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The kit arrived in a clear plastic bag, with a number of loose-leaf sheets containing the instructions. THE KIT

This is not a new cost-saving move from Revell, but typical of what is received when you get a pre-production test shot. Given that, any errors or flaws I find during

the course of this build may not be present in a production kit.sprues, and one clear sprue, along In the bag were twenty dark grey with a decal sheet. The dark grey

plastic used on the test shot features some very fine engraved panel lines on the exterior

and some equally fine raised detail on the interior. The clear parts are thin and very clear, but on my sample the canopy framing is a bit soft-edged, which made masking

the frames a little awkward. with my sample shows twenty-two sprues. The missing two sprues are for the underwing The part layout map supplied

rocket projectiles and rails, but there is no mention of them in any of the 79 assembly stages, so these will no doubt appear in a later boxing. Also missing were

the traditional colour profiles for the two options provided on the rather nice decal sheet.

The first ten stages of assembly all cover the interior, which includes a full-length floor panel, from cockpit THE BUILD

to tail wheel, which forms the base on which the interior is built. The cockpit has raised detail on both the instrument panel and side consoles, and a decal is supplied for

the instrument dials and compass, which looks very effective. on both the pilot’s and observer’s seat and would look OK with a The seat harness is moulded

little paint, but I am sure that many modellers will remove the moulded parts and replace them with aftermarket alternatives.I fitted the pilot’s entry hatch

and bulkhead, as well as the blanking plates that cover the internal recesses at the wing roots, before moving further aft to fit the ammunition containers for the

Revell 1/48 Beaufighter TF.X: Test Shot Build by Angelo Picardo belly-mounted cannons and the pedestal for the observer’s seat. the Beaufighter faced rearwards to The observer in this version of

Tis very well-known as a truly multi-role aeroplane that served throughout the Second World War and afterwards, distinguishing he Beaufighter should not need any introduction for most readers, as it

itself in all theatres of operation. When the editor asked me to have a go at building Revell’s new kit of the aeroplane I was more than

just interested. Having built the three versions produced by Tamiya, and being very impressed by them, I was very curious to see how Revell could improve on it.

The interior surface of the fuselage has some impressive moulded-on detail

The cockpit is nicely detailed. The ejector pin mark is not visible through the canopy, and I would replace the moulded-on seat belts with aftermarket items

The wing root blanking plate and heating pipe can be seen here

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pressure fit experiment, I still prefer a build that needs some glue. The plastic is a nice dark-grey styrene, plus a small fret of etched metal provides a turbine

for the jet pipe and seat belts. separate sets for various weapon additions. Many of these can be added to the wing pylons that MENG also have for sale

are included with the kit, but the kit itself only supplies weapons

for the interior weapons bays. a difficult time finding confirming information on this aircraft. Many pictures and references that I found I would like to mention that I had

online of the -A model were early versions, where the interior and exterior colours would be different from what MENG has listed

T in the instructions. Situations like

while others hail it as the future of fighter and stealth aircraft. he F-35 is an aircraft of controversy. Many have already called it a failure,

various manufacturers have produced quite a few kits of the Over the past few years

F-35 (of varying quality and accuracy), but now MENG have presented us with an all-new-tooled “A” variant Lightning II. Unlike their previous P-51,

this kit is not a pressure-fit build. I was grateful for this, as while I did enjoy the engineering of their

STRIKE

Lightning

MENG 1/48 F-35A Lightning II by Jared Demes

THIS SERIOUSLY CONSIDER “I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE BUILDING

GETTING A MASKING SET”

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ALENIA M-346 MASTER/LAVIFirst look at Kinetic Gold 1/48 Alenia M-346 Master/Lavi

I it did look strangely familiar, as I had seen a number of builds of the Zvezda Yak -130 in 1/72 scale and there is a distinct resemblance. must confess that the Alenia M-346 was not a type that I was particularly aware of, but

This is not really surprising as Yak and Aliena Aermacchi joined together in 1992 to design a new advanced trainer with a ground combat capability.

eight years later, and the two companies individually carried the design forward, Alenia with the M-346, which had its first The partnership was dissolved

flight four years later. To date, 68 examples have been delivered to Italy, Singapore, Poland, Turkmenistan, and Israel with more on order. A dedicated ground attack aircraft is in development but with no orders to date. Yakovlev has produced over 160 Unfortunately for Alenia,

