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REGULARS
70
6 THE NEWSSTAND
All the latest news from the
world of Aviation Modelling
8 CZECH NEWS
The Czech News round-up by
Tim Upson-Smith
12 IN THE BOX
We take at look at the 1:48
Tamiya F-35A Lightning II
16 REVIEWS
John Bisset reviews the 1:144 SEE PAGE
Zvezda Airbus A321neo TAP
6
18 ACCESSORIES PAGE
The latest accessories on show
26 DECALS
The latest decal releases
34
80 IPMS (UK)
News from the IPMS (UK)
presented by Chris Ayre
82 COMING SOON
What’s in store for next month!
82 EVENTS DIARY
Upcoming modelling shows

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 contents

THE F-111 AT WAR!

PAGE
30

PAGE
50 FEATURES
1:48 SCALE
34 King of Swing
Rene van der Hart builds the 1:48
Academy F-111E with a ResKit Cockpit
and accessories

1:72 SCALE
42 Phast Phantom
James Bamford builds the 1:72 Airfix
FGR.2 XV482 in the scheme and loadout
worn when it broke the world record
for the fastest non-stop flight between
London and Singapore in 1970.

1:72 SCALE
PAGE 50 A More Violent Viking
42 Stephen J Di Nucci builds a 1:72
Hasegawa S-3B Viking conversion with
photographs by Phil Jones

1:48 SCALE
56 Fictional Ferret
Ian Gaskell builds the 1:48 Italeri MiG-31B

1:48 SCALE
60 Space Chase
Fred Vergnères builds the 1:48 Wolfpack
NASA Northrop T-38

1:72 SCALE
66 Go Wild!
Grant Dalzell builds the 1:72 Arma Hobby
FM-2 Wildcat Expert Set

70 RIAT Returns
James Bamford takes his camera to the
wilds of Fairford for the 2022 show

1:48 SCALE
76 Dive Bomber
PAGE Stuart Barry adds an ‘in-flight’ look to the

66 1:48 Revell SBD-5 Dauntless

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newsstand Douglas’s Beauty
BY X SCALE
The Douglas DC-8 was
originally designed a contender
for the USAF Air Refuelling
requirement that was
eventually won by the Boeing
KC-135. And just like Boeing,
achieving similar sales figure.
But Douglas had made a
serious error which would
eventually lead to a Boeing
Victory. They only produced
one fuselage length with
various engines and maximum line closing after 14 years

Rhino Hunter Douglas saw the potential of

BY MENG
For many years the main option for
building a 1:48 McDonnel Douglas F-4
Phantom, was the Hasegawa family
that has its origins from 1982. Then in
2016 Zokui Mura released their first
in a family of Phantoms and an F-4J,
the first issues had a small error in the
profiles of the rear fuselage which was
corrected on later releases. In 2021
Tamiya joined the fray with another
Navy Phantom this time a F-4B.
Now Meng have announced that
they will be working on their own new
tool Phantom and in a bit of a twist
they are starting with the Air Force
F-4G Wild Weasel Radar and Missile
Site Hunter, a role in which the two
seat Phantom exceled. No date for
this kits arrival or any detail others
than the box art so watch this space.
a four-jet long range airliner
so started work on the DC-8
family to compete with the
Boeing 707 in this growing
sector. Initial sales were
good with both companies
Sally is looking good
BY ICM
The Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally
was the main Japanese heavy
bomber and entered service
in 1936 and immediately
began operations over China.
However, by the time of the
attack on Pearl Harbour the
type was already outdated
but remained in service until
the end of the wat mainly on
transport and training duties.
weight. Boeing on the other
had offered multiple fuselage
lengths with two different
wings plus a choice of engines.
Douglas did eventually
respond to the challenge but
too late with the production
Though some were used by
Special Forces including. A raid
where five were crashed on
an allied airfield were the one
surviving aircrafts soldiers
managed to destroy aircraft
and over 70,000 gallons of fuel.
The new ICM kit in 1:72
will be welcomed by many
modellers intrested in the
Japanese aviation as this
first kit of the type that I am
with 556 aircraft produced.
Compared to Boeings 865
airliners produced over 22
years and that is not including
the similar Boeing 720 (154)
and the military variants.
X Scale from Ukraine have
announced that they will be
continuing project a 1:144
Scale DC-8 originally started
by Eastern Express. The first
boxings featuring Delta Airlines
and Swissair should be in the
shops later this year and we
will revisit this subject once
we have seen the plastic.
aware of. It is a very attractive
aircraft and over its life was
produced in several variations
and in a wide selection of
colour schemes. This new kit
is due to arrive in December.

Droning On
BY TAKOM
The MQ-8 Fire Scout is a family of
helicopters of various sizes, the
original MQ-8B was based on the
two seat Schweizer 330 series of light
helicopters and first flew in 2000
and the US Navy has over 30 aircraft
in service. The new MQ-8C is based
on the much larger Bell 407 and is
now entering operational service.
Takom new kit in 1:35 scale supplies
two models in each box. Enabling
you to build the original pointed nose
Fire Scout or the current production
variant with a far more rounded snout
containing an over horizon search
radar. The type is in service on the
Freedom and Independence class
Littoral Combat Ships. Loof for these
kits in stores in late 2022 early 2023.
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Small Scale Meatbox
BY AIRFIX
Available by the time you read
this will be the first in a new
series of 1:72 scale Gloster
Meteors, the first boxing covers
the widely used F.8 variant and
includes both early and late
canopies plus colourful markings
for 74 and 500 Squadron Royal
Air Force and 350 Squadron and
Belgium Air Force and many
Deadly Chopper
BY TAKOM
Despite being in service
for over 38 years with
16 Nations around the
world the only injection
moulded kit is from Revell
and dates back to 1987. It
needs some major work
and advance skills to bring
it up to modern standards.
Now Takom have announce
they will be producing in 1:35
scale not only the widely
used AH-64D Apache with
its distinctive long bow radar
on the rotor mast. But also
the latest Apache variant the
AH-64E Guardian. This new
variant has a large number of
updates to equip the Apache for
a further 20 years in service on
a modern battlefield. Changes
include more powerful engines
newsstand
manufacturers have aftermarket
decals already available for this
widely used variant. And just like
its 1:48 scale bigger brother I am
sure we will see more variants
released over the next few years.
and composite rotor blades
plus many internal changes
to the radar system and the
added ability to communicate
and operate drones.
The CAD images that have
been revelled so far look
very impressive as Takom are
reproducing all the rivets that
are such a distinctive feature
of many helicopters but are
normally over emphasised or
missing altogether which is
very noticeable in this scale.
No detail of the markings
yet, but with over 2400
aircraft in service around the
world including over 600 new
build or upgraded Guardians
there is bound to be several
camouflage variations.
Unfortunately, this project
is still at an early stage
and this kit will not appear
in the shops till 2023.
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 czech news
By Tim Upson-Smith
E
-day was just over a week ago
(as I write), and it was so good
to be back in Prague, with visits
to the Czech Air Force Museum Kbely
and the Technical Museum, amongst
others! The new venue for Eday at
the Tankodrome in Milovice, was a
success, having some fantastic tanks,
military vehicles, and some civilian
vehicles on display. There was even a
steam train from the main car park to
the hall. Also, outside was a recreated
Vietnamese Village complete with
tunnels, a herd of deer and a herd of
Highland cattle. Not forgetting the
spirited air display carried out by some
Zlin Trenners. Of course, I did pick
up a few kits, some paint and a book,
all of which will be featured in the
coming months, I think my modelling
mojo has had the boost it needed!
8 Phoenix Aviation Modelling
Eduard Press Conference
E-Day 22 Tankdrome Milovice, 1st October 2022
We knew we would be treated
to a few new announcements
at the E Day Model Show
in Milovice on the 1st of
October but no one was
expecting quite so many
announcements from Eduard’s
CEO Vladimir Sulc covering the
company’s plans up to 2024.
So let’s start with the
first big surprise, Eduard are
producing a new Messerschmitt
Bf109G , why is that news?
Well, this is the first in a new
series of 1:72 scale Bf-109’s
to follow on from the recent
Avia S-199 which of course is a
Jumo powered 109 so should
not have been that much of
a surprise. Look for this kit
during the spring of 2023.
Other Messerschmitt’s 109s
due in 2023 all in 1:48 include
a new G-12 (Spring) a much
requested 109K-4 (Summer
probably US Nationals) and
finally the long awaited
1:48th Avia S-199 will appear
in the autumn (E-Day 23?).
The Eduard 1:48th scale
Zero family realised earlier in
2022 has been a big hit for the
company, so it was no surprise
there will be further variations
during the rest of this year
including a type 23 and 32. But
many prayers were answered
when it was revealed that they
will be producing the Nakajima
A6M2-n2 Rufe floatplane
fighter in the Spring of 2023.
Eduard has already released
several kits based on Zvezda
Hind in 1:48 scale over the
lats 2 years, and we
will have another in the
winter of 2023 when
this kit is reissued
with an Alien inspired
design that will be very
interesting design to
replicate as this is a very
complicated scheme.
Finally, we near
the end of two
announcements of new
1:48 scale kits that we
may not see until 2024.
The Czechs love the Mig 21,
and the later variants have been
a staple in the catalogue for
many years And now we have
the first all new kit of the Mig-
21F-13!. This model was without
doubt the most attractive Mig
Variant normally finished in
natural metal with its long thin
nose intake and smaller sharply
pointed radome, it looks like it is
going fast even while stationary
on the ground. The other
distinctive feature of the F-13
is the forward opening canopy
which is certainly a rarity in
aircraft design. No details on
markings but Czech Air Force
and Vietnam Air Force would be
two of the most logical choices.
The last announcement at
the show was bit of a teaser
as it was captioned as ‘Why
Not’ on the PowerPoint with a
picture of a early Mustang B/C.
this was later confirmed as a far
future release with just a basic
CAD drawing and an expected
date of 2024. The later D/K has
been a mass selling kit since it
first release at the US Nationals
in Chattanooga in 2019 so it is
a surprise that the early model
has taken so long to be released
As is the tradition at every E
Day there was also a special kit
given to all attending the event,
I was expecting a 1:144 Avia
S-199. But instead, the entry kit
was based on the Special Hobby
1:72 kit of the SG38 Glider
with the addition of an Eduard
themed Bunny decal sheet.
The first time a non Eduard
produced kit has been used as
the E Day entry kit, highlighting
the close relationship between
the two companies.
My thanks to Vladmir Sulc
for supplying the images used
to accompany this report.
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 Special Hobby
This month sees the welcome
return of several kits from
Special Hobby, but first up is,
the ‘Bluebird on a long flight
over Europe, Africa and Asia’,
the Aero 11 with the civil
registration L-BUCD in 1/72
scale, it didn’t quite make it
belly mounted GSh-23 23mm
twin barrel cannon. The L-39
remained in service even after
the collapse of the Soviet Union
and the Warsaw Pact and found
its way into some of the new
NATO member countries. The
avionics of Czech and Slovak

AZ Model to Eday, but it is here now!

If KP Models are concentrating on
Spitfires then AZ is concentrating
on 109s, this month sees the
re-release of the Bf109E-1 in 1:72
scale. The only other kit from
AZ this month is the re-released
Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei 33, other
versions of the Judy will follow
over the coming months.
The Aero A-11 was amongst
the best Czechoslovak-made
aircraft of the 1920s. Making it
the ideal choice of the crew of
Stabni Kapitan (Sqn/L) Stanovsky
and his mechanic Simek for
their long-distance flight around
Europe, North Africa and the
Middle East which took place in
May and June 1926. For this flight
the aircraft was given a distinctive
pale blue colour scheme and the
name ‘The Blue Bird’. The kit
contains two injection moulded
styrene sprues, one clear sprue
with a pair of windscreens and
a sheet of decals, this kit will
be a limited-edition release.
A fantastic recreation, using
original parts of this Aero 11
is preserved in the Czech Air
Force Museum Kbely, Prague
(I did take lots of photos when
we visited the museum).
Next up in 1:48 scale is the
machines underwent an upgrade
programme, with newly produced
machines of this standard
being built for export, and one
of the most important export
contracts was for the modernised
L-39ZA/ART for Thailand.
The kit which is a limited re-
release, comes on three styrene
sprues and a clear sprue with an
injection moulded canopy which
can be posed open or closed.
Resin parts and a photo-etched
fret are also included. The decal
sheet has markings for one Thai
L-39ZA/ART machine, a Czech
L-39ZA in two various schemes
and an Algerian L-39 which is
depicted in three various schemes
(the machine was overhauled at
Aero following a hard landing).
The final option is a Czech
machine as test-flown by Israeli
pilots and wearing IAF markings.
In 1:72 scale we have the
Meteor T.7 which was amongst
test pilot, then there is an overall
aluminium aircraft of No.43 Sqn
RAF which has a connection with
a pilot of Czechoslovak origin
and finally a Dutch option.
To end this month Special
Hobby have restocked their
1:32 scale kit of one of the most
famous American training
planes the T-33. The kit comes
on six grey injection moulded
sprues, one clear sprue, a full
colour instruction manual,
pre-painted photo etched fret,
resin cast details and a sheet
of decals. The markings offer a
shark mouthed machine flown
in Guatemala, a Peruvian T-33
and one operated by the JASDF.
As ever Special Hobby will

ViZi Model L-39 Albatros a Czechoslovak jet

It was fantastic to meet up
with Vizi Model at Eday and see
their latest release a 1:72 scale
V.B.Š. ‘a’ Kuňkadlo. This is the
original version of the Kuňkadlo
with a shoulder mounted wing,
as opposed to version Eduard
released with the parasol wing,
as it appears today, preserved in
the Technical Museum Prague.
Vizi Model also told us about their
next proposed release which will
aircraft that was used for pilot
training throughout the Warsaw
Pact and was also successfully
exported to many Third World
countries. A light attack version
was also developed and known
as the L-39ZA, which featured
a strengthened wing structure
with hardpoints enabling the
type to carry external armament
and was also equipped with a
the most widely used jet trainer
aircraft of the 1950s and 1960s
be releasing various masks and
accessories for these and other
and saw service with the British manufacturers kits, so keep
military as well as with various an eye out in our accessories
overseas air forces. The Special pages to keep up to date.
Hobby kit comes
with three marking
options, firstly
the attractive,
overall red display
machine flown by
Gloster’s factory

be the Aero A.200, an inter-war
low wing cabin monoplane, not
to be confused with the Aero
MB200, which was a licence-built
version of the French Marcel Bloch
MB-200 twin engine bomber.
Kovozávody Prostĕjov KP
First up this month from KP we
have another version of their 1:72
scale Spitfire PR Mk.XI, this time in
a D Day boxing and one covering
international users. The latter
includes an Argentinian version
from 1949. Next we have a Spitfire
Mk.IIa and two boxings of the Tiger
Moth. Due to popular demand,
KP announced they will also be
re-releasing their 1:72 scale DFS
Olympia and Grunau Baby glider kits.
In other 1:72 scale news from KP
we can look forward to the release
of the single seat Japanese Kawasaki
Otsu-1 version of the Salmson Sal.2
A2. The Cessna C-185 Skywagon will
also be released with some colourful
schemes, including an all over orange
polar flight example. Finally KP are
re-releasing their Avia Ba.33 interwar
Czechoslovak Air Force biplane in
three different boxings, I built one
of these when it was first released
and I am looking forward to adding
another version to my collection.

