Kit Reviews "| New Releases eM lly od o!771747'504014 ‘September 2006 / £5.55 / Issue 14 UNDAUNTED Trumpeter’s new 1:32 SBD-I/2 Dauntless ann SUEZ CRISIS 50th ANNIVERSARY Classic Airframes Sea Hawk and Meteor NFIl in 1:48 and Special Hobby Sea Hawk in 1:72, plus walkaround images of a restored Sea Hawk rs 0A MISSILE WITH TWO MEN IN IT! Steve A. Evans builds Hasegawa’s two-seat Starfighter the information you’ll ever need to create the best aircraft models...| Contents 8 REGULARS REVIEWS _—s| FEATURES 4-5 News Editorial & Contact p60 New Releases Kits ‘AMissile With Two Men Al thats new on the modeling Jetals Aselection of the latest releases | In tt scene from around the world assessed Stove A. Evans builds the now two- 879 Next Issue seat Starfighter rom Hasegawa B74News-Just Released —Scowhat we have planned forthe | p64 New Releases Accessories An easy use lis ofall the latest net issue Now products from Eduard MA, | §20AorK?- The Counter Invader releases Griffon MA, Legend Productions & | The A26 in L72 from aed built by Fs p82 Last word Auickboos. Paarick Branly 975 News - Coming Soon Our ist of forthcoming releases p68 New Releases Decals p48 Undaunted New sheots from Model Aliance | Trumpeter's new 32 SBO-V/2 p76 Letters Dauntless built by Jay Laverty 1970 Book Reviews 76 Diary Aselection of new tiles that Model shows and ether important airratt modelers may find useful | SUELCNSIS Su ANERSARY SPECAL dates for your dary 1580 Suez Protagonists ‘The Classic Airframes 1-48 Sea Hawk and Meteor NFII/I3 and ‘Special Hobby 1:72 Sea Hawk p35 Photo Feature - Sea Hawk by Charles Polidano Colour Profiles. p40 Hawker Sea Hawk Richard J. Caruana provides colour profiles for our main features by Richard J. Caruana Septet 200 Medel Airplane International 3NCES Li ee Ground Equipment from Tamiya Apart from the Citroén staff car, th series of vehicles from Tamiya has mainly concentrated on AFVs up until now, but here we have their latest offering and it is ideal for the aircraft modeller So rey ay Siicn German Araft Power Supply Unit 4 Kettonkratrad (#32533/¥1200). “Thies the combination af the Kertenkraftra we first saw in their Me 2624-2a kit with a nowy tooled power supply cat, some ol drums, toolbox and couple of Luftwatfe While away a Weekend [1:48 Eauard have recon launched thoi Weekend Seis. which basically photoetchd o ther additonal tema. The st bath includ the ‘Abts Dil (#8436) and Ya (#9455) and they otal for jst £80 and £750 respectively M Ach ze, round crewmen Se Only in Russia! a ice Senaciasiomre Qsprey Model Guides looking aeratt created by this frm 81098, C,D & E (ISBN: |-84176-840-1) and Mitsubishi ABM Zero (ISBN: | in the post-war period retails '84176-866-), the former being writtn by Brett Green and the later by Brian {for £19.99, so for more details or Criner. Each sof the usual high standard Osprey achieve with this series and to order one vist wwwamidland- each covers th subject in £72, 4B and 132, with the Zero also done in 44 countiessuperstore com For more details on tis excellent series, isi www.ospreypubishing.com. 4 Mode Airplane International Sener 206,“Avia Editions This French publisher produce an excelent series called Photothique, alin standard Ad card-cover format. S farther ae five titles in the range: Viton Cal Frangaise 1919-1999 ('S8N: 2-915020-01-4); Le Renouveau de Aviation Frangaee 1945-1960 (2916030-03-0) Cocarde ‘ur tg (2-015090-05-7) {Adronauiaue Naval 1920-1999 (2 '915030-06-); ions Marcel Dassaut Baby Arrow Following on from the 48 CF-105 sets that we reviewed in ssues 5 & i, Mastereasore have now produced a similar set forthe Hobbyeraft kt in 72.1 (#MST720)) combines al he ‘aspects from the larger scale versions, with an updated cock, Intakes and metal nose leg, £0 there be a separate ‘exterior’ set to follow. For more details visit wor (@-916090-127). Each is packed with white but with some in colour, and they sem 0 ret or about 615.00 each have sen this series stocked by The Aviston Book Centr and The ‘Avsaton Bookshop in he UK, but fr all worldwide enquiries conact Avia Editions, 21 Avenue du Tei 07400 Rchemaur, France. Te 04 75498 190, Fax: 0475-495 198 Bette ee ete ‘ordering check out our website at Cee Facts & Figures ‘We have al seen books fl of technical data of aireaft and helicopters, some good, others nat s, well these twe new books from Spanish publisher Usyat are petty handy. Each is hardback in a large Md format and abt ofa coffe rable ite, bu there are some nice clear colour images, not just the ‘machines but detis as wel. They are £13.95 each so for moe details on UK avalailty contact Chis Lloyd Seles & Marketing on 01202 649990, Ema hlloydeglobalnet.couk aa eas peeiid Goi reer eee poe Mission Tools tos 1 ino ther Mer Chea (See Ear Cae nee 8) Labo! Tip Set (UN cota 0008, 0.0078 and 0. ps Sesleri 200 Model Aeplane international 5TyJBUILD SHILLEVEL: A MISSILE WITH 1 Lockheed’s F-104 Starfighter was the fastest thing around during the 1960s and 70s and it had the certificates to prove it. But with the speed came a reputation for being hard to handle and something of a ‘killer’. With this in mind the two-seat variant was designed to be the stepping-stone for the inexperienced pilots to get their first taste of ‘this tricky little airplane. he'G variant was a transparences fr a total of #4 pats. strengthened and modified Many of which, of cours. ae familar Talored to suit Me im the other 104s on offer by Hasegawa, as harher Eurapean envionment with they are exactly the same bts. Fr the Improved avonies and restesses two-seat version you get two complet structures The two-seat‘ wasn't naw fuselage halves, thankful no! Justa trainer though, kept four of the ‘cut and shut affair many people the fve stores pylons and exact the (including me) feared, aswel as new fame radr systems making fly sprue forthe under-tuselage insert Combat ready (although it did ose the and cockpits andthe new canopies ‘Vulcan gun in the conversion), With F27 Couple tis ow plastic with a rather being produced forthe Federal German neat king decal sheet and you have a Republi Lftwae they became the very presentable boxtl biggest ingle user of his particular type ith production running om BURBING THE D4 TB6t ight up uni 968, although mary Kit rom thie Japanese manufacturer ther European nations also used the are usualy well thought ot and well youa good view ofthe interior. With seer id mt ming iting reaver 908 tngineere, sometimes ate over- this losed-up approach being taken | aire it thy wet race now acegnwa have had Starfightersin engineered (P-40' anyone?) but also opted to wse the supplied decals tnt we area ree tr thei box for along time, nal srt of this case te layout i deceptively forthe instrument panel. Allowing ‘alee but is taken thom an age (six smple and yet lcty dtaled all them to setle over the asad deta ears tobe precise) to bring out the start withthe cockpit as usual and ofthe mouldings with copious quant {wo 20a version in 48 and very wel- the Martin-Baker 7 ojction seats. tis of softening solution worked quite Comet is too. Many people prefer the TheviginalC-2 seats ofthe US types nicely, stop mars to Hasegawa for Ines ofthe ainer (my mate Da fr one) were replaced with newer more ef- that. Alli, sos not he Bes lok burtome't vay looks ite'bent” lent eats forthe European market Ing cockpit inthe word, but W's nothing tnd out of shape, but note worry I's andthe kt tame ar Bult up rom eight _ that afew adios from an Esuard fce what looking atin nee imen- separate prt, which look allright but etched fret wouldnt cure. The actual ‘lone wl Joo change my mind fe completely devoid of any seatbelts, cockpit tub ts poste into the fuse Knowing that | would be keeping the lage wth front and ear location points, ee pox fds closed onthe nal model, opted but before tha, thor’ abit more to Lets face, Hasegawa are good at -—«foure some spre etched blt for theo, This includes what Hasegawa refer Going he presentation thing for ther lap atraps and made my own shoulder_to as An adational hander’ This tit arent they? It begins wth wonder- straps ot of some masking tape and means driling ou the Kentifetion and fulboxart by Koike Shigeo and keeps etched buckles. Tie makes the seat formation lights nthe fuselage halves, looking good onthe inside too, with an look far busor and much more realistic but be warned, the two on each side Imorestve amount of plastic shoved." without gong over the top. Wt bealif- ofthe rar fuselage are NOT 2m as inthee, There are 6 sprues of ght ferent mater ifthe canopies were going quote, but 7mm fra snug fof he tey-csloured plastic and two spruce of be posed open as that woul give transparent parts, > YOU WILL NE Mamie Paints Used Humbrol enamels: Winsor & Newton pastels: Thiet Tamia acres X19 Smoke USiver Burnt Siena #4113 Cyanoacrylate & crys Accelerator 53 Gunmen Grey #70485, sm Tamiya Extra in coment | Uso sovies saggy ean ha {cea Fvorescont Orange F528 ia Secu C55 Ovnge Fiza eee Spun fin (6) witha aka] Grey Paste Primer. an 2 tin (2.88 io a {Ux0O1 Dark Green F504070 oy Lng = 54 Sn (6.69) [exuding ptt Tamia masking topo pe aes ae eit a in (4) Reena {Ux029 Gry FS36178 Date Rowney pastes: Soren 'UAOS2 Dark Green FSI4079 Warm grey #73 1 Gunze Sanevo 'UAOOI Dark Green FS34079 Dimensions 148, pr orhcsth DaterRowney ols Span 108.2mm Mark Soter sy, [Aetna 034 ory Black Length 347mm 1 otsons Kear Faure) SI mite minim 223 Burt Umber Helen 85mm “Always ensure that you work na well-ventilated area when using solvents {8 Model Aleplane international - iene 2008© MODEL INFO SPE: Mase 48 Late 104 Serae tea ape Hag’ cst sana a a Meee wh nese “Hasegawa have had Starfighters in bring out the two-seat version in 1 and very welcome if is too” ALSO RECOMMENDED... (© Wear the right protective clothing when advised t0 ‘Slee 2008 Medel Alan international 8KI SHILLEVEL: BEGINNER ve ay rin ram te i te Stare ey was ust an nie he Seng Sede ane oo oer Betore the fuselage gets closed up ‘ner’ the je pipe bul, no prob lems there, and the main underearage ty Ths lat bt is made up of four pieces and is very well detailed with fxcllent mouldings, making it easy to paint. Humbrol Goss Siver (i) 6 ood when given awash of Tamiya ‘Soke X19. Some of the small details ‘wore picked out natin back ery, ‘and ie ready ogo. Whe was ait alee di the excllnty detailed doors ‘nd he gangy looking underage. You also get a new front undercarriage strut for use inthe TF version, so make {a then jammed ino postion i he fuselage (eral i the ease ofthe ‘main wheel bay which isa ery igh fit) andthe halves cemented together. Thing like the intakes and nose cone nd coco coamings goon at his stage, which leads on quite nicely 0 ‘he wings. ‘Wel, when ay wings, mean the vestipa it 104s cal wings, mor stabliaer really. Thoy are made up of fve parts each and rather neatly feature separate control surfaces, neh means you can off-set them all to break up the simple lines and give ala ite more character. They ft ‘beautiful othe lection points on the fuselage But do suo om an abun ‘ance of mould elector pin marks on ‘he undersides which need be fled ‘and sanded. Not really problem, more ‘ofan annoyance Wing on talon and canopies ‘masked up andin place meant it time for kek or two of ait aoa. oL0URIG ‘There ar two versions on offer inthe box. The frat the Luttwatle machine Im green and grey spetercamourlage ha the second ean alan aircraft ‘n overall medium grey. At frst glance this pir of ehoees is a ile bland ‘even boring, but they do represent the two main colour schemes qe nicely tnd ally tor are not t9 many ther ecg: even if he'd gone for one of the oter nations ie The Netherlands for Norway the eoours would have ben sim chose the Lutwate machine ‘arly because ike the splinter partrn ‘ofthe cameutlage and thought that the ‘veal rey ofthe Aeronautica Mare ainsi ut the artrae. ‘On withthe show andi priner time: Hafod Grey Plastic Primer a8 ‘nual ithe fat tp, flowed by a thin “The ae ae secu