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AIRFIX FOR PLASTIC MODELLERS

Inagazine May, 1967

IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS FROM AIRFI X Ayro 501K ;and f i<ll G.SO bb kiu introdu((!d )16

I N THE AIR Al a n W . Hall (ove" the latest news from the aviation world )18

BASIC RAILWAY MODELLING First o( (WO articles on making a MOIUI from Alrfl x kin, by N orm;an Simmo ns )20

MILITARY MATTERS P e t er Cha mbe rlain describes British experimental Sherman types m
MEMORIES Of THE S04K Veteran flyer Gren ... i1Ie M" nton reClUs his experiences In the famous old Avro )"

WHEELSPIN Motorlntlon of the Alrfix 1904 Me rcedes by Bert Lamkln l26

MY CRIMEAN WAR In the second of his articles, C . Jo ne, shows how to make the Run,ans l28

NEW BOOKS latest publications of interest to modellers )10

A STIRlI NG TRANSPORT A lan W . Hall shows how to make the Airlix Stirling into the Mk V versio n ))I

RETRACTI NG THOSE WHEELS How to mIke the Stirling undernrril&e work by Roger Bowyer m
MOULD YOUR OWN TURRETS Ke nne th M. Jones with usefulldns for military modelle" m
PROFILE The Dornler 217 K2 described and modelled by Michael J . F. Bowye r »)8

MILITARY M ODELlI NG Chris Ell is describes wme simple Shermln convenions )<2

PHOTOPAGE Some nlre Fleet Air Arm and RAF pictures from reade" )«

NEW KITS AND MODELS Latest releases reviewed for modellers )<S

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The plge where your vie ws and ideu can win ~ou I free Alrfix kit ".
COVER PICTURE
We present these use(ul alrlmer palnt/n, ,uides (or modellers who are looking (or co/ourful alternatives 10 the ma rk in,s provided In the
respective Airfi ~ I :I·H scale kItS. The Caro velle 10R o( Union De TronsporlS Atriens (UTA) also in valves some con ve"ion work (rom the Airfrx
model. but the strikinr Sroniff SAC One·E/even ;s (I straight. but tricky. repaint. Drawings br. John Stroud.
(lIIuSlntlons courtesy AlP. SP, the Journal of the International Av iat ion Service of the Srltlsh PUro eum Co Ltd, London)

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May, 1967 )IS
 instruction sheet , two SClS of transfer markings and a painting
guide allow the enthusiast a choice of the RAF :Ind Australian
Fl ying Corps \ersions,
The kit is priced at 2s 3d.
Readers too )oung to remember the S04 K can see one
preser\~1 ill flying order by the Shuttle\O'onh Trusl at Old
Warden. Mea nl"hile on page 324 of Ihis issue, _eteran flycr
Gn.:n\ilk Manton recalls his e>CfJCrienc:es in Ihis immortal
machine,

Eagerly (I II'(/lll'(/ tII/(/ifiQII to Ihl' Alrfi.~ 1:71 sC(I/e range is Ilris
filiI' model 0/ (Ill Arm j04 K, Oil/' of Ilw IOrlgUf 5cn'i'lg airCfII/1
types In Ihl' MS/Of)' 0/11 "imiQII. /I ' {/rl. inKS il/uJ'lrll/fr/ (lrt' A us/ralilln
Flyilrg Corps, onc 0/1"'0 oplillllS in tlw kil.
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M. RLimited
RAU'U UIKM ANN, chairman of Aim:\. Industries
(\lid of the British Toy Manuf:tclurers Association.
presenled the Airfi", I M RR C 'Grand I'd",' Trophy 10 17·year-old
~ I a", Coll ier of Holloway, London, o\'erall winner of a four
wlo;,:ks slot·raci ng COntcst he ld o,er the Easter period al Selfridgcs
department sloo; in London, There were o\'er 1,000 en tries.
M aJ(, making his debut in open competition slot racing,
took the Coca·Cola Bottlers Trophy for the best performa nce
in the first \lcck of the contcst as well liS the o\erall prize, Ue
Ill-lOll': !>Ir Ra/ph I:'}'fllm"" (1('/1 ), clrflirmall 0/ Airjix, pr"sl'lIu
Afux Collier lI'ilh Ihe Airji.~' MRR C 'Grmul /' rix' Trophy Jor
" ';,,,dllg Ih" JUllr lI'uks IO/rg s!Q/-rt/ring rOlllest he/(! 1II Se/frldl{es,
Iloll om : IIrrlNrI I'orrrio.f, II'ho Is ;11 the AII.fir;UII urlll)" IlIking
t""il'('ry Q/lrls prize, a SI(')'r l'uclr 500. _ul Gra:.

NEWS FROM

The wo rld '. , r eat ut " al ue In con-trut1:i o n kits

• Avro S04K

• Airfix prize winners

• Fiat G .SO bi s

•M - -
ODELLI NG enthusiasts will gi\"c a big welcome 10 Ihe
1:72 scale A\'ro 50.:!K ta l est in the !:lrgc Airfl.~ mngi.: of
authentic military aircraft kits.
The Avro 504 had "h:u is possibly the longest scnlce life of
any :.ircmfl CI'Cf buil! . A dll'CCI (k:sI;-cndanl of A. v. Roc's
Scrl'-'!l SOO nlcing :urcr:lfl the S().:I was designed .)rimaril), as a
ROydl F)lng Corps tnuncr In 191) tlnd "'ilS last in SCr\'1ce I<ilh
the Gred. Air Forre ,",-ell Into World War 2.
No fewer than 8,340 S().:Is "'"Cre bUIlt a nd the famous 95 mph
model ' K' was produced In Bri!:un, Canada, Australia. Jap:ln.
Chin.l and Ru ssia. Whlk lhe S04 "',as designed as a trainer.
§c,'eral ada['Jt:t tions \O"\:re made to allo ..... for fighting and bombing
opcrJtions,
Nearly 40 moulded pol}'~I)rene pans arc inel udl:d in this
highly det:lilcd model kit. In :Iddition to the easy-to-follQw
3 16 AlRFIX mlllnine
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has been racing MRRC equipment for three years at the TO(-
lenham Court Road '30's O ub·. AI Selfridges his Airfix
Oubman Special BRM eo\-crW IS la ps of the 115 fl.ocI circuit
in the three minule time limit at an a\'C:rnge scale speed of ovcr
200 mph.
Second and third week's pri:res presented by BP and Dunlop
went to Laird Cn!evey (10), of Mayfa ir. and Graham Rose( 14).
o f St Johns Wood. Runners-up and third placcrs recciH:d
Airfi.,tMRRC cars and sets from Mr Ehrmann.
Another Airfix motor racing soccess story comes from
Austria where Herbert roredos ¥I"Cnt 10 the Steyr-Puch works
at Gnu: to take delh-ery of a br.md new Stc),r PUl.:h 500 car
which was his prize for conling first o\·er.l1J in the National
Austrian Airfix Motor Racing Compelition held lasl aUlumn
al the Jocllen Rindl Sports and Race Car Show in Vienna,
This was rcported in the January, 1967, issllCof Aumx magazine.
The presentation "'1IS made by Herr Hladik, chief clerk of
the Steyr·l>uch works .

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L ATEST addit ion to the Airfix range of more than 50 World
War 2 mili tary aircmft kits in 1;72 scale is the Italian Fiat
G.SO bis Freccia (Arrow).
The Fiat Freccia got its baptism of fire towards Ihe end of the
Spanish Civil War and the modified G.SO bis wit h an open
cockpit appeared soon after Ita ly entered World War 2.
The 0 .50 bis pr:n 'ed reliable and eXlremely manoeuvrable
but its 84(l hp Fiat radial engine left it under-powered and no
match for Allied fighters. Nearly 500 G.50 bis Frcccias were
built during the war and were used by sevcral of the Axis forces
Subject o f this faithfully detailed 12-part modd is one of the
aircraft stationed in Belgium for a brief attacking role in the
Channel and British Islc:s theatres of "'1Ir in 1940. Full assembly
instructions. painting suggestions and new style matt transfer
markings allow for the constrUl.:tion of a realistic model.
The Fiat G.SO bis Fm:cia kil is a\'llilable from Airfix stockists
in the Series I range, price 2s 3d.
Abon': Hr$( Airfix /luxl..1 0111 W(}I'/rI War l lw/i1ll1 aircral' to
In! rt'/<'II5t'd is 'his fine rt'plico ol'he Filii C.50 bis F,rccio . ....ith iu
(/iS I;,,("/;.,('; OM" rocJ..pi,. Alarh'IIIS are pro~itI/'(llor olle 01 'he
aircraft bMI'(1 br/..fI)' ;" 1};>lgilllll lor 11 short pt'rllJ(l t/llrillg the
/Jall /I' 01 Briwi,I;'1 /94fJ M·h.." il ",us tkridrd 10 Ol/OM' 'hI! Ilalian
Air Forcl' to fHJrtirifHJl/.! M'flh Ihe l.#/IM·(4Je ill af/acks on E,tgfalllf.
Th .. IIIIiu illl'% '<'I1 M'('rt" S("JOII ",ilht/rO M'n all.., sll!l('r;'1g hea~y
Jo$S('s on 1ht'1('M' minimIS in ",hich Iht"y flew. For Ihe first lime,
Airfix hm'(' inlrlJ(Jllcrd m(m Iranifcr.. M·j,h 'his kil . D('wifr are
a/ID g;'·.'n lor the i"rrirt.lft" mOf/fed colollr rchc,,~.
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BIGGIN HILL AIR FAIR 1965 : Se p tember_Jeep conyersionl and &nle

O RE e.~hibits and displays than e\'er bcfore.-both of
M the nyi ng and the static variety- are promised by the
organisers of this )ear'S 8 iagin I-till International Air Fair
which takes place from May 11-14 as the now· traditional
opening itclll on the British air display 5I:ason. As in past
years there will be aerobatic displays by service teams,
incl udi ng the Red Arrows in their Gnats and the Belgians
in their Stampes. a Commando assault by helicopter, flying
displays by service aircraft. and literally scores of commercial
an d light a ircraft. Several preserved aircraft will also be on
view. In additioll there will be Army and RAF equi pment
on show an d. of course. the opportunity to inSpt.'Ct mOSI
of the participating aircraft at close quarters.
AJRfIX magazine eontributoT1 Alan Hall and Dk k
Ward will once again be presenting thei r mammoth History
of Air I)o....cr model aircruft exhibition whkh they and Da\'e
Cook ha\'c boilt up o\'Cr the years. More than 1,300 1;72
scale models comprise the collection, many of them plastic
and almost all com'CTsions from 5tandard kits. There are
or Brlu.l n colour schemu. 1966: Ma rch-f irefly
Profile and Re d "'-rmy equipment. A p r ll-Dinah
conyer510n. June-Hair-track conversion and four-
stacker d estroyers. July- RF-<tC Phantom
conversion. AU l us t _Cuallna convers ions.
S e pte mbe r -Muado r varlanu. O cto ber_King
Tiger and P-SIC Mustang , N o vembe r-Slurm-
tlcer conversion. December - Me 262 conversions
and halF-tracks. 1961 : J a nuary- Joseph Stalin 2
co nv ersion. A pril- 1916 tanks and Me 262.
Wf)Uld rtflders pltflse noM that all Inuts not
lined above are now f)Ut of print and con /10 lonlf!:r
be supplied.
locI< u-pl •• !tOot 10 . .~h (l .. dwdi" l _ta..)t"'.
. 11 C'Opi. . . . p CO . .. d I.. d .. di ... '.pt.m..... .
for

in addition a number of scratch-built wooden models. All
the actual models featured as conversion subjects in AJIlFIX
magazine can be secn in the display. including the Stirling
Mlr: V which is this month's con\·ersion.
8 iain Hill is ... ithin easy reach frOm London by truin and
G.wn Line coach.
f rom O ecobo • • I"'. 0 .. _ ..... I h. cot l I, 11 ... an
k ..... poOl paid . .. I.... oddr. . . .11 . ... _ u fo r
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Am
W Society's
rn~ the reslOf1uion of the H isloriclJl Aircl'1lrt Presen"alion
Proctor \0 its original RAF m;trkings the
nu mber of " rOCIOfS preserved now amoums 10 four.
The latest t_\ample" hkh now rests al Higgin ]·t ill resplendent
In ils new colours is N PISI. This aircraft " 'as a M k IV. 250 of
... hich were built by F. H ills and Co. Manchester. Its con-
st ructor's number was H8S88. In 1955, 60 of these ai rcraft
were dec lared surplus by the RAF and the example al prese nt
refurbished became G·AOAR . I1 was in turn owned by R. A.
Peacock, Continental Aircraft Senices lld, A. J, Whilcmore
Acradio Ltd, A. J. Barwell and Comp;tny Ltd. and finally
C. V. Thomas and the Airways Acro Club. For se\'cral months
the aircraft stood in the ope n al Higgin H ill .'110\\ Iy deteriorating
unlll the Society look pit)' on it and found the funds \0 do the
repaint job.
Other " ro<;tors still in static c:apti\ity im;l ude one held by the
Northern Airemft Preservation Society. LZ766 .... hich ""as
restored by the Tamworth RO)'al Observer Corps group and
anothe r, believed to be IJV361, .... hich resides in the grounds of
It Bristol Grammar School.
11 is expec ted Ihallhe ' ·IAPS ProclOr will be on show together
wit h their other historicall y interesti ng aircmfl at the Inter-
na tional Air Fair to be held at Biggin Hill from May 11-14.

TIGER TEST
NEW t)-pe of light aircraft competition is bcing sponsored
A by the Tiger Club. the association of light aircraft o .... ners
and pilots .... ho delight in Hying either the ultra-light TUfbulent
or the \encrable old Tiger Moth itsclf,
Private pil()ls from all o\er Britain, because the competition
isn't limited to the Tiger Club's o .... n mernbers, will be tcsting
Iheir s ~ill and endurance in a dawn 10 dusk Hying com petil;on
during Ihe longest da) s of the year, bet .....een J une 14-28.
The object will be 10 ny as far and as long as possible during
Ihe 17 hours of daylight wilh the object of arrivi ng at Ihe Tiger
Club's airfield at Redhill arou nd 9.30 pm. They will record
tht:ir !light in a special report and the winner will be chosen on
a basis of these by lhe Duke of Edinburgh, ..... ho is himself a
keen a\'ialOr, aoo a panel of Ihree judges.
The emphasis of lhe competition ..... ill be on personal eooca,-
ou r and achieH::menl aoo ad\"aoced airemft or pilol's experience
.....iII 001 l1C('essarily be lhe deciding faclor. T .....o pilots may Hy
as It learn bUI there will be It special prize for solo allempts.
Compel it ions of this IYpe h:l\'e been held by the Tiger Club
before, but Ihis year secs lhe first of a na tion-wide allempt 10
popularise the 'stay aloft' sport. " reviously the ultra-light
Turbulen t5 ha\e taken nlany of the pril.cs. Po .....ered by a
convcrted motor car engine Ihey have covered up 10 I,OOOmiles
during the day with a fucl consumption and average speed
beller Iha n Ihose of many family saloon cars,
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Top 10 bouom : Tilt lIa..-J. u Siiltll'fty liS SOf murililll~ rnon-
lIuissoll('t o;r("ro/l " 'hid, ..·us ruff("d 0/11 of lilt cOlllp6n),'s O,tSltr
"'orks rtrt'lIIfy. 71lis, Iht firsl prolOl)'fW, .."iff ffy slrorl/), olld ,.·iff
tl"l'llItm/fy r("pfQ("(" li,t SIrQCkfl'1011 il/ RAF CU(Jsluf Comm(JIw,
Pr(}("wr NPISI, A Mk fV "'fridl Il(ls rtl'l'nff), bUll rNl/fIIM /rom
ils ('Nil marJ.,illNS 10 Ifrl' origillaf mll/OI/jlaNI' Srlll'lIIl' ill "'/ridl il
,.'as /N/inINI " 'frtll ;1 It/I Iht /lIclOr), a/ F , H iffs QtUl Co, TbI'
"irCrtl/1 Iras ~'I'II prtStHl'd by Ilrl' (fiSlorimf Aircrqf"1 Prl'S('rI"ali(JI1
SOcif'I)' (IIuf ...iII bt 011 l'llOl<' (If Ifrt fllll'rmlliomlf Air Fair at
Higgill l /ifl in May (Photo R. W . CranhRm). YOII pays )'011'
lIIonty mul )'0/1 I"ktl YOllr droiu. , , . S"pl'r Sixl)' sl',its 0/ four
I'ngillt(f J)C-8 ltlS (11 Iltl' /JoUNftls ('omp611y's Ll/lrg /Wild//"dfity.
Tlrt OC-8 SI/ptr 61 (,igllf) is lksiNllt'(110 l'tlrry 1jl p6ssl'/If!trs
011 inl("r('olllilll'nlul/lighlS. DC-8 SI/ptr 61 ktlllft) is 1111' Ill""
10/18 ,Ulrgt.·trsiOlI Qlld lilt SI/pt, 61 (Ju, ft/t) III lilt ('ofOllrs 0/
EUUl'fII Airfinl's ,.·tlS dtsigllt'd for IrtllIst'OlIIiM'IIIUf roult's,
There is 1'10 geographical limitation in lhe competition,
"ilots can roam all o,'er Eu rope if Ihey wish pro\idi ng they
return to Redhill by Ihe specifIC<! hour in the evening. They can
also start from anywhere they wish in Greal II rilain. Although
some may be able 10 stay ai rborne for rhe .... hole of the 17 hours
most ai rcrart will have to la nd sometime for fuel. In orde r to
avoid over-hasty turn rounds :tnyone in the comperition who
does t:tnd will ha"e 10 spe nd a minimum of 30 min utes on the
ground.
AIRFIX m;ljuine
 Apart from the night Itselr, much of the rompetition centres
on the elTecti\e nnd enterprising planning of the route in
relation to weather nnd other na\ig:uional limitations. There
"ill also ha\ e to be a c!car and detailed log compiled of the
night.
The Tiger C ub's competition will do much to foster the
steady increase in pri,'ute fl) ing in this country. It will introduce
something of the spirit found in ocean f'Jcing by )~Jtehsmen as
11 pro, ides similar opportunities for achit',ement and an e\en
grea ter ability 10 co\er long diSlancc:s quickly.
.-
FROM SHARKS TO WESSEX
N osubmarine
820 Squadron, Royal N:\\'y, is one of the premier anti-
unitS ... lIh the fleet and although used mainly
in a training role ha; more recently been fully engaged in the
TQrr~y Can)'QlI disaster operating from their home base at
RNAS Culdrosc:.
Formt.>d in 1933 from 450 Flight. the Squadron, using Fairey
III F aircrafl, operated from II MS Courageous and has since
thcn , ap:lrt from a five )car break aftcr the wa r, been con-
tinuously in service,
No 820 has always been used as a strike squad ron, From the
early da ys of clI rrying torpedoes through the Second World War,
"'hen they sened in both the Mediterranean and l>acific. firstly
",ith Swordfish, thcn Albacores and I~arrac udas the sq uadron
has bee n in the th ick of the fight. They took part in operalions
co,'ering the 'Torch' landings in Nonh Africa, auackcd enemy
surface forces , lhe Tirp;/::, BiJIIl(lrck, Se/tarn!wrSI and GnI'iSl'llUlI
and later in the war, ",hen equipped ""Ith A\engers, took part Top ; In $""";(,(' ..-illt IFD U 01 Cu/tlros(' ;s Ilrl' 100('SI mo,/.. 0/
in attacks on Palemba nj, Sum:tlf'J, W"'SSI'X IIIII;-sublllllr;nl' iI('liropll'r. All mldil;olla! fill IN-hillll Iltl'
The ~quadron was disb:tnded from MaT4;h 16. 1946, until CQ('/..p;I, a dorsal rllllar 1l1011n1;I1I( ami a 'IQSI' pro/N 1('('111 to IN lit('
July. 1951. "'hen il ... as laken off the shelf and re-formed at //lain addilions (J,/HI'" (rom ;1II1'"wl rquipm('lII. Air('ra/t .dllt Iltt
RN,\ S Eglington "'ith eight Firefly Vs in preparation for acthe unil (J,rl' UI prl'~1II "'01"/..;11[( IIp far UlUUl/rQlI liSI', Colours opfll'ar
SCT\ice in IIMS rAgI('. 10 IN Iltl' stundard Ik"k bllll' allll )Y'1I01O' 0/ Nal'a! ant;-slIbll/arilll'
I was recently pri\ ileged to see some of the photographs at /rl'lieoptl'l"S (MOD photogra ph). ,\ bon'; SlrOf4g(' IINlrkings 0'1 a
present in the squadron's tine book , Like most units "'ho ha\'e "Y'II-k_ ..'n air('rO/I , All Albaror(' 0/ No 8M Squadron t(J,king
/HI" in 11r,. Norllt A/ri(,(J,lIlalU!iIl8S d;spl(J,)"s 11t(' lIiSlin('fil'" squadron
a fairly long history they seem to acquire many photographs cotk allll (J, US Slar ()I'U IIu> rOll/llkf,
... hich ne,er get into print and some of these arc most rare and
as can be scen from these published, The S"'ordfish photo- seeing photographs of Il urricancs similarly painted, the idea
graph amply illustrates the usc of unde"'ing codes on prc-war being to counter the anti- British f«ling then pre,'alent in this
Na ..al aircraft. These arc not often seen and the position of
Vichy-administered area.
them- right on the wing tip_ is worthy of note,
The s«:ond pholOgl"dph of the Albacorc is indced a rare one. U·2 AT BEDFORD
Apart from the al most unique squadron code marking of 820
NE of the much-publicised Lockhccd U-2 high altitude
the RAF/ RN rot/ ndel has been painted Oll t and a US star
supe rimposed , These markings ... cre used by Alli ..>d forces O research aircf'dfl has bi."C n b:rscd at RAE JJcdford in recent
during operation 'Torch'- the landings in North Afrie.I , All weeks to assist in rcsc:m:h prollmmnlCS at present bei nll con-
Allied aircraft were p:linted in this manner; rea ders will recall ducted here and in Ame riea into clear-air turbulence, Much has
yct to be learned about this subj..'Ct which has been known to
cause hit herto inexplicable lrcdde nts to airc ra ft. The U-2 which
will be flow n by its USA F pilot, Cllpt Ken Maso n, wi ll remain
at IJcdford for two mon ths,

