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68 The God Of Fire

Great Wall Hobby 1/144 Avro

Vulcan by Jay Blakemore

35 The SAM

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S

ummer is here, well at

least for a few days and my

thoughts turn away from

sticking plastic to what I am

going to see over the next few

months as I operate a kind of

modelling hibernation. This is

due to my modelling space being

in an unventilated loft space,

which in the summer months

also becomes a sauna forcing me

downstairs. Unfortunately, that

normally means my wife seeing

me at a loose end, so decides that

to stop me getting in the way she

will find me a number of house

and garden related jobs to fill

up my time and keep me busy.

But in the summer I also make

my own plans to get away from

the inevitable mundane tasks so

over the next few months I have

visits planned to two air museums

that I have never visited before

starting with the Yorkshire Air

Museum at Elvington. This is the

largest private collection in the

UK and they have just acquired a

Dassault Mirage IV. A type that I

have always been interested in,

but never got to see in the flesh

before it retired from service.

Then a few weeks later I am

off to Krakow in Poland where I

am hoping to meet up with one

of our regular contributors for a

visit to the Polish Air Museum.

This is reputed to be one of the

finest collections in Europe and

one of the top 10 in the world.

Within It’s collection you

have many rare and one-off

examples including a number

of World War One aircraft

that belonged to the Deutsche

Luftfahrsammlung Museum

(German Aviation Museum)

and were evacuated to Poland

to escape the bombing of Berlin

and have never been returned.

Finally, the inevitable

highlight of the summer will be

a trip to the United States for the

IPMS USA Nationals, which in

this year is being held in Phoenix,

Arizona. Yes, the middle of the

desert in the middle of summer

where the temperatures during

the day will reach any where up to

45c with a night time low of 28c

(That is 113 or 85 in old money).

As many of you may know I am

of a larger build (In fact I cannot

sunbathe on beaches as people

shout out we can save him as they

try and drag me into the ocean)

and my normal habitat is Ice Rinks.

Even so I am still going to

venture out in the heat to visit the

Pima Air Museum and Davis-

Monthan Air Base (Better known

as the Desert Boneyard with over

4000 aircraft in storage). Two

sites I have read articles about but

never in a million years thought I

would get the opportunity to visit.

So, I have a busy summer

ahead and I am sure that all of

my excursions will provide me

with some serious modelling

inspiration for when I can

finally return to my workshop.

As well as numerous detail

photographs that I am sure will

appear to illustrate articles in

the future. Until then kick off

your shoes find somewhere to

relax (Maybe in the sun with a

long cool drink) and enjoy the

latest issue of your magazine.

David Francis, Editor

[email protected]

64 Sweet Little Things

Building Sweet’s 1/

Mitsubishi Type 96

Carrier Fighter (Claude)

by David Francis

Sam

THE First LookRevell 1/48 Beaufighter TF.X

(Test Shot)see page 40

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First look at Revell 1/48 Beaufighter TF.X (Test Shot)few sink marks and incomplete I will start by giving my normal disclaimer about previewing a test shot, this is not the finished article and is not injected in production quality plastic so you may see a Beaufighter TF.X (Test Shot)engraving that will be missing or replaced on the production kit.My first thoughts on opening the box were that Revell had supplied me with two kits in error. I know the Beaufighter was a large aircraft but this kit at first look contains almost twice as

much plastic as the Tamiya kit.But I soon realised why this the fuselage using 19 separate parts inside of the fuselage halves. They have also supplied the options for positioning the pilots escape kit is very well detailed, where Revell have detailed the whole of Tamiya only supplied the cockpit plus some very nice detail on the hatch and navigators blister in the open position as well as the chance to see all that lovely detail.part counts is the large number of optional parts that have been supplied. Our example contained three styles of noses, the original bull nose, bull nose with a strike camera and a thimble nose. The crew entry hatch on the lower fuselage so you will at least get a Another reason for the large laps can be positioned extended or retracted and all the control surfaces are positionable, adding some animation to your model. During the production run there were a number of changes made to the tail. The tailfin is supplied directional control. But Revell have also supplied two complete tail surfaces with dihedral and a choice of early or late elevators. Late production Beaufighters had a tailplane with reduced surface area to improve their balance, with or without the extended fin fillet that was added to improve and Revell have supplied both styles, a first I think in any scale. On most kits the wings are assembled conventionally but on this kit Revell have supplied the whole of the lower wing as one large piece, which automatically sets the dihedral on the wings at the correct angle while at the same time making a very rigid assembly. To this you add the 12 part Bristol Hercules engines, which include optional open or closed cooling gills and a very nice representation of the complex undercarriage. Weaponry is next and this

