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THE KITInside the sturdy top-opening box is a nice little model. The cover art is quite inspiring and motivated me to start work straight away.

Seven small light-grey sprues, with just a hint of lash here and there (nothing that would mar the inish or can’t be cleaned up

relatively quickly) make up most of the components. Also included are a clear sprue, ten light-grey resin pieces, a

fret of photo-etch (PE) and a small sheet of

acetate ilm. A decal sheet, masks, and an instruction book complete the package. allow you to build any version from The parts contained in the box

the V3 up to the early B (with the elongated slats). The decals are the only limiting factor on subjects, as everything else is in the box.With some exceptions here and

there the instructions are relatively easy to understand. They do bounce around from one assembly to the next and then back, but that is just a quirk. Marking options are included

for two Antons and two Bertas. As is normal construction starts in THE BUILD

the cockpit. The instrument panel is painted and then sandwiched

between the acetate ilm and backing mount. Adding the sidewall detail is easy, but I discovered an issue with it early on. After bending the PE map case and installing it

I noticed something was of with the photos of the real thing. Dora Wings tell you to add the case to the right sidewall, but it belongs on the left side. Unfortunately,

I found this out just a little too late to do anything about it. ones made from tape because I could not get the PE brass ones I replaced the seatbelts with

to drape properly. I also deviated from the instructions slightly in that I added the sidewalls to the fuselage sides, instead of making a cockpit sub-assembly

E109A it starts in 1935 with the prototype’s irst light, quickly followed up with lights by other test machines. At the same time, very great story has to start somewhere, and for the Messerschmitt Bf.

in another part of Europe events were happening that would shape the 109 into a lethal war machine. The Spanish Civil War started in

1936; Germany provided aircrafts and pilots to General Franco and the Condor Legion was born. Using “volunteers” to ly the aircraft, German pilots gained invaluable

combat experience. The V3 was the irst 109 to arrive in December 1936, followed up by the rest of the V series and eventually the Bf. 109AA, B, C, D, and Emil.

short production run of approximately 20-22 machines, but it nonetheless contributed The Bf. 109AA had a relatively

to the efort in Spain. Sixteen Antons were used in Spain, coded 6-3 through 6-18. These aircraft featured long-span wing slats, a ixed-pitch Schwarz propeller

and two cowl- mounted machine guns. The Jumo engine was underpowered but robust. The Bf. 109AA has been covered

before in 1/48 scale by the Classic Airframes kits, but these are hard to ind and costly when they do become available. Last year Arsenal Model Group (AMG)

released a series of early Jumo-powered 109s, but these were hard to obtain worldwide.

Wings. Using the molds from AMG they’ve improved distribution to make the kit available worldwide. Enter a new company, Dora

BF. 109A/B

The First of the Line

Dora Wings 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf. 109A/B by Floyd S. Werner

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the Junkers D.1 saw before the Armistice is unconirmed but they were used to great efect during the ighting between German Freikorps and Bolshevik (and other)

forces in the Baltic during 1919.D.1 were completed by Junkers (Jko) and Junkers-Fokker Ultimately just 40 Junkers

(Jfa), with the majority being delivered after the Armistice.THE KIT

Having been told by the editor that he was sending me the new Wingnut Wings Junkers D.1, I at irst hesitated as to when I would be

able to get it done as I had a couple of other (non-Wingnut) builds in the pipeline. Had I, perhaps, overdosed on Wingnut kits? Apparently not. As soon as I

had a look through the contents I couldn’t help but be drawn back into their enticing web. As we’ve come to expect from Wingnuts

it’s a cracking kit, packed with beautifully printed decals and incredible levels of detail with crisp and ine mouldings. The instruction manual is a mini

work of art, littered with period photos to help whet the appetite. choice of aircraft, as although there What’s more, it’s quite a clever

were few used operationally, it does give a rare chance to model a WW1 ighter with next to no rigging. On top of that, as it’s a monoplane, no

tricky struts and top wing attachment shenanigans – perhaps the ideal kit to lure in the mainstream

modellers who are a little daunted by the thought of iddly rigging. Despite its detail, it also looked to be a very

straightforward build indeed.Wingnut kit, the As with any

HISTORYTaircraft produced in Germany he Junkers D.I (factory designation J 9) was a monoplane ighter

late in World War I, and was signiicant for becoming the irst all-metal ighter to enter service. The prototype, a private venture by Junkers designated

the J 7, irst lew on 17 September 1917, going through nearly a half-dozen detail changes in its design during its tests. When it was demonstrated to

the Idlieg the following year it proved impressive enough to result

in an order for three additional aircraft for trials. However, the changes made by Junkers were signiicant enough for the irm to redesignate the next example the J

