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4 CONTENTS
58 In the Pink
Andrew Root builds the 1:32 Revell
Spitfire Mk.IX as an FRIX
Model Aircraft Extra
14 Combat Edge - The Royal

Navy’s ‘Flashing Blade’
Nik Wielbo builds the 1:48
Dynavector Supermarine
Scimitar F.1
A New Guide!
12 Casemate
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C-130 Hercules
Y
ou will have noticed that This month we have a super Ju
over the past couple of 88 from Jay Blakemore, and in our
issues we have a smart new ’Aviation File’ article, you will find
cover design! Not that there lots of reference material on two-seat
was anything wrong with Harriers. Our ‘Model Aircraft Extra’
the old one, but every now and feature this month looks at Hellenic
again we like to have a revamp to Phantoms, and there are plenty of
freshen things up, and bring you opportunities for some weathering
something a little different. You here! Andrew Root continues his
will also have noticed that there 1:32 sojourn as he builds the Revell
are a couple of new features inside Spitfire Mk.IX as an FRIX. Our ‘Combat
the magazine as well. So, can I point you to our Edge’ article this month looks at a classic Fleet Air
‘Airframe Guide’ series, and our ‘Aviation File’ series, Arm fighter, the Supermarine Scimitar, and our
and these will continue throughout the coming MIG Masterclass this month has a distinct South
year, and focus on a particular aircraft, and offer American flavour, with Mario Serelle’s Mil Mi-35M
modelling hints and tips. Next month I am also Hind-E ‘Amazon Crocodile’. So as always there is
pleased to launch another new, and regular feature so much to enjoy, and all that remains is for me to
‘Check Your References’, which seeks to provide say……
you with a collectable series of scale plans, looking
at aircraft from World War I to present day, and in Happy modelling
that issue, you will find a invaluable set of drawings
for the British Phantom FG.1 and FGR.2, ideal for use
with the new Airfix kit.
Andy
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MODEL AIRCRAFT MARCH 2018
5
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VOLUME 17 ISSUE 03
F-4 Phantom in Greek Service
George Roidis builds a 1:48 Hasegawa F-4E
‘Blue Aegean’ Phantom
6 Schnellbomber – 22 ‘Buzz Boy’ Mustang 28 Airframe Guide 48 Combat-Zone -

The Luftwaffe’s Jack of Nik Wielbo builds a 1:48 P-51D using Two-Seat Harriers Adolf’s Eyes in the Sky
All Trades the Tamiya kit Anthony Tucker-Jones takes a look
Jay Blakemore builds a Ju 88 A-14 at the highs and lows of Nazi aerial
from ICM’s Ju 88A-5 reconnaissance during World War II
52 Scooter Striker 64 Desert Storm ‘Delta’ 68 Swiss Role 74 MIG Masterclass -

Chris McDowell details the 1:48 Ian Gaskell builds a 1:48 HobbyBoss Bri Wakeman builds the latest, and ‘The Amazon Crocodile’
Eduard A-4E Skyhawk in Vietnam ‘Swing Role’ USMC F/A-18D most attractive of Kinetics Mirage Mario Serelle uses Ammo by MIG
War colours family to date, their new Mirage products to paint and detail the 1:72
IIIBE/D/DE/DS/D2Z trainer variant Zvezda Mil Mi-35M ‘Hind-E’
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6 SCHNELLBOMBER
Schnellbomber
The Luftwaffe’s Jack of All Trades
Jay Blakemore builds a Ju 88 A-14 from ICM’s Ju 88A-5
W
hen it was announced that Revell, Hasegawa and latterly Special Hobby, so apparent on a
Ukrainian model-manufacturer have all released their own versions of the physically smaller
ICM were to release a new- ubiquitous German bomber based upon the model, but the 1:48
tool 1:48 Junkers Ju 88, my original ICM mouldings. So, what was it about Ju 88 promised to be
heart leapt, as the Luftwaffe’s the kit that I found so disappointing in the huge, and to my eyes those vast areas
wartime ‘Schnellbomber’ has remained face of such overwhelming approval? Perhaps of featureless plastic simply cried out for detail.
a favourite of mine. I was not alone in having become accustomed The engraved detail that was present was for
my eager anticipation of the new kit, but to the high levels of detail me very simplistic, although some of the best
when it finally arrived in October 2015, my from such manufacturers elements were to be found on the
expectations were dashed, as the kit was a bit as Eduard, I have simply internal cockpit parts.
of a disappointment. My impressions were become overly demanding
obviously not shared by all those awaiting the of newly-tooled offerings,
kits arrival, however, for the original A-5 was and the lack of rivets
undoubtedly a commercial success, quickly may not have been
followed as it was by an A-4 variant,
an A-14, an A-11 and most recently,
an A-4/Trop complete with a pair
of torpedoes. Subsequently,
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JACK OF ALL TRADES

Being a detail-junkie, I decided against aside as I began the process of upgrading the Although it had been my intention to re-scribe
using the kit cockpit, but found no alternatives remainder of the kit. Although the one-piece these, the complexity of the pattern and
for the ICM kit, so settled on an Aires set for lower-wing section did indeed provide a rigid the number of details featured in this area,
the Revell/Monogram Ju 88 kit, in the hope base upon which to assemble the remainder convinced me instead to use another method.
that it would prove compatible. When it of the wings and fuselage, it caused an So, I decided in the end to replicated the fuel
arrived, the Aires set looked extraordinarily unsightly ‘stepped’ seam-line running the cells using decals from Aims Set #48D005,
good, and with just a little persuasion, fitted length of the forward fuselage. This took some which were applied after painting the airframe
in the ICM fuselage. Before I could do that, scraping with scalpel blades, followed by dry but before weathering. Another area of the
however, I had to add some side-wall detail and wet sanding and finally copious amounts kit which is devoid of any internal detail is
to the otherwise empty and vast tail-wheel of Milliput, before the horizontal join was the underslung gondola on the aircraft’s
bay using some plastic strip. The obliterated entirely. Much re-scribing followed nose, which acted as a gun-platform and
fuselage was then put to replace the lost panel lines, and whilst entryway for the crew. The interior is highly
I was about it, I removed the inaccurately visible, especially if the crew hatch is posed
located fuel-filler caps that covered a in the open position, and so I modelled the
large area of the upper fuselage. prone gunner’s cushion in Milliput and added
wiring and sidewall details using plastic
scraps and stretched sprue, using period
photographs as my reference.
Having taken the decision to add
as much of the missing detail as I
could, I then took the controversial
Using an AirDoc decal sheet I was able to build the

model as a dappled African-based, LG1 aircraft
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decision to convert the A-5 kit into an A-4: also absent on the earlier aircraft and so not
a contentious move I know because of the included in the kit. It was, in part, the lack of
many Ju 88 kits available in this scale, and those engine-cowl bulges that made my next
this new offering from ICM was the first-ever purchasing decision for me. The superb, Aires
kit offered by a mainstream manufacturer of Detail Set #4138, which included two detailed
the A-5 variant. There were, however, several firewalls, a wonderful pair of Junkers Jumo 211
good reasons for my decision, the first being engines, and more importantly, a very realistic-
that it allowed me to use the excellent AirDoc looking pair of annular radiators, which were
decal sheet that I had in my collection, which a distinct and prominent feature of the Jumo-
featured amongst others a dappled African- powered Ju 88’s, positioned as they were at
based, LG1 aircraft that I felt would be a more the very front of the engines directly behind
interesting option than the over-all dark the propellers. The narrow-bladed, Deutsche
green splinter schemes offered on the ICM Metal Werke propellers that were fitted to the
decal sheet. It would also allow me to utilise pre-production A-5 and so supplied in the ICM
the multitude of after-market detail sets kit, were quickly replaced by wider-bladed
available for A-4 kits, and would provide me VS-11 units on production airframes. These
with the accurately detailed parts I needed latter items were sourced from the Quickboost
to replace many of the simplistic ICM parts. A #QB48265 set.
conversion along these lines, however, meant I now had all the components I needed to
some considerable modification to the model. turn my A-5 into an A-4 (an A-11 tropicalised
These would include different propellers, the version of the A-4), but as all the after-market
addition of the Peilgerat directional finding extras had been produced to fit the ‘older’
aerial beneath its Perspex cover in the mid- Revell/Monogram kits, there was now a lot of
upper fuselage, a counter-balance weight at conversion work to be done to get everything
the top of the rudder, which was absent from to fit together. It transpired that the ICM
the earlier A-5 airframes, (the A-5 pre-dated engine and wheel-bay cowlings accurately
the production standard A-4), and the large reflected the oval contours of the real thing,
under-cowl, oil-cooler bulges that were which was ironic as I was now going to fit the
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bomber to be produced. This was confirmed
JACK OF ALL TRADES

by the inclusion of the circular cover on the
transparency sprue-frame, which of course I
would utilise for my conversion. I merely had
to replicate the circular cut-out in the centre of
the upper-fuselage panel and add a housing
beneath in which to mount my antennae. This
was easily done using plastic card to create
the housing, and adding a metal antenna
from the Airwaves detail set #AEC48011. The
Aires engines, as already mentioned, were
works of art in of themselves, and therefore
took some time and patience to assemble.
My reference photographs proved essential
here, as the tropicalised version of the Jumo
211’s had an assortment of pipes and filters
added that were not present in the Aires
set, and which had to be scratch built from
stretched-sprue, metal rod and scraps sourced
from my ‘spares box’. Although it had initially
inaccurately-shaped Aires firewalls, made to