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The secret is out!
Tamiya Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
Due in the shops about the time
you read this the new Tamiya
Lockheed Martin F-35A was a
major surprise as no rumour of its
release had escaped from Tamiya
HQ prior to its announcement.
Though many believed we had a
bit of warning as two hours before
the kit was announced we revealed
a new addition to our Blue series
of books on the Lockheed Martin
F-35 in all its forms which will be
released at Scale ModelWorld
Telford on the 12th November.
It is well known the F-35 is
produced in three versions the
most numerous is the A model that
Tamiya are producing. This is the
conventional US Air Force version
that is also the main export variant
sold around the world and is the
basis for the Israeli F-35I. The second
version is the F-35C Naval version
with its much larger and folding wing
used by the US Navy and no doubt
in time will be the most colourful
variant. Currently the final version
in the F-35B is the Short Take Off
Vertical Landing which is replacing
the Harriers used by Royal Air Force
and Fleet Air Arm, the Italian Navy
and the largest user the US Marines.
I feel before we start, I should
squash one rumour, this kit has no
parts in common with the Italeri
F-35B released in September. I
think the cause of this rumour
is that Italeri kits are re-boxed in
Japan by Tamiya and though this
kit is designed so it will be easy
to produce a C model, it would
need several major and expensive
changes to make a B. Based
The basic Bomb Bay another 20 parts will be added later
12 Phoenix Aviation Modelling
Italeri V Tamiya on left.Not the same kit
on Tamiya’s normal practices I
think we will see a F-35C in 23/24
and maybe a B at later stage.
THE KIT
Normally on opening the box I start
by looking at the plastic, but not
with this kit instead it was the large
packet containing the decal sheets
and the instructions that caught
my eye, mainly due to their large
size. It is immediately obvious that
Tamiya are making it super easy
to reproduce the one noticeable
feature of early and mid-production
F-35s. This is the lighter coloured
areas that represent the Radar
Absorbent Materials that cover the
fuselage and wings. On most kits
these are reproduced a large over
scale raised areas which you have
to mask and paint a real task that
has to completed perfectly, though
there are a number of masks
companies that have produced
pre-cut masks to help out.
On the Tamiya kit you have
raised areas, but they are nowhere
Nine Marking options
Cockpit is basic like the real thing
near as obtrusive as in any of the
previous F-35 kits. These are used
to add the RAM decals and I lost
count at 135 individual RAM decals
contained on an A3 sheet. Just
to prove Tamiya make mistakes
there is also a small correction
sheet. But that is not all! We then
have the decal sheet containing
the nine marking options from
around the world, many with
unit artwork on the tail surfaces
though all are Low Viz Grays with
only the Danish national insignia
adding a splash of colour.
„ 1. Lockheed Martin F-35A, 13-5071,
34th FS, 388th FW, USAF Combat
Command, Hill AFB, Utah, 12/9/2015.
„ 2. Lockheed Martin F-35A,89-8710, 302nd
FS, 3rd Wing, JASDF, Misawa Air Base 2022.
„ 3. Lockheed Martin F-35A, 5149,
332 Squadron, 132nd Wing, RNAF,
Keflavik AFB, March 2020.
„ 4. Lockheed Martin F-35A, A35-009,
3 Sqdn, Commanders Aircraft, 81 Wing,
RAAF, Williamstown 1/12/2018.
„ 5. Lockheed Martin F-35A, F-023,
332 Sqdn, Frisian Flag 2022, RNAF,
Leeuwarden AB, April 2022.
„ 6. Lockheed Martin F-35A, 32-12,
13th Sqdn, 32nd Wing, Italian Air
Force, Amendola AFB, 2021.
„ 7. Lockheed Martin F-35I “Adir”, 928,
116th Squadron, Nevatim AFB, August 2020.
„ 8. Lockheed Martin F-35A, 19-007, 152ND
FS, 17th FW, ROKAF, Cheongju AFB, 2021.
„ 9. Lockheed Martin F-35A, L-001,
RDAF, Lockheed Martin Fort Worth
Plant, Texas, March 2021.

RAM Early of Late
The instructions for applying
the decals are also huge, 3
x A2 sheets cover applying
the stencils, and the early
and late versions of the RAM
panels. A further 5 sheets
supply the individual colour
making guides for the nine
supplied marking options.
Then you have the
two instruction booklets,
the first is bilingual and
supplies a short history of
the type with sketches and
thumbnail photographs
while the second supplies the
comprehensive instruction
booklet. All paints are
marked using the Tamiya
range but most are easy to
convert to other ranges the
exception being the main
fuselage Gray colour. This
colour is elusive it official
name is Camouflage Gray
Federal Standard F.S 36170.
Tamiya supply a mix using
two colours in their lacquer
paint range but my favourite
out of the bottle match is
in the MR Paint Airbrush
range MRP 280 but another
close match is SMS Have
Glass PL69. Tamiya supply
masks for the canopies and
various sensor windows,
Internal door detail
Back of the seat that you will
never see!
Weaponry pick and mix
but these are not pre-cut
and personally I will wait for
the aftermarket examples
that will soon appear.
Finally, we reach the
plastic, and this is as you
would expect from Tamiya
perfect in almost every way.
Many of the attachments
points to the runners are
on the flat joining surfaces
which I always think is the
easiest type to clean up with
out damaging the surface.
And a test fit shows Tamiya’s
normal perfect engineering.
The surface is of the model
is relatively y smooth and
plain with just the subtle ram
panels to break the surfaces.
But that obviously left the
designers to work on the
Undercarriage and Bomb
Bays, never have I seen such
detail reproduced in plastic
and the painting guide shows
you exactly where to apply
colours though some good
reference photographs would
help. (Did I mention our book
has walkarounds?) The
cockpit is quite simple, and
the ejections seat is fairly well
detailed though I am sure the
aftermarket manufacturers
will add even more detail
this area, especially
seatbelts for those not
adding in the pilot.
Weaponry is supplied in
quantity though you rarely
see an aircraft in Beast
mode with the underwing
pylons, two bomb bay
positions and wing tip rails
all loaded. If you did want
to show this mode, you
will also have to drill holes
for the pylons before you
assemble the wings and
while you have the drill
Open and closed canopy details
in the box
out you may want to drill the
holes for the deflectors used
to increase the radar return
of the aircraft during training.
Two canopies are
suppled, one in clear and a
second which near perfectly
matches the tinted colour
that is normally seen in
photographs. At first, I
thought there was a central
seam line running through
the glass which would have
to be removed, but in fact
this is a representation of
thin line that runs across
the canopy and down each
side and should be there
so do not remove it.
ON FINALS
Every time I look at this kit, I
see more things that I have
missed, the metal bars used
to make the bomb bay hinges
or the Norwegian parabrake
housing on the upper
fuselage between the tail
which will add interest as it is
only seen on Norway’s F-35s.
Tamiya’s designers have
used all their considerable
talents on this kit and though
there will be some criticism
of the raised RAM panels
personally I think they are
OK and look the better than
any other kits in this scale.
The detail in the bomb
and undercarriage bays it
outstanding and is good
enough that I honestly do
not see any point in replacing
these parts with resin. For
me the highlight are the
decal sheets with all the
RAM markings and the large
number of marking options.
Our thanks to Tamiya and
their UK importer Hobby Co
for giving us the chance
to see this kit ahead of
its worldwide release
which expected at some
point later this year.
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he Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family

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combat aircraft that are intended to perform both air
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warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed
Martin is the prime F-35 contractor, with principal partners Northrop
Grumman and BAe Systems. The aircraft has three main variants:
Lightning II
by Andy Evans

the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short take-off and 
vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, and the carrier-based (CV/CATOBAR) 
F-35C. The aircraft is a descendant of the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 
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reviews
Airbus A321neo TAP
John Bisset reviews the 1:144 Zvezda kit
Airbus A321neo
„ MANUFACTURER: Zvezda
„ SCALE: 1:144
„ KIT TYPE: Plastic injection moulded
„ KIT NUMBER: 7043
This is another fine civil airliner
model from Zvezda, which comes
with three configurations, gear
up, gear down and in landing or
take-off mode with undercarriage,
flaps and leading-edge slats all
extended. The kit moulds include
engine options for both the ‘ceo’
and ‘neo’ variants. I previously
built this kit as a ‘ceo’, so this one
was built using the later engine
offering, the’ neo’ variant used
by TAP. Since my earlier build
had had flaps & slats out and
undercarriage down, I built this
one clean, in flying mode. The kit
includes a stand, which is useful
for displaying an aircraft in flight.
The kit includes fuselage
window transparencies, however
for small windows like these I
prefer to add the window glazing
later using Kristal Kleer or a
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suitable clear setting PVA.
That simplifies masking. A
cockpit area is provided,
with seats and notional
panels, plus a simplified
front fuselage entry area
in case the modeller
wishes to have the crew
entry door displayed
open. This is the only
door which can be posed
open. The cockpit glazing
is provided as a complete
upper fuselage section,
which avoids awkward
insertion problems for
the screens but adds
another joint which needs
careful work to disguise
or eliminate. At least most fit of wing to lower fuselage as the same time as the fuselage.
of the sanding and filling was much as possible. That worked After building up the nacelle
well away from the glazing itself, well, and the early test paid off interiors and gluing the outer
except for just below the cockpit to ensure a good clean fit. halves together, some wet and
glazing panels. This was one of Although this kit comes with dry sanding followed by touch up
the more awkward tasks in this the option of extended, this one white paint spraying produced
build, though having learned was built in flying mode. Because a good finish. The horizontal tail
from my previous kit I trimmed of the possible slat and flap sections are wrongly labelled in
the surrounds very carefully to extensions, the fitting of upper the instructions. This is easily
ensure the least possible gap and lower wing halves is slightly caught however, since the
and surface variation. Masking uncertain. After some puzzled design cleverly has differing
off the cockpit window area first tinkering, I realised that fitting location slots for each side.
helped to protect the glazing. the retracted slat sections to the Good thinking by the designer.
Once this was all satisfactorily upper wing would provide a clear Decals provided by Zvezda are
smoothed, I sprayed the fuselage reference position for gluing the thin and flexible. Considerable
overall white. I also sprayed the lower wing section. That helped care is needed to avoid them
lower wing centre section white a lot. The engine cowlings for the folding up; they also don’t slide
in readiness for assembly, after TAP scheme are all white, so I as easily as some, but once in
also trimming and adjusting the had pre-painted those halves at place they settle down well.

TAP’s new scheme looks rather
odd on the tail at first and is
asymmetric; care is needed to
get this looking right Generally,
the fuselage window surround
decals went on well, though a
little adjustment was needed on
one length of window surround.
These decals seemed more rather
more resistant to decal softener
than previous Zvezda sets, so a
second round of Micro Sol was
used to ensure everything bedded
down properly. There are a lot
of fine stencils provided, making
this quite a busy looking aircraft.
Overall, I found this a very
in the box
enjoyable build, with some
minor filling and painting
challenges. The fit of the
parts is excellent and the end
result pleased me. Posing the
aircraft on the stand provided,
the aircraft looks realistic to
me, as if climbing away once
cleaned up, reminding me
of the models which used
to be seen in airline offices
and travel agents. A fine kit,
which nicely shows off the
differences between variants
of the Airbus 321. My thanks to
Zvezda for this review sample
of an intriguing new airliner.
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accessories
Eduard

E
very month Eduard
releases more and
more accessories
to upgrade their
kits as well as those of
other manufacturers too.
This month we have some
fantastic sets for Eduard’s
own Grumman F4F-3 and Zero
in 1:48 scale, the Airfix 1:48
Scale F-86F-40 and lastly in
1:32 scale some sets for the
new ICM Yak 9T. The most
detailed sets are the cast-less
Brass-in sets for the F4F-
3 and the Mitsubishi Zero
fighter, but the other sets will
all enhance their subjects.
The pre-coloured photo-
including instrument panel and seat belts, Eduard Space Eduard Mask
also includes decals for the instrument panel „ 3DL48080 F4F-3 3d instrument „ EX887 Exterior canopy and wheel masks
etch for the F-86 and the
„ 648770 Life raft, including fuselage spine panel decals and cockpit details and „ EX888 TFace exterior and interior
Yak 9T are more traditional compartment with folded raft and a fully colour photo-etched steel seat belts canopy and wheel masks
upgrade sets and are a great inflated life raft complete with paddles
way to start adding extra „ 648781 F4F seat early, including EDUARD 1:48 SCALE ICM 1:32 SCALE YAK-9T
detail to your model builds. colour photo-etched steel seat belts A6M2
Eduard Zoom
Eduard Löök Eduard Brass-in (cast-less „ 33299 cockpit details colour
EDUARD 1:48 SCALE „ 644171 F4F-3 Early, colour 3d Print)
F4F-3 photo etched steel
resin instrument panel with Castless „ 648771 A6M2 gun bays, with
Brassin panel mount and colour „ 33300 seatbelts colour photo etched steel
Eduard Brass-in (cast-less photo-etched brass details
photo-etched steel seat belts
Print) „ 648772 A6M2 tailwheel with wheel bay and
„ 648765 cockpit with telescopic gun sight, fairings, also includes a set of wheel masks
with colour photo-etched steel details
AIRFIX 1:48 SCALE
F-86F-40
Eduard Zoom
„ FE1298 cockpit details colour
photo etched steel
„ FE1299 seatbelts colour photo etched steel

Eduard Photo-Etch
„ 481298 interior colour photo-etched steel
and exterior and undercarriage photo-etched
brass details, with photo negative film

Eduard Space
„ 3DL48080 F-86F-40 instrument
panel decals and cockpit details and
colour photo-etched steel seat belts

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Eduard Photo-Etch
„ 32998 interior colour photo-etched
steel and exterior and undercarriage
photo-etched brass details
Eduard Mask
„ JX293 Exterior canopy and wheel masks
„ JX294 TFace exterior and interior
canopy and wheel masks
ON FINALS
This month all the sets in the
Brass-in line use the new 3d
printed technology. Eduard’s
Brass-in resin sets were always
Accessories foaccessories
r your kits
1/48 AL4102
Pilot F-18 w w w. p l u s m o d e l . c z
EXCELENT QUALITY
1/72
AL7075 B-25 Mitchel flaps
AL7070 PB4Y-2 Privateer wheels
diamond tread
AL7071 PB4Y-2 Privateer wheels
smooth pattern
good, but these new direct AL7067 B-24 Liberator wheels
printed parts take the level of grooved pattern
detail to the next level that I AL7068 B-24 Liberator wheels
doubt will ever be equalled. I diamond tread
found myself particularly taken AL7069 B-24 Liberator wheels early
by the inflated life raft for the
F4F-3 Wildcat, which I am sure
would look great if used in a little
vignette by itself leaving the
stowed representation of the
dinghy to be fitted in the Eduard
kit. Most of these new cast-less
parts now come packaged in
small clear plastic boxes, which
I am sure modellers will find
useful for storing small parts,
or indeed a multitude of uses!
As ever I recommend these
sets for their chosen subjects.
While the Zoom sets are ideal for
modellers new to adding detail,
as are the Löök and Space sets.
However, I recommend the full
etched sets and Brass-in details are essential, well for someone
with my modelling skills!
As ever our thanks to
Eduard for supplying these
are for the more experienced
sets for us to share with you.
modellers amongst us. Finally,
the masks it goes without saying
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 MH Models Mask
This month we also have some
canopy masks from MH Models.
These masks are cut from a grey
vinyl Frisk type masking film. This
film needs a little more care to
apply to avoid stretching, but once
in place, they are a very tight fit,
even on the most concave/convex
surfaces and certainly do the job.

1:72 SCALE MASKS

Top Notch Masks
The latest release from Top Notch is aimed
at the brand new 1:48 scale ICM Bristol
Beaufort this delayed kit arrived in the
UK just as we were going to press. And
is already one of the best selling kits of
2022 according to Hannants, with another
version covering the Beaufort’s used in
hotter climes before the end of the year.
Unlike other manufacturers Top Notch
mainly concentrates on masks for the
camouflage schemes applied to aircraft rather
than canopy masks. One thing I did not realise
for many years was the RAFs use of A and B
schemes which are mirror images of each other
as can be seen on the latest Beaufort set which
is applicable to the early World War 2 period
as featured on the ICM kits decals, Option 1, 2
and 5 are painted in Type A while Option 2 and
4 are painted in the mirrored Type B scheme.
SCALE 1:48
Mo31 Bristol Beaufort Pattern A
Type 1 Camouflage Masks
Mo32 Bristol Beaufort Pattern B
Type 1 Camouflage Masks
X72064 Valom, DH.95
Flamingo canopy mask
X72066 Kovozávody Prostĕjov,
Spitfire PR.X, canopy mask
X72067 Kovozávody Prostĕjov,
Spitfire PR.XI, canopy mask
1:48 SCALE MASKS
X48111 Airfix, Canberra
B.2/B.20 canopy mask
ON FINALS
These sets from MH Models, only
supply masking the exterior of
the canopy which will be fine for
these subjects. The 1:48 scale Airfix
Canberra is getting to be quite a
difficult kit to find these days (we
have been trying), but the range
is now quite large and there are
many subjects that you may have
in your stash. My thanks to MH
Models for supplying these masks
for us to share with you and the full
range can be seen at www.mhmodels.cz.

ON FINALS Red Fox Studio

If you have the 1:72 scale Bristol Beaufort
this set has also been produced in that
scale so to see the full range visit www.
topnotchmasks.com and do not forget
to specify your scale when ordering.
Our thanks to Top Notch for supplying
the information on these new sets.
We featured some of the
smaller scale subjects from
Red Fox Studios in the last
issue and if anything in the
larger scales these sets are
even more impressive. Red
Fox sets supply a selection of
prefinished resin panels which
was something new to me.
The instructions clearly
show where the parts go and
all you need to do is remove
all the moulded detail, then
pre-paint the main cockpit
colour on the plastic cockpit
parts. Next add a drop of
strong white glue and attach
the resin panel in place. Once
dry you can use enamel
or acrylic washes to make
the detail pop out even
more to very good effect.
1:24 SCALE
Grumman F5F-5 Hellcat
„ Parts Number: RFSQS-24-002
„ Designed for: Airfix
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
„ Parts Number: RFSQS-24-006
„ Designed for: Kinetic
1:24 scale the detail supplied
1:32 SCALE on the Hellcat set just has
Messerscmitt Me-262A-1/A-2 too be seen to be believed.
„ Parts Number: RFSQS-32050 My thanks to Red Fox
„ Designed for: Revell Studio for supplying the
review sample which in
the UK can be purchased
ON FINALS from Hannants.
I was impressed with the 1:48
scale sets last month but in

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 ASK Distribution Scale Mask
This month we look at some more
canopy masks from ASK Distribution.
These masks are precision cut from
Kabuki tape, with each section having a
number printed on it which corresponds
to the instructions. This latter feature
will be especially useful when it comes
to masking some of the more complex
canopies, like this month, the 1:72 scale
Bf109 or the 1:48 Chipmunk. Numbering
is something I wish other manufacturers
may consider including on their masks.

