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Revell’s new-tool 1:48 Tornado IDS in RAF colours
THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF A TORNADO
TANK KILLER
IN QUARTER-INCH SCALE Tamiya’s 1:48 Sturmgeschutz III ausf.G
Tamiya’s 1:48 F4U-1 Corsair, Pacific Theatre
GUADALCANAL 1943 Fujimi Yamaha FZR-750, Diamond-T wrecker truck references, plus kits, books and accessories…
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Issue 228 October 2014 EDITOR Marcus Nicholls editor@tamiyamodelmagazine.com
Contents Co Cont
GUADALCANAL 1943 Tamiya’s 1:48 F4U-1 Corsair, Pacific theatre PAGE 34
4 NEWS DESK New kit and model product news 6 HARDER THAN DIAMOND Modelling refs for the Diamond-T wrecker truck 12 SEVENTEEN POUNDS OF DESTRUCTION Tamiya’s 1:48 Achilles M10 IIC previewed 14 BLUE BRUISER FROM THE BOLD D’OR Fujimi 1:12 Yamaha FZR750 Tech21 in 1985 Bol d’Or Endurance Race scheme 28 WARRIOR OF THE RIVER PLATE Building and painting Trumpeter’s 1:350 Graf Spee
TANK KILLER IN QUARTER-INCH SCALE Tamiya’s 1:48 Sturmgeschutz III ausf.G PAGE 20
40 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES New and recently issued modelling accessories 52 NEW RELEASES KITS New model kits reviewed 56 LUXEMBOURG’S LONGEST LINER! Revell 1:144 Boeing 747-8 ‘Cargolux’ previewed 58 BOOK REVIEWS New modelling-related books reviewed 60 ELCO PT BOAT IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY! Merit’s new 1:48 Elco PT boat previewed 64 CONTACTS Where to buy the products used and reviewed in TMMI 66 THE EDITOR’S PAGE The Editor’s thoughts on scale modelling topics
THE TWIST AND TURNS OF A TORNADO Revell’s new-tool 1:48 Tornado IDS in RAF colours PAGE 44
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Newsdesk IN BRIEF...
If you have news of forthcoming model, armour, aircraft or car events, changes of address or just interesting information to share, please write to: TMMI Newsdesk, ADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, UK Tel: 01525 222573 Fax: 01525 222574 Email: modmagint@aol.com
NEW FROM TAMIYA
1:35 JAGDPANZER IV L/70 LANG (V)
TAMIYA 1:10 RC ENEOS SUSTINA RC F Screwdriver Pro M Screwdriver Pro L hobbyco.net
The latest addition to the 1:35 Military Miniatures series is an entirely newly-designed kit of the fearsome WW2 German tank destroyer 'Jagdpanzer IV Lang'. The vehicle was based on the Panzer IV and used sloped armour with the 48-calibre 7.5cm gun, upgraded in January 1944 with the longer and more powerful 70-calibre 7.5cm anti-tank gun, giving it the name 'Lang' (long). The (V) was applied to vehicles manufactured by the German company Vomag. Tamiya's new kit depicts a vehicle manufactured after September 1944, when the use of zimmerit was discontinued. It will come with two partial figures and will include three markings-options to depict western front (including Battle of the Bulge) and eastern front vehicles. The front pair of roadwheels on each side are the steeltyred type and the model will come with easy to use, one-piece tracks. Tamiya will also release a metal gun barrel (12660) for the kit. www.hobbyco.net
NEW FROM TAMIYA
1:48 BRITISH DINGO MK.II ARMOURED SCOUT CAR
BRACH MODEL 1:35 Lorraine 27L(f) full resin kit (French & German versions) brachmodel.it
BRONCO MODEL Panzerbefehlswagen 35(t) 75mm Pack howitzer M1A1 (British Airborne) hannants.co.uk
A surprise release from Tamiya for the end of autumn is the WW2 British Dingo Mk.II armoured scout car, in 1:48. This little model will be just 69mm in length and will come with parts to have the roof in the open or closed position. A driver and commander figure will be included and a single markings-option will be for the European Theatre of Operations, WW2. www.hobbyco.net Photo shows prototype model
NEW FROM TAMIYA 1:35 PANZERWERFER 42 UPDATED Also on the way from Tamiya is a slight re-working of the Italeri Panzerwerfer 42 German self-propelled rocket launcher, which will come with link-length tracks, updated nebelwerfer parts, new machine gun, improved rivet detail and tools, plus two Tamiya crew figures. If you are more of a collector than a builder, Tamiya are to release the new 1:24 LaFerrari in built-up form, and in all-over white! Finally, the 1:48 Krupp Protze gets an artillery-type rear deck and a 3.7cm Pak gun to tow. www.hobbyco.net
DRAGON MODELS 1:35 Panzerkampfwagen T-34-747(r) hobbyco.net
SCUDS INCOMING! 1:35 RUSSIAN-MADE MISSILE LAUNCHERS REVELL 1:32 Piper PA18 with Bushwheels 1:32 Eurocopter EC145 DRF 1:24 1953 Corvette Roadster 1:28 Model Set Sopwith F1 CAMEL revell.de/en
RODEN 1:72 Fairchild HC-123B Provider 1:72 Fairchild C-119C Boxcar pocketbond.co.uk
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It's well over twenty years since Dragon’s release in 1:35 of the Scud B and MAZ-543 launcher, so it was about time for a new kit – but who'd have thought that two new kits would be announced at the same time? Meng and Trumpeter are developing their own, completely different kits of this massive Soviet Cold-War vehicle, Meng doing the Scud B and Trumpeter the Scud C. It'll be very interesting to see how they compare! www.creativemodels.co.uk www.pocketbond.co.uk
NEW FROM J&S TECHNOLOGIES 1:35 USN Swift Boat
Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), also known as Swift Boats, were 50-foot long aluminium-hulled craft, used by the United States Navy to patrol the coastal areas and interior waterways during the Vietnam War. A new resin 1:35 kit of this vessel is on its way soon, from J&S Technologies. More contact details soon. www.jandstechnologies.com
NEW FROM EDUARD 1:72 F-16 DETAILING
We took a detailed look at Tamiya's new-tool 1:72 F-16CJ Block 50 back in Issue No.225, and now Eduard have stepped in with a very handy two-fret set for the kit, including cockpit consoles, ejector-seat details, undercarriage add-ons, canopy locking-hooks and more. www.eduard.com
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NEW FROM REVELL 1:24 BLOWER BENTLEY On the way soon from Revell is the famous 1930s 'Blower Bentley', perhaps the best know supercharged car ever. This kit will come with complete engine detail. www.revell.de/en
NEW FROM REVELL 1:24 BMW M1 PROCAR
Good news for fans of classic motorsport, and BMWs in particular, as the 1:24 M1 is on its way back. The kit comes with a detailed engine and cabin interior, plus that enormous rear wing! www.revell.de/en
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NEW FROM HOBBYBOSS
1:35 T-35 RUSSIAN HEAVY TANK The 1930s multiturreted T-35 is on its way from Hobbyboss and it's packed with Russian character. The kit comes consists of over 590 parts, linkand-length tracks plus photoetched brass components. www.creativemodels.co.uk
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MODELLING REFERENCES DIAMOND T 969A WRECKER
HARDER THAN DIAMOND With a clutch of new and recent 1:35 kits of the mighty Diamond-T truck now in circulation (Accurate Armour and Merit Model's Diamond-T tank transporters and Mirror Model's T969A Wrecker and T968 Cargo), we present some reference photos of a beautifully preserved T969, seen at the 2013 War and Peace Revival' show, Folkestone, UK.
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he US ‘Diamond T’ company had built up a good reputation for the production of robust and strongly engineered trucks by the start of the Second World War. Their tank transporter and tractor combination was mainly allocated to Allied forces via the Lend-Lease scheme and a good number were issued to the British Army, especially in the Mediterranean, Middle-East and Far-East theatres of operation. The recovery or 'wrecker' truck was capable of recovering vehicles heavier than it was
rated for, but not as heavy as the loads that could be recovered by the Mac, Ward LaFrance or British Scammell trucks. The Diamond T wrecker was fitted with a pair of heavy duty Holmes twin-booms; a boom on one side could be used to move a disabled vehicle the other boom could be deployed and anchored to a solid object to stabilise the vehicle during lifting. The Diamond T was equipped with stabiliser legs on both sides to keep the vehicle upright while the booms were being used for side-lift operations.
Diamond T T969A wrecker specs Engine;....................................................Hercules RXC6 cylinder petrol Length;...............................................................................24ft 3in (7.39m) Width; .................................................................................. 8ft 3in (2.51m) Height;.................................................................................. 9ft 8in (2.94m) Wheelbase;........................................................................11ft 7in (3.53m) Chassis winch;......................................................... 7½ US tons capacity Combined crane lift;...........................................10 tons capacity (max)
The massive bumper of the truck features a large vice fitted to its left-side corner for maintenance jobs.
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On the left-side fender we find the truck’s large, combination siren/spotlight. The small light is a formation light for convoy-travel after dark.
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The headlights are protected by sturdy brush-guards made from welded steel-strip and rod. The horn sits behind it, also with a guard.
Close-up of left front wheel and suspension details; steering arms, damper linkage and mudguard bracket.
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The Diamond-T wrecker truck was a highly capable machine that pulled many a Jeep and Dodge – and others – from the mire.
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This is the hard-cab version of the truck; a canvas-topped 'soft-cab' version was also produced, as kitted by Mirror Models.
Detail view of the cabin step and fuel tank showing anti-slip pattern and jerrycan.
Tailgate with retention chains and twin rear bumpers. Note the side reflectors.
View of the Holmes booms, showing their tubular central structure and L-section stiffener strips.
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KIT PREVIEW
TAMIYA 1:48 BRITISH TANK DESTROYER M10 IIC ACHILLES ● KIT NO.32582
17pdr gun’s muzzle brake is moulded in two halves for best internal detail.
The Achilles kit comes with a re-tooled turret for the 17pdr gun.
Drive sprockets are very well detailed.
Close-up view of the turret counterweights.
The 17pdr main gun is finely detailed as it’s on show through the turret roof.
