Airfix is King
T
he new tool Airfix 1/72 scale kit
of the Sea King was released in
2015 as an HC-4 Junglie and later
in a paint set as a HAR.3 in ASR Yellow
scheme. Now they are reissuing the latter
version with a very attractive scheme
as carried by a 78-squadron example
in the Falklands during 19991. If that
does not float your boat they have also
included a Mk.43B in the Norwegian Air
Force Air Sea Rescue scheme of overall
white with large areas of orange.Almost here
H
aving seen the new 1/72 scale Airfix
Wellington in Nuremberg I was
immediately inspired to build one
though I rarely venture into 1/72 scale
due to the superb representation of the
geodetic finish. Airfix have now announced
the first marking option, which covers the
only surviving Mk.1a at the Brooklands
Museum. This aircraft was used in daylight
raids during the first year of the war but
was lost on a training flight during 1940
crashing into Loch Ness. The aircraft
was recovered in 1985 and after a 30-year
restoration process is now the centrepiece
of a new display at Brooklands covering
the history of aircraft production at the
site including the Vickers Wellington.Rotor Wing Treats
I
t is well known that Werner Wings
owner Floyd Werner Jr has provided a
lot of input into the recent Kittyhawk
AH-6 in 1/35 Scale and UH-1 in 1/48 scale.
This has put him in a very good position
to release a selection of simple updates for
these kits. We start with a set of down turned
exhausts as fitted on the Attack Version
of the AH-6J during operation by Special
Forces in Somalia. The AH-6 also has a
second set, supplying the nose mounted FLIR
that featured on the recent Kittyhawk kit
box art but was not included in the box.
Both should be available by
the time you read this.
Floyd has also supplied us with some details
of future releases including a resin update set
for the Kittyhawk UH-1D being mastered by
Andrew Perren. This set
will include corrected
transmission mounts
as well as updated cabin
walls and roof as well
as overhead panels for
the cockpit and first aid
kits for the back of the
pilot seats. Also for the
Huey will be a new decal
sheet covering the types
use in Vietnam until
the types retirement
from US Service. This
sheet will have at
least 23 options and
should be released in
the next few months
once the instructions
are finished.Airfix.com
and all good retail stockists
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