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 Volume 8, Number 7

AIRFIX FOR PLASTIC MODEllERS

rnagazine March, 1967

IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS FROM AIRFI X Three new aircraft kin, t : 12 Triumph Herald kit, and World War t unk kit released 236

IN TH E AIR A lOin W . Hall introduces the Kittiwake , 3 new contender in the light pLane d;us 238

BU ILDI NG AEC ' V ' TYPE S TIle famous World War I army lorry in I : 32 scale: by N o rm an Simmo ns 140

W H E ELSPI N S e r t LlI.mkin shows how he motorised the A im. De Dietrich for slot racin, 242

HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY Variations on the Airfix I: 12 scale Life Guuds trumpeter by J. S . R. Mead 244

TANK BUSTI N G S TU KA In his second article on Airfi x lu 87 conversions, Al a n W . H all makes a lu 87G 246

NEW B OOKS latest pu blicatiolls of in terest to modellers 149

MI LlTARY M ODELLI NG H ila r y Ooy le shows how to make tile Russian Klimenti Vorishilov tanks from the Airfix J53 250

THE SEVENTH ' D EVONSHIRE' A conversion from the Airfix SIIf(olk kit described by lan W h itehead 2Sl

MILITARY MATTERS Pete r C hambe rlain describes the British Sherman series 254

METALISED FI NISHES A new covering mate rial for plastic kits investigated by Stuart Ran 2S6

PROFILE Mi c ha e l J . F. Sawye r makes a trip to the Netherlands to sllrvey the Dutch aviltion scene 258

PHOTOPAGE Mix ed bag of read e rs' snapshots includes trainers, liberltors and German aircraft 262

NEW KITS AND MODELS latest releases rev iewed for modellers 264

LETTERS TO THE ED I TOR Th e page wh ere your vie ws and ideas can win you a free Airfix kit 266

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 NEWS FROM

NI'''' A irfix Firs/rr S,orci. comes ill ki, lorm lor 1s 3d.
transparencies, h inged ailerons, working ele\"ator, full r
modelled I'rau & Whit ner Dou ble Was p engincs, and all
Thll world's greatest valulI In comt",ction kin th e usual Airfi x features,
Con\'crsion enthusiasts will be pleased to find th at th e kit

• Northrop Black W idow

includcs o ptional parIS fo r the P-6 IA without a turret or the
1'-6 18 night intrud er wit h a re\'oh' ina mid·upper turre t and
pylons for a load of bombs and dro p tanks. all of which are

• Fiesler Fi 156 Starch provided in the kit. Optional transfers for both versions are
pro\·ided. th ose for the " -618 depicting Loll,' ill 'he JurI..

•
which shot down the last Japanese aircraft befon:l the cessa·
tion o ( hostilities in the Pacific. The kit costs 75.
Boei ng Clipper

• 1916 Mark I Tan k •S TA RKLY utili ta rian. but by far the most efficient obser.
va tion post and commun ication airc raft used by an)'

• T rium ph Herald
com bal ant i.1 th e second world war, the F iesler Fi 13"6
Storch is th e subject of the la test I : 72 sca le Luftwaffe
model in th e Airfix range. The ai rcra ft's s pindl)' 'insect'

• 1967 full colour Airfi x Catalogue a ppearance has been beautiful I)' captured in th is new kit
and, as wi th the Blac k Widow, Airfi x have included con·
version parts and optional transfers a llowing eith er of two
SlOrch \'ersio ns - the Fi 1.s6A or Fi 1.s6C - to be com·
pleted b)' the modeller.
Details in the kit include D f F loop, rad io aerials, la.ld·
ing light, oil cooler, ca bin interior. a choice of two cockpit
roofs according to ve rsion selected, cho ice of tailwhecl or
lailskid. S<' parate Handle)' Page 5101$ for the wing leading
edges, fine ly textured 'fabdc' surfacina on the wings, tail.
and control surfaces, and panel mar kings on th e fuselage .
There is a pilot figu re a nd a stafr ofli ccr passenger whi le
th e wing and undcrcarriaae strutS are find )' proportioned
to ghe the characteristic Stork-like stance or the rutl'Sile
machine.
Storchs we re used on all fronts by th e Germans and a.
numbe r of ca ptu n.'(\ machines were a lso pressed into service
b~' the Allies - we illust rated one such a.ircraft in lasl
month's I'hotopagc. In post·wa r rears the)' oontinued in
scn' icc with some air ro rces and a numbe r are still in use
Til t Ai~fi:o: lII/1ck Widow puis/led lIS Lady in th e dari.:. toda ~', The Airfi x kit o ( thi5 pio neer STOL aircraft cost5

•O NE of th e most sinister looking aircraft from the second

wo rld war, the aptly named Norlhrop Black Widow,
fornu the su bject of the latest Airfix series 4 1:72 scale
25 3d .

