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manufacturers – earning the name Stahltaube (Steel Dove). This design also introduced a more the wood used by most other tailplane – as opposed to conventional undercarriage layout and Hazet radiators on each side of the fuselage and was powered by either a It’s been many long months since THE WAITING IS OVERMercedes or an Argus engine. Wingnut Wings (WNW) teased

us with the announcement at the Nuremberg Toy fair that their 2017 release schedule would include a Taube. And I have spent much of the intervening time preparing, researching, and dribbling in equal measure. Now it’s here, packed carefully in a box that is a work of art in itself. brim and oozes quality, although there are also hints of fragility to some of the contents. It contains six grey sprues, one clear sprue, and The box, as usual, is full to the one photo-etch fret, which includes

seat belts and spokes for the wire wheels. In addition, you get a simple but comprehensive decal sheet, and the usual multi-page instruction manual, which includes beautifully clear build diagrams, rigging guides, and period photographs showing all the finishing and painting options available in the kit.

Wingnut Wings 1/32 Jeannin Stahltaube (1914) by PeteR Barker Tthe seed of the Javan cucumber, noteworthy for its stable gliding characteristics (as described by Professor Friedrich Ahlborn in he original Taube, designed by Austrian Igo Etrich, was based on the shape of a research paper published in Germany in 1897). The Taube first flew in April 1910 and proved to be a most docile aircraft, one which novices could fly in relative safety. Edmund Rumpler was so impressed by the Taube that he negotiated a five-year exclusive licence to build them in Germany, and in October 1910 the Prussian military placed an order with him for five aircraft. Unfortunately, because

Ahlborn’s paper was in the public domain, Etrich’s patent application for his design was rejected in September 1911. This essentially made Etrich’s design public property in Germany, so that anyone could legally build and sell their own version of the Taube, and companies like Albatros, Caspa r, DF W, Eu ler, G oede cker, Rahtjen, Gotha, Roland, Kondor, Halberstadt, and Jeannin did just that. Etrich’s legal battles with the copycats lasted for some time; the last, with Rumpler, until 1930.was the Jeannin Stahltaube 1914 Military Type. Jeannin Taubes featured Emil Jeannin’s variant a steel-tube framed fuselage and

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excellent, although the rather prominent panel lines may put some modellers off. Cockpit detail is adequate, featuring decals for the instrument panel and a pilot figurine (which I omitted). The clear canopy parts are split and can be posed open, a feature I always appreciate. The fuselage has drop- shaped blisters on each the cartridge ejector chutes. side of the nose gun access panels, which accommodate a curved cartridge ejector chute, which would often jam due to the high fire rate of the 262’s MK108 guns. To resolve these issues, Early production aircraft had they were replaced on all 262s by L-shaped cartridge chutes, resulting in the characteristic drop-shaped blister for late production aircraft. All Me-262s still in service were modified to this standard by early 1945; the only exceptions were the few 262s built at the Budweis assembly plant, which carried a square blister on each side of the nose. trim tab, as used on all early production machines, as well as those assembled in Leipheim and The Airfix rudder has a narrow Schwäbisch-Hall. This may be of interest if you are planning to use

aftermarket decals on this kit – check your references and replace the trim tab with a broad one if you are modelling an Obertraubling, Neuburg, or Budweis-built 262. production plant is to take a look at the instruction placards under the snap fasteners of the gun bay doors, which were centerline-Another way to identify the mounted on Leipheim factory machines, as represented in the kit. scale, we get a correct rendering of the undercarriage bays of nthe For the very first time in this Me-262. These are open, displaying the inside of the aircraft, including the bottom of the cockpit tub. Airfix has done a very good job here.Another interesting feature of the kit is the representation of the torque link on the nose gear. Only a few early production aircraft had these, and by early 1945 they were