comply with the incorrectly contoured Revell/
Monogram kits. Initially, then I adapted the
leading edges of both wings to accept the
new resin firewalls. Once glued to the wings,
plastic card ‘cheeks’ were then added to the
sides of the circular firewall units to correct
their shape and so match the contours of
the ICM wheel-bay nacelles, which were
constantly dry-fitted for measuring purposes.
The bay interiors also required the addition of
plastic card panelling to blend the resin parts
more neatly into the wings and so create an
environment for the kit undercarriage legs to
slot comfortably into position once the wings
had been assembled. I also felt it necessary at
this stage to add internal strengthening to the
very thin and flexible wings. The assembled
and strengthened wings were cemented to
the completed fuselage, before construction
commenced on the wheel-bay nacelles, The other feature that was missing from been my intention to display both engines,
which fitted snuggly against the re-shaped the ICM kit, as briefly mentioned above, was a lost exhaust unit meant that I had to make
resin firewalls with their plastic card ‘cheeks’. the Peilgerat directional radar, which was other plans, and adapt the starboard cowling
Filler was of course required to smooth the mounted beneath a Perspex cover on the panels from the ICM kit to not only fit around
joins between the resin and plastic parts, and upper-decking. This cover was sometimes the Aires firewall – now attached to the wing
panel lines engraved where they had been painted-over but often remained clear, – but to conform to the resin bulged lower-
obliterated by filling and sanding. revealing the spoke-like aerial beneath. cowl panel that I was adding from the Aires
Included in the ICM kit was a separately set. Once again, the similarity in proportions
moulded, rectangular upper fuselage panel of the plastic and resin components made this
that was obviously so designed to be replaced process relatively pain-free, and I managed
in future releases of the kit by one featuring to construct a crude, circular cowl from the
the circular cut-out, thereby allowing disparate parts, using many of the modified
different versions of the Junkers ICM cowling panels. This would later be
forced into the correct shape when
it was glued to the firewall. It
might be worth
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confirming at this juncture that

although the wheel-bay
nacelles were oval with
bulged sides, the engine
cowls were circular in cross-
section, which correctly process
reflected those of the real by applying
aircraft, but which made a generous
this conversion even more primer-coat using
difficult. My biggest problem Alclad Grey Primer. During
came when trying to mount the construction, I had already taken
assembled annular radiator from the Aires the precaution of applying several spot-coats
Detail Set within the ICM, starboard cowling- of primer to those areas that I knew would
ring. Much of the resin from the circular require further finishing work; including
edges of the radiator unit needed removing the horizontal seams running both sides of
and, or, re-shaping, and dry-fitting and the nose and the joins around the firewall
experimentation was required before the and wheel-bay conversion. This meant that
one would sit comfortably within the other. by the time the final, over-all primer-coat
From within, it all looked a bit of a mess, but was applied, there was very little in the
once everything was glued into position, way of tidying up work left to do.
and the cowling-unit finally pushed onto the Over the primer, I airbrushed
firewall, everything looked to be in order, a Dark Brown enamel
and the chaos within was hidden
from view! The separate port
engine was mounted on metal
rods, which, once the airframe
was painted, would be inserted
into holes drilled both into the
firewall mounting-points and into the
resin mounting brackets. The metal rods
would provide extra support to the exposed
engine which would otherwise be hanging
on nothing but the delicate, resin engine
mounting brackets supplied in the Aires
Detail Set.
With all the build and conversion work
completed, it was time to bring life to the
beast by adding colour. I began the painting
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Finally, the Green mottling was applied, and
JACK OF ALL TRADES

once again, wartime photographs of the
actual aircraft were used as reference.
Prior to adding the decals, an enamel
gloss-coat was applied over-all, and once dry
was wet-sanded and polished using Micro-
Mesh sanding cloths. I decided to utilise the
Balkenkreuz from the ICM decal sheet, and
these proved to be excellent – wonderfully
thin and pliable. There were, however, no
Hakenkreauz on the sheet, and these were
sourced from an Aims Ju 88 set that I had
in my collection. The stencils on the ICM
sheet – of which many are supplied –
are mostly over-sized, and so I used
only the red-dotted walk-way
indicators. (I applied more
‘shadow coat’, which green mottling over
would create depth to the these once they had
camouflage colours once applied. settled, as LG.1
The bright blue undersides were aircraft arrived
painted first, and Blu-Tac ‘sausages’ used from the factory
to recreate the soft-edged horizontal in over-all RLM79.
demarcation line along the fuselage- The mottling was
sides. RLM79 Sandgelb was then airbrushed added locally ‘in the field’). The individual
over the entire upper-surface, and to create aircraft markings came from the excellent
depth, the camouflage colours were applied AirDoc sheet #48011, which contains no
panel by panel, using a subtle marbling fewer than sixteen colourful options.
technique. This allowed the dark ‘shadow Having allowed the decals to settle, the final
coat’ to remain visible at the panel edges weathering process was carried out using
and in areas of extreme wear – such Pale Sand shades, once again applied with
as around the engines – to create a the airbrush, paying attention to the wing
‘patchwork’ of Sand and Brown. walkways, the trailing edges and the upper
fuselage around the fuel cells, where dirt
and dust would have gathered under service
conditions. Having allowed the final enamel
matt-coat to dry thoroughly, the masks
were removed from the transparencies, the
aerial-wire was strung and the propellers
were pressed-home into those wonderfully
detailed Aires annular radiators. It had been
a chore turning the ICM kit into and A-14,
but the result, I felt, more than justified the
effort. MA
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14 COMBAT EDGE – SCIMITAR COMBAT EDGE
F IG H T ING COLO U R S
The Supermarine
Scimitar
COMBAT EDGE
T
he Supermarine Scimitar stemmed to meet this requirement was the Type 505, less fighter and Supermarine reworked their
from several designs for a naval jet featuring a thin, straight wing and a V-tail design by including undercarriage as the
aircraft, initially to a requirement to keep the tail surfaces away from the jet Type 508. The Vickers-Supermarine Type 508
for an undercarriage-less fighter exhausts, and to be powered by two Rolls- was the first Scimitar ancestor and shared
aircraft to land on flexible ‘sprung’ Royce Avon engines, mounted side-by-side the layout of the Type 505, with its twin-
rubber decks, which would allow for a lighter in the fuselage. In 1948, the Admiralty had engined straight-winged type with a V-tail.
and simpler structure. Supermarines design second thoughts about the undercarriage- The first Type 508 made its maiden flight from
Boscombe Down on 31 August 1951, with
the aircraft carrying out carrier trials aboard
HMS Eagle in May 1952. The second aircraft
had significant differences, carrying a cannon
armament and was different enough in detail
to be renamed the Type 529, flying for the
first time on 29 August 1952. One unusual
modification was the larger tailcone for a
proposed tail-warning radar. The maximum
speed of the straight-winged Type 508 and
529 was relatively modest, with the Type
529 reaching 607mph, and it had already
been decided when the Type 508 first flew,
to redesign the third prototype with swept
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COMBAT EDGE
COMBAT EDGE – SCIMITAR

wings to improve performance. The resulting and these modifications led to the final
Type 552 featured conventional swept tail Type 544 being considered the production
surfaces as well as blown flaps to reduce the standard. The first production Scimitar flew
aircraft’s landing speed, and first flew on 27 on 11 January 1957, and pioneered fuel flow
April 1954. It later crashed but the basic design proportioning and integral main-plane tanks,
had already proved sound enough to proceed along with ‘blown’ flying surfaces to reduce
with an outwardly similar looking aircraft, the landing speeds.
Type 544, to specification N.113. A total of 100 At the time of its introduction, most of the
were ordered, although the Royal Navy had Royal Navy’s carriers were quite small and
changed the specification to a low-level strike the Scimitar was a comparatively large and
aircraft with nuclear capability rather than a powerful aircraft, and landing accidents were
fighter. common. Overall the Scimitar suffered from a
The first of the Type 544s serving as high loss rate, of thirty-nine aircraft amounting
prototypes for the later production series flew to fifty-one percent of the Scimitar’s load. To save weight, the Buccaneer would
on 19 January 1956. The aircraft evolved more production run. The Scimitar was replaced by take off with minimum fuel then top up from
with the third Type 544 incorporating different the Blackburn Buccaneer, although some were a Scimitar. Late in the Scimitar’s operational
aerodynamic changes and a stronger airframe kept in service initially as tankers to allow the career, examples were flown between 1965
for the new low-level role. The tail plane was underpowered Buccaneer S.1 to be launched and 1970 by the Fleet Requirements Unit (FRU)
also changed from dihedral to anhedral, from aircraft carriers with a useful weapons based at Bournemouth Airport. MA