Yak-130 airframes, most of which are in service with the Russian Air Force. This production mismatch may change, however, as the

M-346 is entered in the United States Air Force T-X program, which is looking for a replacement for the T-38 and potentially the A-10 in the ground attack role.THE KITAt the US Nationals in Phoenix we were shown late test shots of this kit, the first in a new brand name

from Kinetic called Kinetic Gold.will feature a superior standard of fit and details than Kinetic’s older kits, though there will be some New kits using this brand name

kits released that will combine old and new tooling (like the F/A-18C ATARS, which will follow the M-346 on to the shelves).The improvement in fit is

obvious with a test fit of the major actually get away without filler.parts. Everything just clicks into place and I think you might The instructions are also superior to previous kits, being very clear with no doubt where the parts fit. A small sheet of etched brass provides parts for the ejection seat and the inside of the canopy, as well as the vanes on the long nose probe fitted to the two prototype aircraft. I really hope Master Models may consider doing a resin brass aftermarket replacement for this part, as it will be fiddly to assemble.used as a trainer, it is no surprise, bearing in mind that Israel is Although the type is currently

a customer, that it also has a more warlike underwing load of AIM-9M Sidewinders and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs, as well as three drop tanks.

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  1. M-346 prototype. this aircraft is painted overall metallic blue, and as with all of the other marking options the paints to use are keyed to the Mig range of paints.
     All of the elaborate markings are supplied as decals, making this a very easy scheme to paint.• 2. M-346 initial production S.N 001. This carries a near identical
     scheme to the prototype but with a metallic red finish.• 3. M-346 Lavi, No101, 102 Squadron “The Flying Tigers”, Israeli Defence Force. Replacing the A-4 Skyhawk
     as the Israeli’s advanced trainer,
  
  
  
  

this aircraft carries an impressive representation of the squadron’s badge on the tail, plus large areas of red (supplied as decals) under the wings. As this sheet has been

designed by Isradecal you can be sure that it is 100% accurate. The profile does not feature the refuelling probe fitted to the starboard side, though

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  4. M-346 Master, No325, Singapore the parts are supplied in the box and are called out during assembly.Air Force. This option is finished in a two-tone grey scheme that is
  
  
  
  


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  5. M-346 Master, No771 Polish Air similar to the one applied to early F-16s. A bit of colour is added by the diving eagle tail art and the checked band at the top of the tail.
     Force. A very attractive two-tone grey camouflage with full -colour Polish checkerboard national markings. Which makes you wonder why the squadron badge
  
  
  
  


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  6. M-346 Master, No 61-10, Italian Air Force. An overall grey scheme with all markings low-viz except the small national roundels.is painted in low-viz black?CONCLUSIONI cannot wait to start work on this new kit, though it will be a hard choice between the Israeli or Polish markings for me. Will all the parts fit as well as the larger pieces? If they do, we may have a kit that can rival anything Japan has produced to date.supplying the review sample, which is now available to purchase from their website: http://www.luckymodel.com.Our thanks to Lucky Model for
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was lost in a German air raid on Whitechurch in 1940, “Fingal” (G-AFDL) crashed at Pucklechurch following a fuel pipe failure, also in 1940, while “Fortuna”

in 1943. The loss of “Fortuna” was found to be due to deterioration of the plywood structure of the wings, and this led to the scrapping (G-AFDK) crashed near Shannon

of the last of the fleet, “Falcon” (G-AFDJ), and the subject of this article, “Fiona” (G-AFDM).

FIRST IMPRESSIONSValom’s model comes in a sturdy box with a removable lid adorned with an attractive signed portrait of “Fiona” in her RAF camouflage

BOAC livery. Inside the box we find four sprues which carry all the main components, moulded in a light brown plastic. These appear

to be at the higher end of detail one might expect from a limited-run kit, which bodes well for the build. appropriate for a wooden structure, Panel lines are fine, and as is

sparse. There is also a clear sprue which looks as good as any I’ve seen from any manufacturer: crystal clear and free from flash. Additional details come in the form of a photo-

etch (PE) sheet which covers the instrument panels, control yokes, and some miniscule throttle and other levers, which I fear are more likely to feed the carpet monster

than make it to the cockpit.

