Model Aircraft – August 2019

(^6) Malaysian Missileer
Ian Gaskell builds the superb 1:48 HobbyBoss
Su-30MKK
(^48) Supersonic Starighter
Jezz Coleman builds the 1:72 Revell F-104G
(^12) Combat Zone -
A Swedish Barrell
Jeroen Burger builds the Pilot Replicas 1:49 J 29F
Tunnan
(^54) Auntie Ju
Dawid Branski uses Bartsharp Airbrushes to detail
the 1:48 Revell Ju-
(^20) ‘Georgia Peach’
Alister Curnow takes a look at the 1:48 Tamiya
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
(^58) Chinese
Flying Shark
Kitti Tatsumaki
builds the 1:
Trump eter
Shenyang J-
A
s is my love of Soviet/Russian aircraft, having several ‘Flankers’ in my stash is an absolute must, but this only the second one that
build a 1:48 Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara, TNI AU) Su-30, for our I’ve built. I was asked if I’d would
IPMS Portsmouth display at the Tangmere Scale Model Show, May 2019, so naturally, I said yes. The basis of the build is the wonderful
HobbyBoss Su-30MKK, which is visually similar to the Su-30MK2. The box is huge, and is crammed full of plastic, with enough weapons to arm a whole squadron
of Flankers! What I did ind surprising was just how little Su-30 speciic aftermarket there appears to be, especially cockpit sets (Wolfpack Design being the only one, and that was for the
Academy kit). So, I decided, as far as the cockpit was concerned, I would use the kit supplied parts, and use the instrument decals. However, I did get some aftermarket that I could use.
A pairs of Aires seats, Fine Moulds seat belts, Plus Models ladders, Aires resin exhausts, Armoury weighted resin wheels, New Ware masking set, Master Models pitot, a Caracal
decal set, and a pair of Five Star Models resin pilots. I had an Eduard etched cockpit and interior detail set, for the HobbyBoss Su-27UB, and
used the detailing part
of the set, to add some extra detailing to the cockpit. kit, I tackled the canopy Making a start on the
the usual, using iner and iner grades of Micromesh cloths, and dipping in ‘Klear’, irst. The seam here was horrendous. Despite
you could still see the seam through the depth of the clear plastic, even though the surface was smooth. I did manage to source a replace canopy, however, and this was ine.
It couldn’t have been more diferent from the original. When the ‘Klear’ was fully dry, the canopy was masked, both on the inside, and outside.
On to the cockpit, and as mentioned
Malaysian
MissileerIan Gaskell builds the superb 1:48 HobbyBoss Su-30MKK
ManufacturerScaleK i t Ty p eKit NumberSu-30MKK: 1:4 8: Plastic injection moulded with etch: 81714: HobbyBoss
WITH ENOUGH WEAPONS TO ARM A WHOLE SQUADRON OF THE BOX IS HUGE, AND IS CRAMMED FULL OF PLASTIC, FLANKERS!
The Armoury resin wheels are just fantastic Aires resin exhausts were used for extra detail....
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into the front section of the fuselage. Next, the rear portion was glued together and attached to the front section via a bulkhead. Both air intakes and splitter plates were next, however,
the it here was not the best and required some careful gluing, illing, sanding, sanding and re-scribing to get a reasonable look. The wings and rear horizontal stabiliser were then
glued into placefuel tanks were then glued together ready for painting separately. The remaining parts, like the wheels gear bay doors and undercarriage . The drop tanks and wingtip
legs were all removed from the sprues, cleaned up and mounted on skewers ready for painting. As the kit supplied canopy can only be
positioned closed, I glued it in place and masked it up. The fuselage was cleaned up and I applied a coat of black primer. The model was then given a
marble coat of white for some tonal modulation, ready the camoulage colours. The irst shade I applied was Hataka
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he recent Revell the F104G is an update of their 1995 ofering with new decals and featuring two aircraft in the green and black scheme. The
‘Starighter’ a supersonic missile shaped interceptor designed without frills, and one known for many things over its lifetime, some F-104 - wow what a great name,
good, some not so good! The Starighter saw service with the USAF, Germany, Japan and Turkey, and although its speed eared it the names ‘Zipper’ and ‘Missile with a Man in It’, the
Starighter also bore the name ‘Windowmaker’.That’s enough of the facts and igures,
time to get onto the build, which started of as you would expect with the cockpit. Here I assembled and painted the tub and ejector seat and added the decals for the instrument panels.