The Royal Navy’s

‘F ashing Blade’
Nik Wielbo builds the 1:48 Dynavector Supermarine Scimitar F.1
S
adly, the Scimitar Supermarine Scimitar construction starts by drawing
is an aircraft Manufacturer: Dynavector around the various component parts with a
that despite a Scale: 1:48 permanent marker. This serves two purposes,
reasonably long Kit Type: Vacuform firstly it makes the required cuts stand out
service career for Kit Number: 4804 better from the backing sheet and secondly to
its time, has not been served well show you just how much sanding is required
in terms of model kits. The only option for to get the mating surfaces of the parts correct.
building an accurate Scimitar in 1:48 is the now undercarriage, exhausts and other details. Three To remove the parts themselves, using a
long out of production Dynavector vacuform decal options are provided, two for in-service new scalpel blade I scored around each part
kit. The kit itself is typical of Dynavector, machines, and one for a developmental aircraft extending the scores to the edge of the plastic
thick plastic with finely recessed panel lines, wearing a light blue and white colour scheme. sheet on any sharp angled parts as when the
two crystal clear vacuform canopies and As this is a vacuform kit, the usual construction parts are flexed to break them from the backing
well-cast white metal parts for the cockpit, sequence goes out the window somewhat, and sheet the sheet will break along the path of
least resistance, rather than breaking off any
The only option for building an accurate Scimitar delicate parts themselves and thus saving me a
lot of time repairing damaged parts.
in 1:48 is the long out of production Dynavector Once all the parts were removed, a
vacuform kit process that took around an hour in total,
they were sanded back to the black marker

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COMBAT EDGE
lines previously drawn. and from this point, the COMBAT EDGE – SCIMITAR
The next step was sanding construction process is
back the mating surfaces. essentially the same as
A lot of people would any injection moulded
advocate attaching a sheet kit. The undercarriage
of sandpaper to a flat surface doors, cannon troughs,
and pressing down as the cockpit opening and
kit parts are sanded across mounting points for the
it. From my experience, it is various white metal air
almost impossible to apply scoops were drilled and
pressure evenly across the whole cut out at this stage before any construction
part and as a result I’ve ended took place and additional detail was added to
up with banana shaped the cockpit, undercarriage bays and arrestor
fuselage halves in the past. hook bay using off-cuts of the plastic backing
A far easier option is to sheet and various thicknesses of styrene
use sanding sticks and strip and wire, as due to the limitations of
simply sand back to the the vacuforming process. The detail on these
black marker line around parts is somewhat soft in comparison to that
each part by eye. This of mainstream model kits today.
only took another hour, The cockpit was painted using Tamiya’s
and all the major parts were NATO Black and then highlighted using
ready for further assembly various shades of Grey to add depth and

variety, to the main wheel bays

what would be added before they
monotone. The were glued together.
instrument detail was picked out with White, The wings butt against the
and some spots of colour were added to fuselage sides which have raised box sections
give the Black cockpit a splash of colour. sheet as recommended in the instructions. to aid in location, but I elected to drill through
The cockpit and front wheel well were Once these elements had been added and this element and add a wing spar made from
added to the fuselage halves along with the fuselage glued together, the fuselage plastic tubing to further reinforce the joint
the bracing strip made from spare backing was surprisingly rigid and the tail section as this appeared to be a potential weak spot
containing the arrestor hook bay was added, in the construction. The spar gave the wings
requiring relatively little in the way of filling some extra rigidity and made sure they sat at
and sanding to eliminate the joints between the correct angle. The tail planes are similarly
the parts and two fuselage sections. The mounted, although Dynavector provides a
wings come moulded with the spar for these to achieve the correct
undercarriage doors in the angle of anhedral and both
closed position, so these and the wings required
these had to be next to nothing in terms
cut out and of putty and sanding to
achieve an acceptable join
to the fuselage.
One of the big
weaknesses of the kit is
the intakes. No trunking at
all is provided and these end
in a flat plate well before the
compressor face on the real aircraft.
I decided early on that scratch-building the
required intake trunk would be too much

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COMBAT EDGE
COMBAT EDGE – SCIMITAR

work, so these were painted black to create a was straightforward. Using a Black Primer
dark spot that hides their shallow depth. The as a base coat, various layers of both Tamiya
undercarriage doors are another area of the White and Xtracolor Extra Dark Sea Grey
kit that requires some improvement as these were built up to give a variety of tones to an
are very simplistic so additional detail was otherwise simple colour scheme. The metal
added using thin sheet styrene and rivet detail areas around the exhausts were masked and
also added. The panel lines, while accurate painted using various Alclad shades, and then
are very fine, so my usual routine of primer treated with their Hot Metal Sepia, to replicate
and sanding obliterated a lot of these so they the heat staining from the two Avon engines.
had to be rescribed Once all the painting was
once construction complete it was sealed
was complete. With with a coat of Alclad Aqua
all elements of major Gloss in preparation for
assembly completed, decals which came from
the last elements were the Model Alliance ‘Royal
the canopy and the Navy Aerobatic Display
underwing fuel tanks. Teams’ sheet, which came
The canopy is provided as with a 736 NAS Scimitar with
a single, exceptionally clear their trademark lightning flash on
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22 P-51D MUSTANG
‘Buzz Boy’ Mustang

Nik Wielbo builds a 1:48 P-51D using the Tamiya kit
T
his is the second Tamiya good, although there are a couple of well-
Mustang kit I’ve built, known issues such as the boxed-in wheel
the first being their wells, the Hamilton Propellers supplied have
P-51B Mustang III in the cuffs that are too broad, and the join between
markings of No.315 (Polish) the clear plastic element of the canopy and
Squadron RAF, so I knew before I the canopy frame leave a very noticeable gap.
started that this should be a relatively These issues can be corrected if one desires
quick, simple build. Tamiya’s with after-market products, except for
P-51D kit first appeared in 1995 an Eduard Zoom set for the cockpit
and until very recently was and some replacement decals,
undoubtedly one of the best my plan was for this to be a
Mustang kits available in this quick, straight-from-the-box
scale. The levels of detail out of build.
the box are overall very Construction began with
the cockpit, and having decided
to use the Eduard set,
North American P-51D Mustang

Manufacturer: Tamiya
Scale: 1:48
Kit Type: plastic injection moulded
Kit Number: 40
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‘BUZZ BOY’ MUSTANG

I began by sanding and scraping off most of a bit more. The etched seatbelts and detailing
the raised details to prepare the parts for the parts were all then added, and the fuselage nose as worn by the 41st Fighter Squadron,
etched brass replacements. I don’t often use closed. Although this model is over twenty 35th Fighter Group, based in Japan in 1947.
pre-painted etch for kits, but the level of detail years old the fit is superb as is typical of most So, I primed the model with Alclad Gloss Black
available with these is light-years ahead of my Tamiya kits. The fuselage required hardly any Primer in preparation for the natural metal
ability with a brush, so I was happy to let this clean-up of seam lines and the wing to fuselage finish. The wings were then sprayed Alclad
one slide. The interior was painted Interior joint which on a lot of kits can be problematic Aluminium to represent a lacquered finish,
Green, and washed with some heavily thinned was as near to perfect as I’ve ever encountered. and then masked-off so I could focus on the
Black oil paint to give the aircraft a more worn The wheel wells were sprayed a custom mix bare metal finish found on wartime Mustangs.
appearance, rather than being factory fresh. of Zinc-Chromate Green, based on reference A base coat of Alclad Airframe Aluminium
The remaining instrument boxes I hadn’t images I found online, and after another heavily provided the base, from which to build the
scraped away were painted in Tamiya’s NATO thinned Black oil wash added more depth to higher shine finish. The numerous panels were
Black, and highlighted with the colour, the appropriate details were picked masked-off and sprayed with varying shades,
varying shades of Grey out with Tamiya Aluminium. including White Aluminium, Dark Aluminium,
to make them pop Before I knew it, the main construction was Duraluminium, with Titanium for the areas
complete, and it was time for painting. I’d around the exhausts.
decided by this point that I’d build The Superscale decals
Captain William G Burlingame’s reacted beautifully with
‘Buzz Boy IV’ from a Superscale Microsol and Microset
Decal sheet, with the full- and even the large green
colour post-war roundels nose markings conformed
and a green and white perfectly to the difficult
curves they had to wrap
around. One element that
did worry me was matching
the green of the decals to the
propeller spinner which had
The most rewarding part of this build though for

me was being able to make contact with the son of
Captain William G Burlingame

24 P-51D MUSTANG
to be masked and painted. As luck would tanks along with the walkway area on the port father from his time in Japan and Korea
have it though Superscale have used a green wing were stippled using an old brush and a immediately after the war. Captain
which is practically identical to Citadel paints very dilute mixture of Tamiya Acrylic Thinners Burlingame’s squadron had been
‘Warpstone Glow’ and in my eyes at least I and Ammo by MiG Europe Dust pigments to rotated to Japan late in 1945 to become
can’t see a difference. The decals were sealed simulate the dirt that accumulated in these part of the American occupying forces,
under a coat of Alclad Aqua Gloss, which had areas. At this point, I thought I’d finished the but at weekends they would take four
the added benefit of sealing and protecting model and proudly posted some images aircraft to Korea to be the ‘Korean Air Force’
the high shine, which although stunning are on a Facebook forum. The most for a few days at a time!
somewhat fragile and susceptible to finger interesting response came from These images highlighted a couple
marks. Weathering on this model was kept to a one ‘Burl’ Burlingame – the of small issues for me. Firstly,
minimum as although they were well-worked son of Captain William the Superscale decal
machines, they were also well looked after. Burlingame. After the
Exhaust staining was applied with Lifecolor exchange of a few
Tensocrom Smoke and White Oxide through emails, Burl incredibly
my airbrush, along with some extra smoke kindly agreed to send
around the gun-barrels. The undersides of the me high-quality scans of
wing around the main undercarriage and fuel the images he had of his

