johnsons Klear When this was dry the whole model was brushed with a dark Humbrol weathering wash This collected in the panel lines and recesses such as the wheel wells and created a sense of depth to the model When this was dry the upper surfaces were dry brushed with a light grey to simulate the white wash style finishes that were applied to Soviet aircraft The final touches were some paint chipping effects applied with a fine 00 brush and the use of a charcoal pencil to add some exhaust streaks and staining on the undersurfaces The canopy was then attached, masked and the whole model given a coat of artists matt varnish In summary, an enjoyable project and one that still leads to a small model in 1/32 scale A highly recommended kit and one that is also available now in a Revell box Placed against a model of a Bf 109 or a Spitfire the radically different appearance of the aircraft is apparent The breakdown of the kit indicates that other versions of the I-16 may be on the way An earlier version would enable the interesting Spanish Civil War schemes to be depicted Also available from ICM is a set of figures including two standing and one seated pilot for use with the I-16 APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 93 A M E R I C A N PAT R O L I DAVIS-MOTHBALL suspect that most, if not all, of our readers have seen the photos of row after row of various US aircraft, often in faded paint or with protective patches applied, parked in the middle of a desert with jagged peaks looming in the background Or perhaps you have actually heard of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the adjacent Pima County Air Museum There are, no doubt, a few readers who have been fortunate enough to take a tour of this place I have not had that good fortune, which is ironic because my brother lived in Tucson for ten years So where exactly is this place with the hyphenated name and why did it come to be the largest repository for stored aircraft in the world? Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is located about five miles southeast of downtown Tucson, which is a city with a population of about a half million persons Average rainfall in Tucson is under twelve inches, so you could say it was a dry place Which makes it a wonderful place to preserve aluminum and other materials of which aircraft are made At a given moment, there are over 4,000 military aircraft stored in the bone yard adjacent to the base Davis-Monthan did not begin as a military base, but there has been an aviation related facility of some sort in that location since 1927, and some sources say the first airfield was established in 1925 It was at first owned by the city of Tucson and was named the DavisMonthan Landing Field Namesakes were Samuel H Davis and Oscar Monthan Both men were army aviators, and both were killed in the By Steve Palmer line of duty At the time that Davis-Monthan Field was established it is claimed that it was the largest municipal airport in the United States The airport was dedicated by none other than Charles Lindbergh in September 1927 He was a tireless booster of aviation and air travel at the time, and his name comes up with amazing regularity if you research the origins of many of the established US airports As one might imagine, the arrival of the Lone Eagle in the Spirit of St Louis not long after his epochal flight from New York to Paris was the stuff of legends Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star newspaper described the arrival of Lindbergh: ‘At 1:45 o’clock, a mere speck in the northwest, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, aerial conqueror of Charles Lindberg arrives in Tucson, Arizona in 1927 to dedicate the new Landing Field, which would become Davis-Monthan Airfield It would remain in civilian hands until 1941, when city of Tucson turned it over to the Army Air Corps and relocated the city airport South (Arizona Star) The approach to Davis-Monthan Aviation Field in 1939 (Arizona Public Media) Other areas near Davis-Monthan became aircraft bone yards This is a B-17 storage area near Kingman, Arizona sometime in 1945 94 W W W S C A L E A I R C R A F T M O D E L L I N G CO U K Army Air Corps B-18 Bolos arrive at DavisMonthan Field in 1941 (Arizona Star) A M E R I C A N PAT R O L the broad Atlantic, and his Spirit of St Louis appeared As the pair, now known as ‘We’, came out of the heat-haze over the Tucson mountains, thousands of eyes turned to watch the ship as it circled over Tucson at about 1:50 o'clock With the sun throwing a sheen from its silver wings, the plane leveled off and headed toward the aviation field Circling low, the ship swung away again to the north, then back, and at o'clock, nose into the wind, the great silver monoplane swooped down to land and taxied up to the hangar, where the welcoming committee awaited.’ B-47s await their fate in 1968 (Tom Baillie) Davis-Monthan would see numerous aviation notables land there There is even a website that is dedicated to establishing itself as a repository for information about every pilot that signed the airfield register Names that appear in that register include H.H Arnold, ‘Pancho’ Barnes, Clyde V Cessna, James H Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, C.A Lindbergh and Wiley H Post, to A recently arrived B-66 looks too pretty to be scrapped in this 1968 photo (Tom Baillie) Straight wing F-84s are piled up like toys Bet this would get some attention in model form at a contest! What a subject for the Hasegawa B-47 kit! This B-47 sports some unusual markings on the nose, including SR-71 silhouettes, photographed in 1968 (Tom Baillie) 1968 sees a neat row of B-47s parked at Davis-Monthan with C-97s in the distance (Tom Baillie) A 1968 photo shows an F-89 Scorpion with a trio of swept wing F-84s in the background (Tom Baillie) This is another gem for modellers, an EC-121 in US Army markings! The aircraft appears to have a Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) hump on the rear fuselage Perhaps this was the progenitor of the C-21 Guardrail? (Tom Baillie) This US Navy P-2V looked to be in pretty good shape, and was sold, as evidenced by SOLD MAC spray painted in red below the cockpit What you bet this aircraft was reincarnated as a water bomber? A garish F-3 Demon from 1968 that did not flameout in a rain squall, like so many of them did according to a friend who flew them This one appears to be parked in front of base housing! (Tom Baillie) APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 95 CO M I N G N E X T M O N T H PREVIEW PLANNED FOR SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELLING NEXT ISSUE: Volume 41 · Issue 03 ·May 2019 Farewell to the Fin Marking the passing of the Tornado with Revell’s 1/48 GR.4 Kit No: 2509 By Karl Robinson Scale: 1/32 Dror The Do 27 in Israeli service A quartet of Special Hobby kits in 1/72 By Yoav Efrati Aircraft in Profile Hawker Hunter by Richard Mason With Scale Plans and Colour Profiles by Jan Polc Hawker Hunter in 1/48 Airfix New Tool By Rick Greenwood Super Detailed Superbug Hasegawa’s 1/72 F/A-18F By Kitti Tatsumaki P-40 la Fayette Trumpeter’s P-40F Warhawk in 1/32 Type: Injection Moulded Plastic Manufacturer: The Hobby Company/MRC I taleri have taken 1/32 to heart, this time providing us with the two seat version of Lockheed’s legendary F-104 Starfighter, the TF104 Despite producing the single seat variant only recently (in modelling terms) they have resisted temptation and produced a completely new set of moulds for this kit, incorporating fine surface detail and sharp tooling The kit boasts 390 parts spread across nine different sprues, consisting of 343 plastic parts coupled with forty seven photo etched The canopy sections look to be of scale thickness and free from any seam lines or other defects In keeping with the number of nationalities and variants covered, the medium grey sprues include parts for both the Martin Baker or Lockheed C2 seats as well as optional instrument panels and main wheels Other options include displaying the engine on the stand included, and there is a stand for the tail section too, open or closed electronics panels, slats and flaps dropped, airbrakes open or closed, open or closed cockpits, along with pylons and fuel tanks If you choose to display the aircraft in-flight you’ll need to source your own pilots and stand, and also your own weapons should you wish to have a more aggressive load although Sparrows and Sidewinders are included, if not marked for use in the instructions, so it would be worth checking your