9, which was supplied to the Idlieg instead of the three J 7s ordered.performance were excellent, The speed and climb

and although it was felt that it lacked manoeuvrability and downward visibility for a front-line ighter, it was judged it at least for a naval ighter, and

a batch of 12 was ordered. D.1s were dispatched to the front on 2 October 1918. How much action At least four of these Junkers

WINGNUTS IT’S A CRACKING KIT, PACKED WITH BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED DECALS “AS WE’VE COME TO EXPECT FROM

AND INCREDIBLE LEVELS OF DETAIL”

JUNKED

Junkers

PARTONE

Wingnut Wings 1/32 Junkers D.1 by Guy Goodwin

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SPITFIRE MK.1First look at Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.1 (2018)

Iyears ago. At that time this was hailed as the best Spitire on the market and to be fair today it still holds up well against far newer t is hard to believe but Tamiya irst introduced a Mk.1 Spitire to their 1/48 scale range 25

kits. But being second best is obviously not good enough for Tamiya as at the Japan Model & Hobby show in Tokyo on the 28-30th September they revealed

an all new tool Mk.1 Spitire. At that time it was expected that this would be a 2019 release but much to our surprise, a full production boxing arrived in

the oice just one month later. confronted by the normal high quality plastic with ine recessed and raised details. The attachment On opening the box you are

points on most parts, are on the lat joining edge of the part. This means that you will have a little more cleaning up to do, to remove the runner attachment stub. But this

also means that you will not loose any of the ine engraved detail.the fuselage halves, which have large cut out’s that cover the whole The irst thing I noticed was

cockpit area. My irst thought was that this was so they could produce the later Spitire marks with a bubble top canopy in the future. In fact this combined with

a choice canopies is so you can correctly show the canopy in the fully open position. Normally most manufacturers just give you

the separate canopy but when positioned open this means that the canopy sits too high. By producing a cockpit section with a slightly

thinner proile (Though inaccurate) the canopy will now sit in the correct position. This is the irst of a number of innovative engineering choices, my favourite of which

concerns the undercarriage. I have always found that setting the correct angles of the Spitires thin legs is a bit of a challenge. But with this kit, both undercarriage

legs are moulded along with a spar, which means any guesswork is completely removed. Another beneit is that this leads to a far more rigid assembly, which should

stand up well to moving your model to shows, or even my wife’s dusting!you also have a set of grey thicker As well as a set of canopy masks

vinyl self adhesive pieces, these supply the raised panels itted to the sides of the front cowlings on very early Mk.1. They also supply the thin oval surround seen on

the port side of the canopy though personally I will probably just leave the raised clear oval as this feature barely visible in photos. Other early features supplied

include a ring and bead site and the pole type aerial mast, it is just a shame the very early two bladed propeller was not included as well.The detail supplied in both the

cockpit and the undercarriage bays is truly outstanding and the only aftermarket I will add is some Airscale placards and a

little wire. A nicely moulded pilot igure is supplied and a nice touch is that the etched fret supplies not only the normal seat belts but also a shorter set that realistically

attaches the pilot to his seat. the mesh for the radiators, two styles of gun sight as well This fret also includes all

as some cockpit details.three schemes featuring three early schemes:Decals are supplied for

• 
  
  
  
  1. Supermarine Spitire Mk.1, K9906, FZ-L, 65 Squadron, 1939. A very early inish with dark earth and dark green camoulage “A Scheme” with
  
  
  
  