plas tic construction kil. The DIad: Widow was th e first US

aircrart 10 be designed fro m the Dcginning as a night fighter
and il was th e standard USAAF aircraft in th is rote at the
war's cnd . Incor porating most o f the lessons lea rnt in the
early rear! of World Wa r 2. the Black Widow, or P~ I as
it was designated, was a biB machine: wilh heavy armour
and armament, good nda r and long endur.l.nce.
No less tha n li S parts are provided i ll the Airfix kit to
d o justice 10 this aircraft and detai lJ incl ude crewmen, cock·
pit ti llings, intake grilles, radar aeria lJ, naviga tion light
136 AJRFJX n"laluine
•B OEING'S claSS IC traOS-Allant;c fl~mg boat design. th e
C ripper. built for Pan A merican World A irwlI. }S in th e
plont.... r ing en of th e 'thirties makes a wort hy new addition
to th e Airfix range of I : 144 scale aircraft kit s. Desig ned 10
I'an Am 's requirement fo r a n air Jin<:f capable o f crossing
the Atlantic on a regul ar commercial .§CfviCl!. the Boeing
Jt4 Clipper was designed in 1937 and the tint aircraft was
launched a l Sealtle In Ma ). 1938, With a w inls pa n o f 1 ~2
feCI. a length of 106 fcc l. and a we igh t of o\er 80.000 lb.
the Cli pper was the largc~1 practical commercial aircraft
c\'cr dc:iigncd a t that time.
U) m id- 19J9 th e C lippers were in scn icc o n the Allant ic
run carrying fi rst m~,it and then passc llgcrs on a regular
sc hedul e. Th" Qutb rc:lk of war ill Euro pe upset tram c, ho w-
elt:r. and lel) much increued the dema nds on th e a irma il
~ r\iCl.' . Si.\ more C lippers were built. th e 314As. an d three
of theso:. named lJe'....id. Rtmg Qr and H,islOf. were handed
Ol'cr to 110AC.
The Airfi.\ I"t. ~hich has 78 detailed parts. ca n be corn·
pleted to d"pic t two of th e most famous Cli ppe rs. D i ...it
CIiJII>f r of Pan Am or 1J"'M'id.. of HOAC. transfers being
supplied for each . It cos ts 75.
•M UCII in demand b} militar} en th usias ts and ~a rgame rs
to go with ff..-cen t A irtix re leaSl'S o f Wo rld War I
OD / I'IO scale soldie r setS hu been a suitable tank o f thc
period. A irfix halc now obliged with a fine replica of the
famous M ark I Tank o f 191 6. the first t}J)C to be produced
In qUlmtity and th e fi rst tank el'er to sec actio n.
r :lnks were evolved as a means of breaking thro ugh the
heal-ily defended lines. dom inated by th e ma chine gun,
"hich had resu lted in stal ema te o n the Wes tern Fron t fo r
much of the fi rst two }ears of the war. From the experi.
me nt al ' Liu le W illie' and ' M ot h" r' designs came the 10lcnge
shap;.'\I M ark; I and ;t wu th is tank which sta rt ed a new
era in warfare when it went into action on Sept I ~. 19 16.
rh e A irfu: model has 49 pans and measure, a pproxi·
ma tely ~ I inches ove rall includin g the wheeled stccring ·taW
~hic h wa s a feature of th e earl}' ve hicles. The ta il wheels
rotate an d othe r workinl parts include the 6 pounder guns
In th e sponsons. which arc pivo ted to train fo re and aft in
their mountings. r o 1 : 76 scale. the kit o f parts cos ts
2s 3d.
•N EWEST I : 32 scale ca r kit from the Airfix Mable is a
neat re pl ica o f the world famous T ri umph Herald. onc
of th e best known cars built in Britai n and o ne with sel'eral
distinctile design fea tures including a .separate cha ssis and
~~~~~;~~'~li'110re than 70 parts
Ut/tt/ Ai,fix / :1111'111,. CII' I..i, il fo, a T,''''''''/'
Mirth, 1967
TI,t' 1/t'1I' Airfix M",1.. I ttUlI.: mm bll's illlO ,,("/;'m.
model and d.:::tai ls include the chassis parts. suspe nsion
Units. a complete dumm ) engine, hinged openina bonne t.
sea ts and interior finings. controls. and steering wheel.
M oulded through o ut in white plastic. and co mple te with
window an d lamp transparencies, the A irfi x Triumph
Hera ld kit cos ts 3s 6d .
•M OR E than 2~0 Alrfi~ consta nt sc-a le const ruction kit!
Including airc raft. ships. fiaurcs. cars. tanks. locomo·
tl\e,. and lineside aCC"l:ssorics arc illustrated 10 the fi fth
edi tion of the Airfix Cll ta log ue wh ic h has ju5t been pu b-
lished. Bigger than cle r before. the ca talogue ru ns to 48
p;:1les an d conta ins descr ipt io ns of each model al"ailable
\()get her wi th detail s of some new kils which are 10 be
released in the coming months. For the fi rst tillle Cl cr. full
colour has been uS(.-d thro ugh out and th e illus trations arc
from actual photographs o f mod els. In add ition to bei ng an
essen tial reference book for modelle rs. the refo re. the new
ca talogue will be useful IS a colour guide for painting. The
fifth ed ition Airfix Ca tal ogue can be o bta ined from A irfix
kit stockists.
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1965 : Jun e _ Hut Into He(tor. Se pte mbe r-
Jeep conversions. October-Churchl ll unull
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Oinah conversion. June-Hal f·track con ve rsion.
Jul y- RF .. 4C Phantom conversion. A"'luH-
Caulina convenlons. Se pte mber_Stout into
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T'ril IJlrolflgrulllr 0/ Ill,. Mile""'/ Proc/Or Killi ...·al..e i'l Ihe
fi"al l/(Igel 01 IUltmhly sllo ..·s lIre airrra/l /0 iJ(II''', aparl It is ironic to note that much of the rnetal in the Kitti wake
lrom ils alili/M;'", /IIIII/pu"d ... itrg, a I'er), Idlraelil'e profile. prototype comes from stocks of new aluminium sheet of the
Tir e blowlI bu bble COII O/'Y g i" el 1111 r:xcellt llf all- roulld correct gauge needed that were originally intended for no th ing
"jsibili,y. A/lllllilrillllr s/rut co .·trill/: CO llies fro m S((ICh less than the TS R-2. BAC was forced to dl'Clare their stocks of
i/llellded lor lIre "l"SR-Z! metal bought for this pro;cct as scrap alld Mitchdl and Proctor
were able 10 buy the material at a third of its \'alue.
these days of big business and most ai rc raft orders coming
I Nfrom Government sources or from the big a irlines the small
Those who know any th ing about aircraft construction will
know that most of the complicated modern aircraft arc built
man has lillle chance of success. Or so it woul d seem. Late in jigs so Iha t the ribs of either winiS or fuselage a re correctly
last year the British public checr..'d to the news of Briuen- mated to tile outer metal skin. Kitt i"ake's jigs were made out
Norm:m Limited and their unique Islander short mnge tmns- of Dexion and the lIlost complicated tools used were a pair of
port ... from \lhat I have:.s« n recently they ean get ready 10 ti n snips and a handyman's electric drill, So simple and robust
cheer again as (mother small firm of airerJft designers has a is the construction that it has been stressed to 6G a nd there
product that should meet a need in the lil!ht aircmfl market. was only a quarter of a degree of un wanted twist on the first
Mr Kit (>" Iitchell and his associate Roy Proctor have designed wing "hen it came out of the jig.
a new lil!hl· ..·eil!ht touring and glider tUI! aircraft which will With the fuselage ond winiS already completed the pan'ner-
fill a gap in the sporting aircraft ,uarl et that has 3.5 yet had ship was approached by the British European Airways Engineer-
few conlenders. ing Departmen t to build 0 Kittiwake for their own use as a
In JUSt o.er 1" 0 years these t"o ad,'emurers have not o nly glider tug, Bcing aood business men, the opportunity \\;)S taken
designed a simple aircrJft "hich they ha\'e called the Kittiwake to make the proposit}on tha t BEA should help with the com-
but they ha\e raised the cash for the \"Cmure and, abo'e all, pletion of the prototype and armngemenlS were made with the
built most of the: prototype in ,It";r spure tillll'. Corporation engineering staff so that BEA apprentices could
Kit Mitchell, to whom I spoke, is 29. He now works as a work on the constrUCllon as part of their tra ining. The part
scientist in the Royal Aircmft Establish ment's Structures completed protot)'pe "1IS moved to BEA's Enaineering Base
De partrne m at Farnborough .. here he is cmplo)ed on stud ies
of gust response. 1·ILs colleaguc, who he first met at the British
AircrJft Corporation's Weybridge \lorks, Roy PrOCtor is now
Assistant TcchnK;al &lIes Manager for the BAC- II I.
Kitt iwake was designed and built after Kit had take n third
prize in the Rollason Mid ¥Ct Raecr Design Competition with
his 'Scamp"'. It was a fast acrobatic airc raft wh ich could also
be used fo r touring purposes and r..-cchl.'d high praise from the
judges. Roy Proctor, who is also the chairman of the Flyi ng
Committee at the Lashalll Gliding Centre saw the design,
liked it and approached Ki t with the idea of designing and
building a simple and cheap glider tow ing aircraft. T heir
combined kno\lledge of the market proved that a glider tug
design on it5 o\\ n saw little chance of large scale productio n
::IS the demand \\-"3.5 at the most for 30 aircraft of Ihis type in
the UK and there w~re few chances of successful selling abroad
unlc:ss a much larger concern could be interested in taking the
production rightS. It was therdore decided that Kittiwake
should be built as a touring aircraft in either single or twi n
seated \ersion but wit h a n easy adaptability for glider towing.
110·... ' 0 build a prOIO'ypt aircra/' ill your garage! Ro)'
•
The money needed, about £1 ,500, to design a nd build the J'roetor 1l'0rl..illG .... ilIr a IlIl/Ia)' m an's c leclric drjlf 0" 'lrc
prototype W1lS raised and the dra wi ngs, of wh ich there are 60 cOIUlrllc,ioll 0/ Oll~ 01 'lrc K illi .... r.I..~'s ...·jllgs. TIt~ silllpl~
for the single seat version alone, were completed. Construction D U'ioll jigl, ....lticl, N III be Secll ill lire 10r~GrOlllld, ....trC
was started in a small garate by Roy Proctor in April, 1965, ample /0 COIlll rII("/ lire airau/t's main compollellfs ....illrolll
using the simplc-st of 10015 and e,'en scrap materials. dif!icllll,. .
2lB A/RFIX miluine
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at London Airport and the apprenticcs have completed the
tail unit, naps, aile rons, engine mouming and hal'e almost
finished the final ~mbly.
Kit MitcheJl told me that there .....as much more work in
building an aeroplane than he had at first envisaged, The
drsign side alone and the apprOl'al of the Air Registration
Board (.... ho were very helpful) .... as only part of the job, The
assistance gi\en by IJ EA has been most .....elcome and if things
go as planned the first night should take place at Lasham
sometime in early l\. larch,
The first Kini ....'ake .... ill be registered G-ATXN. Although il
may not hal'e il5 final colours painted ror the first night it will
elentually hale alllo .....er surfact'5 in a light grey, fuselage top
decking aft of the cockpit in .... hite. a blatk theal line and a
blatk anti-daZlJe p.1ocl on the nose. Its dime nsions are: spa n,
24 fcct. length 19 fC('t 8 inchc!, and height 7 fC('t 8 inches,
Po .... cr .... iII be su pplied by a Rolls- Royte-built Cominenlal
0-200A- a four cylinder cngine .... hich has a prOlcn reliabi lity
and .... iII gile adequate performance for the single seat glider
IOwing cap;tbility of the Kittiwake ..... hcre a good climb to
height in the minimum time is req uired,
What is the fUlUre of this interesting "enture? At the present
time the twO·sell\ Kitt iwake has few, if any, competitors in
its eI;ISS anywhere in the ..... orld. Its nc3Tcst rival was the Vitta
Air Tourer from Australi:t, but liS this com pany has ceased
production the only o the r near rival is the lJeagle Pup and that
has an estimated price about £.700 utra,
The commercial exploitation of the project will hale to
depend on a fairly I:trge aircraft manu facturer with the facilit y
of large scale production taking the aircraft under licence
production. Hoth Mitcheiland ' >roctor hal'e neither the capital
or resources to build Kittiwakes in the quantity that they
cnvisage will be the c\cntual market. For C)(.ample the Cc:ssna
ISO. .... hich comes almost ..... ithin the same performance bracket,
sold 3,000 last year and the Kiuiwakecould easily do the same.
Mitchcll and ProclOr have sho ..... n that their design is a very
auracthe proposi tion in a market .. hlch needs an aircraft of
this nature, simple to build, easy to mai ntain and in el'ery "'ay Na. y mixture, lOp to bOll um: Sillce " 'e "isited f-ee-on·
sui ted to touring, competition fi),ing, and c\en trainin&, Although So/ell/'s opu/errll,- fi"islted Sea I)e,'oll '''''' m omlts ago
both mtn are lery reluctant to talk much about the future, RNAS Yeol'i1toll Itas p"ol'illed litis pllOlOgroph 01 orre 01
as they .....ant to make sure that tilcir aircraft is all the design IIIeir t ...o Sea Prillce '8arges', WloI7J9, ... I,ielr has recently
rmdergOl/e a loCt: lilt, Light grey alld ...hite mai" colours
says it is, they are willina to say that several companies hal'e ... i,h dark b/lle chem lilies. codes wrd loil emblem , Th e
already expressed an interest in production. Lct's hope that " trOll emblem is ill g old ...i,h ( r red fish ill its beak. ReCt:llt
their initiati\ e is blessed with the success it deserves, )'eol'iflOlI I'isilQrs ...ere I/rese F-8E(FN) Cr .. urders 01 Ihe
Frell('fr Aerorrm 'flle, CO/OIlr scheme is basically simi/or to
US No",- slmrdard ... i,/l lire addilioll 01 Frellch Nol'Y
rormdels. New markings lor No 899 Sqlllldrorr, Sea Vixell
X I'955 coc/ed 115 SUII at R NAS )'eol'i!lOn Ilris mOll/it
SflOrlJ /1 lie ... ,'ersioll 01 the sqrmtlror,'s ' /IIlIiled fis,. illsignia
OIl lIre fill amI flulder , (Ministry of Defence photos,)

.Higl"y t.llld midgt:l , Th e "'Iilclle/f /'rOClOr Kilfi ...ake ill com·
pally "'illl a IJEA Vallguard ill lIre lIealllro ... E,'gilletrilrg
Hasf' ...hue filial COIISlrllctioll a/ld assembly has been
carried 0111 by 8EA apprelltices, I'roductiO/l arrallgemerrlS
"at'e ),et to be fillofisf'd. Some idea 01 tlte Kini.mke's
dimilllllil'e si~e COllies Irom the 111011 stalldillg by the
cockpit ,
Mirth, 1%7
NEW CATALOGUES
ORG I and Lesncy have each sen t us copies of their 1967
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models in colour, Each c:ttalogue includes a check list and
shows some of the I'IeW rcll'ase!; scheduled for the coming:
months. Priced at 4d and 3d res!lCCth·ely. the catalogues are
al'ailable from mo§t model car .stockists.
M ilitary modellcrs \\ill be inte rested in a new allaloguc
just published by the impo rters of the Aust rian Roco
M initanb H O scalc models. It lists se\cral in tcn::s t ing new
releases scheduled for 1967 and illus tra tes these along with
the al ready large cxisling Roco range, The catalogue is
a\·ailable for 6d from the importers. Model Ilobby Products
Ltd, Meb ro Works, Cuckoo Uall Lane, London N9, to
anrone sending a large stamped self addressed em·elope,
239
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are probably familiar
R EADERS
with lhe story of AEC and how
th is large commercial vehicle manu-
facturer grcw from the factory a1
Walth"mstow "hich proouc"d lhe
LGOC 11 Type bus. By 191) no fewer
than 2.500 of these buses had been
huilt and Ihey had an enviable reputa-
tion for relia bility_ Wilh this back-
ground il is nOI surprising that wit h Ihe
outbreak of lhe first world war. AEC
were entrusted with lhe manu facture
of a military lorry. It is known as Ihe
Y T ype and over 10.000 were buil! by
Ihe cnd of lhe W~I r.
Understandably Ihere arc many simila r
looking fC.l\uTes in the d<."Sign of both
the bus and the Y type lorry and in this
Building AEe Y Types
LORRIES MADE FROM THE AIRFIX 'OLE BILL ' BY NORMAN SIMMONS
artiele I would like 10 describe a simple
conve rsion based on the Aimx B T ype
kit. I would make it clear at Ihe OUISCI,
th ough, Iha l IIIi5 is intended as a sim ple
adaptation of the basic kit a nd a certain
amount of licence must be a llowed
bearing in mi nd that in some cases
authent icity is s;Icrificed for ease of
construction and maximum use of
avai lable Airfix pariS.
T he first point to note is that the
"heel base of the Y T ype c hassis is
longe r than that of the B Type. The
chassis as modelled in the Aimx kit
has a 12 fl 101 inch wheelbase. " hi1e
that o f the Y Type was 14 n 21 inchcs-
a difference of I ft 3i inches or nearl y
~ inch in I : 32 SC:lle. T herefore, cut
Ihrough the chassis side members,
parts 24 and 25, at a poim immcdiately
in front of the small raised rib designed
to take the fronl slru t of the fende rs,
and cement a piece of t inch x t inch
'10
Famous on c"ay frolll ,llIri"g ,he / 914-18 "'ur, oo'er IOJ)()() Y I)'pe J lOll /orrif's "'err
bllilt for fhe British army. a/lll mo"y ,,'nt' "s(,(/ ill poSI-K'(Jr )'('(Jrs by ('l'a),olU' from
I.GO C IQ pri"(JI(~ Irmdiert. Army finislr is kh(Jki ...ilh ...hile 1('lIaillg. (AEC phOlo).
balsa as an inserl at this point.
T he floor, part 5, will not of course
be used in this model so the c hassis
cross members should be carefully c ut
from beneath Ihe floor mouldi ng and
cemented to Ihe chassis side members.
Remo'-e the raised number plate from
both the bonnet sides an d ma ke up the
bon net assem bl y, partS 28·33, and
cemem this to the c ha ssis together with
the driver's plat form, part 27. T he
dashboard should be increased in
heigh t and width- my estimate is
I!- inch x li inch-and the best way
to do Ihis is to trim the edges of the
Ai rfix das h boa rd, part 29, and CUI a
pieee of I} inch x li inch 40 thou
plastic card to fit round il.
The chardCleri5tic hump on the lOp
of the radiator can be made with plastic
pUlly. I'lastic putty ca n also be used to
fill in the oval depn.."Ssions o n the sides
of the radiator. You will see from the
photographs that the radiator sides are
q uite smooth on the Y Type. After the
pUlly is thoroughly dry the hump can
be ca refully ca n 'cd, filed a nd sand·
papered to shape and topped wil h the
filler cap. part ) 4.
Construction of the chassis can
proceed much as described at stages
)7-44 and 5().S6 of the Airfix instruclion
sheet but Ihere are one or two important
alte ra tions as follows:
S tage 41 : Because of the lengthened
wheelbase, the rea r end of the trans-
mission shaft , PMt 73, needs to be
lengthened. Matcrial for Ihis can come
from the two pins tha t no rmally fit
part 73 to the " oor.
Sl agI.'" 42 and .52: T he chassis frame
of the Y T ype is higher than Ihe U
T ype. I nwunted the from an d rear
axles 011 small blocks, tI inch x i
inch. made out of three thick ncss:.:s of
40 thou plastic card. I shou ld also
mention at th is point that both front
and rcar wheels on the Y Type wcre
Ihe same di a meter whcreas of course
the front wheels arc smaller in the
Airfix U T ype kit. This is but one example
of a deviation we must aCQ:pt if we
are to make maximum use of available
Airfix parIs but it is interesting to spec-
ulate whether correct size front wheels
are ava ilable from any other source.
Left : The AEC I' Type mod.. / wuler
CotlSlfl/ction frolll the 'Ole Bill' kil
sho"'i"g modifications 10 Ihe bOll'/el,
os descriiJr(1 Irere , oml Ihe lie ... cob
(JSsembl)' from plostic cord. NOle ho/sa
itUfrt bellflllh c(Jb to eXlend cil(JSsis.
AIMIX magnin e
 Stage 44 : The exhaust pipe has to be
restyled since it is fitted on the opposite
side of the chassis. This is simply a
matter of cutting off the pipe at both
ends of the silencer and cementing th('"1ll
back in place so that the bends in the
pipes face the opposite way. The pins
on the silencer can be ccrnemed to the
inside of the left hand chassis side
Illember in the absence of the floor.
part 5.
SI:lg(' 56: The front mudguard should
be curved to shape in hot water.

CHASSIS DETAILS
Further "or).;: on the chassis can
include fitting the clutch, bra).;:e and
accelerator pedals, steering wheel, gear
lever and hand brake. The horn should
be cut through just in front of the bulb
and the bracket removed. The bulb
can then be cemented into a hole in the
driver'$ side of the dashboard and the
trumpet p.1rt on the other side. The
radiator guard and starting handle
can be fitled in place. As can be seen in
the photograph the step on the nearside
of the driver's platform is much longer
and can be built up from I inch x tillCh
plastic r.:ard supported from \1'.'0 t inch
Another view of /lIe modellmder cOlu/ruclion showing Ihe modificaliolls refured to
ill IlIe /eXI. This COlIl"ersion call be made from lilt Airfix 'Ole Bi//' or Ihe standartl
8 Type kil. Lifeguards rtmaill ill plaet Oil tlris mOl/cl (IS il is 10 be completed as a
LGOC lorry bus.
long struts cut from the same materi::1. footboards will taper outwards from
The dril'er·s scat, part 26, is dis- front 10 rear. It doesn·tlook out of place
carded and replaced by one 2i ioch on the model so I think this piece of
wide built up from 40 thou plastic card. necessary gucss,,"'o r).;: to be on the right
The driver's platform is e~tended either li nt'S.
side by footboards which I made from Construr.:tion of the chassis is about
40 thou plastic card. I have no informa- all I have space for this month bUI I
tion 10 confirm the width of the dash- hope 10 cont inue the article in the next
