Scale Aviation Modeller International — November 2017

Attack Squadron

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his month we have more

resin from Attack Models

of Poland, starting with

a very interesting conversion.

Many readers will be aware of

the many interesting decals

from Model Maker for Polish

F-16s, but other than a very

expensive Hasegawa kit, no one

has supplied all the modifications

to produce this variant in 1/72

scale. That is, until now, as Attack

have produced a set of resin and

brass parts to produce a Polish

F-16C, with all the latest lumps

and bumps, using the Revell

or Hasegawa kit as a base.

The other two new sets this

month are far simpler: the first

supplies a nicely detailed Pratt

and Whitney R-2800 double wasp

engine in resin and brass for the

Eduard F-6F Hellcat, while the

second supplies a pair of P-51

Mustang 75 gallon fuel tanks.

1/72 SCALE

72116 POLISH AIR FORCE F-16C

CONVERSION SET

DESIGNED FOR HASEGAWA/REVELL KIT.

72129 F6F HELLCAT R-2800 HELLCAT

DESIGNED FOR EDUARD.

72133 P-51 75 GALLON P-51 MUSTANGS

DESIGNED FOR HASEGAWA.

CONCLUSION

I really like Attack’s choice of

subjects and I do hope they

consider scaling up the

Polish Viper conversion to

both 1/48 and 1/32 scale.

Our thanks to Attack Squadron

for supplying these sets for us

to review. For further details and

information of other available

sets visit http://www.armahobby.pl.

Iwata

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here are some items that

you will probably buy once

and will last you the rest

of your modelling lifetime. An

example is an airbrush holder,

and who better to supply it than

Iwata, who have a reputation

for building quality products?

IWATA TWIN AIRBRUSH HOLDER

PART: AH400

This holder has been designed

to take any type of airbrush, no

matter if the paint pot is located

on the top, bottom, or side. And

it is one of the few that will

take a trigger style airbrush. An

adaptor is supplied to attach the

Iwata paint cleaning station.

CONCLUSION

If you are starting to assemble a

workshop, I can recommend this

high quality brush holder no matter

what brand of airbrush you prefer.

It can be ordered from

the Airbrush Company, who

supplied our review sample.

Next month we will look at the

Iwata paint cleaning station.

To order, visit http://www.

airbrushes.com , or in the UK

phone 01903 767800.

BarracudaCast

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his month BarracudaCast

have supplied us with

their latest wheel sets. All

are nicely cast, with hub detail

far superior to plastic parts,

while the tyres have a realistic

slightly weighted effect.

Most of the tyres are designed

to fit specific Spitfire kits: Eduard

in 1/72 and 1/48, and Tamiya in

1/32. But BarracudaCast have

also included small resin axle

adaptors, so you can use them on

any other manufacturer’s kit.

The final set is designed

to fit Trumpeter’s 1/24 scale

Messerschmitt Bf109G-6 or

G-10. It replaces the kit’s poor

plastic and vinyl with beautiful

one-piece resin replacements

and is a must-have for anyone

with this kit in the stash.

1/72 SCALE

BR 72315 SPITFIRE FOUR SLOT

MAINWHEELS

DESIGNED FOR: EDUARD

BR 72316 SPITFIRE FOUR SLOT BLOCK

TREAD MAINWHEELS

DESIGNED FOR: EDUARD

1/48 SCALE

BR 48317 SPITFIRE FOUR SLOT

MAINWHEELS

DESIGNED FOR: EDUARD

1/32 SCALE

BR 32335 SPITFIRE FOUR SLOT

MAINWHEELS

DESIGNED FOR: TAMIYA

BR 32319 SPITFIRE FOUR SLOT BLOCK

TREAD MAINWHEELS

DESIGNED FOR: TAMIYA

1/24 SCALE

BR24325 MESSERSCHMITT BF109G-6

TO G-14 MAINWHEELS

DESIGNED FOR: TRUMPETER

CONCLUSION

Simple upgrades on the kits’

plastic with minimal preparation

• what’s not to like?
  The full BarracudaCast range
  can be seen and purchased
  from http://www.barracudacast.com.
  We thank Roy Sutherland of
  Barracuda Studios for supplying
  us with the review samples.

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