This pilotograph 0/ a S'l'OrdjisiI 0/8."0 Sqll/Illron u/tll'lIill[( from
4 galloll ,ins at Abouklr IN/ou 11,(' ,,'or slIO"'S " '('/I ,h(' IIndl'r"'ing
mark;rtgs romnKJII to moSI Nal'af a/rc-ra/t 01 Ihat I;nll', Likt ,ltt
Albu('ort pklllrl', litis is from 8.'0 Sqn's /ill(, book ,
M ~y . 1967
HS 801 ROLLOUT
AW KER Siddeley's Shackleton replacement, Ihe /'IS801.
H has been structurally complett.'(] at the company's Chester
plant.
The aircraft ... hieh is the first pure jet maritime reconnaissance
aircraft ""ill be powcrt.'(] with four Rolls Royce Spey engines
and employs a Comet 4 winll structure, The HS80 1 is designed
to fly at hillh subsonic speeds and high altitude to a search area
and then use il5 lo"'-speed lo ... ·!c'·el patrol capability before a
fast return to base, A wide ra np: of military weapons will be
carried,
A second prototype is under construction at Woodford,
Cheshire and wi ll ny shortl y after the present aircraft,
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Till' 4J X X dass Mogul Sftll in Ihl' lorl'groll/I(/ hut' ...us ":;::,:~~"fi;:~' ~;;::,~;;:.~~:
Truro uml Pro;r;c mod/'Is Sf'1'1I ill
A Mogul for your layout
FROM THE AIRFIX 'CITY OF TRURO' AND PRAIRIE KITS
C Class 2·6-0 usingofparts
ONSTR UCTION a
from
G WR 43XX
the
Airfix City 0/ Trllro and Prai rie Tank
ki ts cannot be claimed a~ origi nal.
At least onc of our readers. Mr D. W.
lkard of Cambridge has already built
such a model and a photogra ph was
published in the No,'embe r. 1965, issue
of AI RI'I X magazine. So far as I am
awa re, however. such a conversion has
not been fully described in these pages
and the following description is how I
fo und it could be done ,
Basically the eon"ersion invoh'eS
marrying the boikr from City of Trllro
with the chassis from the Airfi", Prni rie
tank . The Great Western was a gre:1I
outfil for sta ndardiSlllion and il so
happens that the 'Cily' boiler, Standard
No 4. Type 0 3, "..as the same as that
used in the 4)XX Class and the drivi ng
y,heel diameter. 5 ft 8 inche$ and whed
spacings were also the same. Cylinders
y,ere only slightly different: 1 8~ inches
30 inches in the 43XX and 18 inches x
30 inc hes in the 61XX Proli rie. The 4)XX
Class of locomot i~c is well wort h model-
ling as at one time there were o,'er 300
in service and il is ,'cry representati,'e
of the GWR. It first appeared in 191 1
a nd the last ont' was withdrawn onl y
a short y,hile ago in November, 1964.
In service they had a wide range of
duties on both passenger and freight
trains and they were ,'ery common on
the rural branch lines in Wales a nd the
West Country, the sort of line so much
fa, o ured by modellers,
The key to this conversion is the
footplale, part numter 9 from lhe
Prnirie lank kit. If you get Ihis right,
a lmost e,'erythina else fits nicely in to
)20
I/It! backgrouml. 11,;5 a 1)
hQit' III do il .
place. The modifICations required to
this pari are better illustrated than
<kso.:ribed and the plan view in Figure I
shoy,'§ where cuts should be made and
lOo hich p;IrIS should be removed. The
nel resu lt of these modifications is
removal of the foolplale below the
c0.11 bunker 10 fil the part for a te nder
locomoth'e instead of a ta nk l()I;omOlh'e
and a lso an adjustment to the length
of the stepped down piece forward of
f ie S ...
tne cylinders. On most of the 43XX
Class locomotives this 1~llIcr part was
longer tha n on the 6 1XX Prairie and
Figures 2(a)and 2(b) illustrate th is point.
I1 will be scen that a strip 3 mm long,
part D in the pla n view Fig I. is cut
from the discarded portion of the foot-
plate under the bunker and cemented
between A a nd B. 11 should also be
noted that the front projection of the
piston \'a]\"c cover forward of the
cylinders should be removed. The
(ront o r llle main framcs. pa riS I and l A.
also have \0 be modified because we
sha ll be fi ni ng scale diameter wheels
for Ihe front pony truck (parts 28 a nd
28A from the Prolirie III nk kil instead
of pans 2) and 2JA) and figure 2(b)
illustra tes Ihis.
Now assemble the chassis and motion
as in stages I to 17 and JS 10 40 of the
instruction shee t, I\Ot forgetti ng to
cnnnge the front wheels as rc ferred to
above. Splas hers for the cen tre dr;ving
wheels ha,'c to be made and lhese
can be conSlructed out of plastic card.
The splasher on the near side can be
made by following the pattern of the
other two but on the offside the sptashcr
is vcry much longer, fi nishing up just
2 mill short of the forwa rd sptashcr.
The small dome on the fronl step-down
of the foot plate should be removed and
nnother one made and fitted so thal it
is immediately abo,'e the axle of the
fron t pony truck, I found a com'eniently
sized piece of plastic sprue in my kit
to make this part and I mounted it on
a circle of plastic ca rd punched with
an office dou ble·hole fili ng punch. An
al tcrnati\'e to thiS is to make use of
onc of the discardcd piston val,'e
co,'cn reloo,'ed from the cylinders,
In coming to the boiler I recommend
fitting handrai ls and smoke box door
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All drawln" ire keyed to references In te"t; the small letten on the
drawin" ibove should be used to interpret the di"gr,\ms and ire .. Iso
referred to br iefly In the text
handles as described in the February.
1967, issue of AlIt",x ma~... ioe :Ind I
5Ugsest )01,1 make "hat alterations are
required berofe proceeding further.
Arttr completing the boiler assembl)
the depressions in the boiler and firebox
sides, .... hich in .he Airfix kit are de·
signed 10 clear the splashcrs and namc-
plates for the City 0/ Trllro. shOuld be
filled in wi,h plas,ic pull y,'plas, ic ",000
or any o,her 5ui,abJc fiIIin, material.
Pan of 'his filling will IInel'wards hll\C
10 be remOlled to clear 'he rear splashers.
You can kcep,he City ofTrllro chimney
if you like-it doesn't look so out-
rageous bUl it is in fllct too (ar forward
and really not quite the right shape.
A proper 43XX class chimney costS
only 9d (plus postage of course) from
101 "''''
=
, ~"'''_ 01 ub
I ,,," ..... . 01 , ..",....., loo,p'''' S~.d0'6
, omo •• d )( .n""'.... ",ho •• ,~"
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f.,m.
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1~ : er""d,' .nd I, .... ,
.. ",O<I,f.od
K's of Willesden and if filled with its
centre 12 mm from the front of the
smokeboll will cure all the faults . The
gaping hole left aner removal of the
"City' chimney I filled in with plastic
pUlly and smoothed to shape. The
safelY \'al\'c CO"er needs to be reduced
in height by about I mm. I simply cut
the top 01T. filed away the necessary
material and stuck the top back in
place again. A 'rim up with a file and
a drill to open 00' the centre brought
,he cover bad; to shape again.
Uefo ... : Th~ main compo"l'nrJ of rhl'
cO/II"l'rsioll slw,,,,'11g 1111' Ill'''' 1-6.() rl,ossis
IIIml~ from Ihl' Pm;,il' I,,"k (11111 Iltl'
mmlifil'd 'Cily' boiler Itolrn. 5111dy fhis
pi(/lIre ;11 rl'lm;oll to Iltl'
dra"';lIgs gi ...·1I Ir/'fl'.
, ,,
11 :1 : 10
/!
1.0/'1' .ftd ba<'
01 r; •• IH> • •
"n.o<>. , ...... , ..... 0 h ,
, ••• 0 ........ d.
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o (.bovo) r, ..
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b.lo . . . . ~" • .
11
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1·'·0
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CJ
It is necessary to lower the boiler
slightly and about ! mm should be
filed 01T from beneath the firebox.
The inside corners 10 the lOPS of the
(ron, and centre splashers will need
tri mming so that the boiler sits corn·
fortably in place. The smokebox saddle
should be removed altogether and a
new one scratch built out of plastic
card. This is illustrated at Figure 3. I
built mine by first cur.-ing a piece of
.020 inch plastic card and fining it
centrall y beneath the smokebox. The
t"'·o side pieces were cach cememed
either side and the space betwccn filled
with plllS.ic pull y. An alternative to
this is to use the smokebox saddle
"'orkillg from the I)rairie Tnnk kit and si nce
this is fitted with outside steampipcs.
this leads me to mentioning some
prototype inform.1tion.
Some of the 43XX Class were built
wi th outside steam pipes and some were
built without them and had them
filled later. Most of .hem did not have
outside steam pipes at all. One needs
to be careful when choosing an engra\'Cd
numberplate to pick the right locomothe
and also the right period attording to
the Ih'ery chosen. The following list
of 4JXX Class numbers in the "Kings
Cross' rangc of numberplates obtain-
Continlled 0// pag~ 31J
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THE SHERMAN STORY
PART a: BRITISH EXPER IMENTAL V ERSIONS
W HILE the pnndpal Sherman-fiued anti-mine de,·ices were
described 10 part 7. there "'-ere many other important
equipme nts dC'\cloped for the mine clearing role to which lhe
Sherman was adaplC'd by the British. These ",-ere fillC'd main ly
as an aid to indicatinG areas S\lCpt c~ar of mines.
Whr nU/.n i\1crimni...-.. 1 la i N.' Marker : Th is was e\'o!l'ed in 1944
for ma rki ng flailed lanes through a minefield and was fined to
flai l ta nks and AVREs. It consisted or two banks of 12 fi rin g
IUbes mounted on each side al the rear of the lank. Each firing
tube was filled \lith a flagged pickct an d at intervals a picket was
fired inlo Ihe ground by means of a ballistic cartridge. The
7 fl long picket p.:nelr:lled 12 inches int o Ihe ground and
remained upright to display the flag and so mark Ihe lane
through \lh ich the lan k had just flailed.
l\l iue-lleld i\1:1rking tights: E\ohed in 194) for lane rl\.;.l rk ing
by flail tanks. this de,ice consisted of a small chute which was
fitted eit her side at rear of the Crab. In each chute were 12
spiked oblong boxes thal con taiocd b;utery-oper-.ued lights_
Uelo..', 1('"(1 to right : rhl' Shrrmun AM RC R. IIIl' Shl'mlwI Lu/" (no,.. rrar rolll'r), am/thl' S/(lI/dart! CIR D .
m AlRFIX
MILITARY MATTERS
by Peter Chamberlain
u n : 0,,1' 0/ ,ht' t'Xpt'ri"H'lIIul 5"('rmoll Bridgl'/a)",.,s dt'rilw/
from ,ht' r"'uby bll' dispI'IIsing "';,11 ,lit' kinxposu IISnl in fht'
10/1(',. Ira .. Slay ,ook "'1'1,111 0/ rumps ""hilt' 'rUI',.ffi"8. (All
photos courtes), Imperial War Museum .)
AS the "chide flailed through the mine-flC ld. a s piked ma rker
box ..-as re~ascd a\ int c....·als and the box SlUc l.: int o the ground
sho"'i ng its light 10 the rear. Release of the marker boxes from
the chu te was controlled by a llowdcn C'.l ble from the turret.
The chutes ca n be !ccn clearly on the Crob 11 picture in part 7.
1..arK' IIhrking H opper: In this dc\'ice, a large drum or hopper
"as allachcd to the rear of the Crab. This contained po .....dered
chalk .. hich was released at inl cf\'llls by mechanical means to
IC;l\c a chalk trail on the ground ind icating the path of entry
to the swept la ne.
Statioll Kec> ping Lights: Two colou red lights were mounled
on short lubes al the rear of Sherm3n Crabs and ena bled
flailing vc hicles 10 keep stalion on C'ach othcr at night. Drivcrs
of following \"chic1es in the fl:liling ec hcton lined up on Ihc
lighls displayed by the \'chic1c :lhc:ld. These are also yisi ble
fi ucd on the Shcrman Cra b tI ill ustrated in p;lrt 7.
OTH ER A NTI·MI NE DE VICES
Many expe rimen tal de\iccs \lere also e' -oh-ed for mine
clcaring \lork . Some, li kc the C IRD. S:IW limiled opcr:llional
uS('. The various C'q uipmc nts arc summarised here.
ShlYmlln CIRD : CIRD StOOl.l for Canadian Indestructible
RolIC'r De \icC' and. as its name implies. was C"oh-C'd by the
Canadian Army in Scptenlbcr. 1943. T\\o types of roller were
used. 1.51 and 18 inches in diameter. The de,ice ~ollSisted of
t",o hea\y rollers of one or Olher of these sizes allached to
roller arms filled bcl\leen side arms Ihat extended in front of
the \ehicle. When a rolle r passed o\"e r !1 mine. detonating it by
pressure. the blast ca used the ro ller to jump up in the air and
describe an arc about the cross-bar. This motion induced the
spade end of the roller arm to dig into Ihe ground. By a mec h-
anica l arra ngemen t. plus the motion of the tank. the roller
returned 10 its original posi tion. Some \'ariations on CIR O
employment were mentioned in part 7.
I'orcupinc: De\'d oped in 194 3. this de\'icc consisted of a pair
of spiked rollers tr:1 iled one in front o f e:leh track br a steel wire
rope h:ITOcss att ached 10 a cross-bar carried 7 ft above the
ground and 8 ft ahead ohhe t:lOk . Thc cross-bar was mounted
:11 the end o f 11 beam projocting forwllrd und slightl y upwards
from the nose of the Sherman 10 which it was filled_ Another
ground pressure exploding de\ice. it di d n.ot pass the experi·
m ~cn ine
Top ro,,', left to ril,:hI : A Shl'fmulI Crab lowing Cl'llIipt'lll' roll,'rs 01 spl'l'd; Ihl' Shl'rlllOlI BI/IIs/tom Plough; Ilw SlwrmOlr LobSll'r,
lineribed in parI 7. AboH'. Il'rt to right : Thl' Slwrmall Jl'/frit's PIOt'gh IIl1dl'r It'SI 011 U /xue/r; Slrl',mulI towillg 1I S//Ilkt (dneribed ill
pari 7): Ihl' SIIt'fllmll AI 01 Plouglr. NO/t ll('fllil llifferl!//cps ill alllhut' plough lln·ius.
mcntal stage. S herman PlymO\llh : This was a section of Bailey Bridge
SiK'rm:m AMRCR :AM RCR stood for An ti-Mine Reconnai s· moumed on a Sherman chassis. NOI used in the field , though
san!X Castor Rollers. and this was a pemmbulator device a si milar idea was sccn in the 'd umb' tracked Bailey Bridge
att;tched to. and pushed in front of, the vehide. It consisted which utilised a smalllmckcd chassis and was towed or pushed
of a heavy frame extended ill front of the Shcrman and attached into posi tion.
to two arms filled on each side. Suspended from the frame Shcrman iNidgcla ycrs: At least two varia nts were del'eloped-
were four sets of rollcrs. onc to each corner. onc had a long double girder bridge carried from the bows on a
Sherman Lulu : An experi mental electrically operated mine hea vy A·frame (as in the Churchill AV RE wilh SBG bridge)
detector deve loped in 1943. the LUlu (origina lly called Zulu) and the othe r had a short double girder bridge supported fore
consisted of th r~'e 4 ft wooden rollers set in a triangula r pattcrn. and aft from a CC1llrally mounted girdcr and stays.
The two front rollers were attached to a ligh t girder of wood
and metal lattice construction, and projected 1I ft ahead of the KANGAROOS
tank. The third roller was towed behind on an 8 ft girder. Kangaroos were ex temporised armoured personnel ca rriers
Each roller contained a mine detector coil which was in turn del'eloped from an idea advocated by the Canadians in 194344.
wired to an indicalOr unit inside the tank. In view of their limitations- no overh ead cover and no way
S herman ,,'ith Centiped e ro llttS: Evolved in May, 1943. for for the infantry on board to use their small anns from inside-
the specific clearance of German anti·personnel '5· mincs- these were vcry successful as a means of gelling infantry across
which flail chains often missed- the Centipede consisted of 12 fire·swe pt ground in support of armour in the figh tin g in NW
rollers on parallel bars towed behind a Sherman Crab. Each Europe and Italy in J944-45.
rollcr was made of concrete, had steel tyres, and weighed 30 lb. S hcrman K:mga roo : The turret was removed, infantry wire-
S hcrm:1II 1>loughs: Various types of anti·mine ploughs went less was filled. and seats provided for a section of troops
through the experimental phase, including the Jeffrics. the M DJ, (it, 10 men) plus a crew of two. Seventy·five were convcrted
and the BulIshorn. Though slightly different in construction of va rious Sherman marks in J944-45.
these all worked on the same principle of lifting the mines and Ram K:lIlgaroos: T hese ""ere redundant Ca nadian Ram Mk
deflecting them outwards to left and right of the ploughing lis (displaced as gun tank s by Shernmns) and adapted as for
vehiclc. th e Sherman Kangaroo.
l"Ties! Kangaroo: The 105 mm howitzer was removed and
BRIDGING EQUIPMENT the embmsure plated in. Twenty infantrymen plus a crew of
two could be carried.
While the Sherman formed the basis for a number of ex·
perimen ta l bridging dCI'iccs. il W'JS not used oper,llionally as a GUN TOWERS
bridging vehicle. This was left to the Churchill which proved A number of redundant Ram l is were cOll\crted as for
more sui table by virtue of its more regula r hull shape and lower Kang.'lfoos (sce above) but used as tractors for the 17 pdr
profile. whccled anti·tank gun. Crew were carried in the vehicle.
S herman T"aby : This was a turretless chassis with short Similarly, a number of 11.'110 Achilles in 8 ritish service had their
folding ramps at each end and ramps across Ihe hull from turrets removed and were used as tractors for larger calibre
front to rear. Kingposts held up the ramps un til the ,'ehiele guns such as the 155 mm 'Long Tom·. In 1945, a tOlal of 120
was driven into position, whe n Ihe ramps and the kinllPDsts Shermans wcre radically altered by Vickers- with shortened
were lowcred. The complcte assembly formed a bridge across chassis among many other changes- and supplied to BAO R
a river or ditch. The same idea was used on the beller·known as gun tractors. Subsequently they were sold 10 Ihe Fedcml
Churchill ARK . Ge rman GO\'ernmell! for use as agricultural tractors. Thcsc
S h('rma n ARK : This was similar to the Twaby but had were known as Shcrvicks.
longer lattice girder ramps. ( Condn ...d n • • , mont h)
MJY, 1967 m
r
Memories of the
Avro S04K
GRENVILLE MANTON
of us who servw in the tirst
T HOSE
world war as pilots in the Royal
F!)ing Corps \\ill 31\00"3)'$ remember the
AHO S04K, thal dOllsht)' tractor bi-
plane ... hich became OUT standard
Iraill('T.
,\od, in particular, those who had
oc-c n selccted 10 become flying instruc_
lors and so undcrwcr. t the famous
Gosporl system of ~Id\'an<:cd flying
tr'Jining del·ised by the celebrated
Colonel Smith· Ban)' retain ril"cly re-
oollections of the '504' and ils in-
oomp.1rable qualities \\hich put it in a
class by itself. Its njmb~ness and light-
ness of control were ('.~Iraordinary
considering its size-the span was
36 feel an d the length was 29 feel
5 inches- and the n inc-cylinder Gnome
Monosou papc rotary engillC yie lded
100 hp so that the machine had no
e.~cess of poWCT. Yel il was fully acro-
batic.
When I first became acquainted with
the ' Mono Avro' (the name by ..... hich it
..... as commonly kno ..... n) in 1917, I ..... as
l ery much of :1 nOlicc hllVi ng logged
onl y about seven hours in the air
previously at a civilian flying school to
whkh I had been posted to receil'c my
mitial flying tmi nina. The aircraft used
there were pre-"'"ar type Caudron G .2
traelOr biplanes po""ered with 50 hp
Gnome rotary engines. These quaint
machines were constructed ..... ith a
•..... arp· con trol system by ..... hich longi-
tudinal control was obtaint.-d not by
hinged elevators but by flexing the
tmi ling edge of the tailplane. and
Interal control was brought about by
warping part of the trailina edges of the
tOp planes. Instructor and pupil sal in
a shallow na(:C11c and there wcre no
'H
Sltfc ty bolts. no flight inst runll;"nts. 3nd
no windscrt-c n l As no speaking tubes
were provided. the instTUCtor and pupil
could oot con,'erse in the ai r and the
latter was directed solely by OlO,'ements
of the instructor's left hand.
Th is method of teach ing people to fly
was sketchy to say the least. Yet th ose
of us who showed ltny promise W'CTC
5<'nt off solo in the quickest possib le
time. I had spent a lillle o,'er three
hours in the air seeking to master the
art and then one morning my instTU(:tor.
\\ ho ,.,.a$ a Frenchman. blandly an-
nounced to me. ' You " 'edone three hOU T$.
That is cnough. (plIUse)- you go up
now a nd if you crash. yO J no bloody
good!"
On reflection, I thinl.: he might hal e
ad ded some reference to the fact that
o n my second night with him he had
demonstrated how lIot to carry OUl a
forced landing. We had taken off,
gained a few hundreds of feet Oler the
1'l l'Ild inR: Till' 51ulI-
"I'..-orllr col/t'elioll's
prl'st'nw/ A,'ro 5O-IK
ill /figlrl (Photo by
Pele rSau n ders,
courtesy Shuttle-
worth Trust).
Right : Tilt' "'rilt'r
sl'a/1'/1 ill all A"ro 504
(If lVI/tit/m., SU"I')',
ill 1918. Tilt' /'tWilll'
Is u ell'rg!'1 (HO Irp)
,,·Irid•. "'j/II Ilrt' Lt'
Rh()lll! (J 10 hp).
largt'l)' rt'pluud ,lit'
Gnolllt',\lonosouptJ~
,llIring II'I! closing
Slagt'S of ,ht "·ar.
precincts of the aerodrome and then -
the engine went dead. Hc at once put
the Caudron in a n e)(cessile Ste<:p glide
and aimed 10 enter a lery small field
adjoining the coal yard of a rail way
statio n at Aeton. Why he chose it when
there \\cre otheT$ a great deal larger
nearby I shall IlCI'Cr know. At high
speed tlte aircraft struck the grou nd,
bounced and in a moment the frail four-
\\he<:1 unde rcarriage was 10rn off and
wc came to rest with the lower wi ngs
spl intered and ripped apart. We emcrged
from the wrcck un hurt though a bit
shal.:cn. Immedi ate ly lIe were engaged
in a hot argunlCn t for he aSSCTled that I
WllS primaril y to blame because I must
hal'e I.:nocl.:ed the ignition to the 'off'
position with my elbow. This being
umrue, I indignantly denied his accusa-
tion!
Though the fellow's ma nner in
directing me to go solo h:lrdly provided
me with the sort of encouragement
.... hich any pupil likes at such a time. I
was not sorry or greatly deterred whcn
I tool.: off in that old Caudron alone
that morning. I duly pasS<.-d the pre-
scribed tests which qualifted me for the
RAce 'aviator'S certificate' and shortl y
afterwards I WaS posted to an RFC
SllItio n in Norroll.:.
There I saw an AltO 504 K at close
quarters for the first timc. and there I
soon had my first taste of flying \\ ith a
highly prorlCient Se..... ice pilot. The
contraSt between the eocl.: pit of the
AlTO and the primitilc nacelle (not
unlike a sidecar) of the Caudron seemed
im mense. There was a comfort able
cushioned budet seat, a high well-
padded decking. a neat windscreen and
:t substantial safety belt of gI\."Cn
webbing. The control column W"aS of
just the right proportions ",ith a blip-
switch at the tOp and the rudder-bar
hld foot rests which added to the ease
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Picture oil/lie lI'fl wus lakell UI 8I1Slll')" lIt'rls (1/1)' 1I0me 1011'11). A pilot slatit}l/t!f1 at /.undoll Colllt)' ,,'us doing 10"'-lel'el aerobalics
...IU'II IlIe MO/IOSOupape cuI 0111 . lie al/empled /0 land ill a field, m'ersllOl U/rd finishl'dup (aJ silo,,''') 011 lire roof of u IIouse! 771e focal
rtslt/enu were aslollishl'd 1o sn him eXlrica/t! himself from I!re cockpil all/I lI'ail for Q ludller! ( /IIcldl'n/all)', someone rU.flled 10 Ill)'
home 10 iJllflQllCi! 11101 I hOlI crashl'd. 77ris fu/Sf! reporl spreud, 110 dOllb,. becallse IIISNI /0 fl)' //I'er 8 luhe), occosiollull)'.)
Phologroph 011 Ihe righl ;.1 of a craJh al ShuII·bllr)'. The aircrofl lI'as alle lued b)' a Pllpi( 011 his firSI .mla. He Jlalll'd 011 lokl'-"!! ami
was 1'''1')' sl'riml.f/), l'liuretl but rl'C/) ~eretl after a lenglh)' .fpI'll ill hospilal. H e hod borroll'ed Ill)' flying h1'1III1'1 ,,·/rich I lIel'er so ... ag"il/.
III World War 2 f sa il' him ;,r Ihe RAF Club. I asked Irim 10 r/'llIrn Ill)' hl'atl-gt'"r bill Ire /rUlIII/} rl!colll'l:liOIl of borrowing it!
of operating it. There ..... ere sill instru· confidence. Atthc same time I developed approaches, side-sli p landings. landings
ments in that cockpit I remember. They a rcg.'1rd and a so rl of affectio n for Ihat Bcrms wind, and spot· landings in which
~'ere ( I) air speed indicator. (2) lllt1- remarkable machine I was fl ying as a we placed our Avros down withi n a few
meter, (3) engine rc\'olulions indicator, prelude to my piloting the Sopwith Pup fect of a predetermined spot.
(4) fuel-tank pressurc gauge, (5) cr0S5 and thcn the Sopwith Camel. To the onlooker these operations
Ie\'cl 'bubble', and (6) compass. The Some months before the w:.r came to .... ere always fascinating to watch and
roominess and decor o f the cockpit its cnd, I found myself flyi ng the Avro to the pilol the y brought a deal of
seemed imprcssi\'e to me and when lhe S04 again, Ihis time when' ...-as cngaged satisf;,ction, Of onc thing I am t:erlain
pilot took off wilh a nmgniflCCnt in an advanced flying course which was and that is that in those days this great
climbing turn o\'er the Oesstnau hangars designt."<I, as I have said. by Smith _ finesse in handl ing wo uld not have been
and then put the Mono Avro into a Harry. 10 gi\'e us absolu!e mastery OH~r possible but fo r that splend id o ld work
neaHertical bank, I ..... as filled with a .... e. lhe aircraft in all conditions of flight . hOl se o f the air, the Avro 504K . It is no
I reca ll hearing his \'oice Il:'aching lily So under the guidance of some masters surprise the n that, after allthcse year'!'.
ea rs \ ia the 'Gosport' speaking tu bes, this machine is .... ell remembcrt.-d. Now
of the 'art'. [ acquired to the bes t of my
With mock solemnity he said. ·Well.
abilit y the techniques of looping, that Airfix is marketing an Avro 504K
now you" 'e enle~ this Oyin, lark.
obsen'e, my dear boy, the posi tion of rolling, spi nning and or C3rrying out kit I am sure that .... hen people like
this nl:lchinc in the air'. that "ery tricky maoocm'fC. lhe railing myself sce the aircrJft presented in
The wecks passed quickly and, stage leaf, The curriculum did not end there. model form ...·c shall ellp;;riencc a fceling
by Stage, I gained experience and We were taught how to do tail-s .... ish of pronounced nostalgia.
ca rd to the Airfix Cil)' of Tr"ro cab The roof WlIS made from t .... o pieces
Mogul o ntinu ed sides but I prefcrred to cut new sides o f ,020 inch plastic ca rd ecmented
a blc from the Model Rail way (M fg) from .030 inch plastic card. The dri"er'. togelher. Two thin pieces were used in
Com pany Ltd, indicates which 1000- lookouts in the sides I cut slightly preference to one thick piece because
motivdi were filled with outside steam· o"crsize to allow for a thin strip of when thcy are cemented togcther they
pipes and whcn: .010 inch plastic ca rd to be t:emented keep Iheir shape, Rain stri ps at the
around the cdge to represent beading, siddi and end were made from thin
Ouuld e
Sle am W llh ·
The tail of this stri p was left aboul 2 mm str ips of .010 inch plastic card fi.~ed
N.
iJII
a.. ih
1911 "- ,,,. drewn
1951
at the cnd to fix the tOP of the verlical
handrai l which was made from plastic
wit h liquid cement. Thc cab stcps
were cut from the Prairie tank sides.
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,...
07S
SUI
"IS
1915 ""
1141 sprue heated and stretched O\'er a
candle Ilame. I used the Prai rie lank With the cab filled , the boiler can
.~,
"17
'''' ""
'''' cab front, part 11 , bUI adapted it 10 be offcred up a nd t:emented in place,
.~,
"'"
'fl' Lt44 ""
"" take a higher cun'ed roor (the same The Ch), of T",ro whistles and the
.m
.. l>rairic boiler 5ta)... part5 31, can be
LtII ,,~ 19Jf
.no .,S) COntOUr as Cil), of Truro) by cutting
.K' ""
,n,
,,~
"'iI, """ the top off level and fitting a piece of filled. Two 'wing' plates (Figure 6)