• aluminium under surfaces.2. Supermarine Spitire Mk.1, N3200, QV, 19 squadron, “Operation Dynamo “(Dunkirk) 1940. The normal upper surface
  colours but in the B scheme

which is a mirror image of the camoulage pattern used on the aircraft above. This aircraft has the lower wings painted

black(Port) and white (starboard) .• 3. Supermarine Spitire Mk.1, P9495, DW-K, 610 Squadron, Battle of Britain,1940. Another aircraft in the B scheme

with sky under surfaces.The instructions are to Tamiya’s normal standard, clearly showing where everything goes and what

colour it is using paints from the Tamiya range. Two separate booklets include historical information and some black and

white thumbnails of the example in the RAF museum. The second, which is in full colour, supplies the decal placement guide and also a 1/48 scale plan view of the

B scheme which will be handy to produce some masking templates.CONCLUSION

This new kit will cost £13 more than the original version and supplies a lot more detail and corrects some

very small dimensional issue of the original boxing. It also supplies a nice pilot figure, mask and etched metal fret. So if you are in the market for a Spitfire this is now the best option on

the market, but if you have the older kit in the stash it is still worth building.Company for supplying us with Our thanks to the Hobby

this kit in advance of the kits official UK release at the end of November and a Quick build should feature in the next issue, I hope!

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trusted Fokker Dr.1s, and the SSW D.IIIs were ignominiously returned to the factory from whence they came. Despite an improved D.III being produced,

production only ran to eighty machines, and although some of these reached home defence units in Germany, it was soon

superseded on the production line by the Siemens-Shuckert D.IV.

THE KITInside the small Proipak box you get two grey sprues containing 78 plastic parts, a small photo-etch (PE) colour fret, a small acetate

sheet containing two windscreens, a set of pre-cut painting masks for the wheels, and two Eduard-printed decal sheets, the smaller

of which features the individual and national markings for the

ive colour scheme options, and the larger featuring a complete set of lozenge-pattern decals for the upper and lower wings. Despite the small parts count,

the nature of WWI aircraft means that there is still a fair amount of work to do, and many of those parts are small and iddly, which only adds to the workload. Unfortunately too, the majority of

Eduard 1/48 SSW D.III by Jay BlakemoreA STRANGE BIRD

Iquarter-scale Siemens-Schuckert SSW. D.III. It was a strange subject matter with which to launch a new model-making company onto the n 1993 the ledgeling Czech model manufacturer Eduard released their very irst kit, a

world stage, as the pugnacious little sesquiplane ighter was doubtless unknown to many modellers, and in fact saw very little in the way of action during

WW1. In 2015 Eduard decided to release an all-new, up-to-date tooling of the same aircraft, which is the subject of this build article.

examples of the new Siemens-Shuckert DIII arrived at the airield at Balatre, the home of In early April 1918, nine

Jagdgeschwader II (JG II). Built around the radical 11-cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh III counter-rotary engine, which saw the propeller and the engine rotating in

opposite directions at 900 rpm, the performance of the ighters initially enthralled the Geschwader pilots. On 22 April, Hptm Berthold said that the DIII possessed a “brilliant rate

of climb, and that the combination of the airframe coupled with the Sh III engine was faultless.” misplaced, however, for problems This trust would prove

soon began to surface. After only seven to ten hours of lying time the engines began showing serious signs of over-heating,

which resulted in piston seizure. JG II went back to using its

FIGHTER

Fledgling



BRASSINBARRACUDACASTSEATS WITH BELTSAVIATIC(FADED): 648166 SSW DIII ENGINE.: ATT48008 5-COLOUR LOZENGE : BR48011 ALBATROSS

GASPATCH MODELSTURNBUCKLES: 13-

ITEMS USED

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than I would expect to on a new kit.has markings for both a US Army and a US Air Force option, though A nicely printed decal sheet

many more are available, thanks to AOA decals who have produced two sheets covering the type’s service in the Vietnam War.The instructions are in a

standard format, consisting of eight pages covering twenty-ive assembly stages. These jump around a bit from engine to cockpit and back to the engine via the

undercarriage, which can get a bit confusing. The two marking options are illustrated using black and white proiles, with colour callouts that refer to the Vallejo paint range.