board and the seat but it would app.::ar issue and mo\e on to the bodywo r).;:
from careful ('xamination of avai lable with particular reference 10 Ihe LGOC
photographs that the scat is wider. It mtaptation of these veh icles as stop-g;lp
should follow therefore that these buses immediately after the war.

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ha~ing
A1RFlX produccdan impres-
sive array of old time car kits, it
seems a good idea 10 ta~c a look al
ways of motorising them so thal we can
stage \intagc and \Clcran racill, C\CnlS
on slol ratins circuits. There is no doubt
thal a nu:c for old limen has a chann
all ils own and my next few Wheclspin
articles will be dealing with methods of
1ll(lking the Airfix models work, k"'Cping
c\crylhing as si mple as possible a nd
utilising as much of the kit as can be
incorporated.
The si~ \'ctcran c-MS made by Alrfix
range in lime from 1902 until 1911 , so
the first 10 recehc motorisa tion treal-
ment is the recently issued 1902 Dc
Diclrich. It must be borne in mind that
De Dietrich slot racer
these replicas of early (,:;IN raise many
problems for the do-it-yourself motoris-
Ing fan, not least of which are the slark:,
high chassis, large wheels, and small
bodies, all presenting obstacles not
encou ntered \\hcn moto risinll modern
cars like the MGB or TR 4. I have tried
to retain as good a seak appearance as
possible and, considering all things, it is
possible 10 motOrise the Dc Dictrich
without too many concessions to
mn;hanicaJ cxpcditncy.
For Ihis motorisation you'll need the
following items in addition to the Dc
Diclrich kit: one Airfix eI~trlC mOlor
and rear a:>.1e assembly, an MRRC
piece: oC *
guide shoe (part number 751), a small
inch alumi Di.um sheet and
lr inch thick plastic card, a length of
tl inch sted or brass rod and 11 inch
inside diameter brass tube, some 8 UA
and 10 BA nul5 and boilS, pick up
braids and Ihin flex.
A start is made by cullina a small
recta ngular hole in the chassis floor
(part 2) as shown in sketch A to :accom-
modate the conlrate ge:ar. Next remove
lhe pl3Slic tyres from lhe ~heels using
a
24'
•
UlU/t'fllcollJ ~ie'" 0/ the completed De Dielricll lIIoW,;sutioll showing III(}/or {Qeo/km,
(.111 -01' / jQr COlI/rUlt, (IIld pil'oled g uide. CQlllpau this shOI Kill! (,DIIl/rllc/iollu/ sketches
girtll QII /flu J}(JKt!.
a lathe if you ha\'e :access 10 one, or
else employing methods similar 10 those
advCN.:ated for the l\-Ialador wheels by
Nonn:an Simmons in our October, 1966,
issue. Dfieny Ih is iD~ol vcs holding a
drillstock in a vice, clampin& the wheel
between nUIS on a suitable bolt, and
work ing with a small chisel as the "heel
is rotated. ]! inish with a file, using this
or a router to make a shallow V all
round the y,h«-I rim 10 lCN.:ate thc new
lyres. You are unlikely to ha\c an y
suil ab le lyres for wheels of the De
Dietrich's diameter ; [ used the small
rubber rings obtai nable from umbrdla
repair- shops and these aTC admirable
for lhe pyrpose when allnched to the
wheel with l.vosti k.
The nc)[1 slage is 10 paint as many
paris as possible before assembly :as
some items will become almOSI in·
accessible as \Ioor/, proceeds. When Ihis
is complete, lhe moIor can be mounted
eo..... ~<~ .k _ _ on the undcrside of the chassis, using a
..... 0. Ol...lch small piece of plastic card 1 inch x
_ _ ;,. •• ion, ..... to
seal •• All n....... ry 1l ioch wi th notches filed in 10 register
dimenolo"," ore ,inn ; with lhe lup on the molor. This, when
k.y I ....... cor_pOnd
.... refer..,ces In tu •• cemented, willlCN.:ale the rea r or pi nion
b
c
0..• '""
'"
-2
cnd. An aluminiulll bracket shaped as in
sketch B registers with the slot between
tile brushes and is bolted to the chassis
with a 10 BA bolt. This anchors the
front end of the mOlor.
The standard Airfix axle is \00 short
for this car, so the nylon eontrate gear
is transferred to a piece of d inch rod
11 inches in length. The gear is fairly
tight on this, but for an extra grip
make a couple of punch marks on
opposite sides of the shaft , thcn tap the
contrate into position. This means that
with the gears meshing there will be an
equal amount of axle projecting either
side of the chassis.
The back axle is carried by tv-o
plastic card supports as shown in C,
but before filling, the rear spri ngs
(parts 59 and 60) are cemented into
position. The plastic card supports are
stipJ)l..>d on 10 the axle and cemented
to the underside of the chassis inside of
the springs. Before cemcnting, eheck
that the axle does not bind on the centre
of the springs.
The front axle is also made frOIll
si inch rod, I t inches long, and is
mounted on plastic card supports
simila r 10 those at the rear, Parts 13,
57 and 58 arc cemcntcd in place first,
however.
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Ilcfore fitting the rear wheels, thc
chassis chain drives, pi\rtS 67 and 68, arc
;!lIached. The centre holes in the re:lf
sprockets arc opencd to i inch and thc
layshaft ends cut frolll part 61 arc
cemented into posillon under the
chassis.
To form the wh ..:cJ hubs and spacers,
short lengths of brass tube arc used.
Their length C'oIn be dctcrmined by
checking the front and rear tracks
against the original plastic axles. A
small washer is soldered on to IOC;lte
the inside of thc wheels and the wheel is
slipped on to the tube with a small
arnount of Evostik and another washer.
The outer cnd of the tube is then spread
slightly with a punch to loc k on the
washer and wheel. The rear wheels are
tapped on to the rear axle to the COrrt.'C1
track width and thc front sprockets of
pims 67 and 68 arc ccnlCntcd to the
layshaft on either side.
The front wheels wilt need to run free
on the axle, so this will need reducing
slightly with cmery cloth. A small
washer is soldered to onc cnd of the
axle and this is then slipped through
onc wheel, passed through the two
supports, the othcr wheel is placed in
position and fina lly another washer is
soldcred on to the othe r cnd. A piece of
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p~per held betwc.::n the wheels and the
washer will givc the necessary sideplay
when removed after soldering.
To compete thc chassis, the guide
shoe is fitted as shown in sketch D. The
brass pivot pin is not Quite long enough,
so I cu t off a t inch from the end and
soldered an 8 BA bolt to the end in its
place. A nut above and below the chassis
provides the attachment wilh a dcgree
of adjustment thrown in for good
measure. The shoe pivot is located just
behind the (ront axle-this model uses
a pivoted shoe and (or simplicity
steering is ignored.
The pick up br-lids arc now soldered
to the motor pins, the nex is soldered
to the braids, and rubber or plastic
steeving is used to hold the other cnd
in contact with the motor. Lea ve enough
play in the nex to avoid restricting the
movement of the guide shoe. With this
stage completed, test the chassis on the
track and make any necessary adjust-
ments.
Final assembly follows the kit instruc-
tions and wit h care and time in assembly
you should end up with a charmer to
give a true 'Brooklands' look to your
electric racing cireuit. I must stress,
however, that this motorisation should
not be rushed.
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Household
Cavalry
J.S.R. MEAD SUGGESTS
SOME INTERESTING LIFE
Afltrn(l//Vf! lr('allt/tIllS for the Airfix 1:11 scale Life Guards
GUARDS CONVERSIONS Irumptur, Lert: PQsiliol/ 0/ llit arm and lrulllfH!1 is allered to
the 'rorry', Right: Replacing the IrumM' with Q sera/rll buill
poft-axe and ,he rnklitioll 0/ NCO's aigullelltJ from coiltd
threatl or litrsel produus an exaUe,,' Farrier-Corporal 0/ /forse.

Life Guards and the Royal

T HE
Horse Guards (The Blues) form the
Household Cavalry a nd are the pcrson31
allcnd:mts on the reigning So\'creign.
The LIfe Guards are lhe oldest cavalry
rcgmlCnl In the 8ritish Army, ha\mg
been r:used in the Low Countries in
1660 from cavaliers who had accom-
panied Ch;Hlcs 11 into exile. The
Ro)'al lIorse Guards, on the other
hand, had scf\'cd in the Parliamentary
arrny and \\(\S lO be disba nded in 1660.
The order, however, was not Clrrried Oul
and the regiment ""as included in the
royal establishment on January 26,
1661.
As personal guards to the So\ereign,
both regiments hold certam privileges
and di5tinctioos. They are the only
present day caV".I1ry 10 retain the full
dress unifonn with the cuirass, and the
QlflCC"rs and NCO's \\ear aigulleltes
on the shoulder.
From the figure of the Airfix Life
Guards trumpeter a llulllbcrofYllrilllions
ca n be produced which ill u.strt"e several
present day uniforms of the liouschold
Cavalry. In general the assembly and
painting instructions provided ..... ith
the kit should be follololed un less
otherwise stated. Matt paint gi,cs the
most natural appearance for cloth,
feathers and fur. and ,loss for leather
and wood. Metallic fimshes should be
used for surfaces representing meta l and
lace. In each case the position of the
arms and the pose of the figure can
be a matter of pl"'rsonal choice. All
parIS not used should be s:"ed for
future models.
Left : Wilh cllirass and klllct 'he figure
is cOnl'tr'ed 10 D trooper /or 'he musical
ride al 'he RO)"DI To"rntllll('nl, u/lce
is carrin! by the lfousril(Jld Cm'alry
only for ,lIis t"('nl. Sk('lc:hl's (lwlow) 0/
polc-axe and aigul/tlltS orl' rf"/e"n! ID
in lext
The Life Guards:
Farrier· Corporal of Horse
HIS figure is of identical construction
T to that of the trumpeter c.'(cept that
the trumpet is replaced by a pole-axe.
This can be made from a piece of the
sprue 10 which lhe various parts of the
kil are attached, and scrap plastic
or card as in sketch I . The tunic is
painted dark blue with a black collar
trimmed in gold, and a gold second
class aigul1ctte is worn on the left
shoulder as shown in sketch 2. The
plume is painted black,
A Farrier·Corporal of The Blues
would be painted in exactly the same
colours but would wear a red plume.
Royal Horse Guards:
Trumpeter
VAR IAT ION is produced in this
A figure by placing the trumpet in a
playing position. This IS achieYed by
s,w,ing the right arm through at the
elbow, and filing each part so as to
fit together to form a n approximate
right angle, Place trumpet in the righ t
hand and ensure Ihat the appeara~
of the right arm assembly will be correct

sketch no.l

AlRFIX ma,uine
before fmi Dg to the body. T he bole
under the right armpit ca n be filled
wi th body putty. T he tunic is dtlrk blue
wi th a scarlet colla r. The colltl r is
tri mmed in gold, as are the front and
OOllom edges of the tunic. The pl ume
is red . The buttoN on the sk in of the
tu n ic shou ld be carefully filed flat as
they are not worn by the trumpeter.
The Life Guards:
Trooper
repr~'S<.!n ts
Ttrooper
U IS figure, I'ohich a
dressed for the traditional
Illusical ride at the Royal Tournament,
carries a lance but no sword, and Wl,:ars
the I,:uimss. T he lance is 9 inches in
lcngt h and is formed from thID wood
dowd or plastic sprue su itably heat
s tretdlCd , or c\'(:n a thin knilli ng needle.
The pennon is cut from paper and is
colo ured red ove r white. The right arm
is altered in the taille wa y as previously
described. By using a fine file all the
buttons I Dd creases o n the front o f
the tunic must be remo\'ed. This s hould
be done before either arm is attadlCd
to the body.
Paint the figure si h 'c r from the waist
up to represen t the steel euimss. No
shou lder straps need be fixed as these
would not be seen under the connccting
stmps IICCUri ng the breast-and back-
plates. The tunic is sca rlet with d a rk
blue collar trimmed in gold. The plume
is I'ohitc.
By painting the tu n ic dark blue with
starlct colla r trimmed in gold a nd red
plume, a trooper of the Royal Horse
Guards is produced a nd makes a
pleasing a lternative to the Life Guards
figure. Anyone desi ring rather more in
the way of uniform detai ls for these
figures will find thtlt q uite a number
of tourist brochures t1nd booklets
htlve colour p idures of the I~ ousehold
Cavalry whilc, of course, visi tors to
Lo ndon can see the prototypcs ;It
fi rst hand in Whitehall! Tltl! Royaf lIurSI! Guards mlll/Mffr.

Carrier flight
deck in I :72 scale
lVe' l'e o/tenhnlrd ,fiJtkrs /I~nlkm tallier ""islllllly how imp"el-
,il'l! it _Id be 10 ho~1! Q J :71 scme ItHJotkI of (.I carriu's fliglll
tkck,butonJynowlull't ,,'c sel!" this drcal1l/rUIIS/ornwd into ({'afify
by RNAS Lossicmoulh )\'h o "aI'e /aitJifulfy modelled JlMS
t:.aaIc's flight deck mul 'island' os they OpPfflr after this famous
ship's rl!Cf!nl recOIlS/rUCfion. The picture (riglll) Jhu","s just ...·hm
U III(Jgllljiccnt job tlu·y·I'C II/(Uk of it--{md, illc;identulfy, il girt's
01/ I!xctllelll guide 10 /light deck gl!ograpJry for land-Illbbers ""If/)
wouldn', knotit' a calapu{t!rO/tl a fift ",·elf. PofnlS to look for in 'hl!
pie/fire are Ihe toke offlkl1lding spots jar AS 'wJicopters- ,he
}arll! flumbtrl!d circles; /light rkck «fltre-fine- iarle /Nobn
line; aI/apu// appr(KJ(:h , ,,ilk_smoll broken fines; rill! {NlIll!fs
rowu1l/~ ca/upu/I rollers and biall rk/kclorS ; ,1111 smufi drdt's
round 'he lift controls ; and tile bouNiDry linl! (top righl) aI' Fly
Onl!', the main deck park ahead o/IIII! is/(lIId /()t' ;'/CIJ",ing air-
craft. Note olso fhl! ",assNe /}ope 984 '3- 0 ' radar aerial ob()I'e
lite bridgl!, 'F/fco' oVf!rIlUllgi"" IlIe jlighl-derk, alld fhl! CCA
radar al lhe ajier end of II,e island. Hnol/I nolt! Iht sMps iden-
lification lelter (El on Ihl! round dO""'n aft.
As rtcOnslructtd, Eagle has IIml ON! catapull sbjfttd, logicolfy,
to Iht a""ltd d«k, glying a longl!r riD! ond f~ying morl! rOOnl in
' H y ON!' for parked aircrll/t. Airjix Bucronurs ond on F-4K
Phonlom (conl'erted from thl! Airfix Phantom) arl! prominent
in thl! picturl!, ""hill! aU Ihe flight deck JHrM1f11lel arl! conl'erttd
from suitablt Airfix OO/ 1I0 -flgures. All arl! in authentically Arbroalh and Elgin. 11 ",,-if{ also be incfutkt{ os an exhibil at
colourl!d vesls and art posif(o"td corrf!Ctly far Ifight dl!ck aper- fulurl! Lossienwuth Na"af Air /)(I)·S.
atians, NOlI! particu/ariy IIII! ),ello",,-veslt!d dfrtCIOrs guiding Will fl fit your dini"" room? For o"yo/ll! ...ill! sfmllor ideas,
afrcrafl on la catapults and ready 10 dfr«t tht p/alltguard Eagle's jligllt deck in I : 71 scale works Oul al approximatefy JJ
helicopttr (foreground) inlo thl! oir, Wel.!'txtl, Sto Vixtns, and fUI fang and 2 feet tdlk. The lIIode! is modI! from .....ood, ""irh
cojU(er Ganntt art Frog mockls, Iht SUJHrSlruclurl! in light grq ami the deck in dark grey ""ith 0
n,ough matk primarily for displQy purposes, thl! model also Yl!/lo.., Cf!ntre-/iN!, AfI alher deck marking artl in ",·hf/I!. Whe/her
IlIls a practical opplkation in lhat it can be IISflJ for .....orking or MI you ha,·t room for ft, a 1:71 scolt cam'tt's flight d«k
out d«k poria for nt'w oircrq/t typts. As a dispwy piut it has ""oufd sam a good ielta to IU for displaying a coflutwn of naval
bun san in sluJp ",-fnt/o",'s fn Abtrrken, Dund«, InYf!rncn, aircraji modeb! (photo Crown Copyrighl, R NAS Loaiemoutb).
March, 1967 '45
 Tank busting Stuka
Alan W . Hall describes conversions with the Airfix Ju 87
Part 1: The Ju 87G
J un~crs Ju 87G is perhaps the most in teresti ng of a ll
THE the \'arious marks and variants o f this famous war-lime
dive OOmber. I1 is also o nc of the most dillkult to co nvert. N ot
only does the model maker have 10 change the shape of the
nose S<'Ction but the cockpit is different. the 1:lil un it has 10 be
modified and the wing lips extended. Apart from Ihis there is
an opt ional ,'ariation 10 the undcrC'.Jrriagc and , of course, the
twin ca nnon.
Much of I he worl.: of con\'cr.>ion was (kalt with in last
month's a rticle and I found that in producing these 11000 models
il was worth doing both :11 OIlC\!. Unf0l1unalcly the descri pti o n
would not fi t into onc copy of AlIl.ITI( magazine, so if )OU ha\c
already sta rted this come rsio n base<l on the previous copy I
hope you will forgi\ c me for bringing up the sub,icct agai n,
A /uti/Ill Iltl' .l'ing tips, Thou in Ihl" background art! sltmm
iml1l1.'ttialt'ly a/ur ItUl'ing ~n joi ned IQ lilt! sl/lfilll pie« 0/ balsa
,,·hich Is SlIbMqIlt!nlly Sflntkd to ft l Iht! p lall tllld Iht'n filled IN/ort!
fHlilllilW,
,<6
The aircraft I bui lt is based on o no which was used by the
10 ( pz) StG I and simila r 10 that Rown by Colonel Rudel of
the L4Jft waffc who "''as credi ted wil h the destruction of 500
Russian tanu, the battleship Maral and thousa.n~ o f trucks,
troop carriers and armoured vehicle:!,
Presuming that the reader already has the previous article
on this co nversion I will be dealing with the sc\'C'ral extra bits
and pieces needed to produce the 'G' by listing these aDd
describi ng the individual assemblies,
Wing.s: The Junk ers J u 87G had all bomb racks and dive
bmkes dC'leted which me'llls that the locating holes on lhe
model will Im \'e to be filled fairly ea rl y on in the C'onstruction
so tha t they ca n dry out th orough ly before convcrsion begins.
At the same ti me it is ncccssary to C'x tend the "ing t ips by
J inch. To do this I cut the original ti ps squa re with a fine saw
and stuck small pieces of balsa roughl y cut to the right sha pe
on 10 the ends and left them 10 dry out thoroughly, ,After all
work on the fuselage had been completed I started on the wings
and very carefully s.anded the tips down so that they matched
the plan. A coating of talcum powder and cicar dope was
added and sanded smooth followed by another coat using
more dope than talcum, The result gh''':s a hard finish "hich
matches Ull perfectly with the plastic so that the joi nt j ust
ca nnot be scen after paiming, The trailing edge Raps are dealt
with in the same way but e\'en greater ca re ne..:ds to be taken
here as the joint is much smaller and liable to break if any
undue strain is put on it. Once attached to the modclthere can
be litHe chance of breakage as the protection afforded by the
main part of the struct ure rules this out to a great ex tent.
Uoot'fcarri:lge: Most of the photolWJphs showi", Ju 87Gs
on the Russian front depict the aircraft with the \\heel spats
remo\ed, This \\jls to racili tale ease of opera tion on the In ud
covered fields which were used for operational purposes by the
COllljnued on pagt! 248
O r~win,. ri,ht : Junken Ju 87G-1 or IO( P ~) StG I
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 Stuka conversions-continued
Luftwaffe in thl"ir forward areas.
The construction of .... hecls without the spats does provide
diHicult), as it is almost impossible to make the undercarriage
legs without resorting to gleaning a pair from alH)ther kit or
resorting 10 the spare parIS bo:t. I chose the legs from an
Aim:t kit of the Iloomcrang though the Han.·ard kit .....iII also
pro~ide the n<'CCSSary parts. To these I added .... heels from an
Aim:.: Friendship as these ...."('1"(: e:o:actly right in shape and si;.o:e
plus the fact that they had hubs .... hkh .....ere similar to those of
the Ju 87. The Ju 87 kit undel"C'oIfri .. ge legs .....ere cut off leaving
s\llbs 3/ 16inch Ion, for fhing in to the ..... ing. A hole was drilled
in the underside of these and the lJoomcrang legs added. To
eomplete the con,·ersion a small piece of scrap plastic was
heal treated and stfCtched into the required thickness to bend
o,er the .... hcel hub. This .....as done after the wheel had been
":Iintoo bec:HlSC it WlIS found ncccss.1ry to add a tin y touch o f
&llle to hold the Friendship .... hcel in place on the new leg.
fund(/ge QSstmbly. This fo(lo ..·s t ,mClly l1Ie ills/ructiolls Ki'·tll
ill lusI month's urticlt. litre 1111' Ill' .... /WSt' has Iv!!" tllukd, /ail
jiff1'1 rtmentt'{f i" pIaCl'. ufIIl COt"kpit m(Xlijirtl. Sf'Q/S CUll ~ takl'1I
from )"our spurt's box or madt from plastic card. Canopy IIwlt/ding
rkluils ..·trt also gi,·t" lusl 1110",11.
Filling the ",..lints. Thl'se ..·tre NUU/C from JHU/S taktll from
!Joomerung, Frwmlship a",/ IM btu-ic JI' 87 kif. Note fhol /lte
O"lbour(/ sille of Im- UII(/errarriage Irg "'here it cm'tu the ..·het'1
il:rel/has yello IN (I(/d.'d. This is dolle u/Il'r Iht' M-heel has rUl'h·ed
a ClXll of pailll,
,\nli.tank (".muon : These .....ere made almOSI entirely from
plastic card and dowd rod. The drn ..... ing aocomp.1nying this
article g;\'('$ an clleellent illustration of .... hatthcsc looked like.
A study of photogrnphs doesn't greatly help in this case as the
guns are U5ually in shadow undc-r lhe wing and confusion can
arise very easily,
The basic shape ..... hich contains the gun housing came from
'"
Positio"ing Ih(" unl(·tunJ" C(IIIfWn. R("(lliers . gel Will(! Idea 0/
the (/iffi'rl'n/ Iypu of lIIuterial Itgd (n Ihe construction O/Ihtse
by Ihe dif!trelrllones of their appeuru/rct',
a small piece of dowel rod suitably sha ped. The barrel WOIS
made from" thick piece of plastic stem, heat treated and
stn;tchcd to the rilhtl hickness. A thick piece of s!Cm is recom-