,... ,,,.
un made of .020 inch plastic card ....ere
.m 1nl ,,~
'''' plastic ca rd cu t to the correet shape,
Figure 5 iIIustratdi this. The cab front cemenled edge on to the centre of the
1lt' 191 1
NI.-SJJI and U86 _ . rOftW",berM '''' should be cemented immediately foe-
front drivi ng wheel splashers.
1))1 ... d .186 "'/>KIN", l>e<w.... 1921 The City of Tr"ro tender ca n be
.nd " .... ,ltS ..... <he loo< of ,he du. wt ..... ward o f the first of the t....o locating
~
d ...... III N _ ...... 1914.
, pins o n the footplate. Normally, of
course, with the Prairie lank the cab
used to complete the model but really
this needs modifying as I hope to show,
Figure 4 shows a side view of the cab. to&Cther .... ith details of Iherics, et.:. in
This can be built up by addini plastic front fits bet....een these two pins. the next article in this serics.
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Till!! Airjix 1904 MI'rUMS nHHkI, /IlOlOr;MI/ by Bert Lomkill, P(}MS on our Airjix
circuit. SUlfulord Alrjix motor wld MRRC guide shoe ore used, alld IhiJ plrlllrl!!
sho ...·s IlIe lie .... /rOIl1 axil!! /orllled/rom 1II~lal rod.
Motorise the Mercedes
SECOND IN OUR SERIES OF VETERAN SLOT·RACER PROJECTS
SECOND on our list of suitable
motorisation subjects from the Airfur.
ra ngc of vin tage and vcternn 1:32 sc-.tle
car kits is our old friend the 1904
Mercedcs, a \'ery typical r.tci ng car of
the Edwardian cm. It makes u very
good competitor to the rncing Dc
Dietrich which we dealt with in ou r
March, 1967, issue and motorising the
two will pro\ ide some (njoyable racing,
as a change from modern cars. on the
average t\\in-Ia ne home built slot
layof,JI.
As with the De Dktrich, you r first
mo\lC with work on the M(rttdes is to
paint as many paru as possible before
assembly, thus obviating a lot offlddlina
work later on. Exclude the \\heels from
this schedull!! and make a start on the
conversion wor\: by removing lhe
plaslic moulded tyres on an extc:mpor-
326
ised lathe in the manner men tioned for
the [k Dielrich and described in
de tail by Norman Simmons in his
M:lIador con,'crsion article in the
<ktober, 1966, issue of Alltfix maga,dne.
Once the plastic tyres ha,'e been
skimmed do\\n to the \\heel rims, file
or CUI a \'Cl")' shallow V-shaped depres-
sion round the rims 10 gh'c a grip for lhe
rubber tyres ",hich must now be added.
These art' made from rubber rings sold
in umbrt'lla rt'pair shops and are
cemented in position round the rims
using Uf-IU or impact adhcsi\·c.
Assembly follows the kit inSlructions
from stages 1- 5 and then jumps to
stage 1. When the cell)(nt has hard<:ned
thoroughly lhe new back axle assembly
can be installed. The rear axle is entirdy
new and consists of a 2 inch Icngth of
d inch diameter rod. About i inch
at each end is reduced in diameter to
lake an 8 OA thread and if you are
lucky (nough to own a lathe this will
be no problem. If nOI you may howe a
friend who can do the job for you,
Underside ..ie ...' s!IO ...·$ lite )'('ry sjmple lo)'(W1 0/ litis IllOtorisoliOlI. Nale Iltt! cut-oUI
in Iht! /Ut!IIQnk 10 acconmlOdott! Iht! alnlrolt. 1"he plQSlic aud axle supPOrlS art! sun
insidli! t/~ duuJiJ /r_s inboard 0/ the
though it is just aoolU possible to use
the drill stock technique 10 do this work
if you are V(I)' C:lrcful.
The axle is carried by two plastic
card supports, but before cementing
them in position the contrnle mUSI be
fined. This comes off a standard AirfIX
motor mcing axlc- ;l\'ailable as a spare
item from Aimx motor racing stockists
:Ind is localed on the new home-
made axle by lhe centre-punch method
which has b..'Cn described in pre\ ious
Wheclspin ankles. Next file a semi-
circular notch in the centre of (ach rear
spring moulding to ensure thal the new
axle centre is the correct height from
the &round. Slip the new plastic card
su pports ovcr the ax le and cemcnt them
in position on the inside of the springs.
Sketch 1I gi\'cs the details.
The standard Airfix mOlor, requirt'd
to pro\idc the po\\cr, is mounted on the
chassis in the same ",ay as describ..-d for
the De Diet rich. A strip of ir inch thick
plastic card. with notches filcd inlO il 10
rt'iister with the motor lugs, locales the
pinion end. Another strip, cemented
under the thassis keeps the motor
hOrizontal and a melal brackct is
boiled 10 the chassis to hold the motor
in place. Sketch C illustrates the
arrangerncnt \'cry clearly.
To complete the rear a,1e assembly,
the chain drhes, pans 12 a nd 13, are
slippro on to lhe axle, the hole in the
largt:r Sl)l'"ockel being opened to allow
the shaft 10 rolate freely. The st ub
axles on part 14 are CUI ofT and cemellled
10 the chassis to register with the hole
in the small sprocket. This can then be
cernented to the stub.
The hub! of the rear wheds are
IUpped 8 HA and threaded on to the
""ha' hubs.
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shaft '" i:h an 8 IM nut either s.de or
both "'heels. These can be adjusted to
ghe the correct track, II inches. lhen
locked.
For the front :nle a pN..'Ce of .. inch
diameler rod is used. bent to a similar
shape u the original plastic a,;1e
provided in the ki1. l'lastic card supports
are used, as with the back a,;Jc. The
fronl :i.llle also carries the guide shoe
mount which is a small meta l plale
solde red to the bottom cen tre of Ihe
a.llle. A sta ndard M itRe guide shoe is
used and should be attached to the
mounting plale before lhe a.llle assembly
is inslalled. First fit the pick-up braids
and solder on short lenllhs of wire fle",
10 Conf'lC(:t up 10 the motor. The guide
shoe spigot, with suilable washers to
gi\'e the correct sil in the 5101. is passed
through a , inch hole in the plate. a
piece of paper is slipped over il, and a
small .....asher is soldered to the spigot:
lhe paper prc\'cnts you from attidcnt-
ally soldering lhe washer to the mount-
ing pia le, and when removed '" ill gi"e
lhe neces.sary free: movement to the
shoe. Sketch 0 shows the front ade
assembly in detail.
The plastic card ade supporlS can
now be slipped on to the ule and
cc:mcnted into position inside the front
springs. The leads from the pid.up
br.tids are attached to the motor con·
tacts by small pieces or rubber sk:cvc.
The front ..... heels arc bushed ..... ilh th in
brass tube. Ihis being a sliding fit on the
a",le and lonl enough to li\'e the
requi red spacina betwcen ",'hed and
chassis. A small washer soldered to the
Iube locates t he whee l when glued in place.
lloth whcels are relltioed on the a",le
by soldered washers, again usi ng slips of
p;lpcr to avoid aocidentally soldering
the ..... heels rigidly to the axles.
AI this stage try the chusis on your
lrack and check for free running. You
may need 10 adjust the pick-up shoe
height or the motor loc:uion, for
instance, 10 give a smooth drh'C. Also
preliminary testing ..... ill show any bad
joins in you r", iring. Only ..... hen com·
pletely s,1lisfled with the chassis shoold
you proceed "'ith the body, follo..... ing
sla&e5 12-32 in the kil instruction sheet.
The only important thing 10 remember
here is a eut-out in the underside of the
May, 1967
petrol tank to elc;" the contratc ge~r
llnd a",le supports. With these racing
old-timers you can quite legitimatcly
ica\'e out the modguards completely;
m;lny will prefer to do this, though I \'e
left them on my De Dictrich and
1I.'1cfC\.'de$ models. The drh·cr, of course,
comes from the ~ it.
This motorisation hardl y intrudes on
,\ bo\(': Sid/' .·i....· 0/ mmll" mwls 'I"il" the scale appearance of the model- in
u dOH SImly IN/or.. il INro",..s upfl/lfenl facl the rubber tyres cnhance it con·
,lrut Ilris is 0 moloris..d nlll(wl oll/IIWI U sidembly and could well be incorporated
31Ufic silO'" pi..u. Thougll lhis I/Iodd is to advanta\IC, cve n on a static '·cesion
'''/1 ill slumlllfll routl trim. Ill .. mudguards of this model, by detail enthusiasts. To
eoultl bt' omilll'd/or rucing if d..,ir..d a/lll disguise the presence of the motor
11 IIl1mlNr paimrtl 011 ".t! flll/iator grill..
ami roe" sid.. 0/ tll.. INlek .., Sl'al. Iklo ... :
beneath the chassis I g.1\'e the sides a
coat of matt black and this renders it
CUIISlf'IIcliollU1 sknelr..s, IlUI IQ s("(/I..,
llrt k"),ed IQ f ..{ .. rl'lIeI'S ;" text. less conspiC\.lous than the bare metal.
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Part 2: The Russians
THE R uss~ans
wore more distinctively
drab uniforms than the British. A
com mo n fea ture was the bur"a or long
grea l<aat. 1bcse were so truck that
they coold slow down a bullet o r turn
any sword other than the sharpest.
I bega n with the cavalry. these being
the easies t. I se lected the ridc::rs from the
Amb se t plus the ca mel rider with
raised musket. The billowing Arab
cloaks have 10 be shon cned to a mere
shou lde r cape and the COO l narrowed al
the waist by cultmg and filing also: the
sp~ad of the coal is lessened. The
ammunition bells are removed, as are
the muskets. A wide opening must be
made in the camel rider's skirt. The
sk irt sides are grndu;llJy thinned Oul
until the soldier c:tn sit 11 horse.
The Russi:an cavalry \I'M armed wit h
heavy sabres and 15 fl lances. which are
abou t 45 mm long in 1-10 /00 scale. The
fil\lres with raised righ t am\S !la\'C 4S
mm straight lengtm of wire supported
on their righ t lOt and cemented in their
right hand. A small grocwe iJ made here
to receive IlK.: lance. The 1;lnce o f the
ot her rider is cemented from shoulder
10 toe. Alternalh'cly, for close or
quarler comba t, a slightl y cu rved piece
o f Vo'ire can be: used to depict a sabre
(about I S mm lonl). Otherwise an
c", tremely thin piece o f balsa. cut 10 the
sha pe of a scabbard, is stud: on tl1\:
horsc{llan's left thigh.
The mos t wcll-k nown Russi;ln l;avalry
regiments were the Coss,1cks. The
Terek Cossacks wore red b"rkos piped
wi th gold. the Don Cossaeks wore blue
piped with red; but most wore the same
as the rest of the ca\'3lry, ye llowish-grey
with gold epa ulettes. The cavalry wore
the /H1(IQkho or fur hat, which was either
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black, brown or grey. A dash of sih'cr
paint can be used to r..:prcscnt the
canridge holders on their chests. Some
regiments carried a muske t on their
backs. Contrasting wildl y with the
sombre appearance of the cavalry men
were their officers. They wore elega nt
green frock-coots edged with silver. The
mounted US artillery oflker suited my
purpose. His brood brimmed hat is
tr immed down to p(J(lQldtu size. and his
jacket is lengthened by means of a
recta ngle of paper glued to each thigh.
He is furn ished with a sword.
ARTIlLERY
Now on to the Russian arti llery.
The Russian guns were usualJ y 24 or
18 pounders and wcre pulled by a two
horse limber. The Americtn Civil War
artil lery se t is ut ilised for,this eq uipment.
The limber top is discarded and the
yoke pole separated al the buck-board,
but retained. The board is shortened
to 3 mm fro m the box. The rail in fron t
of the board is retained for luter use.
With a sharp knife, a gap of.5 mm is
cut in both fron t and rear sides of the
box, ce ntrally. The bo.~ must be height-
ened by means o f • inch balsa sheet.
Box tops are cut to lit the two $Cparate
boxC5, mcasu ring 6 mm by 8 mm. From
Ir inch balsa sheet the two remaining
sides are cuI. They are approxi mately
,
8 mm squa re, and lire cemented to the
Hoor and side ends of the boxes. lea\ ing
:1 gap in the centre of about 2 mm.
Then the box tops an; cemented on and
e;lch box is fin;llIy topped by 1/ 16 inch
lids, 8 mm by 7 mill.
When the co nstructio n is firm a nd
dry, the balsa is filed dOVon Hush with
the originat limber sides. Two holes ale
n1llde with a pin on the oUlside of each
lid, 6 mm apart. A pica:: of \\ire is then
ben t to fo rm side rai ls, and stuck into
the holes so as to pro;"'Ct 2 mm. Two
SP.1cers are cu t to fit ac ross the gap
between the boxes from the original
front rail and cemented there. The cross
pieces of the yoke pole are renlO\"e<!
a nd the pole cut in half. T he hah'CS arc
now glued to the underside of!he boa rd
outside the outcrmost supporting beams,
leaving about 23 mm projecting. The
Russia ns harnessed a horse to the inside
of each beam, by a gi rt h and a yoke.
So wit h the limber completed. we
turn to the gun itself. The Russian guns
wcre both heavier and higher than the
8ritish ones. First, I cut away the ulc,
but kcpt it in one pica:. The cavity
made is then filed wi th a balsa str ip cut
to fit. The n the a.~1e is cemented back
on to the gu n ca rr iage-thus the ca rria ge
has bci.:n heightened. The gun trail is
cut from the carriage just behind Ihe
,lot. Fixing the wheels on to the axle
the ca rri age is held at the hori7.0ntal
and the trai l brought up to its rea r end.
The angle at which the trail will ha\'e
to droop to touch the ground is carefully
noted, and then the trail is cu t SO that
whe n it is cemented Hush with the
ca rri;!gc, it will touch the ground.
The Russian gu ns h:ld n box lrail.
The e)'e which tak es the hook is care-
full y renw\'ed, and a 2 mm strip is cut
from inside the trail leaving two separate
trail sides. From the front rail, three
SP.1CCrs are cut to fit between the trail
sides at regular intervals. The trails are
cemented toget her then attached to the
carriage with Uli U or other 51 rong
ceme nt. The barrel is now put in place.
The Russia n gun crew was made up
of four men plus an offICer. The Russia n
uniform was st rikingly like that of the
first world wa r Gcrman and can easily
be con, erted from the Airflx figures of
that era. The fou r figures I sclccted
were : tl1\: Ibrnc·throwcr, the grenadie r,
AJRFIX magulne
the stretcher bearer and any 000 of the
machine gun crew except the man with
th..: ammunition box. It is possible 10
make t... o gu n crews from one Gemmn
se!. The Russian gunners ",ore a black,
spiked helmet, 5urmounted by a black
horsehair plume, heavily embossed with
brass. The tunic had a buuon-back
front, re\'caling a rich gold lining. I
belie\c the tunic and troosers .,.,.cre also
black and the cuffs were of 1I0ld lace.
There ... ere white cross-straps, holding
an ammunition pouch centrally behind,
at waist 1e\"C1 The belt was black as
were the boots. Most of this can be
achieved by tc-painting standard fi.lilurcs.
The German ha\'ersack must be re-
mm'cd and made smaller, then stuck
in its new position. A piece of p.1intcd
cotton-wool represents the plume.
Additional modifications involve re-
moving the grenade, the gllS cylinder
and the conn«ting pipe from thc
name· thro"e r, The name-t hrower itself
becomes a sponge, and a 20 mm pin
drh'cn through the grenadier's right
hand and stuck to his left becolnes a
r.t mrod. Two sl1mll screwed-up piece.i
of paper represent shell and shot
carrying socks ::and are cemented to the
strctcher bearer's hands. Thus the
machine-gun crewman becomes the gun
layer. the bearer the loader, the grena·
dier the ramn-.cr. and the name-thrower
the cleaner. Figures from the Airfix
Arab set provide the outriders and
drh'ers, and an officer is taken from the
An-.crican anillery, ",·ith hat cut down to
papakha size. This onlcer is painted as
for the ca\~.Ilry Onicef already described.
Outriders rode on the left hand side
Uclow: Line lip of Rlln;an troop! from fire Crimmll lVar pt!rlad, 01/ COI/I·t'rlnJ from
,llrfix figllrt'!. I'; om IfP : ~l'al""'(III. /I!ru /)"p;cal i"falllr)"II/t'11 III bllrk(.l1, II/arcJrilrg
ilifmuqman ;,r IH.'ukl'rI cap, gt,,{'ral, aNI C(Jl'u/rplI(.m. IJoUom : Camp/fIt' R,ISS;(", gUll
erl''''' frolll 19/-1 Gfrlllalls. NOIe 18 ptlr gllll "'illt box trail amllht' fimber. Top of page: ;
Of/ail sJ.ncltfs for th{' [!Nurt' com·t'r:riollS. O/'wifs for limber ami gun (11aI la s('alf)
gi.·t'nopposilc.
May, 1967
horse ; and doubtless ....·hen the gun ""'.IS
limbered up. the crew piled on the
limber or on the gun tmils.
INFANTRY
The next problenl that faced me WllS
the Russian infan try. The Russiuns
fought. ra in or shine, almost ulwuy!
in their enormous bllrkas. The Russia n
headgear ""as either a spiked helmet ,
or a nanish, peaked cap. Ha\'ing con-
sidered many possibilities, I finally
decid.!d on the Arab set and the fiTlit
world "'~..r Gennans. The Germans
can either be re-modclled as the a rt illery
men werc, omitting the plurnc, for the
nlre occasions when they discarded
their gtC3t-coats, or modified on the:
followi ng linc:s. The arms, shoulders
and head sh.ould be reJllO\ed from the
German figure in onc: piece. The same
applies to the running Arab, ",ho also
has h.is feet remm'ed, his burku shorten...--d
by 1 mm, and a grOO\'e cut to reprc:sc:nt
the front opening of the great-coal.
Then the shoulders of lhe German arc
cemented on to the body of the Amb.
The boots arc cut from the German.
and the a5SCmbled body section stock
on to these. A strong glue like U H U
is required to do Ihis. Rough su rfaces
should be filed dow n. Of course, by
swopping he:lds and trimming the burko,
the Arab! can also be used as they are.
h is in teresting to note that if the
runn ing Arab's left arm is be nt until the
musket muulc touches the right hand.
the eff~'Ct obta ined is that of a soldier
rc- loading his musket. The bl/rko had
no belt, but two whi te eross~traps were
worn which held a /..-illjQl or bayonet
on the left hip and an anlmuni tion
pouch on the right. The b,,,ka itself
was yellowish-grey with red epaulettes.
Tbe tbt cap when worn (depicted by
the German stretcher bearer's head
with added paper peak) ",-as red with a
black peak and band, For ofliccTli, use
the German ones, ",110 are almost
i(lentical to the Russians, ("\'cn to the
medal around the neck.
Numerous other figu re con\Crsions
suggest themscln'S for the RUS/lian side,
and in particular you should ha\'e a n ~
ikon bearer as shown in the h<:ading
picture. I think the illustration ;s self.
evident . A suitable length of scra p
plastic is used as the pole. with a cross-
piece added al1d cott on stays. The banner
is simply CUI frOlll p:lper with a brightl y
coloured religious device painted on it.
Even in 1854 the Russian 'stcam
rollef' was in motion. The infantry
alwll YS fought in massive phalanxes,
the cavalry was neve r less than th rc:c
lines deep. The Russian artillery "'~.tS an
extremely cnlcient :lrm and could fire
faster than the British. But as they
didn't belie\e in losing their guns, they
genemlly pulled out when in danger.
The Russians Jllade top-rnte soldiers;
effICient. obedient in all circumstances
and bra\'e .... hen ",'ell led, but whe n they
were Idt o n their own they tended to
be rather indc:cisive.
(Con,I" .. ed)
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is an eX lended edition o f the work first published in 1955.
Certain errors in the original text ha\1! bI..-en corrCClcU and
adlli tional iIIuMrations and ma terial bring the stor) forward
10 1957. L. T. C. RoILS·S accounts conSIder the lessons to
be learned from each accident. A pprecialion of the del'clop-
menlS that have take ll place is aided b)' grouping the acci-
den ts together according to t) pe. Chapter head ings suc h as
' Double Li ne Collisions of E:n ly Da)s". ' Blow-ups and
Brea kd ow ns', ' Bridge Fa ilures', 'Single Li ne Collisions',
'1l igh Speed De railments·, an d 'Signalmen's Errors' illustrate
th is poi nt.
O . S. Noe k in his preface 10 lI iSloric I-I.(I;I"·(IY ViS(lSlerS
sets out to look a t accidents mo re from thc technical point
o f view alld study thei r contribution to the gradUltl c\olu-
tion of sarcty regulations. To make thiS point some 32
aceide nts ha\c been selected and full) described . A lifetime
sludy of railwtl) wor king and professional engagemcnts in
sigllalling for more than 40 )can make M f Noel.; particu-
la rl y well equipped for this task.
J . A. n. l-lamihon's book, as ils tillc SI :HC-~. IS limited to
ra ilway acc idents of th is cent ury a nd 27 1lccillellts ha\e been
~c lccted because of some spcctacu l:H character o r othe r
special inte rcst. The dt.""Scripl ions a rc clear and lucid and
fu ll of in teresti ng detail.
AIMIX m~l!: nine
 Dlle of Ml't'ral Slirlillg lfall5poru opl'fa/I'tl hy a lklgi(lll romI'm'), SCCII (11 Ill(/rkhus/rc 1101 IQlIg aflcr Illc "Y/(. T ill' o/tl RA F cotlcs ' XK-B '
rail sliII bt- SCI'1/ all 1/11' f ll'if'lagf' s;dl's. (l'hoto by J . D. R. Ra .... lings).