Assembly starts with the Continental O-470-11 power plant. Four stages cover the build and CONSTRUCTION

here the lash and misalignment is evident the most, especially on some of the smaller parts.have the manufacturer’s name The cylinder heads, Parts 1E,

moulded on, but they are marred by moulding defects, which is a shame. Another problem is with the carburettor intake, Parts 21 and 23E. The open end of the intake is

quite rough, appearing to be short-moulded, so it will require some careful work to correct. However, with a little time and patience, a lovely replica of the engine can be

built, and the cowlings are separate parts so you can show it all of.In between assembling

the engine, I worked on the undercarriage, the tail wheel, and main wheels. Parts 2 and 3F are the brake lines, which are very

ine mouldings and quite fragile. I broke both of them trying to clean them up, so I replaced them with suitable pieces of wire. Next came the cockpit, which

begins with the assembly of the pilot and observer’s seats.The pilot’s chair is constructed

from seven parts and this includes some ine rods, which need some careful cleaning up. No seat harnesses are provided, so

I used a generic set of US pre-painted seat belts from Eduard.of the actual panel revealed that there are a number of variations An internet search for pictures

in instrument layout and colour schemes. I could not ind an exact match of the layout in the kit one, so I improvised. The panel has raised detail for the instrument bezels,

Roden 1/32 Cessna L-19/0-1 Bird Dog by Angelo Picardo (^) but Roden have not supplied any instrument-face detail as either raised moulding or decals. I used some of the excellent Airscale
Ito beat the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog. However, the Bird Dog has had a distinguished military career with the armed forces of the United f any aeroplane could appear more un-military, than it would have to go a fair way
States in both Korea and Vietnam. With a top speed of 115 mph (my car goes faster!), and a low stall speed, the aircraft was ideal as
an artillery spotter plane and a forward air controller. Roden have released a 1/32 scale model of the machine and I was only too happy to take a look at it.
grey sprues, a clear sprue, and three lengths of metal rods.on the real thing, with engraved The box contains seven Surface detail is minimal, as
panel lines and raised details.production model and some of the It has the feel of a limited
detail is soft, while the surface inish is a bit rough in places. grainy feel to it, but not so bad that it needs any sorting out. Also, the The surface of the model has a
surface of the kit has a number of “scars”, the most prominent of which is found on the port side lower engine
cowling, but a touch of iller and a quick pass with the sanding stick sorted these out. Some of the smaller
parts seem to have sufered from what appears to be mould misalignment. There are also ejector pin
marks to contend with and a fair amount of lash. The clear parts are not quite as clear as they should be and there is more lash
“I WOULD HAPPILY BUILD ANOTHER ONE AND WOULD LOVE TO GIVE RODEN’S O2 SKYMASTER A GO”
The kit provides a nice little replica of the engine Underside of the engine. The carburettor intake is a bit rough
Cockpit floor and pilot’s seat, just needing a seat belt
BIRD DOG
It ain’t nothing but a
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ine detail, but in order to get the upper wings to it properly it is necessary to thin down the casting on the outer front and top sections. I inally achieved a
good it when the resin casting was almost transparently thin in parts, so some care is required. The kit moulds the inner
undercarriage doors closed, which was the normal arrangement for later series Fw 190s, but the Fw 190A-0 and some early A-1 aircraft left the inner gear doors
open when on the ground. If in doubt, photographic evidence for the speciic machine you intend to model is recommended. On
later Fw 190s, the inboard gear doors apparently only drooped if the uplocks had not engaged.thinned down and glued into place, Once the wheel wells were
the upper wings were glued on. Although the lack of locating pins means some care is required, the rather neat arrangement whereby
the wing and lap trailing edges are moulded onto the upper sections helped provide a ixed reference, as well as ensuring a thin trailing edge. A very nice touch,
Pacific Coast Models 1/32 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-0/1/2/3 (early version) by John Bisset provided enough care is taken to get a good lush it at the join. This also produces a neat aileron cutout, scalloped to allow the Frise
Tknow this is the only 1/32 kit to represent the earliest production Fw 190s. The kit says that any model from the A-0 to the A-3 his is a reissue of Paciic Coast Model’s early variant Fw 190, and as far as I
can be modelled from it, which is correct. However, it is worth noting that a small number of very early A-0 airframes were built with the trial small wing, and
those cannot be built from this kit.limited-run production kits, using impressively shiny grey plastic, The kit is fairly typical of
resin, and photo-etch parts to good efect. As is normal for limited-run kits, there are no locating pins, and also some sprue gates that cross joint areas, requiring careful
cleanup before construction. of test itting with this model, especially for the forward fuselage I found it helpful to do a lot
areas, which are made up of several separate panel sections. Both the cockpit tub and the engine are moulded from resin to provide some ine detail, so they
require the use of superglue. points emphasised the need for dry-itting and marking up of accurate it positions before applying any The lack of good clear locating
glue. The engine especially needs accurate positioning to ensure subsequent good panel it.