replaced by shimmy dampers on most, if not all, examples. If you are modelling Airfix camouflage Option B, the Jagdgeschwader 7 machine, the torque link should be removed, as original photographs confirm they are absent. (I do not have photographic references of Airfix’ first option, “Yellow 3”, sporting a blue and white checker band, so I can’t comment on that one.) missing from the kit is the pilot’s armour plate, a feature seen on most late-production 262s (in The only thing that’s really fact, all late 262s, except those assembled at the Leipheim plant, were fitted with a headrest). While this is fairly easy to scratch-build, I don’t understand how or why Airfix’ Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me-262 by Roman design team missed this feature. as ”not for use”, are drop tanks, usually associated with the Also on the sprues, but marked Schilhart. All finished model photographs by Wolfgang Rabel Tfavourite among the modelling community. Kitted in various scales by various manufacturers over the years, the most recent he Me-262, one of World War Two’s most iconic aircraft, has long been a 1/72 scale releases came from Academy and Revell Germany. Airfix’s original kit has been soldiering on in their catalogue since 1960, but can finally be sent into retirement, as the good people at Airfix have decided to bring us a brand new-tool Me-262 A-1a. at various production plants, with some minor differences The Me-262 was assembled

between each version, and a look in the box will reveal what features the new Airfix kit has to offer and which production batch is represented. kit appeared about a year ago, and ever since its announcement, I’ve been pretty excited The first CAD images of this about this release.In the box, we get 66 parts in THE KIT Airfix’ typical soft grey plastic, plus one clear sprue. The outlines and dimensions of the model are convincing. Surface finish is

BENEFITS OF A MODERN TOOLING, “AIRFIX’ NEW KIT HAS ALL THE WITH CRISP SURFACES, GOOD INTERIOR DETAIL, AND CORRECTLY-RENDERED OPEN WHEEL BAYS”

The wing/engine front joint leaves a lot to be desiredGap at the wing/fuselage joint came as a surprise

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KIT DETAILSMANUFACTURERRELEASEDPRODUCT CODE: SEPTEMBER 2017 (NEW-TOOL): AIRFIX: A SCALETYPEPARTSDECAL OPTIONSEXTRAS: 1/72: INJECTION MOULDED: 66: EDUARD PHOTO-ETCH ED73600: 2

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this is a nice sheet of decals with two options, and a clear film with the instrument panel on it. There is also a vinyl masking sheet.The A4 size instruction sheet, in colour, has the assembly instructions on one side and the history of the helicopter and optional schemes on the other. BUILDING THE KITThis kit is very easy to build, so if you find yourself with a spare Sunday afternoon, this can be easily finished in that time. The instructions are easy to follow, but take care, as this kit is so small that it is not for people with sausage fingers! free but the plastic is soft, so care must be taken when removing parts from the sprue. I would recommend using a very sharp The grey plastic sprue is flash blade rather than clippers, as they may break the parts. and cleaning them to prepare them for painting. I also cut out the brass I began by removing all the parts

parts and fashioned them into the required shapes. After assembling the interior, I painted it with a coat of Alclad White Aluminum. At the same time I sprayed the turbine and lower rudder in silver. The interior I hand brushed: grey for the seats and black for the seat cushions and instrument panel. The tail is made up from 4 pieces. I attached the tail section onto the boom, then added the completed assembly onto the main body of the helicopter – all fairly easy. On removing the two clear parts from the sprue, however, I noticed that they were incompletely moulded. The front lower part on each half was missing a 2 mm section. Hopefully this particular kit is the only one with that problem!clear parts together and then masked the body shell. The Finally, I glued the two vinyl masks fit perfectly.Preparing my airbrush and mixing PAINTING the paint took longer than painting

this diminutive helicopter. The kit comes with two options: a dark blue Royal Navy machine (G-APJJ), or the same machine in a yellow livery. I chose the blue livery as it’s the one on the box art, and I like it!X4 Blue and Gunze H15 to get the required shade. Once the paint was dry, I gave it a coat of Klear I used a mixture of Tamiya (yes, some of us have a hidden stash in the loft). I sprayed the rotor blades and the turbine with Alclad Silver and varnished them with a further coat of Klear.THE DECALSThe decal sheet is very small, of good quality, and went onto the helicopter easily.whole model a coat of Humbrol gloss and waited for it to dry.After they had dried, I gave the

