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OAR Printed in England by Oxley & Son (Windsor) "tte, 2-4 Viewon Staet, Windsor SUS IHA Type. setting by BC Graphics, “g2a Graven Park Road, London NW10 Editorial Office: 26 The Broadway. ‘Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP? OAR. Telephone: Amersham (02403) 3138/42822 London office and advertisement ‘department: 151 Fleet Street, Condon ec4 200. Telephone: 0353 5601-2 “THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR SCALE AIRCRAFT MODEL BUILDERS Editorial GIMMICKS 9 . COVER ten years ago there were on the market 2 number of aircraft kits which had retractable undercariages, moving Rape, olrons tudor and elevators pls opening Canopies and weapons bays full of detachable’ bombs and. missiles. Companies, ; Contrib Such ae Frog inthis country, and others overseas, introduced smé Tan Do Huntley, ‘ould be utlieed to turn the propellrs ta small, sutably conceated, battry was.used. § Mike Keep. ‘wag the age of the gimmicks, PS RaTe, lacteary eerie ‘These additions to the basic kt raised the price but did litle else for the enthusiast as BLN Stainer they were far from necessary. Whereas IPMS and all serious modellers ware trying to Aviation Photo News ‘got way from the image thatthe plastic construction kitwas toy, the gimmick hag the ‘Advertisement Manager re eanies niaione Beare ‘Esckily the Spin-a-prop motor and the all-moving parts kit died off and wehave been leftwith greater concentration on accuracy and less on trying © atractyounger children to stick the bits together’, Standards have groatly improved and the investment by manufacturersinto gimmicks has instead gone into two or three alternativesin the decal ‘heat, or better tooling on the model ise ‘But there are signs that gimmicks are about to return, Revell, wo are told, has had fantastic success with their Coast Guard Chopper in the US which has flashing lights, tenginenoises and siren but costs €9.21. Wealso know that companiesin the UK, taken boffiguard by their American competitors, are ooking atthe idea of introducing this son fattraction toa numberof heir models nwhat, they hope, willbe an added incentive to Sales. We all agree that sales are important but why put gimmicks on decent models ‘when they ean easily be added to pre-constructed toys which inn way detracts from the modellers aim of improvement in tooling standards and range of subjects, ‘May we point outto the big manufacturers that serious modellers, andthere are many. of them, do not want gimmicks. Put your money into providing better, more accurate kits, an’ even greater variety of subjects and some’ edequate research for higher Standards in deta produetion. The costs invoivedin adding lights and moving parts are ‘not smal, What 2 waste ir one in throe of the poopie who buy the model throw these parts away betore starting construction. EDITORIAL STAFF lanaging Editor bat SUBSCRIPTION RATES oe sete aman eee Sele ct Money over-abanar rat sawn on he OK isch of essere sown gy eo Eeaeeante Sea vena ‘Sater own ban Orders aulabesenn eget arma ae ed er ArH TBBicatone tad? secs ne carn cial pled ‘Titost ihe wrinen consent of te publaners Contents ‘Aivratin detail: Dassault Mirage F.1 By Lindsay Peacock 8 7 Conversion topic: Westland Wasp. By Alan W. Hi Airliner livery: Boeing 737-200, Art by Mike Keep, Camouflage and markings: No. 360 Sqdn. RAF. By S.J. Hazell Vacuform modelling: Fairey Albacore. By Alan W. Hal 174 Pesopie oar aren ee See ee eee oeetertee rough BAgTer aes lan Huntley column: That lozenge pattern! 7 ‘Technical questions answered: By International Plastic Modellers Society ‘Seale Modeller’ Market Place: New kits reviewed by editorial statEECCG a in EECCG a By Lindsay Peacock WHEN Dassault first designed the Mirage he could not have foreseen how na successful a design it would have been. Whether delta or swept winged, the Pete eae ee Se eo en Cre re ee es ~~ seller in foreign markets and has already appeared in the markings of the Moroccan, Spanish, Ecuadorian, Greek, Kuwait, Libyan and South African Air Forces. This article details the development of the aircraft and gives Pere ete ea eat eee Se Peer % 148 prestici Fifa tein Peat Sera reais ten creat ming Crater irene Pree rete ir ee Frere n rea eet tive nen Ee es Pec St eee ee UPC cent Taco Reranvermerr es 5 seater he Mio naan Rien pea teen pe ener et ec SUNN ad i eee se the ‘This picture ‘St danaary 197, a0 Shows the et three Droduction areratin 38 ay 13 Perna rcrenanne cine Rcd Posen ment Maren Pree eeteeea TS eT Ie San arya tS Seber ees Teeny clatvelysmail unprepared sifieldsand with Foe anette ea ine en Ore eC NES Pere TMi en ES mR a a ea ery Se