acetate sheet for the dials, three resin seats for the crew, and a decal sheet offering “Fiona” (G-AFDM) and “Fortuna” There is also an

(G-AFDK) as options for finishing. excellent, with the placement of the parts well indicated. Colours are supplied with five different The instruction sheet is

references: Humbrol, Agama, Model Master, Gunze-Sanyo, and FS. You couldn’t ask for more unless, like me, you tend to use Tamiya!The interior of the passenger

cabin as supplied with the kit is frankly rather bare, simply a floor and bulkheads, but with amazing foresight Valom sells separately a resin set to put right this omission.

It contains 11 double seats with their allotted tables, to give this area a degree of appropriate busyness when viewed through

the six lovely clear windows on each side. This comes with its own instruction sheet, which curiously includes placement details for pieces supplied in the

main kit, but does not mention the plastic overhead shelves.is relatively conventional: two beautifully tapered fuselage Construction of the airframe

halves and the wings in upper and lower halves with a separate

lower centre section. The tailplanes have separate elevators, which is nice, but all other control surfaces are fixed. As with most limited-run kits there is not a

locating pin anywhere to be seen, so precision and test-fitting of all pieces is the order of the day.

STARTING ON THE INSIDEThe fit of parts on limited-run kits can be very much a curate’s

egg, and my initial impression of the cabin floor was that it was likely to fit only where it touched. So the first thing I did was to add to it the four bulkheads and

two half bulkheads, to see if this would add some positivity to its location. I don’t know what I was worried about, as the completed assembly dropped into place in

the fuselage exactly as it should. with the fuselage interiors were then sprayed grey as indicated by The floor and bulkheads, along

Valom – Tamiya XF-14 J.A. Grey, in this case. The seats were airbrushed in XF-55 Deck Tan with red-brown seat covers and cushions. The instrument panel was

built up from a PE panel, to which you attach the acetate film to supply the instrument faces at the rear. Curiously, the acetate did not fit the PE panels, being

approximately 5% too large. I cut the film into smaller pieces to try and overcome this, but the result isn’t over-convincing. However, very little will be visible once the

fuselage is closed up, which is also why I didn’t even attempt to fit the tiny, tiny etched throttle levers. The seats were enhanced

with belts made from strips of masking tape, and once the side windows had been attached, it was time to cement the fuselage halves together. The diameter

of the fuselage along with the lack of locating pins led me to fit several tabs in each of the halves to ensure an accurate fit as well as a good strong join. This made a

huge difference to the structure; in fact, it was so good they stayed together without any glue.

Valom 1/72 DH.91 Albatross (RAF) by PeteR BarkerA common subject for discussion amongst modellers and aviators

alike is, “Which aircraft is the most beautiful ever produced?” Contenders are many, with obvious suggestions (from

myself) including the Spitfire, Concorde, Me 262, XB-70 Valkyrie, and myriad others. list, ever since I saw an image But at the top of my own

of it, is De Havilland’s exquisite wooden airliner from 1937, the DH.91 Albatross. Only seven were built, including two prototypes (with war intervening to end

production in 1939), but they were all drop-dead gorgeous.were operated by Imperial Airways on routes from Croydon to Paris, The five production aircraft

Brussels, and Zurich. After test

flying was completed, the two prototypes were also delivered to Imperial Airways and used as long-range mail carriers. In keeping with the usual

practice of Imperial Airways, all the aircraft were given names, and the type was known by the name of the first of the class, in this case ”Frobisher” (G-AFDI).

When war came the fleet was pressed into service by the War Office and put to various uses. 271 Squadron operating between The two mail carriers joined

Prestwick and Rekjavik, and both were lost in landing accidents in Rekjavik, ‘Faraday’ (G-AEVV) in 1941 and ‘Franklin’ (G-AEVW) in 1942. The

others continued in use as airliners, “Frobisher”