1:72 SCALE MASKS

CMK 200-M72004 Airfix, English Electric
Lightning F.2A, canopy mask external
Only one release and internal, and wheel masks
to feature this
200-M72026 Special Hobby, Bd 109E-1/3,
month, but what
canopy mask external and wheel masks
a showstopper.
Last month
1:48 SCALE MASKS
Special Hobby
released an 200-M48028 Airfix, De Haviland Chipmunk
all-new tooling T.10, interior and
exterior canopy
of the Aeronca masks, and
L-3 Observation wheel masks
aircraft a rather
200-M48061
unsung type that AMK, Aero L-29
saw widespread Delfin, interior
service with the and exterior
United States. canopy masks
This aircraft was
developed from the 1:32 SCALE
pre-war Tandem MASKS
Trainer and Chief 200-M32018
civilian aircraft Copper State
with over 1200 Models, Caudron
G.III, interior
aircraft produced and exterior
the type served windscreen masks,
until the end of plus wheel masks
the war and there
are several survivors still flying today. ON FINALS
Now CMK has used their 3D printing skills Regular readers
to produce a truely jaw dropping casting of the will no doubt
Continental 0-170-0 flat four engine as well as the be aware by
associated pipework and wiring, engine bearers, now, that I think
and bulkheads. Plus, a multi part, and almost scale canopy masks
thickness engine cowling. This can be used to show are essential. I am rubbish at making them myself
the engine uncovered for maintenance. The level of
detail has to be seen to be believed and despite being
moulded in a disgusting light orange colour once a
coat of grey primer is applied the detail pops out even
more and with careful painting and dry brushing will
look so realistic it will seem a shame to cover it up.

1:48 SCALE
P48002 L-4 Grasshopper Engine

ON FINALS
A big advantage to 3 D printing is that preparation
so, any help in this regard is
is so quick, a wash in soapy water and then a few
gratefully accepted. There are
snips with a good quality pair of cutters and a little
lots of options now for masks,
lights sanding to remove any attachment points,
so a lot will come down to
and you are done. Ready to jump straight to painting
availability from your chosen
as on most 3D castings assembly is nonexistent
modelling outlet, but these
It is hard to believe that anyone with the basic kit
masks look good, and they fit.
will be able to resist the addition of this set and the
My thanks to Petr at ASK
diorama possibilities it opens from the assembly of a
Distribution for supplying these
new aircraft to a crashed and abandoned example.
masks for us to share with you.
Our thanks to CMK for supplying the review sample.

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Flying
Leathernecks
Decals
This is the second sheet covering the
combat operations of US Marine Harriers
between 2011 and 2019 and three of the
aircraft carry quite impressive mission
tally’s. All of the aircraft are AV-8B II +
variant and all but one carry a centerline
LITENING targeting pod. However,
colourful they are not with just one
option having a black trim around the
canopy and a completely black tail fin
and full colour national markings as well
as red, white and blue rudder stripes.
1:48 SCALE
FL48014 Hell Raising Harriers II
AB-8B II Plus Harriers in Combat
(Designed for the Hasegawa kit)
„ 1. AV-8B II Plus 165419 YP50 VMA-214 Det.
11th MEU(SOC) VMM-163 (REIN) USS Boxer
Amphibious Ready Group 1 May – 27 Nov. 2019.
„ 2. AV-8B II Plus 165577 YP52 VMA-214 Det.
11th MEU(SOC) VMM-163 (REIN) USS Boxer
Amphibious Ready Group 1 May – 27 Nov. 2019.
„ 3. AV-8N II Plus 165417 YP54 VMA-214 Det.
11th MEU(SOC) VMM-163 (REIN) USS Boxer
Amphibious Ready Group 1 May – 27 Nov. 2019.
„ 4. AV-8B II Plus 165357 C603 VMA-231 SPMAGTF-
CR-CC USCENTCOM Operation Inherent Resolve 2017.
„ 5. AV-8B II Plus 165562 CG01 VMA-
231 MCAS Cherry Point, NC 2019.
„ 6. AV-8B II Plus 165357 ES53 VMA-542
Det Operation Odyssey Dawn 2011.
ON FINALS
If you love the Harrier or US Marine
aircraft this is a must have sheet and can
be ordered direct from the manufacturer’s
website at www.flyingleathernecksdecals.
com and we thank them for supplying
the sample decal sheet.
26 Phoenix Aviation Modelling
Bullseye Decals
This is the first in several
sheets covering the F-4
Phantom in US Navy service
during the Gull Grey and White
era. Which means that in
most cases they are incredibly
colourful. These decals are
sized for the Tamiya kit, but
no doubt can be used on the
Zoukei Mura kit with no major
issues as they both have very
accurate fin shapes. Printed
on two sheets the main sheet
supplies all the individual
aircraft and unit markings and
the representation of of the
colourful tails is first class. The
second sheet supplies national
insignia for two aircraft plus a
selection of wing and fuselage
walkways in both grey and
black as well as seven styles
of ejection seat warning
triangles and a selection of
the major stencils. The full
colour instruction sheet is
very clear with a number
Bright Spark Decals
This new sheet from Bright
Spark is another that supplies
national insignia for one of
the lesser represented air
arms from the Middle East
supplying the national insignia
of Lebanon in the current low
viz style, plus a selection of
aircraft serials in both Arabic
and Latin script. These include
specific markings for seven of
the ten aircraft types currently
operated by Lebanon.
1:72 SCALE
BS.10 Lebanese Low-
Viz Roundels, Tail
Flashes and Serials
„ 1. Aerospatiale SA-342
Gazelle, L813, L815,
„ 2. Aerospatiale SA-330 Puma,
of useful notes to make
your model 100% accurate
including representative load
outs for different missions.
1:48 SCALE
48-017 Fleet Phantoms I for
the McDonnell Douglas F-4B
(Designed for Tamiya kits)
„ 1. F-4B BuNo 153059 “Switchbox
200” VF-151 “Vigilantes” USS
Midway Westpac 1971.
„ 2. F-4B BuNo 151478 “Lance 100” VF-21
“Freelancers” USS Ranger Westpac 1967.
„ 3. F-4B BuNo 152314 “Gypsy
200” VF-32 “Swordsmen” USS
Franklin Roosevelt Westpac 1966.
„ 4. F-4B BuNo 152986 “Devil
100” VF-301 “Devils Disciplines”
NAS Miramar 1975.
„ 5. F-4B BuNo 152307 “Ripper
100” VF-11 “Red Rippers” USS
Forrestal Mediterranean 1969.
ON FINALS
If you are interested in this
colourful time period of US
Navy aviation, you may
have to invest in a few more
1:48 scale Phantoms as it this image has been included
will be hard to just build which matches the image on
one from each sheet. And I the instruction sheet and my
was impressed that Bulldog photographic references.
had caught a small error The Bullseye decal range
on the VF-151 tail art where are available exclusively
a red bar had been added from www.spruebrothers.
across the top of the fin bar. com and we thank them for
A replacement decal for supplying the review samples.
L912, L914, L915,
L916, L917, L918
„ 3. Bell UH-1H
Huey II, L1203,
L1206,L1208, L1112
„ 4. Bell-212, L557
„ 5. Bristol Bulldog
T.1, L142, L144, L145.
„ 6. Cessna
AC-208B Combat
Caravan, L401, L403 And please insure you read
„ 7. Embraer A-29B Super Tucano, the not about applying these
L711, L713, L714, L715, L918. decals as they are slightly
different from the decals
ON FINALS you find in kits before use.
If you are interested in this
A very nice set that also
sheet, contact Bright Spark
includes a selection of spare
Decals owner by emailing
roundels so you can produce
ma_burton @hotmail.com, and
the missing three aircraft
we thank him for supplying us
not featured on this sheet.
with all the recent samples.

Model Maker Decals
There are very few off the
colourful schemes applied by
211 (Tiger Squadron) to their
SAAB Gripen’s over the last
few years, as can be seen in
our recent SAAB Gripen book
which has a section devoted
to them. But one of the gaps
is now filled by the recent
release by Model Maker decals
of the attractive scheme
applied in 2018 to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of
the Czech Air Force.
This aircraft has the Czech
national flag painted on the
tail and both underwing fuel
tanks. The upper surface of
the wings has a large Czech Air
Force crest complete with claw
Euro
Decals
It was only a matter of time
before Euro Decal upscaled
their previous 1:72 and 1:48
scale sheets to fit the 1:32
scale Trumpeter F-100D
Super Sabre. And in the big
scale it would look stunning
though you may have to do a
little work on the kit to make
it as accurate as the decals!
1:32 SCALE
ED-32131 North American
F-100D Supersabre
Collection Pt 1
„ 1. North American F-100D Super
Sabre 56-3433 of 352nd Tactical
Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical
Fighter Wing, United States Air Force,
based at Myrtle Beach Air Force
Base, South Carolina, USA, 1959.
„ 2. North American F-100D Super
Sabre 56-3404 of 27th Tactical Fighter
Wing, 832nd Air Division, United States
marks in black. The port tail
fin has a representation of five
aircraft flown by the squadron
in the past including
the Avia Bh-21, Hawker
Hurricane, Mig-15 and 21
and finally the SAAB Gripen
painted over the national
flag. While the starboard
side has claw marks over
the national flag painted
on the tail and fuel tanks.
Air Force, based at Cannon Air Force
Base, New Mexico, USA, 1959.
„ 3. North American F-100D Super
Sabre 56-3307 of 417th Tactical Fighter
Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing,
United States Air Force, based at
Ramstein Air Base, Wet Germany, 1959.
„ 4. North American F-100D Super
Sabre 55-3775 of 615th Tactical Fighter
Squadron, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing,
United States Air Force, based at England
Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1958.
decals
1:72 SCALE
D72159 Czech Gripen NATO
Tiger Meet 2018/100th
AF Anniversary
1:48 SCALE
D48159 Czech Gripen NATO
Tiger Meet 2018/100th
AF Anniversary 03822 Airbus A400M Atlas “RAF”, 1:72
ON FINALS
As always, these sheets
are well printed and
the tail markings are
particularly well done.
In the UK these sheets
are available from Hannants
and I thank Filip Jereczek of
Model Maker for supplying
the review samples. 07710 ‘79 Pontiac™ Firebird™ Trans Am, 1:8
01211 Millennium Falcon “The Last Jedi”, 1:144
REVELL ACCESSORIES
Full range of Revell paints and selected
accessories available at Hobbycraft
and all good stockists
ON FINALS
Another colourful release
and I am sure we will see the
second part which will offer
you another 4 options from
the most colourful period
of USAF operations and nice
change from shades of grey!
This sheet is available
now from Fantasy Printshop
but once sold out will be
gone for good. Visit www.
Available from all good model
fantasyprintshop.co.uk to
order your example and
stockists and online from
have a look at the other
colourful 1:32 scale sheets
to brighten up your shelf.
Our thanks to Fantasy
Printshop for supplying
the sample to us.
hobbycraft.co.uk/brand/revell
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 Iliad Decals
It is rare for Iliad to reissue sheets but
many will be grateful that they have now
reissued the 1:48 scale sheet covering the
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6s flown by 7./JG53
over Sicily in 1943. The six aircraft featured
on this sheet all have cartoons featuring the
squadron’s Ace of Spades badge painted
on the port side and have been updated
on this release based on new information
received after the original sheets release.
All aircraft have the MG131 Cannon
gondolas under the wing and have
a white spiral on the spinner and a
white tail band and yellow theatre
markings under the nose.

1:48 SCALE
48002a JG53 ‘Cartoon’ Bf 109G-6s
„ 1. Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, 3+1, Sicily 1943.
„ 3. Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, 3+6, Sicily 1943.
„ 2. Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, 3+5, Sicily 1943.
„ 4. Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, 3+7, Sicily 1943.
„ 5. Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, 3+8, Sicily 1943.
„ 6. Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, 3+9, Sicily 1943.
Syhart Decals ON FINALS
Artwork like this is quite rare on
This month
Luftwaffe Fighters and building a mini
we have
theme based on this sheet would make
yet another
for an interesting theme and there are
specially
several subtle variations in camouflage
marked Rafale,
to add more interest, if the cartoons
but this time
alone were not enough for you. The
in 1:72 scale.
instructions are clear and even include
This time they
some useful advice on how to paint
are bang up
the spinner marking on the nose.
to date with
Another great release from Iliad
the specially
and I thank Bob Migliardi for supplying
marked single
the review sample which can now
seat 2021 solo display
be ordered in the UK from Hannants
aircraft which attended
as well as from the manufacturers
air displays across
website at www.iliad-design.com
Europe. This aircraft has
a complex scheme in
shades of blues and white
all of which are supplied
on the three decal
sheets. You also have
Fantasy
the set of masks which
are supplied in all Syhart
Printshop
Rafale kits to reproduce
the anti-skid areas on the
Decals
upper fuselage. Many will Now this is a useful sheet supplying
appreciate that you are the bands that you often see round
also supplied with block modern missiles and bombs in selection
of all the various colours of sizes as well as four colours. Yellow,
used on the decal sheets Blue, Brown, Silver and Black
which will be handy if you Though marketed as 1:72
need to patch any gaps scale the larger bands can be
or damage to the decals used in the large scales
during application.
1:72 SCALE
1:72 SCALE FP650 Rocket and Missile Bands FP650
72-143 Rafale C 4-GR
“Rafale Solo Display 2021” ON FINALS
Though marketed as 1:72 scale the
ON FINALS larger bands can be used in the larger
These decals are limited scales and I have already dipped into
run-in so if there are any schemes you really want this sheet for my current 1:48 scale
on your model shelf order them now directly project. My thanks to Fantasy print
from Syhart at www.syhartdecal.fr or from shop for supplying the review sample.
Hannants in the UK who carry limited stocks.

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 THE F-111 AT WAR
he General Dynamics
T F-111 ‘Aardvark’ was a
supersonic, medium-
range, multi-role combat
aircraft, capable of ground
attack strategic bombing (including
nuclear weapons capabilities),
reconnaissance and electronic
warfare. Developed in
the 1960s by General
Dynamics, the F-111 THE WORD AARDVARK’ IS AFRIKAANS
entered service in 1967 FOR ‘EARTH PIG’ AND REFLECTS THE
with the United States
Air Force, and pioneered LOOK OF THE AIRCRAFT
several technologies for a
production aircraft, including variable-
sweep wings, afterburning turbofan
engines, and automated terrain-
following radar for low-level, high-
speed flight. Its design influenced later
variable-sweep wing aircraft, and
some of its advanced features have
since become commonplace. The word
Aardvark’ is Afrikaans for ‘earth pig’
and reflects the look of the long nose of
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THE F-111
AT WAR!
the aircraft that might remind one of
the noses of the Aardvark. The name
is attributed to F-111A Instructor Pilot
Al Mateczun in 1969, as the aircraft
had not received an official Air Force
name. The first of six initial production
F-111s was delivered on 17 July 1967 to
fighter squadrons at Nellis Air Force
Base. These aircraft were used for
crew training. 428th Tactical Fighter
Squadron achieved initial operational
capability on 28 April 1968. The F-111
was replaced in USAF service by
the F-15E Strike Eagle for medium-
range precision strike missions,
while the supersonic bomber role has
been assumed by the B-1B Lancer.  failure of a hydraulic control-valve
One F-111 could
carry the bomb load
of four F-4 Phantoms
VIETNAM
After early testing, a detachment
of six aircraft from the 474th
Tactical Fighter Wing (474th TFW
Roadrunners) were sent in March 1968
to Southeast Asia for Combat Lancer
testing in real combat conditions
in the Vietnam War. During the
deployment, fifty-five-night
missions were flown against
targets in North Vietnam,
but two aircraft were lost.
66–0022 was lost on 28
March, and 66-0017 on 30
March. Replacement aircraft
left Nellis, but the loss of a third F-111A
(66-0024) on 22 April halted F-111A
combat operations. The squadron
returned to the United States in
November. The cause of the first two
losses is unknown as the wreckages
were never recovered. It turned out
that the third loss was traced to a
rod for the horizontal stabiliser,
Ground crew prepares an F-111F of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing for a retaliatory air strike on Libya

which caused the aircraft to pitch up
uncontrollably. Further inspection of
the remaining fleet of F-111As revealed
forty-two aircraft with the same
potential failures. It is speculated that
this failure could also have contributed
to the two earlier losses had the failure
caused a pitch down while at
low altitude. It was not until
1971 that 474 TFW was fully
operational. September 1972
saw the F-111 back in Southeast
Asia, stationed at Takhli Air
Base, Thailand. F-111As from
Nellis AFB participated in the final
month of Operation ‘Linebacker’ and
later flew 154 low-level missions in
the Operation ‘Linebacker II’ aerial
offensive against the North Vietnamese,
who called the aircraft ‘Whispering
Death’. They also supported regional
aerial operations against other
communist forces such as Operation
P’hou Phiang III’ during the Laotian
Civil War in Laos. Crews described
their flying in Vietnam as ‘speed is
life’, ‘one pass, haul ass’, and ‘you do
more than one pass in a target area
you die’. The F-111’s ability with terrain-
THE F-111S FLEW MORE THAN 4,000
COMBAT MISSIONS IN VIETNAM
WITH ONLY SIX COMBAT LOSSES
following radar to fly as low as 200 feet
(61m) above ground level at 480 knots
(890km/h) or faster in most weather
conditions made it very effective,
and missions did not require tankers or
ECM support, and they could operate
in weather that grounded most other
aircraft. One F-111 could carry the bomb
load of four F-4 Phantoms. The worth
of the new aircraft was beginning to
show, and the F-111s flew more than
4,000 combat missions in Vietnam
with only six combat losses. From 30
July 1973 F-111As of the 347th Tactical
Fighter Wing (347th TFW) were
stationed at Takhli Air Base.
The 347th TFW conducted
bombing missions in
Cambodia in support
of Khmer Republic forces
until 15 August 1973 when
US combat support ceased
in accordance with the Case–Church
Amendment.[62] The 347th TFW was
stationed at Korat Royal Thai Air Force
Base from 12 July 1974 until 30 June
1975, where in May 1975, 347th TFW
F-111s provided air support during
the Mayaguez incident. One of the
most unusual missions occurred
on 14 February 1986, when two FB-
111s of the 509th Bombardment
Wing were dispatched from then Pease
Air Force Base, New Hampshire
to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
to pick up a heart for transplant.
The aircraft landed at Bradley
International Airport to deliver the
organ to a waiting ambulance.