rate enough mz and as eta bu they featy so need a tou set ‘tas or some oot eures ot our cat of Acad 1! White Aluminium for the undersides, This was then mashed off witha conglomeration of tapes and ‘mashing fd n preparation forthe oper surface camouflage cleus ‘hang, the oloure pase see the sep- arate Rant for my colour tribulations. but sutice to say | used LifeColor act! es forthe green and grey. The fist oat of RAL7OI2Basaltgrau(Ltecolor 1Ux022) went on and waited tmayed tose that was surrisingy fark, not really what was expecting at al, but according othe LifeColor thar thie was the correct pat for RAL7OV2. With the ltl voices in my head eling me 0 stp ih there, | olered on and masked otf he spin- tec camouflage and proceed wit he “pplication ofthe RALEOI4 Gabo (WAGON. This was a much beter lok > — %“Knowing that I would be keeping the lids closed on the finished model, I opted to use some spare etched belt for the Jap straps and made my own shoulder straps out of some Ing shade and more in keeping with hat believed the colours took ke was with some trepidation hat | eeled off the mashing tape and horror ‘pon heres thos ile voices were "em al alone 00 dark To realy rub alt ine the wound the Tamiya masking scaly peeled some a he paint of wrth ia went ah how hove voles Taughed while curses! So, was back out wth the mask ing tape to coverup the Gelbolv and eventually uted a mix of UAO29 536176 (80%) and UAO22 F568 (20%) ae the RAL7OI2 ternative, which actualy looked damned good when very carefully peed off he smashing that shut those having a dark grey undercoat worked lnvmy favour 28 | used i in alost a FA ‘The comalete cock aks gute rice wih st he Bae ations and ung thet supe Sai re-shading manner get some var ton in the panels by overapraying laces than other. Alin all a good recovery although you might actually Of at about his point. Not fo worry, Itcan goon later once the markings ‘One other thing before we go any further hat siting hee teling eve ryone that something wrong’ th Kita it makes me sound arogan, the Imanufactuer sound stupid and doesn't "have say something. The panting inaction ae drawn to Hasegawa’ impeccable standard but they contain & fers err in the actual camoutage ator for he Luttwate machine ‘Aecording 0 the plans, the starboard > Tented sae oh TF mas fers uti nig ese rie eer han esi ao ‘The tb ft wall io the nose wth postive Seplerer 200 Medel Airplane Interationl 1SRILLLEVEL BEGINNER STEP BY STEP GUIDE - FUSELAGE & ASSEMBLY :‘oid Gelb ean only guess that ‘hie wae a mistake inthe pining oF warsight on their pat who knows, but just s0 you know not to follow the instructions toe closely. ‘The pictues of the completed model ‘on page lof the instructions show ‘he green splinter but not the leading WUT Various othe ite bis of painting hapoen about nom: which include the ‘nose radome ing gry. the at-glare ‘ane in dark green (FS34079) the ani ‘eng mat forthe takes in lack and the fuorescant orange band around ‘the p tanks. This meant tha he base alouring was now comet, swith ust afew date of dark gry patel dust around some of he vets andthe hinge ‘twas time forth Johnsons Klar o be opted forthe decals You get a new front undercarriage strut for use in the TF version, so make sure you chose the right one. This lot is then jammed into position in the fuse- Jage (literally in the case of the main 046 n Europe, one aan (4° Stormo, 20° Grupo) and one German (J8G21 ‘Boeck, The decals are beat printed in exetent Colour and repster, with al he edges shar and crip, Hasegawa have some thn ofa reputation for making decals ‘hat area Ite hard to handle and unresponsive to geting solutions, but Tm glad to say that there were no such ‘wont on very easily Thoy are extromely ‘wheel hay which is a very tight fit) and the halves cemented together” ‘thin and lok very nce setting ino al the nooks and crams. bu that thi ur up and refuse fo gt back to har ‘ngnal shape Not problem with the ‘biager markings, but Some a he tiny steeds needed some tender loving Care, All worth it inthe ena forthe lahod results just grat wih an almost ‘painted on lok tothe markings. Good wrk Mr Hasegawa, and as long as you now that you have tebe extra caret withthe way you hand them. thie Dertrmance can't be felted. >< 1 igh gtr an ee ig ig‘A EK(SH) RANT ABOUT COLOURS ‘The Lufwatte option in the T1086 box rather slendid splinter cam cufage of dark green and dark sry ‘vee medium gre undersides. so Hasegawa would have you belive. and quote from the instructions ‘Neutral Grey/ RLM! Dark Green ‘over grey F536320 (Dark Compass Ghost Grey) Don's betieve a word fit The Federal German Republi, ike 20 many nations, had their on standards fr pant and colour variations (the RAL, system) independent in every way rom the American FS numbering system | ‘and certainly nt loking back tothe old RLM system. Thi leaves us with something ofa dlemma, because Hasegawa ignores the RAL system of colour identification in his case No problem, because at's facet, they cai sort ‘verybody’ colours out can they? In reality the colours should ofcourse be RALTOI2 Basaltgra/RAL6OV4 Gelbo over RAL7OO!Sibergrau on swou THEY? ‘Aor Tooking at countess pictures of hese acaft (both single and two" aeat ‘variants in Luftwaffe serie, twas prety abvious the underside wasn grey a allbut metalic siver Is his what Sibergra looked ie? No, nothing £0, ‘imple at that my frends, rs out that many ofthe F-OAGs were actu ally fished a RALEOOS Weiss Aluminium (White Alani, aaah 3 that celains that then, ‘onpoesir? Many ofthe books that da! specifically wih camoutlage pattems and colours make no mention of his aluminium underside, so just whats ging on? One ‘explanation ithe dates everything before about 1971 used the Weis alumi ‘um, but after that date swapped over othe Sierra (which ie only ‘non-metal n sheen), So thats defintely sorted? Well maybe, the trouble ‘thar many rat long after tat dae, ti used out, sin the end it comes down tea matter of personal taste and belt (and what photographs you can find ofthe actual ara). And hat’ ast Except to say (ch ie never going to sop?) thatthe upper surface colours are also subject te exacty the same ito personal guesswork ad interpre ‘ion. The photographs avaible n books and of eaure on he Inert wil you whichever story you taney some show the grey tobe almoet Netra Grey ooking wt others ve a Bash cae wh the geen flowing aut, fone moment is dstinty ‘ove the next youl swear it was another sey Al of wich very deceiving and just a bunch of msdections. Wh knows with what fm these snaps wer akon. or how lng ago, oF what ging and ater image processing has gone on? | knew should have gone for hat lovely al- ‘over singe no-nonsense FS colour scheme ofthe aan aera "The mado aim manufacture all have ther own doa of what exact these colours ar and many wil ve FSreerences a equivalents And that's al they can ever be. ust equivalents othe el thing. Even you uted he act! RAL pains they woul til ook wrong because ofthe eae effect on colour stration, So basically you pays yer money, you takes yer eho, which is wh was hapoy enough fo mix up my own version of RALTOI2 Batata Aough don think | mentioned that fm colour-ind, 2 may aot be the best person tobe taking o-Aaah modeling, en ta rest habby? Scotter 2008 Model Aleplane International 17BUILD SMILLEVEL: DECALS & FINAL DETAILS >Cisne ‘SKILL LEVEL: AOR K? - THE CO Developed during WWII the Douglas B-26 Invader was considered the best medium bomber of the war. Due toa great wartime production and procrastination about the nose armament, introduction into active serv- ice was delayed until the last months of 1944. The type duly served during the Korean War and with the French Air Force in Indo-Cl and Algeria. During the early 1960s the United States were largely involved ina guerrilla conflict in South Vietnam and required a dedicated aircraft with a huge warload and low- speed capability. For that purpose the On Mark Engineering Company modified forty Invaders into B-26Ks. propellers and the enlarged fin and rudder, Later, to keep in line with the revised nomenclature system for The most obvious differences with the WWII era Invaders were the wing-tip tanks, the new square-tip ; identit nounced back in 2008, by alr, thi rand ew moulding hasbeen cagery awaited by me lemoulded in hoe veal ight rey engraved, aie it onthe heavy fda ti obvious that the mould wl ‘iow alr offer he A288 and C ‘esis at ater date [The A-26C has already been announced by them for release this year - Ed] and this has edt some inaccuracies for hie ‘version, but more on that late. ‘Construction started withthe cack where | frst had Yo moty the iastrumet panl. The A-26K was flown with two plot, seated sde-by side olongated the instrument panel with some sheet styrene cut o shape nd added to contl wheels rom fn old B-25 kt a well a adding an the saddle seat situate behind the co ed the resting hoe with 2 ‘O.Snm sheet styrene. added ‘W Tamiya masking tape Sanding Sticks & Files 1 Microscale Kristal Kleer 1 Gunze Sangyo Mr Mark Setter & Mr Mark Softer Loehind the pts. aterwis his would Just be armassve omy ever! You ‘don't need the A260 prone poston bombardle's compartment and cut out ove me space to adda owe weight ter on, Next I turned my sttention othe fuselage halves where I gud some lengths of Everreen (O.Smm aquare-ection beams to act ‘slongerons. The huge bomb bay is ‘moderatly detailed but alan have ‘ont supplied fou WHI era bombs ‘nich discarded as they were no rot sure of he bom oad eared bythe type during the Vietnam War. ‘As there was nomi fuselage gun rer included and Vhad no reference this area alone and just added a smal hoot of syrene tthe bottom of his area to mask the lower fuselage jit. Teprayed he entire isi ofthe fuse lage with XracolrXI7 Interior Gree, Fer the bomb bay andthe nase whee well used Madel Master Green Zine Recommended paints: Humbrol enamet 19 Bright Red RAL 3000 33 Matt Black ‘34 Mart White 449 Matt Varnish 153 Gunmetal ‘56 Alumina {82 Leather RAL 8023 183 Sand. 186 Ove Drab 108 WW Blue BSI7S 126 Grey F526270, ig aircraft types, it was called the A-26K, the ‘A’ denoting that it was an ‘attack’ aircraft, although for a time it was also known as the A-26A to confuse matters furth 220 Ferrari Red 226 Interior green Tamiya acrylic: X19 Smoke Xtracolor enamel: Xi2 Night Black X102 Tan Vietnam FSI0Z19 Xi10 Forest Groen FSI4079 XII Green Vietnam FSi102 IT Interior Groen FS34I51 800 Panzer Grey Mode! Master enamel: TSI734 Zine Chomate Green Mode! Master Motalze lacquer TS1403 Magnesium Dimensions: Span 70H Oin (21.34m) On (15:24m) Height -1ft 6in (664m) Dimensions -£:72 ‘Span - 296 4em {Length = 2.7mm Height - 7.3mmUNTER INVADER ‘MODEL INFO. Eh DA 25 Ime May ay 1s (stn) Rae ek ss won rir) I reco 40 (rt 2005) & Not (May 2008) (© Wear the right protective clothing when advised September 206 Made Airplane Iteration! 