More Little Choppers
A
t Telford Whirlybird released two new
families of helicopters, we will start
with the Sikorsky S.51 and it’s British
built derivative the Westland Dragonfly.
The Dragonfly comes with four Royal Navyoptions while the S.51 supplies marking for two
aircraft operated by British European Airways
in the 1950s.The other new family covers the
Westland Puma, this has been released in three
boxing two with RAF marking while the third
boxing is a SA.330L from the Portuguese Air
Force with some attractive special markings.In Progress
A
t ScalemodelWorld Iconicair had
a few more finished parts of their
ongoing project to produce a
multi-media 1/32 super scale Supermarine
Attacker. Hopefully, this kit will be
available for sale at Telford in 2018.Branching Out
N
ormally in the news we feature the
latest aircraft kits, not 1/35 scale
figures which we would normally
feature in Scale Military Modelling
Internationals. But Kittyhawk have
announced they will be releasing six figures
to complement their recent AH-6 Little Bird.
This set will feature two pilots a four special
operations soldiers sitting on the two benches
mounted on either side of the fuselage. This
will make a
simple and
convincing
addition
to anyone
building either
the current
M H-6J or
t he M H-6M
due in 2018.A kind of Camel
I
f you told most modellers
that you next kit would be a
1/72 scale Dromedary there
would be plenty of puzzled looks.
Even more so if you said it was
a modern aircraft that first flew
in 1976 and is still in production
today with over 759 in service
around the world including
200 in the United States.
THE PZL M-18 Dromader (Polish
for Dromedary) is a purpose built
agricultural aircraft that can beused as a crop duster or more
famously in it’s Firefighting role.
And now if you want to produce
an M-18 Grand Models from Greece
are well on their way to releasing
a 1/72 scale multi-media kit of the
type. Though most of the parts
were on display at Telford we
have no information on marking
options but I think a Greek Air
Force example will be inevitable.Must Respar Canberra
Again
W
as the running joke as
Panavia struggled to get
the M.R.C.A (Multi Role
Combat Aircraft) to carry out most of
the roles that the Canberra has been
doing for over 20 years. In the end, the
M.R.C.A became the Tornado but it
was hardly the quantum leap forwardthat the Canberra
had been when it
was introduced into
service in the 1950s.
Now at Telford
S&M Models have
released two variants
of the Canberra in
1/72 scale. The RAF
B.2 and T.4 in a series
that could run and
run. The EE Canberra
was produced in no
less than 28 variants
and that is before you
include any of United
States built examples.44 • JANUARY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL
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