Eduard
If you’ve a fancy for Eduard’s new 1:48 Tempest there’s a whole load
of upgrades on offer if you’re looking to go the show-stopper route
to the ultimate replica, here’s some examples of what’s available.
Two options of early and late wheel sets which are beautifully crisp
and detailed; 648420 is early aircraft and 648421 for later production
versions. The kit exhausts are nice but the limits of injection
moulding means they dont match the hollow openings and extra
finesse of these resin versions with set 648418. If you’ve not seen
this new Eduard range you must take a ‘Löök’ as the name states,
the instument facias are quite something in 3D printed resin with
glazed faces on the guages. Two new additions are a set for thenew Tempest 644006 and in 1:32 set 634010 for the Hasegawa /
Eduard P-47D; both sets come complete with pre-coloured
photoetch seatbelts. 48977 is a set of highly detailed photoetched
Tempest landing flaps and to further enhance the kit there’s a set of
external details in photoetch, set 48976. Finally in their ‘Brassin’
range is a set of beautifully done Tempest gun bays which include
ammo boxes and gun breeches, removed panels which are detailed
both sides and photoetched parts. This is just a sample of what
Eduard are adding to their huge catalogue, superb stuff.
http://www.eduard.cz648418
648420
48977
48976
648419
648421
634010 644006
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With the exception of the 'Jet Age' skirmishes between U.S.
Sabres and MiG-15s little seems to be published about the
Korean Peoples Air Force (KPAF) in the conflict of the early
1950s. This new Asia at War' release from Helion replicates their
'Africa' series detailing lesser documented conflicts with plenty
of modelling reference and inspiration to perhaps motivate us to
build some more unusual colour schemes. Soviet early jets and
an interesting mix of piston-powered machines are displayed
with more than twenty top-quality colour profiles and some
images of preserved aircraft along with a good selection of
period black and white shots (including U.S. aircraft). A nicely
presented book on a little-known topic.Fury from the North
Douglas C. Dildy
Published by Helion and Co
Softback format, 80 pages
ISBN 9781912390335
http://www.casematepublishers.co.uk