25
‘BUZZ BOY’ MUSTANG
instructions had missed off the green trim address this, but as I’d already achieved a
around the bottom of the canopy frame. This natural metal finish I was happy with I was too
was easily fixed as the paint was straight from scared I’d ruin it in trying to correct the aerials,
the pot. There was also another issue which so this is one inaccuracy I’m happy to live with.
cropped up because of Burl’s images, as the The most rewarding part of this build though
green which Superscale used on their decals for me was being able to make contact with
is quite vivid in comparison to the green in the son of Captain Burlingame, and to make
the photographs. Unfortunately, as the decals my model far more representative of the real
were already on the model at this stage I had aircraft. Special thanks go to Burl Burlingame
no option but to accept the difference. The for very kindly giving me permission to use his
final issue being the dual wooden aerials father’s pictures along with my own. MA
behind the cockpit. I debated whether to

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‘Buzz Boy IV’ in Korea

Photographs courtesy of Burl Burlingame
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The LRMTS
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Two-Seat Harriers
With the arrival of the Kinetic two-seat Harrier kit, here are
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T-Bird Types:
Harrier T.2 - Lengthened two-seat training version Harrier T.8 - Naval trainer modified from early trainer
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Air Force, equivalent to the GR.3, with Pegasus Mk 1971. Registered G-VTOL
103 engine, laser seeker and radar warning receiver. Harrier T.60 - Export version of the T4N two-seat
Reverted to short fin of single seater. training version for the Indian Navy
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for the Royal Navy, with avionics (excluding radar) TAV-8S Matador - Export version of the TAV-8A
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BAe Harrier T.4N ZB605/718 of 899 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset,
in 1985. Overall gloss dark sea grey.
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RAF Two-Seat Harrier
Nose section of a T.2A
Crew exiting a T.4 T.2 from No.3 Squadron
Royal Navy Two-Seat Harrier
Harrier T.4N nose T.8 nose and boarding ladders
T.8 Canopy T.8 tail T.8 Intake and nose

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T.8 forward fuselage
T.8 fairing behind the cockpit Harrier T.4N of No.899 Squadron
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BAe Harrier T.4 and T.8

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USMC Two-Seat Harrier

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The F-4 Phantom

in Greek Service
A
t the end of the 1960s, the Hellenic in 1976, followed by a final batch in 1978–79. phased out many older aircraft, some were
Air Force embarked upon a The first units equipped were the 339th supplied to the HAF as a thank you for the
modernisation program by ordering Squadron in 1974 in the air-to-air role and as use of Greek airbases during the War. These
forty Mirage F.1s and a total of fifty- the operational training unit, and the 338th included ten ex-Indiana Air National Guard
six F-4E Phantoms, along with six Squadron, in 1975 in the ground-attack role. aircraft, later followed by another eighteen.
RF-4Es. However, the final batch of forty F-4Es The 337th ‘Ghost’ Squadron re-equipped in By 1992, there were four squadrons equipped
were cancelled when a new government 1978, giving up their Northrop F-5A, and the with seventy-three F-4Es and five RF-4Es,
was elected in 1981. The first eighteen Greek 348th ‘Eyes’ Squadron relinquished their RF- these being the 348th and 337th squadrons
Phantoms thus entered in service in 1974, 84Fs for new RF-4Es in 1979. in Larissa with the 110th Combat Wing and
partially funded by US military assistance As noted, the final batch of forty Phantoms 338th and 339th squadrons at Andravida with
under Operation ‘Peace Icarus’, however, was not delivered due to the political situation the 117th Combat Wing. There were many
they were not in time to fight in the Turkish of the day in Greece, but with the Iraqi invasion differences between the aircraft batches
invasion of Cyprus in 1974. A second batch of of Kuwait and the US led Operation ‘Desert supplied to the Hellenic Air Force. The 338th
F-4Es plus two extra aircraft were delivered Storm’, the situation changed. When the USAF ‘Ares’ Squadron had an air-to-surface role,
and their F-4Es were equipped with digital
In 1993, the HAF called for a major electronic upgrade for processors for the APG-120, laser INS, digital
their F-4 fleet, involving the replacement of the APQ-120 data buses, smoke-reduction systems and
various structural improvements. The 339th
with a new AMRAAM-capable system ‘Ajax’ Squadron was employed in the air
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40 F-4 PHANTOM ‘GREEK SERVICE’
defence role with the older Phantoms, which with some older F-4Es being modified in aircraft was on 28 April 1999 at Manching
had an RWR mounted on the tail and air a manner like that of the USAF’s F-4G Wild airbase. In total thirty-eight aircraft were
intakes, and the TISEO optical device. One of Weasel aircraft, with Texas Instruments AGM- upgraded, thirty-seven of them by Hellenic
the first measures taken by the HAF was to 88A HARM missiles. Aerospace Industry, at Tanagra. Phantoms
increase the number of reconnaissance RF-4Es In 1993, the HAF called for a major were also provided with Rafael LITENING
in their fleet, to augment the existing six. This electronic upgrade for their F-4 fleet, involving pods, capable of navigation, targeting and
was achieved in 1993, when the Luftwaffe the replacement of the APQ-120 with a new use of guided weapons, such as the AGM-65
phased out their RF-4Es, and twenty-nine AMRAAM-capable system. DASA won the Maverick With these improvements, and the
ex-Luftwaffe aircraft were added to the 348th contract in August 1997, dubbed ‘Peace Icarus F-4 ICE and F-4G ‘Wild Weasel’ will remain an
Mira. This last batch brought the number 2000’. As such Greek F-4s were upgraded to effective fighter well into the 21st century.
of F-4s serving with the HAF to 121. Other a similar standard as the Luftwaffe F-4F ICE, However, the RF-4E reconnaissance versions
programs saw the upgrade of several Greek including APG-65 radar, a GEC-Marconi HUD were retired on 5 May 2017, and 348 Squadron
Phantoms to carry out anti-radar operations, and GPS/INS. The first flight of an upgraded was deactivated 2017.
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Greek Spook
George Roidis builds a 1:48 Hasegawa F-4E ‘Blue Aegean’ Phantom
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F-4E, and if you have ever built one Manufacturer: Hasegawa
you will know it’s a great model and Scale: 1:48
builds very easily with nothing much Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
to tell! So, I was soon ready to paint! I Kit Number: 7208
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and other main pieces. The next step was to the upper fuselage, wing surfaces and fuel tanks
spray the undersides with Ammo/Alclad #ALC using Flat Black. Now for the camouflage, and I mix of shades to achieve the best possible result.
305 Gloss Black Primer to prepare the surface for began by spraying on ’Blue Aegean’, which was a Vallejo Pastel Blue #70901 proved useful here,
the Aluminium colour of the real aircraft. I then mix of Ammo by MIG ANA 608 Intermediate Blue and to give depth and shadows, I sprayed the
prepared the upper surfaces, by sanding them #FS 35164 and White. Once dry I started to spray panel lines with Tamiya X-19
with Micromesh, gradually going from 3600 various areas with different colour ratios using Then it was time to seal in the paint, and here
grit to 12000 grit, to smooth any rough patches. the basic colour mixed with Flat White, using my I used the excellent new Ammo by MIG ‘Lucky’
The next step was to spray the lower surfaces reference photographs. I soon realised that the Gloss. Time now to paint the exhaust area, and
with several light layers of Ammo/Alclad #ALC aircraft had some very faded areas, so I used a for that I used Ammo/Alclad Gloss Black Primer

45
The undersides

were painted with
Ammo/Alclad #ALC
305 Gloss Black
Primer…
I began with a coat

of ‘One Shot’ Primer
… and then with

several light layers of
Ammo/Alclad #ALC 101
Aluminium
Adding some
pre-shading
I then added the ’Blue

Aegean’ camouflage, which
was a mix of Ammo by MIG
ANA 608 Intermediate Blue
#FS 35164 and White
I then toned some of the

areas as per my references
For the markings, I

used Icarus Decals
sheets #48003 and
#48004

Working on the natural metal areas The model was given a coat of Ammo by MIG ‘Lucky’ Gloss….
…and the decals were applied Panel Line washes revealed the details on the upper …..and lower surfaces
Adding a wash into the wheel wells
Oilbrushers added to the weathering effects
Detailing the
wing tanks

47
#ALC 305 to For removing and excess I used a cotton bud

prepare the area with some Ammo by MIG Odourless Thinners.
for a natural metal For the lower surfaces, I used Ammo by
finish, and finally, I MIG #1617 Blue Black Panel Line Wash
used Alclad Gloss Aqua and again removed any excess as
Varnish #ALC 600 to seal before. I saw some heat staining
the lower surfaces. The and dirt areas on the upper
wheel wells and the airbrake exhaust areas, so I decided to use
areas were painted Off White some Alclad Transparent Smoke #ALC
and Interior Green, and for the 405 to represent this. For the weathering
upper sections of the exhaust, I in the wheel wells, I used Ammo by MIG
used Ammo/Alclad Duraluminium Black Night Panel Line Wash
#ALC 102 adding two or three drops #1611, and the
of Jet Exhaust #ALC 113 for the darker final weathering
panels. For the lower exhaust areas, touches involved
I used Ammo/Alclad Duraluminium the new Ammo
#ALC 102), Jet Exhaust #ALC 113, Burnt by MIG Oilbrushers.
Iron #ALC 121 and various pigments to I used the Black to
highlight some specific spots. represent oil leaks and
For the markings, I used Icarus Decals stains on the flaps, the
sheet #48003 and #48004 for the stencils, and main wings areas and the
stabilators. I added small
colour dots, let them dry for
ten minutes, and then blended them in using
enamel odourless thinners and a flat
brush. The same procedure was
done on the lower flap areas.
With weathering
complete I sprayed the
entire mode, except for
the natural metal areas
with Ammo buy MIG
’Lucky’ Satin Varnish The
last part was to prepare
the missiles, launchers, fuel
tanks and ejection seats. I
used two Eduard Brassin AIM-
this part of 9Ls and two AIM-9Js based on
the build was very real aircraft pictures, and painted and
time consuming, but well worth it! weathered them accordingly. The Mk.7 ejector
Another coat of ‘Lucky’ varnish then sealed seats came from Verlinden and after painting a
everything in. Weathering then began on the final Ammo by MIG Black Night Wash made their
upper surfaces using Ammo by MIG Panel Line details to pop out. MA
Washes, and here I used #1603
Dark Sea Blue, and applied this
with a fine tipped brush.