LIBYA
On 14 April 1986, eighteen F-111s
and approximately twenty-five US
Navy aircraft conducted air strikes
against Libya under Operation ‘El
Dorado Canyon’. The eighteen F-111s
F-111s took part in Combat Lancer operations over Vietnam of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing and

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 THE F-111 AT WAR
The F-111F carried the Pave Tack designator pod
4 EF-111As from the 20th Tactical
Fighter Wing flew what turned out
to be the longest fighter combat
mission in history. The round-trip
flight between RAF Lakenheath/
RAF Upper Heyford, United
Kingdom and Libya of 6,400 miles
(10,300 km) spanned thirteen hours.
At 6:54 pm eastern standard time,
EF-111 Ravens commenced electronic
countermeasures against Libyan air
defences, while the Navy support
An F-111F over the desert
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aircraft provided surface to air missile
(SAM) suppression. At 7:00 pm, Navy
aircraft struck Benina Airfield and
the Benghazi military barracks,
while F-111s struck the Aziziyah
barracks in Tripoli and the Sidi Bilal
terrorist training camp. The final
strike of the mission was conducted
by five Air Force F-111s, which
attacked the Tripoli military airport.
Unfortunately, only four of the F-111s
successfully dropped their bombs.
Seven others missed their targets,
while six encountered mechanical
problems or did not drop because
of stringent rules of engagement. 
One F-111 was lost over Libya and
crashed into the Mediterranean
Sea, probably shot down.
DESERT STORM
F-111s participated in Operation ‘’Desert
Storm’ in 1991. F-111Fs completed 3.2
successful strike missions for every
During ‘Desert Storm’ F-111s dropped almost eighty-percent of the war’s laser-guided bombs

unsuccessful one, better than any

other US strike aircraft used in the
operation. The group of sixty-six F-111Fs
dropped almost eighty-percent of the
war’s laser-guided bombs, including
the penetrating bunker-buster GBU-28,
described later. Eighteen F-111Es were
also deployed during the operation.
F-111s participated in Operation ‘’Desert
Storm’ in 1991s. Their use in the anti-
armour role was dubbed ‘tank plinking’.
The F-111F also took part on the ‘Deep
Throat’ bunker busting riad. On the
night of 27/28 February 1991, within Two F-111F were loaded with GBU-28 ‘Bunker Buster’ bombs during the Gulf War
hours of the ceasefire, two General
Dynamics F-111Fs, loaded with one bombing with GBU-27s. The two Himes, from its intended secondary
GBU-28 each, headed towards a target F-111Fs, ‘Cardinal 7-1’ and ‘7-2’, would target to the primary. Analysis of
on the outskirts of Baghdad. Armourers laser-mark the target for each other the PAVE Tack VCR film showed
also uploaded a single Mk.84 to or target-mark and guide their own the second weapon impacting at its
counterbalance the GBU-28/Bs’ 5000- weapons. Lt Col Ken Combs and Maj aim-point, and moments later smoke
lb weight. Both jets were tasked with Jerry Hust in the first F-111F narrowly was seen surging from the bunker’s
targeting command bunkers beneath missed the target, so they quickly air-vents. This indicated a devastating
Al Taji air base, northwest of Baghdad, diverted ‘Cardinal 7-2’ (70-2387), flown explosion within the bunker. 
these having so far resisted F-117A by Col David White and Capt Tommy

F-111s participated in Operation ‘’Desert Storm’ in 1991

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 THE F-111 AT WAR

Rene van der Hart builds the 1:48

HobbyBoss F-111E with a ResKit
Cockpit and accessories

KING OF SWING
he F-111 is probably the single fit is near perfect. Despite

T most dearly missed aircraft

by many military aviation
enthusiasts. For several years
the ‘Aardvark’ was a familiar sight at
airshows and airbases until the early
the good fit, it’s not an easy
job to align the resin and plastic parts
perfectly. Fixing with CA glue gives
no time to make any adjustments at
all, so your attempt has to be perfect.
fuselage section. The biggest error of
the kit is the flaps. The flaps can be
posed in extended position, very nice.
The middle section, however, is wrong.
Instead of tapered from the fuselage
nineties in Europe and mid-2000’s in On one side I had to do a bit of filling to the wingtip, it is tapered the other
Australia. Several 1:48 kits of various and sanding to get rid of a very small way around. I ended up cutting up the
F-111 variants have been released over step but other than that, no problems flaps, glue the parts together, swap
the years, starting with the ancient here. With the resin cockpit in place, them from the left to the right wing,
Aurora kit, which was later partly the avionics bays hatches were fitted cut them to size and glue them on the
ruined and released by Monogram. as were the nose cone and the lower other wing again. A big job, but well
In 1987. Academy then released the
first of an entire series of kits, and
these were a vast improvement over
The very nice ResKit cockpit set
the Monogram offerings. Finally, in
2009, HobbyBoss produced the first of
five of what are still the best F-111 kits
around. Unfortunately, this kit of their
F-111E isn’t without its faults. I’m no
expert, but from what I’ve read, the jet
intakes, cockpit and flaps are the main
parts that need attention The cockpit
especially was an area that proved
to be difficult to correct. But then,
out of the blue, ResKit from Ukraine
announced a whole series of new
resin cockpit sets for all variants! And
from the same brand, new exhausts
and wheels were also ordered.
The new cockpit is a drop-in
replacement for the kit part and the

34 Phoenix Aviation Modelling

 The new cockpit is a
drop-in replacement
for the kit part
and the fit is near
perfect

Checking the fit

F-111D/E AARDVARK
MANUFACTURER: HobbyBoss
SCALE: 1:48
KIT TYPE: Plastic injection
moulded
KIT NUMBER: 80350

Checking the avionics

panels for fit

worth the effort. The next Fitting the main

area to fix, as much as possible, were fusealge
the intake spikes. After this build was
finished, ResKit announced new parts
for this area too, of course! Anyway,
I made a few small improvements
here by replacing the moulded on
fences at the base of the spikes with
THE RESKIT COCKPIT IS A DROP-IN REPLACEMENT
new parts made from plastic sheet. FOR THE KIT PART AND THE FIT IS NEAR PERFECT
…and the deatiling here
is excellent

Painting up
cockpit….

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…paint up really well….
The inside of the intakes have several
brownish coloured panels. These
were masked and painted before
fitting the intakes to the fuselage. It
would be impossible to do this later.
From now on, the build was pretty
much straightforward. The fit of the
kit is quite good but a few annoying
mould lines on the rear of the fuselage
I ADDED AND AN/ALQ-131 POD FROM THE KIT
UNDER THE REAR FUSELAGE ONLY AND TWO
GBU-24 LASER GUIDED BOMBS
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The ResKit
nozzle
parts……
had to be removed and
sanded smooth. The raised
formation lights were also
sanded off and replaced
with thin plastic strips. The
plastic static dischargers
were also cut-off and replaced with
pieces of thin brass rod. Now that the
main build was done, my attention
shifted back to the cockpit. This area
was left untouched because I was afraid
I would damage it during the build.
This was first primed black and painted
grey, and a clear coat was applied
after the paint was dry. An oilwash
was then brushed inside the cockpit
to give it more depth and a used look.
Several small details were brush
painted, using photographs on
the Internet for reference. Next,
the 3D printed instrument
decals included in the
cockpit set, were attached
with white glue. They are
self adhesive but I didn’t
want to take any risks here.
The seats were painted and
installed, followed by the etched seat
belts. Several smaller pieces were job - painting. The entire model was
fitted too and the last part, for now, first lightly sanded with a buffing
was the masked-off windscreen. The pad and cleaned with alcohol. A base
set includes new injection moulded coat of HR Hobbies Black Primer was
clear parts and a masking set too! airbrushed on next. This coat was
Finally it was time for my favourite also buffed smooth before applying
the first colour. All the colours were
Mr Hobby acrylics H303, H309 and
H310, and were airbrushed on in
multiple very thin, cloudy coats. This

…as you can
see on the
finished model
gives a slightly uneven finish, which
looks much more interesting than
solid colours. A few drops of white
and/or yellow were added to the base
colours to make some slightly lighter
or faded areas. The different colours
were masked-off with thin sausages
of Blu-Tac which gives a very slightly
feathered demarcation line between
them. This is more to scale than I can
achieve airbrushing freehand. The
underside was already primed black,
so no need to paint it black again. The
entire model then received several
thin coats of Aquagloss. This gives the
model a smooth protective surface to
receive a wash and, at a later stage, the
decals. I wanted a slightly warmer wash
than I usually use on grey surfaces, so
I had to do some work
on the wings…
I made a mix of Abteilung 502 Starship
Filth and Bitume oil paints. This mix
was thinned with AK Interactive White
Spirit and brushed over the surfaces of
the model. After around ten minutes
drying time, any excess was wiped
off with paper towls. More stubborn
or hard to reach places were cleaned
with a damp brush with White Spirit. …and the intakes….
After the wash had dried, a few
more subtle highlights were airbrushed
randomly to make the paintwork
just a little bit brighter. The red areas
under the flaps and slats were masked-
off and painted red. This contrast
between camouflage and bright red
looks so good on this already beautiful …although once I had completed the
aircraft. I love it! Aftermarket decals build ResKit released an intake set!
from Caracal were used on this model.
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 THE F-111 AT WAR
Ready for my
favourite part -
painting

The revised intake area

Since they are printed by

Cartograph, no problems were
encountered applying them. The
Caracal set only includes markings and
basic stencils but not the ‘No Step’ and ‘Walkway’
I began with a ones. This is unfortunate as the ones in the kit are
black primer massively oversized, and sadly in my ‘spares-box’ I
coat
could only find ‘No Step’ decals but no ‘Walkway’
ones. Because of the size and weight of this
model, I ordered a white metal undercarriage
set from SAC, but these didn’t fit the bill land
I used the kit parts instead. All parts that make
up the landing gear, including the resin wheels,
were assembled, primed, painted and weathered.
The finished landing gear was then fitted in the
gear bays next. However, the model sat a bit too
nose high for my liking, so I placed the nose gear
a few millimetres higher up in the wheel well.
The ResKit exhausts are built up of several very
nicely cast resin parts. They were primed in black
and painted in several different metal colours from

This was followed

by the tan
shade…..

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….then some
masking….

…and the two

greens were
applied

The contrast
between
camouflage
and bright red
looked so good
on this already
beautiful
aircraft

I applied a wash of Abteilung 502

Starship Filth and Bitume oil paints

HR Hobbies and AK Interactive, again
using reference images as a guide. A
clear coat and wash was then applied,
and the finished exhausts were glued
onto the model. A final flat coat was
then airbrushed on and the masking
tape was removed from the clear parts.
The very nicely detailed two doors/
canopies were painted separately and
the clear parts simply drop into the
doors. I used Revell Contacta Clear to
fix these parts into place. The pylons
were then primed black and glued
under the wings. The kit includes a
large choice of weapons and droptanks.
Unfortunately, they are all either the
wrong type or wrong shape. I ended
up using the AN/ALQ-131 pod from
the kit under the rear fuselage only
and two GBU-24 laser guided bombs.
These bombs weren’t used by the E
model, but still look pretty good in my
opinion. The final part to fit was to add
a Master pitot tube. I think this was one
of the most enjoyable builds of the past
couple of years. Not only because the
F-111 is one of the coolest aircraft ever,
but also the build quality of the kit and
excellent resin parts from ResKit!

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>>PHAST
PHANTOM
James Bamford builds the
1:72 Airfix FGR.2 XV482
in the scheme and
loadout worn when it
broke the world record for
the fastest non-stop
flight between
London and
Singapore
in 1970
T
his is a special Phantom,
but one you probably won’t
have heard of! XV482 and
XV409 were the pair of RAF
spooks who broke the world record of
the fastest non-stop flight between
London (airborne, as they initially took
off from Coningsby) and RAF Tengah,
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Singapore - a total of 10,789
kilometers. The total trip
took 14 hours and 6 minutes,
averaging 411 knots. XV482 was
flown by Flt Lt John Walmsley and
Navigator, Flt Lt Aubrey W. Spencer,
whose son this model was actually
built for. The reason behind the record-
breaking flight was to prove
the RAF could deploy fighter
aircraft rapidly to the Far
East. Victor Tankers, like during the
later Falklands Conflict, would provide
the air-to-air refuelling capability,
whilst Shackleton’s would provide
search and rescue in the event that
one of the Phantoms had to ditch. At
11:49am on Tuesday, 19th May 1970,
both Phantoms took to the skies and
headed on their great expedition East.
For the greatest fuel efficiency of the
Rolls Royce Spey engines, their aim,
when not tanking fuel, would be to
fly at Mach 0.9 at 33,000ft, as this was
the ideal parameters for the engines
to work their best magic. Their route
took them south over France, Italy
and down to the Med towards Cyprus,
where their first Victor tanker would
deliver their much-needed fuel. The
Phantoms were equipped with three
fuel tanks, one central tank and two
wing mounted tanks with dummy
counter-balance Sparrow missile
training rounds in the front two rails,
with the aft empty. Once filled to the
brim of 22,500lbs of fuel in all tanks,
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ask for weather and clearance for

a high-speed, low-level fly by.
they were off again to route across The reply was positive with
Turkey, and then further south over reports of good weather
Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and on to and approval for the run
Oman for their next tanking of fuel. in. With Tengah in sight,
They flew off over the Indian Ocean they dropped their altitude,
where they encountered weather brought the aircraft to 540
conditions bad enough to bring knots and gunned it over
upon them St. Elmo’s fire. This is the finish line. Once
a phenomenon brought upon by a they taxied in,
heavily charged electrical atmosphere
that surrounded them. The Phantom
shook violently, jerking them up
and down without any notice. Flt Lt
Walmsley and Flt Lt Spencer
pushed on and
finally got
out of those
treacherous
conditions
before being
able to refuel again from another
Victor out of Gan. Approaching their
destination, they heard a very British
voice come over the radio of a VC-10
pilot, of which they asked if they could
radio ahead to Tengah and Chanai to