21yBUILD SHILLEVEL: oo... ‘ eon uno an hans lee he atone. os ‘tog ei 20h certo enmretne 1 Aves #7159 A-26 Invader Wheols & Paint Mask Eduard #72434 B-26K Invader Bomb Bay Eduard #72453 8-25K Invader Exterior Detall Set Eduard #78279 -26K invader Interior Deal Set (Pre-paintos) Eduard #CXI94 B-20K Invader Canopy & Wheel Masks Eduard #88279 6-26K Invader Interior Zoom’ (Pre-panted) Montex #SM72094 B-26K Invader Wheel & Canopy Masks Pavia Models #U72-72 Douglas B-26K Engine Set 1 Quickboost #0872 023 A-28K Gun Barrels 1 Quickboost #0872 028 A-26K Correct Cowlings & Engines ‘Aways ensure that you work na wo-vonfilatedarva when using solvents 2 Mode lean interatonal- Sete 2006“It is obvious that the mould will allow Italeri to offer the A-26B and C versions at a later date and this has lead to some inaccuracies for this particu lar version” (hromate(TS1734, which ie basicly painted black nthe On Mark moditied aligmer green. The instrument panel Invaders, 2 hopetly my green is dark teas panted Panzer Grey Xtracolor enough 800) andthe plors hamesses were My tention now switched tothe made wth stripes ofa heavy gauge wings. opened the hols forthe wing uranium shet that were painted with pylons and added some Evraroen Humbrol 109 (Wt Bis) Some deta square-tecton beam lengths inside wore picked ou i black, rand yel- the main wheal wells betorecomenting low. applied wash of Tamiya Smoke the upper andthe lower parts af the (1) tothe ene cockpit aea to ve wing ogether My preferred method for bettor contrast othe moulded detail thi typeof jini to fow an amount ‘As usual this process darkens all the of Tamia Extra Thin ment between colors and the something you have jut short lengths ofthe joint and then to kop it in mind when choosing what preset al ogether. This uel cre olurs appl intaly and this is the ates strong bond and results na reason why lused dark grey instead of slighty raised seam that ean sand ‘lack forthe instrument board Finally 1a, but itt very important to pro- sprayed wo fin layers of mat varnish ceed slowly og erect tH the (49) and applied the inerument pane! leading eg jot not perfect | ad decal then added some addtional a small amount of cyanoacryte gue toms from the spares box ta complete as hai strong and quicker fo dry ‘he second plot's working area. By the than wadonal put. used this ater ay, when the cockpit was sealed! method til the holes that ested scovered that he interior was actually from hese wing-mounted guns, a8 eras ancora ow sae TEP GUID ‘homed same uae Eee ae bams wrest en ay ‘Theta th reared aha Bem ay ad eh cea pos earemets Wiear the right protective clothing when advised Septeer 206 Mode Arplane International 23RIL LEVEL: NTERMEDIATE PHOTO FEATURE - A-26K All photos © Richard A. Franks This selection of images shows the A-26K owned by the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. When these photos were take in 1997 this airframe was housed Within the Annex alongside the main museum building, but today we are led to believe that it is now on show in the main museum complex. 24 Model Aeplan international - Sete 200BUILD SALLE these wore deleted onthe AZ6K.The _thnlayerof mat varnish When came large propa, | hinkitis fine. The assembled fuselage. alert have mould Inrrors of he engine nacelles were to ue the engine nacelles othe wings engine was painted with Mode Master eda ofthis perfect wih no itr tnce.again dotted withthe ation {had o edt and fl the joints with Metalzer Magnesium (TS1403), with ence inthe shape and contours af each Steome square-eecion beams slong some cyanoacrylate as there were a US. Medium Grey FS26270 (Humbrol sub-assembly. removed the round inva tow bovee made om styrene, few gaps. Aer sanding this filer back! 126) forthe reduction easing and gloss panel onthe side ofthe fusolage a it Shoot The man gar leg was ued info added the wing pylons. The engines are back (Humbrol 21) for certain deta. was at the wrong place. | made two new the tee engine nacelle Raves and then quite good. almhough the nal redction refined the raling edges ofall the ones witha 3m punch and 0.5mm the-ontce area was aprayed Green Zine casingie the wrong shape [Quickbooet cow laps and then glued them in pos sheet styrene, hen give them using ‘Ohromete (Model Master TSI734) 1 doanexcellmt set of revised engines ton, The carburettor intake, which the erostover pint made by ahaizon- (ravnatsocarytomove the sirush andnacels for this Ki now, eee elee-_carecly pits the version forthe tal pane ine and he vertical nose Mee ne vneel wetland! ad touse where Ed}. soalll aed were some 26K mode wat putin place without fuselage jonas guide| nstaled the Slow pressure setting 1 avoid slat gion cables made from 0.5mm sol- fey. horizontal tables, ensucng they fering paint everyhere. Each cleo leg dering wie, Some may complain about Mer ung the eight ©.50n guns in were a the correct ange in raion Mis pamed aluminum (Huma!) the accuracy issues wth the engine, the note and fling he romainng space the ruder Later, after painstaking fi “Rithen everyting was covered with butin my view fora model n this wale wit ishing ne weight, added this ing the stable joint, ved the main aanotTamiye Suoke (19) anda wih eo much oft hidden behind the eavy nose section tthe front of he wings postion keeping in mind that Y STEP GUIDE - INTERIOR, ENGINES & WINGS ‘fanaa iptv Geei te rev ans an Green Tee aay aed nd wears ‘Enc Chvomtn te bn ay noe ol ‘Tre motfed ecg rer [Always ensure that you work ina wel-ventilatedarva when using solvents 26 Model Aeplan international -Setembe 2008‘Th Contr rae add wit part appe ‘the wing ps ar ati i higher than the top ofthe canopy according othe "used the same ging method pre ‘ously mentioned forthe wing raling ‘ge wth the wings themselves. and filed he apace athe eit under the wing with eyanoacriae, then sanded ‘he sulting seam. Thad to eacibe the Panel ines tha disappeared during the Sanding phate and checked the state of rejoin by appvinga layer of mart paint, Pant apped at he stage alo has the added benefit of acing ke very fin purty a wel ‘The ransparencies were masked “The huge homb bay is moderately detailed but Italeri have only supplied four WWII era bombs which I discarded as they were no longer in use during the 1960s ft with Tamiya mashing ape and fet thom in poston wih more Tamiya Ezra Thin Cement. have to adhust ‘hom sgn. 2 he profile does not ‘exactly match that ofthe fuselage: 10 be truth the main canopy is nt 28 de as the fsclage' Tadd al the blade antennae that | could ‘though ean appreciate that nat all ‘make from scratch the two email outlets ‘on ether side ofthe nase anda up task was fo attach the tip tanks and (© Wear the right protective clothing when advised tissue paper. The next ask was o bul ‘he wings. Hale offer two drop tanks fr and two MI bombs. As was not ‘tiatiod with the bombs | decided 0 tive two Mk 82 bombs with extended one ae. The rocket launchers andthe napalm anks were paint Magnesium (Mode Master Metaizer TSH403), the op tanks wer painted Forest Geen FS14079 (xtracolor XN) andthe Mk 82 bombs ylow (Humbrl 15) and Interior Green (Humbrol 26), Once atl his was completed the model was arn started paieting my Invader with the tin of Xracoar X12 Night Back with the scale eect. Once that was apled and ad dd tllowing he draw ings, arbrushed the tre colours iso sayXracolorX102 Tan Vietnam 51021, x0 Forest Groen FSI4079 ‘and X6 Green Vietnam FSI4I02 Aa frequent seen in photographs a he Seotember 206. Made Alrplane International 27Cairo SHILLEVEL: ‘Tan ofa te ewe, ‘heme win ina ed (anor besne an sowie ie good, although the final reduction casing is the wrang shape, so all I added were some ignition cables made from 0.5mm soldering wire” time, te deer boot onthe wing and pais lossy enough ad down the the starboard idea the fn ef the machine cared wer the black TA tal Tctonral subir leadng edger were decals dec onto hou havingto vortex generators lcaednthiares, cade and the AFE4-65 srl number ‘Mecsedturnorinconcon te apply another cout of gue varich The Ihave ovepresent helmadr rom Theater wat repeated on he ont ttre paledman buck onthe deal topes aresetealy gute bed, th 03th Spec Operation Seuadron whee wel ors ind Icedng edge of theater and Ligh Gul se thereare no US niga. The cal that wa uted Mighty Mouse'of Once al the decling was compete Grey 526440 (uma iZa) or some sheet des ote fre wich pire canbe see inthe Lard on wo fine ayers of mat tral elect panlsbove The,” forthe USAF nV invader In Aco book Tiara! vach (mio 8) and removed al pelerrreniroshed th mart wot the angles hr Farce The wae ted whe ae-type carburetor the tape and sue mask. | uched fica ande pe wm isignaYelow ocala are very thin and here was no intakes an eared Mi G2 bombs within some of he antennae and ded the Foraso0 Qumera 60) Ar Xwacoor teed forseing son ober tar on extend fase, The ony marhing ths wre ofthe HF antones GUIDE & WINGS ‘he engeewr ctsie wh omens of er ‘28 Mode! Aeplan international - ‘tebe 2006Pe) ry Nocturnal Meteor Kits in 1:48 of post-war British jet aircraft used to be rare in any medium but vac-forms, however now thanks to Classic Airframes the modeller has a larger selection in injection-moulded plastic. Having already released the Beene eae OR SCOR OCU ASE Or OL Dr Say ern en ered peters nets errr) Seen eee eee ee eld eect eee are eee eae eet preset nti Before Starting: Cyanacrfate Masrg Tape ‘BurTack 1 Scalpel, with OA ble Mi Mero-nesh Fes I Miro Se Sol dca solitons 1 Daco Strong decal soko 1 Gunze Sangvo MeSuracer'000 GE eed coe test tern? orien pee ed forthe coment. By doing this was able penne rte co) ua) Peis eee et eer ces peepee Ne end Dimensions Span 431 O(n) Lang -48f 6 (147m) Hel (over rude) = tn (424) Dimensions - 1:48 ‘Span = 273m Length - 308 ram Heit (oor to) - 88.3 © Aneays ensure that you work ina well-ventilated area when using solvents ‘30. Made Alpane iterations Seber 2006 Cee oad Se rs reese ere een tree) Peet nee erred spre. Therein engine fronts have enn ety een reneer irre ‘engine bay to ge them something to ee erent) peered eid peter’ Pamareetece eerie) peer rea anette id Prenat! ee ony eres Peete reed ee eng Patent een non tsPe ete eaten core j - or) eee hen erent Ce ees See Cee eee tee eee eee er one er eee ere en eee et Se ee ener ee Ee ited ee et ee er et he ee ene ‘an ow be adedto the fuselage. The assembled, which ed othe next ile good so that was ftedin pace with fet met fre stu Onc the ee ee a ee ree ee ere erat ete a eee ener eel sree ets ener Toon eee ter a Coren err oenener eee err ee pent rt ee ee en er ee eee mn Tete tee mene ret eT ea) Cie ean eee treet) pre eters) Seen peerless pa a eel ee ener ne oe open er reeenn ett a ee ee ety Se Ce ee ee et] ened Se ee er ee ere ted Se eee tl a ent et ree eee) Cr ee ee eee eee ea mental ead et er eee Serer enesereted Ce ee er ee et er a ed ee ee ee ee oor) ee ct a Lt Set acta cin eed bed ed — ai I Gor Mn Tho Are Seer ot A.D (AD Gh 200) I tm Guo hn: Ouorup Cans byR. Cae ose resnara Pasesrs i Nir 3S oy an 5) cP te SS) Seale Arcraft Modeling, December 1968ore a ets Panett een Sd = ap ia Serer nL eR mR Cae Ce eee ren eery nee td pees aoe teeny ed as Boers een en eee iecee eer See eee fe resin parts. The ony thing missing ‘ eet ene ret aes eee ee er eres 20d. Tholast items to go on were the peer ee oe Ed Loereereerien penta assombhy Petree ete tad ee es eet etatral Pe atntndallad Parnes eee ntl peers penetra perenne enene nt eresSpec Price GUE IS98| ‘uez Sea Hawk Itis quite common that a kit originally released by the MPM group will hit the market after a while under the Special Hobby label. These reissues are usually upgraded with resin and photo-etched parts and extra decal options. This is the case with the Hawker Sea Hawk in I:72, which originally appeared on the shelves in an MPM box in mid-2001 (#72094). in ight erey-cloured styrene and are already ‘honing sme marks of sng. However, the amount of fash txceesve. The panel lines ae 20 finely ngraved that they ace barely abe you refresh them al wth an engraving Under 8 coat of paint. The nluion ‘lowe the update ofthe cockpit with a ‘ingle-lece cockpit tub, ejection sat, ‘de panels, contol stick and gusight ‘sea bets, ee. The underwing stores to also qute extensive, consisting of ‘500% bomb, drop tanks and AIM-98 rockets intended forthe Dutch version fof one of he fel aks, thi not 3 (of damage caused by Egyptian ant > |& Wear the righ protective clothing when advised Septenter206- Mode Alrplae International 33SHIL LEVEL: NTERMEDATE ~ moe aa nt in wheal wok zi stent ‘cul eth hom Te tetra Bn secrets wemeen at testers inn coreg =) fre xmmancing he bu | BO renee ootcneeToe span are rather hs = Has doen eos sooty BN See uccrgey accmenes troraned erat reeds wh Bi fees es yes. tae ‘wl ehaoee that option! Mast ‘eromaser ary: ‘MB Extra Dark Sea Grey ‘Gunze Sangyo Mr Color acrylic: HR H74Sky Hale RLM 68 ‘Model Master Metalizer lacquer: OG Extinct required some sratehbui addons ofthe engine. Equipped wit stint amount of lead wre of varying dan ter, lrepreduced the hydra, fet ‘nd power