Scale Aviation Modeller International – September 2019

Across the Pond!

T

he SAM team, having

returned from another

successful the IPMS US

Nationals, are again amazed

and energised by the continued

popularity and growth of this

hobby we love so much! The

Chattanooga show has once

again been a huge success, and

we are indeed proud to be part

of it, and we ofer our heartfelt

congratulations to the organisers,

and we are already looking

forward to the 2020 show! Indeed,

we have in this issue the irst

printed report from the show,

which Editor David Francis has

compiled, photographed and

sent over to SAM HQ direct from

Chattanooga in record time, so

we can exclusively reveal some

of the highlights of the event!

David and our Associate Editor

Tim Upson-Smith always have

their inger on the modelling

pulse with news and views from

around the world being gathered,

disseminated and presented in

our unrivalled monthly news

coverage. Obviously we cannot,

nor do we try to compete with the

juggernaut that is the Internet,

but rather we look to compliment

this in print, a format that many

modellers still rely on, and indeed

enjoy, and is, despite all that is

available ‘on-line’ is still growing

in popularity. This month, being

the September issue, we can also

relect on the ‘Battle of Britain’,

and our cover features a Heinkel

He.111, one of the Luftwafe’s

most recognisable bombers of

that time, perused, with a laming

engine by an RAF Hurricane.

Also, and following on from

the July 2019 issue, where we

featured the F-4 Phantom over

Vietnam, we look at the other

side of the coin with a North

Vietnamese MiG-21 from Floyd

S Werner. Also have an aircraft

from another conlict with Barry

K Barry Koervers splendid Israeli

Mirage IIICJ. So, I hope you enjoy

this issue of SAMI, and our news

coverage from across the pond!

Andy Evans

Scale Aviation

Modeller

International

September 2019

Volume 25

Issue 9

ANDY EVANS, GROUP EDITOR

[email protected]

Cover Artwork and Colour

Profiles by Ryan Dorling

FIRST LOOKS: Wingnut Wings 1/32 Gotha UWD, Mark One Models 1/144 Mirage IIIc, Eduard 1/48 North American P-51D-5 Mu

stang

REVIEWS: Special Hobby 1/72 C-41A US Transport Plane, A&A Models 1/72 EWR-Sud VJ 101C X-2, Special Hobby 1/72 M

esserschmitt

Me 209 V1, Revell 1/72 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Eduard 1/48 Tempest MK.V Series 2, Fly 1/72 Hawke

r Hurricane Mk.IIb

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NEW

LOOK!

FIRST FOR NEWS – MORE REVIEWS

RUSSIAN WARHAWKSpecial Hobby’s 1/72 P-40K-1/5 NORTH VIETNAMESE MIGEduard’s 1/48 MiG-21PF

SINAI DEFENDEREduard’s 1/48 Mirage IIICJ

COLOUR

PROFILES

NORTH SEA

RAIDER‘ICM’s 1/48 Heinkel He.III H6’

EXCLUSIVE!

IPMS US Nationals

Direct From The Show!Report

SEPTEMBER 2019Vol 25 Issue 9

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