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they found out they had beaten the
previous day’s Phantoms record of 14
hours and 14 minutes - breaking the
record by eight minutes. The reason
this story is relatively unknown is
that it only stood for around three to
four weeks as a Civilian Boeing 707
later flew the great circle route and
beat the time, albeit by a matter of
minutes, two crews and ferry tanks
on board. A remarkable piece of
history I was able to replicate with this
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THE REASON BEHIND THE RECORD-BREAKING
FLIGHT WAS TO PROVE THE RAF COULD DEPLOY
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY TO THE FAR EAST
special build for Flt Lt Aubrey’s son.  Martin Baker ejection seats, which
The build itself started off with
the cockpit, and I was able to take
advantage of Eduard’s lovely etch
set for this job. The cockpit was
pieced together and sprayed in a HR
Hobbies Black Primer, followed by
medium grey. The Eduard etched
cockpit panels were glued in
place with superglue and
put to one side. I used
PJ Productions
had better detail than the Airfix
offering. They also had moulded on
seat belts which, I am slowly preferring
over etch options as I can determine
the colours myself and don’t have
to worry about the colour etch to
potentially flake off. Once painted,
these were glued into the cockpit ready
for the next stage of production. 
One thing I will make clear with this
kit is t just take your time and make
sure you keep test fitting. Once you’ve
test fitted a few times, just do it a few
more times to be safe. Trust me! And
then some more. The reason for this is
that everything is very tight but there

were also a lot of niggly small places
that required bits of filler. The cockpit
was then positioned into one side of
the fuselage whilst I sorted out the
engine intakes. These were painted
white first using Tamiya XF-2 then
joined together with my favourite glue,
Ammo by Mig Extra Thin Cement.
Once the intakes were in, I was able
to join them with the turbofan blade
piece and insert the resin afterburners
to the rear. I used Aires resin, as the
detail was marginally better than
the kit offering, however, the effort
to get them in probably makes them
not worth it! But they did do look
good once painted, but the amount of
trimming and subsequent filling I had
to do for them to look good was slightly
painful to say the least. But again, the
time it took to do this probably meant
the kit parts would have been the
easier way to go. The last piece to
go onto the fuselage for now was the
top ‘drop-in’ spine piece. The ‘drop’
good, but I had to fill all the way
around it because there is too much of
a gap that looked like a trench. Perfect
Plastic Putty resolved this quickly.  on using. The open auxiliary doors
PHAST PHANTOM
Wing assembly next! This started
off with the wing without the
reinforcement bar being used and
drilling out the holes necessary for
the three fuel tanks I was planning
are put in place along with the wheel
wells. This entire section was then
placed onto the bottom of the fuselage,
and the lines of a Phantom started
appearing. The top halves of the
wings are also dropped into place
with no issue, and this is followed
by the tail construction using the
earlier tail without the RWR fin-
top fairing. As per my reference
photographs, the elevators were
then secured into place at an
upwards angle, rather
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than the instructions guide of either
straight or looking down. The outer
wing pieces were then glued into
place along with the slightly
troublesome flaps. I only say this
as they didn’t want to line up quite
right and required a small amount
of filling with plasticard to sort out
some slightly larger than wanted gaps.
The speed brake doors underneath
were glued shut, and the bent etched
fuselage auxiliary doors were also
put in place. With the unused canopy
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placed into position using Blu-Tac to
mask the cockpit off, the main aircraft
was ready for paint. The landing
gear and gear doors were all sub-
assembled along with the three fuel
tanks ready for separate painting. 
Painting started off with priming.
Here I used HR Hobbies Black
Primer and Microfiller, sprayed over
everything and this acted as my
base. White was next up. XF-2 was
used again, this time for the wheel
wells. Once dry, this was masked
off with Tamiya masking tape
and wet kitchen roll and left
dry. I then carry on with the
main colours. Here I used Hataka
shades, thinned with their own brand
thinners, between 50:50 and 70:30
thinner to paint. Colours were built it
up in layers. Light Aircraft Grey was
layered on the undersides and masked
off for the top camouflage. Dark Sea
Grey was used first, filling in the
panels and then going over the entire
thing, but stopping before the effect
became too opaque. This was then
masked-off using rolls of Blu-Tac to
give a nice, hard but slightly feathered
edge to the Dark Green colour over the

COLOURS WERE BUILT IT UP IN LAYERS. LIGHT
AIRCRAFT GREY WAS LAYERED ON THE UNDERSIDES
AND MASKED OFF FOR THE TOP CAMOUFLAGE
top. I went a bit over the top with
the Dark Green and it became
mostly opaque so to slightly
reverse this, I heavily thinned
down the Dark Green with
a tad of white and yellow
and started to fill a few
panels back in, just to
bring back that slight
tonal variation. The
fuel tanks were
also painted at
the same time,
as these wore the same colours,
however their underneath was
white. Lastly, the elevators were
masked off and painted in silver,
aluminium, and dark metal colours.
Once all was painted, I was able to
put the Phantom on her feet and secure
the doors in place, all with superglue
for a good, firm bond. I then added a
generous coating of gloss ready for
decaling. The decals came from a few
sets, due to the need for squadron
insignia and the actual XV482 codes.
All the decals went down with no
problems at all and were sealed in
with another gloss coat. A panel line
wash using Ammo by Mig Deep Grey
and Black Panel Liners was applied
and wiped back in the direction of
the airflow. The real canopy was then
unmasked, and the masked canopy
was removed so I could position the
canopy in the open position. The fuel
tanks were then added, and we were
basically done. The finishing touch was
to add some Flightpath access ladders.
PHAST PHANTOM
They definitely gave something to
the finished look and brought it more
to life, but I wouldn’t use them again
for a number of reasons, and maybe
look at a 3D printed set in future.
Airfix’s lovely Phantom offering
is without doubt the best in 1:72. The
Fujimi kit is still available and slightly
cheaper, but for the detail you get
with the Airfix kit, it’s worth the
money! I look forward to the two
or even three others I have in my
collection to build. Special thanks
for Mr. Spencer for allowing me
to build this for him in honour of
his late Father, Flt Lt. Aubrey W
Spencer, who made that wondrous
journey all those years ago in
this fabulous jet of his.
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A MORE VIOLENT
VIKING
Stephen J Di Nucci builds a 1:72 Hasegawa S-3B Viking conversion
Photographs by Phil Jones

hadn’t planned it, but over the last five couple of Harpoon anti-ship missiles, but

I years I’ve been making waves, with not

S-3A VIKING
MANUFACTURER: Hasegawa
SCALE: 1:72
KIT TYPE: Plastic injection
moulded
KIT NUMBER: 00537
MANY OF THE FULL-SIZE CHANGES THAT
PRODUCED THE S-3B WERE BOUND UP IN
INTERNAL SENSORS AND AVIONICS, BUT
WITH THE MISSION CHANGE FROM ASW
TO CHIEFLY ASUW, SEVERAL THINGS WERE
NEVERTHELESS OBVIOUS
only US Navy aircraft, but also naval
helicopters from Italy and Australia, a
Nimrod, a Martin Marlin and even a Mach
2 Breguet Atlantic for a challenge! The
ocean certainly has that extra slice of risk
and romance. I’d had a copy of Hasegawa’s
S-3A Viking in the stash for a long time and
I thought I’d better build it! But I had some
ambitions too. I hadn’t previously made any
determined efforts towards weathering,
and I thought the Viking’s deep fuselage
and large wing would make a good canvas.
I also fancied arming my Viking with a
that was a feature of the follow-on S-3B,
so a conversion awaited, but a fairly simple
one. Many of the full-size changes that
produced the S-3B were bound up in internal
sensors and avionics, but with the mission
change from ASW to chiefly ASuW, several
things were nevertheless obvious. 
THE COCKPIT
The Hasegawa S-3A is a well detailed kit,
but a few might be put off by the raised
panel lines. I don’t often let this bother
me, and anyway I was convinced that some
decent weathering
was still
possible, even
without being
rescribed. The
cockpit unit comes first, making up from
a floor and back bulkhead, which sounds
rather plain but is actually pretty good.
There’s also a main panel plus decal, sticks,
seats and crew. The Escapac seats are a bit
basic but could easily be upped by a pair of
‘horns’ at the very top of the seat, joined

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by a thin cross piece, that was typical of
the Viking. I laid in a pair of aftermarket
seats, but I notice none are now currently
available. There are, however, Escapac seats
for other USN types available, and some of
these might be adaptable to Hasegawa’s
Viking. Cutaway drawings of the aircraft
show two pairs of ejection rails attached to
the bulkhead behind the seats, very easy
to add using several lengths of microstrip,
laid over the top of Hasegawa’s detail. Once
two small windows have been installed for
the rear cabin crew, the fuselage halves can
be joined. The rest of the fuselage proceeds
rapidly, with three large components in
the belly. At the front,
the nosewheel box
and FLIR housing is a
A MORE VIOLENT VIKING
single moulding, further back an even
larger item providing the floor of the
main gear bay and the mouths of the
sonobuoy tubes, part B27, and to the rear
of that the arrest gear housing. Most
modellers will want to paint some or all
of the main gear bays now, because once
B27 is in place it will be difficult to get
effective access with brush or airbrush. 
WINGS AND ENGINES 
The wings are straightforward with just
three parts, but also a pair of droppable flaps
which is perhaps unexpected for the date
of the kit. Hasegawa suggest the engines
should be attached to the wing before
joining same to fuselage, but I think most
modellers will want to attach them much
later, so they can be painted separately
and so avoid the fuselage ‘shading’ their
inner sides from paint, and to check out
a perpendicular hang on assembly. 
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THE CONVERSION 
The areas needing attention are the
magnetic anomaly detector MAD boom
in the tail, the sonobuoy tubes under
the tail, flare dispensers in the rear
fuselage, the wingtip sensor suites
and the blade antenna distribution.
Plus, some air to surface ordnance on
the wing pylons if you wish. The MAD
boom is the easiest; having abandoned
the S-3A’s ASW role, the S-3B didn’t
have one! The empty hole is simply
plugged off, leaving the ‘jaws’ of the
hole unchanged, but this seems to
have been only early aircraft, later
ones having a slightly protruding
rounded plug. Under the rear fuselage,
most of the sonobuoy tubes need to
be filled in, leaving only a narrow
run of sixteen tubes straddling the of each square was made by punching the S-3B with a photograph. The S-3B
centreline. However, the very earliest the reverse with a blunt metal spike, kept the double bomb bay of the S-3A,
S-3Bs had the full set. On the lower I used an old compass point. This but unless you avail yourself of the
aft fuselage, both sides, was a square took no time at all, although some Black Dog accessory resin set, you’ll
panel marking the position of an punching’s didn’t work out and had to pass on that one. The wing pylons
ALE-39 countermeasures set. Some be binned, mainly because it took a few could carry two AGM-84 Harpoons
aircraft had these bordered around attempts before I was able to punch or two AGM-65 Mavericks. I took my
in red, and there was a third and without punching right through. The Harpoons from Hasegawa’s Weapons
final set in the belly, just ahead of the pods themselves needed some careful Set V, but I deleted the probe on one
run of sonobuoy tubes. I used black filing to provide a square bed for each of the front fins which seems to have
and red decal from stock for these.  sensor. I painted my pods black before been a feature only of the earliest
Each wingtip pod on the S-3B was later adding the sensors, although later Harpoons. Harpoons can be fitted
modified to accommodate four sensor aircraft seem to have had grey pods.  directly to Hasegawa’s pylons, but
eyes, one looking forward, two looking Hasegawa have ten blade antennae Mavericks require an LAU-117 adaptor
forward and aft obliquely, and one in the box, but many are not required shoe. One final difference exhibited
looking aft. I made these by cutting on the S-3B. For example, early S-3Bs by the S-3B concerns a panel aft of
tiny squares of thin black styrene had no blades underwing, although the left side FLIR location. It is often
sheet, which on completion didn’t middle and late period aircraft open with the aircraft grounded, and
require painting. The eye in the centre reinstated them. Where blades were when so resembles a chute or hopper
deleted, it looks like their base fittings leaning outwards from the side of the
were retained. To judge from photos fuselage and is usually coloured black. 
and artworks, the distribution of blade
antennae on the fuselage was less PAINT AND DECALS 
predictable. It will be best It’s difficult to justify serious
to match a model of weathering with the earlier US Navy
gull grey over white scheme, but

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MY VIKING WAS OVERALL IN FS36320,
SO I STARTED OFF WITH XTRACOLOR
X135 DARK COMPASS GREY
the later matt grey tactical schemes
soaked up dirt like no tomorrow. So,
I had to pass on Hasegawa’s VS-21
and VS-29 mid-70s paint schemes,
and Microscale sheet #72-892 gave
me an all-grey option. Given the kit’s
raised surface detail, panel line washes
wouldn’t be much of a starter, so
instead I majored on pre shading and,
at the end, after a coat of matt varnish,
weathering powders. A problem with
pre-shades is that it’s so easy to
obliterate the shades and completely
waste the effort during the application
of the final paint. My answer to this
is to apply the paint finish not once
but twice, sandwiching the pre-shade
between. This then allows the modeller
to terminate application of the second
coat immediately the desired tone
of shading has been achieved.  powder set. There’s black, several
According to Microscale, my Viking
was overall in FS36320, so I started
off with Xtracolor X135 Dark Compass
Grey, making sure that my coverage
was as complete as if it were the only
coat to be applied. Next, was the pre-
shade using a plain matt black and
with the airbrush set very fine and
the air pressure very low. With my
particular airbrush I found that light
and fast passes over each panel line
were required, always remembering
to spray as close to the model surface
as you dare. Then that final coat of the
main colour as already described. All
three paint applications can be done
in one sitting if you want. After decal
application, the paint stage completes
A MORE VIOLENT VIKING
with matt varnish, essential for both
the final finish, and to provide a key
for the weathering powders. It’s taken
me a while to start using my Carr’s
dark greys and a very light grey. I’ve
found them easy and quick to use, and
of course without any airbrush set up
or clean up. I used the dark colours to
enhance the pre shade here and there,
but chiefly it was the light grey
to lighten the central
areas of panels. I tend
to use cotton buds
to apply the
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powders, and to try to feather the
powders outwards into the darker
margins of the panel. I also tried to
use small buds very lightly to try to
simulate boot marks on the walkways.
One no-no I discovered was not to use
powder falling onto the model
from the edges of the bud - it
should be blown away.
Putting any pressure
whatsoever on the
surplus powder using bud
or brush will invariably leave
a deposit in the wrong place. 
Before the main finish could
begin though, there are several areas
requiring paint first. I had to paint
the fuselage walkway areas, given
that a lighter colour was indicated
than provided by Hasegawa’s decal
sheet, not forgetting the off-white
colour firstly for the raised avionics
panel in the middle of the area. The
frangible panels on the roof above the
rear cabin crew ejection routes were
painted using a plain grey. After the
main finish I completed the painting
of the landing gear - I had much
earlier added the gear legs to keep the
model off the deck whilst painting,
and it was fairly easy to mask off the
rectangular shapes of the wells, and
so spray gear and legs all in one go  a few places to get a decent settle.
As already noted, I used Microscale
#72-892 decal set for BuNo 159390, a
CAG aircraft with VS-30 on USS John
F Kennedy in 2005. This is the only
option on the sheet, but not to worry,
it’s packed! As usual with Microscale
products, the decals applied nicely,
with two exceptions. Firstly, the black
anti-dazzle panel, the application of
which was troubled by a
couple of creases, giving
me only a fair result.
The black border
around the
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whole canopy
area needs
to be painted
anyway,
so I would
recommend
painting the ‘a/d’
at the same time.
The sharksmouth
was much more
troubled though,
and I had to nick
the decal with a
sharp knife in quite
 
FINAL ASSEMBLY
Hasegawa’s kit has several extra
features not so far mentioned. There’s
a refuel probe for the top of the canopy,
crew entry steps and closure doors
for an extended FLIR, but due only to
my concentration on my weathering For more on the S-3 Viking our
experiment, I decided not to bother Airmark Modellers Airguide 3 is
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FICTIONAL
FERRET
MIG-37B FERRET E
MANUFACTURER: Italeri
SCALE: 1:48
KIT TYPE: Plastic injection
moulded
KIT NUMBER: 821
T
he MiG-37 Ferret is a purely
fictional aircraft, designed by
the Testors Model Company,
but does have a striking
similarity to the F-117 Nighthawk.
Testors produced this 1:48 kit, from
the mid-eighties onwards, with Italeri
reboxing it some years later. The kit
itself does not have a lot of parts, and
the detail is very limited, especially
in the cockpit area, and all the panel
lines are raised. To add some extra
detailing to the kit, I used some resin
wheels (main wheels only) meant for
a MiG-19, a main instrument panel,
control stick and K-36 ejection seat
from a Wolfpack Su-30 cockpit set,
some decals for the dials and displays
on the instrument panels, and removed
the raised panel lines, and re- scribed
them. I also had loads of decals spare
on a Begemot MiG-29 decal sheet,
which looked far better than the kit
supplied ones. I removed the panel
lines by gently scraping them, then
with a fine sanding stick, and just
smoothed out the remainder. Then
56 Phoenix Aviation Modelling
Ian Gaskell
builds the
1:48 Italeri
MiG-37B
I used a K-36
ejection
seat from
a Wolfpack
Su-30
using my Tamiya scribing tool, the
panel lines were added, and some rivet
detailing applied, courtesy of a Rosie
the Riveter tool. The cockpit tub was
painted with Akan Emerald Green,
which is their MiG cockpit colour, and
is the best match for this colour. The
tub itself, detail wise, was adequate,
so the side panels were painted with a
fine brush, to pick out the controls and
switches. For the main instrument
panel, this was also painted
with the Akan Green, and then
given a coat of gloss. Using some
instrument dials and MFD decals, I
added a selection to the panel. This
was followed by another gloss coat to
seal in the decals. When dry, a light
wash was applied to help emphasise
the detail more. The excess wash was
cleaned off with a cotton bud, and
then a matt coat was applied. A light
drybrush was next, using Ammo by
Mig Light Grey Dry-Brush paint, to
show the highlights. Then using a fine
brush, the buttons and switches were
painted on the panel and around the
 FICTIONAL FERRET
THE MIG-37 FERRET IS A PURELY
FICTIONAL AIRCRAFT, DESIGNED BY
THE TESTORS MODEL COMPANY, BUT IT I added more
detailing to
DOES HAVE A STRIKING SIMILARITY TO the cockpit