ings and other ‘mess that ‘eeembly together. This canbe gut an of filer wat needed atthe horizontal Joint under the cockpit fr which Me Surtacer 800 was brushed on. Do not : (© Always ensure that you work na well-ventilated area when using solvents a ‘34 Model Airplane international - September 2006 ‘mention thi added, behing he cock Dt Sof lad and thi was ust enough te-lece canopy would sadly hide ll eapte being moulded nice and ler made from vaeformed clear plastic. fection he ht was given an even coat of Mr Surtecer 1000 in proparation for the camouttage colours There are (W995) fom No. 802 Sauadron FMS Aton, wearing typical back-ye Jom ieotiteation sis. The second ‘option sa Dutch Navy Sea Hawh FCA MK 50 from HNIMS Karel Doorman 1959.1 went forthe frst option, using ‘Aeromaster and Gunze Sangyo sry ‘These decal are thin, opaque and reacted welt Microscale Set and SolStriped SEE ‘The Sea Hawk is a type that holds its place in history by Gor aed BU Ue a COE CES Ld Cee MS UR Ln FAA service for long though, and was starting to be phased out just a year later when the Scimitar and SE gale he ki comes nthe usual pir of iba the fold, seat harness, Pore nent ene Coie ee eC feces nd Sera See Phovassiearieresretenninnr eee cree ee eens a ere ey Parerereennerrentc ee ae) eee eee ee ete eae ee Prennenier ener errata eer re tte ead Contr eae peer eee cee n er tae) errno erred erty eer footer ts than the ower. Tht was cai feed Driers peseene re cen eet Dimensions Span [Open] 39% (1.80n), [odes] ‘33m 404m) Lengh-29910 V2n (215) Height - [Open] 8 Gin 267m), {Fede 16 in sm) Dimensions -:48 ‘Span = [Open] 247m, [Feed] 842mm Length -2534mm Hei [Open] 55 6mm, Foded) 106mm & Aways ensure that you work ina wll-ventilated area when using solvents eet rpc Cee es Cr BSE¥F pants use A ence coxAtnease >racaler enamel XSRAF Bara Dark Sea Grey (88640) XT RAF Sy (88210) Xi2 Nig Black (85642) racy sen al Wit (FS17878) AF Fat Vari ferences: | Hawker Sea Hawk by EK. Mason, Pate No.7 (Profle Pusteatons 1966) 1 Hawker Sea Hawk by Butter, Warps No.29 (Hal ark Books 2001) 1 Haver Sea Hawk (4+ Pubcatons 2001 ISBN: 80-9025503-0) epic Na22 (October 200) Seee eee) one Ce cee paneer rere peer tere pearirnnenntr Prensa reine) Soe reer eer Sees een eet erect) ee oes Ee peace ties) cele my pee nd ea Beene rey ea ‘he ear ofthe fuselage and they need ec enti peered ete a Sens peer eer) poe neernt ey reer cee ee] Saree Preto poner one ito Eee entre ‘camera port a5 this i abso oreo ces pe eid cr ee od ee oa tot ory butoin ont the end ofthe outer wing ee oneness Ss enter ey Seen creas nnd pretense tet SO eas pares pera naeeeeteret Paneer reecreneeany ee pee ey ee ened forthe decals. The back and yellow See ee od See etre teal Perens ee nee Pee ee Pere eeerr n eee) porns noes eer eeenneet ony core een rey ore ey Se en Leer ener er ney ood peepee nie paren er ree ny bilecoeteeatentncaal ee re ponent ts eres ee ere eee nee eae tekied ee eee eee ead erent ete perro ere Pett Poe tetany peer ateccete ad Ena) cee ee eee eee er a) etree) ane ees peers Peter te taal ret eon as ener ce ener et) perenne rres ered eet ey eee eet) ere ie) eens perme ea pee erty eee nie ted eer et ene err rer Seen) onto pee er eee ee ee peepee eer eaner Ty eto ‘The whe wes me nh te io orth a afer hui ow aere eed Poeeinrene nd I aeladuenauaelandataloted fer malig an carta bt a al shina aber ea Sete teal See atte aed eet ete rr Lotte lecumaliosateontaens nel Ce ety een na ry ST ee!HAWKER SEA HAWK HAWKER SEA Protagonist of the Suez Campaign athe very end of Hal Far ‘antag pn from whore towateh the atts of hs Royal Neval Ar Station (RNAS), certain the Mediterranean during the late 1950. An enormous cloud of back smoke, flowed by the sound of Nene engines starting up and revving, was Sea Haws parked a the opposite end of he afield was being aunched for another day of gun and rocket fring practice. The target. as aways, was 8 Farin tine at all one could ee the Sea Hawks diving down in ollow the leader fashion, launching ther ockets naa close range: What away 0 pond a summer day during the schoo! lay. In this day and age of escalating in eerie for decades, and almost cer al tt be aroun 25 t 90 years between 120 andthe at 1040s, main yd to erat tecaolopal ana aerodynamic advances ofthat prod Normal espa fora rontine heer uring those years was les than ‘lecade, and the Hawker Sea Haw was ‘he type was stilinfrontine sevice the Sea Harierin the early 19608 Ms the Sea Hawk out ofthe ordinary and “Though the Feet Al Arm (FAA) formed part ofthe Senior Serve’ {ough throughout most of he Second Wort War with outdated equipment or ravaised version of fighter erat produced forthe Roya ir Force (RAF) Even nthe later scenario it had to ‘conviction of their ui. The fret owered design for naval use in the sed much tooling trom the Spittal ‘Abiericu accnwanc The Sea Have story actualy started fon Ist September 1944 when the Haver Fury, ult to specication 2/43, tok othe afr theft im. Planned at he tne a an improved Tempest or ue by the RAF inthe Far Eat, it was rejected and passed fon (je, you guessed) tthe FAA a8 ‘he Soa Fury (ae MAI sue 1, May 2008). During the inal development ‘decided ory and adapt the arame to take jt engine. The 3.500% Derwent Hawker opted forthe Rolle Royee Bl (a development ofthe Derwent) around nich the Fury prototype was modtied ‘With the engine fitted amidehipe 0 FOAM XE27104 rom Ho 06 Searn Tear or sr. tthe pe bong ranged ne cong Aor oo ack RCs eis). 40. Model Airplane Internationa Seber 2006 WV lngig he Mah ian Mae ent at ue agence rn ‘Stoner 99 Masato Ar Sow ha bun eure tro Po tn Mesum oy afew ess pen adeno rare sal male ae ‘anytime sh, conning he cnn wh shen aed ean (i Canard {far forwar as possi to improve opted epi lateral ai intakes si end of he fuselage (avery convention allay later sed onthe Hunter). The design was submited othe Ar Stat 36 the P1095 n November 1946, ered an amended design nthe form ered the way the engine exhaust was now srocted trough a blureated pe (Gatented by Hawker) exting on ether traling edges. This eystom considerably shored the exhaust pipe, simplifying fuselage, Moreover, space gained ‘elated plumbing. could be desiened {and bull to an eal thin pote. By that ine, th design team had departed considerably from the Fury’ layout. 0 to.amuch mor conventional design, featuring staght leading and raiing sedges, thus making construction far tale. To clear the exhaust ffx, the a teyte undercariage was deemed ‘ound A quartet of Hiepano 20mm ‘ub wth shall magazines postioned ‘he bfurated et pie, Sidney Camm felt that he had efor dato Experimental epsriment.As warn ofthe war in the Far Eat (Kd Dy) incuting Hawke's PIO4O, waned bath Af the A Mnery andthe Adray. All tervices were announcing widespread Cancollations of mtr orders and the the post-war period withthe itr ‘ion ofthe Hawker Tempest and Gloster Meter, while the FAA was sil nating the devery of its fret Sea Furie AVAL NTEREST Wel known for his enact, Sydney ‘Camm coud not tthe P1040 projet ‘version tothe Admaly in Janvary 1946, righty foresecing he near Mateo becoming a eaty. The FAA was ‘nce promieed bythe Nene (B41)Tepe hs at dng ak tote Arma 563 Here AMC WADE bn rar Nee anereig ce a "ted rl fal at Caen ches) ‘Speciteation N7/46 was then faved in May covering the rst P1040 (VP4O), ‘second test tructore (VP4O7) and ‘wo naalsed examples (VPAIS ans \vPa22). The speciation called fr folding wing, cataput spools and four nose-mounted 20mm Hispana canon, but when VPaOI tok off fort tial {ght on 2nd September 1947 powered bya Ralit-Royes Nene of 45008 monte. Thre day aftr this maiden ‘ype was transtered to Farnborough, landings had been achieved. VAIS Imodfied in November and performed perfectly fr the remaining il, which included 25 landings. Meanie, |VP42 had flown forthe frat tme on 7th October 949, festring pylons for print or Rocke Assad Take-Off (Gear (RATOG); the later was, however never en the fl blessing of he FAA, improved Nene 2 providing 5.00088 of tring the fight tle was excessive heating ofthe rear uselage requiring the redesign ofthe flu faring fom ‘he original square format toa pon-nib Naval intrest was ony ofiilly second prototype (the fist ro meet fully ‘he N 7/48 specication) took othe sir onthe a September 1948. Apart In Yeature folding wings and catapult This was fied ome tne ate, i feck landing at Boscombe Down bore boing flown onto HMS Mustrious ‘Thesamsrt a sn nerd HSE hr soe ‘Regret wh nas pred Rr Secs (uaa) ‘Seas aos mars (Fa AMAA ad FAM) be sgt ha st {aks MMS Aton wasn Ss hut 98 Te een gece hone res sone en asa ree cara ar The srs 8 naps co al rk Sesh acy ing owe ceneine| (Ra cara roe) National A Races at Emden, Plated by Nevile Duke, Kwon at a speed of 508mph. Two dys ltr ale carried ‘ray the SBAC Trophy at an average peed of S!Omph and was awarded the forthe astes lap when it cocked 1 with an Armstrong Sidley Snarer rocket inthe al (P1072) becoming ate post-war thinking of he Britsh Britain's fest rocker powered acralt —avation industry, which had been order on 22nd November 149 forthe sll. Attempts to apeed up production manufacture of 16 naval fighters, which of Sea Furies and Sea Hawks proved Hawk: Further modifications were inro- lowing a change of Goverment in 195 duced including a presereed cockot, that Hawker® je-powered project» 1 Martin Baker ection seat and se and landing and to componsate for Increase im weight a8 2 result ofthese woRcan wan 00st shattered inthe ery 1950s by the out at a tages os Severe 206 Model Arla Iterations 41Sento Mk PISTON 880 vat Ae Sud, 953 Dk Srey fh stated atonal moins (andes ns pesos eee Bick Sen aw FMA FTO. a6” Ml Ae Squnrn FBS Sern 95 Ea Dar Se eh ih wh antard atonal mings lieing ck et et on ee ‘Sea M3, MO, dD, N73 ng Sato SBA Daa 97 ‘Sci ol an ations margarine Roa bow van a Sean Mi, W900, M76 Naa A Sout, AAS or x Dak 6c fh wth sandr ana marking erring ak Fat tenors tigen ae Ewald oh‘Sea Mow FAM WHOS, 003 Maa ‘Stunt. rar Se ry hah wih star ol marngs tern by Tow : ‘hocks 0 fn bt unit marhing on beth sides ot ose Sian rey eie meena okay pore ne B tr: Se How AMG, ESBS, Me B04 Nara Ae Sedo, MS At ol xa Fi Faber ‘iw Se Hon FAM, XAD/27% Mo Nal A Sto. MS Blak, Se 96 Sd had (Z| Seer 206, Model AlrplaneItraatinal 43Sea aw OA. CAO. 80 ra A Senden, MSA oa R ter rt ee roy th wth tana marge eRe ce in an esto ee Z ‘ea OAM, E420 No.0 Na A Sedo, MS ‘aur Ea Se Gre Mie ih wh standard onl markings ‘erring nach tna etd ‘sen marhing caren tom oes ‘Sea FAM, XEZ3A06 Flt Rares pore y ‘vo Serer) RUS ala Ma ev Blok rt sanded ‘oor marings a ren 44 Model Airplane international Spe nber 2005‘Sea FAM 00. V2, MFG 2. Msgr Jog. 90. Dark ‘Se rey a wth standart manga org ch Unt Sa Mon FORO R256. 