THE BUILD Unusually, I started this build with the wings. The lower wing is provided as a single piece
(just like the original), with a resin casting for the inner undercarriage bays. These it inboard of plastic outer bay sections which glue into the lower wing.
The resin casting has some
FW-190A
Focke-Wulf
SCALEKIT NOPANEL LINESAPPROPRIATESTATUS: 1/32: PCM 32011: REISSUE: RECESSED AND RAISED AS
TYPEPARTSPHOTO-ETCHDECAL OPTIONSMANUFACTURER: INJECTION MOULDED PLASTIC: 74 PLASTIC, 5 CLEAR, 20 RESIN, 44 : 8: PACIFIC COAST MODELS
KIT DETAILS
QUICKBUILD
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Slew in 1903, while the following decade saw long-distance lights over the oceans. In WWI aviation took a radical turn, from science ometimes it’s diicult to imagine humble beginnings. The Wright Brothers irst
to killing machines. The 1920-30s brought out new ideas of mass personal transportation. beginning, and we then had some In WWII the jet age was just
of the fastest aircraft imaginable: the supersonic Concorde and the SR-71. These and many like them owe a lot to a small orange aircraft, the Bell X-1.
important aircraft of our time, the dynamic orange fuselage speeding across a blue sky, Possibly one of the most
breaking the sound barrier, made Chuck Yeager a household name overnight. Designed as the jet age was beginning, there were three Bell X-1 aircraft built. The 6062,
or as it’s more famously known, the “Glamorous Glennis,” was built to test and better understand supersonic and transonic light.
THE KITThe Eduard X-1 was irst released in 1998. For a long time, this kit was much sought after, so thankfully Eduard decided to put it into
production again. Do not let the fact that this is an older tooling put you of. The plastic is very good and the kit also includes some beautifully cast resin wheels, a set of window
masks, and a metal fret of etched painted parts that includes three diferent types of instrument panels and seat belts, as well as a
few detailing parts for the airframe.Eduard also separately released a new etched metal set (48909). This includes more detailed inserts for And if you still aren’t satisied,
the wheel bays and door covers
BUSTER that are a thinner alternative to the plastic counterparts. I think many modellers will be satisied with the contents included in the box, but for those wanting to add a bit more to their X-1, the extra
etched set is a fantastic addition.I was really looking forward to this THE BUILD
kit, but sadly building it took a few more left turns than I wanted. There are many sources online that show detailed pictures of the X-1 cockpit,
so starting there, I replaced several plastic parts with the new etched pieces. These added some very nice detail that is clearly seen with the door removed. I painted the
interior Tamiya XF-58 Olive Green. to a minimum, as these X-1s weren’t heavily used and were very well maintained. I also replaced the I decided to keep any weathering
etched seat belts with a fabric P-51 set (148007) from HGW Models, as these are nearly identical to Eduard’s. HGW seat belts can appear diicult to assemble, but with a
sharp knife, some good tweezers, and a little patience, you will be
rewarded with some fantastic and realistic looking belts.aircraft; I just get a bit paranoid that I didn’t add enough nose weight, I’m not a fan of nose-sitting
and in this case, I can safely say that I overdid it and added way too much. The Bell X-1 was based around the shape of a .50 calibre bullet and my kit weighs nearly as much as one.
and this could be the only issue I One major problem I ran into,
had with the design of the kit, was that the instrument panel does not it in the cockpit. The panel is designed to it on a rod holding the pedals in place. I sanded down
the plastic raised details, as the instructions directed, and then attached the pre-painted etched panels. When it came time to add the completed panel into the
cockpit, however, I was devastated to ind that no matter how I tried I
Eduard 1/48 Bell X-1 by Jared Demes
“THIS IS A SIMPLE KIT AND PROVIDES A LOT OF REWARD A QUICK BUILD, BUT IT
FOR THE MODELLER”
MACH
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BONEYARD
DESERT
Part 3 US Marines and Other Agencies by D Francis and Tim Upson SmithSCRAPBOOK
PARTTHREE
In amongst the KC-135s there was this example of a US Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules. Of note is the green colour seen on the upper surfaces of two of the KC-135s, a scheme I am not familiar with With the introduction of the V-22 Osprey, the marines have retired their CH-46 Sea Knight and a large number are now in storage
The US Army was represented by a number of Shorts C-23 Sherpas. No doubt these will have a second life in the near future The one that got away. No F-117 is stored at Davis Monthan but it still manages to feature in celebrity row!
Another HC-130H was this example from the US Forestry Service that had seen service as fire bomber prior to retirement At least 50 T-34C Turbo Mentors were seen in two lines. Most of the visible examples carried US Marines markings
These USMC legacy F/A-18 Hornets have already lost most of their useful parts to keep others flying and will soon be reduced to scrap
Dfor all US government aircraft in storage, with one exception: the F-117 stealth ighter was found to be not suitable for outdoor avis-Monthan Air Base (the “Boneyard”) is now the central storage area
storage. So is the only US Air Force type currently in storage, but not at the Boneyard. at the Desert Boneyard we will In our inal part of our look
look at some of the US Marine aircraft in storage as well as a few of the other agencies that have aircraft awaiting their fate.
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PHOTO REPORT
6 The First of the Line
Dora Wings 1/48 Messerschmitt
Bf. 109A/B by Floyd S. Werner
20 Junkers Junked
Wingnut Wings 1/32 Junkers
D.1 by Guy Goodwin
20 Junkers Junked
Wingnut Wings 1/32 Junkers
D.1 by Guy Goodwin
42 First Looks

• Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.1 (2018)


• Dora Wings 1/
  Bellanca CH/J-

35 The SAM

Telford Special

All the lastest news

from Scale Model

World 2018

68 Fledgling Fighter

Eduard 1/48 SSW D.III

by Jay Blakemore

68 Fledgling Fighter
Eduard 1/48 SSW D.III
by Jay Blakemore

12 Bird Dog

Roden 1/32 Cessna L-19/0-

Bird Dog by Angelo Picardo

12 Bird Dog

Roden 1/32 Cessna L-19/0-

Bird Dog by Angelo Picardo

30 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A

Pacific Coast Models 1/

Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-0/1/2/

(early version) by John Bisset

62 Mach Buster

Eduard 1/48 Bell X-1 by Jared Demes

76 Desert Boneyard Scrapbook

Part Three: US Marines and

Other Agencies by D Francis

and Tim Upson Smith

CONTENTS

35 The SAM News

39 Czech News

46 Accessories

50 Tool of the month

52 Decals

56 Reviews

78 Books & Media

82 Show Diary

ALSO INSIDE

76 Desert Boneyard Scrapbook

Part Three: US Marines and

Other Agencies by D Francis

and Tim Upson Smith

Sam

THE First Looks• Tamiya 1/48 Spitire Mk.1 (2018)

• Dora Wings 1/72 Bellanca CH/J-300see page 42
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First look at Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.1 (2018)kits. But being second best is It is hard to believe but Tamiya irst introduced a Mk.1 Spitire to their 1/48 scale range 25 years ago. At that time this was hailed as the best Spitire on the market and to be fair today it still holds up well against far newer SPITFIRE MK.1obviously not good enough for Tamiya as at the Japan Model & Hobby show in Tokyo on the 28-30th September they revealed an all new tool Mk.1 Spitire. At that time it was expected that this would be a 2019 release but much to our surprise, a full production boxing arrived in the oice just one month later.