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a whole range of weapons in a bewildering series of official and field-fitted options, but a common fit was to replace the four nose-mounted MG-17 machine guns with

two MK 108 30mm cannon, retain the two nose MG 151 20mm cannon, and fit two upward-firing MG 151 in the rear cockpit in the forward-

slanted Shräge Musik arrangement. with better DB605 engines with Flammenvernichter flame dampers, additional scabbed-on armour The airframe was also upgraded,

for the pilot, larger rudders with Flettner tabs, and a twin MG 81Z flexible gun for rear defence. G-2, G-4, and C-6 in both profiPACK and Weekend editions. This latest variants harks back to the initial release of the Bf 110E in 2012, and has subsequently appeared as a C/D, Eduard’s family of 1/72 scale Bf 110 THE KIT

issue is a re-box of the 2013 G-4 with slightly different markings. this one doesn’t disappoint in the quality of the mouldings; they’re As with all the other versions,

still sharp, with finely-rendered detail and no flash or sink marks. The profiPACK package includes the usual masks and photo-etch (PE), mostly for the interior, and

also a neat brass template to help with mounting the delicate SN-2 antennae on the nose.

Eduard 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 Nightfighter profiPACK by Huw Morgan

B1933 accession to power, the Messerschmitt Bf 110 was a rather misunderstood and probably unfairly maligned aircraft. The orn during Germany’s re-armament (Aufrüstung) following Hitler’s

Bf 110 was designed in response to an RLM specification which sought to interpret the doctrine that called for a heavy fighter, fighter-bomber, and long-range

escort fighter capability. modified in 1934 to a simplified specification for a Zerstorer The specification was

(destroyer) aircraft, which called for a multi-engined, multi-seat airframe with considerable range. The early versions of the Bf 110 met these criteria, but

its operational performance in the early European war was

compromised by a lack of foresight amongst Luftwaffe planners, notably in failing to recognise the likely performance gap to nimble, single-seat lightweight fighters

like the Spitfire and Hurricane. and fighter-bomber for the Eastern and North African Fronts, the Bf 110 would go on to confound Re-invented as a heavy fighter

its critics, but it was as a late-war nightfighter that the type ultimately proved its worth.virtually unmodified from the Early nightfighter Bf 110s were

then-current -E version, their only preparation being a coat of black paint. Evolution of the type was rapid, however, from the Bf 110F-2/4 to the G-4 fitted with highly

sophisticated FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2 and later, Neptun radar. Nightfighting Bf 110s carried

KITNIGHTFIGHTER PROFIPACKMANUFACTURERSCALEPRODUCT CODE: MESSERSCHMITT BF 110G-4 : 1/72: EDUARD: 7094

PANEL LINESNO OF PARTSUSE), 13 CLEAR, PLUS PHOTO-ETCH AND MASKSTYPE: INJECTION MOULDED PLASTIC: RECESSED: 240 PLASTIC (84 NOT FOR

STATUSDECAL OPTIONS: RE-ISSUE (ORIGINAL 2012): 4

The usual Eduard coloured PE is supplemented by a substantial etched template to help position the radar aerials

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Box Art Decals

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are supplied on a CD that includes tutorial videos for some aspects of the model; I cannot recommend the study of this disc highly enough. Before I even started

this model I looked through the instructions numerous times and watched the included videos over and over again. By doing this you will familiarise yourself

with the build process, which for a kit this complex is essential. plastic kits, I also enjoy working with balsa wood for free-flight As a modeller I do not build just

aircraft or boats for my trips to the local boat pond with my daughter. I have also worked with metal and photo-etched brass. Whilst not essential, experience working with

these various mediums will be very helpful in building this kit.LETS START

After spending so long looking at the instructions, I decided to vary the build sequence from that suggested by the manufacturer. I

was very keen to see just how big this model would be and how the unorthodox fuselage assembly would go together, so that is where I was going to start.

the metal parts is that most of them had a small seam line that needs to be removed. So the first job was to get out my diamond jeweller’s files The first thing I noticed about

to start cleaning them up before I

began construction. The fuselage itself is split into sub sections, which are joined using brass collars. So you will need to invest in some superglue, I found that a medium

viscosity worked best for this job. well and quite quickly, and after The assembly went together

an evening’s modelling I had the basic fuselage framework assembled. This was no time to rest on my laurels, though, as this basic framework still needed a lot

of work! There followed several evening sessions with diamond files cleaning up the joints and the continued removal of the seam lines, as every time I thought I

had got them all another would appear! Eventually though, I was happy that I had got them all.