STIRLING STAGE 1 " pari from clean,nl up any 'urplu. ·ft~"" the Il ..,
<k'" ..·"h ,he nU" .. ,nd.,.... ncakd in , ... f .... lap .. ~ ,u can b& Iftn fro'"
i<>b ;. 10
,he pian ,her~ .,.., Il,·e ofliloQe »1 r.",y cl"", 'OF''''''' .1Il'1<)0' <Wer lhe ,nUh,.
Nil'" oi.he ",nl "",,'ion. Se'eral _1I.odo .,..,.,1l.iJ.abk bult c~ lha, ... ""'h
I ' houl'" ...... i.h.n.'" "",,""""10 of ""'" modellers. Th ........ 10 cui """
an """"'- f,om tile {u,d"", "''"''''''I''''
a,..,. in ..·h.d. , ..... ,ndows ..·erc '0

TRANSPORT
be KI. filhn, ,he hole .. ,tb. ... i""h pia,,;" ""rd and ...... dn,hnl 011 ' , ... boles
f.... , ..... ,"""'.....

STAGE 2 Once: , ... pi.,,;.; urd ha.\ "" i. CaB be .ubbed do ..... "i,h ...,
aJld dry ~apor ", fI' the """,,)Ur or the ru""aae .Hle< l'rovid'''I. sood joint
h.. b«n " .... e in lhe fi m iMIAnce: ,he .. ohould be no trouble In Ihil.houllh
,he;ox. ;, rW)I an uoy onc. " c"""';<krable a",,,un' oi """,r..1 ... bbo"l down
Alan W. Hall converts the i; .-..ccooary and I {""nd i • .-.... a ,b.,n """" of IllIeT ".n In ,,,,,,nd .114: ~
'0 rna~~ ...", lha' the joinl did rW)I sbow.
Airfix Stirling into the long nose
STAGE 3 Nu,. IAh. lrad.,. of ,hoe window posotiorK .nd put 'hite on
Mark V cargo rersion lhe It>P<opo;ale pI""", ITUIki"l ...... . ha. , .... area of .. induw ,,, be cui OU'
cor ..... pond. '" lhe e~i",,,, pla.,ic windows i .. , .... \i,. T he Il0l.. a..., .hen
d"lIeoJ ou' .. ilh a ,"<'ry ~"" po .. er d" lI ... d r.ni.hed "fI' .. llh • file . lIy cutl;n.
str;li~ht
U NLI KE the L..:mcaSlr ia n which W'dS a
from the La ncaste r, the St ir lin~
modificat ion
tmnsport ne,er really
up ,he .....,i"l , ran..,.""",'"", and lIicki ... I..... in pi""", ,he job can be
comp' .'eoJ I-a';lf;oc.orily.
No'~ : T"" "'u,_,i", ", /I';. I. '0 0lil"'" "-",, /1i~ of ,1tI~ 1,,..,.,.11 ... I~I
caught lhe imagination of the civil operalor though al least
,/ob I~/o l/w I~"'~ .w.-. ". l/w _ _ •. TIN """,,,,,~>teW. - t ..UtJo.,
silt squadrons were equi pped wilh the Iype in RAF Transporl
Command, Shorts made great efforts 10 sell lhe Stirling trans-
look. "'Ill _ H ItH<kd - ' l/w Job """ H
....ftII 10 IN hlf ... .............
""""",rd by JMM'" . - l/w

