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LATEST UPDATESEARLY WAR FACFACFACFACE-OFF
IT'S BEEN a busy time for Alley
Cat since its change of ownership
(see News, March 2015), and the
firm has released new products.
A failing of many 1/48 Phantom
kits is the lack of full intake
trunking, and here the firm’s
seamless resin components
(with compressor blades) for
Hasegawa’s F-4J (AC48030C)
and F-4K/M (AC48031C) are
very welcome. For World War
Two fans, a 1/48 resin canopy
(AC48048C), which has correct
window bulges for RAF versions
of the Ventura, is available as
a direct replacement for the
incorrect Revell part. Another of
Revell’s kits, the 1/72 Lancaster,will benefit from the correctly
shaped Lincoln-style vertical fins
(AC7204C); all these require is
removal from the casting blocks
and they are ready for use.
Additionally, there is a resin set
to improve the tropical intakes on
any 1/72 Mediterranean/Eastern
Front Fw 190; these feature a
hollowed intake and ribbed detail
on the cylinder. Further good
news involves three conversions
for Revell’s 1/32 Bf 109G-6. These
are the FiSK 199 prototype, Bf
109G-8 reconnaissance version
and a revised and re-released
set for the Bf 109H high-altitude
variant. For further details visit:
http://www.a2zeemodels.co.ukTHE FELINE’S RETURN
MATADOR FACELIFT
AIRFIX’S OLD 1/76 Matador truck
can gain a new lease of life with a
stunning conversion set from Dan
Taylor Modelworks.
Design specifically to fit kit
no.A01314, this involved package
will certainly test the skills where
photo-etched brass is concerned;
there are two large and one much
smaller fret, which help to convert
the Matador into its Dorchester
Armoured Command Vehicle (LP)
cousin. Dan has excelled himselfwith the materials, as the PE is
splendid and provides an interior
floor and wall framework, roof
stowage frames and the complete
outer shell. These parts are
complemented by resin items that
replicate furniture, radiator, roof
vents, tools and very good wheels.
For such a small subject it’ll be a
busy build for more experienced
modellers, but very satisfying once
completed...and it’s just £18.50.
http://www.dantaylormodelworks.co.ukAIRFIX HAS released its superb
1/72 Dornier Do 17Z from last year,
and this year’s same-scale Bolton
Paul Defiant, as a special Dogfight
Doubles package.
Those who have seen the builds
of both kits (November 2014 and
February 2015 issues of AMW),
will know that these products are
a world away from the original
raised-line products of yesteryear,
and this dual offering (A50170)
provides new colour schemes,which are:- BP Defiant Mk.I, L7005/PS-B,
Sgts Ted Thorn and Frederic
Barker, 264 Sqn, Martlesham
Heath, Suffolk, August 26th 1940 - Dornier Do 17Z, 5K+AR, 7./KG 3,
Saint Trond, Limburg, Belgium,
August 26th 1940
The package also includes 12 pots
of Humbrol acrylic paint, two
tubes of cement and two quality
paint brushes. For further details
visit: http://www.airfix.com
‘JULIET’ SPOOK RELEASE
ACADEMY HAS already delighted
many with its new 1/48 F-4B/C
kits, but now Phantom enthusiasts
have extra cause to rejoice. The
company has now adapted its
moulds to offer a US Navy F-4J
‘VF-84 Jolly Rogers’ boxing (kit no.
12305). All the new-age detail of
the previous versions is apparent,
but this package provides the
main ‘Juliet’ differences; bulged
upper wing and correct under-
radome ECM fairing, exhausts,thicker wheels/tyres, cockpit
instrumentation and the relevant
antennas. As the kit name
intimates, the famous skull and
crossbones rules here, as decals for
two different VF-84 schemes from
1972 are featured, although they
are the same (with the later overall
black tail and yellow fin tip) save
for the radome colour and Modex
numbers: BuNo. 154783/211/AE and
BuNo. 155854/212/AE. For further
details visit http://www.pocketbond.co.ukAirfix Model World
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