cleaned up, it was time to add all of the etched-steel internal rigging attachment points. These are quite fiddly to do, especially With the basic framework

when your superglue wants to stick to everything but the model! Once these are all attached there are still a few other bits of the framework that need to be added,

before the final bit of cleanup and the first coat of primer. For this, I used Halfords grey primer, after it had dried I spotted a few more

seam lines that needed a quick cleanup before another coat.fuselage was halted for a bit, because I wanted to assemble the At this point work on the

rudder and tailplane; these are the same colour as the fuselage framework and I wanted to spray them all at the same time. The

The First part of a long term build featuring the 1/16 Scale Artesania Latina Fokker Triplane by T Upson Smith

Wkit from Spanish manufacturer Artesania Latina. The company is perhaps more famous for its ow! A 1/16 scale Fokker Dr.1 Triplane! This is the first large-scale aircraft

wooden boat kits, but if they carry on like this that may change.was, “Where are you going to put it?!?” I am still working My wife’s first comment

that out, but it is going to be several more weeks/months before that becomes an issue. I am sure that the Fokker

Triplane needs little in the way of an introduction as, along with the British Sopwith Camel, it is perhaps the most famous of all First

World War aircraft, forever being associated with the Red Baron. The kit does not come with decals, being a stripped-down model, but the suggested colour scheme

is for the all-red Dr.1 of Manfred Von Richthofen, and as I write this I am still debating whether to finish my model in this scheme or do my own thing...time will tell.

The instructions for this model

RED BARON’S

AIRCRAFT

The

PARTONE

INCHES AND IT HAS A WINGSPAN “THE AIRFRAME WITHOUT THE ENGINE COWLING IS 43CM/

OF 36CM/14¼ INCHES”

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Lockheed F-5A RS Models 1/72 Lockheed F-5A by Joe Reiman

MODELMANUFACTURERSCALEPARTSDECAL OPTIONS: Lockheed F-5A: 1/72: 82 (79 grey, 3 clear): RS Models: 4

and highest-flying aircraft, its HISTORYAt the beginning of WWII, the P-38 Lightning was the USAAF’s fastest

performance not eclipsed until the arrival of the later models of P-47 and P-51. As such, it was a logical choice for conversion to the

photo-reconnaissance (PR) role, where survivability was achieved by speed and altitude only. capable P-38 was the P-38E, and The first fully operationally

it became the basis for the first Lightning PR variant, the F-4A (“F” for “Foto” – sic, as “P” for “Pursuit” was already in use). For the F-4, all armament was removed

and a new nose section installed, with 2 vertical downward-pointing camera windows and a square window on each side of the nose for oblique cameras.

was the F-5A, the subject of this build, followed by the F-5B through -G conversions. The F-5A was based The next group of PR Lightnings

on the P-38G and a total of 180

were built. PR Lightnings became operational in 1942 and served in all theatres of the war, flying both pre- and post-strike missions. Most F-5As were delivered in

the so-called Haze paint scheme, but some were painted the standard USAAF olive drab(OD)/gray after Lockheed complained about the difficulty of applying Haze per

Air Force specs. The Haze paint process consisted of spraying a specially formulated white paint over a black base coat, resulting in only the blue of the sky being

reflected, with all other colours being absorbed, thus making an airplane extremely difficult to detect in flight against the blue sky.

maintainability of Haze in the field, many F-5s were repainted in a number of different schemes. SAMI’s sister publication, Model Due to the poor durability and

Aircraft Monthly, Volume 6, Issue 9, has an outstanding article on the various Lightning PR schemes, with colour profiles of many individual aircraft.