THE F-117 NIGHTHAWK

A little filler was needed here and there

MFD’s. To finish the cockpit off, I found
an etched HUD frame, and mounted
it over the main instrument panel. To
this I added some thin film for the HUD
screen. The ejector seat was painted in
a similar manner, with the detailing
and seat belts picked out with a brush.
Now with the cockpit is complete,
it was fitted into the fuselage, and the
two halves were cemented together.
Also, the lower wings, tail fins, and
the exhaust vectoring slats were then
added. Masking the main canopy
and windshield was straightforward,
although
there was very
little in the way
of a defining edge to where the canopy
frame was. You could just make it out
by looking through the clear part. The
windshield was then glued in place,
whilst the main canopy was held in
place with a few small spots of Kristal
Klear. This makes it easier to remove
and clean up around the main canopy
later. Once I had cleaned up
the fuselage joints,
which weren’t
too bad to be honest, I was now ready
to get some primer down. I used HR
Hobbies Black Primer with Microfiller,
which sprays very nicely. When it
was dry, I gave it a light rub down
with a fine Micromesh cloth and
then a quick clean up. There are two
schemes for this kit, an all over black,
or grey upper surface, with a white
underside. As I had already decided
to use aftermarket decals anyway,
I chose my own scheme. This was
gunship grey on the upper surfaces,
with a pale blue/grey underside, and
a light grey nose section. Firstly, the
underside was painted with Hataka
RLM76 Light Blue. This was then
masked off, and the upper surface
was painted with Hataka FS36118
Gunship Grey. Both colours

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on in numerous light coats, to help

modulate the tone. Finally, the nose
section was masked off, and this was
done with Hataka Light Gull Grey.
All the wheel bays (having been
masked off), and the undercarriage
were painted grey, and the wheels
were painted in the traditional
Russian Green. When all the painting
was finished, I gave the airframe a
couple of coats of HR Hobbies Gloss
in readiness for applying the decals.
This was left to dry for a good twenty-
four hours. The Begemot decals I used
were from their MiG-29SMT set, and
there is a huge amount of stencils to
choose from, plus Bort numbers and
different Red Stars. These are very
nice decals, and they lay down nicely,
conforming well to all contours with
a little help from Ammo by Mig Decal
Fix Solution. More gloss was then
used to seal the decals, and now we’re
ready for the weathering stage.
My first stage of weathering was
to use Abtielung’s Starship Filth for
the main wash, using their quick dry
thinners to dilute down the oils. This
dries enough after thirty minutes, or
so, that you can wipe off the excess.
I use a soft disposable lint-free cloth
here, which is really good. These are
costly to buy, as mine are high grade
ones used in pharmaceuticals,
but I find that they are far
better, and easier to use
than paper towels. For
awkward to get at

Adding the
upper…..

…and
lower
surface
colours

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areas, cleaning was
done with Tamiya
Cotton Buds. Once I
was happy with the look, a couple of
misted coats of matte were sprayed
on. My next part weathering involved
using Burnt Umber and Engine Grease
oil paints, and adding fluid staining
to the underside, around the engine
area. Some more Starship Filth was
also used for some heavier staining
on some of the panels, and around
some of the control surfaces. At the
rear of the aircraft, I used some NATO
Black to simulate exhaust stains.
Now the weathering was finished,
some heavier matte coats were
applied. The wheels were glued to the
undercarriage struts, which in the case
of the main undercarriage,
involved using CA glue
to attach the resin
wheels to the plastic
parts. The struts were
in turn cemented
into their respective
wheel bays, and then
the wheel bay doors
FICTIONAL FERRET
Applying the
decals from a
Begemot set to
the upper…..
were attached. With care, the
main canopy was removed,
and the dried Kristal Klear was
removed. This does come off
quite easily and didn’t leave
any marks. All the canopy
and windshield masking was
then removed, and any residue
removed with a cotton bud
dipped in acrylic thinners.
The main canopy opening …and lower surfaces
mechanism/support was
then glued into the rear of the
cockpit opening, and the main
canopy then cemented in the
open position and left to set.
Although not the most detailed kit,
it was fun to build, and a welcome
break from more comprehensive
kits. There are very few
around these days, but
occasionally they do
pop up on auction
sites, and you can
get lucky (as I
did). For me, it was
a fun little project,
very enjoyable.
Adding a little
weathering
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Fred Vergnères builds the 1:48
Wolfpack NASA Northrop T-38
A
long time ago, the image of a
small jet desperately following
a mythical aircraft able to reach
Mach 3+ had appealed to me.
Beyond the image, I learned much later that
the T-38 in its role chase bird, was however,
indispensable not only in the training
of the crews of the SR-71, but also in the
specific studies related to this program. Of
course, this is just one episode in the life
The ejector seats with etched belts attached
60 Phoenix Aviation Modelling
SPACE
CHASE
The kit cockpit
compared to the
Aires version
of this aircraft,
which has played a
key role in US Air Force
pilot training since 1961, and
which has been a highlight of
the Thunderbirds aerobatic patrol. But not
only. With thirty-two aircraft in service
with NASA, the aircraft has been and still
is (with the N version), the spearhead of
crew training for space missions since
the Mercury series. This means that the
aircraft has flown a lot of people. From
Allan Shepard to French spationaute
Thomas Pesquet and of course Neil
T-38 TALON NASA
MANUFACTURER: Wolfpack
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the ‘Talon’ is
an essential aircraft for space exploration. SCALE: 1:48
When the Wolfpack kit was released in KIT NUMBER: WP10002
2013, I had imagined myself making one

I HAD IMAGINED MYSELF MAKING ONE
OF THE BOX VERSIONS, BUT FÜNDEKALS
CHANGED MY PLANS BY PUBLISHING
A DECAL SHEET FOR AN AIRCRAFT
AS USED BY NASA
of the box versions. But Fündekals
changed my plans by publishing a decal
sheet for an aircraft as used by NASA,
with the possibility of making no less
than eighteen versions. To complete
the set, I added some accessories from
Eduard, Aires, Wolfpack, and KASL.
As for references, I used Daco’s book
on the beast, and a must have like all
the other books in the series. At first
glance, it’s a lot for a relatively small
model, even in 1:48 scale. But this kit,
which is very thin and very nice, lacks
some details that are very visible once
assembled. This is particularly the
case for the cockpit. So, I took the risk
to opt for an Aires cockpit dedicated
to the Trumpeter T-38. As the two kits
are not designed in the same way, I had
to do some surgery and put the top of
the tub on the resin part to keep the
angle. Nothing difficult by the way.
The entire thing was treated in
Gunze grey H324. The black panels
were made with 0.1 -0.5 and 1mm felt
Some nice etch is
provided for the main
wheel bay
SPACE CHASE
The painted
and detailed
cockpit…..
…with
ejector seats
now fitted
the cockpit, I worked on the air intakes
whose adjustment caused me some
problems. The two parts that make up
the whole should be well prepared and
will have to go through some filling
and sanding! It will also be necessary
pens as well as the dials. The rest of to do some work on the fin to remove
the switches are painted with Prince and to drill out the navigation light
August paint and Raphael ‘Kolynsky and seal it with a piece of transparent
Martre’ short brushes type 10/0, 5/0 sprue. I then cut the flaps on the model
and 3/0. Some scratches were made to insert the KASL ones to represent
with a sponge using Prince August them slightly lowered to the ground.
Light Grey and the same
brand of Yellow-Green
Interior. Some edges
are also passed with
graphite pencil 2B. I then
added a gloss coat and
then a wash of Sennelier
Sepia and Titanium Buff.
The entire thing was
then sealed with a coat
of Prince August Matt,
diluted with Tamiya X-20
Thinner. In parallel to
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I might as well say it, the closing
of the fuselage on the cockpit will not
have been easy. And with good reason.
The Aires set for the Trumpeter kit
revealed that it is wider and longer
than the Wolfpack. Once the two
fuselage halves and the lower part
are sealed together, the gaps under
the front of the fuselage (about
2mm) were filled with plastic card
and a mixture of cyanoacrylate glue
The main colours
and decals now
applied
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and talcum powder. The same work
would also be necessary for the
underbody panels at the level of the
edge between the cockpit and the
fin. Among the most difficult but
‘predictable’ moments, were the
air inlets to fuselage connection,
and it was necessary to be patient
and fill the gaps to keep a good
profile continuity. The fin to
fuselage join was also questionable.
Adding a primer coat
While we are talking about the fin,
the height of the navigation lights
should be different. I only noticed
it once the kit was assembled.
The wing to fuselage joint was
not a problem thankfully.
Once everything is dry,
the painting phase began.
I must admit that the
idea of making an
all-white model, and
the difficulties that
entailed, made me
a bit worried. As
you can imagine,

white, like metallic colours, does not
tolerate surface defects. or dust. So,
some long hours of surface preparation
were essential. I decided to apply a
first coat of Mr Surfacer 1500 White.
This step was particularly important
because it allowed me to correct
some defects and fill some
small cracks, and allowed
a smooth surface, free
of defects. The three
successive coats
of Mr Surfacer
are interspersed
…looking with a passage of
very Micromesh 8000 -
realistic
12000, just to erase the
defects and polish
the surfaces. For
the main colour
I chose Mr Paint
MRP-004. My fears
were quickly dispelled
by the ease of use of
this paint, no dilution was
required, and it had very
I DECIDED TO APPLY A FIRST COAT
OF MR SURFACER 1500 WHITE
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SPACE CHASE
The completed cockpit……
high tension and almost instant
drying. To be on the safe side, I let it
dry for a week before handling the
model with gloves. Despite a slight
satin finish of the paint, I opted for a
coat of Mr Paint Gloss MRP-48 to help
with the installation of the decals.
For the markings I chose as noted
earlier, a sheet from Fündekals. These
were very brittle and would not tolerate
much movement to get them into place,
so plenty of patience was required
Once they were dry, I added coat Mr
Paint MRP-126 Satin to seal them in.
As you can imagine, the weathering of
the machine was done sparingly, as the
NASA T-38s are particularly pampered.
So, with a light hand, I opted for a
very diluted wash of Paynes Grey. I
then applied a final satin coat to seal
this in. I then added all of the smaller
items such as the undercarriage, the
wheel bay doors and the canopies.
An antenna, made with a brush hair
was then added at the top of the fin.
The Wolfpack T-38 kit is worth it,
even though there are issues with the
engine intakes, the fin and the fact that
the panel lines are too finely engraved
and tend to disappear with painting
or the slightest sanding. That said,
I was pleased with the result.
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OU 2

The SAAB JAS 39

Gripen by Andy Evans

he Saab JAS 39 ‘Gripen’ or ‘Griffin’ forms the primary fighter wing of

T the Swedish Air Force along with a several other nations. The Gripen is a
highly-advanced multi-role aircraft utilising the latest in digital controls
and weapons delivery, all the while being produced in a modestly sized and highly
streamlined package to strict Swedish Air Force requirements. The JAS 39 has been
in operational service since 1997 after a relatively long development period and over
240 of the type have been produced in single-seat and twin-seat forms. The Gripen
remains one of the most potent advanced lightweight fighter designs, and is able to
undertake a variety of mission roles from air defence to interception, ground attack
to armed reconnaissance as well as training. By the end of the 1970s, the Swedish Air
Force found itself looking to advance their frontline fighter capabilities over that of the
aging Saab Drakens and Viggens. The Draken, with its unique double-delta wing and
single-engine design, was introduced in March of 1960 and managed a successful, if
modest, existence with several air forces, being produced in 644 examples from 1955
to 1974. The Draken was developed to replace the outgoing Saab J29 Tunnan fighters.
Comparatively, the Viggen made its presence known in June of 1971 to which 329
examples were produced from 1970 to 1990. The type was developed as a broader
solution to undertake interception, strike and reconnaissance roles and sported a more
conventional delta wing profile with forward canards and a single engine design.
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a modern end-product worthy of Swedish Air Force needs that could undertake a
plethora of required battlefield roles. In 1981, a consortium was formed that involved
Saab, Volvo Aero Corporation, Ericsson/GEC-Marconi and FFV Aerotech to design,
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the JAS 39A Gripen fighter and the JAS 39B two-seat trainer, and then the updated
JAS 39C, followed by a redesign producing the F39E/F. The Gripen has a very
sleek design incorporating a large-area, rear-set delta-wing configuration, removing
the need for horizontal tailplanes while increasing internal fuel loads and external
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72 FM-2 Wildcat Expert Set
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GO
WILD!
Grant Dalzell builds the 1:72 Arma Hobby FM-2
Wildcat Expert Set
A
rma Hobby is a Polish
brand who produce some
very nice 1:72 kits, and
their FM-2 Wildcat is no
exception, having some very nice
details, both recessed and raised.
This build is the Expert Set, which is
basically just the inclusion of a mask
set and an etched fret. Instructions
are well laid out and the colour call
outs have no less then seven brands
of paint, very helpful indeed.
Starting with the cockpit, the
etched parts were glued in with CA glue
before painting. I used SMS US Interior
Green for the cockpit colour, and hand
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FM-2 WILDCAT EXPERT
SET
MANUFACTURER: Arma Hobby
SCALE: 1:72
KIT TYPE: Plastic injection moulded
with etch
KIT NUMBER: 70031
painted in other details. Although
very small, the cockpit certainly
looks great once painted up. Tamiya
Brown Panel Line Wash was used in
the interior. The cockpit tub was glued
to the right fuselage side, the engine
bulkhead was glued in as well, adding
three etched chains and sprockets.
The Wildcat has a complex landing
gear system, and this translates to the
model as well with a lot of tubed pieces
needing to be lined up correctly. Two
sections went in this stage, and this
was all painted the underside colour
before gluing the fuselage halves
together. The engine was next again Some fine etched detailing
 GO WILD!
Ready for some paint,
small but nicely
detailed A shame, a lot of
this won’t be seen

slightly offset to add interest. The

THE WILDCAT HAS A COMPLEX
LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, AND
THIS TRANSLATES TO THE
MODEL AS WELL WITH A LOT
OF TUBED PIECES NEEDING TO
BE LINED UP CORRECTLY
there is etched ignition wires which
give it nice detail. The engine was
painted, the cowl interior was painted
and glued on, the engine was then
masked off for painting the model.
The wing bottoms need holes drilled
out if the rockets are to be added,
and a dry fit of the wings showed
the need to do some cleaning up to
get a good mating join. These were
glued to the fuselage, followed by the
stabilisers and rudder. These parts are
all one piece moulded, and I posed the
stabilisers slightly down and rudder
seamline joins were all checked, using
Tamiya White Putty for any gaps. Once
dry and cleaned up, any panel lines
lost while sanding were replaced.
The remaining pieces of the landing
gear were glued up next, these need
to be bent on one section to mate with
the other pieces. The instructions
show this, but a lot of dry fitting
and checking were done to make
sure everything fit well and would
be square and level wings to
ground would be achieved one
all glued on. The wheels are
one piece moulded as well,
which I am a huge fan of, I
despise gluing wheel halves!
There are two types of rear wheels,
so check which scheme is being done
to get the correct one. I masked and
glued the windscreen on, masked the

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Etched ignition
wires add
some nice
detail

AK Interactive Grey
Primer being used

cockpit up and primed the model

with AK Interactive Grey Primer.
Next, I used a splatter template,
and sprayed white through it. I
like this method on naval aircraft,
it can give the look of a salt effect
to a model. I pre-shaded with lack
next and was ready for painting.

There are six schemes to choose
from, both American and British. I
don’t often do mono-schemes, so I
chose a Gloss Sea Blue scheme. For
this I used AK Real Color Dark Sea Blue
RC258. Thinned heavily, I airbrushed,
slowly building up layers so that the
previous effects would still show, all
be it subtle. Using some Tamiya Buff
XF-57, I lightened the blue and sprayed
on the upper surfaces inside panels
to suggest fading. A coat of Mr Color
Gloss Super Clear III was given to the
model, ready for decals. Although the
kit decals are fine, I decided to make
masks for the US Insignia and the
tail code. Once these
were painted, I added
the remaining decals
required, setting them with Micro Sol.
I prepared the remaining parts
and painted them, the propeller, drop
tanks, wheels, canopy, and rockets.
The pitot and antennae were also
painted the fuselage colour. I gave the
model a wash with Flory Models Dark
Dirt Wash, wiped it back, gave another
coat of clear, and
using some oil

Looks funky, but splatter AK Interactive Real

templates are an easy way of Color, fantastic paint!
doing a weathered look

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 GO WILD!
THIS IS A FANTASTIC
LITTLE KIT, AND ARMA
HOBBY HAVE MANY
BOXINGS AND DIFFERENT
VARIANTS OF THE
WILDCAT

paints, I added some

dots over the model and
blended them with a large soft
brush with white spirits. I added the
remaining parts, gave the model a
coat of Mr Color Flat Clear, painted
in the navigation lights and added
antennae line with EZ Line. This is a
fantastic little kit, and Arma Hobby
have many boxings and different
variants of the Wildcat in their
catalogue, and I would have no
hesitation building another.
Highly recommended!