48 ADOLF’S EYES IN THE SKY
COMBAT-ZONE
Adolf’s Eyes
in the Sky Anthony Tucker-Jones takes a look
at the highs and lows of Nazi aerial
reconnaissance during World War II
Hs 126 short-range reconnaissance aircraft somewhere in Russia
T
he Soviet infantry quickly learned to pinpoint Soviet tanks by dropping violet flares for battlefield surveillance it proved good at
fear the Luftwaffe’s spotter planes. and was considered to be highly effective. short take offs from rough airfields making it
‘German gunners keep incessantly On the ground Soviet riflemen were trained very versatile. The Hs 126 first appeared in the
shelling us,’ said one soldier during to shoot back at the Luftwaffe. One German second half of the 1930s and was tested with
the battle of Kursk in 1943. ‘The pilot was horrified by the hot reception the Luftwaffe’s Lehrgruppe reconnaissance
bastards fire as if they can see us!’ They he received ‘They just blazed away with unit in the spring of 1938. Some were also sent
particularly hated the two-seater Henschel everything they’d got; machine guns, rifles, to Spain with the experimental Condor Legion.
reconnaissance aircraft which they called the even pistols. The amount of iron in the air The Hs 126 carried a hand-held camera
‘hunchback.’ ‘This low-speed machine has only was indescribable. I swear, they would have in the rear cockpit plus another one in the
one engine’ added the soldier ‘and hovers thrown horseshoes at us, if they could have rear fuselage bay. Armament comprised one
over our positions to check how accurately got them off the horses in time.’ Interestingly forward and one rearward firing machine
the shells are falling…’ As a result German although the Luftwaffe was designed mainly gun. It was also capable of dropping bombs
spotter planes were made a priority target for as a tactical air force to support the army, consisting either of a single 50kg or five
the Red Air Force. They were to be shot down it relied largely on just two types of short 10kg. Just over 600 of these aircraft were
on sight. In particular, according to Soviet range reconnaissance aircraft and a single built but were progressively replaced from
fighter ace Ivan Kozhedub, the Luftwaffe’s long range aircraft. The two-seater Henschel 1942 by the Luftwaffe’s twin engine Focke-
main eye in the sky the Fw 189 Eule short Hs 126 parasol-wing reconnaissance aircraft Wulf Fw 189 Eule or Uhu (Owl). The three
range reconnaissance aircraft. This was used to provided the Army’s eyes in the sky. Designed seat Fw 189 had very distinctive twin tail
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COMBAT-ZONE
The Hs 126 was a two-seater aircraft with the gunner acting as cameraman Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu was used mainly on the Eastern Front
booms with a large glazed central nacelle. It the two seat R-5 and R-Z which were also
first flew in 1938 and entered service in late reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft.
1940. Although intended as a short range The former went into production in 1930 and
tactical reconnaissance aircraft some were 5,000 were built for the Red Air Force. The
also developed with close support and night R-5 was flown by the Spanish Republican
fighter capabilities. On the standard Fw Air Force during the Spanish Civil War. It was
189A weapons consisted two forward firing deployed by the Soviets and the Mongolian
machine guns in the wing roots, plus twin People’s Air Force against the Japanese during
guns in the dorsal position and the tailcone the Battle for Khalkhin Gol in 1939, it then
turret; it could also carry four 50kg bombs. A supported the Soviet invasion of Poland and
German propaganda film unit accompanied saw action against the Finns in the Winter War. The Uhu had an extensively glazed fuselage to aid
Fw 189 in 1942 carrying out daring The R-Z, introduced in 1935, had a short-lived visibility
reconnaissance flights over Soviet positions production run and by the time it came to
on the wide Terek river in the Caucasus. This a close in the spring of 1937 only just over flagrant violations of their air space but were
enabled German bombers to hit gathering a 1,000 had been built. Like the R-5 it also told to stand down. By 1941 the Luftwaffe’s
Red Army forces. However, the Germans failed saw combat with the Spanish Republican aerial spies had identified half of the Red Air
to turn the Soviet defences on the Terek or Air Force and against the Japanese and the Force’s 200 operational airfields between
capture Grozny. Finns. Limited numbers of the Yakolev UT-1 Murmansk in the north and Rostov-on-Don
The twin-engine Ju 88D was the long monoplane single seat trainer were used for in the far south. In total it had in excess of a
range photo-reconnaissance variant of the Ju reconnaissance work and ground attack in the thousand airfields but the rest were dormant.
88 tactical bomber equipped with cameras. opening stages of the war. Stalin’s doctrine of forward defence meant
Almost 1,500 of these were built between 1941 In the year before Hitler’s attack on the that the Red Air Force was based in Soviet
and 1944. The Ju 88 was first delivered to the Soviet Union the Luftwaffe’s high-altitude occupied eastern Poland and could be easily
Luftwaffe in August 1939 and was eventually reconnaissance units were kept busy reached from the German occupied zone -
built in 17 different variants including the D. mapping Soviet airfields in eastern Poland so intelligence gathering in this region was
The Germans were also able to call on the and Byelorussia. Stalin chose to ignore these extensive. Luftwaffe intelligence assessed that
two-seat Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork) made intrusions for fear of provoking Hitler. Soviet the Red Air Force and supporting bombers of
famous by Field Marshal Rommel in Libya. pilots desperately wanted to see off these the long-range aviation units had some 7,300
This proved ideal as an army liaison and
reconnaissance aircraft because of its short
take-off and landing capabilities, plus low
speed which enabled it to use the roughest of
air strips. It could take off in 65 metres and land
in just 20 metres. The Storch entered service
in 1937 and by the end of the war around
2,900 had been built. It was kept in post-war
production by the French as the Morane-
Saulnier Criquet (Cricket) as did Mraz in
Czechoslovakia. In contrast the Red Air Force’s
U-2 biplane was deployed for reconnaissance
flights and as a light bomber during the
defence of Odessa. Although its slow speed
meant enemy fighters found it hard to catch,
as they overshot, it was vulnerable to anti-
aircraft fire. Therefore the following year it
was redeployed as a light night ground attack
aircraft. The fact that around 20,000 U-2s were
built by the end of the war is testament to the
aircraft’s utility.
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150,000 ground support and aircrew. While Colonel-General Model’s opposition. The
the Luftwaffe had good intelligence on the latter had gathered extensive intelligence
Soviet I-16 fighter it was not so familiar with showing the Soviets were busily fortifying
the newer Yaks and MiGs or the rate at which the Kursk salient and had withdrawn most of
the Red Air Force was being re-equipped. their armour. This could only mean that the
Nonetheless, armed with this information the Red Army was anticipating a pincer attack.
Luftwaffe smashed the Red Air Force in June The generals were surprised when Hitler did
1941.Two year later disastrously Hitler ignored not adopt his usual tactic of dismissing Model
vital aerial intelligence in the summer of 1943. for being a defeatist. Instead he dismissed
Early in April two Ju 88 bombers, kitted out the intelligence saying ‘That won’t save them
for photographic reconnaissance work, flying either this time.’
at 17,000 feet photographed around 12,000sq General Mellenthin despaired that Hitler
km of the Kursk salient. This was the largest would not listen to the growing warnings
area ever taken in a single sweep. Marked that the Kursk salient was turning into a
‘Russian positions north-east of Belgorod: giant trap. He recalled ‘Model produced air
Top Secret’ these showed dense trench photographs which showed that the Russians
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The Ju 88 proved to be one of the Luftwaffe’s most versatile aircraft
were constructing very strong positions at the bound for the sector of the front between
shoulders of the salient and had withdrawn Kupyansk, Kutsk and Orel…’ in the area of the
their mobile forces from an area west of northern attack. Hitler though chose to ignore
Kursk. This showed that they were aware his all-seeing eyes in the sky.
of the impending attack and were making Not long after Hitler’s defeat at Kursk a
adequate preparations to deal with it.’ Only Soviet biplane flew over the Prokhorovka
Field Marshal von Kluge supported Zeitzler’s battlefield to take photographs. It was a clear
proposals. Model’s view was that they would beautiful day without a cloud in the sky. On
have to have a rethink or abandon Citadel the ground it was a different matter. The crew
altogether. Model though was only an army saw a flat landscape scarred by multiple tank
commander so did not really have a casting tracks gouged in the earth and littered in tank
vote. Throughout April German intelligence hulks. In one shot they took a panzer lay to the
was fully informed about what was going on left in the foreground, tellingly behind it some
in the Kursk salient. ‘My own branch reported distance away was a T-34 facing the opposite
in compelling detail on Soviet defensive direction. The panzer had knocked out its
preparations,’ recalled Colonel Gehlen in opponent and got past only to be destroyed
charge of Eastern Front intelligence gathering. out as well. The distance between the two was
His sources indicated that infantry and tank such that the tank crews could have shouted
units had been deployed to the area opposite at each other. As the plane circled round
the starting point for the German’s southern sightseers gathered round the panzer looked
attack. In addition this intelligence showed up and waved hesitantly. For a moment they
‘that every day tanks, engines and tank guns worried it was the Luftwaffe come to take
were leaving the factories at Kazan and Gorki, revenge. MA
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52 A-4E/F SKYHAWK
Scooter Striker
A-4E/F Skyhawk
Manufacturer: Eduard
Scale: 1:48
Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded with etch
Kit Number: 1197
Chris McDowell details the 1:48 Eduard A-4E Skyhawk in Vietnam