Twin Sten-guns for crew self-defence.
A full complement of 17pdr ammunition is provided.
Upper hull can now be fitted with add-on armour for the glacis.
Sherman-type suspension bogies. Markings for just one vehicle, Chelsea, are provided.
SEVENTEEN POUNDS OF DESTRUCTION
Sherman wheels are beautifully moulded.
The Editor looks in the box of Tamiya’s new 1:48 WW2 British Achilles tank destroyer, equipped with the lethal 17pdr gun
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t’s hard believe that Tamiya released the 1:48 US Army M10 Tank Destroyer the best part of ten years ago, coming out at the height of the 1:48 armour kit ‘revival’. I built the kit for Issue No.1 of TMMI’s sister magazine, Model Military International (see inset pic below) and it was a lovely little thing but had a one-piece cast metal lower hull, which, while not a big problem, wasn’t as detailed as an injectionmoulded plastic structure could be. Now, with the release of the British ‘M10 IIC Achilles’ variant we have a three-part plastic lower hull which is a little more modeller-friendly. The new kit depicts the 17pdr-armed tank destroyer, the same gun that was used in the Sherman Firefly which proved effective against the heavily armoured German tanks of the late war period. As with the real vehicle, the turret and mantlet
have been re-configured to accommodate the British gun. Also on the new sprue is the 17pdr breech itself, finely detailed with all controls and side guards included; all necessary parts, as the turret interior is fully on show in this open-topped vehicle. Some revisions have been made to the ‘A’ sprue (x2) too. Only one set of markings is provided, an Achilles of I Corps, Normandy, summer 1944. It’s named ‘Chelsea’ and has a single Allied star on each hull side plus divisional insignia on the front and rear plates. ● MODEL SPEC SCALE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IM, PC, WS Availability: Good model shops everywhere www.hobbyco.net TMMI’S OPINION? This is a very welcome British addition to the 1:48 armour range and will take its place alongside the other vehicles in the line-up! MN
Tracks are provided in the form of link-and-length runs.
Main gun detail parts.
Lower hull is now in kit plastic, no longer cast in metal.
Revised main gun mantlet for the British 17pdr-armed vehicle.
Inner sections of the turret counterweights.
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FULL-BUILD: RACING MOTORCYCLE FUJIMI 1:12 YAMAHA FZR750 TECH21 SHISEIDO RACING TEAM 1985 â—? KIT NO.141312
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airly recently, Fujimi and Hasegawa, mainly known for their beautiful aircraft kits, decided to produce motorcycle models too. This was a pleasant surprise as they chose to tackle innovative machines and the level of detail is impressively high. While Hasegawa is interested in the 250cc Japanese World Champions, Fujimi, has taken on the endurance machines of the 1980s. Their catalogue
already lists the 1986 Suzuki GSX-R 750, 1987 Yamaha YZF-750, and the topic of this article, the 1985 Yamaha FZR 750R. In the '80s, endurance races had a renewed boost of interest and Yamaha wanted a part of the action. The bike uses a Deltabox framework developed from that of the YZR500 Grand Prix and an engine from the FZ750. Fujimi's kit comes with the colours of Tech21 as ridden by Taira/Roberts but the
bike that was sent to France for the '85 Bol d'Or would be ridden by Christian Sarron, Thierry EspiĂŠ and Jacques Cornu. It was painted in the colours of Sonauto, the French importer of Yamaha plus a well known French tobacco company, a more logical choice for the French market than Tech21. It is this scheme that French artisan-producer 'Blue Stuff' (Dexter Models) has chosen as an optional scheme for the kit, and
it is produced to a very high quality. For the record, the actual bike was subsequently repainted in the Tech21 colours for the Yamaha museum in Japan, where the company took a hundred photos. These are now posted on Fujimi's website (see Modelspec for web address) providing some excellent photos to aid the modeller in their superdetailing efforts should they desire.
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ROM THE BOLD D'OR When Fujimi released a newly-tooled motorcycle kit, it was seen as good news in an area of the hobby where these days, new bike kits are few and far between. Phil Devos builds the 1:12 Yamaha FZR750 Tech21 in the scheme of the 1985 Bol d'Or Endurance Race, the Le Mans 24 hours of the motorcycle racing world... EDITOR'S NOTE ABOUT TOBACCO LOGOS As you may know, we are forbidden from showing tobacco-company logos in TMMI. However, we don't want to miss the opportunity of bringing you top quality motorsport models that may sometimes carry these logos and so where they occur, we have obscured them with photoediting software in the least obtrusive manner possible. We hope this doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the motorsport articles in TMMI. Any commercial decal sets used in articles that include these logos are unaffected by our alterations.
On this bike, the front is peppered with black rivets (twenty-one in total). Moulded in relief, they look better if replaced with 0.8mm rivets from Model Factory Hiro. They can be set in place with a drop of white glue or just with the thickness of the black paint on the shaft before sinking them into their location.
Similarly, the lower cowling was drilled in readiness for the placement of micro-screws from Top Studio. This was useful because, curiously, Fujimi didn't provide a system for securing this body part. Should we just glue the fairing in place, according to the instructions? Similarly, the snap-fastening front fascia was drilled to accept Tamiya screws, whose heads had been ground flat for more realism.