2: Maree Has, cob 968 "a ea rey Sy hs standard atin mang lee ‘cnt deed lg th se) qe eee eres Scotter 208 Model Alrplae International 45AWER SEA HAWK ‘stan a nA in up Se Moet pth Nees igh a wh moe saan ANAS lars Sart Strona eos ing fn tacund whee erated ar et ia Wer Cana cis) = _ = aa W240 ot for Sens ‘tenth tr a ae started op ‘Spm on nr fig deck MS ape “ane mat sr 156 3 rev {ate han bo eugene ae Ine Wotan cor an Fst ae Caran res). ak became a tue fighter-bomber. W280 fiw forthe fire tine on (19 March 1954 being extensively tested at fimeewol and Boscombe Down forthe ‘aiage of two o four SOO bombs. twenty inch rockets with 60 wa hae, nd 86-gallon drop tanks, mines snd napalm in ferent combinabons, Wiha total production of 16 exams, the Sea Hawk FB Mk 3 became the widest sed version FAR squadrons ouiped witht hogan wth No 808 in ‘ht 1954 fllowed by Nos 800,80, 1803, 897 and 898. Shoe stations ‘culped wih the FB Mk 3 included No 700 Squadron at RNAS Ford andthe Naval Fighter Sehoo! at Lossemouth, ‘The FGA MA 4 lot much of is punch, a the added weight of arma iment was not proportionaly compar Notwithstanding ts poor performance 97 examples were bul staring wth W792, which flow forthe frst te on B 26th August 1954. Th ype served with |< (Sea Hawk and Hunter) recoved prio Mk 3 equipped wih underwing pylons the realstion ofa uly operational ver- Nos. 803, 804,810,887 and 898 Naval ty Production, however had tobe foratalof L000}, Other Sea Hawks son ofthe P1052 would have dlayed Air Squadrons. Thankful, Rali-Royce transfered elsewhere es Armstrone- from this nil batch went form the th introduction ofthe Royal Navy's manage, regardless of considerable PEEEREREEREREREREEREREREE EE rarer (par othe Hawker {et Navel Air Squadron (No 806) st ‘ft treet her int sence by a budget ations to wograde the Nene Siete group) at Coventry ookover Brandy in Maren 953 partpstingin numberof ears roving an eto 200 of rst titer Hoste had produced ony 95 Sea the Croan Review at Sptead te” The fs Amatrng-Wtwac Sea Hopn othe best he Admraly 3} Haws at their Kingston plant. These following June. In February 1954 the Hawk FMki (WFIG2) madeits frst ordered all FB Mk 3s and FGA Mk 4s Intl Mie (WFIAOIL WFITI77 & unitemberhedon HMS Eagle caring ght on 8th Decamber 952 wih _fobereangned wth this improved ‘wt00-905) bul under Cartrect SP6/ the famous Ree of Diamond martings. the 6OM and lst of te Knd ying —_-versen Ths madd, the FB Mk 3 BY 122421270 re may enenensin Nos B04 and B08 Seaton eran Dnconbe of he flog yu became the FB Mi Sand the FGA Mk 4 ‘ervce vale rangha tom her ear” formed he FMI Sone crtlsm Te fist roducton FMK2 (W240) the FOAM but onl 80 ofthe former ‘er ale (board HMS Eagle) fo old was loved a the FA or rushing tothe aon 2 February tnd even ewe of tae were ths ry \woathor test in Canada, WFIA7 we info procuring the Sea Hawk after the 1954 from Biteswel followed by 38. modified. The increase in trust dd not Tovecome he Mi? petatypewth appearance of Havkar'scwoptbacke other examples. Those Seu Hawks alter the high-end pecrum of he a powered aleons, wile WFIST was wing development, the P1052. was went Yo equip Nos 802,808 and 807 crf’ performance, but it dd ve the _ retained and modified to become the FB rightly argued, however, that waiting for Squadrons. With the FB Mk 3, the Sea Sea Hawk abit more power atthe lower pres“With the Hunters at Cyprus unable to cope due Aste sen oar HMS Ea FAM. ESTEE of 8 Sqn s marshal og eh Th era fed ns a tantan yo can ae ee cata ack in eoegennd (Rd Caran ces) were pressed home hy the Sea Hawk” nd, specaly on takeoff and landing a saving ace wich improved ow level handing considerably 6 new tld Sea Hawk FGA Mk Ge were ordered nd delivery oft batch was competed by January of 956, By June of hat year ‘hese had joined Nos 800, 802,804, (97,898, and 899 Naval Ae Squadrons. ‘Mowat ar SUEZ Inwas during Operation Musketeer’ the Anglo-French andingsof he Suet ‘rein November 956, tat the Sea How's eapabities became tly appre ‘ated, During this short but hace erodof operations Nos.800, 802, £204, 0,895, 87 and 899 Squadrons of he FAA were embarked on tree tera carers ~ HMS Bulwark, Eagle land Albion ~ and he Nay’ fronting Aigner gave avery good account of InsotThe RAF Hunter F Mk Se Cyprus were unable to cope with he station de other nadequae ange nd he brunt ofthe ground aac operation was pressed name by Sea Hava, n many instances facing heavy return i. The tree carers sailed from Mala on 26th October 1956, taking up station some 50 miles trom ‘the Exyptian coast bythe end ofthat ‘month, During that journey, Sea Hawks (and most other arrat) acquired recognition strpesreminiacent of O Day. There seems to have been some confusion regarding the specited col (urs, British forces were required to appy white and black stripes while vollow and back stipes were reserved foc the French. ii sil a mystery how eventually most (not al) RAF and FAA aircraft participating inthis cam- aig adopted the yellow and black bande? Following the Suez cris the FAAS une he Sea Hawk began to wane tthe Sea Vien and Scimitar were ‘wating 0 the siting thus oferng {rat etep forward in technology forthe Nev. These ara had twin gine ‘of he much safer axa-fow ype. ha 530mm Aden cannon could cary guided ‘mses and even had ncioar atte capably However Hawker’ small and elegant ihr cd manage one ast star appearance when ve al-sealet Sea Hawks of 738 Naval Training Savadron performed aerobatics a the 1957 SBAC Diepay By the folowing ear the rype began tobe relegated to seconde unt, wth No. 80S Squadron elingushing thir lst Sea Hawks on 5th December 1960. ‘PORT SEAHAWKS. Throughout is service carer the Sea Hak fulfil al that had been asked ‘oft and wa considered as one ofthe most popular acraft tose serves. ts ‘ate of maintenance on deck ar ashore, ‘coupled witha quck turn-around. made Ian eal hipaa type. and once in the alt was very yt fy. An export hive aimed at Asta and Canada 1 equip with Sea Haws di ot boar frat Maybe in an atemptf0 push the ‘mater home, ex FAA Sea Howks wore resented to navies ofboth countries but the number was so smal hat hey never tained squaron serie, even ‘hough some Australian Navy Sea Hawks wer evaluated on board HMAS. Sydney Eton to hr the French Navy proved uta ute. With the Sea Hawk production ine at Armstrong \Wnitworh nearing closure oth the Royal Netherande Neel Ar Service and ‘the West German Marinefiege decided price. Alough the Coventry plant wat Inthe process of being demarted was reopened e accommodate these ders 30 forthe Netherlands and 64 for Germany, Sea Hawks ofthe NATO- funded Neherands order wer exter rally etica 10 he standard FGA Mi 6s except ha hey were equiped wih Pris UHF rato, whose ony external ‘entication feature was a doral lade {ani During 1958 these aera were ‘mode cary Phico Sidewinder IA arto-ar neat seeking missies ung ‘he inboard wing von (replacing he 5008 tomb). Designated FB Mk 50s, ‘hese acraf wore overmuay reed rom serdco towards the ord of 1964 The ‘Geman order vowed greater changes. The FGA Mk 100 (VB*20 1 VBI96) wae cancived ae a far-weather day ter bomber whe the FGR Mk 0 (RB-240 ‘0 RB*256, RB-260 to RBV376) was a ay tiahter with bad weather cab iy For hs ole theater version wa ‘eauioed with ar Ecko search radar ‘housed a pad under the starboard wing inne on the extemal ul ak ‘org moved othe second pion usiaby reserved fr bombo rockets Both Mk 100 an te were modo o use UNF radio and extemal were easy recog ‘ise rom anyother Sea Hows by the tater vera ats. Wh these deers ‘he Covrry Sea Hawk lant closed in 1950, bur nat fron Towards the ond of 1959 Ind pr chased nine Sea Hawk FO MK 3 from (FFA stocks, These were refurbished a enverted te FGA Mk 6 standard (N59) and wee deere dung the tet half of 1960. The Sea Hawk was 0 bopuar tha further order for it inadequate range the brunt of groundattack operations ‘was placed. Armstrong Whitworth had 10 reopen thee plant fr these new-build FGA Mk 6s (60-173), with very ‘boing completed in 1961. The Ina Navy found nthe Sea Hawk an ieal fhter forse rom ts carer and decide to procure more examples. appeare ‘that mare FGA Mls (NI7:105) were bought a some stage, but tho fate sti unclear. To enaure longevity forts Sea Hawk squadrons, nda ebraines ‘ten M100 and 18 Mk om West ‘Germany i 1966, and some ofthese ‘aw action daring the ndo-Paiton hosts inthe Bay of Benga during 1971 By 1960 No 300 White Tier Sauadron on INS Vkrat an No. 581 ‘Squacron (wich was shore-based) wore reduced to no more than two Soren ara. The Sea Hawk continued 10 ym inciafor some years even ate the delivery ofthe Sea Harrier that was ‘Wneover flow the Ses Havk can tes iy 10s ease of handling. viele Hy Ing qualities and sheer tl of being in conto a eal ‘pls aeropiane i kd not afford 10 much power but he fact ‘hat it aurived int the 880s i root ots worthiness Lucky afew exam lesa this aera sl survive in muse lms 08a witnesses othe ea th of Jet aviation in Brtish naval eerie. The Malta Aviation Museum acquired W826 in 1999 and now has pride of lace atthe ene tthe oer building Ir rings back memories of the stun ring delay over he intand, expe ‘aly hat of 1958 over HMS Falcon (RNAS Hal Fr), witha mas formation take-off nthe company of Soa Furies thes producing no fewer than ‘Try o beat that, today September 206 Made Alrplane International 47 ERB BREBRBRBRBR BEBE BRR ERE BEEBE BEEBE BeBe Be ee eeCeti SHILLEVEL SOMEONES USTENNG ‘Say what you tke about “Trumpeter they ae tering. Over the ast couple of years we have ‘seen a steady improvement in ‘very olease and in his bit we soe yet another leap forward in thee ‘uality, As usual, here i aoady ‘ebate about the representation of he rivet ta on this mode, but as he saying goes you cant please al ofthe people al ofthe time’ Most preter recessed deta however there are those who bemoan the tvets represented Inthe manner lsiming they ae Inappropriate | must dsagree ‘hough a8 fel hile a spectacu- lar mode, YOU WILL NEED. For me every kt stats with cael study ofthe int ‘sheet olan the bul lahore confers wth painting Clary Trumpeter nave thought this one trough assembiy is ado ner hat here i ery le confit ‘Several ofthe components, such ss consoas and he radi, need tobe adiferent colour than the bac Interior Green, ec 10 remove these rom the ors, clean them up then abl ‘hor onthe ean order to keop track of where thoy wil go, Here you really se the superior quality Of his it a al of those ‘supery dete ei Before starting: Paints Used: Thick Cyanoscryate & Accelerator ‘lad I aequer: Tamiya Extra thn cement Grey Primer famiya masking tape ‘Auminium 3,04, 0.5 & 07mm dell bits & Pin Vico No.3 scalp! with Nos10 810A blades | Colourcoat enamels: lM MasterCasters Sanding Sponges & Miracle ‘Shiner (www cammet.co.uk) Meanie eel Lead Wire (Pus Mode) bendable Stainioss Stel Tubing (wwwcammertco uk) WCast-A-Coat (Small Shop EU) ohnsone Kiar (Futuce) (© Wear the right protective clothing when advised ‘48 Model Aran international - Seine 2008 Pretty he sale of ee ages donee we (Se Sst a in A, ey ss Winsor & Nowton Griffin Alkyd oil paint: aw Umber Yoliow Ochre Paynes Gray (CMK Stardust ‘weathering pigments: ‘$001 Dark Rust $002 Light Rust '$003 Sandy Dust ‘S005 Dark Earth ‘S007 Light Dust ‘S008 Light EarthUNDAUNTED Boasting the lowest loss ratio of any USN carrier-based aircraft, the Dauntless was a far more important and influential aeroplane than most assume. Spending over three years operating against the Japanese fleet, and playing a lead role in the battles that changed the course of the Pacific War, the SBD (Slow But Deadly) also had the unique honour of being a superior aircraft to the one that was designed to replace it (Helldiver).iain SHILLEVEL: NTERUED Wiese prety and Ps Mad esdSometing Tampt hae woh pce Oe again ie ft awe make ‘weiss getslton ar aing ti esty tenon ting at anal By an append his hain ere {ate censor hat Mat” ingot endothe hinge Th aay fora ce ‘loan ete howerehasts om ere cagie canbe oped uy he wing had an aed, edn th wes ‘Smt samagein ernst cay ‘hae sun hog ea ip ak bes Q Techs wer net of wihthe AM ery kd Abin keh preety usta mest ere Thoma cons with on pin a at [verso compe) asonbied gt rr sare, he Whe ag ner negates pcs wh his oe wih albeit ie ‘roy Howey bref Na skim Crete en agp an early chp an eos ig cary ala Wa wl cep bt er me reno i ey wud ‘onto mmedy prt hub cors sayings Apetingprcess ob sre ines sige sendin cnt ave pn een nt wa pe. 8 ‘Sate pete be ppc meet wl wrth rent avery nance ‘wns tomate cc oe ‘Lean nwoveTiOns er havea panel made from gy plastic canopy, included the added bonus of Interior Zine Ghromate, which was “The fit ofthe parts thus fr proved to with openings forthe oa tha ean be masks forthe instrument panel After then picked away places to reveal be exellent, andthe ony minar prob filed ater with Kista Kea. Thumbs our or so working on the nau the meta underneath. This operation fem was the tut. which requires a up for using the acetate fm ‘sandwich’ ment panel, | was ready Yo move onto hinges on the enamels sil being ever fmall amount of supergue vila gap method, as thee clearly orgie the panting the cockpit interior as a whole. ao slightly wet others may dot iter atthe rear ofthe ing. Interstingy the pun) one