mended for this job as sm:l llcr pieces tend to curl during the
heating pr()l.'CSS and cannot be cont rolled. Shell containers on
each side of the housing wen.: constructed from plastic card
shaped to an aerofoil section and stuck in place. Similarly, the
allaehmc nts for the gun to the wing came from Ihis card.
St.'Ctions of tubing which presumably were connected to the
firing button in Ihe cockpil can be added, if desired, but great
care .... ill have to be laktn wilh these as the)' are \ ·el")' small and
in an in:l=sible pl:tee. Finally Ihe an\i-nash mu.ule on lhe
gun was s.1 nded from very Ihin do ..... el rod and stuck in place.
" aintinl:: This work: is "ery similar to that described fo r the
Ju 870. It consists of a unifonn. black-areen for upper surfaces
and a light blue, beneath . The transfers on the fuselage sides
of the unit markings came from lhe new HisAirDec sheets
described in this month's New Kits column, and the crosscs
.... erc: from the ori&inal Ju 878 kit suilably lreatoo with a typing
rubber to take off.some o f the &loss, The .....erke number on lOp
of the fin and otner fuselage insignia, such ~ the tank moli\-e
on the nose and the arrow head on the upper ..... ing surfac.::,
...."('re hand painled with a \"Cry fine brush, I also hand paintoo
the frame on lhe cockpit canopy as, although painted ScllOlape
strips could ha'·e been used, I thought that the rathe r large
number would form bumps on the surface that were rather
untrue to scalt. The h:tnd p.1i nting Wll! difticult bUl nOl 100
much of:1 job if the hand is supported above the model by a
box or similM objecl so that you c:tn "et close into the ..... ork.
71re completed Junkers Ju 8lG model, slro ...·ing IM ullructi ..e
ftu/url'S uf IlIit com·ersu)rf. NOle IlIe txlefllkd ...·ing tips, tire
modified fI()U alldjillttt'li laif. Small ...·/ri/e tank iruignia ""us humf
painltd ut were lite werke nltllllwr 011 the jin, oclufUI raling
triangles, Ihe arrCII.-Ittud on lilt ....{ng and the cUIWPY /ru~ lints.
AJRF'X macuine
NEW~
7.92 mm Ilcsa machine gun, standard weapon for British
AFVs, and includcs full details both of the urious marks
of gun and of the ammunition.

Aviation in the 'thirties

us QVlL A1II.CltAfT, Vol 3, by JOWpll P. Jupfner. PublisJl~d by
A~ro Publish~rs I"e, and distributed ill theUK by JlerSilllf Ltd,
11S Archll'ay ROIld, Lo"do" 1'0'6. Price 71.1 carriage paid.
REVIEWED FOR MODELLERS is the third volume (and the first to be reviewed in
T HIS
AtRIIX magazine) of a book devoted to all civil aircraft
awarded an 'Appro\'ed Type CertiHcate' by the US Aeronautics
North of the border Board. It covers lOO aircraft in the 1930 period and contains
AVIATION IN ScoTv.Nn,byJ.L. WooJandJ . D. GjJ/i~:J.Puhli*d details and information on the history of many previously
by The Royal Atrommtico/ Sockt)', G/aslOw branch. Obtain- unkoown American types.
able from AIr J. Sachorjn, 11 Venllord GordtlU, Gkugow S I . Apart from the Ford Tri-motor, there are few other aircraft
Prlu 6J. types that are well·koown on this side of the Atlantic during
H REE years ago ",hen lhc Royal Aeronautical Society was the period covered by this book. It is therefore refreshing to '
T plannina how best 10 celebrate ils centenary, the Glasgow
branch decided that it would be an eJ(oellenl idea if a book
read about the pioneering days of American liabl aviation, the
formative years of their considerable prh-ate and exocuti\e
were published on aviation in Scotland. aircraft ma rket which has now extended to all parts of the
ThaI this ~u ld be done by a relatively small group of people Western world.
is an outstanding achie\'cment. Very little indeed has hitherto Each aircraft has a short history, production data, perform-
been wriuen abou t this subject though there are many other ance figures and completc spocifications. There arc many
"olumes that make reference to the aviators north of the border. photographs and a lot of interesting anecdotes written into the
The result is a book of some I JO pages and many first rate histories about the developmen t of American aviation du ring
illustrations describing flying activities in Scotland from the this time.
early sixteenth century 10 the present day. The Scottish branch
of the R oyal Ac:ronauticaJ Society was founded in 1909 as a New Profiles
separate body from the main society. It amalpmated in 1919 A IRCRAfT PROOU!I 133-138 ; ~II. PIIOIIUS 43-48. PublisJl~d
al a rombioed ioaugura1 meeting and welcome for the crew by Profile PubfiCQtiofls Lld, PO Box 16, la Norlll Strat,
of the Scouish-IRJiIt airship Rl4. This first meeting was aueoded Leallltrlltod, Surrty. Price 1.1 tQeh.
by over 3,300 people, by far the highcil number, the book:
reoords. e,'er to aueod a branch society meeting! Tand Bcaufighler
HE Marks I the Curtiss Kluyhawk I· IV.
and 11,
the Dewoiline 520 are among the lutcst batch of
Aircraft Profiles to be released by Profile I)ublications. All
Armou r on parade Ihree arc likely to be of use to 1:72 scale modellcrs, the Kitt)'-
hawk Profile, for instance, giving no less than 25 full colour
MIt.tTAilV VElHClA P RI/oITS, SUIES 9. I' ublished by Mer-
views appl icable to the Airfix mode l either as it comes or when
bulen Lld, Hawfhorn Hill. Brackllell, Berks. I'rice 4s
suitably modified. T hese incl ude GA-V, subject of Ihe Airfix
(post free UK, Is 6d postage overseas). I;it, and se\·erJ.I other Desert Air Force va riutions as wclt as
HE standard of Bellona's military vehicle drawings has Australian, Dutch, New Zealand and Canadian examples.
T consistently imprO"ed since their introduction, and
Ihis latest issue, co,eriol the US Anny's MIO, the experi-
US \ersioNl of the 1'40 are to be CO\'ered in a separate I)rofile.
Rather less coI.ourful, but none the less interesting. is the
mental T14, the 8 too ZgKw prime mover, and S.g cm lkaufighter i'rofile by Philip Mo)'CS which includes a SilH'iew
Aac. 18 is probably the most interestinl )'CL The half-track centrespread in rolour as welt as 14 other 8eaufighter colour
Z,Kw-or Miulerer ZuakrnCtwagen to ute the [ull German \ iews in the cndpapers. Various experimental 8caufighters are
namc-designated Sd Kfz 7, was the most widely used also CO\cred pictorialty and in the text. Lo\ers of the French
prime mover for the famed Flak 18 and the centre-spread . Dcwoitinc 520 will be suitably dau.led by Profiles' colour
oC this issue certainly dDel justice to the pair. treatme nt of this su bject as onc whole page is devoted to examples
In addition to four views o( the vehicle there are fou r of this aircraft in the gaudy 'candy stripes' of Vichy Air Force
views of the 'SS' in both towing and emplaced positions sq uad rons and a IOtal of 24 differen t ro]OUf schemes is given
m rd a cut-away view of the half-track to show the drive altogether.
and ammunition stowage, etc. 'Ille drawings are superb The remaining three Aircraft I>rofites do not cover modcl
and certainly jus tify the publisher's claim that they are the subjects but all Ih ree aircraft featured. the Fokker G-I , the
most detailed e,'er released on this equipment. Since the SAAB 21A and R, and the BEl are well·!.;nown types. The
drawings are to I :76 scale they Will be vcry usefu l to usua l Profiles pictorial and historical treatment is followed
anyone wishing to scratch build a ha IC-trad;. and / or flak throughout and aviation enthusiasts will regard these as ·musts·.
lun to scale with Airfix tank modclt-though the tasl; The six Car Profiles CO\'er the ' M' type MG Midget, the hod-
lnoh quite fonnidable! Tbe M \0 and TJ4 are also fiocly zontal-engioed Wo lselcys. the Lotus Elitc. the six-cylinder
drawn, with the addition of a cut-away view for the M IQ, Hotchl;iss of 1929-54. the Lancia Lambda, and the Stutz
and would be vcry useful to scratch builders working from \'ertical eight. Ex~lIent artworl;, either cOH!ring indi"idual
Airfix Sherman parts. \ehicles or illustrating various body styles, is featured in each
!'hoto co\crage of the subjects draYon is very good. and all have numcrous picturcs and ijcncrous text. We liked
though a little murky in one or tYoO instances. and includes the MO Midget and Lancia Lambda " rofiles particularly,
a view of the Bcdfocd dc rivation o f th e Sd Kfz 7 projected. though all are good. Stot mcing fu ns who own mi nia ture
but nc,er produced, for the British army. T he back cover Lo tus Elites will fi nd plenlY in the Elite I' rofite, incidenta lly,
of this issue givcs a cut-away scale drawing of the ubiquitous to enable them 10 super-detail their m<Xlcls.
Much, 1961
'"
Military Modelling BY HILARY DOYLE

Klimenti
Vorishilov
FROM THE AIRFIX JS3

D ESArmPITE the tremendous victo ri es won by the German

ies du ring the invasion o f R ussia , the !-l igh Co m -
ma nd was greatly dist urbed [0 find tha t the Russians virtually
led the worl d in tank developmen t, T he new models 1"34
3Jld heavy Kl im;;nti Vorish ilov K VI. o r KW I as it was
referred to by German SOlm;cs, were armed wi th a mediu m
length 76.2 mm gun and ha d 45 mm and 75 mm armour
respectively. T he latter, a 45 ton vehicle, would have filled
the specification of the ne ..... Tige r "hieh had been just
orde red.
Unfortunately fo r the Red Army few oC these tanl:.s were
available at Ihis li me. Unti l 1942 the only wcapon tha t
could effectively destroy the KV was the 118 mm Flak gun.
By mid- I942 the Germa n 7S mm Pak 40 was ente ring
service and the KV IA was supersedt<d in service by the
K VIS. This model had improved protectiun in the form
o f 30 mm plates bolted [0 the turret and 35 mm plates welded
to the hull front. A new cast turret inco rpora ting heavier
armou r \\ as Illoun[cd on the K V l e. An exam ple of the Illodel
C is on display at tbe RAC Tank M useu m BOl'ing[on. In
1943 the new turret of the T 34/115 was filled on the KV TO il: The KV/ ",,,del C displuycd III Ihe RAC TIII/k
chassis aDd this model was called the KVII5. La[e in 1943 A11ls.'lI m , 11,,";111/1011. NOle lire "(,r),illg slyle of /fllck co ,'er
a furt her new turret was fi lled to a new chassis, whic h SIlIJrHJrtS. Abon~ : KVl (It Il,e SOI'iet Armed Forces
had a standard fronta l armou r of 110 mm. T h is turret was M llse,w l, M oscow. (Warpics photos.)
armed with a powerful 122 mm gUll an d thc improved
tank was named the Joscf Stalin I. MODELLING THE HULL
AS ICALLY the hull for all the above vehicles is Ihe
Produced collcurrelltly with the KV Series was the KV2.
This was a heavy assault tan k armed with a 122 mm o r B same, di fferi ng mai nly in the th ickness and layout of
152 mm howitzer fitted in a ve ry large turret. It enjo}'ed armour. Follow Ihe kit inst ructions for (rack work, and
only limi ted success in il:s intended role due to its unwieldy cement the eomple[ed side assemblies on to the hull bottom
layoul and size. I·towe,·er, it was entirely successful when from which the forward angled sloped plate must be re-
used as armou red self-pro pellcd arti llery. This vehicle was mo\·ed. The hull top is rcplaced by a fiat sheet of ca rd
su perseded by the JSU 152 assault gun ve h icle based 87 mm .It 43.5 mm f rom which 20 mm is cui from the front
on the KV and J S chassis. A lso on these chassis we re the and 12 mm from the rear, to the width of the actual hull
JSU 122 ta nk destroyers, which a long with the JSU 152 (about 24 mm). This is stuck directl y on lOp of the hu ll sides.
were described in our April, 1964, issue. Full-size templates are givcll for the side extensions \\-hich
must now be fi tted so as to give the correct KV hu ll shape.
KV models WIder cOllslmc/ioll showill/! hull eXll!IIsim,s ill Now working directly from the scale plan it is rclatin:ly
pluce (ldtJ. simple to fit the superstructure. T hin ca rd or plas tic card
is used to foml the curves at the rear. Detail can be ma de
from left overs o f other ki ts depending upon what yo u have
available. For example, I used T igcr wheels fo r the large
rou nd engine cove r and paper discs from a punching machine
for those near the back. As the re were SO many mac h ine
gun mountings I ma de mine from OlUrchill wheels reve rsed.
with an assault gun ret urn rolle r reversed as the actual shield
filted on the gu n. A She rman hull machine gun would be best
of a ll, as would the driver's viso r from the Sd Kfz 234
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Plal/, side. ulld frolll vitw of /he KVl e slrowillg applique armQur on hull find (lll de/oils. Frolll (I) mId rear (1) ImU
('x/ellSi(lIIs: KVJB IIlrre / (1) and KVl lU'rf!/ (4). All drawings excel)1 I, 2 aud J by A . J . D. NOr/h, re produ ced by
co urtesy 0/ Merberlen /.Id, f:ull-size for m odel.
armoured car if you ha\'e them IQ spare. Nice storage box~ covers arc from the rounded ends of the sprue o n whic h
art mad e fro m the hal f sections o f the Scammcl1 trans- the I S3 wheels came. Strictly speaking the J S3 hatches a re
porter fucltank, Finally, a n ae rial from scrap is fitted beside not correct, but the differen ce is slight and it is not wort h
the hull machi ne gun. wasting them, A quick way of ma ki ng the rounded gun
The KV1A had th e hull in its original fo rm \\. hilc the mounting is to mould some Humb rol plastic putty in you r
KVI B. C and 8S had ad d itional armour on the frontal fingers. The 76 mm guns a rc from Shermans and the recoil
surfaces. The latter pair also had slabs of a rmour on the housi ng from scrap balsa, The mantlet itsel f "as got by
sides 10 protect the turret rin g. Some early KV2s had no forming ca rd aro und the mounting.
machine gun in the hull, which did not carry extra a rm our. For the KVl e wc have to carve fro m baba as the proto·
The JSt did 110\ hal'e addit io nal armour as the basic frontal type turret is of casl constructio n. Stud y the scale drawing
thickness was now 110 mm. carefull y and mark out carefull y a block of balsa, remember-
ing to make it oversize to allow for sandi ng. Again in the
case of the KV85 wc have a cast turret. A drawing of the
TURRETS T34f8S with this tumt i$ available from Metbcrlen Ltd ,
while the RA C Tank Museum sells a postcard of the 1'34/85,
UAVE included a ful l·size draw ing o f the model B turret
I
- as this will allow U~ cover all variants of the scrics. The
COlllill!u;d Oil p(lf/e 26 1
model A has an identical turret to that dra"n, but wi thout
applique armour, These turre ts were welded from fl at plates
and therefore arc very easy 10 build up from card, o r beller
still plastic card. To achieve a realisti c res ult with the
applique armour } 'OU arc better ad vised to build the turret
first and then a dd the bolted plates, a most attractive model
feature. The studs I made from sections of Panther axle,
which I had to spare [rom my Royal Tiger conversion. These
can be quite rough, for when cemented fi rml y in place it is
easy to sand them down to an even height . The t\lo'O periscope
March, 1'167 251

THE SEVENTH
,DEVONSHIRE
Another Airfi. cruiser conversion by lan Whitehead
from the 'Suffolk' kit
il l! 'County' clan crui~n
formed
T the backbone of our heavy Crui5l.! T
strength during the 'Ihirlics, an d
served wi th great distinction in the
!lome Fleet and the Eastern Fleet
during the wa r. Their most famous
action was probably the shadowing of
the IJiwrarck in the Dcnmarl Slmit
in 1941 by Nor/olk alld SuDo/k, after
Ihe loss oC the /food. They also per-
formed sterling scnice in their de-
signed (unction of commerce protec-
tion. The Dorsttsliire, Com.wll and
Devo'lJhire all (ought successful
actions again I German commerce
raiders. the lauer dcst ro)'ing the A/-
lan/is In November, 1941. The AI/(III/is
had been at large (or nearly 11'00 rQn
and had sunk 22 Allied merchantmen,
totalling nc-irJy 150,000 tons gross.
The 'Counties' ~crc su bdivided into
the ' Kent ', ' London' and 'Norfolk'
classes and, as .....ell as the RN unil!.
two further members of the ' Kent'
class "'erc commissioned into thc
Royal Australian Navy. loe .ubject
of the Airlix kit, Sul/olk, can be readi.
Iy con\'erted into any of these vessels
and Chris Ellis has alread y described
the Trials Cruiser H MS Cllmbvitmd
(February, 1966, iss ue). The subject
of this month's conversion is a unit
of the 'London' class, HM S De ~oll­
slrirt , which was one of four called
for in the 1925 estimates. She wa s
designed by Sir James Harrie, who
follo¥.cd closely the outline of Sir
Eustace Tennyson D'Eyneourt"s ' Kent'
class of the previous year, and was
the seventh ship commissioned into
~c RN to bear the name, ¥.hich dates
F,. " Upper Oetks for Tnoi"in,
m A1RFIX
J
back to 1629. HM S De~'ollshire was
laid down al Dcvonport Doclyard in
Man:h. 1926. launched in October.
1927, and com pleted in Man:h , 1929.
an d was engined by VicLers A OIl '
strong's Tyne ),ard.
The class was d ue for extensive re-
fits im mediately prior to the oU lb rea~
of wa r, but only the Lom/oll was
act ually taken in hand. Durillg the
wa r, Dlwomhire served with the FiTllI
Cruiser Squadron of the 1I0mc Fleet
and in the Eastern Fleet. In addition
to the successful action already men·
tioned, she earned the battle honours
'Norway 1940', 'Arctic 1941' and
' Diego Suarez 1942'. In Ma)" 1945,
she was at Copenhagen to receiH! the
surrender of thc German cruiser
Prill Z £lIgen.
The following rear saw Del'ol/shire
ta l en in hand for conversion to a
Training Cruiser, and in 1953 shc
appeared at the Coronation Fleet Re-
view as a reprcsentati\c of the I'ly.
mouth Command. Her days were b)'
then numbered, howe\'er, and in
December 1954 she was scrapped at
Newport.
The eon\'cnion commences wit h
thc hull , "'hich must be plated in
right aft 10 give a flush deck ...... here
Sul/ofk was cut away. I used plastic
card for this. set \ertieall y to within
t inch of the stern. and allowed the
cement to set com pletely before fm ish-
ing oil with body putty or n onda·
paste right aft. A stri p of $cHotape
fastened round the stern is an excel·
lent framework for this, and is easi ly
removed aCterwards. T he putty shou ld
10 20mm
L I
o
Crul~er
HMS Devonshire 19·4]
-- L
HMS DevonshIre 19S)
be recessed to take the decl mould-
ing. ",hich is thc next component 10
rccehe a ttention. The lowcr quarter-
deck is cut ofT this moulding and
rcfixed to make a flush deck.. ' 8 ' a nd
' Y' barbettes arc remO\'ed and the
resultant holes plugged with plastic
card. Two thm strips o f card are
added round the edge of the quarter-
deck and these are then filed till the
quarterdeck fits thc hull snugly.
If you are loing to 1\1 the deck to
the hull at this stage, ' t\.' turret should
be fitted before the final cementing.
'X ' gun deck (part 20) is now added
with thc barbettc rcmo\ed, and slrips
of card 5 mm high cut and fixed \'cr-
tica ll y to the inside of the hangar
recess. l oese ru n aft to the sides of
' X' gun deck, 10 fo rm the bulkheads
for the a fter supe rstructure deck. The
middlc uppe r deck (part 63) is re-
duced to the size and shape shown
in Fig. 2. and a continuation of this
dcek is made from card (measure-
ments from Fig 2) 10 meet up with
'X' gun deck. Quadru plc torpedo
Fig .. . CruIser
m~nine
 ---
tubes are fitled before th is deck is
cemented in place and Ihese arc
located on each side, 132 mm from
the stem. J used spares from a Cos.
sack kit but they could be made uom
scrap. The distincli\'c plating round
these tubes, supporting the upper decl.':
can be fitted at this stage and the
dimen ions can be obtained lrom the
scale drawing Fig. 1 shows all the
foregoing modifications, piu! the next
slep.
The bridge is now staMed an d the
lo .....er bridge (part 83) is cut down to
a rectangular shape 8 mm wide X
23 mm long, measured from the bad.
of this part on the cent re linc. Two
card sidC$ are added to CO\'er the
resultant holCll and part 89 is no .....
added without modification. A piece
of card is cemented 10 the front of
these two components, as shown in
Fig 3, ..... bich should be used as a
guide to building up the bridge. Part
92 is now added, followed by 90 and
91, the latte r requiring a piece of
card adding at the rear. The assembly
Omm
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March, 1967
Fig I (lOp), I.;ey to num bers: I- part 81 resha~d ...·it!1 cardfronl; l-part 61 r~liwped;
1......u"a card tkck; 4-'X' barfJelle to be removed; 5-' Y' barlHlle pf~led and
smoothed ol"er; 6-a/t quorur plated in ami quarter (leck raised to gil'e plISlllIIQin
tkck; 7-.<ard side screens; 8 alld 9- screells and deck supports; 10-' B' barlHtte to
IH remol't!d. ""ift 3 (aOOH!), I.;er 10 letten : A- port 94; B- top ofpor, 91; C-port 91;
D--ptul 90; £-COPy front of part 91; F-port 91; G- porl 89; H-ctlrd fronl;
[-port 8J r~shaped; }-balsa IkckholHe; K-.<reSI on ship's boots. Olh~' conslruc-
tiollal dctl/ils for Devonshire us tralnffl/f cruiser and for WorM War 2 appNrance
given in figs 1 and 4 at foot of opposite page.
is completed b~ the add ition o f the mainmast (part 110) to 37 mm , legs
top or part 93 which is reversed so (part Il l) to 20 mm overall. Unde r