port to lhe civil market as both a freigh ter and passenger-

ca rT)ing airernn but only one fim] in Iklgium opernlcd lhem
and Ihcse were, in fact, surplus RAF aircran.
As fa r as modifying Ihe Airfilt model is COllCCrllf,.-d , this is
onc of Ihe larges t that has yet been (I!lemplcd within IheS/;!
pages. Unfo rl unately wc can not pri nt a full-size 1:72 scale pl,ln
but Richard Ward 's drawi ngs give all the 1'l\.'CCSS(' ry delails for
modirlClllions 10 be made.
Iklsically lhe conlersion inlolves a IlCW nose, lail unit. and
lhe deletion of the top turret. Aparl from this there is the
problem of leu ing eltlra "'indows inlO lhe fuse lage sides and
blocking up others.
The conversion is not (In easy onc if Ihe model maker is
reSlrieled 10 Ihe top of Ihe kiu;he n table for work ing. and A ho\£ : Orilling oullhe M'illd() ... ll{'erlures ill tlfe ffm'/age fra/ ..n
readers who hallC already made up the basic kit wi ll hal'e ..-1I1t (I small po,,'!'r drill. Arf'a.~ 10 br m/ a..-ay life marked 011
discovered that Ihe Stirling is no small model and IlCCds a Ihe plaslic ('ard illurl "ffer ;1 ;! C/'II/elrlel/ ill pl/lCt' ;n lire ob/Dill!
s/m prtl';ously CUI ill Ihe fil~/a;e. Drill" llllIlIbi'r of t:/OJl!/y
'I iule more spacc lhan usu:tl to build satisfactorily.
sptlctll /",Ie! rOlllld Ihe insil/e of I'ach ,,';NIa,,' arm, gi";flg fhe
Reference material is comparatively scarce. The AefQplal/f! filulllgl' half ac/equafl' SUPPOrl ill 1111' lII~antillll'. andjoillllp Ihl'
Spoiler pro' idcd much o( the infonnatio n I required, but haIl'S "'illl a rraft knife so rtllro";1Ig l/rl' (/rco romp/eu/y.
ap.1rt (rom Ihis Thelford's Aircraft of flu! Roya/ Air Fo~ Instruclions continued o n page 334
gives a ~malll h,,--'C view dralO.'ing and basic delalls. Scale drawings on !lCJI.t page
May. 1967 )JI
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M ay. 1967
m
 Sti rl ing t ra nspo rt- co ntinued
STAGE 4 lIa"ol complctrd both oidoo$ and added t"" (.,.,Lp" dc"ta,,,
.nd otho....IIdo...·• "'he,,, ncca:oary, lho ''''0 f.....1a&e hal"a can be pu,
' OCC,he •. "I't~. hUiol allo .. rd • l uitahl< poriod for dr)tnl out. b<>th
tOl> 'urr~ If"OCI' and ,.il c.. n be Cut olf rudy '0 , ~.i,·" ,mall block. of .... I.a
"'h;ch .. ill be .. sed '0 d .. nlC .he ..... re of.iteK ......... Rtf" ......... to .he plan~
""""Id be "",de 10 find ,'''' c.acl positi"" '0 Cut off ,be .a";"'" picc", IIoouIlt
lhe boo ... fi.l<", (an be IefI ('Ut 10 mu;/! >hare .. hm """L in lI'O't"on. , uloCd
poiyse,. ......, oemcn. for .hit Or<nl''''''.
,\ bo,'c: Addillg balJO blocks IQ Ihl' nost' amI wU rl'(>/Iy [or Tt'·
shapillg. IJeloll': A "if'''' I)IIII~ complt'/('d /I_/('/. I/lOugll ulltlf', ..·i"l!
rountlds ,.,(',t' slilf 10 be mltJl'd " 'lIl'n lhis picfII,l' "'(jJ wJ..e/l.
Thl' 't'ally ambi,ious m()(II'III" sllOltl(/ ' 1'[1" to ,111' '11'.,'1 flr/iell'
[OT (I IIIl'lhlJ(l (J[ ,rlraclill/lllll' ,mdfTC(lr,llIg"!
NEWS FROM IPMS
pining a reputation as unbeatable. John Chisman was
FAST
lhe ",inner of 'he lI urricane kil building compelilion al
the If'MS Annual General Meeting on Ma rch 31 wilh a model
that had taken 150 hou rs '0 build.
Second camc I)ick Ward's model of ,vigl,l Rl'tlper, KUlllc-
Wasdll:r's famous I-I urricane. Th,s had full flap, cock pit and
undercarriage detail loaetl't<:r wilh cut-out control surfaces,
Dick is, of course, \Oo·d l· known for his drawings in AIRnx
rnaga:./!inc.
Ju nior member Robert Bcaslcy g:lincd third pril.e with an
imaginalh'c ' Hurricat' conllersion lhe bow or a CA M-ship,
lhe catapult and its aircraft.
Compe'ition o\'er, the sixty members prcsenl, coming rrom
all O"er England as wdl as France and Holland, sat back to
3H
,It.<_.
,\ 000"1': A /HJ ....', d,iII is IISt'/I" fo, litis rOIll'l!'fsiofl, /H1r/ iclI/Ur/y
for SIICl! rt'fint'lIIl'nfl as a 110110 ..·..(/ 0/1/ 'Wl'.
STAGE 5 Thc """" _,ion ...., "".It .. i,h fI ..... AOu two.',nl ,twored ,h ..
.. ,'h a eh,.. 1 and. fi ... lly ..... ndll.pc:r and ''''0 coa" offilk:r, I drilled ou"he
fu..,b!J<' ulterior .... nil ,he ""... cr drill. AmbtliOUI nl<Kl<ll~.., can cui off lhe
no<o< ..." iun alon, ,he line of the ,," ......h fold,n, _,ion aO". Ihi. """r."on
ha. been complctrd.nd .. ,Ih. ""lc f.. rlhe. "'Of" can ",oduce lhe _"''' . .
_,ion. A , , , , _... n, WCI"", . . . made by ........ "'.he pan ('U' off f.om the
..".., and " .. n, 'h...' a "",le r~ fOf . he mould.". p.o.:cs.. The opera'''''''
.0 makc ,h' l . ... n'f)& •.....,y ha,'C bc>cn dac"bc<I futly in ca,hc. a .. ICIes,
STAGE G In ",ndinl do.. ".nd fini$hi", ,he '01> 'urrel ara I found .t...,
It .........,r.. llo.dd. " .... ntil)' ofbody .... U,1O ,he ....... of ,he f _ _ joinl.
A~ Ih .. i ••• ...,. """ onc lhe~""""'"' .... Ilwt. it dQa; ItOI. fi, ~uctJy, and ... tho.
,han .pond .n Ioou. or ... poi .... ina down the IQ!! of,he r"odItp , found i,
m""h _ 10 build Ihis IU'C1I .. p and ...... pc: and.and. it untIl a pc.-f~'ly 1\;0,
.... face ,..,nla,nl. T he b;ol.. >«.ion can ..... be .Ilared a' ,he ""'e """" ,"u •
"""",.ion.,
.... "inll '''-0 Sim,I.,I), lhe " 'indows .. h;ch .'" no .onge••"<"irod
can be fillrd ."h body .... n y a, thi. It......nd ... bbe<l do"'n ... ben lity.
STAGE 7 The .ait It ,he ~",'..u ........... allcn'ion. H •• in« compktrd
,he ... OO,nl and fllh"" ope ... '''''', ,he ''''0 .ibf. .. hocll a", >ho",n in ,he "".-
"""""'c IIttleh on the plan.", made f. om thin caro and .. lICk in place ,,"h
bal ... ~~""' . r fo"nd ,he _ .... ,e """'on by I.)in, .he f ..... la~ on ,he .,.. rd.
d",,,',nl rOllnd " and the .. ~"d,n, the ,h;ckttoat ~. " ...... of sharp
ociIoon ..-c"'.U ,1Ia, .....
necdrd '0 comp.ete lhe ope""ion. Tbe , ... ~
in ,he u,mnc t.ai • ..., made by drillint: OIl' .he In'" witb lbe power dnll
,n&.
.nd i........ """,U picoc of acetatc ohcet af,cr the in,erior had been pa,ntrd
bIadt. Otbcr bot. and pteCCS ....~.., corutructod from pI..,ic .. em.
STAGE 8 T he ..... , of Ihe "1Ode1, ",inp, un""/'ClI. .... ~, ~fIlIinC5. cockpi ••
e'c. arc ""... rom"I~,rd acoordin, '0 .he kit i... ,ruc".,.... T be uiotin, ..... ,
behind ,be cvckp" ..... mod.fiooId '" • oimple fih ... opera,ion and ,he pilot
heads .. nder lhe ....... ...,.., COGOI..-rd from plutic can! and. omatt ~ of
'.mp (u"" "'f'C. Othe • ..,,,all ".~",:rJJo made in a .. mi .... maoner.
PAINTING T he painli"" of the model 11 "",Ita", tlwo oi,,,p''''' of all
,It.< opera,""" ... ,...., I. if yOII (an le' on ...ith ..Iva' ",,'nt! I u<.c'"",
roundel' ""'me f.om rhe Li, bu, ."'- abo.·~ and below tba .inp came
f.om '''o'' 'Ooo::''-U.. Tbe ..,n.1t and ....... coda can ""......Jc "p from
Let,." .... M 8hclo: dry t ......rtn.
walch 'Angels Onc·Fh c', a film based on the story of a Hurri·
cane squadron in the Battlc of Britain.
The c\'cning's form.11 business included the re-election of :1
U K committee for ,he: coming yea r. W. R. Mauhcws cont inue.
as l'rcsidl:nt , W. L. Baxlcr as Vice· President llnd I) , R . M.
Oxford as Treasurer. R, R. Wainwright remains on the commit·
1I.'C, but J. Wilkinson takes on his role as lion Secretary.
Those allending the next London mceling on Aprit 28 wtll
halle the uniq ue opportunity o f sceing captured Luflwa /fe film
which has nC\'er before been shown in Ihis country. Thc meeting
starts at 7.00 pm and wi ll be held at St Mark's Church Halt.
IJalderlon Street, London WI , as .... ill the rollowing IllCCling
on May 26. Non·membe rs are wdcome and can obtain further
infornlalion about 'he Intcrnalional l'lastic Modellers' Socicly
from tile Uon Sa.:l'I:tary, 5 St Da vid's Oose, I\'er Ucath,
lJ ucks,-JU.II .
A/RF/X mignine
 FtG 2 FIG
Retracting. those wheels
FOR THE MODELLER WHO WANTS EVERYTHING, ROGER BOWYER
TACKLES THE COMPLEX STIRLING UNDERCARRIAGE
Asa most enthusiasts know, the Stirling undercarriage was
complex system and advanced for its time. maki ng it
all the more rewarding to hale the undercarriage of the Airfix
Stirling model retractabk. To ea rry o ut this task is not as
dillicul t as it may. at firsl, appear and I h:l\"e shown the stages
in picture (onn_
Modincations to kit parIS are as folio ....., :
l\'l:dn U/e Lq:s (l>a rl 189) : These are cut immediately above
th ! cross strul holding the upper su pports for the forward
undercarriage door. T hen file lhe legs on the outside 10 half
their thickness, 7/32 inch from lhe cross strut on the ]o.....er
section, an d ]f8 inch from the cross strut o n the upper section.
T ....·o small plates are the n made from scmp plastic measu ring
S{l 6 inch X ]/8 inch X ]/32 inch, and cemen!f.:d to the recesses
on the outside of the upper section of the t..... o legs. When these
have sct, drill a ]/32 inch hole, 1/ 16 inch from the OOllom of the
plale and on the cent re line to take a thick d ressm:l l er's pin.
Another hole is now drilled 1/ 16 inch frum the top of the main
kg. aillin ce nlrally. Repeat these operJtions for the other side
of the leg assembly.
The two sections are oow hingc:d by t ..... o pins cut to .. inch
and the main pi\'o t rod made from scrap 7/ 16 inch long and
]132 Inch diameter and cemented bet .....een the top ends of the
upper ulc S«'tion. The main ulc w~1 can now be assem bled as
per kit instruction and filled ( t-ig I ).
RelH VIe Ugs (185 ): C ut off a section of 11 / 16 inch from
oolh horil.ontal parts of the rc,ir underca rriage legs, the IXlrt
May. 1')67
4
wit h three holes, using the dia gonal strut as a finish line ;
also cut 11 / 16 inch off the diago nal st rut. A 1132 inch hole is
then d rilled at the junctio n of Ihe four struts to the rea r of the
leg to phot on the rear end of the side members. These side
members ca n now be made from SCrJP measuring 'f inch X
• inch 1112 inch, and a hole 1/32 inch m.1de 1/ 16 inch from
each end (Fir.: 2).
Mudr.:uard ,\ sst'mbly (184): This part is cu t o n lhe centre line
of the protruding pegs. and the pegs rcmoved. The top half is
filed 10 increase and deepe n the semicircular profile, so as to
accommodate the .... hee l when retrJctcd. The t .....o mudgua rd
scc.::lions arc then celne nte<! to the lo .... cr st rut scc.::tions a lready
cut from Ihe main diagonal strut. When dry, these st rut s are
cut through in lioll with thll cut bet .....een the m udgulI rd sec tions.
T his l)llrt of the opemtion is concluded by :1t1:lching small
rou nd plastic rods 3/32 inch in dia meter, 3/ 16 inch long on thc
lo\\cr half. and 118 inch long on the uppe r half, both being
drilled 1/32 inch and a pin ceme nted in the lo .... er (3/ 16 inch)
rod. Th is cnables the lo .....er part of the mudiluard assembly to
be remo\cd for retraction. The upper mudguard section is
then cemented bet .... een the rear u/c Icgs (Fir.: 2).
The side members can now be pinned to the main and rear
ule legs. the te.1r pins being cut off flush .... i1h the inside of the
leg 50 as not tocomeinto contacl with the .... heci .... hen retracted.
Use Amlditc on the insidc 10 hold the pins, but not 1lC.1r the
pin helld (l'" lr.: 3J.
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m
 St i rli ng wheels- co nti nued
To pivot the undercarriage in the wing a small block of
plastic measuring 7/ 16 inch x l /8 ioch x l/g inch;s made by
cementing two piecd of thick scrup together. Two pins are
fIXed 10 this block, which has 11 chamfered edge to allow the
top section of the uJe kgs to nlO\"(: back to gi,e extru space
when retracting (Fig 4), This block is cemented to the wing
after the two locating bo$scs h:we been remov.:d. To position
this block, loca te the rear struts in the rear locating bosses,
first having filed the lOPS of the rear legs to make them an easy
push fit. Set up the u/c and push the top cross strut forward
under the pins; you will then sce the corl'l..'(;l position (Fig J ).
Rear U/C Door (195): For this door, make a plastic U-sha ped
piece With a 1/32 ioch hole through which a pin is secured by
Araldi te. This piece is then cemented to the two tabs on the
door, so that it will run in the two slots on the rear nal;CIJe, A
rubber block is then cut S/ 16 ioch x 7JJ2 inch x 3/ 16 inch,
using rubber from a cycle brukc block. It is then fixed with
Araldi te hel",,-een the two slots in the wi ng. Wi th a hole drilled
in the rub ber block the door will slide forwards to cover the
gap when the uJc is retrneted, nnd back when the wheels are
lowered (FIG 5),
The main uJc doors and the front door Co1 n now be attached,
the main doors by Sellota pc :tnd the front door as per kit
instructions. The main door is hinged on the centre line of the
side member 10 ena ble more of the wheel 10 be covered when
retracted (I-' Ig 6).
Tail Whetl Msembly: The tail wheels can quite easily be
made to retract by using part 181, CUlling off most of the doors
and cementing it inside the fuselage at an angle usi ng this 10
FIG 9
THE BRITISH HISTORIC AIRCRAFT MUSEUM
40 Cambridge Park
Wan' tead, E.11
It is with deep re,ret that the Museum h8.'l to inform
all i15 friends and members that due to the (Jiggin
H ill Air Fair Committee's refusal 10 allow us to
uhibi t a t the coming Air Fair we shall nol be nyin,
ou r Lincoln l10mbcr o r l-lal"\"ard Aircraft at this
&bow. Neithe r will they be able to sce the Saab J/29
tha t W8.'I to fonn pa rt of our stalic display. I",owe,·cr,
all friends both new and old will be most welcome
10 visi l U5 at our new location at Southend Airport.
Sgd.- Dircclo,. GCllcrai
n.
Abon~: TI,e UlukrcarriDg~ fulJy rttrQC/td, Picture uqllt'/ICf: IN/OM'
shoM'S retrocling oction. All picturts kt)'N to rtfertnas in ltXI.
make a box to enclose the tail wneel assembly. Another
rubber block is cut to S/ 16 inch X l / 16 inch x l fl6 inch with
a 3/ 32 inch hole to take a plastic rod 7/ 16 inch x 3/J2 inch
diameter drilled to takc the ends of the tail wheel legs. The
doors are cut from the closed doors (6S) and hinged to the
fuselage sides with Scllolapc st rips (FIg 7).
To Rcll'llct the U/C : ( I) Remove rear u/e legs from rear
bosses. (2) Remove lower mudguard section (I-' ig 8). (J) With
tweezers, pull to the rea r Ihe top cross strut on the main uJc
legs w that it lies in the space between the pins and the cham.
fered end of the ma in pimt block (Fig J). (4) The main legs can
now be retracted and the whole assemb ly pushed forwards to
lie in the nace lle Wig 10). (S) The rear door is now pushed
forwards to fil l the space in the rear of the whccl well in the
nace lle; this will also help to keep up the undcrcarriage(I-' jg 11 ).
Follow all these instructions wit h the kit instructions and
appropria tc part! to hand. You ~'iII enjoy lhe challenge!
FtG 10
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winning, naturu l alumi nium finish on
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your
Moul~
own turrets
USEFUL IDEAS FOR TANK
MODELLERS, SCRATCH-
BUILDERS, AND OTHERS
W HIco LST looki ng
/wcfllions in AIRFlX
through onc of Al:m )-Iall's aircraft
magazine, his methods of mould·
ing cockpit canopiC!l set me thinking, why not mould lank
turrets from plastic card? I do ootthink for a moment my idea
is new in the modelling rteld, bot I ha\"c 00\ sec n it used for
any AFV conslroclion or convenions to date.
1 ....-as 5Ct1ltch-building a Sd KIz 182 Tiger" with Porsche
IUrrtl, from the Oellona drawl"a, so with the idea aJh-e in my
mind I set about the task. The Tiger'! turret had been previously
Cllf'\'ed from close gmin balsa, so my male half of the mould
was ready. The only e.'ura wort invoh'ed was to sand apprOll-
im:llely i mm from the surface dimensions.
I cut the female half of the mould from i ineh balsa sheet,
and pinned II tc.1sonably sized piece of 30 thou plastic mrd by
its four corners on to the balsa sheet. Ensuring th at there was
sunkient Card bordcr around the female mould to allow for
stretching, etc, I was ready for the tcst. I held the assembly up
10 the light llnd traced the outline of the female mould on
the surface of the plastic card 10 act as a guide for the insertion
of the male half.
The cupola 'bulge' had alre.1dy been can'ed on the balsa
turret. Rather than remove this, or completely rccan'e the
turret, it was decided to go ahead with the present shape, for
beller Of worse!
l'lolding the fem.1tc assembly over a par.lftin ItOve, I waited
ti ll the plastic card started to curl Of 'ripple'. I pressed the
male half through until its base ....'3S abou t 2 mm below the
!I"" T
(Fe_ I. haIr)
May. 1967
•
Using fill' lultniqUI'$ slIggf'S/I'J 1,t',I' by Kt'n~l" JOII('S, }'OII'II
be on ,lrt' M"ay IQ turning 0/11 "rotkllonks 10 fllis high standard:
tMs King Tigl'r hus Q (urrel mo/.ltlttl from plutlie cord and
ulllists ",·,,"/s, ',arks. and o,h('r COII/poni'ms Jrom Airfix Tiger
and Panthu kiu.
surface of the plastic card. This was to allow for a safety
marain when the turret was cut from the sheet, to be fin ished
ll nd filed to shape later on. My first attempt failed because the
plastic c.1rd was not at the correct temperature. I reheated
the ca rd , tried again, and met with S1.IOCCSS. Unlike acetate
sheet. plastic card can be heated up for a few tries when initial
allemplS fail.
The picturetaten by Cam Anderson, a fellow modeller. sho....'S
the finished article in place on my T iger. The other photograph
shollo'S a Somua S3S tank built from a scaled down I :48 M odel
Mala'r drawing. The hull nose on this tank i5 moulded by the
same method as the Tiger tUffCt and suttlldts Ihat similar
home mouldi ng techniques could be used for many scratch
building projects. Aircraft radonlCS, etc, also spring to mind.
Many will ask. why go to allt hi5 trouble fOf a plastic turret,
when in about the same time one could be built from solid
balsa and finished with plastic putty? Well moulding turrets
started a5 an ellperimcnt. and I needed an alternative to solid
balsa ones, lIo-hieh ha.'e ne.'er impressed me in any case. Not all
turrets can be built up from plastic: sheet, for instance lhe
1atilda and some Russian cast types; these ean be carved from
balsa but wou ld a lso mould to reasonable lIandards.
For the warpmcr who wants to produce a col15iekrabJe
number of otherwise unobtainable turrets, or other parts
suitable to mouldi ng, this method would be an asset. Employing
moulds of a more permanent nature (say thin plywood shoct and
hardwood) a lot of turrets could be produced in a short time.
Once the teehnique is mastered the scope is limitless. Balsa
moulds tcnd to lose their 'sharpness' afte r a few tries, but are
suita ble for a 'one or two ofT' job.
Kelllleth 1\1. Joncs
Left : Sketch d,oK"s method of moulding. 1k'low: Tllis J :76 scaie
French Soml/a "(1S (1 complele nose nIOllldt'tl by tile MIme method.
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A FTER co nverting a DornlcT Do 217 E2 inlo Do 217 K I,(l
as described in detail in our December issue, a logiClll
progression leads 10 the bui lding o f the long-spanned Do 217 KZ.
Apart from its bulbous nose-in shape like that or lhc 2 17 KI -
the next variant had increased wing span to improve its ceiling.
It was specially developed to deliVer PC 1400 FX radio-guided
armour piercing bombs against shipping.
The only modirlCations necded-Olhcr than nose modirJC3.-
lioM preyiously detailed- therefore, concern the outer main-
plane areas, and the weapon racks situated bct ....ttn the nacelles
and fuselage. The K2 bristled wilh aerials of ,'a rious types,
ted ious to model to say the !cOlS!.
Wing span of the K2 is variously recorded in reference
manuals, ollici:al and otherwise, 35 80 ft, 80 fl 6 im:hes and
SI r,4! inches, and il socms qui le possible that during trials
the span was slightly altered, although no documentation avait.
llble suggests this, The variations are howel'er so slight that,
in I : 72 scale, they amount to changes of 1/ 12 inch on either
The radio bombing Dornier 217 K2
A CHALLENGING CONVERSION SUBJECT
Hfading photo : Dorniu 217 K1 W..rb /lfr 4572 in ,,,,'D-tofU!
grun splintrr CQlllolljfage ali(I ...·It" hrllbfall uJI(krlllrfaus.
NOle tile arruy of ...·illg aerials on this, un ex~rilll..ma{ aircraft.
Aho.·e: [)ornier 217 KI. This I"ersion jirn fie ... 1)11 /lllIrclI 31
1941. K£·JA dcpirtc(l ...·us 217 K 0 1, IIml ils .. funga/cd rail COIlf:
contains /1 bf(/kil~ 'chute. AI)C)\·c lop : The nose of Do 117 J
GE·EA, a .....r!ion of r~ 117 relatNely t'USy to b"Hd U1 a
conrersfon.
138
PRO-:~~~..../~
""-""'. O'8It~ .~ ., ;]~t..
wi ng tip. The standard 217 E and K I wings spanned 62 rt 5 inches
and to make the extended wings I found that it was bcstto cut
o lT the oUler wing panels. I explored ways of utilising the CUI
away wing tips arter removing thc balanee section. This would
have allowed use of the maximum amount of plastic with its
finc finish. It required the i05Cn ion of a sc:ction most easily
made of wood and allowed use of the plastic ailerons. l\ ly
experiments showed it 10 be a clumsy method, and in any
case I encountered problems in correcting the ..... ing washout.
My sc:cond line of approach was the removal of the OUler
wing sc:ction with lhe intention of fitting wooden tips of the
required increased s pan and dispc nsin& completely with the
plastic. This again prol·ed dinicult, because washout towards
the tips represented on the Airfix 217 E at the point where
the wings were cut was clearly too gteat to permit the Ine re
addition of fresh wing tips, or o uter sections.
Finally, I decided on the obvious course, and cut off the
wing tips at the third main chordwise panel line, as shown on
the diagram. I Ihen made new wooden outer wing sections, with
plugs al the rools 10 e nsure that they filted tightl y into the
plastic wing sections. T he line whe re the join ClIme I then
plastered o,er with Humbrol body putty.
Aner CUlling the wing roughly to s hape I attached it to the
plastic section with polystyrene cement, then set it aside 10 set
firmly. Nc.~t, I plugged the uisting gaP. IO.hcre previously part
of lne aileron had filled. with balsa. Then, when lhese two picce:s
had 5CI, I sanded the new wooden parts to the required sh.1pe,
taking care to retain the correct dihedral and doing my best
to obtain correct washout resemblance.
I had hoped to use the kit's ailerons, but it was not really
practicable. Although body putty is e.1Sy to use, the newly
released Humbrol plastic wood runs it close. You can easily
plaster this on with your fingers, to which it does not s tick,
a nd it certainly seems to have the edge on the o lder plastic
woods available.
The nose must be fashioned before the wings are attached,
as described in the December. 1966, issue. A difticult item to
add is the optical ltat panel of box·like shape, which was fitted
to production 217 K.s in most cascs. This would best be done
using Oat shocting. tweezers and a stcady hand,
ext, the bomb rack fairinp need to be made. These can
easily be ca ...·ed rrom wood and s tuck in place o n the inner
wing section. Then the two FX 1400 bombs ca n be n13de from
wood with card or thin plastic for the Itabilisers, using the
accompanying diagrams for guidance. The 1)0 2 17 KJ, of
which vcry few were built, carried one f'e 1400 FX under its
fuselage, but otherwise resembled the Do 217 K I, having
short span wings.
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 00217 K2- continued
Do 217 K2s fairly bristled with aerials fo r radio aoo radar
work in connel;:tion with their dual rtIle of search a nd slrike.
The shipping search radar situated /)ene.lth the port side of
the nose would be tedious to eonstru.ct, but not impossible
(quite) for the adllanred modcller. Thc 217 K2 illustrated had
a periscopic sight abo\'e the cockpi t, but this was not usually
fitted to production aircraft,
Only a handful of Dornier 2 17 K2s was built , a nd they opera·
ted in the mai n from Marseil lcs/lstres ove r the Mediterranea n,
in the hands of KGlOO. For my model topic I chose 6N·KT ;
Werke Nr 4554 used by 3/ KG 100 (the formati on to which the
K2s \\er'e assigned) during August, 1943. Since it was employed
on a variety o f maritime duties it wore wa\'e mirror finish,
Ii&ht blue-grey snaky lines over dark grey o n iu upper surfaces.
115 under surfaces were rich light blue:, ·Hellblau'. Code
letters (6N small) were in black ; 45S4 appeared at the fin tips
in white. No wing letters were ca rried. The new ~l isAi r Doc
transfers for Luftwaffe aircraft were not allailab)c when I
finished my conversion, but they would be ideal for this machine.
All lelle rs were black on the fuselage sides, incidentally; the
idca that any of these letters wero automatic.llly coloured on
Luftwaffe aircraft is quitc unfounded.
The I"C 1400 FX bomb (usually kllown as FX 14(0) is
certainly o f more than passing interest, for it was the nearest
tlfe Germans came 10 producing a really effective air-ta-surface
guided weapon. The Hensehel Hs 293 aJider bomb was relatively
primitive when compa red with the large FX 1400, .... hich a n_
swered the need for an accurate guided missile with armour
piercing qualities.
It was first operationally used off Sicily in July, 1943, when
Do 217 K2s took it into action. l3asically the weapon ...·as the
stccll'C 1400 (ie 1,400 kg) armour piercing bomb. which had
a body length of 76; inches and a diameter of 22 illChes. The
Luftwaffe also used PC SOOE, 1>(; SOOL nnd PC 1000 armQur
pierci ng bombs, and trials \'ersions o f these, rad io controlled,
\o\'Crc experimentally built as the I'C 1000 RS, I' e SOO RS and
later ineluded the heavier PC 1800 RS.
FX 1400 could be carried on standard bomb racks and, in
theory, by six types of bomber aircraft in service. J ust under
11 fcct long, FX 1400 weighed 3,080 lb. Two pairs of metal
wings spanning 5 foe t were fitted , alld o\·:II·shaped tail su rfaces
of 4 foot spa n. In the rear of the mi5lii!e the iYroscopc was
installed .... hich, wit h a radio control circuit, steadied and con-
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Clou lip of Ibe III)M of lire Do 117 K KE·JA . NOlt' Ih~ optic-ul
jlal for lire bomb uim~r projecting ulllte bose of tltt M M, star-
board silk.
trolled the missile's course sufliciently to permit a theoretical
hit within twenty fect of the target from a height of 20,000 feet .
As it fdl the bomb reached 630 mph. To pre\cnt jamming
of the guidance sys tem wire oo ntrol was dellised, but probably
this was no t used operationally.
Later \'ersions of FX 1400 which never became operational
rcached 900 mph wit h I;:onsequcntly lIluch greatcr penetrating
power. These were designed to be launched from high·f1ying
Do 2 17 K2.s and a high-flying version of the Do 2 17 M from up
to 40,000 ft. This redesign of FX 1400 made use of spin stabilisa-
tion, in which the whole mi5liile rotated at about 60 rPl? New
radio i uidance was developed to cont rol the bomb as It spun.
Precisely how mu.ch use the Germans made of FX 1400 is
never likely to be known now. Its most spectacular succc:ss
came to a Do 217 which released one of these bombs against
the Italia n battleship ROil/a, a fter Italy had capitulated. The
ship was sun k, probably as the result of a hit on the deck by
' 0 ' wrret, .... hich ca used a small explosion leading to the
detonation of the main magazine. The bomb had penetrated
eight inc hes of armour plate. An important aspect of operation
with the weapon was that il could be rcleased against a target
beyo nd the r.!.nge of flak and probabl y well away from fighte rs.
On the night of Apri l 29/30, t944. some twent y German
aircraft operated off the coast of South-West EnaJand. About
nine were carrying FX 1400 PC bombs, and these they re lease(]
without any SllCCCSS against shipping in Plymout h, and in
panicular apinst a balllcship the~. I1 seems ltighly unlikely
that the aircraft were Do 217 K2s. More likely were they He l 77s,
a number of which were observed in the days directly after
the Norm:tndy landings to be ca rrying larae t'.~ternal weapons
on anti·shipping pa trols. Nevenhcless it is not wi thout interest
to record that Mosquito X LI, '0 ' of 406 Sqn, claimed to ha\'e
destro)'c<J two Do 2175 that night off l'lymou th.
If the delicate work called for in co nverting the 2 17 E into a
K2 is difl1cult for you then a much sim pler plan to follow wou ld
be the construction of a Do 2 17 ES, a 21 7 E va ria nt wh.ich
carried a n lis 293 glider bomb beneath each oute r .... ing just
inboard of the sta ndard position of the IJalkenkreuz. 6N-G M ;
5637 was o nc ES, used by 2fKG 100 late in 1943 for operations
off the wcst coast of France. Ove r its deep green finish it had
light gre.y-green \o\';I\'C mirror camounagc. Under surfaCt:5 were
light bl ue:.
Our Dornicr com'crsion feature in the ~mber i5lillC brought
some letters from readers enqu iri ng into the ' works numbers'
carried by German aircraft. Information relating to this topic
has long bee n diflicult to ga ther, a nd at this late date it seems
likely that records will neller become fully complete.
These numbers were--at first , anyway- truly 'works num-
bers' or constructors' numbers in morc COmmon parlance.
It ~ms likely that the Do 2 17 E l produc ti on aircraft began
at Nr 1000 and the E2s at about 1100 aJlhou&h the point of
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cha nge-over may nOt h:l\'e been in o ne particular position. T his
is borne out by the fact that 1161 was an E4. 1164 an E2 and
1176 an E4. The 1::4 was produced in large nu mbers and werke
nrs in the J 1 I I 10 1230 range are kno\'-Il 10 ha' e existed.
42 r 1 to 4395 (a l leaSt) again were E4s. Incidentall y. the proto-
type Do 21 7 V_ I first flew 011 October 4. 1938. and the first
Do 21 7 E on October 4, 1940. T hc Do 2 17 J night·fightcr based
on the 217 E first flew July 31. 1942, and this la ller aircraft
do,-t- Iailed into lhe E li nes.
On I\l:I rch 3 1. 1942, the fi rst Do 217 K flew and production
K 15 follolll"N on the line after the E4s at about 4410. and ra n
IIlto the ea rly 4500s. lletwttn aoout 4530 and 4580 ca me a
mixed batch of Do 217 K2s and 3S- lhc K2s being roughly in
the range 4542-4572.
Between about We r~ e Nr 5300 and 5650 another batch of
E4s was numbered- built, perha ps. at a different factory from
Ik lo"': Tilt mode/lIl/ti('r COI15I,.,(OOI/. u.oltom: TIll' compltll'd
COIIVI'TSiOlI.
the earlier machines:'
Although the protOt)pe Do 217 ~'i' lII'ith 08603 A engines but
ot herwisc resembling the Do 217 K sc ries (and lherefore an
all racti\c idea fo r a conversion) first new on Ju ly 16. 1942. it
lII'as 1943 before il came o n to Ihe production tines :11 about
Nr 6040 and mn 10 al leaSI 6260. In 1943 a new numbering
sys tem was a p~lrenlly introduced :lIld Icd to high numbers,
possibl y allocMed in rnllches 10 manufacture rs, A batch of
Do 217 MI 5 W:IS numbered from :Ioo ut 407011040730. these
numbers probably belonging to the old style of allocil tion wit h
the '0 ' inse rted. Anol her series was numbered from about
56042 to 56 170 _ and here the pn.'CCding S was almost certainly
a prefix to the old nu m ber system so that 6042 became later
5.6042. Finall y. there lO.ere the Do 217 Ms in the 7.22740-
7.22850 region, the number s)·stem applying to \\hich is clea rly
different in concept from the c:lrlier one. Ob\ iously therc is
room fo r plenty o f rC'SCarch into this topic of G erman markings
upon \\hich no th in& seerns hi therto to ha ve b«n published.
and mtders' ,iews would be of interest.
Ha, ing conquered the Do 217 K I Ill("an now to do bailie
\•.-ith my long-projected Ju 188 co n" crsion from a Ju 88.
j"\'c been mea ning 10 tackle this for a 10", ti me; it looks jolly
a\\ kward !
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f'orrirti. filG 10. FIIG 16 Z I' , f ""1I 8 1 1, FIIG 16 Z Y SIIwll
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nHlll, FIIG 1ju 111111,11.. FII81 ) Lorl"lI= iJl'am Kt'ur ,,·tU S/(lIllMrti
rMio l'qllipmf'nt (or '"l" lalt' Dornil'rs. SPf'cial t'qlliplllf'nt app-
licablt' 10 Ill,. Do 1 17 KZ "'/'11 l ·iiG lI7 R gMIIg ruTfy "·uf,,ins.
fUG 20J a.tl , Ill,. a.-riol rOT fU(fia CQII/rol of PX 1400. PIIG )30 (l
fit/I'd 10 FX 14fJO la T,.uil"t ratiio signals alNI fjtG )()() sllippillg
~rcllratlar rht' FX 1400 boll/b ,,·us paintt'11 mall fighl blllt'.
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conversIons
SINCE ollr series on the Sherman SIOTy started in Alllfl x
tlUlg;u:inc, "'c'vc had numerous requests for conversion
details applicable 10 a few of the many .'arian!s described.
As '" ill be c\ ident 10 those ""ha follo..-ed the series. the number
of possibilities is legion and many varia tions an,: TCSITK;:l00 10
detail dilTcrcnccs only, "'hile others demand major rc-con-
Slruction ,,"ork .
Bocage cutters
Almost c\'cl)one scems 10 ha,-c b..--en intrigued by the auach·
menl invented by Sgt Cullin for culling through Ihe hcctgcro"'S
"hich abounded in the Nonnandy area where the D-D a)'
!llnding look place in 1944. The Cunin Uedgcrow o.::: vice
was irn pro\'is..'<i in the ti rst place from beach obstacles salvaged
by the invaders an d welded up 10 form cullers suitable for
mounting on the nose of tanks. Vehicles so filled could slash
quickly through the hedges undergrowth and banks \Oohich
tended to ",-strict amlOur to the la nes and roads before the
adoption of this ingenious idea.
Latterly. of course. any sort of waste or scrap metal was
used for making the Cullin Hedgerow De\ ice and, indeed. there
was no absolutely 'standard' pattern. Uowever. as uSt.'d by the
US Army the device most often resembled teeth as shown in the
sketch. In model form it is ridiculously easy to produce. Simply
tr:lee the pallcrn on to card or plastic card, cu t it out. bend
at the dOlted li ne and cemcnt it across the nose of your Shernlan
with a dab of gl ue on eaeh of the front trJnsm ission 'bumps'.
As it often got bent or damaged, don't v.orry if your miniature
Uelow : S"trmtm Hybrid l e ,,1Ih call1rofltd ,,"f1from ami a·r"'tri
"il" 17 ptlr. NOIt rack Oil hllfl Ttar a'lIl llO"'age oox bt-himl
/urrn f'.YIl'tU;on. Iloltom : An 0\14 (lOj m", 11O,,·;t:") ,,';11t HI/SS
ant/oI7 dtgrulrullfmnl( Photos courtesy Inlperial War r.l uscum).
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fittinll warps or breaks!
The Uritish also adopted this bocage culler idea and. as with
the US Army, introduced it as a field modif~ation usually
fitted by the REM E Li ght Aid Detachments of armoured un i(S.
The IJritish p:!ncrn also varied from unit to unit but was most
often made up from scra p girder in the mther rake-like form
sketched and illustrated. This &3\'e risc \0 the name ' Prong'
beinll liV(:n to the anachmenl by the Uritish .
Making it in miniature calls for more care than the US
pattern. It is nlOSt easily assembled from plastic card strips
«.-mented beneath the hull to protrude forward and these
arc rc-inforccd by the addition of a cross·member cemented
across the hull front by the transmission bunlps. Further strips
are then cemented beneath the prongs \0 gi\c the T-girder
shape charJcteristic of the fitting. The only major point to
remember is to cut the ends of the prongs to points either with
nail scissors or a sha rp craft kni fe. The dimensions arc nOI
critical. Some CrOlllwel1s were also fi lled .... ith prongs.
]"\"e taken the opportunity on my prong·fitted Sherman to
include some further detai ling which can be incorpora ted
to somc ex tem on preuy well any Othe r M4 , 'ariant. eon\ersion~
or otherwise. First or all. the arrival of the Airfi;\. half-trJck
l it provides a very nice Browning.~ calibre machine lun which
looks \ery well in the Sherman's rotatin& turret hatch. You
need to drill out the locating hole slightly, but this gun is .....ell
\Ooorth fitting if )OU ha\e one left O\er.
The other c-ssential addition to the model as provided in kit
is the inclusion of the rudimentary mudguards at the hull front.
I me ntioned these a few years ago. but ha\e re-dra\\n them in
this article for newcomers, They arc simply cut from paper
ceme nted beneath the hull front abo,'e the tr:1c!.:s: Shermans
wit hout these wcre unusual though not unkno\Oon.
Remaining deta ils on the model show the addition of appliqlli
arnlOUr- just about as much as can be incorporJted. This
armour consisted or plates welded o\'er the hull in the most
vulnerable areas in an attempt to provided added protection
agai nst direct hits. Most usual application was at the deepest
pari of the hull to protect the ammun ition racks each side
and further art abreast the side-filled fuel tanks. Many Shermans
arc sho..... n 50 fitted in photographs. Appliqlli armour could be
found, in addition, on the front of the turret, sloped against
the drher"s and co-drh'er'S hatchways and . .5Ometimes, also
across the hull front ahead or the dri, er's PQ1i1ion. Once again,
in model form the dimensions for these \ dditions arc not
critical. Suit:lbly siled rectangles cut rrom 30 thou plastic
card are :ld mirJble for de picting tlppliq"i armour and can be
cemen ted quickly ill plaee before the model is painte'\.
AIR FIX maJuine
 One other feature I'IOt sho ..... n in either of my ba~ic M4 models
is the wide M14A I man tk t. This I'''as adopted-or re tros-
pectively filled-on late production M4s 10 give added pro-
teclion 10 Ihe tlu n IllOunling and co-axial machine gun. If rou
..... ant 10 fil it to )our model. r l'e drawn a panern. h is simplr
cut from paper. sli pped ol'er the gun barrel. and cemented Ol"er
the exiSlintl mantle!. The onl y further additions are till le flanges
.... hich flanlo the gun barrel on each side. T~ can be CUi from
paper and cemented in place:, as sketclK-d.
As a final observation on Ihe subject of the basic M4. it is
.... orlh poinling out Ihal the original Aimx Sherman model
represented a late production M4 with cast one-pica: nose :
the currenl moulding. howi:l"C.~r. has boen altered 10 give a
earl)- production M4 ..... ith three-piece bolted nose. If )OU .....ant
10 alter this to a laler prod uction I·ehicle. sim ply cut and tile
a ..... ay the t..... o ro .....s of boIlS before as§embly.