On the muffler the author took the opportunity to add the retaining spring (by Top Studio) with a triangular photo-etched bracket (modified from a set for a Yamaha M1) bonded with cyano and drilled to receive some rivets. The plate that secures the muffler is already glued to the frame but, inevitably, it broke during the painting. Fortunately, the fit was so good, that in the end, nothing showed!
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HIGH DEFINITION
Fujimi's model is a great product with correct shapes, a good fit of parts and accurate detail; the screw heads have slots and some tiny bolts are actually hexagonal when viewed under the microscope! In addition, the plastic is hard enough to withstand handling without breaking, but soft enough for easy trimming and sanding. There still a few design blunders but these are easily correctable. Assembly is different to a motorcycle kit by Tamiya because no micro-screws are used. Metal shafts are used to secure the engine, the wheels and the rear suspension arm and just a small drop of glue is needed to fix them in place. Furthermore, certain elements in several areas must be painted separately before bonding to parts that have already been painted. This requires attention to detail but nothing that's insurmountable.
All mechanical elements that were to receive of the same colour of paint were assembled and painted in one session; engine, tank, injection system, brakes, suspension and radiator.
The piston of the steering damper was shortened to fit into its sheath; the cut-down part was replaced with a section of Evergreen tube (in white). The rear shock – piston and separate spring – will be painted later.
There should be two small rods for throttle cables, mysteriously forgotten by Fujimi. Two sections of stretched sprue (0.5mm) were glued in place.
The metallic finish on this bike is very important, so the parts were double-undercoated in grey primer, then sprayed with Tamiya Gloss Black (TS-14). A polish with compounds finished off this procedure.
Tamiya putty, smoothed with acetone, fills the cavities formed by the constraints of the moulding processes, later sanded down. Some areas deserve the same treatment but as they would be completely invisible, the author was lazy (his words), so he didn't bother!
Tamiya TS-83 Gloss Aluminum was sprayed onto the engine and Alclad II Polished Aluminum used on the frame, swing-arm and also silencer. A colour-wash of diluted X-19 Smoke created a lightly used appearance on the engine block and enhanced the weld details of the frame. What a result! The quality of the moulding is quite something, highlighted with this paint/wash process. The engine was trapped in the framework, firmly closed-up with cyano acrylate glue.
The modeller must juggle the swing arm, chain, brake and wheel to get them to fit together on the frame, but with patience and a methodical approach, you get there. The rear brake hose is moulded in, but it’s easier to remove it and replace with a section of vinyl tubing, fastened with loops of black fishing line. The rear rim was painted with TS-21 Gold, TS-83 Metallic Silver was used for the chain (crown) and Citadel Boltgun Metal brush-painted on the links, all covered with a generous colour-wash of Tamiya X-19 Smoke.
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Once the front end had been assembled and fixed (the front rim with blue-painted mudguard in place), the detailing can begin. The fuel tank was enhanced with electrical wire plus a piece of transparent fuel tube. Electrical feeds for the tail-lights were added, here waiting for attachment inside the backrest. The large radiator hoses were wrapped with thermal insulation (aluminium tape).
Behind the dials is a jumble of different cables whose paths were unknown to the author, who, by his own admission, is decidedly inexperienced when it comes to mechanics, so they were shamefully poked between the fuel tank and radiator... Sorry purists! The superb brake discs were drilled and have an exemplary detail. The 'Michelin Radial' decals by Blue Stuff feature a superb matt varnish. They were placed directly on the rubber, without undercoat or other gloss coats and they held up well. On the front fork right, you will notice the Michelin logo is placed upside down (gasp!) but this was corrected for the photos of the finished model.
The hose to the rear brake's master-cylinder comes moulded in the kit. It was carefully removed and replaced with a piece of clear tube, tinted with transparent green.
Positive/negative posts and cables were added to the side of the battery, although they'll end up hidden under the tank cover. The added aluminium tape is a 'fig leaf' after a trace of glue was left on the beautiful aluminium paint... The damper reservoir (in gold), was connected to the damper by a section of transparent tubing. Thanks to Fujimi's online photo references, the electrical connectors were also recreated with small parts from a Top Studio resin set, plus wiring.
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KIND OF BLUE...
For painting, Fujimi recommends paints by Mr Hobby or Mr Color. I replaced these with Tamiya Sprays and Alclad II which offer a flawless finish. The choice of cobalt blue for the fairings proved trickier. Only the Mr Color brand offers the correct blue, in a jar (H80 Cobalt Blue) but I wanted to work with sprays, which are the easiest to use for most of us. I tested various different blue sprays but none were close enough to the exact shade. I finally chose Tamiya TS-44 Brilliant Blue which dries to a beautiful finish and works well with the Blue Stuff decals. I experienced a lot of fun 'riding' my first Fujimi kit; a model of high quality, original design and an assembly process that's slightly different to conventional kits. Also, a French livery made in France; who could ask for more! Highly recommended! Thank you Bob, for the historical background. ●
The choice of blue was complicated as the author didn't have the exact Mr Color H80 Cobalt Blue to hand. The blue obtained with Tamiya TS-51 Mica Blue (blue circle) gives the appropriate shade but is almost a metallic colour, so should be avoided. Another blue (red circle) could do the trick – albeit a bit dark – but it reacted with the plastic, causing micro-cracks that had to be filled with layers of primer. Eventually, Tamiya TS-44 Brilliant Blue (green circle) was settled on; a stop-gap, but acceptable because it has a very beautiful finish.
