Model Airplane International – August 2019

1:48

SKILL LEVEL:

BEGINNER

SPECIFICATION:

Amusing Hobby 1:48 Focke-Wulf Triebfl ügel

Kit No. 48A001

Materials: IM

BEFORE STARTING:

Tamiya Extra Thin Cement

MRP masking tape

Mr Dissolved Putty

Loctite CA

Swann Morton scalpels No.11 & No.15

RB Productions Rivet-R tool

Micro drill bits

Various sanding sponges and sticks

GSI Creos scribing tool (fi ne)

DSPIAE single blade cutters

Mr. Mark Setter Neo

AIRBRUSH:

Wave Advance

PAINTS & FINISHING PRODUCTS USED:

Mr. Hobby Acrylics

H67 RLM65 Light Blue

H416 RLM66 Black Grey

H421 RLM81 Brown Violet

H422 RLM82 Light Green

Tamiya Acrylics

XF-1 Flat Black

XF-2 Flat White

XF-85 Flat Rubber Black

Vallejo Folkestone Basics paint set

Mr. Metal Color

Aluminium

AK-Interactive Xtreme Metal

Aluminium

AK-Interactive

Neutral Wash

ACCESSORIES:

Eduard 1:48 Luftwaffe SteelBelts

Airscale 1:48 Luftwaffe placards

MDC 1:48 Luftwaffe instrument decals

tanks and piped through the centre
support ring and along the rotors to the
jets. When taking off, the rotors would
be angled to give life in a similar manner
to a helicopter. Once the aircraft had
attained suffi cient altitude the pilot would
tilt it over into level fl ight.

The Kit
This is Amusing Hobby’s fi rst ever
aircraft release in any scale and it’s not

only an unusual subject, but extremely

welcome for those of us that like

something a little esoteric. This is the

fi rst injection plastic kit of this subject in

this scale, as far as I can see. In the past

we have had 1:48 resin kits from the

likes of Arba, Planet Models and Reheat,

all of varying quality and standards. A

new-tool kit of modern tool standards

is defi nitely an exciting addition. The kit

itself comes in a relatively small box and

contains EIGHT sprues of tan-coloured

styrene and a single clear sprue. It’s

evident from the outset that this isn’t a

complicated model and could be a nice,

quick project. A decal sheet is included,

as is a short instruction manual. No

photo-etch is included in this release.

Whilst the cockpit opening is quite small

and you won’t be able to see too much

in there, no seatbelts are supplied,

so I opted to use an aftermarket set.

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