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THE First Look

• I-153 “Chaika”


• Vickers Wellington Mk.1A/C
  
  
  • MiG 21MF Interceptor
  
  
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I-153 “Chaika” First look at ICM 1/32 I-153 “Chaika”

Toperations by pilots flying the Polikarpov I-16. This showed he I-153 was a biplane fighter developed following the experiences of

that the monoplane Polikarpov was outclassed by the more manoeuvrable Fiat C.32 biplane.

The I-153 Seagull was developed to combine the power of the I-16 with the manoeuvrability of a biplane design and became the last Biplane

fighter to enter frontline service. producing high quality state of the ICM is on a bit of a roll in

art biplanes as less than a month ago we received a Bucker BU-131 Jungmann and this was very impressive and now we have the

I-153. ICM has already produced a very nice 1/48 scale but this new 1/32 scale eclipses its smaller brother in nearly every area.

four framework pieces to which you add all the various levers, switch The cockpit is made up of from

panels, oxygen bottles and a flare gun. With careful painting and the addition of some aftermarket seatbelts this will build into a very

impressive cockpit which will be

easily seen on the completed model.detailed though most of it will be The engine is equally well

totally invisible on the completed engines. All of the exhausts feature small recesses that can

be deepened with some careful work with small drills and some needle files. You have eight different shaped exhausts that

need to line up precisely with the holes in the cowlings. ICM have come up with a simple way of

making this possible you start by attaching the only exhaust that connects to two cylinders. Once this is firmly attached in place

you are supplied with a circular template (ICM call it a conductor) which fits onto the pre-positioned

pipe. The template has cut outs around its circumference that enable you to accurately position all the pipes. Once they are in

place the template can be carefully removed and discarded. This should make assembling the complicated exhaust system very

simple. The rest of the assembly should be quite simple thanks to the beautifully moulded gull

wings and the large single support strut. Even the rigging is very basic with just four flying wires, though one of these is so thick it

is more like a rod than a wire.you have a choice of four bombs For the underwing armament

or eight rockets, the latter looking quite odd on a biplane.Markings are supplied

for four aircraft:• Polikarpov I-153, Red 28, 15th IAP (fighter regiment) Lithuania, June 1941, Overall silver finish.

• Polikarpov I-153,Red 26, 70th IAP, Khalhin-Gol, August 1939, overall silver with a squiggle
  camouflage in dark green.
  
  
  • Polikarpov I-153, Red 6, 72d SAP (Mixed Regiment) North Sea
    Fleet, Vaenga,1941. Dark Green over Blue camouflage with a white tail and rudder.
  
  
  • P o l i k a r p o v I-153 , White 102, Major P.I Biskup, 71st
    IAP, Baltic Fleet, Lavansaari, Summer 1942. This aircraft has a black
    and green over blue camouflage and is fitted with the
    rocket armament.CONCLUSION
    Out of the box and with minimal skill most modellers will be able to produce a good representation
    of the last biplane fighter and if you go to town by adding some wiring to the cockpit and engine and some weathering and a nice
    base to display it on you could have a real show winner. future issue and we thank ICM for A full build will feature in a
    supplying us with the review sample.
  
  
  
  

Vickers Wellington Mk.1A/C First look at Airfix 1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk.1A/C

Wannounced so most of you will know what to expect when you e have been following the development of this kit since it was

open the box, but there were still a few things to surprise me starting with the instruction manual. This is pretty typical of the

CAD style books that we have seen from Airfix for a number of years and clearly show where everything

goes but there has been a major change as Airfix state on Page One. “There are many detailed parts within this kit which fit inside the

fuselage, but which are not easily visible on the finished model and therefore can be left out of the construction if preferred. These

parts are highlighted in green throughout these instructions” and they are not kidding over 20

parts can be left out if you want to simplify the build and you will still be left with one of the most complete fuselages I have seen on a 1/72 kit.

seen on the CADS and Test shots and in my opinion the portrayal of the Now on to the plastic, as we had

Geodetic construction is very well done with a special mention to the internal bulkheads I is just a shame that most of it will be invisible after

completion but this level of detail on

the inside means there is a price to pay in the shape of quite a few pin marks in hard to get at places. Filling these with Perfect Plastic putty

then removing any excess with a dampened cotton bud may work. I think my preferred method would be

to use the thinnest plastic card I can find cut into squares to fill the inside of the geodetic framework thus

hiding the pin mark. Externally the fabric over geodetic structure looks just right compared to pictures, though a sand with wet and dry will

make it even more subtle if you wish.a nice touch is that you get two The clear parts are perfect, and

cockpit canopies - one is supplied closed up while the second has both the pilots and co-pilots windows slid back. This feature

combined with the position able control surfaces can really make your model look more lifelike.The decals are well produced

and as well as some details for the cockpit also supply two significant schemes. Wellington AA-R in

which Sergeant Pilot James Allen Ward won a Victoria Cross for climbing out of the aircraft in

flight to smother an engine fire and R from 20th Operational Training Unit which crashed into Loch Ness and is now on display at

Brooklands Museum as the only 100% surviving Mk.1 in the world.

CONCLUSION In my view this is the best 1/72 scale kit Airfix have released to

date and I am sure we will ss many more variations on this boxing over the next few years and until then aftermarket manufacturers are

already producing a wide range of alternative markings. Anyone else for a B.O.A.C operated example?

Wellington will be widely available but remember do not delay your purchase as it is rare that Airfix are producing By the time you read this the Airfix

second runs meaning that previous kits like the Avro Lancaster Mk.II are attracting premium prices on auction

sites. And surely it cannot be too long before we get an all new Handley Page Halifax or Douglas Hudson to replace the 1960s vintage kits that have been

reissued so many times over the years.the review sample and a full build will feature in SAMi later this year. My thanks to Airfix for supplying

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Back in the USSR

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n the sixties, the Soviet

Air Force fielded a whole

range of Interceptor

aircraft and one of the most

attractive was the Tu-128

Fiddler which remained

in service until the 1990s.

But one thing that Soviet

Designers also excelled

at was turning attractive

aircraft into ugly ones when

it came to producing a pilot

training version. Normally by

grafting an extra cockpit onto

the airframe that is totally

at odds with the original

design. So, it was with the

Fiddler and Trumpeter have

now carried out the same

process with their kit of

the Yak-128 to produce the

UTi training version which

was given the unfortunate

nickname Pelican!

It’s not a

Mirage, it is a

Mirage 2000

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ittyhawk have just shared

with us some more images

of the CAD designs for their

new tool Mirage 2000C. This has

been a sadly neglected type in all

major scales, which is surprising

as they type has seen service

with nine countries around the

world in a nice selection of colour

schemes. The new Kittyhawk kit

will come with a full selection

of under fuselage weaponry and

a detailed engine and should

be available in the autumn.

Now that’s a good idea

I

n many kits over the last

few years, we have had

fully detailed engines with

no possible way of displaying

them. Now Kittyhawk models

are producing a specialist

engine stand to display the

1/48 scale engine from their

Sukhoi Flanker family.

Large Scale Kamikaze

N

ew from MikroMir

is an all-new

1/32 scale tooling

of the Yokosuka MXY-7

Ohka, the world’s only

dedicated suicide aircraft.

Over 860 examples were

produced but the results

were underwhelming with

only one US Navy ship the

destroyer USS Mannert

L Abele destroyed as a

result of an Okha attack.

The new MikroMir kit

will include a small etched

brass sheet and if accurate

will at last replace the

old Testors kit which at

over 60 years old is very

much state of the ark.

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