The Firefly
M O RE readers have requested conversion details for Ihe
Firefly Ihan any other variant and. though wc've covered
it before. here il is :LltlIin wilh some ad ditiona l ideas.
Slriclly speaking. the Firefly name was applied 10 Ihe Shcr-
man M k V "hen armed v.ilh the 17 pdr gun but as this mark r1--~ ...
of Shcrman (the 1\14A4) had a longer hull than Olher M4
,-arianIS such a conversion would entail qui te a lot of work 1_~~tJ;;-:~I.r=""IE:~1~;:;;;:'!E~5]ji~~~~~U
at the rear cnd. Fortunately, olhcr Shermans, including the
M4 ( Bri tish M k I), were also filled "ilh the 17 pdr and if the
modeller chooses one of these the con,,:rsion work is made ,,
much easier.
M ajor work in\"o','\:5 the turrcl .... hich needs an extension •
dI----"-- -
bo'\, measuring 7 mm 12 mm wide 6 mm dt-.:p made up from
plastic card and cemented 3t the rear. ~n on the turret roof
}ou need an ex tra hatch on the Ioader'S side measuring 7 mm
squan:: in model form \\ith the corners rounded off with Sl.'issors.
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Top: Full-si:, s,-ul, (/ra"'ing by D. I'. Dyt'r 0/ Mol ( 105 mm
lro"'i':t'r) "'j,1r I/IISS. Rl'prfH/llr. If by rollrlt's), 0/ Ml'rbt'rl,.,. Lld.
,\ bon": P(lrls/or ,he ron,.ers/0I1S tf..srrj/N(I: I- Clllfin lIl'ligl'ro'"
lkl·jct>. ]- 'Pr.mg,· (fOl.r rt'quift'd) (Ill/I fillinl{ dl'lI/i!. 1- Mlld-
g ,wf(ls (C't'It/f'1I/ 0/ (Iolll'lllilll'). 4- M 14AI 11Il""'", sI,il'ld all/I
jla//Kt's, 5- Firt'jl)' /11(/11,/1'1, 6 - 0p,iO/w/ SIO ..·trgt' rarA. lllOlIlIIt'(/
on {/ /1'''' SIrt'rIIl(JnJ. All {IIII-si:t'. Lert. lOP 10 bollom: Sht'rmulI
Prong (/t'/I) m,,1 "'4 "'i,lr CI/Wn f)el·iC't'. Nol/' applique IIrIllOl".
Sht'rIIl(JlI lIybrid IC ",,,/l'r 1'0IlSlmc/.,.III. ,\/4 (105 IIIm) ...iII!
JIVSS wllll'r (O/lSIrIlCliall sho ...illl{ 11/'''' Iwll [rol1l (/lid halrlll's.
RI'/Ir Iwl/ modificaliall sha ..." ,,"ill b.' (OI'l'rl'd IIt'XI m"",h.

The 75 mm gun su pplicd in thc Airfix kit is discarded and the

mantlet is covered ovcr with Ihin card 10 give it a c)lindrica[
appearance as sketched. Finally you need a new gun barrel
to re present the ]7 pd r I<e:lpon. This must be 45 mm long and
the Panther gun cut to Icngth and with the muzzle br.lke fi led
10 a more rou nded shape is ideal for this if you ha\e one to
spare. A[terna tively. use a suitable length of 2 mm diameter
p[astie rod. A quick alld effecti"e ..... ay of making a mu:ule
bra ke in this case is to cut a long strip of Sellotape in Ihe shape
of a right-angled lriangle ....·ilh ~ J mm long base. Wrap Ihis
rou nd and round the cnd of lhe barrel so that il ghes a tapered
cone effect to the cnd. When painled the ridges are filled in
and l'CSults in quile a reasonable muzzle brnkc.
The only \ital hull modifICation is Ihe delelion of the front
machine gun. The apenure is cOI'cn,:d by a 4 mm square of
plastic card . Most Firenics, ho.....c'er. had a sto ..... age box across
Cominlll'l/ 011 page 350
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' Photop.are' is a re,ula ... Airfill ma,adn. feature, ;and further pictures

photo~&ill5~
With the e>eception of the twO fleet
Air Arm pictures, all this mon th ',
extremely nre shou come from the
Collection of S. Buckle,. Captions by
Michu l J . F. 80wyer.
will be published as ava ilable. W e would be please d to conside r an1 con·
tributlons from readers, particularly of squadron aircraft or Interestinc
colour schemes, and a free Alrflx kit will be awarded (or eac h picture
used. Would Intend!n, contributors plea.e note, however, that photo_
,raphl submitted should be pr!v..ee copyl'"l.ht.
Owln, to space limitations, It may be "ec:en.". to hold pictures for a
rew months before IH'bllcatlon. T o ensu r e ..." . return, please write your
name and address on the back of _ch print. W. cannot us. press cuttln,••

Top : Wtfli'lg f()ns WS-K Ulll/

ill /940, HOII, Orl' M k I A brll ~I
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ohUIFrlllt!d fro m Iltt IIl'guri,'l',
plr/llre FOmplFlI/t!ms ''''Ollrt.'f
Top : Narl' pi(furl'S of lIal'al airua/l rolllilmt /() bf' III'Fonllrd officilllhisf()ry 0/9 Sqn, AboH': L4140. I , "'as liSI'd
b" our rtodFrs, olld IMs 011(' sllo ...s Foirty Albacort /1[4 176:41< ill by 18 Sqn illiliall), ulIIl "'Us Sl'riously domagr(1 ' " 'f'l'ks Iw/orl'
1940. Otspilt much YlJrcMng ,,"t' cun'l i,kmify ,h, sqlladwn.
Pila f() by B. Waymoull, . Abo, t: Prl' ,'wuJly 111110,0"'" 10 liS ,,'I'rl'
' lrl' "'or in rollisjUlI "'it,, 0 1I'lrrirant, ,vOlt ulllkr"'i'lg stria',

pi(fU"S of Ilrl' prOf(),,'fH' S/IIrgt'(}II I, RK787. craslli", aboard

/lMS Illustrious during dnk landing lriols in 1947, Pi/m is
bl'Ut'I'/"Ii 10 be ,\Iikl' LiII,!(o",. Aircru/l ,,'DJ IIlw/ral finish ..,;,It
ytflolO' P ill ...hill' disc, Picf//rt by W. L Cia),. lido..': I1 is
sO/1' /0 assuml! I/tOI Iht'11' fai,,)' /lFlldOlIS urt of 18 Sqll- ulllrJJ
W/YOIU: call pro" l! Ihr'" III bf' frVIII Il j! /lff'llrt'!/1 I'/(Irilitlt' is rodell
": possibly in rl'd, jusl tif' o/Iht "'itlg. UoUom : ProMlbly our
raUII pic/urt ytl is Ilrls ('amoujlagl'd O'"l'rslrlllul, KSI74 , 0/ No 1
ADS, &rl), ill 1940 Il,is nIMllifle " 'I'nl illlo storl' fll JJ M U,

Top : D{'/iglll/ul ,'it ... 0/ LYSlIIull'r /A781 illlhl' ('arly ('ollumjlagt

slyll' UIU! "'itlt 1II11I('r"';lIg Sl'rials. NOlI' olso 1111' bomb rurks on
till' "'""'S, Madlilll' ..'as/rom 16 Sqn and crQs"l'C1 ill ,\fay, /919, a
/t", "'" ks 0/11'1 dell"l'ry. al on Enlpirl' Air Du)' silo ,,', ,\ 00\(" :
TI,ls Ihislol n B. F46J8 :11 "'as phologrophtll in Irulio ill 19.'9.
11'1" ('(JIIIIQI ;I/rm if)' its IlIIil, bUI il 1110), ~ 10 Sqll.