that Ihe nal edge coincides wi th the the rear edgCll of the upper deck I
back of parts 90 and 91. The main fitted stanchions made from ! tretched
director is now fitted to part 93 and sprue on the outlxtard sides, spaced
a whedhouse front to part 92. 1 used at approximately • inch intervals.
pa rt 91 as a pattern and made this The boal5 complete the model and
piece project -I inch. these are disposed as follows: two
The t..... o deck houses in ' 0 ' and 'X' 32 loot cutters (parts 52, 53), two
positions are now made rrom 3/16 whalers (parts 61 , 62) as in S"Oolk.
balsa 10 the plans givcn in Fig 2 . The The motor boat and gig (parts 54 and
funnels are fitted to instrllctions, an d 55) are placed outboard on davits
a small balsa deekhouse 11 mm X 9 abeam of the positions fi lled by Suf·
mm thick fixed immediately aft o f the folk's 35 foot motor boatl. These
funne ls. The searchlight platfonn latter are carried abeam of the fo r·
(part 82) is mounted on to p of this ward end o f the crane and two spare
deckhousc with a 36 inch sea rchlight whalers a ft of these. The positions
(pa rt 105) fitted . Aft of the search· are shown in the scale drawing. The
light deel.; comes the crane, and only finish to the model was light grey
one is used lor this model, mou nted with planking main deck and compo-
on the centre line. Two 4 inch gun sition upper decks. The boats were
mountings are carried, one cach side painted brown with white covers,
on the deek abeam of the fore fun·
nc\. The masu I used ..... ere those in
the kit but they are cut down as
except lor the two 35 foot motor
boats which I finished in midnight blue
with .....'<1 ru bbing S1rales, wh ite covers
foJiows; forematt (part 108) to 33 and brown decks. This was achieved
mm, leg.s (part 109) to 19 mm overall, Contin~d on P41e 268
253
 MILITARY MATTERS
by Peter Chamberlain
Ri~hl: Olle 0/ li't {irst piClUru tl'U rtftoscd of Shumalls
illSri/ish Itn'iet; (I Sliermm' sqlladrm, mQI';lIg up fOM"ardJ
'"l'Alamf;" /jil t ;" OCllIbt'f, I94J . Uke mOSI 01 Ihe first
.WO, ,"ne (m~ M/.. lIs. (All pholo! courtCS) Impe ria l War
MU$CunI.)

THE SHERMAN STORY

PART 6: SHERMANS IN BRITISH S ERV IC E
The following is a list o f Shermnn types and their British
T il E Shcrman first300entered
appro~imalely
scf\'icc with the British "'hen
,·chicks. mainly M4Al s. arrived in designations:
Egypt in time to lake part in Ihe famous oottle of El Alamein
during October, 1942. Fro m then o n, for most of the war. the
Sherman became the principal lank of the British armoured Sherman ] M4 with 75 mm gun
fol'Cl;:S. Sherman ] Iybrid M4 wilh cast Ilads plate and 75 mm
During Ihe cOurse of the war all basic types of Ihe Shcrman go"
were used by the British as combat tanks. these being filled with Sherm nn ]0 M4 with 105 mm howitzer
75 mm and 76 mm guns and 105 mm howitzers. But undoubtedly Shermn n I BY M4 wi th 105 mm howitzer and 23
the mQSt superior an d successful of the British Shermans was inch track
the \crsion mounting the 17 pdr gu n. As early as 1942 8.ritish Sherman le M4 with 17 pounder gun
tank designers had e!(pcrimented \\ ith the mounting o f a ] 7 pdr Sherman 1I M4A I wilh 75 mm gun
ant i.. tank gun and the first ta nk to be fitled with this wcapon Shennan JlA M4AI with 76 mm lun
was the A30 Cha]Jenaer \\hich was completed in laIC 1942 and Sherman ItB M4A I with ]05 mm howil2Cr
saw only limited production. this cruiser tank nOI being satis- Sherman li e M4A I with 17 pounder gU D
factory. In the late part of 1943, howe\er, it was decided 10 Shennan II I M4A2 with 75 mm lun
mount the British hiah velocity 17 pounder gun on to the Sher- Sherman IIIAY M4A2 wilh 76 mm gun and 23 inch
man. track
To aehiC'.·e this the turret had to be slightly modified and the Shc'rman IV M4A3 with 75 mm lun
gun was mounted on its side and adapted for left-hand ]oadina. Sherman IVA M4A3 with 76 mm lun
The alterations to Ihe turret were kepi to a mi nimum and it was Sherman IVB M4A3 with 105 mm howitzer
possible to use the e.'1isting lrunnions togcthcr wi th a new gun Sherman Ive M4A 3 wilh 17 pounder gun
mount ing. recoil and ele\'ating gear. The wireless set \\-as trans- Sherman V M4A4 with 75 mm gun
ferred from inside the turret 10 an armoured 00'1 thal had been Shennan V (Guards) M4A4 fined with Typhoon rocket
welded to the outside rear of the turret. lbc: wireless set could projectors on IUrret plus gun
sulI be operated from inside the turret. however. The 17 pd r Sherman ve Fircfty M4A4 with 17 pounder gun
Mk 2 \o'U capable of an elevation of 20 degrees and a depression ShcmllUl VII M4A6 with 75 mm gun
of SO degrees and had a munie velocity of 2.900 fcct per second. Sherman VI le M4A6 with ] 7 pounder
The weight of the AP round was 17 ]b and rounds carried
\\cre 78. The shell could pcn..:lrale ]20 mm of 30 dcgree armour The Shennan IBY and ili AY had the horizontal volu te
at SOO yards. T hese upgunned Shcrmans wcre ready in 1944 spring suspensio n and wide t.raek and. thoulh delivcred,
in time to take pari in the invasion on Normandy where they wcre not used in action by the Bri tish. Many ofthc Sherman
played an im portant part aga inst the German pIlnzers and pill- Ili A Y were purchased by the Canadian Army after the war
boxes. Near]y nil mnrks of British Shermnns were used for 17 pdr whcre they wcre used for training, some of them being
conversiolls, but the mos t numerous o f these wns the Sherman gulled nn d used as armoured personnel carriers.
ve Firefly.

Abt" e, left 10 rill-hi: A Shumllll 11 .';,11 UpP/lqllC a,mou, olld MJlld sMtdds ill l i /II . Olle QI IlIe small IIlIlIIber 01 IBY,
d,./iv,.,,.d ill 1944-45 but 110 / us,.d jll actioll . NOlI'. ,11,. HVSS. A ,emailli,,/( example is prt'luved 011 "'e playillg fitdds ul
Boril/stIJII. l/1terellillg Sherman IIA "'at olle 01 r efoti\'ely lew deli.'ered /0 Ihe Brilisll . Note T13 1),Pf: turret.
1S4 AlRFIX miluine
 Ah'll\t', !er. 11. rij.!h l: SI/erm/I/! VC Firefly ...·iII, 17 pdr grill. Sfltrmall "lA)' 1110"';118. II VSS. Lf'SS ...·e/l·I..'IQ..." ...as "/(~
VIIC, atl M4A 6 ",ifh 17 pt/r. All C ntodt:b IIad Iht bo w ma.MIIf! gUll 'rmul'(~d (.md Ofit'll carried a fmm SfQ'twlgr box.

SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT
As in US Army service the: British Sherman was used as a
tracked mount for various lkvices. Some o r them only reached
the: prototype staac. but the experience gained rrom the dc"e!op-
ment of these "ehicJes WIU utilised in the oonstruction or better
models. Again some of these specialised equipment! only saw
limited $Cn·ice. A big ractor in the limited use of the Sherman
in th is Held was the top priority gh'en to them as gun tan ks.
This part of the Sherman story is an attempt to summarise
all the ,'ariou5 equipment! and devices that were used on this
,·chide.
SELF PROPELLED GUNS
S I' 3 inch 1\1 10 : US ] inch Gun Motor Carriage r.-l I0 ,
Wolvcrine.
S» 17 pd r M.IO : US M l0 'llodified by the British to mount
a 17 pdr gun a nd called Achilles.
I' riest I : US 10S mm howitzer Motor Gu n Ca rriage M 7.
S I' lS pdr SeJ;lon: Th is "chic k: was rundamenlally a Griuly I
tank (US M4A I) chassis moun ting a QF 25 pdr gun. the first
pilol modd being built in ClI nada in laiC 1942, The earlier
vehicles had the: three-piece bolted differe ntial housing and latcr
vehides the cast one·pia't' sharp nosed differential housing and
various modifications,
AA 20 mm Quad Skink: A modiflCd Griuly J ( M4AI ) ... hich
had a specially designed turret mo unting four Pol5te n 20 mm
Mk I machine guns. One pilot model shipped to England in
1944, Limited production only, WO number or the pilot model
CT- 16393I.
Ram 11 0 1' : This "115 a modified Ram 11 designed 10 sent
the role of an armoured obscrv:uion post or or a command
\'ehicle. It was fitted wilh the necessary wireless equipment,
qlrried a crew or 6, and was fitted with a dummy gun . Canadian
\VD numbers or IIw:se vehicles ....ere cr·W:!II) 10 cr·ZOZIJ6,
and cr·ZOj122 10 C r ·2()5J81.
Sherman 0 1>: Simitar 10 Ram 11. various marks romef\ed.
",iCSI QP : Adapted as armoured obse,...lIuon posl wilh gun
removed .
Se):I(H1 G I'O: Gun rcm(J\oo and equipped .... ilh additiona l
wireless equi pment plus Tannoy control unit, CIC, for use as
Gun Position OffICer vehicle (Artillery).
RECOVERY VEHICLE S
Shenmlll lU , A" V 1\'l k l aud S hcrllliln V, ARV I\1k I :
Turretlcss !l.'Covery vehick", British conversions.
S h('I'1II1UI V, A RV Mk 11 : Fabricated turret , dummy gun,
winch and lifling gear. British convcrsion.
S hernmn IIA (M32), AI{V ,\110: Ill : Amcrican conversion
with winch and jib filled and 81 mm mortar carried on the front
glacis plate, These were standard US vehic les takcn o\cr by the
British.
Ibm U A"V : Early Ram 11 con\crsio n .... ith dummy gun.
Sherman IIAI{V : Ikach Armoured Reco ,ery Vehiclc. British
oon\'ersion. Normal Sherman chassis with armoured super-
structure and watcrproofing for deep wading, Equipped wilh
r«:O,'cry equipmcnt.
Two "ersions, Ot'l(: with high superstructure, and the other
wit h square turret and tall box ,·ent.
ICOnt in ....! n . . . month)

To p ro ..·, Idt 10 r iltht : Slttrnltm V. A RV MI.. 11 ... illl jib t!f('Cud, MI O AcMlltS .. ill, 17 pdr, A " rinl used by lilt
Calladiafu UI Normalldy willl fWfl,"u"durd sidt tX/tflsiofls. Pritsls ...ert rt pll'ftd by StHOIIS ill 11 Army GrollP SOOll
a/ltr V·Vu y . AbmC' , IC'fl to ri&ht: Shtr".all IVC -co"' fl'Urt IIOst! " ';111 VC u/ lOp 0/ fI'U/lt. Skilll.. AA Illllk . All t urly StXIOI'
-IUltr nwdtlllllld Ollt· pitCt sharp /l Ost! alld rtlltrll rol/rrs m Olllllrd brMlld bog jrs.
Much, 1967 us

SWtlrl Ron mtlde /lIis Airfi.r P-47D 'I'e/lrod tllIIl Sa",' /''
ollly three el'lmblgs' work IIsillg IlIe lIew Meta/skill COI'C,-
iug 10 depicI IlI e /ltlll/wl metal {illisll aftlle orig;,wl, III IlIis
anide lie discusses a JuggeSled l ec/llliqlle ,
A NYONE wbo hu laboured in
vain to create. life-like rne13l1ic
finish on model Starti&hten, Mus-
tan,s and Mitebells will be interested
to learn oC a new material intended
10 do just thal New to this country
and marketed especially ror model-
lers, it is called ' Metalskin'- a selC-
adhesive papcr laminated to a frac-
tionally thin sheet of metal which,
wben peeled from its backing paper
and applied in sma ll panels 10 a
plastic model, can ,h'c a realistic
impression oC thc semi-polished
duralumin skiMin, used on real
planes.
My flfst use or Metalskin was on
the recently-issued Airfix Republic
1'-470 Thunderbolt-a beautifully
produced kit which, despite ils many
curvaceous lines, was a 'natural' Cor
the task in hand, I will not relate the
method o( skinning I used on the
'J ug' step by step, as this could be
rathe r tedious, but will rather explain
in some detail the bMic techniques
that evol\'ed during this first experi-
men131 effort.
For ease of handling when co\'er-
ing a model ",ilb Melalskin, the
ruselage, wings and tailplanes should
be made up separately and then each
Po'm covered as far as is possible
before final assembl y. But first pai nt
in the interior colourings of the
cockpit, wheel-wells, etc, with malt
paint as it dries very rapidly and
allows construction ,",ork to start
..... ith the minimum of lost time.
Havi ng made up the fuselage. it
can be left to dry ....-hilS! the other
components arc made up, When all
joints are dry, remove the mou lded
rhet and panel lines frOm onc side
of the fuselage only with fine sand-
paper, wiping away the dusty residue
and leaving the surface clean and
smooth for the skinning operation.
Oy smoothing onc side at a time,
256
METALISED
FINISHES
Stuart Ross investigates a
new covering for plastic kits
the remaining moulded details may
be used as a guide in cutting panels
to sbape and in positioning them on
the smooth side, Thus, when onc hair
oC the fuselage has been fully
skinned and detailed, the other half
can be sanded down and skinned,
copying this time the pattern from
the skinned side.
OItting Metalskin is like cutting
thickish paper 50, for the ftoest
slicing possible, a sing1e-edged razor-
blade o r craft !,;ni(e makes the han-
diest tool. Don't fo rget to have a
thick piece of eardboard as a cutting
boord an d use a stecl ruler for
stl1light cuts, Scissors can, of course,
be used to fashion cur\'ed pieces and
th e material will nOt harm or blunt
the blades.
• Small panels of r-. l etalskin, prob-
ably no larger than I inch by t
inch are the nlost com'enient size
in skinning a 1:72 scale fighte r, n aif
a dozen or more piece will be re-
quired for each side of the fuselage.
depending on whether you follow
the sim ple moulded detail on the
plastic model or .... hether you ha \'e
picture rererences of the real air·
craft. If the latter is the cast, more
detail will be apparent in the photo-
Allfllher "iew of lire compiefed P-47D model sho ..... illg the impeccable fillish
,,'/ridl CClII be obta;lIed by rorefuf coverillg ,
,
graphs, allowing skilled modellers to
copy all the surface martingli down
10 the lan rivet.
Once a panel has been cui, :I
steady hand and a sharp blade are
r~'quired to part the Mctalskin from
il5 protecli\'c backing paper. AI first
this can be quite tricky. especially
on small bits, but onc soon learns
the knack without damaging the
sl;in. With the bacl.:ing paper away
and the adhesive side laid bare, the
panel is held between the fingers and
laid lightly on Ihe model in the
correct position. Smooth the skin
over the fuselage contours with the
finge rtips - preferably covered with
a handkerchief to minimise marking
the metal surface, until Ihe adhcsi\ c
bond is tighL Finally. the panel
should be burnished all o'·cr by
rubbing Ihe rounded wooden cnd of
a small paintbrush backwards and
forwards in one direction. An y sur-
pl us skin can now be tri mmed ofT
wit h a blade and the cut edges burn-
ished down.
Compound eurved portions o f a
model arc best s kin~d in smaller
piC(: oC material, cutting the panel
10 fit the shape when il is actuall)'
in position; any small creases Ihat
A/RFIX magazin e
 •
de_el op can usually be flattened by
finger pressure Ind bur nishing. Onc
by onc, the cut panels Irc positioned
by butting Ihem up 10 each Olher
unti l the joints arc merely hairl ines
on thc surface. With the las t o ne in
, "'
place and the trim ming completed
)'O U can begin thc process or mark-
,/
ing thc intermediate pa nel and rivet _
lines on to the Metalskin.
Hold the fuse lage steady by block·
ing it up lO;it h "Iaslicine or pu t it
between the folds of a soft cloth. Tn
scribing the fine detail I find that a
pair of div;der:! makes an effective
tool not only because the fine stecl
point is ab le to etch in the ti niest
detail but that they arc usdu l for
tra nsferring dimensions from plans.
pictures o r the moulded detail on the
model. Avoid freehand 1O;0rk as much
u possible as it tend 10 look unt id y
on the finished model a nd the use of
a sli m straight edge o f steel or plastic
is recommended.
,.....
TO il: CUlling Af t!la/$kill fHlllt!/$ with a sharp bladt! afld stet!i ",tu. Ellsllrt! poItt!/s
To add more rea lism, uti lise the /it accurately bt!/ort! rt!ItIOI'illg badillg papt!, . Abo ve: /JUlt the silapt!d palle/$
grain o n Mctabkin by turning a 10gt!lhu alld bUfllbh ioilllS alld pallds lIo'ith t!/ld 0/ palllt brush.
panel in n:lation to ils neighbour to
produce a slightly difTerent texture itself to the Metalsk..in. insignia instead of waiting unti l the
of metal u can be secn on most To finish the fuselage, some very fina l u.scmbly is completed.
natural finish aircrarl. This tride is thin strips about It inch long by "M For the wings, the re is a choice
also vcry efTective when overlaying inch wide can be cut (or the cockpit of two different covering met hods,
tin y inspection panels, ammunition canopy framing. This le ngth is neccs- a lthough in both cases the left a nd
hatches. cowling gills and the like. sary for easy handling and a direct right wing hah'es should he skinned
h may ha ppen tha t. when remov- cut when the stri p is in place is the indepe ndently of each other. In the
ing a panel that hu b«n burnished best way or ensuring neat joinu. first me thod, having sanded onc wing
dolO; n hard and is spoiled in some Even though the strips al"l:l almost on both top and underside, the
way. the metal lamination strips hai r-like, it wi ll be found that they whole can be CO\'ered by one piece
away. leaving the adhesive p.1per adhere well a nd, ir rough ly pasi· which has been cut slig ht ly Ol'ersize
base still attached to the model. This tioned, can be gently pushed into all round. For the neatest join, the
can usua ll y be prilcd off com plete place with the fingerna il. Finally, aile rons and fl aps on the underside
wit hout dam age to the surrounding any small plastic mouldings such as of the wing are covered firs t, pulling
pa nels if one corner is lifted and pro pellers. ex haust ports, rad io the Metalskin tight over the trailing
the piece slowly pulled away. Should masts. tailwheel, gu ns, etc, are added, edge and smoothing i l forward ol'er
any ad hesh'e remain o n the modd, a having previously been painted in the uppe r $urfact's towards the lead-
wa!\e bit o f Metalskin can be pressed their appro priate colours. At this ing edge. Having made ct'rlain that
, tiel.. Y side on' to the gummy spots stage it may be opportune to paint the skin on the top o f the wing is
and lifted up and down unti l a ll the in or attach some of the more flat and clear of air bumps, the re-
offending adhesive has transferred awkwa rdly placed transfers and mai ning skin is rolled tightly round
and under the leading edge and
Scissors are uud 10 trim t!xcess skin f,om curllt!d lips alld Irallillg t!dgt!s. pushed back to the a lready skin ned
Excnl at It!adillg t!dJ..>(! il IUrllt!d IIIrdu all/I lrimmt!d at cOIIVf:llit!/I/ spar lint!. fl aps and aile rons. A few neat cuts
at the hinge line will make the joint
hardly notict'able.
This method is fine on a wing that
has a straight edged planform. but
10; ith curved wi ngs it may be better

to follow the style or skinning used

on the fuselage an d build lip the
surface with a nllmbe r of panels.
Doing this ma y take a lillle longe r ,
but it is probably easier and morc
effecti\'e in tht! long run. One word
o f warning. do not make joints meet
at the leading edge as this may cause
C()lIlillllt!d 011 pugt! 26lJ
March, 1967 2S7

PROFILE
I NtheAugust of last yea r I acce pted an imitation 10 ,ish
Netherlands and view part o f the Dutch aeronautical
scene. It offered much of hislOrical and current interest.
Of the past I was able to sce ma terial evidence. I loured
the Fokkcr factory, the RNclhAF showed me a cross-
IeCtion of its present equipment and I briefly looked in on
KLM . From my tour I .... as naturally able to return ... llh
impressiol1$, and ideas for an assortment of modets ",jlh
a Dutch flavour.
Wishing to sample a modern packet ship I sailed in SS
Av,,/on to the '-look. Com pared wilh the old cross-Channel
steamers AI'aloll seenu large and lavish, a JO rI of minialUrc
CQllburQ. Her paint scheme marks Ihe breakaway from
long standing while and blad: of BR steamers. for her hull
is bright blue, 5u~rstructu rc while. The black / red funnel
carries the y,hite BR motif. She ~t me thinking how fine a
model of a ship this size would look in 00 railway scale.
Awuo" rod e o ut the stormiest night o f the summer
extremely well.
An electric train whisked me to Rotterdam. If ships
interest you then Rotterdam Dod :s are a ' must'. You ca n
tour them by launch " diting Waalha\'en, frequent target
A trip to the Netherlands
for low-level RAF da y raids and scene of spectacular
Blenheim attach and disasters. 1111.' giant dodo area is the
world's busiest.
My journey next took me to Utrecht and from there [
tra velled to BUm (ncar Soc$terburg. a baJe for lI untcrs
and F- I025) y,hcre i stayed wit h a Dmch fami ly. Wc
associate Holland with flat farm land. windmills. flowcl"$.
black and white cows, dykes and the Z uider Zee. Thcy are
all to be found around Iba rn - I could sec: thcm From the
wi ndows of the flat- but it was the sandy woodland around
the Royal Palace that really set me think ing. T his was so
reminiscent of the Breckland which 1 alwa)'s associale wilh
the Wellingtons and Stirlinas of long ago. Mention of the
lallcr ~minds me o f m y closing remarks in last month'
Profile.
No. I didn 't sce a Stirling. but my Duteh friends reeentl~'
did. It was not intact. but la rg c sections of ;t were easi ly
recog nisable including the serial number BF38l My hosl in
Holland W'35 Gerrie J. Z wanenburg. whose interest in Ihe
rec(we ry of th e wreckage of aircraft brought down in Ihe
Zuider Zee (or more correctly Ijsselmeer) is well- kn own
Luck was largely out for me, i saw no Sti rling indeed no
wl"Cckage. Work had commenced on unea rthing a 103
Squadron Wellington le (T2996 : PM -C) which crasbcd on
June 11 / 12. 1941 , at Zwaagdyk, nea r Hoom, but uneJl. ploded
bombs aboard made a visit unwise. D rai ning parts o f Ihe