War colours
T
he choice for a Skyhawk in 1:48 really total if you don’t want to fit the drop tanks),
is a no brainer, as my opinion the but nothing to put on them. Thankfully Eduard
Hasegawa offering is the best choice has come to the rescue again, and have
on the market. So, when Eduard released a separate Brassin set that will cover
decided to release one of their very every possible load-out you could imagine
attractive limited edition kits containing the for the A-4E/F. The Brassin set includes twelve
Hasegawa A-4E/F, I just had to get one. Along Mk.82 500lb Snakeye’s, six Mk.82 slicks, two
with the finely detailed plastic sprues from Mk.77 napalm, twelve Mk.81 250lb slicks, and
Hasegawa, you also get a resin ESCAPAC three nice multiple ejector racks. Before you
ejector seat, a coloured etched cockpit fret, start building, I would advise checking over
canopy and wheel masks, and Furball Aero- the instructions carefully to decide which
Design decals for six different aircraft. The version of the Skyhawk you plan on modelling
beautifully cast resin seat also has the survival as there are several differences between them.
seat pack and backpack parachute moulded Once you’ve decided which version you’re
separately. One thing that is missing from the going for, spend a little time making sure you
basic kit and it’s certainly not unusual with a know what is needed for each variant.
Hasegawa release, is the lack of any bombs or As per usual, work began with the cockpit,
missiles. Two external drop tanks are supplied and the other internal sections that would
along with the other three hardpoints (five in eventually be glued between the two fuselage
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SCOOTER STRIKER
The Eduard etch in-situ in the cockpit
When Eduard decided to their A-4E/F,

I just had to get one!
Detailing the
wheel wells

54 A-4E/F SKYHAWK
A Grey primer coat added

Insignia White was used on the
undersides….
halves. In this case, the engine fan, and the jet exhaust assemblies. The
required parts were removed from the sprues and cleaned up, and this
included separating the resin ejector seat from its casting block with
a razor saw. I could remove all the raised detail from the cockpit parts
that would eventually be replaced by the supplied coloured etch. I
then gave everything a couple of light White primer coats. You should
also note that the cockpit tub contains the front wheel well, and I
found it much easier detailing and finishing this area off now, rather
than waiting until it’s been built into the fuselage. Once the primer
had dried I airbrushed Hataka Dark Sea Grey onto the internal sections
of the cockpit. The set I’m using here is their US Navy and USMC
‘High-Viz’ Set. Once the paint had dried, I sealed everything with a thin
layer of Hataka Gloss. A Dark Grey wash was then used to help pick
…and Light Gull Grey on the upper surfaces

55
SCOOTER STRIKER

56 A-4E/F SKYHAWK
the all the main painting completed for now,

everything was left to cure before airbrushing
a couple of light coats Gloss in preparation for
decals.
With the decals added, I applied another
coat of Gloss, and once dry, a panel line wash
was added, using a fine brush around the
details, letting capillary action do most of the
work. Once this had dried to the touch, the
excess was removed using a clean dry paper
towel and cotton buds for the hard to reach
areas. Then a bespoke mix of Black and Red
Brown was applied to some of the panel lines
around the fuselage to enhance them and
show some signs of weathering. With the main
The decals settled very well elements of the build nearing completion, I
took this time to assemble, paint and decal
the underwing stores. I then airbrushed a
out the details. After this had dried, any excess Highlights were added to the centre of the couple of light Matt coats over everything
was removed with a clean brush dampened panels by adding some Insignia White to the and left it to dry for twenty-four hours. Once I
with thinners. The details were then picked Light Gull Grey, and a darker shade was used was happy, all the masking was removed, the
out using various colours, before adding the over the panel lines by adding some Dark Sea canopy fixed in the open position and the all
etched replacement parts. Finally, I sealed Grey. With the main camouflage complete, I the smaller items secured into place. Finally,
everything with a coat of Hataka Matt, before masked off the nose to airbrush it with Hataka some streaks and stains were added using
moving on to the other internal elements. Night Black. Also, any areas that were to be various proprietary products, and a final touch
Once everything was ready I was ready to exposed like the leading edge of the wing was to add a boarding ladder, and the project
glue the cockpit, the engine fan and the jet were masked off and airbrushed Red. With was complete. MA
exhaust assemblies to one half of the fuselage.
Before closing-up the fuselage though, make
sure to add weights to the nose of the aircraft
or you’ll end up with a more than frustrating
tail sitter. With the fuselage halves, together
and Tamiya extra thin liquid glue run around
the seams, I left it to the side to cure, and
moved on to the wings. Like the front wheel
well, the rear two were also easier to deal with
before assembling the wings. So, I masked off
the surrounding area around the two wheel
wells and following my own references and
the Eduard instructions painted and detailed
them. Once the paint had dried the top and
bottom wing sections were glued together
and held in place using small clamps. The
wings were then fixed into place and a little
filler was needed, followed by some time
being spent detail back using various scribers
and riveting tools. Apart from a few of the
smaller items, the only thing left to add for
now were the canopies. Here I applied the pre-
cut masks, before I attached the front sections
with some Micro Krystal Klear canopy glue.
With everything suitably masked-off, and any
smaller items attached that I didn’t think I’d
break off through handling, I was finally able
to prime the model in preparation for painting.
Additionally, any areas already painted, like the
wheel wells and engine exhaust were masked
up using Tamiya tape and Maskol. I gave the
model an overall coat of Dark Grey Primer,
and once dry I gave the surface a slight polish
with a clean cloth in preparation for adding
some colour. First up the lower surfaces were
airbrushed with Hataka Insignia white. Once
this had sufficient time to dry, the lower
surfaces were masked-off, before airbrushing
Hataka Light Gull Grey over the top surface.
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58 SPITFIRE MK.IX
In the Pink
Andrew Root builds the 1:32 Revell Spitfire Mk.IX as an FRIX
T
he Spitfire Mk.IX began life as a stop sunset, and it proved a very effective scheme,
gap aircraft, as the introduction of indeed many years later the RAF employed a
the formidable Fw 190 saw the Royal similar scheme in Operation ‘Desert Storm’.
Air Forces Spitfire Mk.V’s very much The new tooled 1:32 Revell kit was released
outclassed. The Mk.IX’s had a much early in 2017, I believe it was developed in
uprated engine, fitted to the Mk.V airframe, so conjunction with the Mk.II, which was released
the performance jump was so great, and when a few years earlier. Having built the Mk.II in
the Mk.IX went into full production it became the past, I did notice some of the same sprues.
one of the most produced of all the Spitfire My initial unboxing revealed some common
types. The aircraft depicted in this build is an problems on the fuselage, as the panel lines
FRIX, and these Spitfires were fitted with a and rivets did seem very harsh, and I am sure
port side fuselage camera, and unlike other some experts on the Spitfire will correct this,
photo-reconnaissance types, the FRIX retained but most won’t notice. The wings however,
it guns and armour, as it was more likely to did seem much better for some reason, as did
meet enemy aircraft at low level. The aircraft’s the tail section and flight controls, and the
unique ‘pink’ camouflage was designed to be clear sprue was nice, with the windshield and
used on low to medium level photographic canopy looking very fine. As with most kits,
missions, in low cloud and haze at sunrise and the interior was first, and here you have very
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IN THE PINK
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60 SPITFIRE MK.IX
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX

Manufacturer: Revell
Scale: 1:32
Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
Kit Number: 03927
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IN THE PINK
The aircraft’s unique ‘pink’ camouflage was
designed to be used on low to medium level
photographic missions
basic sidewall details, but good bulkheads my opinion.