The cockpit was then glued to the top of the front wheel well, and this in turn was installed
Supersonic
StarfighterJezz Coleman builds the 1:72 Revell F-104G
THE STARFIGHTER A SUPERSONIC MISSILE SHAPED INTERCEPTOR DESIGNED WITHOUT FRILLS!
ManufacturerScaleK i t Ty p eKit NumberLockheed F-104G Starfighter: 1:72: Plastic injection moulded: 03904: Revell
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I
n the aftermath of thWar, Sweden required a strong air defence utilising the newly developed jet technology, thereby Project ‘JxR’ was e Second World
requirements being drawn up in October 1945 This led to a pair of proposals being issued by the Saab design team, led by Lars Brising. The initiated in the inal months of 1945, with
irst of these, codenamed R101, was a cigar-shaped aircraft which bore a resemblance to the American Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. The second design, which was later
picked as the winner, was the barrel-shaped design, codenamed R 1001, which proved to be both faster and more agile upon closer study. The original R 1001 concept had been
designed around a mostly straight wing, but after Swedish engineers had obtained German research data on swept-wing designs, the prototype was altered to incorporate a
twenty-ive-degree sweep. Saab also elected
to locate the retractable undercarriage in the aircraft’s fuselage rather than in the wings. Extensive wind tunnel testing performed at the Swedish Royal University of
Technology and by the National Aeronautical Research Institute had also inluenced aspects of the aircraft’s aerodynamics, such as stability and trim across the aircraft’s speed range.
For reasons of lateral stability during take-of and landing, automatically-locking leading edge slots, which were interconnected with the laps, were also deemed necessary. In order
to further test the design of the swept wing, it was decided to modify a single Saab Sair, which received the designation Saab 201, with a full-scale wing for a series of light tests.
type was the de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine. However, in December 1945, information on the newer and more powerful de Havilland The originally envisioned powerplant for the
Ghost engine became available. This was deemed to be ideal for Saab’s in-development aircraft as not only did the Ghost engine have provisions for the use of a central circular air
intake, the overall diameter of the engine was favourable for the planned fuselage dimensions, thus, following negotiations between de Havilland and Saab, the Ghost engine was
selected to power the type instead. Despite
early doubts over the availability of a suitable aluminium alloy, similar to the American 75S alloy, Svenska Metallverken was able to manufacture the suicient grade of sheet metal. The structure
employed a complicated mixture of stressed skin and heavy frames in order to meet conlicting requirements on space, strength, rigidity and accessibility. By February 1946, the main outline
of the proposed aircraft had been clearly deined, and the Swedish Air Force requested that work commence to verify the performance particulars and provide solutions for essential production
queries on the project. In Autumn 1946, following the resolution of all major questions of principal and the completion of the project speciication, the Swedish Air Force formally
ordered the completion of the design and that three-prototype aircraft be produced, giving the proposed type the designation J 29.Some problems were encountered during
the static testing of a full-scale experimental mock-up of the front portion of the aircraft, including leaks within the experimental
pressure cabin and concerns regarding the behaviour of the ailerons, leading to a hydraulic system being installed to solve the latter issue. However, faults were encountered
with the aileron servomotors which delayed the irst light of the irst prototype, which had been originally intended to take place prior to 1 August 1948. On 1 September 1948, the
irst of the Saab 29 prototypes conducted its maiden light, which lasted for half an hour. The test pilot for this irst light of the type was Squadron Leader Robert A. ‘Bob’ Moore, who
subsequently went on to become the irst managing director of Saab GB Ltd. Following the light, Moore described the aircraft as being ‘on the ground an ugly duckling – in the air a swift.’
