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Riders in the Sky Preview PLUS!Eduard 1/72 Liberator GR Mk.V Limited Edition by Tim Upson-Smith

ITEM 2121-NAV1Box Art by Piotr Forkasiewicz13 Markings options (Decals by Cartograf)

201 Injection moulded plastic parts by Hasegawa over 12 sprues (many parts marked not for use)

39 Clear parts by Hasegawa over 2 sprues79 injection moulded plastic parts by Eduard 1 sprue39 clear parts by Eduard 1 sprue

Eduard colour Photo-etch 1 sheet plus 1 sheet brass, c.79 partsEduard paint masks A2 rolled poster of the box art

76pp softback book ‘Riders in the Sky 1944’24-page full colour instruction book

THE KIT

Tmagic to upgrade this kit to a GR Mk.V, coastal command Liberator he bulk of the plastic in this box is by Hasegawa, but Eduard have worked their

with the addition of a brand new clear sprue, with the correct gun turrets for the British version.

There is also a new grey moulded sprue with the rest of the parts for the gun turrets, but also contains new propellers, a searchlight and

all of the parts for the fuselage mounted rockets system. Eduard have also included two phot-

etch sheets, one in colour, as well as a very complete set of masks for all of the glazing and there is quite a lot of glazing!

find an A4 76-page book, the printed version is in Czech, but a In the bottom of box, you will translation should be available on the Eduard website by the time you read this. The book give a history of the RAF Coastal Command Liberators, with sections on the GR

Mk.III and GR Mk.V. The book then goes on to describe the aircraft that are featured in the kit. As well as

details of each aircraft there are biographies of some of the pilots

who flew them with 311 Squadron. The book is illustrated throughout with contemporary black and white photos and some superb colour

profiles and plans. The book forms the ideal one stop reference for your build and will certainly help you to get the weathering right!

Hasegawa plastic is spot on with no flash and recessed panel lines As you would expect the

as appropriate. The two new Eduard sprues are just as good as the Hasegawa and if they didn’t have Eduard moulded on them

you would be hard pressed to tell them apart! There will be a lot of parts for your spares box

from this kit, as there are a large number of items marked ‘not for use’ on the sprue layout diagram inside the instruction booklet.

this bomber, you will really need to study the instruction booklet in some detail and decide which of Before starting your build of

the 13 colour scheme options you are going to portray, as the first page of the booklet has optional

parts for different schemes. So, no changing your mind halfway through with this build!Thirteen colour schemes are

included in the kit, all of which are illustrated with four view colour diagrams. All of the schemes are

either extra dark sea grey over white. Or extra dark sea grey and dark slate grey over white.Seven of the schemes included

Liberators over the Atlantic

Authors: Jack Colman and Richard ColmanYear: 2017Publisher: Fonthill MediaISBN: 978 1 78155 650 4

Format: 286pp Hardback

Tduring the Second World War. The book covers the authors learning to fly his new book from Fonthill Media offers a personal account of a young man’s experiences flying

in Canada and subsequent service as a pilot/navigator on Liberators based in Iceland. The book describes the battle of the North Atlantic, the role of protecting

the Atlantic Convoys and the hunting of U-boats, mixed with the perils of flying in the harsh climate. The book does

have a section of photographs many of which are from private collections and are previously unpublished. Whilst the book from Eduard supplied

in the kit is predominantly a visual reference book, this one gives you a real insight to what it was like to be there.

As a modeller, I like to find out about the people who flew and operated my chosen subject and for me personally, this book ticks that box by giving me a

real insight into what it was like to fly one of these Liberators in action over the unforgiving waters of the North Atlantic.My thanks to Fonthill Media

for supplying this book for review. Recommended reading if you like to get the background to your subjects.

As this is a Preview Plus, we present one more item for your consideration, a new book from Fonthill Media offers a personal account

of a young mans experiences flying Costal Command Liberators.

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ollowing on from their

recent release of a 1/48

scale Gee Bee racer Dora

Wings are in the early stages of

producing a 1/144 scale version. In

this scale a Gee Bee racer will be

tiny and will certainly challenge

most modellers painting skills

due to the scallops seen on most

Gee Bee paint schemes. We have

already seen the decal sheets for

Dora Wings upcoming Vega Gull

but now we have the box art and it

is stunning. We are certainly in a

golden age for box top artwork.

Italians Down Under

A

ir Graphic Models are

producing a limited run

conversion using anew

injection moulded plastic fuselage

plus resin details to convert

Italeri’s Aermacchi MB339A into

the MB339C. This version was

used by the New Zealand Air Force

and following their retirement,

a number of the type have been

sold and are currently used as

Aggressor aircraft in the private

ownership in the United States.

UFO

I

t is hard to believe that the

Huanebu Luft 46 flying

saucer would attract one

manufacturer let alone two but

that is what has happened. As

Revell has announced that their

take on this subject developed

with Korean Manufacturer

Hand & Head. I am not sure how

popular this kit will be but the

box art showing a Haunebu

attacking B-36 Peacemakers

is certainly striking.

Welcome back

A

big announcement from

Wingnut Wings this

month, with the reissue

of four kits including the much

sought after Sopwith Triplane.

But that is not all as each of

these new releases are dedicated

to a famous pilot and include a

decal sheet to model his specific

aircraft. The most famous is

Richthofen and his over red

Albatross D.V and the second

German ace is Immelmann

and his Fokker Eindecker E.II.

For the RFC we have Lanoe

Hawker and his AMC DH.2 and

finally for the RNAS Collishaw’s

Sopwith Triplane Black Maria.

But even better each of these

kits will include an example of

the long awaited resin figures

that were first announced

a number of years ago.

These figures are all the

work of Mark Good and each one

captures the facial characteristics

of the individual pilot very well.

And the goods news does

not stop as Wingnut Wings

are suggesting that these kits

will come at the same price

as the original releases.

Of course, no release date

has been confirmed but they will

be this year. And there is also

a suggestion that we will get

another announcement in time for

next months issue, so watch space.

21st Century Bab’s

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ine Molds have a history

of producing an eclectic

range of aircraft in

1/144, 1/72 and 1/48 but there

latest release will find a home

in many 1/48 scale Japanese

themed Aircraft collections.

The Ki-15 Babs started life as

a civilian light mail plane and

was the first Japanese aircraft to

fly between London and Tokyo

in 3 days in 1937. The type was

developed into a light bomber

used in the second Sino-Japanese

war though it rapidly became

outdated and by 1943 had been

retired from front line service.

In the closing stages of the war,

many Ki-15s were converted

for use in Kamikaze attacks.

Fine Molds have shared

with us the box art and a shot

of the computer aide design

drawings for the cockpit,

which shows a very high level

of detail, will be included.

We will give you more news

as this project developments

and Hobbylink Japan will

have this kit as soon as it is

released later this summer.

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