In its hangar at Mildenhall, one of NASA’s unique WB-57Fs awaits a mission, (all Roger Cooke Pynelea Photo Bureau) Connected themes: plane modelling, 1 144 scale aircraft models, plastic model aircraft 1 32 scale, Polar planes, model airplanes build, radio controlled models, model planes rc.
First into The In Tray this month is a trio of re-releases from Airfix, all to 1:72 scale. The North American F-86F Sabre is a re-issue of the Heller kit and comes with decals for Major John Glenn’s 25th FIS, 51st FIW F-86F-30-NA MIG MADcomponents for unspatted landing gear. Decals are included for three Hs [...]
The latest kit from Azur is for the Dewoitine D.520C.1 in 1:32 scale. The quality is what we have come to expect from this company. Some of the delicate parts are in resin, but the canopy is injected. The decal sheet gives two alternatives, a machines from GC 1/3, 2nd Escadrille, at Cannes, France 1940 [...]
North American’s P-51 Mustang has, of course, been the subject of kits from many manufacturers, with the likes of Hasegawa, Monogram and Revell for example, all offering the type in 1:48 scale. One of the more recent 1:48 Mustang kits, however, is Tamiya’s P-51D. The kit consists of 54 grey plastic parts and four clear [...]
This kit is moulded in dark blue plastic and comprises of some 34 parts, plus a clear acetate canopy. This latter part is duplicated, just in case of mistakes in trimming. Cockpit detail consists of a floor tray, ejection seat, instrument panel and control column. Surface detail is not too intrusive. In this scale panel [...]
This sheet covers five aircraft, although only a limited number of roundels and fin flashes is included. Those that are supplied include the ‘difficult’ ones. Starting with the Blenheim Mk IV, there is an overall PRU Blue machine from RAF Benson, 1941, and an aircraft from No. 107 Sqn RAF at Leuchars, 1941, in Dark [...]
Above: Dauphin 2 No. 246 of the Irish Air Corps, showing the overall light grey fuselage, with medium blue stripes as demarcation lines between the white upper section of the engine compartment, and the bright red undersides of the helicopter. The extreme top of the engine compartment, endplate fins, fin tip and bottom of the [...]
As these machines are similar in many respects I decided to model them in tandem. They are Pfalz copies of the Morane-Saulnier H and L, respectively, with minor modifications. I know that I always seem to start reviews of World War I subjects with a mention of Windsock references, but in this case they are [...]
This sheet is the first of a trio of decal sets made for the Trumpeter Me 262 kit. The sets include brief histories for each aircraft and colour cross-references. This one offers three ‘Schwalben’ from JG 7, each bearing the distinctive wide red and blue stripe around their rear fuselage section. First is the Me [...]
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Parti Tomasz Szlagor and Krzysztof Janowicz Kagero US$22.46 Website: www. squadron. com This volume is No. 17 in Kagero’s series of monographs that has so far been limited to World War II types. It provides 26 pages of outstanding line drawings of each variant of the Thunderbolt, another dozen pages of colour [...]
Merchant Ship Fighter Unit Sea Hurricane Mk IA V7504 One of the more unusual applications of airpower at sea was the use of ‘throw away’ Hurricanes to protect merchant shipping as the vessels crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane’s fuel was exhausted, the aircraft either had to be abandoned or ditched; ahead of the convoy if [...]
This sheet contains decals for an F3H-2N Demon, VF-14, USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVL-42), NAS Cecil Field, FL, 1957 and F3B-19 Demon, VF-33, USS Shangri-La (CVA-38), NAS Cecil Field, FL, 1963. Available in 1:48 and 1:32 scales, these two-sheet sets cover three 363rd TFW machines with ‘nose art’: MAX THRUST, a machine with an [...]
This sheet contains decals for an F3H-2N Demon, VF-14, USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVL-42), NAS Cecil Field, FL, 1957 and F3B-19 Demon, VF-33, USS Shangri-La (CVA-38), NAS Cecil Field, FL, 1963. Available in 1:48 and 1:32 scales, these two-sheet sets cover three 363rd TFW machines with ‘nose art’: MAX THRUST, a machine with an [...]
No. 84 Sqn’s Akrotiri-based Griffon HAR. Mk 2s provide vital search-and-rescue cover for units deployed to Cyprus. (Stefan Degraef/Edwin Borremans) There is a benefit from this change in that this column will now also encompass Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps 1:1 and modelling news. Ironically, 1 have received e-mails from people wanting to [...]