Putting all the separate parts together is simple and trouble free. Unfortunately, the mis-moulding on the bottom of the FINAL ASSEMBLY clear parts spoils the look of the kit. An experienced modeller would have the know-how to fix this by moulding a new canopy, but that is beyond me. small details finishes the model.Adding and painting all the CONCLUSION This is a very easy model to make, but it’s extremely fragile and not for the short-sighted!the mis-mould. This little I enjoyed making it, despite AMP 1/72 Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter helicopter looks very good. by Nic Aronica Tthose of us modellers who like a little different subject, this is it.Helicopter was a small British The Fairey Ultra-light his kit from Ukrainian manufacturer AMP is very small and esoteric, but for helicopter, intended to be used for reconnaissance and casualty evacuation. It had been conceived as a straightforward, low-cost and easily transportable helicopter. Unfortunately, it found itself a casualty of the British defence economies of the 1950s. While Fairey attempted to proceed with development of the Ultra-light independently, promoting the type towards the civil marker, the firm shelved the project, choosing to concentrate on the larger Fairey

Rotodyne instead, which shared some of the same design features. THE KIT The kit comes in a side opening box, and inside there are 2 sprues, one of grey plastic and one clear. There is also a photo-etch (PE) brass set for the interior and a resin block with two parts. Along with

KIT DETAILSMANUFACTURERSCALEKIT NO: 1/72 : 72002: AMP PARTS2 RESINTYPE: 27 GREY PLASTIC, 2 CLEAR, AND : NEW MULTI-MEDIA KIT

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The THREE There are only two complete preserved examples of the Sparviero, both in Italy. One of them is housed in the Caproni Museum at Trento, Northern Italy. The other, as depicted here, is in the Italian Air Force Museum at Vigne de Valle, on the shore of Lake Bracciano, a little outside of Rome. Both aircraft are ex-Lebanese Air Force. Both are outwardly configured as bombers rather than torpedo-bombers, but the Lebanese would have had no use for either and they were used instead in utility roles. The photographs that follow were taken in 1995.

Cowling detail again, this time for the left engine, giving a clear idea of the amount of kick-out at the very end of the exhaust. Note the curvature of the gear door, and the way that it hangs from within the space and not from the outside edge of the nacelle. Note also the shadow of the extended leading-edge wing slat in the top left-hand corner.

This is the centre engine. Starting in 1943 the S.79 was re-engined as the S.79 III, also known as the S.79bis, with Alfa Romeo AR.128 RC18 units, which were better suited to low-level duties. Amongst other things, the revised aircraft was characterised by slim propeller spinners, several heavier defensive weapons, and the deletion of the ventral gondola. Interestingly, the style of the engine exhaust fitted to this museum example is the same as that used up until almost mid-war (as per the Airfix kit). Note that the concentric rings around the cowling can vary greatly in appearance. A view of the main undercarriage and the inside surface of one of the gear doors. Note how the edge of the door touches the side of the gear leg. Note also the structural tubing inside the nacelle, finishing to a triangulation point to the right of the aft door hinge.

Engine and spinner detail for the nine-cylinder Alfa Romeo AR.128. The military S.79 had spent most of its operational life powered by the essentially similar Alfa Romeo AR.126 RC34 nine-cylinder radial. The prop blades on all S.79s were narrow.

A view of the upper part of the undercarriage inside the bay.

Useful underneath detail, except that the wartime S.79 had its belly landing light placed slightly further back, as evidenced by the circular patch plate. To the rear of that may be seen the forward part of a large belly panel, which in the S.79 torpedo bomber contained some of the internal torpedo mechanisms. The thinness of the cowling edge is obvious, but what appears to be an inner cowling is in fact, the edge of a large cone-shaped fairing which hid the engine-bearers, giving less drag to air flowing straight through the engine to the rear.