Ijssclmeer means building wall! (or d ykes) encirding the
new polder, some work being visi ble now from Spakcnburg.
When the waler is out, and e\'en before. the rema ins of
many wa n ime tragedies a ppoear and parts are snatched From
the ooze. This wo rk is done mainl y to render the new la nd
'SS
•
Top to bott om : A LlK:kheed RF·I()4G in lighl grey (}I"eroll finish,
ill l/re hOlllls 0/306 Squadron, T lI'cntht. n'e triple lI'indo ll'S of tire
ca//lera bay ran be seen abead of the "';ng tank s!/lIdol\'. A gre)"-
grccn-grq RF-I04G of 3Q6 Sqn //laking a fost gn·away from
T,,'Cntl,e. Fin ("arrltJ tht sqUQ(lron cresr. A grey TF· I04G o/'n,t
Dutch ,liMier," I!,t unil responsiblt for troinitq! F-I04 pilols.
A red triangle "'/rh /l b/m:k hilt appears 011 "'!tfin abort Ihe serial.
s.1 fe fo r famling , but equally important is the opportu nit y
10 eliminate 'missi ng without ,mee' 1\5 the epitaph for man y
airmen. TIle Zuider 7..ce o ffered a relathcly s.1fe entry and
cxit free of ground defencC$. but many crippl ed ai rcra ft fell
here and ncar by.
This is where a 341 Sqn Spitfire TD3S9:GW-A eamc
down. a P-38 wa~ found there alld a B·24.' said Gerrie. Off
J uiden an 1·le 11 5 has beell reconred. nellr r> l arken
\VS37 I : PH-X 1\ 12 5qn Wellingto n 11 fell. Irl the Oostelyl
F1e"oland a J u 88, 0 · 17, Lancaster £ 0 357, a first wa r Gotha
G .lV, and a Hampden have been found . J ust hc )'ond the
new polde r, off Lel ystad BF181: WI>· H was retrie\cd. She
came down o n April 27, 1941, )et her paintwor~ was 51 ill
prdCrved. H er twin tailwhcels were retrieved still in natcd.
Parts of the ta il of this Stirling ha ve been shipped to Britain.
So, the a nsy,'er to the question 'Shall wc yet sec 3 Stirling ?,
- it is unlikely, but remotely possible.
Beautifully preJerved are some rema ins. A fabric frag ·
ment from 1'2996 perfectl Y re tai ns its dark earth doping.
E\'en wooden parts of a M osquito have been reeo\ered.
This interested mc much, fo r the ammunition aboa rd ",as
found to be Ge rman. Lancaster RSSI2:C of 97 Sqn
crashed on the oul5kirts o f Amsterdam. Docume ll ts aboa rd
were found intact after 20 years almost to the da y, also a
sill:. escape map and a small worl:.jng eompa
'Tomo\TOw wc go to Vpenburg,' said Ge rrie. We
trn velled b)' high speed train to The Hague. Here 1 was
introduced to Major A. P. de l ong, in charge of thc excava-
tio n wo rk a nd Deputy Head of the Royal Netherlands Air
Force infomlatiOn Service. 1·l e was to be m y guide for the
ncxt two da} . Ypc nb urg lies on Ihe oUl'lk.irts of Thc Hague,
AlRfIX maCu!nt

near [)cUI. On roads alongside, Ju 525 landed on ~1a )' 10.
1940, bUl nothing rcmaill5 10 be seen! Major de Jong told
me that some months later the Gemlans fle\\. some off the
road.
Ypenburg proved a fascinating place. Fin.t ".! \'isitcd
No 334 Squadron which operates th ree Friendships and
nine Troopships two of which arc presently on loan to KLM
and one has ~ome Flippe r \\.hieh has the nose radome
and radar of the F - I04 for training purposes. Stationed at
Ypenburg :llso were some Beavers and Pipe r Super Cubs.
'1hesc a re camouflaged bro",n and grecn ovcrall wit h whitc
coding!. The lJeavers (e.~ L-20s) have darglo tl'irn. Thc
Squadron Commander, Ma;or W. Ma)'er, \\.:u clearl y dc\oted
to his F.27s which are without doubt very finc aeroplanes.
On the previous day he had brought Iler Majesty Queen
Juliana home from a holida)' in Italy in Friendship C· I
and, Ihinl..ing Ihis would be an ideal model subject, I studied
the aircraft in some detail.
Externally the aircraft is basically light glossy gre)' in
finish with white fuselage top and "ertical tail surfac<.-s.
The fin fillet under section of the fuselage tail cone, nose
and wing ti~ are painted in rich red dayg lo, it .has, a royal
blue chea t line and grey propelh:r blades. Lettering IS black,
likewise the anti-dazzle panel. Interna ll y the aircraft is
divided into two cabins, the rear of which seats 20 paired
eaeh side. The "''ails are cream, the ceiling mid·blue. Thc
floor carpet is deep blue, as a\lo arc the wi~dow cur:tains.
Along the lisle is a strip o f grey carpet. Right ~h I.S the
baggage store, a head of which on the starboard Side 15 the
loilet cornpartmenL
The forward cabin is set aside for Ro)'al use. On the
starboan! side four seals (paired) Ire placed around a
walnut lurfaccd table the lurfaces of ... hich fold upwards
to re \'eal mirrors. Along the port side is a settee. The cabin
roof is lrey, the walls bluc interrupted by three ~rthole
windows on either side of th e aircnlfl. All seats III the
aircraft we re covered in mid· brown leather. A baggage corn·
pMtment is situated between. the cabins,. with ?nc compart·
ment to either side of the aIsle, faced III ne\l1ng. F orwa rd
Top : AnkJIIlst IlIe Ir~ure 1 brOMJrl1l back from l/oIland ,,'as Ihis
piclure 0/ a 8-17G-IO- DL. 1/1-17737:LL-X, 0/91 BG, baMJat
&ssingoourll ill /941. It ,,'as /orel'd to 'lIIuJ at BrockltJIuf, neur
AfN/(/oorn an OltoiHr 10, 1941. Finish : o/l,·t drllb (dark Ifun
lint) "'itl! dark grey llIu1trside: medium grcy lodes aft 0/ nlll/Qnal
insignia; ...hite fin triangle bcQrinf{ mid grey-blu/' ' A' rl'pt'UtNi
lloo,'e ...ing lip as usual. LtmOIl·)·/'lIo ... fin serial. L L- X ,,'as Ollt!
0/30 1l-17s 10Sl Oil Oct 10, 1941, durillg al/ach on Emchede,
Kocs{eld ali(I Mllnsler. Abo" e: TIle Royal Fokker Friendship
desuiMd in Ihls article. phOlographed August 29, 1966.
March, 1967
"
•
Top: Tilt' ",itll(lsMp productioll line III Schiplrol on Augllsl 11,
1966. In Ihe ft/rrgroll/NI are ''''0 Comhipllmes. NQle cargo door.
/Veil OI'er 400 ,.:17s IUlI'e I/O'" beel! Qnl.cred.
,\bo,'c: C~ l\'tJ.I" a ...ailillJ! de/i"ery to lite Air Forle dllrillg my
"isil 10 I/olklf/d. a/ler Ihe adl/ilioll 0/1111 'F- J04 rllllome' 10 ils
Iklse. Its colouring otll/'(I\'ise ...as as /Qr the other Troopships,
1111(1 it hatl orOllge da)glo areas. Note ,,·hite area o,'er ...ing cell/re
section/cubin .
of the Royal suite, panll"ies arc placed on either side of
the aisle. A crew of three fl y the machine, with the pilot in
the port seat, navigator in the starboard and radio operator
behind. C l , 2, 3 have double n05e\\.heel steerage for train-
ing purpo5CS, the second two aircraft being 32 seaten.
In order to compare Cl with the other F.27 Troopshi ps
Sgt Major Dales look: me aboa rd C4 which was externall y
similar but for its dull orange da)'glo. 11 has onc long ca bin
wilh grey walls, roof and hand luggage racks. Side scalS for
37 backed with fawn webbing arc installed for troops o r
paratroopers. TIle uncarpcted 'green metal' floor is fitted
with lashing points. Large cargo doors fo rward and aft on
the port side arc features of the Troopship, which a lso has
a special parachute guan! aft of the rear door. Another large
cargo door is placed aft on the starbord side. The fins of
these machines carry the squadron crest, a disc \erticall ),
dhidcd into light blue port and dark blue starboard halves
with a white Pegasus superimposed. Bolh venions had
black: de-icing leading edges to the wing and tai l.
Ypenburg is also home for lJase Flight and 300 Arm)'
Squadron, equipped with Aloucue JII. T he A louette 11
(now withd rawn) was long cmplo)"ed on AS R wo rk: . 1'1-5
being on sland·by during my visit. A ll the Alollette " ' s
have glossy dark: k:h aki-green paintwork and white numbe r-
ing (A for Arm y and H on the othen preceding lhe num-
ber). H-5, dark: glossy grey "ith red da )'glo pancls beneath
the nose and amidships, and on its rotor roolS, figu red in
the rescue of I Ru ian from a ship and two German
men, feau denoted on the nose by three white figures. The
tail rotor blades were striped red and white, \\.hilc the
tail bumper was yellow. canvas panniers were fined on
each side o f the aircraft. Alouette 1115 ha\'c simila r da)'glo
arcas also j"Jolinled on their fins.
Many visiting military aireraft are seen al Ypcnburg.
Those I law included a silver and white VC-47A, 0-23966.
and a LuhwafTc T-33A, 80·840, camoufl aged green and
grey with silve r under surfaces. It had orange dayglo tip
CoNtillued 011 IIl"xt JXlKe
2S9
 Profile - conti nued
tants and a white stripe across its fin. The red ~lripe around
the fuselage lining up with the turbine blade was retained
in American style. Under the rear fuselage was target
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towina aear.
Gl ·· 0- 0-, ...·

."'.......
Next day we travelled along the intefl1ational highway 10
the Tactical Air Command base at Twenthe, near H engel" . D- CJ ..... · 0-' '''''''
It is thc home of 306 Squadron which operates about 2U "'" D G"'N '0_,
RF-IOoW Starfighters and which in December, 1%2, was !I:J ,-' ..... Iril ".,.. """~
the fint Dutch unit to receive them. The Dulch Air F orce
has recci~'ed 9S F / RF-I04, Crom FoU:er and 2S from
Fial In addition it operates 15 TF- I04G two-seat trainers.
The Dutch have nOI encoWltered the same problems as the
Luftwaffe. I'ouibly the latter. troubles a rise from the large

-
nwnher of IO·b opcrated, for maintainina so many must
pose considerable problems. Ln four years only three DulCh
104. ha\'e been lost, and these to other reasons than those
which ha,·c plagued the Gennan machines.
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• • •

Fint I went to sce thc Base Commander, veteran na,·iga-

tor of No. 18 (Dutch) RAAF Sqn nying 8 -25s, a greying
exuberant personality quick to show me bow well
the Ge nnans had built the base HQ. Its wa lls were a
good two feet thick, and annour plate shutters closcd "vel
the windows. Nevertheless the RAF straffing the Bf llOs o f
T Oil lu boUolII: PH-FKA , one of lire two Fokker 1'-27
IU / NJG 1 bued here had managed to aet a shot through Tmo llShips 0." t()(.lll 10 NLM (a subsidiary of KLM J lor
the plating, visi ble still. The buildings were planned to rlllemal StHrccs. NOlt Ihe large l arwllfd door ""hidr is
resemble fann holl$Cs and sited amongst llees. The mess- rellrill~d. NLM Optrllle Iltese aircralt at! lire wrdersllllrdillg
which went then under the name of Hennann Gaecing fh m 11/ a few hOllrs Ilrey am be COf/l'ufed back 10 air
Casino and is now Prince 8crnhard Casino-also provided force requireme,lIs. Operalor's /lIJme, It lterfng, blue except
moments of interest as we tucted into ham and cggs ·and f or ·Fokku 1-".17'. A stundard F .l7 Friendship 01 Sdluiner
bread with everything,' the latter beinl a staple item of Airways, a freqll elll sigllf III marry Euro pearr airfields.
Dutch fcedina . I found a little Jcu forma lity in the RNeth· l'ello ",' Che(ll Ii"cs 011 lower /rrselage. SCII REIN£ R AIR-
w/rile. I-"okker 1'.17 rroopsllip 01 No JJ4 Sqll
AP than in the RAF, but then everyone seemed to know ·· WArS ill rtcort/ed tll Yptllburg ill AllgllsI, 1966.
everyone else! M y own welcome I can me rely say was
'quite overcoming.' all had arrestcr hooks.
Soon 1 was out by the runway to scc the squealing I spent the a (tcrnoon with the squadron a nd was given a
Starfighlers coming and loing in connection with their superb 'teach-in' on the Starfightcr. Silling in the cock pit
ro le as high speed low level reconnaissance fightcrs. Both or 0 ·6667 (camouflaged) 1 could see that th e wings look
RFs and TFs were busy. The home-built machines h:we e,·en smaller than they arc, but the all· round ,'lcw was
serials beginning 0 -801S whereas th ose hom Fiat commence clI:cellent. Next I ,,-atched the turn round of an RF- I04. The
D-66SO. The TF-I04Gs (serials belinning D-S800) belonged film magazine: was taten from the small boX- like housing for
to 'The Dutch Masters'. the F-I04 eon\'ersion unit also based thc three cameras. Film devc lopment was at o,'er 100 degrees
here, and i~ all-vey aircraft have a red fin triangle upon P. Then I saw the printing process mi ng a com·cnti"nal
which a blact schoolmaster's hat is painted. 306'5 machines enlarger and special paper. loe JaUe r was drr-de,·elopcd
have a dart blue/ light blue disc wi th white stars anJ a fa .... n and fixed , although for pennanent fil ing fixing ill a fIXer
eagle, the motif dating bact to i~ F-86K days which ended in solution would take place prior 10 ,·ery high temperature
1963 but arc recalled by an F-86K mounted near the drying, to which the fi lm is abo su bjected. Uaw to similar
station entrance. wo rt, I was interuted 10 sce the Duteh met hods which
Some of the RF- I04s ha"e dark g r~n and dark grey have now been automated with the entirc printing proces-~
uppcr surfaces, eg. 0 ·8107. A ll the serials were black , on being done in one step an d in a few seconds. How cas)'
the nose and beneath the fin crests. RF- I04 noses were a photography would be if we could all afford a machine!
green ish grey. All were carrying four long-range tanks, and The type of ta rget to be photographed does not need the
quality of resolution of a high altitude picture of course,
the subject. an)'way. appea ring large on Ihe ncgath·e.
Tile following day found me at Schiphol "here first I
went to the Fotter factory still busy maling Friendships
and concentlll ting on the Series 400 Combiplane and the
Quick OIangc cargo-passenger versions of .... hich Ansctt
has just laten delivery. These aircraft ha"e a 91 + inch x 70
inch upward hingi ng nose cargo door. A Pakistan Airlines
machinc headed the assembl y line follo ..... ed by one for
India n Airlines. The former was white and si lve r, wit h light
I'I- CSOI of Plrillipint Airlines in the IIsr/lll greJ'/ ....lrite schemt witlr gree n trim, whilst the Jailer had the same basic colouring
d(lrk bluelrtdlwhilt trim. a colour sclrelllll ...lrich ","(mId look g()(X1 with red· white-blue trim. On the production lines could be
applied 10 (JIJ Airfix Friends/rip modtl. seen Nos 21S for Gulf Aviation and 216 for Ansett- both
lOO AlMIX maaulne
 years two P.27 Troopships filted with civilian seating, tiC,
o n their first internal services. The machines on loan were
previously C9 and C- II which h:n'c become NI-KFA and
' 8 , whose colourings are illustra ted .
KLM ', laleS( acquisition, iu DC9·10s. had lately been
introduced to service. Four were in IUe and two more
dc li \'cred in 1966. This year the fint five DC-9-30s with
longer ruselages will reach Schiphol . KlM uses its DC9s
on the longer roules, eg, Amsterdam to Cairo, Venice, Rome
and Tripoli. Their paint scheme [ollows the usual KLJI,!
style. The airline also operates DC-7F and DC-8 P freighters,
DC-S-lOs and 505, Lockhecd Electra!, and is phasing Oul
Viscounts. Schiphol airport was undergoing very major
changes. 11 will h:we 3 new central leoninal building of
most imposing sile and appearance. New ru nwa)'3 have
Top: A /'okhtQl/ F.17 htadNlI/I~ prodllclion fin~ ...·hen '''~ aulllOr been buill 10 a tangential pallem around it, and the plan~
~;s;ltd Fokkt r. Finish iJ ,,·hitt II-itll figllf Krt)' lI'ings, Mullts, and han~ been made 10 suil 1965 requirements, KLM havc an
ulI(kr fustlqt, and light sea Krten 'r;lII . AIKU'C: Stroighlforll'ord mterest in three'Concordes, and havc modified their original
colOllr s(helllt: for IIIe A;rfix Fr;cndsMp ...·ouM tJ.t: "'Mu fgrt)' lI'ifl, '
rtt/-black-....hitt Irim of the S ...·{u o~ralor Bolair. a irport plan~ 10 cope wi th these jumbo ,ets,
I left H olland, a country where the British arc alwa)"S
Combiplanes. At the time of m y \'isit 401 F.27s had been made extremely welcome, with the impression I had pre-
ordered by 98 cu~tomers in 35 countries affording many viously formed. I had found agai n a very hard working little
possible nnishes for the Aimx model. country concentrating on certain lines and ma king a very
Since F- I04 production ended in May, 1965, Fokl,.er has nnc job of them . If only Britain and the British could adapt
been increasingly concerned with its F.28 Phantom;ct them'ICh'es to such ways and industry on a like scale, life
airliner intended for short and medium slage! and smaller here \lould be much more rewarding for us all.
than the DACI I I. The fint fuselage was well ad\":I.nced Mid .le l J . ~', Ro ..")'u
for its test flight this yeu. TheP.28 seems a \lide ae roplane
and I found the mock-up cabin exlTemely room)'. M y guide. Thc alllllor adno ..'ltdgts his gratitudc lor lacilitics 'a
M r Sewing, the well-known glider pilot, pointed out that III~
Roytll NClherlallds Air Force: Major A. P. de l ong.
at the time one P.28 was finnly on order--one more than RN~lhAF: Fokk~r: R oyal DUlch Air VIICS, and Hcrr
when the P.27 was at a similar stage, and this was a good j--:,-::"::,:,,::m::"::'::',:::'h::,::,,=:p:R=
omen. I Wa! surprised to find three more fusclage ad\,. ·nced
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Wate r pressure lant tests wcre about to begin and Fokker Military mode lling _ co ntinued
had working a nearly complete hydra ul ics system. Thil'
• fascinating item simulated full-scale nap and undercarriage on display there, if you need a photograph. Finally the
working, and test.! to embrace 20,000 flights each of six turret or the JS! is identical to that ror the JS2 which was
minutes duration wefe being made to search for data on described in the January issue.
endurance and malfunctions. Lite the F.27, the F.28 has Several va riations exist ror the tu rrelS of the KV2. That
Rolls-Ro)'ce engines and looks Iikc being an aeroplane with shown b)' the scale dra\ling is a late production venio n,
a good futufe. earlier ones h:ning a plan shape similar to the KVIA
KLM hid, on August 29, commenced operating for two turret. There is little external difference to distinauish
8elo ..·: Lockhud RF-I04G D-8117 of No J06Sqn R NelhA F between the 122 mm and the 152 howitzers. I built two
as rt:c:orded at Twcnlll~ in August, /9ti6. D-8117 had alii, models, onc with a turret built up from card and the other
(mc , oulldcl (abo .,~ tile part ...illg) Gild OIlC below thc star- with a solid bal~ turret co\'ercd b)' plastic card. The first
board. altl,ollgh so"'~ Dlllch F·I04s /tal'c ''''0 tU d~pjcltd was more succC$sful as tbe cement deformed the thin plastic
ill lhis drawing . For colour h)' sc~ la p o f JXlgc 160.
lJ",wings by A. i\f. Alder"ion. ca rd used on the second.
Pa inting or all these models is in the sta ndard Red Arm)'
yellowy olive drnb, Markings of any type \lere almost non-
• existent, certainly no mo re than numbering with a red star
nHely displayed. During the winter when tanks had to ngh t
in the snow they we re given a coat of " hite\\'ash over the
basic colour- this effect is best achieved b)' overpainting
with "hite poster paint.
Many KV tanu were used by the Gennans, particularly

.. ---• -
KV2s. These e2ptured vehidCll ean be quite interesting as
........... the) "erc usuall) co\ered l!1 German crosscs~":.lII.Ir:ll.

KV85 , co~·ers.

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' Pho topilge ' is a rel ul ... r A im x m agal.i ne felt ur e, a nd (urth e r pictures

photo[Fl&@~
Mixed b11 from re;tdert. th is month
Includes ... selection of In.lners Ind nore
views from lu ly ;and the Middle hst.
Captions by Mlchlll l J . F. Bo wye r .
will be publis he d as a vaila ble. W e w ou ld be pleased t o co nsider a n y co n·
tributions fro m r ead ers, pl ... tl e ul ... r ly of squa d r on a irc raft or Inte r e ninJ
colo ur schemes. a nd it free Airfi x kit will be awarded for elc h picture
used . Wou ld inte nd in, co nt ributors ple u e no te, howe ve r, that phot o-
graph$ s ubm itted should be pri vate cop yri g ht.
Ow ing t o s pa ce limita ti o ns, It m;lY be necessary t o ho ld plUu rt!:$ fo r it
fe w month s befo re publicatio n. T o e ns u re pre r e turn, pleue w r ite you r
nam e a nd ..ddral on th e badc a r each prin L W e annot use p ress c uttinl"

Aboll', lop 10 bollo m : Parl icularly inurt'slillg /inislr for I/'("

Airjix CrunlllUln AI'~IIg" is suggt'sl~d by Ihf,/illt! ,'i~M' 0/ RNZA F
A"~'W~r NZ1XJ4 largd illS. Aircra/I is slil't'r M'ith blut'k and
ytllowullder Sur/uuslr(~s and ytllow 'T ' btlnds. Nott' block anti·
i/(Jzzlt' pantl 111111 /trn·I~II/ in roundtl. Pictur~ by Du"id Coom,
Lockhud V·l, 66714, lO'as pholOgra"nt'd at Lal'~rlon, AllSlralio,
by Robin Grun. Finish is light SfNcll/ar Kr("l' 1O';lh black COOl'S anti
(tU stri/N on M'ing lrailing edge. Squadron IInkno ...n, but airera/I
"'/U used lor M ·talhtr ruel' jlighls. Killylltl ...1.. 01 1/2 Squadron ,
DtSt'rl Air ForCl', plwtographt'd by John A . Thompson.
Aho,·t'. lop to botto m : 11. R. AndreM's sub",itletl,hestjint pielUrtS
o/Cornel/s /5021 :N wld 10657 flying from 32 SFTS, Dt lVinton
Canada. /lorl"("d 11 281J:98 ...as also uud by tltis IInil. Aircrq(,
lO'ere paillll't/ y eI/o", QI·trall ",ilh black anti-dozzle ptll/els and
COOl'S, NOlt lital lIurl'ardcatle 98 is paillledon qfit'r cockpit sit/l'-
bill larltll' obsc/lft'd ill lite picture.

Righ t : B. /lfacftotl st'nl an

inln-t'sling Mlch 0/ IVhirlMmd
pictllftS, bllt ollly anI' lO'oJ good
I'nough for rrprot/llnion. 11
s"o .. s 'A' jIighl 0/261 Sqll on
ilispl'rstll. ilr IOfl'grOlmt/ is Sgl
Ridll'Y's aircraft J/E·N. Nolc