references before hanging them from the pylons A nice touch is the inclusion of a crew ladder The instructions are an A4 sized landscape booklet of black and white illustrations clearly laid out in a logical manner One of the major features of the kit is the huge pair of A4 sized decal sheets featuring eight different options and stencils, which are covered in their own separate colour booklet The options include: • Italian Air Force, TF-104 G, 20-5, 20 Gruppo, Stormo, Grosseto, Italy 1985 • Italian Air Force, TF-104 G, 4-23, 20 Gruppo, Stormo, Grosseto, Italy 1986 • Luftwaffe, TF-104 G, BB+386, Training Squadron, O.T.U 10, Norvenich AB, West Germany, 1964 • Royal Canadian Air Force, CF-104 D, 633, Wing, Lahr, West Germany, 1966 • US Air Force, TF-104 D, 69 TFTS, 58 TFTW, Luke AFB, America, 1976 • Spanish Air Force, TF-104 G, Escuadron 104, Torrejon, Spain, 1968 • Belgian Air Force, TF-104 G, 10 Wing, Kliene-Brogel AB, Belgium, 1981 • Netherland Air Force, TF-104 G, Volkel AB, Holland, 1977-78 The decals are precisely printed in a high gloss finish and contain a level of detail worthy of such a large scale With the completed model having a length of fifty two centimetres this should prove to be an impressive replica of the Starfighter when finished, and certainly a head turner and conversation piece Well worth the investment if you want a Starfighter with a difference By Joachim Geier Lincoln’s Eyes Hasegawa’s Hawkeye in 1/72 By Ugur Kenel All this and more plus the latest from the Newsdesk, the continuing efforts of the Harrogate Model Club, and the usual Marketplace round up and showcases Please note we receive a constant stream of interesting and informative articles, and in the interest of balanced and up to the minute coverage content may change at short notice The above listing is provisional and may be subject to change APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 97 NEW DECALS RD72082 Boa Decals BOA144112 1:144 Airbus A319-112 Croatia Airlines (Revell) BOA14457 1:144 Boeing 757-200 Air Slovakia £5.99 £5.99 Model Maker Decals D144107 1:144 Mikoyan MiG-21 Around The World - North Korea D48106 1:48 Mikoyan MiG-29 Heroes of Kosciuszko New paint scheme part D48107 1:48 Mikoyan MiG-21 Around The World - North Korea D48109 1:48 Aero L-39ZA 30 Years in Bulgarian service D72055 1:72 Re-released! Mikoyan MiG-29UB "4105" Stanislaw Skalski D72064 1:72 Re-released! Asian Mikoyan MiG-29/MiG-29UB Fulcrums part II D72106 1:72 Mikoyan MiG-29M Heroes of Kosciuszko New paint scheme part D72107 1:72 Mikoyan MiG-21 Around The World - North Korea D72109 1:72 Aero L-39ZA 30 Years in Bulgarian service MD48110 1:48 Royal_Aircraft_Factory Se.5a in Polish service £4.20 £11.20 £5.40 £8.99 £5.20 £5.40 £7.70 £4.20 £6.80 £3.70 Moose Republic Decals RBDS48016 1:48 SAAB J-32B/E 'Lansen' Interceptor & ECM RBDS48018 1:48 MBB 105 CB-3 & CBS HKP 9A & B £13.80 £9.20 Rising Decals RD48022 1:48 Mitsubishi G4M1 type Betty Rikko (Japanese Navy Bomber G4M1) Includes decals for aircraft: RD48023 1:48 Mitsubishi Ki-46 III Dinah Includes camouflage schemes RD72081 1:72 Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" Unknown and Less Known Units of the Japanese NEW KITS AA Model Aircraft kits (injection) AMU14421 1:144 Re-released! Antonov An-74 AMU72365 1:72 HFB-320 Hansa Jet 'Charter Express' DN5059 £23.50 £37.20 Academy Aircraft kits (injection) AC12323 1:48 McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom VF-102 Diamondbacks £44.99 Ace Aircraft kits (injection) ACE72307 1:72 Kamov Ka-25PS Hormone C £20.99 AFV Club Aircraft kits (injection) AR48111 1:48 HESA Saeqeh-80 (Iranian F-5) AR48112 1:48 Lockheed U-2A Dragon Lady £49.99 £71.99 Arsenal Model Group Aircraft kits (injection) AMG14410 1:48 Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance AMG48415 1:48 Dewoitine D.501L AMG48653 1:48 Bell P-63C Kingcobra US AMG48654 1:48 Bell P-63C Kingcobra Soviet Union AMG48655 1:48 Bell P-63C Kingcobra French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) AMG48902 1:48 Hawker Hart I £13.50 £39.60 £51.30 £51.30 £51.30 £51.99 Anigrand Craftswork Aircraft kits (resin) ANIG2130 1:72 McDonnell Model 119 UCX prototype compete with C-140 Jetstar £89.99 ANIG2135 1:72 Kugisho MXY-6 Test-bed of the Kyushu J7W Shinden £61.80 ANIG2136 1:72 