Not necessary, but

the extra effort is
worth it

Painted on insignia,
and decals on

Some subtle
chipping was added

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 Fairford 2022 Show
RIAT RETURNS James Bamford takes his camera to the wilds of Fairford for
the 2022 show
A very well
received P-47
T
he Royal International Air
Tattoo finally returned with
a sell-out show after what
seemed like a very long
three-year wait. RIAT 2019 was the
last show to be held at RAF Fairford
before a long hiatus due to the Covid
pandemic, but what a show this was to
make up for it! Hopefully my review of
the six-day spent on the base will fill
you in on what happened! Like all air
shows, you can’t have such an event
without aircraft present and that’s
where we start, on the first arrivals
day, Wednesday. An early start, up at
0530 and at the gates at 0610 to get into
the anxiously waiting queue to finally
get back onto the airfield to kick start
the week. Whilst waiting in the queue,
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we could see what technically the first
arrival was, being dragged along the
far taxi way to be put in the static.
U2-S, 68-10329, the oldest U-2 in the
fleet and one of two current airframes
based at RAF Fairford with the 99th
Expeditionary Force of the USAF. This
killed some time watching this and by
the time we knew it, it was 0730 and
we were allowed in. Anticipation was
high and we filtered in to get out spots
at the front of the barriers. The first
arrivals were due at 0910 which gave
us plenty of time for a bacon butty! The
first official arrival was an RAF A400M
Atlas, ZM419, based just a few miles
away down at RAF Brize Norton, closely
followed by Hawk T.2 ZK028 based at
RAF Valley. The rest of Wednesday’s
arrivals would be fairly slow in
comparison to previous years but there
were some treats in store for us. The
most notable of these that I’d like to
point out were of course the ROKAF
Black Eagles display team, all the way
from South Korea - and what a pleasure
it was to see them again after ten years!
Arriving in style with a close ten ship
formation of their KAI T-50s, smoke
on and a very fast paced run and break
with barely a second between each
peel. We knew we were in for a great
six days of aviation action. And we
were only at 1010am! Some other nice
examples arriving included a Royal
Navy Wildcat ‘ZZ377’, B-17, 124485
‘Sally-B’ and a fairly rare Spanish EF-
18B Twin seat Legacy Hornet, which
was a personal highlight of the day,
along with the freshly finished and
painted Kuwaiti Air Force Typhoon
T.3 from Warton. A fantastic moment
of the day, and what really highlights
the reason for going to the arrivals
days was the arrival of two German
Tornados. The first of which did a
standard 500ft approach with a run and
break to land. This was closely followed
by a second which did something
different. His first pass was the same of
500ft, he then broke off and came in for
another run, but this time at 250ft and
 RIAT RETURNS

RAF Atlas ZM219

Dutch Viper

broke off again. He then very quickly in such a way to force fuel out and into their Dream Viper and X-Tiger schemes,
appeared on the horizon at about 100ft, the exhaust stream, giving a dump and the brand newly painted F-15E from
smoking like hell on full afterburner burn effect, reminiscent of the older RAF Lakenheath symbolising 75 years
and went vertical about halfway down F-111 displays of years gone by! This of the USAF and the RAF’s Typhoon
the runway! Now that was an arrival thrilling display was brilliant to watch Display Team in their Blackjack
and a great way to see a Tornado back again on each day of the show and I was schemed Typhoon FGR.4. Various
in UK skies! To round off the day, the glad to be able to photograph it well and other classic aircraft arrived into the
arrival of a new nation to visit the catch that awesome dump and burn afternoon including P-51s, a P-47D,
Tattoo was a C-130K from Bahrain which again. Some of the other highlights that Spitfires, classic helicopters such as
rounded off the day for myself nicely. arrived through the morning was a pair the Sea King, Wessex, German Navy
Thursday started off exactly the same of Finnish Air Force Hawk Mk.51s in Lynx and Hungarian Air Force Mil-24
as Wednesday, but there was much more some great colours, the Belgian F-16s in Hinds. Into the late afternoon and early
anticipation in the air due to how much
more was yet to come, and we were in for
it! Unlike Wednesday where there was Westland Wildcat ZZ377
sometimes 10 to 20 minutes between
arrivals, Thursday probably averaged to
only three to five minutes between each
arrival. We were also treated to some
‘Practise and Validation’ displays, which
needed to be done before the main show
could start on Friday. First in on the day
were a few of the rarer heavies of the
world’s air forces. A Canadian CC-130J,
the RAF’s new Poseidon MRA.1, a KC-
46A from the USAF and the beautifully
coloured Japanese Kawasaki C-2. Soon
after was the first practice display of
the Hungarian Gripen and this was
the first chance we got to see of his
display. Something that caught most
of us off guard was that part of his
display involved pushing the aircraft

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The beautifully coloured Japanese Kawasaki C-2

rarest aircraft of them all landed

within thirty minutes of each other.
First in was the incredibly rare and
never seen before at any air show in
Specially marked USAFE F-15E the world, the E-4B Nightwatch of
the USAF. This was closely followed
by my personal favourite aircraft,
Hawker Hunter Aviation’s Hunter
evening, we saw more rehearsals, morning, the rare A-4N Skyhawk, T.72 in its awesome blue, white and
such as the Czech Air Force’s Mil-171 owned by ‘Top Aces’ in German arrived gold scheme - impressive! Finally,
and Mil-24 demo, Swiss Super Hornet to be on display. This rare aircraft was to wrap up an awesome first day was
and Belgian Dream Viper. To round off once owned by the Israeli air force and the rare appearance and arrival of the
the first day of arrivals, was the entry now acts as an aggressor aircraft based Swedish Historic Flights twin seat
of the incredibly rare Antonov An-30 in Germany for whatever air force aircraft - the AJS-37 Viggen, Sk-35C
‘Clank’ from the Romanian Airforce. wants to use her. Midway through the Draken and J-32 Lansen. They arrived
To see this exhibit of Soviet era aircraft day, we were greeted by a low flypast in formation before breaking off,
was truly a pleasure to behold. and formation flight of the Oil Spill each to do a simulated landing and go
The Friday show had finally come! Response Boeing 727 and two of the around of which whilst the Draken
Overall, the attendance was definitely Blades Extra 300s. We were treated to put the power back on, he ignited the
less than the two days that followed. the 727 also releasing a small amount afterburner which was a pleasure to
The nice thing to see though, was of water from its internal tanks to half watch. Finally, I had seen some aircraft
the number of groups that were in replicate dropping water over a burning that I never thought I’d see in person,
attendance. From schools, to guides to target. After the flying displays, the not just on the ground but also flying! 
scouts and many more, you couldn’t
walk 20ft without seeing or bumping
The ROKAF Black Eagles display team were very impressive
into some sort of group of people who
were enjoying a fantastic day at the Air
Tattoo, weather that be gazing up in
amazement at the aerial dynamics of
the aircraft on show or gasping at how
big an F-15 and C-17 really are close
up! In terms of the flying display, like
always, Friday is smaller with a little
under six hours of flying. To kick the
show off and what became a theme of
the weekend, was a special flypast of
the Red Arrows and the RAF’s newest
acquisition of the P-8 Poseidon MRA.1
from RAF Lossiemouth. For me, the
Friday show was about meeting up
with friends’ long unseen, watching
parts of the flying but most important
awaiting the arrivals of my most
sought after aircraft. Early on in the

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Saturday. Second show day proper
and close to ten hours’ worth of flying
to look forward to! This was my first
year as a FRIAT member and so I decided
to take advantage and find my seat in
the central FRIAT grandstand for the
day and stick out the entire show there.
Sat with friends which came in hand
for banter and looking after of gear, we
were on the far left as you look at the
runway, which, whilst not centre, was
actually very good positioning for take
offs as generally the aircraft would be
off the ground by the time it got to the
right hand side of the grandstand, but
then would be pitching away by the time
it got to us which led to some fantastic
underside after burner shots! Speaking
of which, to open the show, we had a
very fast paced and dynamic display
from the Italian Air Force with their
EF-2000A Eurofighter Typhoon which
was closely followed by a very good
display from the Spanish Air Force’s
EF-18M Legacy Hornet. A rare sight
at air shows was the two low flybys
conducted by the Airbus A330-743L
Beluga XL - now that was something
Another highlight was this two-seat Viggen
A striking Belgian Viper!
to behold, especially with how agile it
was when banking for its second pass.
Following this was the second special
flypast of the weekend, eight Red arrows
flanking Voyager ZZ336, ‘Vespina’. Some
other very notable displays, came from
the Hungarian Gripen with its dump
and burn piece, the RAF’s Typhoon
display team, Blackjack, and the Belgian
X-Tiger display. The Belgians had to
use their ‘back-up’ jet as their ‘Dream
Viper’ schemed F-16 had gone tech.
What a scheme to have as their back up
jet though! Another display that really
stole the show though, were of course
RIAT RETURNS
Top Aces Skyhawk
the superb Black Eagles display which
lasted thirty minutes but was non-stop
action for the whole time. The Austrians
with their QRA Demo were also a thrill
to watch. They launched one of their
C-130K Hercules to act as the unknown
aircraft, which once positioned for a
run in on Fairford, then two of their
Typhoons launched in full afterburner
to simulate an interception of the
Hercules. Once the interception was
over, the Typhoons then demonstrated
their dogfighting capabilities with
each other. An incredible display and a
pleasure to watch. To wrap the day up,
the Swiss performed with their PC-7
team and the F/A-18C Legacy Hornet. 
Sunday was all about the static
aircraft, meeting crews, exploring inside
certain aircraft, and picking up swag!
Walking the static always needs a full
day in itself to be able to fully appreciate
and explore each aircraft as much as
you can. And believe me, you need
the whole day. I had some interesting
conversations, included speaking to
the German pilots of a CH-53 and their
future conversion to the NH-90, referred
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Doing its party piece –
an RAF F-15B Lightning
to as, in toned down terms, ‘flying
junk’. Their choice of words were more
colourful than that though! Lots of
the aircrews were more than happy
to chat to you and let you get closer
to the aircraft and inside some. The
Bahraini Hercules crew were very
welcoming to show you around the
aircraft, as well as the Hungarian C-17
crew, Romanian An-30 ‘Clank’ crew
and many more. Some of my personal
highlights were meeting the Greek
F-16 ‘Zeus’ and the Belgian ‘Dream
Viper’ pilots. Whilst walking the static,
I made sure to also photograph the
special Red Arrows flypast with the
Black Eagles. Some personal highlights
of the static were the E-4B, Swedish
historic flight, Hawker Hunter T.72
RAF Hawk T.2
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and U-2 68-10329, the oldest U-2 on
the fleet still in service. To see off
the day, I stayed to watch the Belgian
X-Tiger and Hungarian Gripen displays
again. Mostly for the Gripen to try and
nail another few shots of the dump
and burn manoeuvre. And like that,
the main show days were over!
Boeing E-4B ‘Nightwatch’
The last day - Monday departures!
Bar the displays themselves, probably
the most thrilling day as RAF Fairford
becomes the busiest airfield/airport
in the world for about four to five
hours. On average there is an aircraft
leaving every thirty seconds! The
first to depart were the pair of Royal
Netherlands Airforce F-16AMs at 9am
on the dot and from there on in, it was
almost constant departures all the
way through until 1430 with the Black
Eagles departing back to Boscombe
Down. There were a few hiccups along
the way. The Brazilian KC-390, bound
for Farnborough, got up to full power
until he reached the FRIAT stand where
he cut the power and rolled to the end of
the runway and taxied off to park at the
far end due to going tech right at that
moment. He wouldn’t leave for another
few days. The same happened with the
Swedish Gripen, although he didn’t
even make it to the runway. Most of us
bailed out the last of the departures
at about 2pm, purely because the
heat was becoming unbearable to
sit in plastic seats for any longer! 
So, roll on 2023! See you there!
STOVL version Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing

F-35B LIGHTNING II
Model Kit No. 2810

Model Kit Features

• Decals for 5 versions including UK
Lightning Force
• 100% New Moulds
• Accurate reproduction of aircraft shape
and profile
• Photoetched fret
• Landing gears, weapons bay and air inlets

FULLY accurately reproduced and open or closed

assembly option

LOADED • Two engine exhaust configuration: vertical

landing mode or in flight mode
• Opened and closed lift fan air inlet and
auxiliary air inlet ducts
• U.S. version “Beast mode” loadout
• 25mm Missionized Gun System (GAU-22A)
• Military equipment GBU-12” Paveway II
500-lb, GBU-32 JDAM 1000-lb, AIM-120C
AMMRAAM and AIM-9X Sidewinder
• 2 weapons trolleys
• Color Painting and Decals guide

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48 SBD-5 Dauntless
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DIVE
BOMBER
Stuart Barry adds an ‘in-flight’
look to the 1:48 Revell SBD-5
Dauntless
H
aving
finished
Revell’s
reboxing
of the Accurate
Miniatures B-25 Mitchell,
which I found a joy to build and was my
first experience with the brand, I was more than
keen to sample another. Once again Revell have
made a good decision to re-box the Dauntless, a
famous World War II dive-bomber. I intended to
build this one straight-from-the-box only a few
modifications. In typical Revell fashion you are
presented with the usual open-end box with a nice
illustration of the subject, containing updated
instructions and a nicely printed decal sheet.
Construction began as usual with a very detailed
cockpit and internal structure. Overall colour here
was Ammo by Mig 0220 Zinc Chromate Internal
Green, in this case. Pay close attention to where
the internal parts are located though
as there is no definite
A LITTLE SURGERY WOULD ALLOW
FOR AN IN-FLIGHT POSE, AND IN
PARTICULAR SHOW THE PLANE IN
ITS INTENDED PURPOSE – DIVE
BOMBING!
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SBD-5 DAUNTLESS
MANUFACTURER: Revell
SCALE: 1:48
KIT TYPE: Plastic injection moulded
KIT NUMBER: 03869
position for them. Also, take time to dry
fit the halves together before committing
with glue, to see what alignment issues
there may be. Usually when alignment is
correct, a satisfying snap is heard when
things go together properly. The floor
of the cockpit also provides a wing-
spar that is installed from below.
Again, spending time with alignment
will save time and patience later on.
Once the fuselage was connected to
the wing-spar, the wings can be
installed. It’s also worth noting
that there is no wing fold
option for this model. There
is a decent radial engine
supplied as standard, but
an aftermarket engine
would certainly improve
things here. The engine
cowling was then
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brought in around the engine, and if care is taken with an Hataka US

the alignment, almost no filler is needed on this model. Navy (Late) paint
It was at this point that I started to think about how set for another
I wanted to display the dive bomber. Out of the box project, so this came
there is no in-flight configuration, but a little surgery in very handy. Revell
would allow for an in-flight pose and in particular give the ANA paint
show the plane in its intended purpose – dive numbers in their colour
bombing! Two types of canopies are provided, call-outs, along with their
one full piece for a closed option and four own alternative mix of their
separate pieces allowing for an open brand Aqua paints if required.
cockpit. Unfortunately, this does not So minor surgery to the
translate well in practice, as the undercarriage doors allowed
separate parts do not fit well for a wheels up configuration
inside each other. However, and with poseable dive
an acceptable result can breaks in my vision would
be achieved. Another become a reality. Once primed,
frustration is that no the Hataka paints were thinned
pilot figures are provided. with Mr Color Levelling Thinner,
So that meant I would have and they sprayed very nicely indeed.
to raid my ‘spares-box’. A quick coat of Tamiya LP Gloss was
I had previously purchased used to harmonise the paintwork and
smooth things down ready for decaling.
The inside of the air brakes were
painted with Tamiya Flat Red and the
underside in Tamiya LP Insignia White.
I have never had a problem with
Revell’s latest generation of decals, I find

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them thick enough to move around on

the model but thin enough to settle
down well. Only Micro Sol and Micro
Set were needed to make them conform.
Another coat of Tamiya LP Gloss was
applied in preparation for weathering.
I had an old bottle of Pro Modellers
Light Weathering Wash, which was
used all over and once rubbed away
left the impression of sun fading and
brought out the panel line detail. I
then sealed this in with a few coats of
matt. I wanted to give the weathering
a little more depth and variation, so
AK Interactive Weathering Pencils
were used for more localised fading
and chipping. Some online reference
pictures were used, especially for
the chipping of the paint at the wing
roots and leading edges of the wings.
Again, a matt coat sealed that in. A few
things now remained, namely a pilot
and the bomb underneath. The bomb
is normally tucked up underneath the
model, but it can
easily be positioned
so it was swinging down
out of its cradle. Just a bit of
careful gluing made this happen
and looked very effective. I then
found a suitable pilot in my
‘spares-box’, which looked
something like a World War
II US Navy flyer and once
painted up looked passable.
Sadly, I could not find
another to go in the rear
gunner position even
though it wouldn’t be
very difficult to put
one in there due to the
modification that would
have been needed.
Overall, I was more
than pleased with the
finished model. Accurate
Miniatures were well ahead
of their time in build quality
and detail and Revell picked
an excellent subject to re-box. I
highly recommend this kit and
if you are into aviation models
you will like this one.