pilot's lIam<' Mllt'(l/it "·i,,d·
scrt'C1I 111111 gl'/U'rlll "'Ofll up-
pl'lIrUl/Ct'. 1..('0 : Anatitl'r pie-
IlIrt' from Joh" n'OlllpsOlr
slto ..., art""f}rk IIntl miJsion
lal/it's (un) on Li/"Jtrafor U'I
A bner 0/ J1 B(i.

A/RFIX magnine
Abtn'e, Icte: Wm,,)' sUne I., N(JI'I" 1t(1ly. /944. 1110"'$ an Arcus (lIId a lIurricane, codd Z, of }17 Sqn- so jar t:lJ ,,·t klwll' Ihe first
photo publjJ"~ 0/ un Qircraf' o/this sqlNJllron. AtIOH':, riWII : Hurricane J V7649 ustd by Iht CO 0/1J7 Sqn in 1941 Ol'tr &lSI A/rica.
NolI' Vokts/ilur olNI tXJrUWI s/litllls. 1k>1o ...., le rl : \1uryhllld, possibly of 1J1 Sqn. orer 'hI' SUt; Conuf in 1941. Delo...., righl : A GO/ha
Go 141, DQ + AX, In tilt lI'uli'r" V esn'1 i" / 941. All tl,est pirfures (lrt! /ro/ll D. Rigb)'.

Above: M ore Liberator tlrtlt10rk 011 The Near Sighted Robin.
Aireraj! is Q 8VI (H·UII·/J·DT), 41·20850. I1 tonll'S from
D. Reel'l!s. The PT-l7s are USIIAF basic IrainefS 01 Te"ell
Field, Ttxas, in 194J. The)' ore ,i/I"er .... ill, )'1'11011' lI-j,ItS (lm/loi/s.
I'iclure by T. C. Ifalllilfon.
AboH~ : lkuUli/1I1 clOSe-liP of HJ /()9F is also /rolll D. Rigby.
Aircrafr belolJgs 10 l ILG1. Unt'-lIp of AI/son lrainers in CanGlla
$/10"'11 N9601:Cl neartsl. Colollr scllt'/lIc is grt'ell-bro""n/)"ello'"
",·ith white CO(If'II. I'ho/() b)' R. Crt/lllbley.

A b(tI'e: Conlnul /" M0S4uitos. BXVl of 180 Sqn, PF461: EV- V, 1uu tkt'p hlue codes and grt'y-grunlgrt'y finish. 11 II"OS plwlographai
b)' Mrclwel Smith al T~.,iso, Nor/ht'rn Ilal)" i" 1946. The n, TW1J7 :Z II'US /lying lIilh] CAACU E:ult'r, INfortl prt'un'alio" fo r
Ihe RAF M UHum. Picture by L. IIU/I/,

Mlrch. 1967 26)


NEW
KITS AND MODELS
FRENCH TRI -MOTOR
Helier release avai lable in Ihi5 country is a departure
L ATfromESTtheir current Musce series though it is, in fact, c\'cn
more of a museum piece than this firm's World War 2 ra nge.
It's a pleasing replica of the Courinc:t A~n-Ciel (Rainbow)
lri-motor built (or Mermoz's record tra ns-atlantic crossing in
tbe mid-thinle! nnd tbe kit captures n~ry well the slecoir.: reptilian
look of the oripnal with its big spatted undercarriage, huJC
hi&b4!pect ralio wings and streamlined, almost prehensile,
tail.
8y current standards the kit is nooe \00 ambitious and our
sample had a good deal of " ash, mouldi ng faults and some
badly filling pariS, though nothing Ihat could not be overcome
by judicious use of file and body putty. Cock pit windo","S were
a particularly poor fit and we woul d advise anyone building
tbe ki t 10 substitute J'olygbuc: for the offendi ng transpare()(:Ies,
though happily the cabin windol',s arc satisfactory.
Helier ha\'c ,h'cn a nice fabric texture to the appropriatc
areas of this model, and rh'et and grille details round the
cniincs and other 'melal' covcred areas is quile neal. An
excellent tra nsfer Shed is provided, complete wit h rai nbow
and lri-colour flashes, though this needs matting down before
application.
With allenlion to Ihe points wc·\·c mentioned an allr.letivc
model l"CSults, and at 1:75 scale it fits nicely ""ith 1:72 scale
oollcelioO$. Our sample was supplied by OMW Models of
Wimbledo n. ""ho hold stocks. Price is 15s l id. CO.E.
H~II~r'J RDmbow "i-motor, Ql'Qilablt /rOIll BM 11' MOlkls 0/
Wimbltdon.
COBRA COPTER
HE Aurora Cobra Copter- the Bell U ~I - ID-wh ich we
T reviewed in detail in our Augusl, 1966, issue is now
gencrall y available from model stockists in Britain. Scaled
al 1:48 and very ""ell detailed, il costs 125 6d. When
rcviewing the Aurora Spartacus kit in January we inad\'cr-
tcntly gave the wronl price; it does, in fact, cost 17s. 6d.
C.O.E.
NEW FROM BELLONA
ET another mili tary accessory to OO/ ~I O scale has been
Y added 10 the BelloDa ranae. This is a Bri lish type pillbox
which fealures an inlerestin, ,immick in lhe form of a removablc
roof, allowing infa ntrymen and machine JUnncrs, ctc, 10 be
placed inside at will by the wargamer. In addition, Ihe roof can
be rcmoved wllen the piUboJl: has been 'destroyed' by gu nfire or
bombs, thus adding a &nod deJTCC of realism to a miniature
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battlefield. Suitable for both world war periods, it could also-
with only a littlc modelling 'licence'--be used for armies other
than Bri tish. It looks excellent with AirfiJl: figures and comes on
a base with a dugout as an 'extra'. Thc ",1(1$ are 1l1Oulded in
plast ic and are cut out with scissors. Ordinary plastic paints
ca n be used for colouring. The prioe is )5 plus 9d packing in
U K or Is overse.1S, from Merberlen Ud, Hawthorn H ill,
IJ racknell, Ocro. C.O.E.
FOR MILITARY MEN
EW aro:ssories in the Roco Minitanks range will be useful
N to qui lc a lot of modellers, though they are inle nded
mainly as mililary items. First is a pressure sensitive sheet of
while turrel codes for tanks to OO/HO si:.tc. These are of the
sle()(:ilJed type-diOicult 10 reprod uce by hand- and will thus
be welcomed. Our only criticism is tbe shortaae of 'noughts'
though. therc is a generous helping of other digits from one to
nine. Wc tltpected these numbers 10 be Iransfemblc like Blick,
but this didn't appear to be the case and we found the best
method of transfer to be by a pin or point of a craft knife. A
second sheet in the same pack featured assorted strips of blackl
yellow warn ing marks inte nded for do:.ter blades and bumpers
on engineer vchic les. lJut obviously they ha\'c many othc r
applications particularly for model railway enthusiasts. The
pack cosu Is from Roeo slockists.
The second item is a pack of do-it-yourself fir trees for
scenic work. These arc nlOuldcd in plastic in plug-together
sections, allowing about six big trccs (or a greater number of
small ones) 10 be assembk:d as desired. Nicely d<:tailcd. they
are good value for Is I Id . CO.E.
THIS MONTH'S TRANSFERS
O DELLERS .... ill be delighted 10 know that at last a
M manufacturer has seen fil to produce an accurate series
o f squad ron codes and serials for British fighter aircraft of
World War 2 in the correct colours and styles. Similarly the
Luftwaffc and USAAF aircraft cnthusiast has oot been for_
gotlcn and there is now qui le a large ranlt of oodcs of diffcrent
sizes and colours aVllilable in thc American HisAirDcc rangc
to suit them.
The latest issues from this company, which will be stocked by
DMW Models of Wimbledon in Great Britain, covcr a vCl}'
wide range of styles and si;o-.C5 too numerous 10 mention in the
restricted space of this column. They have also introduced
yellow, white and red plain colour sheets li X5; inches for
Gcrman and Amcrican aircraft .... hieh are to the correct shade.
As there are so many !"ICW items in the range it is best to order
by sile in millimetres and colour. Sheet Siles ti re )t x 51 inches
and 7 x 5; inches fQr larger letters and they COst )s 6d and
7s rcspccth·ely. Watch Bl\IW's adverts in this maga:.tinc for
availability.
Anolher new firm that has recently joined the f)Cld is that of
J. Stoppel of Denmark. OM W Modcls hold a small stock of
Danish markings which are the fll'St introductions from this
oompany. Four sizes of roundels and tail Ilasbcs atc printed
AJRFIX m...,ulne
on the s.ame sheet "hich retails for 3s 6d. The markinl:S are of
the shiny variety but this should not deter anyone tOO much
as most present day Danish aircraft arc fin ished in a gloss or
~mi·gloss scheme. The sheet. though o n the expcnsivc side,
can be considered good value as these are the only markings of
the kind available.
The French ABT company has produced an excellent 3s 6d
,
sh..'Ct of transfers for 33 Escadre of the French Ai r Forcc which
indudes markinl:S for an F·5 Lightning "own by Capt A. De
Saint·Exupcry. a 1'-51 K MUSlang of 2/33 '$avoic' and a Mirage
IIIR of Escadron 111/33 'Moselle'. Both the M ustang and
Lightnin" can be built with only minor modifications from the
sta ndard Airfix kits thou"h thc M irage II IR will need quite
extensi"e surgery. T hese markings will delight the enthusiast
because they are very wcll de tailed and would be almoot
impossible to beller by hand painting. Il MW Models of
Wimbledon also stock this sheet. A . W.H.

BLOCH 174 FROM HELLER

H E I:uest release by the French Hellcr company in thei r
T 1:72 seale M usee series is a Rloch 174 reconnaiss.ance
aircraft of the type which equipped certain Frenc h uni ts
immediately before the armistice in 1940. The model is supplied
with markings for an aircraft in the 33 Escadre de Recon-
naissam;:e which has the cha racteristic 'bird in a ring' mo tif for
its unit insignia,
This is a well made kit and. with the exception of the tail
unit joints. goes well together. Detailing is re:tsonablc and
accurate. There are 47 parts moulded in a light grey plastic. No
gimmicks are featu red, but onc slight innovation is interesting
and wort hy of note for other manufacturers. T he under·
carriage doors, which in the down position are split on each
side of the wheel well, are moulded toge the r so that if the
modelle r wishes to finish the aircraft with its wheels in the up
posi tion there's no need for the sometimes diffiCult operation of
sticking both hall''''5 together. A simple kni fe cut will produce
two doors fo r assembly in the alternative down position.
Helier could well afford to improve the standard of their
transfe rs as these arc of the shiny variety and typiC<11 of other
kits in this series which have Ix..:n reviewed previously. T his is
a s.atisfactory model, well up to contemporary kit standa rds.
It retails for 15$ l id and can be obtained from 8M W /I.-I odels
of Wimbledon who supplied o ur sample. A.WH.
FROM JAPAN VIA HOLLAND
WErecently rL"CCived a parcel of Ja pa nese kits from the
D utch importer M. Hodde. These included the Nino
Kate and T wi n Mustang, the Fuj imi Hellcat. the Hasegawa
Pete and the Tamiya Val. Readers will probably remem ber
SC<!ing advertisements for these kits in recent issues.
Wc couldn't build them all in time for this month's review.
but of those inSIX'Cted the Tamiy" D 3A I V"I dive bomber was
the best. Reproduced in 1:50 scale, th is kit is very accurately
detailed and is in all respcc;:ts an admirable pk'CC of moulding.
The deta il is exceptionally fine, particularly in the I:.'lSC of the
twin cockpits which have all the instruments neatly depicted
in rdief o n the cockpit sides and panel. There are 70 pans
and provision is made for an electrie motor to 00 built into the
fuselage to make the airscrew rotate. The trapel.e for the
fuselage mount~-d bomb releasc works, as do the tailplane
elevators. T he price is 17s.
The tWO modds which did not IIlCCt with top favour were
Ihose manufactured by Nitto. On the whole the Kate was
reasonable though there were details which could be impro,'ed.
but the Twin- M ustang was a bit of a shocker! H ave you tried
March, 1967
Abo"e : FlIjimrs Hl'lIcu{, HasegaK"(/S I'ne, amI {he Helier
BIQCh 174.
ma king this aircr.aft from two ordinary 1'-5 1 Mus tang kits? A
glance at an accurate plan will reveal that the fuselage is longer
and almost entirely different in chamcter. Nitlo ha"e not looked
ha rd enough and to our amazement offer a l\ern:Hive parts in
the box to make up either two P·5 15 or the T win-Musta ng
version using the same fuselage sections. Needless 10 say both
are inaccurate. T he two Nitto models arc to I :75 scale and
retail at 75 each.
T he Fujimi I :70 scale Hellc-.lt is another model tha t is open
to a little criticism, but he re the problem can be soh'ed by SOllle
rathe r d rastic plastic surgery. Both the cock pit canopy and
leading edge of the fin arc inaccura te and need revising. The
model is. howe"c r, well de tailed and the remai ning pa rts fit
well together to make a pleasing model. Retail price is 7s.
T he last kit in the sek'Clion " 'as a I :75 scale model of the
Mitsubishi F I M2 Pete by Hascgawa. In outlinc shape this onc
is accur.a te but the moul ding is terribly heavy and reminiscent
of the earliest efforts of the plastic kit manu factu rers. Fine
detail is completely lacking and large locati ng holes appear for
the various struts and supports of this biplane. T his should not
worry the se rious modelle r as it can be remedied and. apart
from the hea,·y detail. we thought the kit a very nice onc.
Retail price is 7s.
One other item frOm Holland was a sample of thc Ss T K K
Mabuchi baby molOrs for motorisi ng JapanL"SC or other aircrol ft
ki ls. These very small motors which measure I t inches in
length and t inch in diameter work reall y well on a penlight
ballery and it is worth trying o ne out in a 1:72 scale model just
for the fun of seeing the prop revolvc!
Apart from the kits reviewed here, M. Hodde's current list
shows scveral other items that should appeal to modellers.
Address to which orders should be sent is M . Hodde (Almaro-
Import) Lex Althoffstraat 24, Amsterdam, Holla nd and all
remitlant"CS should be by an interna tional money order. A. W.If.
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Letters to the Editor
L.tI ...... 0 tI•• Icll tor can 0111, be .... w.r ed I.. d'HI ....p.II_ . A..d ....
whote Iou. . . . r .....l>Ii.t..d d.h .....i .... fr . . A lrll. pMuk COftOlrvc'
mo .. " and
do .. It l. of Ut~r cl>ole• • W . . ... alwa,. "I_od to ......1... rotOr um·
Submi tted ....... Ial .,.d " iU" ... can . ,,1, be At.",," K occompattkd
tor •
.eo po ... lbUl ty ror .af. k . .p J", of ... , .... h . .... r ilMrtlotw. _It....
01_ h .........aril' _, ... wid> aomme .... upr_ _ " , co ..... pond .....
Other viewpoints
1 IIinAVElhcJII~1January
r~ad "'r 010 ...' , ', rcmar~s
ed ition of , \ llH\
maJ:ll~.;nc:. that /looU! " third or
kue "
published Ill'''' no hell) to mod,'lkr~ al
a ll. All ooUllh I IIcncra I)' a!t'~-e wilh (hi!<.
I do I h in~ ch " . ;1 1I1\('~ mh.-r mod<'lkr~
a lIeneral idea noou] Olher peop!c's ,ie",
IInd .... hat modd. arc "·,,med .
n. 1' 1:101, 1..",oI u" , S WII .
PS: I do ho pe Mr Oli,er will for"hc
me for Ihi) u-clns Ie n cll
Wrong unit
I WOULD like to brini to your notice
a mi!ta l e in the Fcbruary cd ition of
AI~ I'IX maiu.me. I am r<:ferring to the
exce llent aa:ount on the new Andovcr
aircraft at RAP Abingdon. Undcrncalh
a photoerap/'l is wrinrn 'Note the crn l of
the Unit alr<:ad y applied to the tail.' Th IS
I1 nIH the O perallonal Corl\'cl'Jion U nll
cresl, it is the crest o f Number 46 Squad-
ron,
I know plenty of people ""'no ""ould
like a lit of the Ando,er. by the ",,' ay.
" aul Goa tlot)', Ab!nll:uon. Ikrl<s_
Easy destroyer ...
EADE RS may be interesled in a n
R"asv wa rshIp coo~el'Jion . 'l1r i~ is
HMS ""~'ard, "hkh " 'as completed
wjlh the prolo lypc t",in 4.7 inch gun
moum ina. Th;" ;., lalen fro m a HM S
Cossat:k I.il, and PIl i ;n ' B' pO§ition.
The mod el is co mpk tell w;III the pen-
na nt number H9J instead o f the one
In the lil , Thi" prOIOtype mounlrl1l1 was
re moH'd in 1937.
l ;, 11 . Loud , lIuml", ... , SUl1lcr..t't,
. , . and a nother
R LCENTLY while looking b;ack
Ihroujth myoid A' .lt :l: maguJ ne!i
I found an anicle on com'crting the
Airfix modo:] of II MS /IQ/S f/M in lo
o lhcr dc"'royu'< (Aul!:u'it 19(4). At horne
I ha,-e a photo of HMS Gr~)ho",!<1 anll
as th is desu o)cr \l as not co\clell in the
article I thoui\ht olher reader- might
lile the followrna ~r ipl:ion §O as to
c nable them 10 ma~e it.
First ly, it i< '"ry \imilar 10 the
/l OU/H'I' model bul d iITer<:l\CCS are a<
follows : Grc)'hQltnd has a 'Charlie
Noble' Iype stn m PIpe on the fo ..v.-ard
funroel anll has Ca lley floats o utboard
o f lhe brid/U= wings but these are fi_\ro
yertiol ll y and not as on the other models.
h has mult iJ)1e OJ; inch machine iuns
as per the kit bul there appears to be
a DI F k>op also on the lIun platform,
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pict......
which w ilt b. con.k1o.H for p .. bl kaco-.
o",mped . dd._.ad _nlopot. a .. d .10. I dl ••• UfO".<
In do. lea .... col .........
The aftern>ast I, replaced by an ensign
SlUmp-rll<b1 and lib£, there is a spreader
for Ihe w t aeria ls. Lastly ' Y ' gun is
rc moH:d anl! lIepth" hargc apparalu.
sul:Kt iI Ul"lI.
Colouring appears 10 be dat~ i rey
and the ""nllant numbers 110 , are III
",hile.
Ni~d D . Rod ..... y, A.nd o ..'r, H :II11S.
Th eatrica l bent
J AG R EE ",ith Mr Walton aboul
Gilbert and Sulli,an ope ra fil\urn.
Mnn y o f my school friends lik e Gilbert
a nd Sulli.-an operas.
I also lhinl il "'ould be worth"'hile
for Aiffi_, to brin!; OUl wmc fa mo us
lh.-alrical figu«"" . I am certai n they
\I·ould be rTlO!>t popula r "lIh many IYlO<k I
m~~ crs,
D w" ;.J Nicc hant".."", lIull, \'orlo",.
Painti ng wheel hubs
I II AVE just completed \.he A irlh: rrIOCk: l
of a D II SS Comet Racer and I feel
sure thal I am not lhe on ly one who
has had difficuhy in paimini the cenl,..1
,,'11«1 d Ns aecunllc ly on a '111'11«1 ",hich
comtS in one piece. I founll , howe,'er.
thal if you frnt paint lhe ent ire ""'ncel
matt black and allow it to dry, and then
take a th in brush with plenty of paint
on il and a llow one drop of paint to
d rip from the brush on 10 lhe centre
of the wbeel. due 10 Va"i ty the .... int
spreads out and forms a perfect ly circular
"heel disc.
Photo page news
WIT I-I reference 10 your photoarapll on
page 181 of th e January issue mU$-
trn tmg two lIa""rlls "hich ha'-e you
stumped for un il idmt;IY, I wonder
whethcr you wou ld be interested in tile
fo llowing:
From my log book t can confirm that
Haryard FT283 was at 21 FT~) Snin cr_
fictd, for the first half of 1'1-ill since I
ne.... this machine for j.() minute!! of
circu its and bumps on J une 20 of that
)'Car. I do nOl think your phologra ph was
taken at IIIa t lime, ho...-<wer. beca use I
a m sure our aeroplane!l were then spra)'fil
l'cllow all o'·cr cxcepl for a black anti-
daule pancl on the top of lhe fuselaJC
ahead of the "'indscr«n. MorroH'f from
some photographs I ha,·c, our mach ines
a t Ihat time bore four letter code refer-
ences. three o f t~ reading FAOK.
FANF. and F K NF , The last mmtioncd
machine ...as scria.led KF684. but I cannot
,,"Ol't
.dent,fy lhe numbers on thc other phot o-
a raphs.
I al'lO ha"e a photograph of Ha,,-arll
K1-61 0 "'nl rin, t,,·o large illentification
ICIle<_ AD. Th l~ machine is camoufla~
all O\er ... ilh )'ellow und rn;idcs and it M S
a yd lo w bDnd around the fusetage ... ith
a )011'011 identifical ion kllcr a on the cowl-
inl. all lIS in )our photograph. I belie-.-e
my p:tfliculur pict ure of K FI60 ...as tak cn
al Cllurch Ur "'fonl in 1 ~7 and 1 thi n k it
"oulll he a good guess to say that AE
a nd AI' in )'our picture were Church
La wford ba ....'rl and photographed during
IlIe <a me JlI.!riod. Yo ur IIlstorical cn-
Ihusia5tS nl1iht be able to th ro .... morr
ligllt on thi'l a nd indeed tllc), ma y well
be able to confirm thal T ta ming Corn-
n>and arropla nC5 cha nged 10 the ca mou-
flage scheme to "' hieh I ha,'e referred
after bei ng all yellow in 1946.
From my 10, book other Ha r-.-a rdJ 1
flew ... hilst training ,,·ith 21 FrS durin l
May, June anll J uly. 1946. had serials as
follows : K F2lO ; KF264 ; KF286 ;
KFlO8; KF3H; K1'417 ; K F42';
FXU6; FX291 ; I'Xlj.() ; FXlS6;
I' X421 ; Frl~; FT283 ; FT383 ; FT440 ;
IInd FS898.
TA half-tracks
T illale
L MJ
a'l
half-track ...-as st ill in use a <
19" in the Terr;Ioria.l Army
and the follo",ing notC5 may be of
intertil 10 modellers,
n 'l(''>e "c hides ...-cre hc:11I in a pool and
"cre issued to units 5u.cccssi,·ely throuill-
out Ihe Ir~inlllg !lCa,;(Jn, so no perma-
nent unit "an) \I'cre carried, I-I O\l·e,'e r.
Di, isional and Tal' .igns wc re somelill1l"<
issued l)rintell on gummed paper and
these ...-ere Muck on as a te mpOra ry
mea'llrc. rhe 'chide registnl! ion num-
ber wa_ ca lTicll Oil bol h sides of the
bonnet and on the rea r ofJ~ide chassis.
undern!'l1lh the door.
number o f thi, lime was 52BN04, wh ite
An actual
ilgurc~ Oil a lOng black rcctPIlI.lIc.
The Compan y or I' l:rtoon allocation
wa. frequentl y c hal~ .-lI o n IIle .s~ and
rear doors, §O mode l"'rs str if mg for
rtatism cou ld palll l on, for tlample, ./\
Coy·. ' MMG ' or ·ArrK·. T . e "'"erini
should 1101 be 100 roea l!
The M3 arn be u!Cd as a towing
,ehide for tile 6 pOUnder anti-lank gun
instead o f the 8 ren carrier as supplied
in the A irlh ki l.
The carrier's ch ie f limitalion as a
6 poundcr tow;n; '~hicle """&$ lack of
spacc rOt' both the fi"e , un numbers and
lhe 32 round_ of ammunit ion normally
carried. plus the hund red anll one Qlher
iterm..
Vchicles usell in the infan lry as a
AIRFIX ma,az ine
10""", ,"chide for tbe 6 pounder in.
ctuded the ) lonner 30 CWI. M orris
l'orll'C (dl"'llIJM."d for .he 2 pounder,. the
Cl pO und..,.- Ha! pon~, M 3. II n:n carr ier
and 111", Jeocp.
"I he taucr ,chide WllS ccrta;l1 ly used
in le al yin 1944 (n .' thies ca,,1,: and
modclk:r~ inlend ing 10 u..., !hi) co mbin -
:lIion ~hou ld note that i, ....'IlS ncct">sary
10 11:1110'.., the spade 'il~ from the 6
pounder because o f the 10 ... lO"";O, hool .
Iftcr rough rounlty the spade tips
would ClIu,h on lhe ,ro und Wilh resuh~
Ihal cou ld be ima, uled . The Jcc:p "'as.