of her more ‘oy, But find this works for me) but it instructions cal forthe flaps inthe poste innovations. STEP SIDE ‘oes not ake lang to chip sway enous turret tobe painted redtrown, which Iwas faced with a As the pictures and accompanying cap- ofthe interior greon trom areas that Teroneousl assumed represent’ lemma on what tion will hopeful lustre, applied are hel to receive alot cf wear and Bakelite or something ke that Ater_ 10 do about the base of Acad i tear andthe fect ook very convne couple a ferences, dls, howover Aun, fo Ing. Assembly now moves ono various components of he interior sidewal long with just about everyting aide became apparent that this alow was Monfx, having Incorrect and they shouldbe the same done some Towed by auras the masks for from the sea, ater which applied mero. the one varnih. The deal can be picked fact there area ‘ut onthe sidewalls, and the goss var coup Inthe snetructions hat all for an incorrect clour, therefore | recommend keeping some trustworthy ‘eterances to hand and folewing them ‘as much as possible. Oe thing that never completely understood about Trurnpeter ts is thar insistence ona slear instrument pane! incorporating ‘he al. Personal | would much rth STEP BY STEP GUIDE - PAINTING & PRIMING ~~ ih des mean that you oct ms pa he ewe dre on ome miner Fromm om mts iar th mot and area aepon_ olwedeny te ene of he Mal Ser ‘amen ec rte sen Masashi repre he iis prpry fe pat an ed th “pment wend rome ger sans, ‘range areas Weare ve sani an abs ‘or dong an amas ere ah ‘unt potas eee Stra nb previ oer ran ‘anges nore my ony ep mh cece Se ‘0 Model Aleplane international - Sete 2005the flaps in the turret to be painted ‘red/ hrown’, which I erroneously assumed to represent Bakelite or something like that. After looking at a couple of references, it hecame apparent that this eyo cane te pattine {sch ended ee by “rump ant png rene eying on opt colour was incorrect and they should he ede ea ea the same colour as the interior” Yeuse ese snot gages Cal et fig an seen ak ‘fect po ar ees en Petig he eager as water rat anand pret my bt ine nd ge tpt ee, ‘ayn hve eg et “hows ha he rth ear sags then titres ih she” ‘tie agn ar ot are la theta lth fc ad ardsat ete tomy xc awe eth peo eet ‘hese by hae ‘ee hier an koto alla he tation sweep ge on he rel heme and ere etree sa ‘camera an st Serer 206 Model Alrplae International $1y/BUILD SHILLEVEL Teeter ate ep dnn earn neem ne coving ‘Soe wo hog ad preset t TWsset es yousniden sth Wat hea Theres kan ate heater eines ae wn ‘ones poumste re fn wage proet “T applied a hase of Alclad II Aluminium, followed by Interior Zinc Chromate, which was then picked away in (others may do it differently, but I find this works for me) but it does not take long to chip away enough of the make any mistakes you can quickly completely accurate. Once again, in KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, of ejector pin marks because these are Ttineve the offending smudge’ without the interes of preventing extreme Whanit comes tothe wings things are located on thse elongated artachment ‘damaging the pai underneath, Ierary boredom I hope the pictures, eqully a8 goed aside from the laps. points, thus allowing his very obvious With the interior ready tobe tnd captions wil lusirate what Idid| have to confess to beingless than element ofthe mode 0 ook go08 with assembled, | decided te move onto tothe area Impressed at fist with the way the flaps the engine, Included est about With these two eub-assembiies are placed onthe sprue. may seem very detail aside from the cooling ready was time fo jon the fuselage Hho a aml and unimportant sve, but flap sctator ring and the whole area halves and these fit together rather they have longattachment points which Justice outa be open, Being game well apart from the fact that the flor arena nly slighty unusual, but are about as good ast gets As the accom for that decided to add some of the behind the turret splays them apart” usta tadinconvenient. They are not panyingplctre wil strate, he flaps tnrng deta around and behind the slight, which require quite «bt of tery iu to dea with hough. it have been painted soparately and he “nome inan attempt to makeit look careful applied pressure fo achive you use arazorsaw.The upside though em wing assembled before attaching Duty and interesting as opposed to asnug ft lethat te fap ae completely dovold to he fuselage. * a ‘hth alt op et mh beaut shout gre eras, aio he Desi he a erm ec oe og ete tern ht wp tesa edhe ‘mores ese 152 Mode Airplane nterational- Seen 20061 phous «Gere Peseta ‘Ts loco ot mae shows he SES (Costractn No 3B) Dunes owned yh Peo Fane Meum Chin, altri sera arerhy Ths eur ater nen 4 ‘verve fe pera ha pt api brns Te ite The pion ares and eben ae Met yocan ee ping wan Be netgear, eas pmeed oan a perenne rac ‘hes rt erg tans nh re oa places to reveal the ‘metal’ underneath. This operation hinges on the enamels still being ever so slightly wat interior green from areas that are likely to receive a lot of wear and tear and the effect looks very convincing” ‘CASTING CALL Managing al ofthe remaining Having sald that, there was a ur Youn coaT on ‘One of my alltime favour useful sub-assemblies isa smple task last minute fi problem wath he Hovng used Whe Ensign things’ has proven to be Cast-A-Coat this point, although no every tallane. They certainly don't Colourcoats previously on my armour {rom the Small Shop. Unassuming. yet component goes gether withthe lock ig together, at last in broject | know what expect. and Infinitely useful this awesome stl preci accuracy the any side of ‘he way | assembled therm, and finds its way into most projects take me prefers. The engine cowting was you will need to remove the Inner you use Xraclr oe have ueed them ‘ne that ook some careful and Portions where they meet the nese before, Colourcoat are of equal quality patient work and ater appropriate of heuselage to get a snug ft nd Bing a matt sh the only fare was akon assembling it This id mean judging the ale by _—_—aference i that they ry auch. ‘he obvious and ogeal ch minute procedure, it he wi sctually came up quite wel There eye, but belore Hasegawa invented This tok some geting ued to 88 were one or we gaps in he mode! hat the locking system had done t Iny method of shading hinges onthe required small amounts filer but nath- hundreds of ine, sot wast a Colours lending 50 had 0 asus 0 lust prior to lossing and weathering. ing beyond most modelers, teasers ‘working say aster ag Neate? Een these ees very Tu coo fai per (eats yu cr eal wth Nal aha tinge sieht wh hi and Tamper’ irs ‘tenga salina ert av ea ot eS on ar ve lap. September 206 Model AlrplaeIteaationl 83sa STEP BY STEP GUIDE - WING ROOT Thera sewal ye py Ct Aon, and oes tse thon we al soe fhe tal emt eco ‘he toe med eter sing rash and hen aa Sonoting ea Sy Sringy singe Sa paste cap fee or te ras ‘othe curtcr of he md! y LA i won enc crn and sd prc, ath wan thing et. nc his mise on, ee a ml mou mor he pwr sie ret te ‘otAcont sth weapon af hier isa wh he reas rang ewok wae afely ae, medrese et fined pean cn | “Qverall the detail of the wing components is of avery high standard, and when compared to photographs the actuators are just about as good as it gets” lly when aplyng the varnish and it ended Change its properties. Getting Back up witha very prominent ‘range peat the model wih the quicker drying effect. Whether this was a mater of of Colurcoat, is enly about two temperature or pressure | am not su, \tyouhave read anyofmy previ: isthe Blending coat Asal thinned white tothe base colour, you ras us amis you wil be fami with re the orginal colour whilst main~ Se: Saesease, Solemn anne era geet eeiee| eceeeeees Scam, Targus ETE eters STEP BY STEP GUIDE - WINGS Soruaecad pmaeeenans man yrange ere wehae sdk te sade pcs: sipped ee ciara te ‘irae oe wings est seme meh nsw ess a ee ‘nem onder is aoc ee Testing tar an tng ‘54 Model Airplane international -Spenbe 005Dive Bomber Decals for 2-MB-I,an $BD-1 of \YMB-2 Marine Air Group 11. TR32241 $439:95 $99.95 = Order NOW and Take some 4 when you reference media code MAI0609 ‘Products shown on this ad only (TR52241 or TR32242) SBD-3/4/A- -24A ‘Dauntless’ instrument panel, me rae igen ye2 ‘of USS Lexington May 1942 VC-22 of USS. 1943-244 SR Leet At) Pi a danctetomat pe telat Frieda ed searcher ea tee Der poe $13.46 Role Leas Taare Tl koa reaseasbaace Carrollton, Texas 75011-5010 USA LC ea ave xy Lee ee ara Zitoll-FREE(1-877-414-0434‘56 Mode! Aeplane international - eee 2008Septet 206 Model Airplane International $7SHILLEVEL: re th lea hi We sg ‘apa are cing mr opps (Saprtue an sce sn, ese fn ae > ‘er conse pein oda fhe ge mii he tela eet tec let ha art wt om th eer pant eee eg anee as om) yh Inca tama sds nas le inte an moron ash. Andheri cde Aion tins atc a he seared mth “[ decided to add some of the wiring detail around and behind the engine, in an attempt to make it look busy < lowed by the-Macle Shiner’ managed ro gt he surtace ready for acaretlly plied fina coat floes. Leaving he to ey overnight | was than able 0 ‘move on ta the decaling and weathering ‘tages of he peoject, wich also hag ‘ens tobe the part enoy the most. Dovey occas ‘The hit decal reer decal and the lesa about thom the beter “Trumpeter impressed me with their choice of using Cartograph fo print thoi decals however hings have gone down ever since. While te norm for these kts have been pretty decent ocala those inthis kit ae pretty bad Granted, they do indeed settle down ‘onto the model well enough ut they ar very fragile and woul prove to be {righimare when it eame ta removing the wash. The fim covering the decals must be very thio ery poo a he ‘raoh got under and around hem right ‘ay. would therefore recommend tossing the decals down ae appl ing them, although ofcourse Ihave no ‘doubt that there wil be plenty of com panes offering exclont aftermarket sStematives before te lang. INAL LOOK - DETAILS [Anays ensure that you work a wol-ventilated area when using solvents ‘58 Mode! Airplane nternatonal- ete 2006 Tw RIGHT WASH Winsor and Newton ol pants and white spit Mixing at a ratio of approninately 85% thinner to 15% pai, a viscosity vibe achieved that wl alow the mie ture toate nto the ines and vets, le stil being thick enough 0 require ‘he wash is concerned my preonal preference is fora mitre of Paynes Gray and Raw Unb Either on sown ws ot ok ight, as Raw Umber i 100 brown and Paynes Gray i. wel-100 but ogether they create a pertect tix Removing excess mistre i anoth Theres however a point nthe eying ‘leno pling the remnants rom the trenches and dvots. There are severa) ‘rll 38 by simply folowing the alow ‘it the cotton bud when removing the frcens wash wl creat he imores: ‘on of wear that realistically follows the flow of ar over the wings Sates sith he results of the wash, a coat ot ny prelerred Poly Seale Matt VariA he i ea adh mae b. sven retin ote rat he ad ‘resto pee brn a a ae Teeewn venom wh OM Sun eeloa rare eae Stare pgnns anda yscan sorb hey ips meet tbo tbe Desh ‘ime yy nd ete eave ae sin ond enter sng ne ) ‘cng Blodgett steer inogectsrrant gee then aes aye a ae ‘Th mie scat dec fr 8 terest ewer hed parts wil eat ‘tans hn spears th th rn te oe a and interesting as opposed to completely accurate” (with shanks Sheldon of NorthStar? opposed to highlghting each individual Mittary Hobbies fr supphyig thie) effec, and fel | have managed some was apple ve red just about every degree of rucooss with this model. Possible mat varnish option there ls used moat ofthe normal repertoire cat ter ndifyeseak me tetieg een of Cle Servet wenrhe Br ‘excrete et anly hey have a pone ogee apr dy. the model ira for went wath a raha he mont etctva crngponensReany hav xe” fold and ramovng 90. yen yn edo pc ey eet eee conatedencreingmoreafanover leatedwih he reute tare ee, wiiacaimene eatermmamstaetaamtane tian secre, ‘Sinreeson whey weaterng doe Seana pana /2n (266m) Dau SD Daunles, Profle No186 