Walkaround of the Savoia Marchetti S.79 Sparviero. Photographs by Stephen J Di Nucci

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The smaller parts are tidy and require very little cleanup.irrelevant to this trainer version The weapons sprues are largely (depending on which particular airframe is modelled), but contain the components for the LAU-32, Matra R350 and Magic missiles, LRF-2 (6 x 68mm rockets) and LRF-4 rocket packs, and the most interesting, the JL100R combined fuel tank/rocket launcher (18 x 68mm rockets). The moulding of these parts is nowhere near as crisp as the main components, either through mould wear, somewhere else.been borrowed from or because they’ve SIX SCHEMES ARE OFFERED:• Mirage IIIBE 2-ZC Squadron EC2/2 “Cote d’Or”, Armeé de l’Aire, BA102 Dijon-Lonvic 1982 (aluminium).• Mirage IIIBE 13-ZJ Squadron EC 1/13 “Artois” Armeé de l’Aire BA132 Colmar Meyenheim 1989 (grey/green/aluminium).• Mirage IIID A3-113 2nd Operational Conversion Unit, RAAF, Williamtown 1981 (grey/green/light grey).• Mirage IIID2Z 849 SAAF, 1985 (sand/green/light grey)• Mirage IIIDE CE11-

Mirage IIIDS J-2011 Forces Ejercito del Aire, ALA 11, Valencia-Manises green/aluminium).1992 (blue grey/
aeriennes suisses, Schweizer Luftwaffe, Duberdorf 2003 (g re y/g re y).

Tworld, as demonstrated by its longevity, reliability, flexibility, combat record, and especially, he Dassault Mirage III is arguably one of the greatest combat aircraft in the its popularity amongst air forces on the front line of their (admittedly local) conflicts.internal Dassault programme Developed initially as an as the MD550, the design which became the Mirage III evolved through several incarnations in the mid 1950s, trialling a number of power plant options, and adopting the new research into high speed delta wings and area rule coming out of the UK and the USA. Ten development airframes were ordered by the Armeé de l’Aire, the first of these flying in May 1958 and designated Mirage IIIA-001: a successful development programme which led to it’s rapid adoption into operational service. of the over 1400 first-generation Mirages built, around two-thirds were exported or built under A truly international aircraft, licence, and a number of others were built outside any licence

agreement. The IIIBE/D two seater variant modelled here is derived from the definitive Mirage IIIE fighter version, fitted with a longer nose to accommodate the second seat, and without the 30mm DEFA cannon. IN THE PLASTICKinetic’s kit is typical of the manufacturer; sharply-moulded plastic with no frills and slightly simplified engineering to give acceptable, but not overwhelming detail. Most of it is very nice, but there are some odd drop-offs, like the lack of decals for the heavily contoured instrument panels, and the indifferent moulding of the weapons sprues; there’s a clear distinction between parts derived from earlier releases, and the newer, sharper parts specifically introduced for the two-seater. helped by the straightforward delta planform, but the complex arrangement of the nose/intake Overall, parts fit is pretty good, mouths and boundary layer splitter ducts needs careful alignment and even more careful glueing.

KIT DETAILS:KITMANUFACTURERSCALEPRODUCT CODE: Dassault Mirage III D: 1/48: Kinetic: K PANEL LINESNUMBER OF PARTSTYPESTATUSDECAL OPTIONS: Injection moulded: Revised tool: Recessed: 5: 211 plus 10 clear

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Decals are designed and produced by Syhart, so quality is assured

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the industry was in the process of bringing to market an all-new RF-84F in 1/48 scale. A few timely emails to Baris Tansoy, owner of Tan Model (in this article shortened to Tan), and to SAMi led to each agreeing for me to have an advance of the kit for a “First Look” article.The February 2016 issue of SAMi featured my First Look article about the RF-84F, Kit #2201, and subsequently, a “Quick Build” of the 2201 Tan RF-84F, by Michael Chilestone, was featured in the July 2016 SAMi. I then proceeded to build

the kit I received out of the box (OOB), and, in general, found my experience to be just as Michael found. In short, a great kit, albeit with a few issues with the kit and a few instruction errors.our findings to Tan, and they shortly gave notice that they were I, along with others, provided making improvements to the kit and correcting the instruction errors. But wait, there’s more! An upgraded kit, styled as #2201-1, was in due course released. the initial release, the box featured To set the revised kit apart from

new artwork, and included a new decal sheet with four additional schemes compared to the original release. The most notable addition for me was a scheme for an RF- 84F in service in Norway. Even better, just as I was commencing the build, Vingtor decals released Sheet 48-123 with several more schemes for Norwegian RFs, which made up my mind as to the scheme my model was going to have.

