Airfix Model World – July 2018

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DECK

MANOEUVRING

Household Crockery & Glass Set

By: MiniArt

Item no: 35559 Price: £10.99

Web: http://www.creativemodels.co.uk

Here's another superb ‘domestic’

set from MiniArt, which is sure

to find employment in dioramas,

and offers cups, saucers, trays,

jugs, tea/coffee pots, various

bottles for alcoholic beverages

and their respective glasses. Ever

thoughtful, the bottles are in

either transparent, clear green or

brown styrene, while the glasses

are clear items, requiring just

paint to indicate a full receptacle.

All crockery parts are in crisp

white styrene, with separate

handles for the tea pots, and

there are even decals for motifs

to enliven several of the cups.

USEFUL

TABLEWARE

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SPOOKY STUFF!

WALTZING MODS

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DETAILS

1/72 ITALIAN

RAIDER

Fw 190D-9

By: Brengun

Item no: BRL48093 Price: €7.08

Web: http://www.brengun.cz

The Dragon/Italeri Fw 190D-

9 is good for its age, but it

can be boosted in certain

areas. Brengun’s PE offers

improvement, all centred for

the cockpit. There’s a new

seat with belts and mounting

points, instruments panels and

side consoles, a map holder,

windscreen trim, head armour

and rear canopy decking (with a

separate stowage compartment

hatch), and acetate instruments.

FG.1 Phantom

By: Eduard Item no: 73625

Price: €18.75 Web: http://www.eduard.com

It was inevitable Eduard would

provide extras for Airfix’s Phantom,

This detail set is in plain brass and

pre-coloured metal. The latter’s fret

contains instrument panels, side

consoles, lining for the sidewalls in

front and rear ‘offices’, and ejection

seat straps/firing handles/scissor

shackles. A head-up display (HUD)

is supplied, and other plain brass

items include airbrake bay/door inner

facings, afterburners, canopy mirrors

and auxiliary air doors. Three acetate

HUD glass portions also feature.

Barre de Tractage Rafale Marine

By: L’Arsenal

Item no: AC 48 89 Price: €8.95

Web: http://www.larsenal.com

Got a Revell or Hobby Boss 1/48

naval Rafale? If so, this cool

French Navy tow bar, a bespoke

item for the Rafale M, is the

perfect accessory. In cream-

coloured resin, the item will need

paper-thin flash removing from

some parts, but once neatened,

this resin item will be splendid.

It comes with separate wheels

and handles, and an optional

stowage box to be mounted half-

way along the arm. No painting

advice is supplied, but Internet

photos show it to be yellow, with

small red/white markings.

Australian Matilda Conversion Set

By: Dan Taylor Modelworks

Item no: C-72132 Price: £9.50

Web: dantaylormodelworks.com

Dan Taylor’s set convcerts S-Model’s

Matilda II into an Australian machine,

with either mesh- or Marston

Matting-type engine covers. It

comprises 12 PE and 11 resin items,

and these either replace kit parts

(front mudguards and turret antenna

bracket) or add completely new

features (turret ring armour, extra

stowage boxes and telephone

box). The instructions also guide

modellers on how to correct certain

mistakes made in the kit's design.

Popski’s Jeep

By: ResiCAST

Item no: 35.1271 Price: €35.50

Web: http://www.resicast.com

ResiCAST’s resin conversion is

for Tamiya’s Willys Jeep (35219)

and transforms it into one of two

heavily modified vehicles used

by British Army Major Vladimir

‘Popski’ Peniakoff’s Special

Forces unit in Italy, during World

War Two. With more than 70

resin components, it covers

every nuance of these Jeeps,

and offers a choice of single or

twin .30 cal or single .50 cal

machine guns. A host of extra

jerrycans, ammunition boxes and

general stowage is also included,

making for a striking model.

F-8E Crusader ejection seat

By: Eduard Item no: 648388

Price: €14.95 Web: http://www.eduard.com

Eduard re-boxed Hasegawa’s F-8

recently, and to make more use of

its additions, the ejection seat is now

packaged separately for anyone with

the original kit. The seat is a Martin-

Baker F7, and it’s replicated superbly.

The main structure is in resin, as are

the parachute box and back pad,

and finer details such as belts, leg

restraints and firing handles come

in pre-coloured PE. Vital features

(drogue gun, barostatic time release

unit, seat pack etc) are reproduced

faithfully, although no rocket pack is

present. Decals are also provided.

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OFFICE

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FG.1 Phantom

1/72

photos show it to be yellow, with

small red/white markings.

F-8E Crusader ejection seat

By: Eduard Item no: 648388

KNIGHT’S

ESCAPE

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BAC Lightning F.1/F.1a
By: CMK Item no: 4347 Price: €10.30
Web: http://www.cmkkits.com

Good as Airfix’s quarter-scale
Lightnings are, the one area that
lacks refinement is the cockpit, but
CMK’s delightful resin and acetate
(for the instrument dials) package
acts as a drop-in replacement. The
cast detail is superb and accurate,
and there’s even a replacement
coaming section and rear panel
(to which the canopy attaches).
Minimum preparation is needed prior
to assembly once the casting blocks
are removed...just removal of flash
from the dial apertures and ejection
seat firing handles, then it's all ready.