The kit consists of 79 parts moulded in grey plastic, several of which are not used on the F-5A, THE KIT

and 3 clear parts, which include

the complete camera nose. The mouldings are typical of limited-run kits: flash on most parts, thick trailing edges, indifferent part fit, and large sprue gates. The instructions have several part number callout errors and omissions.

are provided in the kit and illustrated in colour on the back of the end-opening box. Generic colour callouts are given, with no reference to the official nomenclature of the paint scheme Four different paint schemes and markings

depicted. “Shark/Vera” of the 12 PRS is in Haze; “80” of GR11/33 Free French AF is in the RAF Temperate Land Scheme with sky extending up to the top surfaces; 289 “Zola” of the 22PS/7 PG is in what I interpret from photos to be PRU blue;

and an OD/gray aircraft based in Alaska. The French aircraft was perhaps flown by Antoine

de Saint Exupery on some of his missions. researched, although some of the colours of the personal markings vary from other references.The decals are accurate and very well

THE BUILDHaving previously built RS Models’ P-38G Lightning, I approached this build with some trepidation, as I had found that kit very difficult to build, and this kit is

essentially the same. There are fit issues with many of the subassemblies, requiring lots of dry-fitting, sanding, and filling. As usual, cockpit assembly came first. The

cockpit has acceptable detail, although the instrument panel requires hand painting. The instructions show the installation of a seat frame that isn’t on the sprue, but is easily scratch-built from some wire. I

painted the cockpit interior green with appropriate details picked out in black. upper fuselage. There is no locating point for the cockpit, so I eyeballed it based on The finished cockpit was glued into the

photos of where the seat back is located relative to the fuselage opening. halves, even though the larger main gear bays are one piece. Being two pieces there is an unsightly The nose landing gear bay is moulded in two

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Othe Desert Boneyard: Davis-Monthan Air Base, a Mecca for the aviation enthusiast. This month we are going to look n our trip to the US IPMS Nationals in Phoenix we got to spend a day at

at the aircraft in storage from the USAF. My overwhelming memory

of this trip is seeing 100 C-5A to -C model Galaxies lined up in rows awaiting their fate, and even more pods containing the C-5’s T-39 engines just in case they are needed.

not seen in any major quantity, but this was made up for by huge quantities of all models of the Surprisingly, F-15 Eagles were

F-16. Rather unusually the white lining material seen on areas like the canopy on most aircraft covers most of the upper surfaces. This is to protect the skin and underlying

electronics that are a feature of this computer-controlled fighter. Fortunately, however, the tails are not covered, and show off the

markings of a wide selection of the units that have flown the type.the Marine aircraft in storage as well as some of the other unusual Next month we will cover

aircraft seen at the Boneyard.

In years gone by the B-52 was much more of a feature than they are today. One thing this photograph really shows is that the Desert Boneyard is not really as much of a desert and many would imagine it

In Celebrity Row was this VIP C-20 Gulfstream

Probably the most numerous type after the F-16s is the C-135 and KC-135 in many variants. Sadly most are in a very boring overall grey scheme

A surprising sight was this B-57B, a bit further away and surrounded by a number of other aircraft, so it was hard to photograph. There was also very long-winged RB-57D with four trestles under each wing

BONEYARD

DESERT

SCRAPBOOKPart 2 US Air Force by D Francis and Tim Upson Smith

PARTTWO

Not the most interesting scheme but the only surviving F-101 Voodoo on celebrity row. Examples of all off the century series were on display

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PHOTO REPORT

6 The Mighty Beau

Revell 1/48 Beaufighter TF.X: Test

Shot Build by Angelo Picardo

6 The Mighty Beau

Revell 1/48 Beaufighter

TF.X: Test Shot Build

by Angelo Picardo

20 Lightning Strike

MENG 1/48 F-35A Lightning

II by Jared Demes

40 First Looks

• Zoukei-Mura 1/35 Do 335


• Kinetic Gold 1/48 Alenia M-


• Italeri 1/32 TF-104G Starfighter

66 Civil Matters

Valom 1/72 DH.91 Albatross

(RAF) by PeteR Barker

14 Last-ditch NachtJäger

Eduard 1/72 Messerschmitt

Bf 110G-4 Nightfighter

profiPACK by Huw Morgan

28 The Big Project

The First part of the 1/16 Scale

Artesania Latina Fokker Triplane

by Tim Upson-Smith

62 Extended Review

RS Models 1/72 Lockheed

F-5A by Joe Reiman

72 Desert Boneyard Scrapbook

Part 2 US Air Force by D Francis

and Tim Upson Smith

72 Desert Boneyard Scrapbook

Part 2 US Air Force by D Francis

and Tim Upson Smith

CONTENTS

33 The SAM News

37 Czech News

46 Accessories

50 Tool of the month

52 Decals

56 Reviews

76 Books & Media

82 Show Diary

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