and instrument panels, with the lightening One point I must mention, were the errors
holes in place, which saves a lot of drilling! The in the manual, as several part numbers were
instruments are provided in the form of decals, incorrect, with the wrong sprue letters given
which unless you plan on using a whole bottle for parts, so be careful!
of Microsol, I’d cut out the individual gauges, The painting of the aircraft was done with
or get some aftermarket instruments. the Hataka Photo Reconnaissance set HTK-
The fuselage was joined without any issues, AS23. The PR Pink was very thin, and needed
and the tail controls came together quickly. around eight to ten coats to build up the
I believe the test of any kit is how well the colour. The D-Day stripes were added and the
fuselage attaches to the wings, here this was red ‘X’ was masked and hand painted.
not perfect, but I’d say acceptable, with a little The decals were applied but looked a little
filler needed. With the bulk of the aircraft too bright to my eye, so, a very light coat of
now built, my attention turned to the smaller the PR Pink was applied just too dull them
items, such as the radiators and landing gear. down a little. The exhaust staining was done
The radiators are a little incorrect, in that with Tamiya Smoke, with some Tamiya Buff
they should have a slight lip on the front and on top. A light dirt wash was then applied and
back, but again, most people would never the wing walkways were given some earth
know. The landing gear is a very basic pigments, and the entire build was completed
moulding, with a horrible seam with a Alclad Matt coat.
down the middle, which is a Not a perfect model, but you must consider
pain to remove. The wheel the price point of here, as you can pick this kit
bays are also void of any up for around a third of the price of the Tamiya
detail, and the wheels Mk.IX. If I were to build this kit again, however,
don’t look quite right in I would want to buy new wheels, landing gear,
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62 SPITFIRE MK.IX
and perhaps an interior upgrade, which would

put the total cost near that of the Tamiya
equivalent. Unfortunately, it boils down to
price, as the kit looks great to all but the most
expert eyes, but the details are lacking. If you
can afford the Tamiya offering, then it’s still the
benchmark, but if the Revell price tag is more
to your liking, it does make a good looking
Mk.IX. MA
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64 F/A-18D
Desert Storm
‘DELTA’
Ian Gaskell builds a 1:48 HobbyBoss ‘Swing Role’ USMC F/A-18D
T
he US Marine Corps F/A-18D ‘swing- The Quickboost seats were very well
role’ Hornet debuted in the 1991 detailed, and would be a nice finishing touch F/A-18D
Operation ‘Desert Storm’, and during a when installed later. Manufacturer: HobbyBoss
recent Facebook Group build themed The cockpit was painted thus - Hataka Scale: 1:48
around the first Gulf War, I chose to A100 Jet Black for the seats, Hataka A054 Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
model the 1:48 HobbyBoss kit in the in the Grey FS36270, Hataka A011 Light Polish Khaki, Kit Number: 80322
markings of VMFA(AW)-121 ‘Green Knights’. and Hataka A018 Olive Drab (Late) for the
The aftermarket sets I decided to use were seatbelts, Hataka A004 Olive Drab (Early) for
some Quickboost resin seats, an Eduard the seat cushions, Mission Models MMP-041 the wings. I also replaced the afterburner cans
Cockpit set, a set of superb their Brassin Highway Yellow for the ejection handles and with resin ones from Attack Squadron, and
LAU-10 rocket pods and canopy masks and Vallejo Metal Colours Chrome for the buckles. these were sprayed with Vallejo Metal Exhaust
Meng-Model AIM-9 Sidewinders, and an The fuselage went together well, with the Manifold, and dry-brushed with Tamiya
Eduard canopy mask. The appropriate decals minimal amount of filler needed around the Weathering Silver.
proved more elusive, but I did find a set of out sections near the exhausts. Once the wings I was now ready to paint and began with
of production ones from Superscale decals were attached, I decided to improve on the kit a coat of UMP Black Primer, and followed this
and my paints of choice we Hataka Orange by cutting and dropping the flaps, deflecting with some ‘marbling’ with Akan Faded White,
Line colours. The cockpit went together quite the rudders, and adding flap hinges, under and Vallejo Light Khaki, to add more tone.
well, with the Eduard etch setting things off
nicely. The only issue I found was the section
between the pilot and WSO, was too long, The Hataka Orange Line paints are excellent,
meaning that I had to remove about 4mm
from the this, and the coaming to the pilot’s and give a very smooth, hard finish
area had to be correctly positioned.
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65
DESERT STORM DELTA

I used an Eduard
cockpit set
I swapped the kit

seats for a pair from
Quickboost
With the primer cured, the lower fuselage was some of the kit decals, the Hornet was now
then sprayed with Hataka’s HTK-C037 Light looking more like a ‘Green Knight’ aircraft.
Ghost Grey, along with the pylons and external The decals were then sealed with some more
fuel tanks. Then the upper fuselage sprayed Aqua Gloss. While the gloss dried, I turned
with Hataka HTK-C035 Dark Ghost Grey. The my attention to the weapons. The AIM-7
colours were gradually built up with very thin Sparrows are the kit supplied ones, and
coats, until I was happy with the result. When was hung from the port side of the
the paint was fully dry, the model was given a fuselage. On the opposite side was
couple of coats of Alclad Aqua Gloss, to give a the AN/AAR-50 navigation pod.
good surface to apply the decals. As noted the The Eduard Brassin LAU-10 The cockpit
decals were from a Superscale set and went rocket pods are very needed a little
surgery to fit
on very well. With a combination of these, plus well detailed, and

66 F/A-18D
I dropped the flaps…..
…and defected the rudders After a primer coat I

added some ‘marbling’
For the main colours I used Hataka

HTK-C037 Light Ghost Grey, and
HTK-C035 Dark Ghost Grey
Preparing the pylons…..
I replaced the
afterburner
cans with
resin ones
from Attack
Squadron
The decals came from

an out of production
Superscale sheet

67
DESERT STORM DELTA

…and painting and detailing the ordnance
look superb once painted and given a small

amount of weathering. The AIM-9 Sidewinders
are from one of Meng-Models new weapons
sets, and are a work of art. The fins are very
thin, and the finished missile looks stunning.
Now I turned my attention to the
weathering. First off, I used UMP’s Dark Dirt
Wash on the airframe, pylons, and tanks, and
any excess was removed with a soft cloth. I
then gave everything a coat of Hataka Matt
in readiness for next stage of weathering.
For this I used the excellent AK Interactive
pigments, and a lesson learned here is that
you don’t need too much, and you only need
the smallest amount on a brush, and they go
a long way. I used Smoke, Burnt Umber, Light
Grey, and Light Dust.
I also used a small amount of Tamiya
Weather Master Oil Stain on the drop tanks.
Once the weathering was done, I applied
another couple of light Matt coats, to seal
the pigments, and once dry I
removed the masking from
the canopy, attached all the
undercarriage and doors,
the weapons and tanks, the
crew ladder, and fitted the
seats. Overall, this is a great
kit, with only one major issue,
mentioned earlier, is having to
cut some the section between
the front and rear cockpits. Other
than that, there was no problem,
and the Hataka Orange Line
paints are excellent, and give a very
smooth, hard finish. MA

68 DASSAULT MIRAGE
Role
Bri Wakeman grasped the nettle of opportunity to build the latest, and most attractive of
Kinetics Mirage family to date, their new Mirage IIIBE/D/DE/DS/D2Z trainer variant
O
ne of the most iconic fast jets of Swiss aircraft were supplied with Martin-
the Cold War and standing on Baker Mk.6BS seats in 1988 and appear very
NATO’s front line was, and still is distinct from the standard Mk.4 seats fitted to
Dassault’s beautifully tantalising early airframes, so as noted I used a Paragon
and streamlined Mirage fighter- Designs set #4854. My build would be for one
bomber. Our friends at Kinetic have produced of two attrition replacements (J-2011/2012)
a family of these wonderful models for us to purchased in 1983. Lifecolor UA735 Deep
enjoy, including their series of dynamic IAI Cockpit provide the base colour for the ‘office’,
Kfir (Lion Cub) of Israeli origin. Hot on my wish however on reflection and looking at many
list was a Swiss Air Force twin seat Mirage photographs, perhaps their interiors were a
IIIDS/BS combat trainer, and immediately a lightish-medium green? Various knobs and Dassault Mirage IIIBE/D/DE/DS/D2Z
sample arrived from Lucky Model it was on switches were also picked out in Lifecolor Manufacturer: Kinetic
my workbench! For this Swiss version, the only acrylics. The intake assembly was generic, Scale: 1:48
extra items used were a brace of resin Martin- with a coat of LC01 Matt White added before Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
Baker Mk.6BS ejector seats originally destined closure. The forward engine fan blade was Kit Number: K48054
for the Blackburn Buccaneer. As expected painted Citadel Runefang Steel along with the
this was a straightforward assembly, with burner can for the SNECMA Atar 09-C engine.
incredibly few vices except a few small pieces If your intention is to make an updated Swiss nose assembly for the Mirage IIIDS, it was
of Plasticard here and there. Kinetic provides aircraft, you will have to drill out the small easier to join in two halves first, thus stopping
an adequate cockpit tub, with numerous inner marked holes for the RUAG Aerospace any form of unnecessary step. The stability
instrument panels for different versions. The designed C.70 canards. For the forward chisel strakes are integrated into the moulded
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69
Paragon Designs ejector seats
SWISS ROLE
replaced the kit supplied items
Extra thin cement was used to carefully

attach the rear RWR sensor fairing
Great care was needed while

mating the intake covers, and note
the drilled- out canards holes
Just a little filler was