of oourw . gross ly ..... crloadcd wu h the
l,t fl'Cj ll ....: d for balllc. apan fro m the
~ man ere ..' and dr;",-r.
b.llcncncc:d modellers , tw ukl h:1\"e no
diflicuhr III lM)rtra),mJ Ihc!>C items .... h ich
include riaht anununllion box es, Iwo o f
.. hic h "'ere carried on the from bumpe r .
Kiln LOO. box , jcrrican of petrol and
"altr l-an. 2 inch moOna, and ammuni.
tion. Il ren gun and 00.\ o f magazintS.
• ,,'0 a.rnoullaae neu, and (carried on the
traI l) a lem:th or corrupted iron.
I'1na lly the gun should be li ned with
11 mUM.1e I;<." .-r IlIld br~"<'ch ro,~r when
bt"ing to''',,!!'
A. J . M oo r~. (.I H q,oul n .
Ex- BUA
A . Snape's lett~r in
F URTH ER 10 K .
the February A'aFt if( magazine ,
lI ibernian Airlines Dak()(1 ) EI -AI'H "'"liS
previously G-AMWV, belon,inB to
Hn tish Un ited (Channe l Islands) AII"'"IIYs
lid.. and was deli,wed at Dublin on
AI)ri l 7, 1966.
G . M . Co.~, G n,ulhmn. Lillf5.
Squadron ch ecks
] T II OUG HT readers would be inter-
tl-d in this lip. One of the most
ddlk ul t jobs in paim coll'-crsions if
ctled, for squadron and unit markings,
etc. I soh'cd this by the fo llowing method.
I ha .. e u5Cd th is successfully myself o n
the Li¥htnillg and it works .. cry ,,·cll.
Shirt with a piece of transfer the re-
q uired size or o"erpaint 11 spare transler
~heet in the lighter colour (I). Rule off
lo&ht lY the len¥th in pencil (2) and lhen
bmld th 0). Paml the dnker colour across
eH'ry O(hn strip (4~. This is easily done.
Then cut carcfully III the middle (5) and
<hde the bottom (or tOp) slrip along onc
placc (6). Any trimmin, can now be done
" 'lIh a razor bladc.
P. J , M lICllulft, Con'r~, Perth .
R~oJ~r lHacguir~'s mClhodJ for milki",
dlrckl arc »tudlrd in'lo ....- Emroll.
L._----l
I 2
111 111111 fIH)!
3 4
aIIJ-- ~·ih"
5 6
MI rth , 1967
Sturmtiger
a m ilitar) moddler ...·ho is .er)'
B LlNG
fond of mal ing Gnman A FVs. I was
pIl rlicularly intcroted in lhe SlurmliiCr
,:oll'crsion.
lI o",e,,,r, on Ilttemptina il, I found
I had !liflicult y in reproducing the actual
mortar barrel, as Ihe article is ralher
'al'UCl I.>Il th IS pOInt. I fmaUy struck on
usmg the ce ntre ~chon o f a 1' -47D d rop
tanl. wh ich apP'-"ars 10 be lhe ri¥ht size
and d,ameter for Ihc job. This may be
11 u5Cful lip for other modelJc,rs who ha"e
found difficulty o'-er t hl~ point.
1\.'1 to the subject of Dogfi¥ht Doubles.
could rIOt tanks be produ~d in the same
way, wilh a Panlhe r and Shcrman, for
exa mple, in a box. and k lling al a
rcdu,ed price. Th is .. ould be a great
ht:lp to maniac co n,'enolO n fie nds lile
nly....,[f.
Conanll ubtions on a rea lly , rea t maga-
1;OC . ROMrt T umn-. London, SE;l.
lady's view
w r nl re lta rd to M r Waholl '~ kHeT in
th e No,embe r ed ition of the maga -
7inc. I should lil e 10 e , pl'c~~ illlcr~""St in
hi~ idea fo r Gilbert and SuUi,'a n l;gures .
I ha,e bc"n a dc, Oil..: of G and S for
many )"ea l.... and a l..o of Ai rlh. and
,hou ld line a combula lion of the t"'o.
I ""ould al.o lile 10 '-lily how much
I enjoy Airfi" a ircraft Lits pnd o ther
modek.
The Superfort rn~ afforded me man y
hour~ o f ClljO)·me n!. and 'i() ha'e the
many o ther model~ labout 90) tha t my
fian~ pnd I ha'e mad e o'er the last
year or two.
'1hank )OU for an ;l11c rnting maga-
line and deta iled Lils.
(MiSS) P. '\{"rris. ' "" n dun. N W9.
Thos. DUKWs
I N reading 10e book Thf/ Sro-n War. by
Gerald I'1l",-le. I came across mmtion
of the fire-fi,h tin, DUKWs as in Richard
Masters' Iclter. T hese DUKWs were
'pe.:ialty eCUlPl'ed wit h 100 foot J\!crry-
weather t ek;;co~ic ~teel tutlltable ladd ers
in order to facllilate Ihe scaling of dill$.
T he ladders wa-e con<iderably li,h tened,
and were fitled ... ith Iwin ma chine guns
and armour piating at the lOP. They
could be uSfti as a conn'n ient bcadl-to-
clill top tele phone. as ""ell IS for numa--
vus other tllsL s. As to how many o f tnese
ingenious con"ersion~ ...ere compleled,
the book is not specific. bUI apparentl y
the factory "'as Ilfter""(U"d$ hit by a bomb.
W. Hicks, Sou,h e ro) d un. Sun ..y.
11'.. ...·ould lik.. (0 (hunk Ihc scur(l/
o(hrr rtaacrJ ..·lto wrOle ( 0 UI On lhis
subj~c' ..·/(It (I" wmr In/ormaliQ".- EonOIl.
410 conversion
I A LWAYS read .. ith ,reat interest your
u:~lIcn l a n idC5 on Lit COIl,'erslons,
parlicu larly those relal;n, to aircraft, and
I Ihought perhaps you mIght be interested
in o nc or two o f my efforts, the photo-
araphs of which I enclose herewith.
Of most interest 10 readers may be the
,'iew o f my M c 410 .. hieh I produced
about 12 monlhs a,o. A kil of this
pankular aircraft W15 not a"ailable al
the lime so I alll~mpted a oon'ersion on
the Airlix Mc I IOD, usin, the en,inC5.
etc. o f 1",'0 Mc 109G Llls. Qu ile Iln
expensi"e con,·ersion. I thinl you ...·iIl
",rtt. Dui in man y re5ped~ I fttl lha t
I h i~ looks more like the rcal thing than
one bu ilt 'strai,ht Ironl the bo'" of this
lurcnafl which 15 now 'H lli!ablc.
A s onc call a ppt'eciate the modifications
,jIl'«'SSIlI'y .. ere consid erabl e. blJt ;n the
main a new nose and eoeLpit is reqlJircd
I01Jcther wi th new llIil fin a nd rudder,
cnlli nes from the 109G. new ties and
modifi cat ion to the ",in,s a nd lal lpl an e.
A< can be !ttTI from the phOl:oaraph I
cho-.c the Me 4 108-2 U I \"ariant. usin,
a ~Pllre uoderw mg gun pacL from a
I ; 48 scale Fw I90A kit.
... ":d"'"rds, !I' MS. S t ~,,"' hu ""l. " " nt.
To)p : TIt~ fi"c M" 4 IOB-) UI ",od" /ro",
A lrfi.T paru by M r EJ"·(I,<lJ. Abo, .. : From
Ihc so",.. I"",as CQmu IhiJ M" IIQG_4 R7
ro"'·"'SWII.
Prussian uniform s
Til E- RE a rc MJ>'cral ina ccuracies made
by M ~ EffiCIJ: (September) in his letter
on PruSSlB n uniform'l. li e nates that bot:h
lunic and trousers wa-e dark blue, bUI in
faC! trouSttlt ""ere white in summer a nd
black wilh a red Slripe in winter. Tunic
cu ff. a nd piping "'ere red. Illlhough
colla rs and epau lettes were o f rcgimenlal
colours. Helmets were black leather with
a bra~< eagle plait: and ,pi Le ( Hum brol
aold will do for th ese). All lea ther fillings
...ere bla ck, includin, boots aDd bellS.
I',"! ck$ "'cre bro"'n leather ",·ith .rcy 01"
ol,,-e drab blanLet roll. Se~cral Ulno,a-
liOln ca n be used 10 male an inleresting
I'ru ssian army. Ilelmeu ca n be pai nted
while to represenl ...·hite co\'Crs ""om by
the Shu lLen (Sha rpshooter) compil. nies.
J aeger o r lighl infant ry ...·ore a dark
green tu nic. ....ith red faclnp. bla ck
t rou~rs with 11 red stripe. and black
leather equipmtnt. T heir headgear was a
shako. This can be obtained by aherillfl
a r orei,n Lcaion head 50 tha t lhe kepI
tapers In"'"lIrds from the peak. 10 lhe
crow n. and l hen fi~inl\ the head into
position on a Prussian body.
N. A . Mansfiekl, Canr bridg~ .
Matador matters
F U KT I'IER to the art ide by C. O. EIIi~
in the pl ember A,afl x ffiIlgazi ne, a
few notes on present-da y Matadors might
be in order.
Ten-ton cargo trucb no ... hne stttl
body MIles and ends.. the sidc:s beina of
four-ba y construction a nd the ends IWo-
bay. In each case Ihe inMlle facc is flush .
Co"(I,,u,a 0" ",XI Pfl8~
267

Letters-continued
Cab ,oof•. though , till dOfllOO. ha,,'
100t th,,!, battcn~ and hatch /l'O!>j tion~ ~rc
tilted .. ,th opening hatelw:s. T)'pieal '''Ii,.
tration numbc..-~ earned are 77AE07 and
7IAV86.
T he RAF roundel is ,till cani,·<l. a~ j,
thc Comma nd / Group coding in whit,,-
I- (l-ighWr). El (Bombe,). V (TraMp(IrI),
S (Si~nah). M ( M ain t man~). T (Flyin;
Traimn!!J. H (Tech nical T raining). C
ICoa~t al), fol1o"'ed by a Group number
"her,' applicable.
Reli,tration numlx'r~ arc carried on
, ,,iliao type plates. and unit erC!>(. some-
t,rm'l'i appear on cab doors.
F. A. Ch",..." Urau"tun. I).... 'on.
Military hin ts
T i lE (oIlo ...-i ng tips might be of '>OmC
ill1eH" 1 10 kl-en mi rt'uy moddler, :
( I) T he technique of 'fi nger painli n;'
ca n be u'o('(l "'ith pla'lie "",menl imtcad
of paint. " or e.umple, a IlInl docso'l
ha.'c the ma chine.fin"hed smoolhness of
a model. Il l' 'meari n!! ce menl on wilh
,our finll"" you ca n a pproximale Ihf
,ou2hn~ of the real·li fe thi na.
(:!:) GOOf'Je Bradford .... ho publishC'<
'AI' V Nfw.Jetter· in Ca nada. U"«ntly
pro~id~d a pai nting suggestion Ih.at should
be' of mlfre"". To g,·t Ihe blulT1nll effecI
of, ;;ay. Gnman camouHale, lOU folIo....
up )our painting ... ith another bru~h
using elear Ihinner •. This taL C$ a bit of
HPfrimtntalion for the effect )OU wan t
bu t wi th a linle practice: on an old model.
,·ou ca n karn the lechnique.
Tt1e seve ntt1 ·Oe vo ns t1i ...e' -
by paintini in the o rdf r bro\l n. red.
blue and \lh ite.
If the cruiser in its futl ), arm ed
\ ;:rsion is preferred , Ihe 8 inch guns
all,l a ll mo unted and Fig 4 is a sketch
o( the rear upper ded , \l hich is quite
different from thc training cruiser. A ll
the 4 inch guns arc carried and the
aft supe rslructure modelled as in Fig
~ . Radar ' lanterns' are installed on the
bridgf top and on n small to\ler just
a(t o f the rear funnel. Q ua<l ruple pom.
poms from a COUM/'; I.il a re mounted
o n lO p of ' If and 'X' turrets in
screens. T he catapult is Ilceded (o r
Ihis model. althOUgh I USfd o ne from
Th" romp/"'"" /I/(){kl o/ II MS [)e'onshi rc
".
(J) Spray can~ of man .. hite paint are
idal for appl)'ing ""inler .. hile ..-a~h
camouflal'- 10 army ,-e hides.
(4) The Germa n army used 10 bedeck
th,·ir tan Ls "ilh HnllS for Ihe guid an ce of
th,-ir own pi lot ~. More 'Pl'Cifically, a lIag
..ould be draped aer""s Ihe lurr"l. Flal-'
can ra~ly be made from old toothpaste
o r .Ju.,ing cream tubes. A mu ltiplici lY of
o.her U'>c' come 10 mind for old IUbes:
ca n,'a, rolls for tan];s. can,·a, <;hee t
'!retched frOfll Y tank a~ I nig.ht bi-QUac,
etc.
11 . R. W. M"" ;,,on, O" l:Ir...., C" lIl<I<l...
Civvy half·track
WIII LE oa holiday oa the Ea'l COII'I.
ncar M undcst~ y, nine miks ..oulh of
Crorncr. I disco, ... rcd Ihree MJ half·
truch ...·OIkin' on the beach. being used
to earry 20 f, QlIo: piles for the con~t fUC­
lion of the sea. ..-all. T he front roller antI
fllachme , un cupola had been n:mo>'ed,
and Ihe dri,,,r'~ cabin hod u 111l'tal mof.
I' . S. KI"I,-r. G lm I'a."", I..e;u.
Goodbye Mr Burke!
W II I L ~ looking Ihroullh Ihe Jun ll:u y
,,,ue of AI~ n x nlllp7ioe , I was
aflluo;ed 10 read Mr J . ilur~ e ', lener con'
C\"rninll ti>c prlfX" of Airfix Lil ~. It
'«rn, ,,~.. nn, ...... lllI.·pn a 101 in [;nlllaOO
,he", da)"'. If Mr llu rLe li,t-d in I. ire
ht- would ha"e to pay. for instance, Js
for a Thunderbolt. and ,ight up to
n s lid for a SupcrfOtl rc~'. b ·... n al
.hcsc prices I lind Airfi). Lils u ct'llcnt
>alue. Good·bye l'> lr IJUlkc!
Aid"n McCarthr , Curt;:, ";lti'.
contin ue d
an AjtU' kit. com plcte with its circular
tu rntable. Bot h cranes all,l ca rried and
the la)'o ut o ( Ihis ship can be seen
in the oth er scale <l mwing. The air·
craft can be used or omitted r,ts
dC$ired. In 1943. the period chosen,
this "essel was camouHaged and the
dfsign is given on the drawing. The
basic colour appears to be hght grey
with sk y blue areas. By 1945. ·x· turrct
had oc'Cn landed and two q uadru ple
pom-poms substi tuted. The camounage
now WllS a dark rectangle, proba bly
washed ou t gree n. o n the shi p's side
o,'er light grcy pai nt, and this o utline
is given on the tfllin ing erU iSfr scale
dr-Jwing.
QJ Q lrainifIK rrlliY r in /951 .
Me ta l Fin is t1-co nti n ued
the m alerial to lift unde r the tension
imposed . The o\'crsi7.e sk in at the
\llOgti.,.. 15 pressed together unti l the
outline oC the plas,ic shape under·
neat h is q uile a pparen t. Ta king a
p.l ir of sharp scissors. the e.\:cess is
~heare<l off using Ihe har<l plastic of
the mooe l as a iuide fo r cuning
Fo r most o f the " ay ro und th e tip
the top and oollom sk ins " ill be
"clded toge ther by the ~cissor cut
but towa rds the leading edge the
~kins ma y part fra cti o na lly an d it is
necessary to fi ll III the \ Iigh t pa Tl lOg
\I It h thick sih'cr pa int.
Ua ving eo\ered and burnished
d O"'n onc wi ng, the delai l ca n be
taken fro m the unco\"tled wing hal f
an<l im pressed \lil h the scriber into
the skinn\.'<! su rfaces. Follo\ling this.
Ihe ot her ha lf o f the wing is sa nded
smoot h an<l the process of colering
rfpealed. Whe re indentatlom such
as landing \l hcel \le lls ocru r, press
in the sl. ill unti l the shape of the
de pression clea rl y ShO"5 and, "ilh
a thin slh'er o r razor blade or a
sha rp l nife. trim out the un wanted
skin using Ihe plas tic sides of the
rL"CeSS as a guide for accumte
cutting.
T he tail pla nes arc best cOl'ered in
one piece on I : 72 scale models. so
cut a length of skin that \l ill "rap
OIeT both to p and bottom su rfaces
and place o nc lai lplane hal f o n It .
Fold the skin backwa rds until the
edges meet at the tmi ling edge.
pinch the skin lare rs toget her until
a clear im pression of the tailp lane
shape appeaN an d scissor oIT the
e.~cC$s. T he cut )"ou make will prob·
ablr be m ostly around the trai ling
edge and will we ld Ihe skin logether
neatly.
T ry to kee p a straight edge to the
M etalsl in at the ....·ing and ta il roots,
for it is here Iha t all un tidy joint
may occ ur ....,hen the final assembly
is made. Oon't des pair thoui h if a
gap a ppears. just a pply a 'I,. inch
ca pping st rip ove r it - fo rtun a tel)'
Ihe thin llauge of the sl in hardl)
sho .... s \lhen it is rubbe<l down tight
and it \I ill cowr the bad jOl nl
complf te ly.
Ha\; ng skinned and detailed al1
the main components. they are now
read)' to be attached to each othe r as
shown in the ~ it directions. When
this sIage has been reac hed. )·ou \1111
a ppreciate (ully the Il,lalistie look the
Metals kin has given the mode l.
AIRfIX magouine
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The ded. .cuon .. ~ 111"-... off
40,.. rrom tbc _ 1Nl aIIo) 10 IIIda
rartba aI\, "T"'M buJ . . . JGJ'POfUtII
tbe t..t.., ded.. are ao- cut t-:t 20
(uttI'Ift" , . . . Ilftd tbc t1t>-o J*.'CU 01
W dc'Cl_t~~. mofOfCUlllbcm
undernea,h "lib a rteee 01 catd. A little
rurther attenllon 10 thci "des or 11'11$
componcOl ~lIh It me ",,"l ensurt a
superior was or'"lOoIlIy O. nnd &mfNlxr:
was completed 0 ' 018; ~he WIU b.1dly good fi t In the hull,
d Ullloged in II clJlll~lo n In 1962, sub. It Is I1UW lu'!ce5~lI r)' to d~'elde which
SC(juenlly marl.ed for di~I)O!Ial, ILnd group it to be mod~lIcd, I lnee the shape
scrapped III 1%4, SrorplUlI \0;11 orlilinally or the fore Ind IIrt "un dc:d•• depend on
named TOlnahtJd but W&I rcnamed in Itt15, p.llelTll Ire II\Ch rOl'
bolh aroups
1945 as a wmrlllnc:nt 11.' Vlkoonl and the dc:sU"O)t'f" 1koodJ"'{H'd 11 taken
C~ "bo ~ 4Ort'L ndtd the as an e. mrk
PR"KJus S<.,.. In 1'110.
The first r-u- carocd the Iq'"
Ul
pIKe 01 -B' tur-ret. ud .:\. pouhOa . .
Tbe ronro"ani PHI ded ca.a be DYdc:
from W OM . . thI: lit., but a pal deal
t:I ,,"Oft Im~ed, and Jl IS .. quMi
chosen In the ocherL The: &1"1 ~uon to ....e ttIiit rrom card. Ir!be ~
J'fO\ed lO be the ~ ..t...ractory and
"'";15 perpetUAted In the 'Oan",,'
Tbe ' ' ' caporltl' IIIcre about " (<<t
,hOTter than the ' [)armp' and the first
sLage in the cOthel1lon Is tQ cut 3/ 10
inch 0111 of Ihe for(""CMtle kCllu tl . This
Sll:!p mtL)' worry wllle modcUCrJ ILnd if
you are nOI 10() (lIIrtlculllr Itl>outlcnalh
It QlQ. be omitted, Ul'IOIllhc nwxk-IIJ 100
about I 10 Indt 100 broad, Ind 1 did
\
DOt attempt 10 rcctll) Ih ..
HOVo'C'n. the metho.Id I UItQ " . to
lDIle hilO . . . . . iuI Wl..hIadI '" the
pattcnl "'0 'rcIIII3) lIIoa card.,
Cement onc ut them IftIO lM bull
'mm(orunJorlhc'o... ·... bt_.ha\~
cemr:oted the hull Iwho ~ber rrom
the.stem rONo..nJ III Ihu fill"" (Nt/,. l'o01lo
mart 3{10 u"h rorv.~rd of thl' bullhoead
on bolh sidcsofthe ro'r.:'~le, and BilW the
hull in twp belween 'hc.~i) m!Lrk8 nlld
Ihe bulkhcOId, Nc~t, Inl.e: the IWO loose
hal\cs or Iho Ixllll, An!,! (CnX'tlt Ihem HMS Croubow '''0
loset.hcr, II\scnm, alkl tctntnlln, the
mnainutl bulUad I' the maru
ptt\iouIIy made_ Tbe ro\;·. haha
"...0 DOt IIXCt Oft tbe bd at tbc afkrCDd, I I 1
but this prcaa be I!II.tcd wt(b bad)- pull).
It is; ~Itd to ~ lha!; lbe two bulk·
btads ~ panJId &ad ~crucaI. La) !be
\
IwlI p!CIC:a ..wc. to .et &ad • .-ben dT),
USI~ the- bu1Uao.h III J1.II\b, CUI and
file alll-a) the ",a.\lC hU the 11110 hahcs
or the hull mat.:h. n~)' Qn now be
cemenled IOl(thcr on Iho '1ICes or the
bulkhcOId5, nml wlU,l1l ~el, the Jolnl is
well rubbed down with t10ur 1l0l>cr or
NItFlX
m~nln.
El ~ r='l • •
3 If a.. :" • •
deck is used, it should be shaped to
pattern and oil projections, with Ihe
exception of the screens round the after
coo, removed. The life rafLS should be
CUI carefully from all decks and kept till
a lalcr stage. The after gun deck is now
made from card and 2 mm high screens
cemented round the forward end. The
two twin 40 mm AA mountings and
a twin 4 inch Dr mounting aTC filled
10 this deck in the positions shown on
lhe plan. A searchlight platform filled
between these guns, and un I I mm pole
mast complete this deck. The forw,trd
director is taken off a CQ$sack bridge,
which is Ihen filted 10 Ihe forward gun
deck in the position shown. This deck
is now cemented in place wilh ils after
edge coincident with the bulwlrk
moulding. The bulkheads al the forward
cnd are now made from c'lrd and a
r< I
0 SOh
~g:-1f
.."
[gr.;J J
I The gantry supports on Ihc Olllboord
I a radar picket. In this ship 'B' turret is
!0 9 0
JelL
I ""!j
0 SOh
II! I .".,
Qg;; :[ ~~ !JJ J
April, 1967
5 ' 6
piece of 1/8 inch bals." shaped to fit
the tapcred fore end of this deck, is
cemented In place. All balsa components
are best treated with a coat of !Wndirg
sealcr, and thcn sanded down before
painting. It is important not to let the
sealer come into contact with the
plastic. as it will caus.! damage.
Two SQuids arc fitted in ' B' gun
position, and a twin 4 inch DP in 'A'
position, The ' Daring' lattice mast and
forefunncl arc assembled and the rad.:lr
control is fitted, after removing the
support, 10 the after bridge control
support. The eurH:d o\'erhang is now
removed from the deck carrying the after
funnel. and a bulwark fitted to this cnd
to match the other three sides. ThlS
component is cemented in place the
re\'crse way round and a 5 mm diameter
x 10 mm high funnclmade from sprue.
The torpedo tubes, cranes and boats arc
now fitted, and a small embellishment
to the original kit 1$ the provision of
the 'catwalks' over the tube spaCC$.
The forward one is 17 mm X I t mm
and the aft one 18 111111 X It mm. These
catwalks arc fined to thc starboard side
of the 'island' and appropriate openings
should be made in the screens. Whip
aerials arc cemented 10 the sides of the
after funnel and, in thIS connection, I
have a lime expired tooth brush in my
'bits' box, which v.iII supply cnough
aerials to equip O1uny model navies.
The rafts are now filted and I found a
more realistic eITeet was obtained by
chamfering the Inboard edges to make
them slope slightly as In the protolype.
side were ma de from stretched sprue.
The other conversion is Crossbow as
mounted, and also the AA gun.~ in the
bndge wings. I used the smaller AA
Left: General at'fUllJIl!mellf dru"illgs for 'Wl'OPO/Z' class $/u'ps, Below: IIMS Broad-
sword ill model form . Nou Ihl' l'jfeclirl' addilioll of talw(llb abo~'1' Ihe lorpedo r/fbl's,
Top of illl",e: Fill/-size dm"'ings fol'
'WeapolI' class COIII'n-sioIlS. Key: J-
blllJ.."nul, make t ...o fol' tach model.
l-Ia/tiu mast fol' I'adal' picbls; IrllCl'
'''-0 and lIIake up lal/ice 01'1"1' t,aci/llls.
3-4 illch DP gllll$. 4- ·bl't/slead' rodD,
aerial for radar pir:keu. S-tlft sllper-
5lrllelure det:k for Broadsword. 6-(Jfl
SllperSlrllelllfC duck for Crossbow.
7- for ...ard superstructure deck for
Broadsword; Crossbow SitOINI dOliI'd .
B-back of bridge; S-blasl screen.
mountings for these guns. The after
gun deck is modelled 10 the pattern
given, and single AA guns fitted to the
larger AA mountings. The extreme after
end is built up in 1/8 inch balsa and two
squids fincxl in 'X' position, The tube
spaces are 'plated in' with card and a
second lanicc mast fiucxl over the
forward position. This mast was made
to pallern from 10 thou card cut inlO
10 thou strips, assembled on a d~wing,
model aircraft fashion, It carries a
scanner similar to that in the Dt~'On$/zjre
kit, and a patlern is gi\'en. The radar
dire<:tor is replaced by part 15 from the
kit, mounted on a block of scrap.
A small bals~1 de<:khousc 1/8 inch high x
3f l 6 inch long is mounted immediately
behind the foremast, and runs the full
width of the superstructure deck. The
life rafts are the same pattern as used
in Tiger, Rnd are disposed as shown on
the diagmm. The dinghy is carried on a
small o\'erhead deck in the position used
by the starboard molor lauoch. If the
destroyer \'ersion is preferred, the tubes
are filled nnd the second mast and aerial
omilled.
The finish is Slandard grey with black
masts above funnel height, and white
topmasts wilh black pennant numbers,
but at ooe time the destroyers wefe
finished in vcry light grey and carried
G penn:lOt numbers.
'93