Because of the shape of its fuselage, the Saab J 29 quickly received the nickname ‘Flygande Tunnan’ (‘The Flying Barrel’), or ‘Tunnan’ (‘The Barrel’) for short. A total of four prototypes
were built for the aircraft’s test program. The irst two lacked armaments, carrying heavy test equipment in their place instead; while the
Barrel-Shaped Swedish J 29
Saab Tunnan
THE TUNNAN WAS THE FIRST SWEDISH JET AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM COMBAT OPERATIONS
COMBAT ZONEF I G H T I N G C O L O U R S
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ith its three-engines and corrugated aluminum alloy external surfaces, the Ju52 was an extraordinary looking
see two of these in real life, one wat the 2017 Duxford Airshow, and other in Aviation museum in Crakov, Poland. When aircraft. I had pleasure to as lying
the opportunity arose to not only build the Revell kit, but also use some airbrushes from the Bartsharp range I just could not resist! The Revell kit comes in a huge box and in 1:48 it is
quite a beast and I knew painting it would be a challenge. This kit is not lacking in detail, but I still wanted to enhance it further with some Quickboost resin seats an Eduard etch set and
some Montex Mask. I also wanted to make it more ‘open’ and while the kit itself ofers you the option to leave the port side door open, I decided to cut out starboard side door and the
cargo door as well as the roof hatch. This was easily done as these places had some quite nice panel lines to is as a guide. After assembling interior, I sprayed all the interior with XF-
Khaki Drab, however this colour was a bit too dark so would now recommend using RLM02, However, I brightened it up a little bit by drybrushing of light dust oil paint.
about the airbrushes I used here, as many modellers think that this is an expensive addition to their toolbox, however, when I I also would like to say something more
began modelling, I used a quite inexpensive airbrush to work with. Bartsharp A is a UK based company with a very nice selection of airbrushes and accessories, and they also
provide excellent customer support, so if you are a bit confused as to which airbrush to choose, they are always happy to help. For this project, and in order to show the diferent
Bartsharp products, I will be using three airbrushes on this project. Airbrush with 0.2mm nozzle, as this gives you For the interior I used a Bartsharp 180
some excellent control in small areas. The size of the nozzle depends how ine the line will be, so 0.2 is great for more detailed work. All the Bartsharp Airbrushes I use can also be itted
with diferent sizes of nozzles and needles. After
Auntie Ju
Airbrushes to add camoulage to the Dawid Branski1:35 Revell Ju-52 uses Bartsharp
BARTSHARP AIRBRUSHES
ManufacturerScaleK i t Ty p eKit NumberJunkers Ju-52/3mg4e Transport: 1:4 8: Plastic injection moulded: 03918: Revell
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panels could then be detail painted by hand. and The cockpit instruments and the dash panel was irstly painted black, and then the Tamiya decal was laid on top of this. The Tamiya seatbelt
decal was also used, and while not as realistic as aftermarket seat belts, it still presents nicely for a stright-from-the-box. Next, I painted the interior green parts of the fuselage, just behind
the pilot’s head. This was done without a mask, and any overspray was quickly removed. The fuselage was then assembled to completion. This joins very well, and did not require any iller,
and just a little sanding of the joins achieved the result I wanted. The canopy was fully masked (including the frames - they would be painted blue later) and itted with Blue-Tac.
of the fuselage. This would allow a convenient point to hold the fuselage while painting and was no problem to mount to the rest I left the nose cowl of from the main part
of the model at the end of the build. I built and painted the engine and airbrushed all the internal sides of the cowl section early in the build. Prior to putting the engine in, the
painted interior of the cowl was masked of so I could also paint this the same colours at the
same time as the rest of the fuselage. After the wing assembly, this and the tail elevators were attached to the fuselage. The gear bays were irstly primed in black, and then painted with
Vallejo Interior Yellow, building colour up in layers, thus assisting with the weathering look. These were then masked-of with pieces of sponge cut to size. Then, after a quick clean of
the model with Isopropyl Alcohol, the painting could begin. over the entire model. This was done with The irst step was to apply a gloss black layer
Tamiya Gloss Black X-1, thinned with Tamiya acrylic thinner. The paint was applied very thinly and built up in multiple layers for a nice shiny inish. As tempting as it was
to leave this awesome machine in gloss black, I next pressed on with the D-Day stripes, since the gloss black was already done it made sense to me to do it this
way. These were not included in the colour instructions from Eagle Strike,