ON WITH THE BUILDDecisions, decisions. This kit offers many options: canopy closed or open; camera bay covers; whether to fit the cameras in the bays or pose them outside; camera port glazing closed or open; whether to open the nose glazing, which is moulded closed; and, of course, which ferry tank options to use. My plan from the start was to open

Tan Model’s 1/48 RF-84F Thunderflash by Bruce Craig Ithere; it’s one of the way-back-then kits. I was pondering how to improve the kit, so I started to t was the year 1996, and I pulled out my Hawk F-84 kit. Many of you have been research Thunderjets. My quest found several discrepancies incited “facts”, and I soon took advantage of the opportunity to photograph the F-84C at March Field, Riverside, and the F-84E at Planes of Fame, Chino, both in California. During this research, I found that many of the established “facts” were not correct! findings on the internet. This led to two retired Republic employees, who worked on the Thunderjet from day one, to contact me and At my son’s urging, I posted my provide me with a substantial amount of Republic documentation. Fortunately, Tamiya and Revell soon came to my rescue, so the need to work on the Hawk kit was gratefully abandoned. Thunderjets soon expanded to Even so, my interest in the

the rest of the F-84 series and has continued unabated since. For over 20 years, my first focus of modelling has been the F-84 series; I think I have acquired every kit, decal, resin, photo-etch (PE), etc, that has come to my attention.Thus, having completed 18 various F-84 models, from Thunderjets, Thunderstreaks, Thunderflashes and a Thunderceptor (all in 1/ scale), I have the habit of taking notice when anything new in the world of models related to the F-84 series comes to my attention. Ten years back, I kit-bashed a model of the Thunderflash in 1/48 by combining parts from Heller, Fonderie, and Monogram, plus AMS Resin detail parts, my own photo-etch, and a scratch-built camera load.came a rumour, which I quickly Then, in the mid-2015, along verified, that a company new to

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Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Walrus by Jay BlakemoreSUPERMARINE SURPRISE Afar back as the 1960’s – I know because I wanted one. But who would have gambled on them producing an all-new, state-of-irfix had a 1/72 scale Supermarine Walrus in their kit inventory as the-art, quarter-scale version of such an obscure aircraft? I say obscure, but that’s a little unfair, for the Walrus played an important role during the Second World War, and many a pilot launching from a carrier or dog-fighting over the English Channel would have felt comforted to know that nearby there was a Walrus ready to pick them out of the briny in an emergency. crowds that surrounded the Airfix The excited reaction from the

stand at the 2016 Telford show, where first glimpses of the new model could be had, suggested that the release was infact a shrewd move by the UK manufacturer. My own thoughts, upon glimpsing the pre-production model from the rear of the milling crowds at that show, were ones of nostalgia, as I recalled my childhood ambitions of adding a 1/72 scale replica to my collection. Those ambitions remained unfulfilled, and so, on first setting eyes upon the new-tool Walrus, I felt that having waited this long, I owed it to myself to finally build one. THE BIG BOXThere is nothing more exciting than opening a kit for the first time

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and examining the contents. Upon receiving Airfix’s new Walrus, I imagined I knew exactly what to expect from the big red-trimmed box before even looking inside: soft, blue-grey styrene, featuring over-deep panel lines, and empty expanses of slightly textured plastic that would require some clever painting to make them appear busy. In short, a typical quarter-scale release from this UK manufacturer. however. The kit parts were indeed I was only partially correct, moulded in the usual blue-grey styrene, but the over-deep panel lines and vast empty spaces were nowhere to be seen. Airfix has definitely come a long way since their acquisition by Hornby Hobbies in 2006 (for some 2.6 million pounds). Despite a wobbly financial period in 2015 and a change of shareholders, Hornby has turned the brand around to such an extent

that Airfix is once again recognised as a main player in the world of construction kit manufacturer. The release of such highly anticipated new-tool kits as the Walrus confirms this, and the contents of the box prove that they are not content to rest upon their laurels. The Supermarine Walrus reflects the levels of detail and engineering that we originally encountered in their epic 1/24 scale Typhoon, released back in 2014. Instantly evident is the same bulged- metal skin effect that graced the Typhoon’s fuselage, and which now appears on the upper hull sections of their newly-tooled flying boat. Each square millimetre of the Walrus’s outer hull is crisscrossed by perfectly straight rows of rivets, and the panel lines are more delicately engraved than we have become accustomed to from Airfix. Internally too, the hull sides are

