Biplane with a
Hook
A
surprise announcement from
Armory is that they will shortly be
releasing a 1/48 scale multimedia
kit of the Fairy Flycatcher. No details on
markings yet but the interwar
period was one of the most
colourful for the Fleet
Air Arm and the type
operated from all of the
Royal Nav y carriers in
service at that time.Hello, Old Friend
B
y the time you read this Airfix will have
re-issued their 1/48 scale Supermarine
Spitfire Mk.22/24. Back in 1996, this kit
was the first state of the art kit that Airfix had
released and 22 years later it still stands up well
with more modern releases of the Spitfire and
of course is the only real option for building
the final variant of the Spitfire in this scale.Tug It
T
he Douglas Super Tugmaster may
not be a type that you will be familiar
with, but this aircraft Tug was a
familiar sight around RAF airfields in the
1970 and 1980s tugging everything from
Gnats to Tornadoes. Now Air Graphic has
announced that their multimedia 1/72
scale Super Tug will be available by the
time you read this. Hopefully the first in a
whole range of aircraft support vehicles.The wait is almost over
A
fter their superb 1/48 scale L-29
Delfin and Mig-31 Foxhound
it has been a long wait for
their long-awaited Grumman F-14D
Tomcat, but with the release of the new
kits box art it cannot be much longer
before this kit hits the shelves.Time for some Voodoo
F
our years ago, Kittyhawk produced
their single seat fighter version of the
McDonnell Douglas F-101 Voodoo. Know
they are following this release with the single
seat RF-101C Voodoo and for many the favourite
and most produced version of the F-101B
two-seater. This version carried some very
attractive schemes with the United States Air
Force Air Defence command and Air National
Guard. Of course, as the CF-101B was for 26
years the mainstay of the Canadian Air Forces
Fighter Defence until replaced by another
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