confronted by the normal high The irst thing I noticed was quality plastic with ine recessed and raised details. The attachment points on most parts, are on the lat joining edge of the part. This means that you will have a little more cleaning up to do, to remove the runner attachment stub. But this also means that you will not loose any of the ine engraved detail.On opening the box you are the fuselage halves, which have large cut out’s that cover the whole cockpit area. My irst thought was that this was so they could produce the later Spitire marks with a bubble top canopy in the future. In fact this combined with a choice canopies is so you can correctly show the canopy in the fully open position. Normally

most manufacturers just give you the separate canopy but when positioned open this means that the canopy sits too high. By producing a cockpit section with a slightly

the canopy will now sit in the with this kit, both undercarriage correct position. This is the irst of a number of innovative engineering choices, my favourite of which concerns the undercarriage. I have always found that setting the correct angles of the Spitires thin legs is a bit of a challenge. But thinner proile (Though inaccurate) legs are moulded along with a spar, which means any guesswork is completely removed. Another beneit is that this leads to a far more rigid assembly, which should stand up well to moving your model to shows, or even my wife’s dusting!As well as a set of canopy masks

vinyl self adhesive pieces, these include a ring and bead site and supply the raised panels itted to the sides of the front cowlings on very early Mk.1. They also supply the thin oval surround seen on the port side of the canopy though personally I will probably just leave the raised clear oval as this feature barely visible in photos. Other early features supplied you also have a set of grey thicker the pole type aerial mast, it is just a shame the very early two bladed propeller was not included as well.The detail supplied in both the cockpit and the undercarriage bays is truly outstanding and the only aftermarket I will add is some Airscale placards and a little wire. A nicely moulded pilot igure is supplied and a nice touch

is that the etched fret supplies attaches the pilot to his seat. This fret also includes all the mesh for the radiators, two styles of gun sight as well not only the normal seat belts but also a shorter set that realistically • 1. Supermarine Spitire Mk.1, 1939. A very early inish with camoulage “A Scheme” with • 2. Supermarine Spitire Mk.1, “Operation Dynamo “(Dunkirk) camoulage pattern used on the black(Port) and white (starboard) .• 3. Supermarine Spitire Mk.1, P9495, DW-K, 610 Squadron,

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FIRST LOOK!

>> AIRFIX ANNOUNCE NEW 1/24 F6F-5 HELLCAT!

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irst day of Telford! WAnd Airix certainly delivered e had been promised a big announcement at 10 AM on the

on that promise with the announcement of a 1/24 Scale Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat. This has been developed by the same

team who produced the Typhoon, so the surface detail looks very good with a nice representation of the lapped fuselage panels and

if storage space of such a large kit may not prove much of a problem because the model includes a nice

representation of the parallel to the fuselage wing fold used on the Hellcat, Wildcat and Avenger.

you can display the gun bays opened up. The kit will include both US Navy and Fleet Air Arm and French If you do show the wings spread,

options and will be available in the second quarter of 2019.

Dragon Lady

from the East

Atype has been overlooked for far to many years with is the irst new tool of the type FV Club have announced they are going to produce a U-2C, this

since the 1960s when Hawk released their version which is still occasionally available

under the Testor’s label.will be the most detailed of any U-2 released to date with a The new AFV club boxing

detailed camera package and alternative clear window layouts. An especially nice touch is the inclusion of the fabric sunshade,

which does allow for a number of interesting diorama possibilities. The initial boxing will supply

Chinese Air Force of Taiwan, but I am sure a USAF boxing will not be far behind and markings for the Nationalist

of course, many U-2s in the early years did not carry any markings at all! Look out for

this new release early in 2019.

TELFORD SPECIAL

Tall Tales from Iran

Iindigenous designed jet ighter. Though developing what they are calling the irst f you have never heard of SAEQEH-80 I would not be surprised, over the last 15 years the Iranians have been

many observers are suggesting that they are just modernising their existing 1970 era F-5Es with up dated avionics and twin

fashion to represent the Saqeh-80. tails. AFV Club have announced they will be modernising their existing 1/48 Scale F-5E tooling in a similar

The kit will include markings for a number of schemes this aircraft/aircrafts have been seen in to date.

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