ACCURATE
MINIATURES WERE
WELL AHEAD OF
THEIR TIME IN BUILD
QUALITY AND DETAIL
AND REVELL PICKED
AN EXCELLENT
SUBJECT TO
RE-BOX

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The World’s Greatest Model Show
Brought to you by The International Plastic Modellers Society (UK)

(It’s our 60th Anniversary in 2023!)

Incorporating the IPMS (UK) Nationa

l Competition
Traders Galore!
Fabulous Model Displa
Displayys

Join us at
The International Centre Telford Shropshire TF3 4JH
Saturday Sunday
12th November 2022 13th November 2022
Open: 10.00am to 6.00pm Open: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Admission: Adults £17.00 (+ £2.30 booking fee) Admission: Adults £14.00 (+ £2.30 booking fee)
Accompanied under 16s go FREE (up to 2 children per full-paying adult)
No tickets on sale at the door. Advance ticket sales are now available from: ipmsuk.org/ipms-scale-modelworld/

IPMS Members get FREE Admission and Early Entry each day
 THE IPMS
(UK) COLUMN
s, F or Modellers
Presented by Chris Ayre on behalf of The International Plastic Modellers’ Society (UK)
No Sleep ’til Telford…
S
o… Scale ModelWorld 2022! Are
you excited yet? Have you got your
‘wants’ list sorted? Finished your
models for your Branch or SIG
display? If you enter the competition, have
you made those final adjustments to your
latest masterpiece? Are you ready? Yes, the
World’s Greatest Model Show is just around
the corner and, as you may have gathered, I
can’t wait! Of course, there is a chance that
you may well be reading this at the show
- in which case SMW ’22 has already come
hurtling around that corner, grabbed you
by the lapels and dragged you (willingly
I assume) into modellers heaven! I know
that one should never take things for
granted and I suppose that I shouldn’t
presume that everyone reading this
knows exactly what I’m on about. In fact,
as unlikely as it may seem, there may be
those that have never even heard of Scale
ModelWorld. With that in mind, I’ll try to
describe the event as best I can. Giving all
the details of what to expect may be useful
to ‘old hands’ as well as to ‘newbies’ and,
being honest, there are a couple of changes
this year that may be helpful to know.
First up then, Scale ModelWorld 2022
takes place over the weekend of the 12th
and 13th of November. The venue is The
International Centre in Telford, Shropshire
(TF3 4JH), as it has been since the year
2000. This long association is thanks to
Winner of Class 14 was this nicely finished OA-4M Skyhawk, built by
Nigel Poole. © Chris Ayre
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By Modeller
Little Joey,
scratchbuilt by
David Scott was
the great relationship that the Society has
awarded ‘Best
built with the venue owners - something of Show’ at Scale
that was particularly helpful during the ModelWorld 2021.
Covid pandemic when the show had to © Chris Ayre
be cancelled! SMW is a huge event which
is open to the general public, and you
will find details of opening times and
admission prices elsewhere in this issue
(look for the full-page advertisement).
However, all of the attractions on offer
come completely free of charge to
IPMS Members, and doors open an
hour earlier each day for those with
the appropriate Membership card.
Given that Society Membership costs
less than the price of public entry
for the weekend, it makes sense to
sign up - and you also get the other
benefits of Membership as well.
There are hotels in close
proximity to The
International
Centre and others
within walking
distance (although
booking early is
to be very much
advised). Telford railway
station is also nearby (with a
free minibus service to the venue) and the What can you expect at SMW? The
town is an easy place to drive to, being two-day event fills much of the exhibition
very close to the M54 motorway. There is space at this large venue, with over 180
plenty of parking at and around the centre. Branch and SIG displays and more than
Alexandre Bigey entered several models into the 2021 competition,
including this lovely Cessna172 which won Class 24. © Chris Ayre

This beautifully built Avro York C.1, entered into Class 26 by Michael
Papadakis, was chosen as the Best Aircraft model at SMW 2021. © Chris Ayre
120 trade stands already confirmed
for 2022. There will be manufacturers,
large and small, plus the majority of
the specialist book publishers, major
model retailers and modelling magazine
publishers from around the UK and
Europe (and well beyond). There is also
a dedicated Overseas Area hosting clubs
and traders from all around the world
- in fact the show attracts visitors from
all parts of the globe too. There will be a
programme of modelling demonstrations
and a “Make & Paint” area where visitors
can try a hand at model making for free.
As well as being a showcase for IPMS
(UK), Scale ModelWorld offers a unique
shopping experience (if it’s not at Telford,
it’s probably not available at all!) and a
chance to see a massive variety of fabulous
models, built by dedicated modellers from
the UK and beyond. Each year, in addition
to all of the Branch and Special Interest
Group (SIG) displays - many of which are
themed - there is a special ‘Big Display’
and in 2022 this is being put together
by the Harrier SIG. The ‘Falklands 40’
exhibition tells the story of ‘Harriers
in the Roaring Forties’ and promises to
be a feast for fans of the famous ‘jump
jet’! And don’t forget that, in the IPMS
(UK) National Competition, visitors have
an opportunity to be absolutely blown
away by the work of some of the world’s
most talented and creative individuals.
There are over 140 different competition
classes, open to any IPMS Member from
any affiliated IPMS country. You can see
This Hawker Fury 1, by Peter Castle, was most impressive,
particularly as it was completely scratchbuilt. © Chris Ayre
This Avro 671 Rota Mk.1 is in 1/35th scale and was built by
Brian Wilton. © Chris Ayre
some of the 2021 aircraft class winners,
as well as the Senior National Champion’s
amazing model, on these pages.
Anything else? On a practical note,
there is of course catering on site with
light refreshments, hot meals and a
licensed bar available. There is free wi-fi
at the venue and visitors will receive a
free full-colour printed ‘Show Guide’.
For those that require them, mobility
scooters may be hired at the International
Centre. There will also be a dedicated
IPMS Merchandising desk in the Centre
foyer. For those members interested, the
IPMS (UK) Annual Dinner is held at the
adjacent Holiday Inn on the Saturday
evening. The booking form for this
should be available on the Society website
by the time you read these words.
As mentioned above, there are a couple
of changes to note for those that are
familiar with the event. Unfortunately,
there will be no ‘Kit Swap’ at Telford
this year, although it is expected that it
will return in future. Still, there will be
plenty of other opportunities to spend
your money with the excellent and varied
array of traders, which brings me to the
second change. I’ve been told that there is
no longer a cash point in the foyer of the
venue so, if you think that there’s a chance
that you might just go ‘over budget’ please
remember to take plenty of cash. Payment
cards will, naturally, be accepted by the
majority of traders but there may be one or
two that prefer the real thing! Having said
that, if you get desperate, Telford Town
ipms uk
Centre is a mere five-minute walk away!
One more thing that I’d like to mention is
the fact that SMW falls, as usual, on the
weekend of Remembrance Sunday. As has
become traditional, the halls will fall silent
for two minutes at 11.00am on the day as
the Society honours the memory of those
service personnel that have died in the
line of duty. As anyone who has witnessed
this short service will testify, it is always
a poignant and emotional occasion and
one that leaves a lasting impression.
Finally, let me point you to the
booking portal to purchase tickets for
Scale ModelWorld 2022. Remember
that only non-Members need to buy
tickets, but IPMS Members MUST
be in possession of a valid, in-date
Membership card to gain entry to the
show. Advance tickets are available
from; www.theinternationalcentretelford.
com/events/scale-model-world-2022/. I
look forward to seeing you at Telford.
Until then, enjoy your modelling.
Chris Ayre
The IPMS (UK) website
address is; ipmsuk.org
Membership enquiries: Doug
Hughes, 81 Maple Avenue,
Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 7RG
Email: membership@ipmsuk.org or visit
ipmsuk.org/membership/ to join online.
A different
take on the
Pucara - The
Torpedero -
won Gold in
Class 9 for
Alan Kelley.
© Chris Ayre
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coming soon!
For the next issue of PAM here’s a taste
of what we have planned
A Naval Hurricane – Michael Daley builds a Fleet
Air Arm version using the 1:48 Airfix Mk.1 kit

Buccaneering – we look at the new 1:48 Airfix S.2C/D

Semper Paratus - Fred Vergnères builds a US

Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin using the 1 :48
Kitty Hawk SA.365F/AS.565SA Dauphin II and
parts from their Harbin Z-9 #KH80109

Jason of the Argonaut - Ian Gaskell builds the 1:48 Airfix

Lynx HMA.8 as a HAS.2 from the Falklands conflict with
a Rotor Craft Conversion set, plus an Exocet decoy!

Lightning Strikes - Andy McCabe

builds the new 1:48 Italeri F-35B

Night Fighting Schwalbe - Kees Kleijwegt

builds the 1:48 Tamiya Me 262A-1a as flown
by Karl Heinz Becker of 10./NJG11

Technicznych Tiger Moth - Sam Elkington

builds the 1:32 ICM D.H.22a with Bombs
PLUS
events
...the places to be in 2022 & 2023
much, much
Welcome to another month with even more
MORE! shows being announced for later in the year.
At Phoenix we love to meet our customers
at shows to hear your feedback and
answer any questions you may have. In
our first year, we are trying to attend as
many events as we can not only in the UK
but all around the world as we feel this
process of listening and talking to our
customers is vital to shaping our future
as we face some tough times ahead.

Saturday 12th -Sunday 13th November 2022

SCALEMODELWORLD 2023 & PHOENIX’S FIRST
BIRTHDAY!
The International Centre, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH
PHOENIX ATTENDING
Saturday 27th November
AIRCRAFT ENTHUSIASTS FAIR AND MODEL SHOW
Army Flying Museum, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge , Hampshire SO20 8FB
Sunday 4th December
THE LONDON PLASTIC MODEL SHOW
Havestock School, NW3 2BQ
PHOENIX ATTENDING
Sunday 4th December
MIDLAND AIR MUSEUM WINTER SHOW
Midland Air Museum, Rowley Road, Coventry CV3 4FR
8th January 2023
CROYDON AVIATION AND COLLECTORS FAIR
Purley way, Croyden, CR9 4LT
22nd January 2023
BOLTON SCALE MODEL SHOW 2023
Premier Suite, University Of Bolton Stadium, De Haviland Way, Bolton
BL6 6JW

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or you would like Phoenix to attend your
So be sure to order your copy now at: event and feature it in the digital editions of
our magazines, please contact
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Spitfire Mk.Ia N3180 KL-B “Kiwi”,
AC Deere, 54 Squadron, May 1940.
Spitfire Mk.Ia N3277 AZ-H “Dirty Dick”,
R Hardy, 234 Squadron, August 1940.
Spitfire Mk.Ia P9495 DW-K, SJ Arnfield,
P Litchfield, J Ellis & DF Corfe,
610 Squadron, June and July 1940.
Availability correct as of September 2022. © 2022 Kotare Models Ltd,
PO Box 56141, Mount Eden, Auckland 1446, New Zealand. All rights reserved.
www.kotare-models.com
ALL NEW TOOLING FOR 2022
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First all-new 1/32 Spitfire Mk.I kitset since 1967 • Designed
and engineered for accuracy, detail and easy assembly • 117
high-quality injection moulded plastic parts including optional
seats with & without harness detail, TR.9D & TR.1133 radio
details, mirrors, Rotol & DeHavilland propellers and open &
closed cockpit door & canopy • High quality Cartograf decals for
3 colour schemes featuring accurate 1940 era airframe stencils
(possibly for the 1st time) • Mid-production details include
dual fuel gauges, armour plates, parachute landing flare tubes,
manual undercarriage pump & jacks and triple ejector nozzle
outlet exhaust manifolds • Fully illustrated instruction manual.
 NEW 1:24
MOULD

Supermarine
Spitfire Mk.IXc A17001

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE M
Aircraft flown by Squadron Leader “Johnny” Plagis, No.126 (Persian Gulf)
Squadron, Royal Air Force Harrowbeer, Devon, England, July 1944.
The Spitfire Mk.IXc was arguably the
most important mark of Spitfire in the
• Standard and clipped wingtips
entire production run with it initially • Early and late cannon breech blisters
being conceived as a stop-gap fighter
to counter the German Fw190 whilst the
• Two rudder types
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.IXc
Mk.VIII was being developed. The Mk.IX • Both carburettor air intake types
is considered by many to be the ultimate
Aircraft flown by Flight Lieutenant Ian Keltie, No. 402 Squadron “City of
Winnipeg”, Royal Air Force Kenley, Surrey, England, March 1943. Merlin powered Spitfire, coupling the • Various cockpit configuration options
iconic lines of the early Spitfires, which • Exposed engine and gun bay options
defended the skies above South East
England just a couple of years earlier,
with a two-stage Merlin.
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.IXc
Aircraft flown by Wing Commander James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson,
No. 402 Squadron “City of Winnipeg”, Royal Air Force Kenley, Surrey,
England, Summer 1943.

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.IXc

Aircraft flown by Captain Garth Jared, Commanding Officer, 309th
Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force,
Italy, December 1943.

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.IXc

GR 2/33 “Savoie”, Armée de l’Air, Luxeuil-les-Bains, France, early 1945.

Length 397mm Width 469mm Pieces 433

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aircraft designed and built in
the United States by Lockheed
Martin and is available in three
configurations, STOVL, Short
Take Off Vertical Landing, CTOL,
Conventional take-Off and
Landing and CV Carrier Based.
The F-35B is the STOVL
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and is being purchased by
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The F-35B is powered by
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segment of the flight, the JSF can
carry a vast array of weapons
on 6 external hardpoints
and in two internal bays that
each have two hardpoints.
The Italeri Model of the
F-35B, consists of 6 runners
and two fuselage halves of grey
injection moulded plastic, two
clear sprue of injection moulded
plastic, one etched brass fret,
one decal sheet one instruction
booklet and one painting
and decals guide booklet,
The kit also has a full range
of munitions including 2 X
AIM-120C AAM, 2 X AIM-9X
AAM and for ground attack
missions you can choose from
4X GBU-12, 5X GBU-31 JDAM and
finally GAU-22 Cannon pod. A
nice extra is a weapons trolley
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to display any not needed on

your model or just to park in
the background of a diorama.
The well printed kit decal sheet
supplies five marking options
„ 1.Lockheed Martin F-35B
Lightning II, ZM151, RAF No,207
OCU, RAF Marham, U.K 2019
„ 2.Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, ZM15,
RAF No,207 OCU, RAF Marham, U.K 2019
„ 3.Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II,
s/n 168060, U.S Marine Corps, VMFAT
501, MCAS Beaufort, NC, 2018.
„ 4.Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning
II, s/n 169165, U.S Marine Corps, VMFA
225, MCAS Yuma. Arizona 2021
„ 5.Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning
II, MM7451, Marina Militaire, 4th
Gruppo Aeromobili Imbarcarti,
Maristaer Grottaglie, 2019

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various stages of the build using
the Italeri paint ranges which is
not widely available outside of
Italy as well as Federal Standard configuration or in the standard Mode with all hardpoints armed. has announced a new book on
numbers which using the IPMS landing configuration, bomb This should look very the F-35 will be released at IPMS
Stockholm colour conversion bay doors can either be open impressive when built and I ScaleModelworld in November.
charts can be converted to or closed and a full weapons thank Italeri for the sample Andy McCabe
ranges you can purchase locally. load is provided if you want to which is now on my bench. And
The etched fret is nicely portray the model in its “Beast“ with perfect timing, Phoenix
produced and is
covered both back
and front in clear
plastic to protect the
parts and this also
helps in preventing
smaller parts from
disappearing as
they are removed
from the fret.
This looks like a
nicely detailed new
model of the F-35B
from Italeri and can
be posed in either
the Vertical Landing

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M
oving a big show
like E Day to a
new venue is a big
task but in the last
few years, it has moved from a
shopping centre car park to a
hotel then to to a small exhibition
centre and now to what will
probably be its new home for
several years at the Tankodrome
Milovice about 25 miles east of
Prague. This venue is perfect
for a model show and so brand
new that the toilets were still
being installed two days before
the show. A major collection of
World war 2 German and Soviet
Era armour as well as a selection
of aircraft. Plus a working train
line to take you to and from the
car park plus a replica Vietnam
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War Compound complete with
re-enactors. Finally, a large
herd of Wild Deer and another of
Highland cattle plus a selection of
play areas helped to keep t wives
and children happy and with a few
tanks and AFVs to climb in and
over many of the adults as well.
The only downside is the lack
of public transport if you do not
drive which involved a half hour
train journey from the centre of
Prague and a short 10–15-minute
(free) coach ride to the venue.
I have taken a selection of
snapshots to give you a flavour
of the show and certainly
Phoenix will be back next year.
David Francis
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