The Blue Stuff decals are excellent and as long as you get them fully wet, they pose no problem. They are so thin that the softener was only used sparingly on recesses and cut areas.
Blue Stuff includes a red decal for the back of the bodywork that has a more vivid colour than the one on the Fujimi sheet. The contrast between the gloss blue and matt number plate number is very interesting and gives visual 'relief' to the bike. The varnish used on the fairings is Tamiya TS-13 Clear and no reaction was noted when it was applied over the markings, so much the better!
The blue name-strip on the windscreen was cut flush with the black number panel, temporarily placed for this operation. Once the screen and fairings had been varnished, the solid black, which must have a matt finish, is again positioned and finally matt varnished.
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A small pad was present above the saddle in the French Tech21 release but not on the version of the box. If you have ever built Tamiya YZRs or NSRs from the '90s/2000s, you must have full box spares, but if not, just use plastic card!
For this kit, Fujimi has set a very high bar for mechanical detail and overall realism. The imposing and muscular look of the big Yamaha is emphasised when 'naked', as here. We want more!
What a face! Once the fairings are fitted, the FZR-750R looks like a menacing robot with its large and rather unsightly rectangular light block. It is typical of the '80s where motorcycle designers expertly mated power and performance, without worrying too much about aesthetics.
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Triumph TR8 IMSA 1980 Group 44 1:43 resin & metal kit by RPM
Macchi M52 Schneider Trophy 1927 1:32 resin & metal kit by Marsh Models Aerotech
Porsche 934 DRM Champion 1976 Wollek 1:24 plastic kit by Tamiya
MODELSPEC FUJIMI 1:12 YAMAHA FZR750 TECH21 SHISEIDO RACING TEAM 1985 KIT NO.141312
Accessories used;
Blue Stuff; Decals for Yamaha FZR750 Bol D'Or 1985 No.12-001 (from www.hiroboy.com) Model Factory Hiro; Rivets 0.8mm, Top Studio; screw connectors
Paints used:
Tamiya Sprays; White Primer, TS-44 Brilliant Blue, TS-13 Gloss, TS-14, Gloss Black, TS-29 Satin Black, TS-21 Gold, TS-83 Silver Zero Paints now offer 'Cobalt Blue' for this bike (ZP-1209) from www.hiroboy.com Alclad II; Polished Aluminum, Chrome, White Aluminum, Steel. Tamiya Acrylics; X-13 Metallic Blue, X-19 Smoke, XF-1 Flat Black, XF-25 Clear Green Citadel: Black, White, Mithril Silver, Boltgun Metal Humbrol; Matt Black 33
Online references;
http://fujimi.suppa.jp/TAIRAKENNY.html (detail views)
Tools used:
Swann-Morton scalpel blades Nos.10 and 11, wet and dry sandpaper 600, 800, 1000, 1200, Tamiya Compound Coarse, Fine and Finish, Micro Mesh polishing pads, Mini drill, Patafix filler and plasticine, Microsol decal solutions, rubbing alcohol, toothpicks, superglue, Tamiya Extra Thin Liquid Cement, small files (Multirex), small scissors and tweezers by Tamiya, Tamiya Masking Tape 18mm, 40mm, Aizu masking tape 0.7mm, 0.5mm, 2.5mm
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Ferrari 250GTO ‘64 1:12 resin & metal kit by Model Factory Hiro (with moving engine internals!)
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FULL-BUILD: 1:48 ARMOUR TAMIYA 1:48 STURMGESCHUTZ III AUSF. G ● KIT NO.32525
TANK KILLER IN QUARTER-INCH SCALE Pat Johnston describes the building, painting, and finishing of Tamiya's Sturmgeschutz III ausf. G in 1:48
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he Sturmgeschutz, or more commonly, 'Stug' family of vehicles was the German military’s way of using the chassis and running gear of an existing tank and deleting the turret to mount a larger, limited traverse main gun. The Panzer III tank was the main type used and it initially mounted a double-barrelled 75mm low velocity howitzer to provide close support for infantry assaults. This type of design was a cheaper and easier alternative to building a more expensive, fully turreted tank, and thus the vehicle went through a design evolution, mounting larger and larger guns. The final version of the Stug III was the ausf. G version. This vehicle mounted the very potent 75mm high velocity anti-tank gun, and was used as a tank destroyer. The infantry received the Stuh III, which mounted a 105mm howitzer to deal with gun pits and bunkers. Although a fixed gun provided only limited flexibility in combat, the Stug III was extremely dangerous when used en-masse in an ambush defensive role, bringing lethal firepower to bear on any opponent. Tamiya’s model of the Stug III ausf. G in 1:48 is an older release, but it is still a good foundation for a kit. Although some detail is simplified, the kit is a good base for however much additional detail the modeller wants to add. On my model, I didn’t add much in the way of additions, I simply added some modest details wherever I felt the model could use a little help. I did, however, add a replacement 75mm gun from RB Models. The price was great, and the improvement is obvious. This article will be more of a pictorial story, and I will call out all details and painting and weathering tricks as I show them. My techniques are very simple, and well within the scope and skills of all modellers. Follow along and I’ll show how I built my Stug III ausf. G... ●
Several views of the completely built model, showing all additions by the author.