AIRFIX maglIine
 NEW
KITS AND MODELS
CHOPPER FROM RUSSIA
HE Russian M il M i- IO ' Flying Crane' is the "orld 's
T laricst helioop(cr and has recen tly been in th e news in
8ritain when an e:<amplc visi ted Ihi~ cou nt ry on a sale! tou r.
lis usual demonstration feal is 10 carry a coach on ils plat-
form.
It is interesting. th erefore. 10 be ab le to review a Russian-
made plastic t i t of this mach ine c\'cn if- as is usua l \\jlh
kits f rom that country _ the sta ndard does not rcac h that
wc now ex pect from IJ rilish manufacturers. To a pproxi-
matel y I : 120 scale Ihe model appears 10 be fairl y accurate
in ou tli ne, though lhe moul d iug is a lin!.:: rough, particularly
rou nd the nose. There arc no wind ow o penings, cabin win-
dows bei ng represen ted by ci rcula r depressio ns, and the
t rea tment of the Il igh t deck window arca is crude,
On the protOI)' pe, the underca rriage is a rather compli-
cated affair which has been quite well co pied in model form.
It would be d ifficul t to assemb le withou t hel p from photo-
gra phs o f the actual machine. howe\'er, as the d rawings on
the instruction shl.'Ct arc not very clea r. Though this " it has
il5 Jhortcomings. it is the only onc o f ilS kind a \'ai lab le and
with some extra work on the modeller's part it mak.es a rea-
sonable addition to a 'commercial' colk'C1ion.
ecdlcss 10 !ay th is Idt is not o n sale in 8ritain o r else-
\\ohere th is side of the ' Iron Curta in' bu t modellers with pen·
friends in East Europe could, no doubt , obtain il on an ex-
change basis GJ.T.
FLATTING AGENT
I NJanuary,
our ' Mon: from rOUr Modelling' feature published in
wc mentioned th al the bes t method of maning
gl0S5 colours known to us was the old "I umbrol Flailing
Agent, which \\oas at that time no longer a\'ai lable, Shorli)'
afterwards wc heard from Hum brol thal th ey were to re-
in troduce this usefu l product in improved form a nd wc an:
happy to say th atlhis is now released, The tube and quanti ty
then:in is now \'ery much bigger. but essentially it is un-
alte red from th e o ld da ys. To use il you si mpl y squeeze a
prescribed quam il)' (ins tru ctions are given in the tube) into
}our gloss ena mel. mbe it thoroughl y, and th en appl y Ihc
p.1i nt in the no rmal way. As if by magic it then d ries JlI!r-
fectly mall pro\'ided )'OU d idn't appl y too much flailing
agent in the first place. With a little expe rimen tatio n, how-
e\er. it is possible to get varying dcgrecs o f 'f1atn ..~s· or.
indeed. a semi·mall finish, by va!)ing the qua m ity of agent
\\ohich }OU mix into }our paint. It wor ks wi th any mal;e of
gloss plastic ena mel. Price o( this invaluable modelling aid
is 25. and tubes should now be obtainable fronl model
stodists.
Il umbrol ha\e also announced sc\eral more additions 10
Iheir big range of paints and finishl'S, Of specia l in teres t to
modellers is a Uritfix 20 plastic repair I;i t which is made. in
the first plaC'C. for repairing I' VC fabrics such as plastic rain-
coau. It will also bond PVC to polnhene and as an increas-
109 number o f polylhene based models are coming o n the
market - for exam ple Ihe Airfix Allack Force series -
May, 1967
Ihere arc some o bvio us uses o( Uri lfi x 2Q (or model make rs.
Each lu be conICS with an a pplicato r and six plastic patches
for Is 9d.
For cemenl ing expanded pol)·~t yre ne - ie. ceiling liles-
10 wood, plas ter. or painted surfaces, ~I umbrol ha ve now
releaSl:d Uritfix 10 Expanded Po lys tyrene Cement. This cos ts
2s JlI! f tube an d will also be useful to modellers, particularly
as expanded poly~t)'n: ne t.i1e arc being inc reasi ngly used
for sce nic work,
Apart from th e ,", umbrol 101 Customisi ng l'lastic Body
Putty which wc ha\'e ment ioned before. Humbro l arc now
also maki ng 102 Plastic Wood in tins lIt 2s 3d and in tubes at
Is 3d . We tr ied a $a mp lc o f this and foun d itlo be excellent,
in particular very easy 10 'worl;' wit h the fingers wit hout
crum b ling. Obviously the uses to modelle rs arc legion.
Finallr, Hum bro l havc produced a '3-Coat-ln-One-Day'
pa int system wh ic h includes I pin t tins of their enamel in
a selec tion o f colours, Wood. Melal, Hardboa rd and Plaster
Primcr, and twelve shades o f undercoat. The t pi nt tins of
a ll thesc items cos t 1s 6d each. Though of limited appeal to
modellers. this syS tem o f hand y siz..'d tins gh'es a \'ery useful
quantity o f pa int for ho usehold purposes. C.O.E.
LATEST TANKS
o less than fi\'e new tank kits ha\'e reached
N by way of BMW Models of Wim bledon whousarefrom Japa n
marketin g
t hese I; its under their new Red Label trademark as mentioned
laSI monlh.
First in the f)C ld is a \'ery nice model of the new British
Abbot self-propelled 105 mm hoy,;itzcr which is produced by
LS to I :35 scale for 24s 6d. I1 is interesting-and gratifyi ng-
to sce that LS have adopted Tamiya'S scale for this. their first
\'en turc in to tan k models. Inevi tably we compared this with
Tami),a'S offerin gs an d can say that the LS model equals their
best. It comes complete with mOlor. crewmen, clear illlIStra ted
inst ructions, an d transfers and is we ll-moulded and accurate.
With care yo u ca n make a sho wpiece out of this kit .
Tami ya's lalest is a beautifully detailed I :35 scale M8
Armoured Car whic h must rate as onc of Ihcir nicest yet. This
COnlinlll'd OIlIlI'XI page
We ~" il''''NI Rn 'l'll's F-III ill tkloi! ill our OCloINr. 1966, iss~
"'hrll il lI'llS Ihl'II ollly ol'IIi!lIbll' ;'/ USA . 11 is 11011' rl'"lroyd in
8,;'11;" lit 0 price ol l ls 8d. To 1:71 s("Qlr Ihl' motkl hosQlltrnati,'1'
parts lor tit"l'r the USAF or USN \·e,s;olls. ulttl'r is m"stroUd
Irl',e.
l<S
 N e w kits co nti n u ed
has a \ery pov.erful separate chassis 10 lake the mOlOr and
balleries and rubber bands are pro"ided 10 ai\'e y,hat is \ irluall y
drhe on all four 1'0 heels :11 the back. The fronl axle has correct
paucrn stub a.~le stc.::ring and spring suspension y,hilc the
separate lyn.'S are of y,hal appears to be real rubber. The very
aCl;:urate body is made up se parately and sna p fils 10 the chassis.
Transfe rs are provided for thc Ja p.'l.nese Self· Defence Force
and, :IS usual with Tamiya kilS, you get eve rylhing }OU need
exccpt Ihe bauerics. I' rke is 155 11 d.
In Ihe cheaper I :55 scale range. T:uni )·a ha\e three new
releases. Of Ihese the Crusader tank sta ndS out as the best.
though it is nOt an entirely accur.lle model. It y,·ilI. hOl'o"e\ er, be
e\lremel) po pular wilh British modellers alld lends itself to
added delail e\·en if ils diOlCl15ions are a li u le OUl . This is a wry
eas) and enjoyable kit to make. The gear lra in comes ready
asscmbk.-rl. the motor is simply wired. and the rood y,heels
fit slraight on to axles moulded integrally with the chassis
pan . Young modcllt,rs should find il no problem pro\idt.-d
that they stick to the illustrated instruction ShlOCt. Much the
smuc remarks apply to Ta mi)·a·s other 1:55 scale releascs-
an M24 Chalfee and an M42 nak tank (y,h kh Tamiya call a
' Hunter Tank'). These tl'o"O share similar si mple chassis and
motor un its, " rice of all these I :55 sca le itellls is9s lid. CO.E.
EMllY BY HASEGAWA
·B MW Models of Wimbledon noy, ha\e stocks of the 1:72
scale Emily patrol n) ing boat released recenlly in Japan
b) lIasegawa, and this relails in " ri la in for 495 lid. Though
wC ha\e received a sample. there was not lime to assemble it
for this issue, but a dctaik:d re\icw will appea r ne.~t month .
SufftCe to say for the present that this giant model is c\en biggcr
than the Airfix Sunderland. is packed with detail. and includes
onc or two 'e.~tras' in the form of a toy,i llg tractor. ground
crey,·m3n , and beaching wheels. C O.E.
MORE MINITANKS
ET mo re additio ns ha\e bee n made to the rapidly groy, ing
Y rang.! of 1:86 scalc Raco Minita nks imported 10 Britain
by Model 1·lobby Products lid. Our latCSI re, icw batch includes
a fine replk3 of the new Federal Germ:sn Army Leopard tank.
scllina at 2s 6d, an ellccllent- and most y,e lcome--modcl of
lhe German 10.5 COl field howiu:er, priced at 2s 6d, complete
with toy,jng limber and optional barrel for com·ersion to the
10 !;m model. a range of Dodge trucks of the US Army, and
most ambitious of all, a comple~ model of the Federal German
Alligator motorised am ph ibious assa ult bridge.
Th is laller is quite an astonishing pit.'<=e of plastic moulding
which reproduces all the rc\·olutionary rea turcs of the prototype,
including Ihe collapsible folding crane, the rolding dCl;:k sections,
and the removable bridge dl'Cks which can be used in con-
junction ~'i l h othcr Alligator models to form a long 'pontoon·
IJelo..·: Nt ..' Minilallks "uxkls inr:fU(/e (frolll It/t ) tilt Ltopard
lall/.:, Alligator brillge. and Gt rllWII 10.' cm gllll.
346
I AJRFIX malnine
Lat,'SI (l{llfitiOl/ to III f' Reo·1'1I "'lIgl' is )"I't mw/ht'r sll{H'r-fll'fail
mOlar C}"f'It' /..it, this limf' u Ho,ufa Super SportS ",ring mucM"f'.
Tlloug/r this modf'1 /ras similar tllgi,..', framt. allll ...IINfs to lilt
Slalrdurd lIolll/tl roodSler . ..·/rich Reo·t'ff rl'ltust'd fusl )"t'ur, th,
ol/It'r rQmpollt'nts aft' oomplt'ft'ly diJft'rt'nt , amI illrlmk th,
slrt'"Umlillt'fl ro ..-J. ..·illdJhit'fd,lurg, fut'T lUll/.. amI rod/IS uoal 0/1(1
fittings . T)"rt's Oft' of real rubfH>r allll I/a,·, ulllht'lIIic I"ad. Scull'
of this imprt'ssir, "IOli,1 Is J:8 allll tll, kit cons J1J J Id.
Iype bridge of an) desired length (assu ming that )ou ha\e
enough Alligators!). Alone, of course, the single Alligator
call be used as a mOlOrised pontoon fcrry. I'rice for this ubiqui·
tous military model is Ss 6d. The Dodge trucks arc all one-
tOllners based on the same 4 x 4 chassis and comp rise a radio
truck, all ambulance, an d an open·to pped 'Commando' truck.
This comcs with a removable moulded tilt and an optiona l
folded one. Each Dodge model costs 2s 6d. CO. E.
NEW PAINT RANGE
F big mh::rCSt 10 aircr.!h and nlllita l) modellers is a new
O ra nae of pamt called ~ I odelcolor which BMW Models
of WlOlblcdon is now importing from France. The r.:ange of
colours a'·a ilable is e~tenshc and comes in fi. e series. namel)
' French Air Foree·, ·Luftwalfe·. 'USAF, 'Japanesc·. and
·Standard ·. The last named consists of variolls uni\'ersal
colo urs r...-d. blad. )cllow. d c- but thc others c<m tain
Colours mixed enctly to the specificlllions uSl-d b) the
\'arious combatant air fo rces of World War 2. Thus )ou
can gct the USAAF Oli\e Drab and Neutral Gre}, Japanese
AI' Jungl e Grec n. French AF Khak i. Brown, and Da rk
Grl'CII. German ' DunkelgTun· and ' Hellblau· and man )
o thers- e,cn US Chromate Grecn used for y,h ...'C1 y,'clls
and interiors.
The colours come in jars a linle larger th an a I·tum brol
tin and the COli t of ea!;h jar is 2s M . 'I hough this is much
higher than an) Bri tish equhalent, man) will accept this
fo r th e con\'cnk:nce of ha.ing read)·mixed colours to hand .
For t.:st purposes y,e had the French Khak i a nd Japanese
Dark Grecn l,nd fo und them to be admirable also for tanks
and soldicT.'>. A list o f all the colou rs a\ailable is gi.en
Oil Ihe o pposi te pagc. C.O.E.
NEW (ORGIS
T has beeome ,·irlually a tradition in recent years for Corgi
I 10 bring ou t replicas o f lhe l\.lontc Carlo Rail) ·winning car
soon arter the evcnt. This year is no exceplion, and y,"e·,e
recei\ed a pleasing sample of Altonncn 's Mini·Cooper complete
y,ilh authen lic Rally plates, number plate, fog·lamps, mud-
Raps. roof rack. spare wheels, and detailed interior. Car col·
lectors will find this well worth sna pping up for the modest
price o f 55 'Id. OrK' of the lIlost unusual models y,·c've yel scen
in th e miniaturc field is the ' Kennel Club of America· ,·an based
on a ChcvTolet chassis which forms thc other Corgi release.
I>resumably ifs based on a real vehicle, but cven if it isn't I~ very
amusing and comes completc wi lh dogs for 75 &I. Also new
frOIll Corgi is a 'World of Wooster' I3cntley. C. O.t",
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( THE MODEL SPECIALIST)
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TRADERS RETAI
( 0 EPJ.,d..J ( 0 EPT OR')
May, 1967 V ]47
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Letters- to the Editor ~
Lane .. to die (d i, or can
wh .... I. . . . . . . . . p ubl i.h..:l . .ch . . . . in .. fr . . A im. p la •• i, con .. ruc_
don ki, of ,h.i. thoic •• W •••• al way. p ....-.I .0 ne.i.," yo ... to ... •
ma .. ta
Subm itted ma.a.i.1 a nd " iuur•• ca .. o nl , b. nt.. r ... d If .c,om pa"ied
by ...... mp.d .dd ....... a n nlope, a nd ,ha ( di t o r Unnot .cnpt
.... pon.ibllity for ••1. k .. pln, "r any ... <1. co n.rlbudon . ..... i,h..
d o e. h . .. au .. a .il, _ . . ... with <ommanu ... or....cI by «>..... pond."u
I ~ ..
Skybirds saga
WAS greatly interested in the Skybirds
,
It is indeed comfo n ing 10 know float
many A IRI'I J( magu.ine readers and
modellers arc of the 'twclllies and '[ h ir-
l ics era ( By (he " 'ay, 1 wonder who is
your oldest reade r?)
This association with the earlier years
of model making has many facets, alld
t he one that please! me most is the fact
that the older modeller still has in safe
keeping, not only Ihe original models,
whICh are a delight to see and read about ,
but also Ihe relaled book s alld rnagnines,
'00,
Personall y, J ha ve been a lI omby,
p'uge '0 ' elllhusiast since the earl y
thirties, which to my mind is the only
scale for model railways. It would be,
for instance, interesting to learn how
much of this cq uipnxnt and the relevant
catalogues exist today. No doubt man y
ani~ 31ld store rooms slill hold tlle ir
secrets.
Therd ore. I conside r that there ought
to be a soci..'ty for the protection of
vintage models (would allyone care to
clas-sify a vintage model?): and I would
lik e to know. th rough the courtesy of
your maga zine, what ot her readers think
regarding this subject o f prc-se ..... ing models
of Ihe past. that will e,'enlU3Ily become
of great h isto r ical interest and valuc.
As I ha" e St llt cd' rrhllpS the form3tion
of a socielY woul be the ans,,'er, so
th!ll these old modelS and associated
literal ure is not lost to posterit y.
P. II . J . Pillam,lffds 16, Yorks.
For an}"O/le """0 may ~ jnUrtsud.
there is a Ja.JCi/lating displa,....-albeil
,mall--aJ lors ami ",o(lris 0/ Ih e 190()
~Tiod in Ihe f.ooufOlI MU St!""" Ke.uin/I·
Ion Gar"ens. Lon"on. To)', aud modds
0/ ,"eimer·..·"r period, ho ...e,·er. "01,'1
SUm 10 ~ repusen/w it, ",uSeumS tu
}·e/. -EDITOR.
Thanks for tanks
A s I am interested in airpla ncs and
armo ur. it is good to see Ihat you
ha,'e .... nlarged your OO"elllge of tanks.
The anicles and drawings on bolh ai r·
pla nes and armour are line, and due to
Pet er Chamberlain's e'cdlent OO\'crage
of the Sh.... rman lank I ha" c had my
appetite " 'hwed in that I am allcmJ"llinll
to acquire onc from Tam iya in 1 :21
scale. I acquin.·d their Sturmgesch uue
and pz K pfw I I1 from your recommenda·
tiotl~. Plea;e gi"e m y compliments to
Peter C h3mixrla in and here's hoping
th at he may find lime and information
to gi\"\~ some more co,'cragc to ot her
,...
types o f armour.
o ,, ~ , b ........... eI in the m.pai .... llead ...
and p luur •• , which will b. <on.idared
Ln .10. ,....... co lumn o.
I am panicu!arl~' plea;ed with the for·
m31 of you r an'ck-s in thal they do
ser' ice to the hislorian and modeller in
pre<;eming Ihe hist ory o ( the prOtOlype
along with the modelling aspect of Ihe
subject.
Jo..., plo V, Clj ll ahan, l·hO/;'ni.~, Ariz, USA.
W e ha" e "ad numy I!!II"' Ilk!! Ilris
/,om 'Md"!. amf cau aSJ,ue !!,·t!T}"lme
IIr..1 lank COI·t!'''ge ...iII cotJ/irw e .. mf
..;/1, in"eed, bt! e:rpmuf ed "'''rne''" SI/(Ice
.. l/o"·s.- EOlrOll.
Making Mou nties
F IRST I must congmtu late Airfix on
the Mark I tank and the American
infant ry o f 1918.
The American infantry can be easi ly
converted into Canadian "'ounties by
first painting their jackets a bright red
IInd t hen painting Ihe trousers a dark
blue with a thin y...-l low stripe down the
trouse r side, painted on when the dark
blue is dry. The boots and hats arc
pain1l"d a tan oolour.
J, H.. K. MUrT"'l, l\fitcham. Sunr,·.
Tu rret numb e rs
R EGARDI NG German turrN numbers
(LeHers, Apr il) the system was as
follows:
ROI Regimental Commander
R02 Regimell taJ Adjutant
ROJ Signa l Office r
RN Regimental Staff Officer
101 First Ballalion Commander
102 First Uaualion Adju tant
103 First Ballalion Signal OfflC('r
IN First Balta lion Staff Officer
1101 Seeond Battalion Commander
101 First Company Commander
102 HQ Platoon Leader, First Com-
"'"Y
I II Platoon Leader, First Platoon,
First Company
131 Platoon Leader, Th ird Platoon,
First Compan y
3-01 Third Company Commander
741 Platoon Leader, Fourth I'lalOoll,
Se\'e nth Company
733 T hird Tank , Third Plat oon,
Sc"enth Company
1001 Tenth Company Commander
(usually in P:t G renadier Div.)
1023 Third Tank. Second Platoon,
Tenth Company
These sample ItJrret numbers should
show how the numbc:-ring system " 'ent in
German I'an,,-er units and enable model·
lers to select suitable nurnbc:-rs for minia·
ture tank regiments. The numocrs " 'ere
u~uall y applied in pla in white or red or
bl3ek with a whit e out line. Sometimes
they were in white outline on ly.
A:ul Duc"ert, So borg, Denma r" .
I". publica, ion .
Cheap scenery
T HERE must be many modellers like
myself who, after taking great pa ins
and lrouble to make up the Airfi", kits,
'ind that. when they come 10 display
th .... m. SlXnery cOSts more to produce Ihan
the modd.
Could I suggest. the refore. that Ihc'Y
employ the decollltor"s /tift to the model-
mal.:er-I'ol ~styrene c.... ihng tiles. With a
lillle inl/Cnully and imagination Ih("Se rela'
tivcly ch .... ap and easy 10 handle ite ms can
be us...-d 10 produce almost an y kind o f
scenery n("fiIed .
For nample. lake a tik, and with a
soft pencil and ruler draw parallel lines
about i inch apart. Kun lighlly o,'er
Ihese lin('s with a soldc'ring iron or hot
pok .... r (taking care to use a ve ry liltht
lo uch), and Ihe resuh , afler pa inli ng w,th