rete Leng = 2411/4 (0.09m) (rote Pubcaton) : Hotta Tin Alam) $0 Dass Unt of WW2by 8 Titman 220005 Heel Combat Aratt No 10 (Oopey 198) tere Bimonsin132 tn ee soir Leng = 218.30 01879) ae | (ihe) ofl Monogram US Navy & Marine Calor Gude VoL2 Monogram Aston rable) ‘SBO Dauntlos, etal & Scale No48 by 8 Kinsey (Squadron/Signal 1998) ‘SBD Dauntless In Action No.64 (Squadron- Signal Publications) Septet 20% Made Alrplane International $9IM (ljection-moulded Plastic) (Resin) PE (Photo-tched Brass), VF (Vac-formed Plastic), WM (White-metal), RB (Rubber) . Eerie eee ‘Scale 48 / Revell, Germany / Materials: M / Kit No: 04568 / Availabilty: Revell AG [UK Branch] (UK Distribution) and Revell stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £14.99 This isa brand-new tooling from Revell, nothing odo with the od Italeri examples. So having got that cleared up we can el you jst how great this model ie! Made up of 219 grey-coloured and 9 clear pats this a pretty comorshensive package, especially wien you consider two entire sorues are just arma- ment (updated Tornado GR.4A or Harrier GR anyone!) The Martin-Baker Mk 6 seat is made up of eight parts and is extremely well detailed, all you need do is scrape off the moulded belts and replace them with photo-etched. The cockpit tub has excelent moulded sie console detail as does the instrument panel, 50 there is realy no need for an aftermarket update here. 20 grams wil be needed in the Nake to keep this one on is underarsage, bu the Bulk of assembly wil be done pretty quichly. The canopy has the correct double-bubble, so theres a prominent mould line down the mide but ths can be overcome with abt of work with Micro-mesh, The refueling probe and at brake canbe pestioned open o closed, and the upper decking insert and hole behind the cockpit show thatthe two-seater ie obviously on the cards as wel, Those two sprues of stores afer 000K drop tanks, Is, Meteo, Taurus, Storm Shadow, AIM Sidewinder, AIM: 1208 and AIM-I22 ASRAAM missiles plus GBU-24B Paveway laser-guided bombs and the German reconnaissance pod! Decals are included for seven machines: Nos 3, 17(Reserve) and 29(Reserve) Squadrons, RAF; Jagdgeschwade 73, German Ai Force: the proposed scheme forthe Austrian Air Frce: No.4” Stormo, 9° Gruppo alan Ai Force; Grupe il 19 Escuadron, Spanish Air Force. The accompanying decal sect i big, covered in hundred of stencils, etc, and sprinted by Cartogratin tly, so you know it is going tobe good. Verdc: rea stunner, so much derail, so many stores and so many colour options to ‘choose from. and just £15! Just how good itis can be shown by the fact that we went ‘ur and Bought ones ourselves just as soon as we had seen tho contents of the review ‘sample! Get one, gt as many as you need fo build ll the options, as this is gong fo look ‘realy impressive once built, and Revell ae to be congratulated in having waited until the Typhoon became operation before releasing a kt, as they now have the only accurate kit of ‘it around. Our thanks to Revell AG (UK Branch) forthe review sample. Dimensions Dimensions 140 eterenes San Sin (085) ———Syan-228am Aernates, Jone 189 Length 52h (5.982) Lag 325m Aeron Septet tie-in (208) ee 968 Janay 183 (AP erage peal a3 (Leg 990 Fig (16/0899) er Scale [48 / Classic Airframes, USA / Materials: IM, R, PE / Kit No: 420 / Avallablty: Hannants (UX Distribution) and Classic Airframes stockists world- wide / Price Guide: £3750 Hore a ast isthe now Anson andi is typical oftheir previous releases with a combination of ‘Czech’ lmited-run plastic parts with some excellent injected clear components, most ofthe detail ‘supplied in resin and with fat’ tms like seat bot, instrument pane! and contrl linkage alin photo-etched. The fuselage surace detail good, quit restrained and effective, the ‘squares on the wings ‘though umaymt Nota al ure ofthat asi looks relly odd? Framework Inside the cockpit i ll supplied in resin, a are the sidewalls, machine ‘gun and most other interior equipment. Some parts are supplied in bot plate and resin, the latter nearly aways looking better though, and for those worried about ll that glazing. Classic have opted todo the ‘entre upper decking in clear paste, which should remove any problems ‘that may have oecured in that area by the use of separate glazings. ‘The ture is split horizontally, which i about the only way it could be approached, and there are two styles of nose cone included onthe clear ‘sprue that cleverly alow the lower glazed pane! and the landing light 10 be created wth ite fuse. Decals ae included for three options pre= ‘war overall aluminium machin from No.269 Sqn (KB32), and two war- time camouflaged (Dark Earth & Dark Green over aluminium) machines from Nos 233 (K6298) and 206 (K8754) Sans. Verdict: Classic kits are intended for experienced modellrs only, and they are nt ‘shake and bake kits. You have to work hard fo get things " to fit and there willbe potential to add deta as wel as improve what Dimensions Dimensions 48 {sn the kt. Thar is what modeling sal about, so donot be surprised Span S208) ‘yon 358 3m by it but do be aware that you will have to invest considerable time and _Langh-{23n(238n) gh 25790 ‘offrt inthis kit in comparison with a mainstream example. Other than eight (Stn (2980) item ‘that word of warning, itis good to have an ‘Annie’ at last in this sale, and it can be recommended tall xperionced modellers. Our thanks to References -annants for supplying the review sample. Agate Vol3N02 Los ons ites au Cor Fans by JJ Pt (i ins 2000 BN 2-15000-04-9) Mode! Aeplan international Seon 006‘Scale 144 / Zvezda, Russia / Materials: IM /KitNo: 7001 / Availabilty Guide: £12.99 jobby Company Ltd (UK Distribution) and Zvezda stockists worldwide / Price [Eg Tis is strand ne tsing tom Zvezda lating inthe bx every impressive. campos eigy-three medomg-clour and ie cle pase Jcomponents. Surtace detail i nicoly recessed and there is even some raged deta inthe wheel wells. The inserts forthe font and back of the engines are a lite disappointing though, asthe raid detall on each doesnot look very effective, even in ths scale, The wheels and undercariage are very nice though wth ‘mul-part construction forthe olos. Decals are included fora single machine operated by Aeroflot (#RA-B60GS, which is strangely not the one depicted on the box op?) and although the type was mainly used by this and other Russian airlines, i was also used by Xinjiang Aitines of China, so alternative schemes may be ‘possibilty? The kit option is white over Gull Grey and colours are referenced tothe Model Master paint range in the instructions. Verdict This sa very nice model from Zvezda, with excellent levels of deta and finesse in the moulding that ls quite unusual in models of thie scale. don't ‘think the construction will pose a problem for anyone and it can be highly recommended tall airiner modelos. Our thanks to Zvezda forthe review sample. Dimensions Spon 48.06 (157480) Leng 8.4m (8 Hig. (1) Dimensions E144 Span: 333 800 Langham | e180 Aeterences KB shiny. Gade a DS. eas (rd ateg) us Arias nh Ar by Doms 2 Cardone blaine) Scale 1:32 / Tamiya, Japan / Materials: IM, PE, WM / Kit: 60317 / Availabilty: The Hobby Company Ltd (UK Distribution) and Tamiya stockists world- wide / Price Guide: $74.99 Tamiya produced their first Zero in his scale (ABMS #60309) in late 2001. The Mode! 2! was a modification of the Mode I so that after the 65th airframe off the assembly line it was modified with an arrestor hook and SQcm of the tp folded o allow it oft on LN aircraft cartier ifs. From the I82nd airframe ‘the aileron tab balance was linked to the landing goar retraction mechanism to reduce stick forces. This new version has been retooled by about 5O% over the ABMS, with moifed wings with lower cannon port insets and separate wing tips, and theresa revised fuselage withthe dorsal sine and leading edge of the vertical fin now as separate parts. The cowing is new, as isthe propor, two styles of spinner, a revised cockpit floor and various internal deta and new con trol surfaces. Some ofthe parts have been relocated within the revised spree, but they ae nat changed from the previous version e.g rudder and vertical fn). ‘As withthe AGMS tis one retains the metal and plastic working undercarriage, the photoetched parts (although there ae aleo revisions hee), igure and ds play stand. Most ein of als the manner in which some revisions have been undertaken a ‘inserts, surely an indication that other versions are now planned ‘8 well (AGM2-N and AGMS seem Nkely candidates”). There are eight colour options all in the same IJN Grey/Green overall cheme and they are: Lt. Saburo Shingo, Air Superiority Command, 2nd Strike Unit ofthe carier Akagi: Unknown pilot off the carierAkag NAPI/C Akira Yamamoto, Ai Superiority Command, 2nd Strike Unit ofthe cari Kags; Lt Fusata lida, Ar Superiority Command, 2nd Strike Unit off the carrer Soryu; NAPU/C Teuguo Matsuyama, Air Superiority ‘Command, 2nd Strike Uni off the carrer Hiryu; Unknown plot off the carrer Shokaku Lt Masao Sata, Air Superiority Command, 2nd Strike Unit ff the carsee Zulkaku, All ofthese machines were used during the attack on Peart Harbor on the Bth December 194, Masks ae included for the eanopy although these have to be cut out, printed-paper seat belts are also included and, Ike the 32 F16, once bul the box can be modified to safely store your completed model, Verdict: Wow, the ABMS was excell, but Tamiya seom to have upped the ante hore and really shown everyone a clean pair of heels! The quality oftheir ‘moulding cannot be faulted, neither can the presentation, and tis aki thats just crying out tobe built. Tamiya has stl got what it takes to wow us, and this new Zero certainly has. The UK rice is on the high sido, but this skit that we can recommend because ofthe quality and that fact that even with the tse of inserts’ you know thoy wl fit as this is a Tamia product! Our thanks to The Hobby Company Ld fr supplying the roviow sample. Dimensions Dimensions E32 Spn-394476 (2) Span Length 28 (2.060) ong 2m Hag We (3.05) Hag -$53m References Our ick fhe banc Mish ABM Ze, Ab Do No (Da Mop ago) Mss AGN Macha No.3 Misi air Figs Mae 2, amas Art he Wer Na 5 (Burn) ‘Mri ABM-V2N Zien ct Japanese Naa A aren RM Bus Ser 'SBN- 06807544) ‘Msi ABMZ Ze Se by. Farin, Pal We 29 Pte Pbestns 96) Zr ger teh rato Shots (NK ZO)new releases 1M (Injection- moulded Ptastc),R (Resin), PE (Photo-etched Brass), VF (Vac-formed Plastic), WM (White-metal), RB (Rubber) COCs Scale 32 / Battleaxe, France / Materials: IM, R, PE /Kit No: BA3205 / Availabilty: Hannants (UK Distribution) and Battleaxe stockists worldwide / Price Guide: STBA + Revised tooling based on previous D1 (See Issue 8) Depicts the Ootfag-bult version so sor the main parts are new. These includ fucelage with ‘rounded nose, the wings and ‘numerous smaller parts. ‘+ Comprises seventy-three injected plastic components along wth eighteen ‘sin and eighty- seven photovetched + There are two colour options, /No.153.52 flown by Hptm Brumowshi in February 1918 and S/No153/199 of Fk 0 in March 1918. The formers red ‘overall while the latter seems to bea dense matte of dark green over the var nished wood and doped linen, Verdict: This aki forthe experienced ony, but with care and attention t certainly makes up into a very impressive model as 32 seoms to suit WW craft The instructions ae abit brief with nothing on the painting and ‘marking. but then again thsi a kit forthe very experienced so maybe that is understandable. Our thanks to Batteaxe fr supplying the reviow sample. Dimensions Dimensions -132 Span- Upper 805, Love 8 Span 282800 Lengh- 7 Legh 280m Aeterenes Aare 08 alg MPA Ts (198) Aare Diy PM Gr: Wer Dai Spec Abas Pci 200 SN S020. Aare i (EF) by PM Gre Wid Data Aare Preducions 60,195 2000, Ison osaezes) Abas Fer, Wodick Dstt Spec (Mares Padus 98 £19960 94844 35-8) (De ros (ea) Jags ek tare by Schone Wasa erg 58) Arade Ar 65 Scale :72 / RS Models, Czech