ITEMS USEDEDUARD: FE849 WALRUS MK.1 SEATBELTSEDUARD: 49848 WALRUS INTERIOREDUARD: EX557 WALRUS MASKSEDUARD: 648343 WALRUS WHEELS EDUARD: 48929 WALRUS MK.1 EXTERIOR

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went ahead with the landing gear bays and intake ducts. One thing that bothered me was that I had to install the front landing gear very early in the build. This would surely get in the way later. do not forget to add enough weight in the nose before joining the two fuselage halves together! Also it is important that tyou intake duct that go all the way to the engine compressor blades. The interior was painted with AK699 Titanium, then washed with I assembled the complete AK2040 Exhaust Wash. The surface detail on the fuselage was just exquisite, with fine rivets, panel lines, and a very smooth surface, and once the landing gear bays were installed, it was just a matter of putting the halves together, did you remember the weight?gaps, the kit had a major fit issue Aside from the usual small where the joint of the intake trunks meets the main fuselage, and required an extraordinary amount of work to get a perfect finish. I attempted to fit the parts

KIT DETAILSRUSSIAN MIG-31B/BM FOXHOUNDMANUFACTURERSCALE: 1:48: HOBBYBOSS KIT TYPEWITH ETCHKIT NUMBER: PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDED : 81754

OF GOODIES, INCLUDING METAL “THE KIT IS FILLED WITH LOTS LANDING GEAR AND A HUGE ARRAY OF UNDERWING MISSILES” Painting the array of missiles

Detailing the cockpit Adding a ‘marbling’ pre-shade

Spraying on the pink cockpit seal

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SPONSORED FEATURE Danumurthi Mahendra show you how to paint and weather the HobbyBoss MiG-31B Foxhound using AK Interactive productsThe MiG-31 Foxhound is the ultimate development of its Cold War-era predecessor, the MiG-25 Foxbat. It is bigger, louder, more sophisticated and more capable than the latter. Like the interceptor itself, the box was large and gave a good impression of the size the actual kit once assembled. The kit is filled with lots of goodies, including metal landing gear, etched parts, rubber tyres, lots of stencils, and a huge array of underwing missiles. The MiG-31’s cockpit had some very nice raised details and

construction was a pleasure, however, the canopies are a bit more complicated, and were more like small kits in their own right, each having a frame and etched parts, together with the clear parts.panels AK799 NATO Black and I painted the instrument added the decals. Next, a thin wash with AK677 Neutral Grey Panel Line Wash brought out the details. There weren’t many interior parts to deal with so I

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6 Etrich’s Folly Wingnut Wings 1/32 Jeannin Stahltaube (1914) by PeteR Barker

22 Small Scale Swallow Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me-262 by Roman Schilhart

36 Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter AMP 1/72 Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter by Nic Aronica

82 The Electric Man Pt 3 Walkaround of the Savoia Marchetti S.79 Sparviero. by Stephen J Di Nucci

82 The Electric Man Pt 3 Walkaround of the Savoia Marchetti S. Sparviero. by Stephen J Di Nucci

14 Desert Mirage Kinetic 1/48 Dassault Mirage III D by Huw Morgan

30 Flash and it’s Gone Tan Model’s 1/48 RF-84F Thunderflash by Bruce Craig

76 Wonderful Walrus Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Walrus by Jay Blakemore

88 Fast Fox HobbyBoss MiG-31B Foxhound by Danumurthi Mahendra

CONTENTS

38 Photo Scrapbook – Model Engineers Exhibition 43 The SAM news from Nuremberg 52 First Looks

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury

Mikromir 1/72 K-12 Firebird

Belcher Bits 1/72 Missiles

F-RSIN 1/144 F28-
& -4000 Fellowship

Eduard 1/48 Fw190A
60 Accessories
66 Decals
70 Reviews
92 Books & Media
98 Back Page

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