Curtiss YC-76 Caravan Experimental all-wood transport £142.99 BIGMODEL Aircraft kits (injection) BIG1440019 1:144 Ilyushin IL-14 Lot (Late)/Transport BIG1440043 1:144 Ilyushin Il-14 Lot (early) BIG1440044 1:144 Ilyushin Il-14 Polish Airforce/Aeropol BIG1440045 1:144 Ilyushin Il-14M the personal aircraft of Mao Tse-Tung BIG1440046 1:144 Ilyushin Il-14P CZZOL OK-LCE BIG1440047 1:144 Ilyushin IL-14P Russian Airforce BIG1440048 1:144 Jak-40 Rzeczpospolita Polska BIG1440050 1:144 Antonov An-24B 'LOT' BIG1440052 1:144 Antonov AN-24RV Cubana BIG1440053 1:144 Antonov An-24RV Tarom BIG1440054 1:144 Antonov An-24B Interflug £18.99 £17.99 £17.99 £17.99 £17.99 £17.99 £18.99 £18.99 £18.99 £18.99 £18.99 Brengun Aircraft kits (injection) BRP48004 1:48 Messerschmitt Me P.1103 rocket fighter £11.40 BRP72034 1:72 Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka model 22 £11.50 BRP72035 1:72 Chelomey 16KhA £8.99 Aircraft kits (resin) BRS48008 1:48 Messerschmitt B.F.W M-23b £43.50 BRS72011 1:72 RQ-7B Shadow UAV £ 10.99 Clear Prop Models Aircraft kits (injection) CP72001 1:72 Gloster E28/39 Pioneer 'Gloster Whittle' includes a resin engine, etched parts and metal pitot probes £34.99 Dora Wings Aircraft kits (injection) DW48015 1:48 Percival Vega Gull civilian registrations £41.60 DW72012 1:72 Bellanca J-300 'Warsaw' Includes plastic parts, photo-etched, masks, decals for colour options £24.70 £10.40 £9.50 Imperial Army and Navy Pt.I 1:72 Tachikawa Ki-36 "Ida" Unknown and Less Known Units of the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy Pt.II £8.70 £8.70 SBS Model SBSD4827D 1:48 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-2, Bf-109G-4 in Hungarian Service SBSD4833D 1:48 Ilmari Juutilainen - Finland's Top Ace WWII SBSD7227D 1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-2, Bf-109G-4 in Hungarian Service SBSD7233D 1:72 Ilmari Juutilainen - Finland's Top Ace WWII £9.99 £9.99 £7.99 £7.99 Techmod TM32046BT 1:32 Re-released! Lockheed-Martin F-16C/D Block 52+ Polish Air Force (5) 4050 or 4043 70th Anniversary Battle of Britain 2010; 4043; 4040; LockheedMartin F-16D 4076 TM72071 1:72 Hawker Hurricane Stencils Mk.I Mk.II Mk.IV £9.99 £4.50 Vingtor (late sheets) VTH48134 1:48 Royal Norwegian Air Force Lockheed/Canadair CF-104/Lockheed/ Canadair CF-104D and Saab MFI-15 Safari Numbers for most Starfighters from 334 Squadron; Camouflaged and yellow Safaris from Elementary Flying School this is VTH48004 reprinted and now slightly modified, with new items for the civil-registered CF-104D LN-STF VTH72134 1:72 Royal Norwegian Air Force CF-104 Starfighter and Saab MFI-15 Safari Numbers for most Starfighters from 334 Squadron; Camouflaged and yellow Safaris from Elementary Flying School this is VTH72004 reprinted and now slightly modified, with new items for the civil-registered CF-104D LN-STF 1:72 Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver Dragon Aircraft kits (injection) DN5026 1:72 Back in stock! 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Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander (British Airways G-BLDV) VAL48011 1:48 Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander (Belgian) VAL72055 1:72 Bristol Bombay Type 130 includes resin parts VAL72131 1:72 McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo "Sun Run" Zvezda Aircraft kits (injection) ZVE7291 1:72 Tupolev TB-7 Soviet Bomber £46.99 £46.99 £46.99 £46.99 £39.99 £39.99 £29.99 NEW ACCESSORIES AIM - Transport Wings Aircraft conversions (mixed-media) TWC72035 1:72 Douglas DC-7C conversion set (Heller DC-6) £63.00 TWC72037 1:72 Douglas DC-7B long range fuel tanks (Heller DC-6) £21.60 Aims Aircraft detailing sets (resin) AIMSP48009 1:48 Junkers Ju-88С-6b WWII German Night Fighter update set (ICM) £26.50 AIMSP48010 1:48 Junkers Ju-88 un-armoured pilot seat for any Ju 88 kit £2.00 Attittude Aviation Aircraft conversions (resin) BUC32002 1:32 Hispano HA-1112M1L Buchon conversion set (Hasegawa) £59.99 BUC32003 1:32 Hispano HA-1112M1L Buchon 'Movie Star' decal sheet + additional resin parts conversion set (Hasegawa) £19.99 BUC32004 1:32 Hispano HA-1112M1L Buchon Spanish Air Force decal sheet (Hasegawa) £11.99 ACE72307 1:72 Kamov Ka-25PS Hormone C £20.99 AR48112 1:48 Lockheed U-2A Dragon Lady' £71.99 Black Dog Figures (resin) BDF32058 1:32 USAAF Mechanics personnel 1940-45 N°1 £14.99 BDF32059 1:32 USAAF Mechanics personnel 1940-45 N°2 £14.99 BDOA48072 1:48 Lockheed-Martin F-16C Electronics (Tamiya) £11.30 BDOA48076 1:48 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye radar and electronics (Kinetic Model) £12.20 BDOA72032 1:72 ADM-20 QUAIL £15.99 BDOA72033 1:72 AGM-28 HOUND DOG £24.50 BDOA72034 1:72 ATOM BOMB MARK 17 £18.80 BDOA72035 1:72 ATOM BOMB MK.53/B-53 £15.99 BDOA72036 1:72 ATOM BOMB MARK 39 £15.99 BDOA72037 1:72 ATOM BOMB MARK 41/B-41 £15.99 BDOA72038 1:72 ATOM BOMB MARK 36 £15.99 BDOA72043 1:72 Lockheed C-130H Hercules wheel wells (Italeri) £11.30 BDOA72044 1:72 Lockheed C-130H Hercules leading edge details (Italeri) £24.50 BDOA48073 1:48 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey Propeller blades (Italeri) £18.80 BDOA48074 1:48 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 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sets (resin) BRL48105 1:48 US 300 gallon Fuel tanks £17.70 BRL72161 1:72 US 300 gallon Fuel tanks £13.40 BRL72163 1:72 British reflector gunsight WWII £5.50 BRL72164 1:72 Depth Charge Mk.54 x £8.30 Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) BRL72165 1:72 MXY-7 Ohka model 22 Canopy paint mask (Brengun) £4.30 Aircraft wheels (resin) BRL144145 1:144 McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Wheels (Dragon, Hasegawa and Revell) £6.30 BRL144146 1:144 Lockheed P-38 Wheels+propellers (Fujimi) £6.99 BRL144148 1:144 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C/D Hornet wheels (Revell) £6.30 BRL48106 1:48 Lockheed C-130 Hercules Wheels (Italeri) £12.99 BRL48109 1:48 Lockheed-Martin F-16C/D Wheels £6.30 Diorama accessories (resin) BRL48110 1:48 British reflector gunsight WWII £5.80 AMG48902 1:48 Hawker Hart I £51.99 BRS72011 1:72 RQ-7B Shadow UAV £10.99 BRL144147 BRL32034 BRL48108 BRL72162 BRS72010 BRS72012 1:144 WWII USN Wheel chocks 1:32 WWII U.S Navy Wheel chocks 1:48 WWII U.S Navy Wheel chocks 1:72 WWII U.S Navy Wheel chocks 1:72 Japanese airfield fire-extinguisher 1:72 Japanese refueling cart Brigade Aircraft conversions (injection) BKC48003 1:48 McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom Prototype (Academy McDonnell F-4B Phantom AC12232) CMK/Czech Master Kits Aircraft detailing sets (resin) CMK4367 1:48 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF Dinghy Box and Access Panel (Revell kits)[Mk.X] CMK4368 1:48 Palouste Mk.101/102-Jet Air Starter Trolleys and Airborne Pod CMK4369 1:48 Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden 'Jack'-Control surface set (Hasegawa) CMK7419 1:72 Avia B-534 cockpit set (Eduard) CMK7418 1:72 Avia B-534 Engine (Eduard) CMK7420 1:72 Westland Sea King HC.4/HAR.3 engine set (Airfix) £4.30 £7.80 £6.30 £6.30 £9.50 £9.50 £39.99 £7.40 £11.70 £9.20 £6.30 £9.20 £9.20 Dekno Aircraft conversions (resin) CF480100 1:72 Edo J-5300 floats This kits is for: Fokker Super Universal, Fairchild 71, Lockheed Vega 5C, Lockheed Orion-Explorer, Consolidated Fleetster 17 & 20, Travel Air SA 6000A, Buhl CA-6 £19.40 Eduard Aircraft detailing sets (etched) ED32937 1:32 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EDFE967 1:48 Douglas TBD-1 seatbelts STEEL (Great Wall Hobby) EDFE968 1:48 Renault Rafale C seatbelts grey STEEL (Revell) EDSS652 1:72 Sukhoi Su-27UB (Zvezda) DW72012 1:72 Bellanca J-300 'Warsaw' £24.70 EDK2127 1:72 Mikoyan MiG-21MF Double kit £57.80 £21.30 £19.20 £9.70 £15.99 £7.20 £25.80 £21.30 £25.80 £9.70 £21.30 £21.30 £14.99 £10.99 £8.40 £15.99 £7.20 £17.20 £6.60 £6.60 £12.99 KH32019 1:32 Northrop F-5F Tiger £79.99 PLEASE NOTE CHEQUES AND POSTAL ORDERS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED Please visit our website for our up to date postage rates www.hannants.co.uk ... with absolutely nothing in the way of drama APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 02 CO N T E N T S SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELLING T H I S VOLUME: 41 ISSUE: 02 April 2019 Proudly M O N T H 04 26 Published by... kits) Scale: 1/32 ACES II Ejection seat 1/48 Scale: www.scaleaircraftconversions.com 1/48 Scale: Product No: 72365 Product No: 48364 Product No: Type: Metal Type: Metal Type: www.scaleaircraftconversions.com... 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