Republic / Materials: IM, R, PE Kit No: 9217 & 9218 / Availabilty: Hannants (UK Distribution) and RS Model stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £11.60 ea + New toling offered in Luftwaffe and Bulgarian (#9217) or Luttwate ‘he later differing by the inclusion of fuel tanks under the inboard wing sections + Kit comprises 25 tan-oloured plastic, 3 resin (9217 only has 1) and 1S. photo-etched components * Decals fortwo machines each: #9217 ‘Black I2 ofthe Bulgarian Air Force based at Bozuriste n 1999 and a Luftwaffe machine (EM*NE) of, Luftkiegsschule 3, based at Borgheie in 194; #8218m D-ROV of DVS Flogerschule SheiOheim in 1935 and 1E-UK of Erg. GA(SI, LLG Ion the Enstrn Front in 1942-43. The fist two are RLM O2 overall, while D-ROV is [RLM 63 overall with an RLM 26 upper decking and IE-UK is RLM O2 overall ‘tha winter cistemper onthe upper surfaces and theatre bands around the ‘ea fuselage and under each wing to. Verdict: This is probably tho first injocted kt ofthe Ar 65 inthis scale, soit ‘you area Luttwatte fan ether kit i cortanly woll worth adding to your co- lection. Our thanks to RS Models for supplying the review samples. Dimensions ‘Span 264 (200) Langh-2718 3/4 64) Dinensons-t72 Span-I65.am Leg eterences Aenea ec ame by A Ko (ier SBN DEE) Te ref Ti ch by in Ges Osha CL 70) Mode Airplane International Serbs 208 ‘Scale :72/ CMR, Czech Republic / Materials: R/ Kit No.: ‘Availabilty: Hannants (UK Distribution) and CMR stockists worldwide / Price Guide: £23.80 + New tating * Kit comprises 24 resin and 2vac-formed clear plastic components + Decals forthe protatype are included although these include optional Lunderwing sva if you choose to depict the model ater on nits carer. ‘Much debate has taken place over the colour applied 10 the Type 300, but this kt depict it onthe Sth March 1996, when twas in polished aluminium zine chromate primer and aluminum dope Verdict CMR really offer the best Spitfire kis inthis scale and adding the Type 300 to their range is vary woleome. tis areal stunner beautifully cast with excellont detail It's most highly recommended foal, and our thanks 0 OM for the review sample. Dimensions Span 26 (1.22) Long = 23 tn (8128) Hug in 48) Dimensions 172 eee Sen en iI A =a Hei es Aetrences-Oarpek o the bent - Acta lina Ne 2 Spe A (Vintage itn Peston 1577) Pree Na Spe MALI Pate Patan) Ste by Wise aresgacePbshg Py 98) Spite: Documentary Hor byA ret MDa Ja' 7) Sie The so by EB. ran &E Shay fy Pb 17) Sie The Sty oa Fanos Fiery 8. Robern Harr Pubes) Wigs of Fane Vee 8 (derespace using Li 857) Seale 1:48 / Dragon, Hong Kong / Materials: IM, PE / Kit Mo: 5546 ‘Availabilty: The Hobby Company Ltd (UK Distribution) and Dragon stockists worldwide / Price Guide: STBA a + Combination of He 182 (x-mas) rom he te 1980s andthe Me 252 Mitel and tale rom st year + The He 162 cones ths te wth the compote engine ae ‘remeta ano langs forth ones a Tarastroe- rally sued sth and waht he ngewe don ‘neal the hinge n Drags ese the 90%? The Me 262 was ove by acnga now ‘bark elgg he sprue sil contains the single-seat slage prt) ar athe spocated supports ofthe Ma pis the faurwheal okey *Kitcompcs clear ard 4 ry clered laste shi 20 shat etchod coment + Decl are included or wo Mists, both spurious, depicting an urpanted machine from Lack and a cameuftagod examgie (depicied on the box an) from Trebbin dur Ingl945, and three Ho 162 schemes. Tose inctude an unpainted machine atthe darker actor at Berburgin 1945, Ped as soon on spay at RAF Chivenor in |97 ad WINE120087 a captured machine as csplayed at RAE Famoroug in 945 + Accessories produced forthe He 162 incude Ares #4212 Cockpit Set Eur #48229 Deal Set: Squadron #9588 Canopy. True Detals #48078 Wheels Verdict: Luftwaffe fans are going to love this one, asi wil ook so radical ‘once built and Dragon have fo be congratulated in getting so much out of their He 162 & Me 262 moulds; we also love the inclusion of the post-war ‘decal options forthe He 162. wonder i they wll ever consider doing a 48 version of thoi 72 Mistol § with Ho 162 & Arado E3774? Our thanks to Dragon Models Lid for supplying the review sample. Dimensions Dimeasins- 4 Aetrences Span 402 Span: 2508 cel - Garman Congste (25in (M28 con} oth 20am Accra & Opens 182+ Lang 348120 (545 by Fry (Clase (1.5) ie 282 ny) Pleas 200)book Mere) i 7] Tg RAO -Naval Vessels Corsair sa ae 4 ViCKERS- CORAM ROGT. UNCOVERING THE SOVIET AIRFORCE 2N0 TACTICAL AR LMAVOITOT OSA 1 TWETIME CAPSULE ROCKWELL 8-18 IN MUNGARY AND. AIRCRAFT GUDE. FORCE VOL FROM AERIAL VCTORES PT. 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Our hanks to ritfon MA. forthe review a Mode Airplane Internation!Ce ery new releases - The lastest photo-etched sets and die-cut masks from Eduard M.A. ner ttn fete a eet red ees Pree na Ce eel er eee a ery vee en ee ee eee ae ed 73-250 Avro Lancaster 8 Mk V/l/Dambuster Interior [Pre-paited] [cher et tener) ecient rene et ae ed Saal Pre ee et er a et eee Includes: CXI25 Canopy & Wheel Masks, 72-454 Landing Flaps, 79-266 Detail Set (Pre-painted) ee ee eae ee ae re) Includes: CX058 Canopy & Whoo! Masks, 73008 Romove Betore Fi seen ee Lest ny sen) od ry 49-519 $02C Helder Landing Flaps (RevellMonogran) Price Guide: £18.50 Poe a eer an amet ne ree) Pea Tere ee eer rd 48-539 SB2C Heldver Bomb Bay (RevellMonogram) Price Guide: $10.50, 149-025 B-176 Flying Forres Seat Bets [Pe-pained] (Revell Monogram) Price pert 49-226 P-47N Thunderbolt [Pre-panted] (Academy) Price Guide: £13.50 49-227 8-256 Michel nero [Pre-painted] (Accurate Miniatures) Price Gude: Pd Pe tae aoe ead pet ar eer an ae eerie CL een Td 0.50 Ce ne) Soa Pert en er eae Includes: EXI25 Canopy & Wheel Masks, 48-524 B-25G Exterior & 49-222 8 Po Serene ny Pe hata Cem ae reat) Includes: EXO76 Canopy & Wheel Maske, 42-595 CH-460 Esteror, 49-009 Lenny a Pace eee erent Ta tet) Parente ee Leer ce ree)Pree nes Each set of masks includes those fr the canopy as well a any other glazed Se eee er en ert eer oy Poaceae trey eee ies nies Ria eee anc) Renee ten heen mete) Deer eve) Eto ane 1:72 CXI54 Focke-Wulf Fw 1900 Blown Canopy (Hasegawa) Price: £2.50 72 CKISS North American F-OGF Sabre (Academy) Price: £2.50 1:48 EXI79 Mitsubishi Ki-46-I Dinah (Tamiya) Price: £4 99, err een Cen ear Perey et rt) ee ead eee) eo ee eect Per Ee or Dede eed ane he at et) Pe ee ee eee ene to ra) See ene eee eee ee et rt) Fee eee ee eee er Guide: £5.60 Fo Ue ee cee ea et 2560 Say ee eae Te et tet) Includes: JKO5I Canopy & Wheel Masks, 2-156 Armament, 22-50! Remove Pe Agee ee ree Ea Ce eee Pe) 1G 22-37 Messerschmitt Me 262A-2 Schwabe (Trumpeter) Price Guide: ro Includes: JXO45 Canopy & Whea! Masks, 32-550 Interior (Pre-painted), 2: co eer eee) eee ee eee ted nd ee ee ee ee eee ae lk rer area een crete ere nee ae CN NNO [erence 1 a acetate 7 acne eae paseSee new releases ‘We have received a number of new sheets this month, so let's see what's on offer... + 000 ; O54, oso Dil Cee ate 1:48 MA-48121 HMS Ark Royal Air Wing Selection HS Bazar $Me 628 Rt BLN in EH) i Sea Ven FAN) X38, 07 tN DNAS nA (asa) Ws Seg MAS MK VSO, SSR of Mo ROAMS rg, 70 906) Wer Seg WAS Mk 257,52 cH 82AS rng, 14 rag) Fare Gare ABW Mk. 404 DA Ho NAS ing ss gses) DH Sa oun FW 2. WMD, SSN BIONIS ng 6 (sa) “DHL Sa enum FA MK WA, NOES rg iss (S08) + Westan When HAS M2, E572 7 the Spe sung 6 SES) Honea i AMG XE, CR Ma DAS rg iss 0868) Hove Ses Hv AM YEO, TO Na BBS ing Serta FIZ OUR 800 NAS ng 61 (asa +S. Senta OZ, of No 80 NAS ering 864 (esum) lr ess White, EDS sak Se Ge. 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Aeplane international - tend 2005 '90190, (aaa XMig0 xP€ + Sta Tan TMZ Wa 1/27 sere) ‘Saat, AF Unto Oe apt 205 (8) Shr aan TMK 27244 a lon by Ft Ban Ma ot NaIFTS72 Ree) Sudo, RAF iro Ose. aps 205 68) 1 hrs ean T Mk 2725 yo Les fa FI972(Rsen) Squat, RAF Lint ae, Octobe 20s 6) + hrs Tuan TMi 2408 of Cena Fin Seo Tuano ‘play Team, AF Crawl, 84195 (8) (ary 85 =D Sea Gey. 8 -Camouge Gr, Gos Bc GAB- Goss Ron Be eigen). ase com aie Twkio) Pele 1300, 1:48 MA-48194 Early Bird English Electric Lightnings “FU IMT fe A Feging Dope Seaton 135100) FM ed SO MU ny 186 (4) Fk Me the Wiha Target Faces ghia sm) “FIA, 10 of 45 Sannin ay 6S) Fk mt th Ligh Tring Fakes lg, AF ouch 1972 (1) “Fc, X66 of No Sqntan 28 001), AF Cath te 705). aia N- Naa Dee Arai Pele 81200 | {:48 MA-48137 UK Air Arm Update 2005- 2006 Part | ‘phen Fk 2. 2486, 004 of. (Fight) Sten, AF aig, 2006 (C8) ‘Trade F M3, 25772, Wo No.8 (esr) Sqn, 2005 (SIU) “Tore FM, ZS Nl (Reser) Sunn RAF Going. Ae 2005 (CLAS) ‘Trade GM 4.7073 he FJNOCU RA Coie, ‘Decne 205 (058008) ‘Toads 4. 7073 No (Reser) Suton. RAF ‘Caney, Ao 2005 (0S/005) + Spc Jaguar RM 2h, 2108 No (Fh) Satan, ER ewe See FA otha. Ap 2006 (5608) et PGi HM, 2170 NaS, RAF ‘205 (08) Be Hari RM SA, 2073 IWOCU, AF Conny, Nove 2005 0S.) Bde Hare AMSA, ZG78 of a ser) Sqn, AF Conny, 2006 DSO) Ble arr RM TA, 746 of 600 AS, ANAS ‘anesnor Ap 2006 0S6,005) Ble Sen aria FA Mi, ATE, No NAS, AS own, 3st Mac 2006 (MS) (lary 3 Canatg Gy LA- Uh Art SGD Sere DOS Dk Camatg Gey. MSGi ea Gry ‘Deed Revel (poner rondo Fk 3 ‘GR At (Jaguar RMA Sa Harr AMA, tr con( WNBA), Hosea Hare GA 78) Pr ie $13.00, {:48 MA-489021 RAF Tompost Mk IVF Mk 2/F Mk 6 “FNS, fo 29 Squat, RAF Dees Eso. ag 149 (DENSE) +A I PRO, £0 of Wo 8 Sato, PA Fs, Cea th wee 946-4 (O/0GMSE) “Fk RT of Ho 0 Sean AFR amp, at 185 (/OSPRLE) *FMh2 PRS, Sao 8 Squat RAF Ras ump Mat, 9880) ‘aay ED arth, 36 -Lih Sate Ge, ‘MSG- Meda Sea ry. 6 - Darron, 8 - cen Gy ‘86-Dat SeaGrey. PRUB-PRU Bo A- Ann ‘ge Eur = Are om Pe ie 1200 | ‘ct This 8 an excellent selection of now shoots from Made! Alliance. Each sheet is well printed. wth excellent rgistr and colour density. Each can be highly recommended and ‘ur thanks go to Model liane (The Aviation Workshop) forthe review samples. BEST BUY Forte RevEnsed here, send een Tega Tee ae e)) eee by G. Szymanowski & J. Hoffmann Kagero ISBN: 83-60445-6-0 Price Guide: £6.99 * Topshots No1026 +50-page, AS landscape, laminated card cover + Polish & English + wor kagero.pl As with previous titles inthis Topshots series the bulk ofthis one is photographic and in colour. The text and captions are in both Polish land English, albeit this time the introductory pas ‘sage is in English only, and it is just the photo captions that are in both. As usual the book Contain a free gift, in this instance a set of die-cut self-adhesive masks for the wheels and ‘canopy of the Plle in :72, The bulk ofthe tite is a photographic walk-around’ of the chosen subject and in this instance tha is the Pllc preserved a the Polish Aviation Museum at Krakow, the word's only example. The photos cover just about every inch ofthe airframe, with clear images of the engine bay, cockpit, armament, undercarriage, wings etc, and just about every access panel and cover seems to have been removed during the photographic process! Verdict: With good kits ofthe Plc in :72 and 149 this fe a welcome tile for anyone making thom. You really only need one ofthese Topshot tiles to ‘ui, dota or super-deral a model oft in any scal and we highly recommend it 0a SUPPLIED BY: THANKS TO AERO Cones by K.Keskinen & K, Stenman 1SBN: 952-99432-7X Price Guide: €29.00 + Suomon limavoimien Historia No.9 + 96-page, AS, laminated card cover + Finnish & English + worw kolumbus.f/k stenman [Continuing the History ofthe Finnish Air Force series, this latest addition deals with Russian bombers used by the Finnish Air Force during WWIL I therefore covers the Tupolev SB, luyshin DB-3, lluyshin iia and Petylakov Pe-2. As with all titles in this series the whole thing is profusely Ilustrated throughout with excellnt period images, not just tering excellent shots of each aircraft as a whole, but also including, some stunning detail shots of airframes both inside and out. Verdict: The quality ofthe produc. tho information and all hose stunning Images make any ofthe tls In this sores ‘must’ if you are in any way. 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