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FRROM NEW RELEASES UPDATE FROM ta 4 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - FbLIMITED cs a ’ : __ delet x, Suomi iad ‘The famous WWII ighter BF 1096-5 and 6-6 early version Ot ear Pre-painted photo etched parts forthe finest detail Peeters ere) Decals for & marking options I Ey DUAL COMBO 1:72 inthe ‘HOW TO BUILD...’ series TAIRIC 1:24 ‘This new book features an exhaustive guide to construction with modelling ‘contributions by James Hatch, Bret, and Chris Wauchop. ‘Hundreds of construction photos, reference images, & ‘museum walk around, and how to get the very best rom your big Typhoon kita must have betore you bulld the model! Visit www.doolittlemedia.comtis perhaps a function of geting older that ime seems to speed up. Certainly inmy youth, a week often fet ike an intermnabiy long time, especialy wang for the weekend and a couple of days ‘away trom school. Conversely the weekend ‘always seemed to go by in a lash! These days Frmoften hociied tat events or albums that fee! ike recent memories are sometimes 10 or ‘even 20 years distant. | never thought’ tun into one of those people who obsesses about the passage of tme and yet here we are ‘Nothing brings that passage into sharp focus than yearly events that act as a reminder that to quote Dylan Thomas = tine passes [AS we segue into 2024 and the realisation that ‘wore are already a quarter of century ito the ‘ew millennium (2) there fs that antespation 3 to what new kis are going to appear in the €oming 12 months. CGorainy the model (al for releasing Information has changed in racent times, thanks inno small part to how quickly we ccan gather and share news aver the Internet ‘When I think back to the 1970s and 1980s, the fist modelers tended to know anything bout the new kis being lined up for tne Coming year would have been the toy far reports in magazines such as Scale Modes, Scale Aicrat Modeling o Fine Scale Modeler. Even then thare would be a lag of soveral ‘months due to the often laborious production processes involved and it seams incredibie to realige how in he dark 80 many modellers were to news announced atthe big tay fairs, Unless they happened to attend or knew something who had been there, And sharing information would have required a phone cal ‘or mailing somebody something - how we take for granted the speed and relative ease of texting theso days! But as 2024 idoms over the horizon, kit ‘companies will bo gearing upto announce their pans forthe next year, ether waiting for ‘he annual toy fais to broadcast ther plans ‘of like Airfix, announcing tems as they are almost ready fr release, such as ther recent 41:72 Messorechmit 410, an incredible feat ot secrecy in an era where information leaks ike ‘One ofthe frst kt companies to announce their 2024 range s also ane operating in ‘the most unimaginable conditions night now Minit of Ukraine. That they continue to produce high-quality new kis and innovate new ideas a remarkable testament not oly to the company but the people of Ukraine as well (Of thelr 2024 alert range, the 148th Junkers F13 jumps out as belianty daring ‘and diferent - the perfect pose to those who constantly complain about not another SpitirelF-16/109 otc..”. The F13 was @ signifeantaviaton milestone boing the world’s first all-metal anspor aicrat an an obvious forerunner to its larger cousin the Ju 62, ttimotor. Not only isan historically important aeraft but also an atvactve one that cariod a swathe of colour schemes -and no doubt, ‘Miia wl run with tin various iteration. How NiniAZ Break the kt down to capture all those corrugated surfaces wil be intorestng, bt suffice to say f wil no doubt feature in these pages at some stage from one of MA's talented correspondents MiniAr also continue to expand their 1:48 P47 Thunderbolts with a Free French -47-28RE variant and P-47D-S0RE inthe basic range but also a very colourful GORE in the advanced series. Again his shows Minit balancing the dese fo movato with riche subjects lke the Junkers F13 with something more commercially sound ike the P-470. Elsowhere MEniArs 1:48 range of accessories continues to expand, two new toms for 2024 Include scafoling and a ‘garage workshop which willbe a boon to {uartor-scale modelers who lke to Ould ‘doramas. Tiss on top ofa 1:48 accessory range that already includes stalwarts ike ust ‘ums, jertycans, pales et 'My own plans forthe workshop in 2024 wil -hopetully = be a mix of the old and the ‘ew including some of those MIRIAM Kits. Like Spencer Polar with tis legacy builds, | do {enjoy dipping into vintage kits, often puts me Intouch with the modeler | started out as thus giving me a new perspective on the modeller | wantto be, Thrave pians to improve the workshop in terms of ergonomics and storage. very lucky in having a dedicated space where I can ‘make models but there are things | would lke to change and refine. One wil be a total inventory check on what | have so I ean 66 better organised. As much as | enjoyed the thrl of buying and using pre-mixed washes and fiters, experience has demonstrated that thelr she ite tends to be shorter than my abity to use ther, I think this was brought ito Sharp focus a while back when I realise thattube of ol paint | was using was bought in 1967’ t's barely a fracton used, which ‘olnts not only tothe longevity of ol paints But also thelr economic benef in terms of investment. Thhave plenty of shelving - thanks to the suis of Tim A Maunder who put Additonal brackets in = but | also need to ‘make sure thal shelving isnt becoming & dst tap for discarded projects. In ruth, I need fo bea itle more hard-headed about what stays and what needs 10 90, “disguising fai nature wit hard-lavourd rage’ to quote Shakespeare, “The storage cupboards - cought nearly 20 years ago tom Machine Mart- stil serve ' purpose but, again, fhe budget allows Td tke new uit 0 thatthe workshop has fa fresh Teel and look oi What defintely heeds replacing in 2024 isthe workshop chair whic, naving had my deriee parked fn it for over a decade, has started show its age, not only in torms of worn castors ‘and bearings, but also cracked and chipped Teatner-oect coverings. ‘My workbench isa repurposed old desk with @ Contiboard sheet covering. This Seems to have pikes up dnks ang marks that Po amount of clearing with spray Buikd Your Dream! bleach wil remove - but itis serviceable ‘and nota paint spattered horor tke some Workbenches Ive son on somal media. so small mores ete. The desk has some very nice and cavernous drawers, but these have managed to acquie reams of stut over the years that always promise to be useful in the future, but never prove to be useful nthe Tend tobe very OCD about keeping my workbench as clean and tidy as possible land an old wooden case (used for whisky miniatures) serves as my toolbox forthe ‘most frequently used items, but even this tonds to filtup wit stuf that ie superiuous or redundant Again, 'm going to ave 0. be more rutioss. The one thing Ihave improved s the lighting, but here the new