is where Revell have skimped a little as you only get a very nice representation of the Torpedo complete with an air drop tail. The rocket armament often carried by the type is missing though the plates that they mount on are included on the same runners as the thimble nose. All you need to do is source the rocket stubs and rockets or wait for the later version of this kit that will no doubt include them.Markings are supplied for two options• Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, NE429, P6-S, 489 Squadron, 1944. This aircraft has the early style nose and no tail fillet plus early tailplanes. It has quite a worn finish and a full set of D day stripes.• Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, RD467, QM-J. 254 Squadron, 1945. This has the later style tail and a fin fillet plus a thimble nose.

CONCLUSIONI am very impressed by this new kit and am eaget to add one to my stash

The only issue I can see is that the and Hannants have already released heating pipe system looks a little anaemic compared to photos but that is relatively easy to sort and is far outweighed by the large amount of detail supplied out of the box.I am sue over the next few years we will see many other version of the Beaufighter released by Revell on its release in a few months time. a decal sheet (48148) that supplies a further four marking options.My thanks to Revell for supplying this new kit for a First Look, in advance of its worldwide release. Expect to see the new Beaufighter TF.X on your Revell dealers shelves later in the summer and you can visit revels website at http://www.revell.de/en for all the latest product news.

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>> WINGNUT WINGS ANNOUNCE RESIN FIGURES!

A Long Time Coming

Oworking with some of the top sculptors to produce a range of resin figures to compliment ver seven years ago Wingnut Wings announced they were

there 1/32 scale aircraft kits.that the first of these resin figures will be released later Now they have announced

this year in a range of limited Edition boxes featuring figures of World War One Aces and their aircraft. What makes

this release is significant is that all of the aircraft are kits that are out of production and obtaining collectors prices if

you can find them. The second significant factor is that these kits are expected to retail for the same price as the original

kits without the resin figures.to date are as follows:The kits announced

• AMC DH.2 with a figure for • Sopwith Triplane with a figure Lanoe Hawker, VC, DSO.of Raymond Collishaw, CB,
  DSO & Bar, OBE, DSO, DFC• Fokker E.II Eindecker with a figure of Max Immelmann, Pour le Merite, Iron Cross
  First & Second Class, Knights Cross with Swords.Finally, the inevitable Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen’s Albatross D.V.
  that comes with more than one marking option as it also supplies markings for The latter is the only kit
  Von Richthofen’s Albatross D.III and Fokker Triplane. Neither of these aircraft have been produced by Wingnut
  Wings and they recommend using the Roden kits.
  Large Mitten!
  Oattractive Yak-130 (NATO codename Mitten) in 1/72 scale. Now they have ne of Zvezda’s big successes in the last year was the
  announced that they will be producing a 1/48 scale Yak-130 but this will not be just a scale up of its small
  brother and I am sure will be welcome by many modellers who like modern jet trainers. But as it will be released in both its trainer and ground attack version there are a number of attractive
  marking schemes. Hopefully, this kit will be released towards the end of 2019.

Wellington Story

Aby a pilot during the Second World War.7th July 1941 Wellington Mk.Ic, AA_V, During an air raid on Munster on the irfix have released the box art for their new 1/72 scale Wellington and this shows one of the bravest acts

from 75 (New Zealand) squadron took a hit from anti-aircraft fire setting the starboard engine on fire. The second pilot Sergeant James Ward

realised the aircraft was doomed unless the fire could be extinguished. Breaking a

hole through the fabric structure of the fuselage the

crew tried to extinguish the fire unsuccessfully. Though the astrodome hatch So Sergeant Ward exited the aircraft

and by punching through the fabric covering of the fuselage and wings enabling him to grip the geodetic structure underneath. He made his way to the engine while carrying

the canvas cockpit cover and attempting to put the fire out until the cockpit covering was blown away. He then managed to

make his way back inside the aircraft which successfully returned to the UK.awarded the Victoria Cross for his action Sergeant James Ward was subsequently

and also supplied one of my favourite quotes from Winston Churchill. When he was introduced to the Prime mister Churchill said, “You must feel very humble

and awkward in my presence,” he said. “Yes, sir,” managed Ward. “Then you can imagine how humble and awkward I feel in yours,” was Churchill’s reply.

not survive the Second World War but the box art on the latest Airfix kit will be a fitting tribute to a very brave man.Unfortunately, Sergeant Ward did

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74 First King’s Cup

Converting the 1/72 Pegasus

DH.4 by Peter Ibes

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