Airfix Model World – September 2019

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16 Advanced Build – Italian Thunderbolt
Eduard’s limited-edition 1/48 C.202 Folgore receives considerable aftermarket
attention from Jay Blakemore.

24 Diorama Build – Winter is Coming
Dave Oliver builds OKB Grigorov’s delightful 1/72 M24 Chaffee and places it in
a wintry late-war scene.

32 Intermediate Build – French Feline
Trumpeter’s 1/35 SA365 Panther benefitted from a degree of scratch-building
to create a French Aéronavale machine in this build by Duncan Cooke.

40 Out and About – Dorset Delights
Poole’s annual modelling event attracted a wonderfully varied array of models
by local and travelling clubs, as Malcolm V Lowe discovered.

42 Basic Build – Bomber Nemesis
Jamie Haggo tackles Arma Hobby’s newly tooled basic- and expert-level 1/
Hurricane Mk.I kits and finds there’s plenty of fun to be had with either of
these well-designed offerings.

50 Out and About – Terrific Tangmere
Malcolm V Lowe samples the delights at this year’s Tangmere Sector
Modellers IPMS show.

52 Advanced Build – Copper-orange Coupé
Ian Grainger completes Tamiya’s splendid 1/24 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in a
gaming-inspired ‘Battlefield 1’ racing livery.

60 Advanced Build – Grumpy
Airfix’s re-released North American B-25 Mitchell is built as an RAF Mk.III
variant by Jen Wright who bedecks it in an array of aftermarket goodies.

70 Intermediate Build – It'sShowtime!
ICM’s newly tooled 1/35 WOT 6 truck is examined in detail by John Paulding,
who finds that everything isn’t quite as it may appear.

78 Intermediate Build – Striped Lightning
Wayne Dippold found Hasegawa’s limited-edition P-38J Lightning a
challenging yet enjoyable build, finishing the model in the markings of 55th
Fighter Squadron machine, ‘California Cutie’.

86 In Focus – Victory by Valor
The fascinating history of the 20th Fighter Group’s P-38 Lightnings at RAF
King’s Cliffe during World War Two is explained in depth by Mike Murray.

92 Advanced Build – Electronic Warrior
Richard Spreckley mated Airfix's 1/48 Canberra B(I).6/B.20 with AlleyCat’s
T.17/17a conversion set to build an RAF Wyton-based 360 Squadron airframe.
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