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This close-up view shows how the author carefully drilled out all the tracks’ A portion of the rear mudguard was removed to simulate slight damage to the guide horns for more realism. Not difficult to do, but tedious. We also see the vehicle. Note how the author used ground sage as a paste to simulate mud modified hub on the kit’s drive wheel. and earth accumulations.
Stretched sprue was used to simulate spare track pins. Period pictures often show this type of arrangement.
The stowage items were sourced from the spares box. These items are mainly from Plus Models.
The author wound three strands of fine copper wire to make these towing hawsers. They were then glued into the kit hawser ends.
To suggest this vehicle is serving on the “eastern front, the author added a section of T34 tracks, used as extra armour... ”
Here’s a close-up of the gorgeous RB Models 75mm gun; www.rbmodel.com
To suggest this vehicle is serving on the eastern front, the author added a section of T34 tracks, used as extra armour.
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Here the author is using Tamiya acrylic XF-19 Sky Grey as a primer/ base coat. This colour ensures a uniform colour for all other colours to follow.
At this point, all the detail pieces; such as the tracks, and all stowage items, are picked out using various Humbrol enamels. In this way, they will be protected in the next step.
The base Dunkelgelb colour is mixed using XF-3 Flat Yellow, and XF-60 Dark Yellow. There is no formula; the shade was mixed by eye.
The author then added XF-2 Flat White to this shade to lighten the colour. This was sprayed over the top surfaces to suggest some modest sun bleaching.
'Future' brand floor wax is used to give the model a smooth gloss coat for the decals. This gloss coat will also protect the paint from the harsh weathering treatments to come.
The decals were applied now. Gunze’s Mr. Mark Softer was used to settle the decals down on the surface of the model.
To return the model to a matt finish, the author used Vallejo’s excellent acrylic Matt Varnish #70.520. Several thin, misted coats of the Matt Varnish give best results.
The washes can now begin. The most frequently used colours were these three: Winsor and Newton ‘Winton’ #25 Lamp Black, #40 Titanium White, and #35 Raw Umber. Most effects can be achieved with these colours.
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The pigment powders are applied more heavily to the tracks. They would naturally receive the heaviest muck.
The author diluted the pigments in clean thinner and applied them like a wash for greater control. This technique is often used on road wheels and on tracks as well.
This paste is then flicked in an upward motion over the entire lower hull. Fingertips can be used to flick the slurry on but practice this on a scrap model first, as this trick can easily get out of control. This method restores definition to the track detail, without losing the feel of caked mud.
An artist’s ‘stump’ is now used to apply powdered graphite to the high points of the track. This will simulate the polished steel of the contact points of the tracks.
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This set of signs is in 1:35 and is designed for use on dioramas. Each sign features slightly raised text and the waterslide decals can be applied to plastic card backing plates which can then be mounted on poles or brackets.
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Humbrol #67 Tank Grey enamel paint was used to pick out the rubber on the road wheels. Never use straight black for this task, it looks less realistic. A grey shade always looks better.
Time spent on the details is time well spent!
The 75mm main gun could now be permanently installed.
Thinned Tamiya X-1 Gloss Black was used to recreate wet stains from refuelling and/or rushed maintenance.
Here we have a close-up showing the loader’s MG34 machine gun.
Short lengths of spare 35mm film negative were glued in place to simulate the glass lenses of the optics.
By varying the shades of the spare track links, more visual impact is created.
Some more graphite was rubbed into the gun’s muzzle. The author never blackens muzzles, this did generally not happen on WWII era anti-tank guns.
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MODELSPEC TAMIYA 1:48 STURMGESCHUTZ III AUSF. G KIT NO.32525
Materials;
Injection-moulded sand coloured polystyrene, waterslide decals
Paints used;
Tamiya; XF19 Sky Grey, XF-3 Flat Yellow, XF-60 Dark Yellow, XF-2 Flat White, Tamiya X-1 Gloss Black Humbrol; #67 Tank Grey, Humbrol enamel Matt 81 Vallejo; Matt Varnish #70.520 Oil paints; #25 Lamp Black, #40 Titanium White, and #35 Raw Umber.