I
t is perhaps an understatement to say that the P-47 made a huge impression in World War II for the USAAF. Not only was it the largest, heaviest and most expensive
a single reciprocating engine, but it also played a massive role in the skies over occupied Europe. It was introduced initially in the ighter aircraft in history to be powered by
bomber escort role, a role in which it played well, but was eventually replaced for this by the very capable P51 Mustang. The P-47 was now free to shift to the ground attack role and set
to work destroying the supply chains and ground forces of the mighty German war machine occupying Europe. P47s were credited with destroying 86,000 rail
cars, 9,000 train locomotives, 6,000 armored vehicles and 68,000 trucks between D-Day and the
end of the war. Despite its shift to ground attack, the P-47 remained an efective ighter aircraft until the end of the war, aiding to achieve and maintain
Thunderbolt II was named after this legendary aircraft. air superiority until ighting ended. It is a itting tribute that the A-
in the ground attack role over France. This aircraft belonged to the 405th ighter group, Razorback that operated out of England This model recreates a P-47D
‘Georgia Peach’ by her pilot, Lt Edward Curry 510th ighter squadron, lying initially from Christchurch, England. The aircraft was named
Powell, who hailed from the state of Georgia in the USA. He lew eighty-one missions in the War and is credited with destroying one aircraft and seven tanks. Powell survived the War, however,
Georgia Peach did not. On the 25th of July 1944, ‘Georgia Peach’ was hit by lak on a bombing run over France, and pilot Second Lt Elwood Wilson lying it at the time was forced to bail
out into captivity. The aircraft crashed into the French countryside and was destroyed. I’m using a set of decals from Eagle Strike The Tamiya kit is superb, and for this build
Productions, and the Tamiya stencils. The build started, as usual for most aircraft, in the cockpit, and this went together very well. I started with a Vallejo Black Primer layer and then built up the
layers of Vallejo Cockpit Green on top. The side
‘Georgia Peach’Alister Curnow takes a look at the 1:48 Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
ManufacturerScaleK i t Ty p eKit NumberP-47D Razorback: 1:4 8: Plastic injection moulded: 610 8 6: Tami y a
THIS AIRCRAFT BELONGED TO THE 405TH FIGHTER GROUP, 510TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, FLYING INITIALLY FROM CHRISTCHURCH, ENGLAND
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and sanding, that main parts were done, and it was time to move onto next step. The hardest part with the etched pieces were the grilles under the air intakes, and again I spent quite
a few hours here, but once again the parts are superb and easy to work with, although just here there were twenty-four parts to attach!With all the construction complete, I was
ready to paint and irst I primed all the etched parts with MP242 Mr Metal Primer R, diluted with thinners a little Mr Surfacer I then tinted the canopy with 70% Clear Yellow + 30% Smoke
Grey to simulate that seen on the Su-35S. Before starting the paint work for fuselage, I painted the engine and the exhaust by using Black, Steel, Silver, Clear Blue, Clear Orange,
and inished with diluted Gunze 28 Steel. I also used Takumi Chrome to hand-paint the
T
he Shenyang J-15 NATO reporting name ‘Flanker-X2’, also known as ‘Flying Shark,’ is a fourth generation, twin-engine all-weather, carrier-
by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and the 601 Institute for the PLAN’s aircraft carriers. For this build I am using the 1:72 Trumpeter kit, based ighter aircraft development
together with some aftermarket etched parts from Dream Model for the cockpit, fuselage and exhaust nozzles. I started to assemble the engine nozzles
etched parts, and spent over four hours here, but hard work always pays of – and the result was very promising. Next, I went to work
on the canopy and removed the mould line with sanding sticks and Tamiya Polishing Compound. For instrument panels and cockpit, I use the
pre-coloured etch from the Dram Model set, and I must say the details are remarkable and the etch is easy to work with. I removed the clear parts of the HUD and replaced them with
thin ilm which looks more precise and in scale. After I inished the cockpit work, I modiied the main wing laps into the down position, to make the look more interesting and realistic. I
then ixed both the upper and lower fuselage with Tamiya Thin cement and after some putty
Chinese
Flying Shark
Kitti Tatsumaki1:72 Trumpeter Shenyang J-15 builds the
ManufacturerScaleK i t Ty p eKit NumberChinese J-15: 1:72: Plastic injection moulded: 01668: Trumpeter
I USED DREAM MODEL ETCHED PARTS FOR THE COCKPIT, FUSELAGE AND EXHAUST NOZZLES
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through building and painting the 1:
Hasegawa F/A-18F
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