water or poster colours. is a , ..... ry realistic
ploughed field . Similarly, by sticking 1"'0
liles together with paSle. hedges and
walls can be cut from the shl"Ct and
painted as r~-quired. With the addition o f
the Aidix fencillg and the odd !Tee or
two (again from liles st uck together) a
good landscape can be produced. Add an
Airfix collage and you ha" e the ideal
s.w ing (or a baltl .... ficld of 00{110 armies
or the basis of a farm .
One word of warning- the use o f polr-
sl)'rene cement or e namel pain IS w,1l
dIssolve t he tile so one must use waler·
ba$Cd pa ints and paste.
Alan L. !'Iayford , London , 1::.13.
Swiss Ju 52
I RECENTLY purchased the Airfut
Ju 52/3 M a nd dedded to make il up
a~ the Swis-s Air Force \·.... ,·sion. Th is kit
was e~,-;;Ilent. but il did ha" e two small
fault~. The first was that Ihe engine
cow lingS W(' re painted stee l blue. IlOt red.
as sta t(-d in the "it. The second was that
the ant enna , part 85. and Ihe OF loop.
part 86, should be omitted in the Swiss
Air Force ,·ersion .
C. L. Jon rs, Southscll., lI an ts.
Painting fig ures
Wl11 LST rrading Letters to the Editor
in back copies of your excell...-nt ffiIlga-
1.ine I noticed some I1lClhods of increaSlIlg
the life of paint on pOlyt hene figures. Per·
haps some reader<: would be intere~ted in
anolher method. f>l ix so me white gouache
paint until it i~ of a creamy consist .... ney,
alld painl the figures with this mixture.
Although a wat .... r paint. it will Slick with
case 10 pOlyther>e and has th e' ad "antage
of being quick -d rying. Whc n dry. the
figure is ready for pain ting with enamels.
The gouache absorbs Ihe oil in the
A/RFIX m~luine
•
e namel and speeds cloying and !lin's 11
more realistic tuture, as "'cll as mcrclI'<-
jog the li fe o f the ename l.
Coold PII)one plcase gi,c me informa -
tion on lhe mi~lI1a: of fJeld .,rey colour
for German jllf.nny? r hl"c !tied ';e\'cral
mix.ures. bill hP\"(: been unablu 10 obtaiu
-.:.tis{actory resuils.
P . Shorrock. t:IIIS'O t>I"lh, l!:Inls.
Lerwick serials
8o",,),(,r is 10
M IClIAEL
Iated on his Luwicl:
be convat u-
.rtide on the
April issue. 11 is pka~in, 10 ~now, 11 la~l.
.. hy this machine was not 11 ~U\XeS!.. 110"-
co.·c r, surely the first Lcrwid. was L12Il!
and nO( 1-7249 as slaled ill the ,.lick?
On the 5ubjecl of the four DUKW,
wilh the I\.lcrrywcal hcr b ddc~. thcso:
were called Swan! acro rdin, to an article
on them which IIpprorl'd in SoIdlfT maga-
:dne many years ago.
M . J . R. Smith, "n1t~r.;ha", . lIuc"'~.
Michad Sowyer wriles: 01 COllfSt
LJ'l48 W(U the (ir1t mQcMur-our mis·
!like. The {irst four ("Of fl.ru) uircm/ ••
1.7748-51. I.nd " "CIIlu If£ IM n'llirrl'J.
1.7248. rrOf '49. " ·il.< "Jrll bJ' Si"O iI. W'
IIfll'rnpf ID Cllrl! II, I! /x"ic IrollbleJ.
ApoIogil's.
Instrument panels
I SII OULO lite to pass on 10 OIlier
rl'aders, a simple wa .. o( matjng
realistic irulrument panel! for airCT1lfr.
The required ~hape o f panel is first
cut. ....ith sciswB. from liaht pugc
aluminium. such u i!i uo;cd for packaging.
l"h is i!i .hen r.:!inled man black and
allo ... cd ro drr. IlIen, usin& a fine poinled
instrument fI use dividers) scribe on the
necessarr detail. A steady hand 1M:1~
~re, but small eno .... are 5urprisin,ll1y
inC()l1Spicuous. r ina lly fi,t in pc:!5itlOTl
(impact adhesive is besr) and touch o\'er
the edges .... ith malt black.
'The deta il i!i 5urprisin&1y I'uli!itic,
cspa: ially ..·lM:n ..k .... ed th rouRh a n ans-
parent ~nopy: considerably more
rea listic than the .. hite 'polka-dot' S(l1TlI:-
tinlC5 5eCn, since fu ll-sized aircTll ft instru-
ments are almost invariably black, on a
hlack panel. on ly the numerals ~ina
"hite.
C. /I.. I Oll toi, Lmorlon SWI S.
I Devonshire ' notes
WAS p~a~d 10 read you r article o n
I the seventh DtlI'ollJhirtl conversion. I
scu ed in her from 1 ~ 1 -'3.
You made one o r t .... o mistakes. I'or
insta~, the four-inch mountin8"l were
abreast the after funnel and not Ihe
front one, and in addition, she also CIIr-
ried a nofor on the starboard s ide and
a I'om-I'om on the port side. 11lcre wu
!to d irector above lhe bridge.
I hope this in formation has been of
... "ne he lp 10 model lers,
_ A. Ca,,~rIHl, I"ur rl", M or,,)"~ hir.,.
M3 memories
IT II reference: 10 Mr A. J. Moore's
W lencr in your r.b r, h i~e about
,'''' Whi.e M 1 lIalf_Trad•. it may ~ of
inrelt'ol to readers 10 l oo.... thal IhMe
'chick.... .. ere not on ly in u'"" bf TA units
III 19~~~thc-y .. ere s.ul! in use rn Reltular
unils in 11,\01( as bte as 1951J/60. We
s. ill had a num~r or the m in assorted
May, 1967
rolc<o in 71h Armou.·e d ll rillllde Group in
100 1I0hnc. Fallingbostcl area al Ihal
lime. though it is true Ihey ~re then
being scheduled as obsoll're a nd to be
replaced by ' ·arianrs o f lhe 6-.. ha:led
Sar-aCl'"n ,"Chick. The half-Irach ..·ere
u"Cd in the a mbu la nce rnit-. and aM by
LA I)o,. RLML:.. as ream:ry ~ehiclc<J;. for
....hich bller pur~ Ihey ..·ere filled .... ilh
It !>Ort of 'shrt-r_Ic~' at the front pil'Ored
10 fold o~er bactwards and lie at an
angle aoo'e the body ",hen not in uSt'.
Se,errl h Armoufi.-d Worhho~ told me
thal lhe dinicull y in &C uing ~pares .... a~
larjtcly lhe rea"'>n for pha~i.~ Ihe<;e
'ehic~ ou t of service .
Ahho ugh well aware o f too rosl o f
looling up ror production of ne .... models.
could I pul in an urgt'"nt r"'lUC'>t for onc
or t..o ordinar) load earners- for ex-
Il nlplc. the ubiQuil ou ~ Ued fords (ei ther
OL 4 ~ 4 o r CL 4 .( 2) and It 15 cwt
Ik-dford or Moni~-also an armo ured
cll r. lI umber or Daimler.
k _ 11. W . Wri.:ht . Fenula ..·n. n ,,,,,,, t.
Swivel seats
WI II IST I WIl'l customisinit the interior
of my Austin M ini. 1 wanted 10
rnak e swivel sealS, but I had no means
of this in my spare parts oox . I $01I'ed
lhe problem by pu rchasina some press-
~ ruds. F i~t . onc half of a press-~!Ud i!i
glucd 10 lhe Hoor of Ihe car and the
OI her hlf o f Ihe press-st ud is glucd 10
Ihe underside of the seat (th i!! can be
done .... it h U II U). Th is a'ISCmbly i!i then
Icft fo r at leasI 12 houn to drr. After
th is the IWO hah'es o f lhe pTCSHilUd
can be united by hold ing the car in one
hand and i,ocntly prnsing the sea t «m-
ta ininlt the press-stud on to the Hoor
containing lhe othe r half o f the prcss-
slud. The sea ts ..ill now swivel freely_
Th is method CIln also be u~d fo r mating
~"i,·c lling guns on aeropla nes o r boau.
n . l . S ....p .... nJ . I •.,ndnn ..... 4.
Stirling detail
s a former aircrafl elcct rici:1 n at
A Se bro'~ .... orks. Bourn. during Ihe last
wa r. as re fcrred to by M r llawycr in the
Stirlin!! a rtiele (A IRI'll[ maprine, Febru-
a ry). there is one detail missi n& wh ich
mav int erest readers.
On all Ihe Slirlin p converted It
Scbro's 10 glider tu g!, .... here the exit for
paratToopS was u nde r Ihe fusc[PJIC. a bar
.... as fillcd ..... hich WD5 lo .... ered during
dro pping. I understand Thai this wn ~ to
pTe,·cnT The slaTic lines swinaing u l!
under Ihfol fusclat::e a nd foul in; the 11111
o r lail wheels. The bar was in the (orm
of a rectangular frame immediaTely 11ft
o f the e~il halch and pivoted al Ihe lead·
in; edge. It was Ihe full widrh of Ihe
fu ~ la gc.
Also, I can we ll Kmr:mb!'r a Slirling
....hich came to lJ.ou m for repa ir. in
mOOn! 1943. wit h Shark's teelh paInted on
thc n<KC ~imilar 10 the K illyhll.wl: Slyle _
Il. E. J . T ..·i.m. ClrmlJrill j,te.
Cheap pictures
EADLRS ma y be interested in how to
R ta\;c ~uCtt"Sful rhotOltral)l\~ of Ihei r
Airfix l its withoul ha, ina to o..-n a ny
e~lI"m;i'·e C<juipmcm_
Jl.I O§t .::rticlllll'l ha '·e spa re spectacle
Icn<;c:S a thne may be broullht for
about 5" each. The km 10 ask for is It
three Diopler kns, .... hich you allach 10
J:"'/fuli~ dog-figlll pictur~ in~fvi"K
Airfix IIlOtkb IIUJ laktn by reoder
M . Iofmhl UJi", 1111' me/hod lit! uplains
!ttrt.
the lens of you r C1lmr:ra by OliCans of
~Iicly tape or a su itable co llar fiuing if
you ha ,e onc.
'I he model or modcl~ arc set in the
req uired position and Ihe I,'"a nl(:ra is sel
to infinily and placed in a pOSition
eAact ly 13l inc~ from the model. Th is
is rno~t impo rtant as lOO (,icl ure .... ill not
be f()(u'>Cd l'rolle ,l y if it IS nOI.
M . Mudd , lIan.,ic:h.
Flail chains
W inin ICktobcr.
,efe rence to Mr BI()(klcy'! leuer
1966. magU7.ine regard-
in; Ihe maling of Ihe cha ins for a Sher-
man Crab in th e motio n of sweeping, I
Ih ink I h:I\e found an easie r met hod . If
Ihe fc lt IOlrt e.·ial round 11 pipe cleaner i!!
burnt off. a "tiff .. irc ~ hatO is lefr. Th is
would SIne Ihc bother o f sti ffening any
o lher eha in .
AIlI",l lIir Suller, An j,tus, Stoll:md .
Pin writing
1N rhe Fcbruarr. 1967. issue of ArRl'lx
magazine there was a picture o f a
r·39Q model and a note saying that lhe
aircraft·s and pilot's name had ~n writ-
ten .... it h I pin on lhe edginll of a tra nsfc r
"lrccr. I'!case cou ld you explain fully how
Ihis .... as done?
C. Plf'_'~, T hurm on Heatb, SUfTey.
S~""roI uoduz ha.~ aJked Ihis Jlrm e
qUtJliOfl_ Britfly, Ihe m"'lroIl ;J '0 Ihill
do"" mall ...lrJle pilUllc enam~1 (or ",hal-
'0
ewr ro/OIJ;r IJ dtJirnJ)
normal t:fHlJiJftf}f.
abom Ml/ its
Then a ntwll 1'1 IJ uud Ii~htly fju a
PM, Ihough h d pre/fy wt!ll wrliaJly,
and Ihe nll"'~ ...rif/m irr Ih tl de.rirnt JI)"/~.
By 'riNr edgh.g 0/ 0 Ira,u/" JhuI' ".~
mMrrl Ihe w"nlJh~d """~rJlide an-a
...lticl. IJ o/I~II /~/f ...hen IfIrrlJ/nJ ar~
riouly lrill.,...,,1 M/ortl opp/iCfJlioll. 111";1"
fhe rramc 011 ,I.IJ - ,I.tmgh ul'~ral al-
If'lrrplJ are .w.ully needed 10 gel Ihe JIJ~~
r orrt'rf - 11't1\~ tI.t po""1 10 Jl'/, Ir;m
rOlllll1 Iltll 'IIImll. ami apply ill ,hc IIo~lIIal
way by .IO<Ikillg III walrr. T his //tell.od jJ
pa~IIc"lar/y IIu/.11 for depiclirrg IIamtJ
..'Mch .....rtl applird in 'script' J9te 01, {/"
.rr,bjerl Mng modelllld . By ...rillnl( 0/1 Iltc
Irorrl/llr shut you IH'Did Ihe pOS.Jible mi~
lak~1 ,,'hlch roll/If btI madc by al/I'lrrp/-
jll, 10 palrr, slIIal/ rnrm~1 and Jlerrcil
rrl(,,/(J slral,hl on ID Ihe model_-EDlTOIl .
Mercedes racer
H AV ING purchased the Airfl.t model
o f lhe l~ Mercedcs, I thoughl car
e Olhu~ia~ts ..·o uk! lil:e to loo", of a
,iOl(11c oon, ersion .
h tl;tty onc remO\'C1! all lhe lamps.,
.1lu.dgUllrds and mudguard ~uppOrrs. Then
too model is painted .... hite .... it h a large
..
black " on the radiator fro nt and t.... o
Continucd on Mxt pQgt
,
r
"rhicle whr're they end and are joined by any of Ihi5 sluff Idt o,'cr will find il
Letters- co ntinued a cros.~baf le,"el with the deck. The arehrs excellenl. the refore, on Airfi.t tl1t1h anu
dellr tile winilicrtt'n by about a fOOl. trucl ,.
smaller 4, on each \ide or the bonnet; The two Olltrf arches are $U pporled bv W9m~' 11:111, Edlllonlu". Canada.
two s~rc t}' ~ are ~mcI\'1.'d ""hind the a ilUpport on Ihe edge of the d«k levd
SUIS. Th is con""rsion turns the mode l with the frOl'lt of the dri,"rrs comrarlrnent
into Jcnauy's 1903 Gordon-Iknnc:u race and anotiler halfway between it and the Pen -friends wanted
winner. bow. A slmt ar'rOS!l the DUKW stretches
C. " , IIr~ jn , 0 101 Cnulsd on . Sum','. f rom th e foot of rach suppOrt to three- TIII~ 101l0.. 1~ I~.d ... hi'''' wrl".n '0 ,""
".<Ii,OI" ttQut'Od". Dm- I,Imds, Nril Harr ••
Thb sl<u~sfjon Ii~s in nlr:dy ..ith 11,;s quart ers of Ihe way un the opposite one. .1 M o... kk 1t0ll<l. WI,k_, " . M",""."II.
mOll/h', W ht'dspill /mwrt:-..." art! plnn- while on each side of the ,'ehkle strut.'! NO<lh~"nd. w","", '0 o:>t1'cs"","" ...nil I
nin~ a mo/'C defaiim CO''t'Mge 0/ mcing run fore and aft from betwem the $UP- pm.frlmd In ,"" 10--12 ..., amtm MYin~ In
old tim"' in the nw, lu/urt'.- EDITOR. POrtS to thr~ghlhs of lhe way up thr'm. US .... 'nt'""'>t..cl In II.mo" ...." .... Utal1' """"...
The vehide WIU on trials in 19~. Iftd willl ... '0 (1Ich.anllt khs. Ptt.. C""",,IIy.
I wou ld like 10 rofUact Mr R. 1-1. 50 a. .. 1c ".,1<. CIondalkln . Co Dublin. I d ...
Rhodesian Hunte r lJi~hop of Weymouth, who had 11 lellCT
R .",,"II~ .... nuld like '0 h... f.om a n ~one hk
H(! un In \V..... ln l!umpr In'na,'" In W",I<I
publi,l\ed in the NovcmbeT, 1965, i:!Sue,
L OOK ING th rough your Septembe r,
1966, ~ue. I noticed an error in the a~ I would vfT'! mueh like 10 rxchange
W.. l II,e ..", kits ,nd tl.n I.ia,ion In
.,ntr,l. ,od I....... 'n! In ach.allllru! tlu.
~k KII1<bowm (In. R,n(hoftn lll. Om
Ic-ucr on the Rhodesian Il umer. infonnalion ..ith him,
It su'l('d that the u ppI'r surraces of Alan C, Hoa:c.... Ilorcitest..... H .... HoD ...... WOOJId lite . pm.ltlmd 01 Ilk
We don't think Ihb DU KW rorpet .,..,. .~ from I'Irll,ln. lie ",11eI ..... md,
our Ro",1 Rhodesian Air Force lI unter!! l!... lish. . od Is tn., ...'n! 'n 1'1."1,, tnQIkh
lire dark green and dark eart h, bU! the la}W M'I1J ev" odOplM for In'I;ce. bill a
simihlr C"'I I'"oII'OIl CO,..yI"lf 0 bobbi" wo.'
.,,,,,,.tt,. "'tl.. K lkuc:hl. ! -ll _ll MOlotuno-
correct camouflage is dark green on (ho. U.I .... -Cl',.. , "".n . .. ho 11 ........ bcr of
light grey, The under 5urfa~ are sih'cr. ItJtd In N W Europe In 1944-45 In Jmall l',a... Plas.lc Modd Qub. would lit. '"
not duct egg blue as stilled . The rn! of n" mbn-J. We do,,'1 hOI'fl 0 ,ecorll of for, ha. ',011\ .n,. t)!~lk "'o"dlns ,n)'WMK in
.he 'III'Or1d wisIIiq: .0 c:sm.ftft new! Ind 41 ••
the dClaih are correct. Bishop's add,nl-perhops he ('OIdd 00<1- of ..."",,1 In'rm!!. 110 Boon 1'1Ioo:t. (15). t51!
D . West, Salisbury, Rhoot'!ila. luc' ,u'-EDtTOlt_ ...ttxrt " _ . Slqloore 7. would Ute '0
oorrupond .. hll lIlY bo, 01 hi, .... In fld •• ln
1n l........ In oti<>Ik:l 1 ••cr"1 S.c~n Wh;le.
DUKW conversion Canvas finish "'Ia,"",a "'vr. \ V.n, ..... nh 1"111,. N'I\V. "'u<-
T",rsion
H A VI! come atT~ an interesti ng con·
in an o ld ma,tll1.ine. I1 i~ an
T WAS
10
wondering if readcr'1 would like
... how 10 pnxluce more realistic
~no
1.. 110 would Ute In E... I;.t, pm- , .!rnd .nd
12_IlI i",........ In ",odrlll", "'IO!1k .Irenil
an:! ell". Joorl C\IdIt ... h.. "" bmalf of .""
adap(ation of lbe DUKW by the US
Marines U a carpet layer.
fini<;h for t arJXl ul in~ and t i lt ~. I ha"c
foulld th!l.l the t ~~u.e supplied in the
"'..... Modrl Ctub. ""'" \n,""" '0 Sf.n R :sin.
.1Cl.... ...aion. uId,.. l' .nr """"'" In ll ri,.;n
The ..ire mesh carpet i5 Slowed in lI.en .... al ' Fahulnu' Flvin!! Machine' kils ......Id br wlllI.... " a<hln., al" .1Id a(ttO-
accordion " leMs on the ~tem and pa5'1e5 and /or Ihe ' World Wllr I' kil ~. whcn _k. 'or I'a" (k,man tits. lIre... " aod ~.
maou""". 0' Cztth n,,_.I... li e eln br
ovtt five flattened arches which eJllmd I1Jlolicd. repr~nl~ cam'as >"crv .... ell be- ...... ,tlCln! .t N""","""" 1&. 1\,,,,,.Fudko'-1
f. om the .rar of the drivtt's comoarllTlr'nt t-llu<;c rolds ..... rinkle •. dc. can be worlcd n..... C'ltdoo<tonrkq. I nte<eln! . 0Ik.. . . r
10 about one or t...o fttl in frOI'll of the in bcforr 'he glue dr~. Anyone wilh Inol.....0 ..rhr "i.ret '0 .he Jo<\d •. . , ~.n..
Mil ita ry m ode ll ing-continued
the hull rear and one can be made up from plastic card or scrap
to a width of 28 mm (again the dimensio ns are not critical)
and cemented in place. Sometimcs anotller stowage box was
The Sherman . '8'
carried across the hull front.
You thus have a Shcnnan Mk IC and ror anyone who wants L AST of all SOOlCthing a littk more ambitious which again
involves re.amling your model, Ihis time with Ihe 10S mm
to try the 1lI0rc ambitious VC, 1).<:lIona do a usdu l sca le drawing. howitzer. So armed Ihe Sherman I became thc III in British
However, 1 th ought it would be interesting to ring the changes service an d in its sim plest form thi~ con'"ersion involves only
yet again and make a Shennan Hybrid IC wit h Ihe combination the turret which needs a new gu n barrel. a cyli ndrical mantlet
cast/rolled annour fronl fitted to late production Mk Is. All from scrap pl:utie--or by eo\cring the kil mantlet with card-
the foregoing instruclions appl y in this case. but before assem- and a new cupola as shown in the drawing. You a l50 need 10
bling the hull. Ihe cas t nose cffecl must be achieved ..... his is ad d a second hatch from card in Ihe positioll shown. and a
done by filing off the rOW$ of bolts Dnu all the detail from thc second vcntilator from scrap plastic.
upper hull front. The ~nti re hull front , c,'(cc pt for Ihe nose, is While the cupola can be made up from scratch )'ou'U find
then liberally coa ted in plastic body putty and smoothed with tha l an c.,cellem one of just lhe right size and pallrm can be
the rmgcrs or a kn ife 10 give a un ironn co,-cragc as far back as cut out from the hu ll of the Roco M40 model if you have one
t he mushroom vents each sidc of the hull hatches. After lea"ing to spare. Which leads to the suggestion that you 'cannilxllise' •
the whole lot to set hard for at leas t 24 hours, file and sa nd lhe a complete M40 and ta ke th is conversion to its logical COrl-
entire area to give the desi red cast effect. nOI (orgelli ng to round elusion as shown in the dra wing. In other words, fit your model
off the edges and corners. The photOj;raph shows lhe idea, I with HVSS and wide tracks by incorporating the complete
think. Then proceed as before, nOt forgetting the plale O\"Cr moulded track and suspr'nsion from the M40 in place of the
the deleted machine sun aperture. track and suspension supplied in the kil.
Comp/eled IIWCic/ of Iht /114 1<';lh 105 mm ItOl<'it::er (lIIIIIIVSS. This is easily uone, but such a conversion then rncOlns that

-- you must fi t your model with 47 dcgree hull fron t, a lso shown
io the d rawing and on my model. This involves fiti llg down the
existi ng hatchways, cutting out a new hull front from plastic
ca rd. cutting ou t a new section of plastic card 10 CO\'er the old
dri vers hatchways. and addi ng new oval hatches from card.
Hnally fiU in the front cd ges of the hull sides to match the new
anglc of Ihe hull front and your model takes on a radically
diffcrent shapc.
Next month. I·U be taking this Shcrmancon\"crsion thcme onc
stage away from the basic 1\1 4. Until then try your hand with
the drawing and pictures as a guidc.
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