Other materials used;
Gunze Mr. Mark Softer, Mig Productions 'Russian Earth' pigment, Fine copper wire, stowage items from Plus Models
Availability;
Plus Models, Mig Pigments, Vallejo paints; www.creativemodels.co.uk
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FULL-BUILD: NAVAL MODELLING TRUMPETER 1:350 GRAF SPEE ● KIT NO.05316
WARRIOR
OF THE RIVER PLATE Ulf Lundberg describes the building and painting of Trumpeter's Graf Spee in 1:350
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raf Spee was the third and last of the ‘Deutschland Class’ ships. In Germany they were referred to as 'Panzerschiffe' which means 'armoured ships'. In other countries they were called 'pocket battleships' They were designed to be merchant raiders, to be faster than the stronger enemy ships and to be stronger then the faster enemy ships. In this aspect their design was very successful. The mighty Royal Navy had only three ships – HMS Hood, HMS Renown and HMS Repulse – that were both fast enough to catch up with them and strong enough to beat them. The French navy had nothing and built the Dunkerque and Strassbourg as a response. It is worth noting that the first ship of this class of offensive ships, the 'Deutschland', was ordered in 1928, five years before Hitler came to power. Their displacement was officially 10,000 tons in order to comply with the regulations of the Versailles Treaty, but Graf Spee's displacement was actually 14,890 tons. She was launched the 30th June 1934, commissioned on 6th January 1936 and after her trials she took part in the neutrality watch during the Spanish Civil War. In August 1939, before WW2 had started, she and several supply ships were sent to the South Atlantic to lay in waiting, ready to start commerce raiding. From 30th September to 7th December 1939, Graf Spee sank nine Allied merchant ships. Enormous Allied naval forces were employed to hunt her down and on 13th December 1939 she was spotted off Montevideo, Uruguay, by the British cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Achilles. In the ensuing battle, HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax were badly damaged and HMNZS Achilles was lightly damaged. Graf Spee received light damage and used up most of her ammunition. She sought refuge in the neutral harbour of Montevideo but was only allowed a seventy-two hour respite to repair her damages. Rather
than running the gauntlet across the Atlantic with a damaged ship low on ammunition, commodore Langsdorf scuttled his ship just outside the harbour and then committed suicide. The wreck burned for three days and is still visible at low tide.
THE KIT
The quality of the kit is what I would call 'standard Trumpeter ship model quality', in that it's good, but not exceptional. If you build it out of the box, it will look okay. If you do some old-school detailing and add some PE, it can be turned into a quite a good looking model. I started my build with my usual strengthening of the hull as I prefer to display my ship models standing on brass posts on an oak baseplate. Since the hull will spend most of the time during the building process standing on the posts and the baseplate, it's important that it is well secured. Once the hull is standing on the baseplate, I don't touch it much. I do most of the handling of the model by holding it by the baseplate, thus reducing the risk of damaging the model. Having the model well secured to the baseplate also helps reduce the risk of damage when I travel to shows and contests, which I do quite a lot. I strengthened the hull by gluing two longitudinal bulkheads about one centimetre apart on either side of the keel. For this I used the piece of plastic intended as a bottom piece if you choose to use the waterline option. Cut lengthwise it gives you two wonderfully stiff and hard bulkheads. Inside of the bulkheads I then fitted a pair of box-like structures that I braced with two bulkheads athwartships which were filled with Milliput. Using a bench drill I then made two vertical holes for the posts through the Milliput and drilled corresponding holes in the baseplate. It's practically impossible to drill perfectly vertical holes by free hand so a bench drill is necessary in this case. If the holes aren't perfectly vertical, the model will list or be down by the bow or by the stern, TMMI 228 October 2014
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noticeable. I made the posts from 2mm piano wire, which is more than stiff enough for this purpose. The posts go almost all the way through the baseplate and almost all the way up to the underside of the deck. The parts of the posts that you see when the model is finished are short pieces of brass tubing threaded over the piano wire. Once I had strengthened the hull and glued the deck I started the tedious process of filling and sanding the waterline joint. The hull is divided in an upper and a lower part with a joint along the waterline. This allows the manufacturer to say that the model can be built either as a full hull or as a waterline model. In reality this means that those of us who like to build full hull models end up spending hours filling and sanding, especially if the fit between the upper and lower parts of the hull leaves something to be wished for, which in this case it did.
SOME GENERAL THOUGHTS ON DETAILING
There is no end to the number of details you can add to a ship model; you can go on detailing it forever. This means that you have to decide on what level of detailing you want to achieve. When deciding this, you need to have a realistic idea of how much patience you have and of the time and effort you are ready to put into your model. If you set your sights too high, there is a great risk that your model will end up being just another unfinished project. You also need to consider how much money you are ready to spend on aftermarket parts. In my experience, it does more to the overall realism of your model, if you avoid overworking the detailing and put some more effort into the painting instead. It should also be pointed out, that just adding aftermarket parts will not necessarily make your model look better. Traditional old school detailing, thinning down, replacing moulded plastic rods with piano wire and simple detailing with plastic card sometimes do more for the overall realism of your
model than adding PE and resin parts. The winning recipe is to find a good mix between old school detailing and aftermarket parts.
Inside of the bulkheads the author built two 'boxes' braced with two bulkheads athwartships. The boxes were filled with Milliput and using a bench drill, two vertical holes were made for the posts through the Milliput.
