Scale Aviation Modeller International – April 2019

FIRST LOOKS : Kinetic Gold 1/48 F/A-18D ATARS, Great Wall Hobby 1/144 Messerschmitt Me 323 D- “Gigant”, AFV Club 1/48 Lockheed U ...

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‘Mi Amigo’ I t’s been quite a busy few weeks in the SAM oice, with both David and I settling into our new roles. Also, on behalf ...

(^6) Flying Fortress Secret 100 Huw Morgan builds the 1/72 Airfix Boeing B-17 Mk.III 14 Colour Profiles Boeing B-17 by Ryan Dorl ...

T he Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is best known from images of ‘boxes’ of USAAF aircraft in natural metal or olive drab inish dro ...

it Easy’ #214 Squadron, 100 Group RAF Sculthorpe and RAF Oulton 1944. (Dark Earth, Dark Green over Night with frosted radome). T ...

for the interior and exterior of the airframe, these being 72659, 73616 and 73617, Eduard Steel Belts for all the seats 73568, a ...

ofered, the kit’s decal being reasonable for what’s visible. While I was assembling and painting the seats, I did all the others ...

the fuselage, as a bit of a break. Basic construction involves upper and lower halves, which ultimately slide over the wing spar ...

SO TO PAINT So, main airframe complete, glazing on and masked and the apertures sealed with foam, it was time for paint, which i ...

THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS T he B-17 was primarily employed by the USAAC in the daylight strategic bombing campaign of World War I ...

B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’ at the National Air and Space Museum in the US Photos courtesy of Joseph Reiman SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INT ...

42-38201 “2nd Patches” B-17G “Flying Fortress” 346th BS I 99th BG, 15th AF, Tortorella 42-30301 “Idiots Delight” B-17F “Flying F ...

41-24485 “Memphis Belle” B-17F “Flying Fortress” 324th BS I 91 st BG, Bassingbourn 43-37756 “Milk Wagon” B-17G “Flying Fortress” ...

I ’ve been wanting to build a Mitchell for a while now, and I hope that this kit will satisfy that itch. On opening the box, you ...

THE CANADIAN CONNECTION So, with the Canadian connection I had my choice quickly decided. On the plus side, I’ve really been wan ...

snugly between the fuselage halves, and I only needed a bit of iller in a few areas. I was now able to add the wing sections. Th ...

several reports call for a pink hue. In my research I found that these were originally painted an ‘apricot’ shade. However, due ...

free to rotate, I decided that I’d rather glue it in position. With the upper turret, Airix threw some really nice details here. ...