This was the fourth Kinetic Mirage needed here and there.
I had built, and they really are a

joy to behold.
Just a limited number of ….and these were

weapons and fuel tanks are suitably painted
included in the box…. and detailed

70 DASSAULT MIRAGE
The canopy fitted like a glove, but

careful masking was needed
I have to admit a bit of artistic licence for the Zinc

Chromate booster/fuel cell. This idea came from an
Australian Mirage IIID
You just can’t fault the decal sheets that come from ….and only q few drops of setting solution were needed
a Kinetic, as most appear to be printed by Cartograf
and designed by Skyhart…..
fuselage, which makes life a lot easier with

construction. Their wing to fuselage set up
worked well, but care was taken with the join.
As on the 1988 upgraded aircraft, TRACTOR
AN/ALE-40 chaff/flare dispensers and the RWR
tail/wingtip sensor were then added, and I was
ready for the painting stage.
More detailing on
the undersides

71
SWISS ROLE
The DEFA cannon muzzles
were well defined and
looked realistic after a wash
Picking out the panel lines
Having taken
time to iron out
any anomalies with
primer, filler and micro-mesh,
the detailed wheel wells/undercarriage
were coated Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver.
The main gear was substituted with a set
from Scale Aircraft Conversions #48-283,
designed for the Mirage III/V, and these fitted
like a glove, giving additional strength. The
airframe was then outlined in pencil for
the attractive camouflage pattern.
For this, I used FS36375 Light Ghost
Compass Grey and FS16231 Dark Gull
Grey. and here Lifecolor and Xtracolor
paints were intermingled together and
worked well. The underneath is a solid colour
of FS36375 with an aft belly replacement SEPR The bright shiny gloss Red gloss fuel tanks I imagine were used for
841 JATO rocket booster pack or integral fuel DACT, as these have appeared on Mirage IIIS/RS aircraft as well

72 DASSAULT MIRAGE
Gloss Red, and a Hasawaga Florescent Orange

Raytheon AIM-9P practice round under the
port wing. They were left gloss and attached
at the end of the build, along with the canopy.
By all accounts, the Swiss pilots never favoured
a centre-line 1100 litre fuel tank as this added
extra turbulence within the mountain ranges
and presented persistent drag issues. With the
final finish of matt/satin mixed Lifecolor acrylic
clear varnish was left to cure for twenty-four
hours, and subsequently, a few drops of Wilders
Nitro-Line NL34 Murky Water Wet Effect added
some staining on the inner wing walkways. This
was the fourth Kinetic Mirage I had built, and
they really are a joy to behold. MA
A Vallejo Grey wash was placed in a few strategic

areas where grubby, bleached patches were
required
tank in Xtracolor X408 Zinc Chromate

Yellow. Everything else was relatively
straightforward, but a steady hand was
requiring applying the attractive top
pattern. With this sealed and the decals
set in situ, then the weathering stage
could take place. The Swiss Air Force
looked after their aircraft so only the
B
underside received added attention.
Wilders Weathering Oils LS25 Brown
Shade and LS13 Panzer Grey was mixed
with turpentine, and then applied in
random mixtures to bring out the detail.
Com-Art 1014 Burn Umber and 2002
Transparent Smoke was then added A little ‘Murky Water’ highlighted a
to the wheel bays, undercarriage legs few oil spots on the airframe
and hubs for more effect. Vallejo Model
Wash 76-516 Grey was then dabbed onto
random areas of the wings and fuselage for
a slightly bleached look for the harsh winter
weather they flew in.
Kinetic are usually generous with their
weapons in the box, but inside the trainer
version little was included. They do however,
include a Nord AS30L (with pylon), early AIM-9B
Sidewinders, perhaps as the twin-seaters
usually flew relatively clean. My Swiss
example would only carry a brace of 500
litre supersonic tanks, painted Humbrol 19
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F
rom 2009 to 2014 the Brazilian Air better appreciated. After painting the
Force (FAB) received twelve Russian main colours on the cockpit and cabin
Mi-35M ‘Hind-E’ attack helicopters. components, the pilot’s and navigator’s
Nicknamed ‘Crocodile’ around the stations were filled with etched parts
globe and locally designated AH-2 from Eduard. These coloured pieces really
Sabre, the FAB ‘Hinds’ were all assigned to 2nd made a difference over the kit supplied decal Mil Mi-35M ‘Hind-E’
Squadron / 8th Aviation Group, Poti Squadron, instrument panels. A.MIG-1008 Dark Wash was Manufacturer: Zvezda
based at Porto Velho air base in the heart of used to make all the structural details stand Scale: 1:72
Brazilian Amazon. The Poti Squadron and out in the main cabin, and dry brushing with Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
its Sabres are responsible for border control A.MIG-075 Stone Grey helped to give volume Kit Number: 7276
and interception of drug smugglers low- to the otherwise entirely Black cockpit. Begemot #72-053 New Generation ‘Hind’ Decal Set
performance aircraft over the forest, attack Moving to the engine and transmission Eduard #SS408 Mi-35M Interior
missions, and to provide escort and close compartment, these were painted with
air support for both FAB and Brazilian Army various Ammo by MIG acrylic colours,
operations. including the metallic parts, and after hub and blade assembly was built at this point,
The 1:72 Mi-35M from Zvezda is an applying a wash they were carefully glued in to avoid damaging the paintwork later.
outstanding kit, and superbly detailed. From place. Obviously, there is a lot of wiring and Painting began with a coat od A.MIG-2023
the delicate recessed details on the fuselage plumbing missing in these compartments, but One Shot Black Primer, followed by a
to the great interior, which includes a full what is supplied by Zvezda is enough for the ‘marbling’ coat airbrushed with lighter shades
engine and transmission compartment, scale. I confess I was a little worried about how of the camouflage Grey and Green colours.
you have a great starting point for a nice the fuselage halves were going to embrace The model then received its final colours,
‘straight-from-the-box’ project, but still with the large interior assembly, but to my great airbrushing freehand the Grey and Forest
room for improvements. I decided to build surprise, I had no real problem here. I had to Green, typical of Brazilian Air Force tactical
this Hind with cockpit and cabin doors open, use some putty, mainly on the transmission aircraft. There are some Black panels on
and left one engine exposed. On one side compartment access door that I decided to the fuselage sides which were masked and
of the model, all access panels will be closed pose closed. Even the five-part canopy mated airbrushed. Begemot decals New Generation
so the brutal lines of this helicopter will be nicely to the fuselage. The intricate main rotor ‘Hind’ Set supplied the decals for this project,
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Detailing the internal
structure….
This Zvezda kit exceeded my expectations

in every aspect, and was easier to build
than I anticipated
….and engine parts….
but the FAB roundels are wrong in size and

shape, so I decided to paint them using a
pre-cut mask available in the FCM Decals 1:72
Mirage 2000 set.
Painting the rotor blades was a tedious task.
After painting the upper side in A.MIG-0910
Highlight Grey and the lower part in A.MIG-46
Black, the blades leading edges were masked ….and the engine housing
to first receive a White stripe, and masked
again for airbrushing a fine aluminium fillet.
Among the various external stores available
in the kit I choose the drop tanks, mandatory
in Brazil because of the long flights over the

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The internal
components fixed
into place
The first job was a coat of

One Shot Black Primer….
….the some ‘marbling’ and then

first camouflage shade ….
…followed by the final

camouflage colour
Amazon Forest, and the S-8 unguided rocket Masking off

pods, the main armament used by FAB. After a certain panels
coat of A.MIG-0091 Gloss, the Begemot decals
were applied with just a thin application of
setting solution. These were then sealed with
a second coat of Gloss and I could move to the
weathering process.
The weathering process started with
A.MIG-1618 Deep Brown Wash, applied over
most of the panel lines and details. A.MIG-1617

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Ammo of MIG Products Used in This Build
•A
.MIG-1008 Dark Wash
•A
.MIG-075 Stone Grey
Black Wash was used on small air intakes and

air vents for a deeper effect. To replicate some
dirt caused by ground crew on the wings and •A
.MIG-2023 One Shot Black Primer
fuselage spine A.MIG-1202 Streaking Grime •A
.MIG-0910 Highlight Grey
for Panzer Grey was applied with a sponge •A
.MIG-046 Black
on these areas. After adding a few more
streaks and some chipping on the wings
leading edges, the model received a coat of
A.MIG-0089 Flat, and the weathering process
continued with various black pigments
applied inside the exhaust pipes. The large
staining effect on the fuselage sides was
created using a soot mix, which was carefully
The FAB roundels were wrong in size and shape, so
I decided to paint them
•A
.MIG-0091 Gloss
•A
.MIG-1618 Deep
Brown Wash
•A
.MIG-1617 Black
Wash
•A
.MIG-1202 Streaking
Grime for Panzer
Grey
Adding the decals….

…followed by various washes……
…and sponge applied chipping
airbrushed in thin layers according to my

references. With all the painting done it was
time to glue together all the small bits left
aside until now like the main and
tail rotors, all the access doors
and its actuators. For the small
wire antennas, I used Ammo by
MIG 0.2mm rigging line.
This kit exceeded my
expectations in every aspect, and was
easier to build than I anticipated. Helicopters
are not my favourite subject but building this
Mi-35 teased me to get another of these rotary
wings quite soon. MA
For the small wire

antennas, I used
Ammo by MIG 0.2mm
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