BUILDING AND DETAILING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE
The superstructure of the Graf Spee is relatively simple, so dividing it into paintable sub-assemblies is fairly easy. For the detailing I used photo-etch from White Ensign. Their set is designed for the Hobbyboss kit of Graf Spee, but it works reasonably well for Trumpeter's kit as well. I replaced the kits gun barrels with turned ones from Master Models. The fit between the bridge wings and the central turret is not perfect. I filled the gap with 0.25mm plastic strip and then carefully sanded and dry-fitted the bridge wings to the central turret. The alternative would have been to glue them in place, fill the gap with putty and then sand it down. That, however, would have made masking and painting more difficult and also made it more difficult to fit the PE handrails. Fitting the handrails to the funnel took lot of trial and error before I found a way to fit the handrails to the curved surfaces of the funnel. Some words not found in ordinary dictionaries crossed my lips...
Once finished with the basic hull construction, attention was turned to the propellers and their shafts. The struts to the propeller bearings were thinned down to a more streamlined shape and the propeller blades received a similar treatment. The author added extra detailing to the bridge wings and other platforms. Their bulwarks are way too thick, so they were thinned down and stanchions added using 0.25mm plastic strip.
GUNS
Replacing the kits moulded gun barrels with turned ones, is not such an easy decision as it may seem. Although turned barrels undoubtedly look better, they are also harder to fit well. Especially on double or triple gun mounts, where it's essential that the barrels are parallel. For the 28cm main guns I tried to get them parallel by threading the bases of the barrels on to a rod, align the whole package over a piece of graph paper and then glue them together with liquid cement. The attempt was not entirely successful and after fitting the guns to their turret I had to use some force to align them parallel. The 37mm double mounts provided by the kit are a bit crude, so I used the photo-etched ones from White Ensign instead. They look a bit 'hollow' and 'flat' so
The author postponed gluing the platforms to the turret until after the handrails had been fitted and all the parts had been painted. Quite a lot of dry-fitting was required to make sure that everything would come together well once painted.
The next step was to fit handrails and watertight doors to the turret. This was quite easy, since the author could use the moulded handrails as guides for the photo-etched ones. They were glued with diluted white glue, since that gives more time for adjustments than CA-glue.
Gluing the straight part of the handrail to the funnel and then bending the rest of it so that it followed the rounded part of the funnel proved to be impossible. Either it would not stick or it would not be horizontal.
It’s hard to say whether it's better to cut the handrail so that one piece goes round the entire funnel, or if it's better to do it in two halves. Both ways were equally difficult and several pieces of handrail were scrapped before a half decent result was achieved.
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The 15cm single mounts were reasonably easy. The author also detailed the gun mounts with the inner rounded shields, made from styrene tubing.
The breakwater on the foredeck is a bit crude so the author thinned it down. It got lost sometime during the building process, so another was built from 0.25mm strip.
I filled them out with pieces of styrene and added turned barrels. For the 20mm single guns I simply cut off the moulded barrels and replaced them with pieces of 0.2mm guitar string. Of course there are turned ones to be had, but I think that's overshooting it. There are other more important things I prefer to spend my detailing energy on.
SHIP'S BOATS
Ship's boats are usually neglected by the manufacturers, Trumpeter's Graf Spee being no exception. The cutters are moulded in one piece and as a consequence, the thwarts look like boxes, and there are no floorboards either. I cut the boxlike thwarts away and took the opportunity to thin down the gunwales from the inside. Then I added floorboards from scribed PC and glued a piece of thin strip below the gunwale to support the
The author built new masts from piano wire and copper tubing. The plastic ones are too soft and will bend to the tension of the rigging. A rigging jig was used to make sure the yardarms were glued at a right angle to the mast. The pieces were held in place with small pieces of tape and then glued together with CA-glue.
The 10.5cm double mounts are beautifully moulded. Replacing the barrels with turned ones makes them look even better, but again the problem is, getting the barrels parallel. The author ended up settling for 'close enough'.
After carefully cutting them away from the sprues, the gunwale was thinned down a bit more by sanding on the outside. Later on, after the boats were painted, the author detailed them further with photo-etched oars.
thwarts. Thwarts made from 0.25mm strip were then fitted. It's easier to hold the boats during this process if you leave them on the sprues.
THE PAINT JOB
Having built quite a few heavily weathered ships, I thought it was time to try something different, so I decided to try to depict Graf Spee in a well kept peacetime state. I wanted the ship to look like something that people live and work in, without falling into the trap of over-weathering her on the one side, nor giving her that pristine look of museum models on the other. The idea was to use shading, highlighting light weathering with subtlety so that they would somehow just ‘be there’ without the viewer taking conscious note of them. Once painted, the entire deck was masked off and I went on to paint the
boot line. I first sprayed the basic dark grey, and on top of that I sprayed a slightly lighter brown shade in a random pattern over the basic layer in order to make the surface 'come alive'. I then masked the boot line with long lengths of Tamiya tape cut to the right width. Masking the boot line requires some time and patience, since it goes over compound curved surfaces. On the concave surfaces of the foreship you can solve the problem just by stretching the tape. Be sure to scrutinize the boot line so that it looks straight both from the side and from the front. On the stern, short, thin pieces of tape have to be used, since the surfaces are much more curved than the elasticity of the tape can handle. Time, patience and careful sighting both from the sides and from astern are required here. As usual I then proceeded to paint
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hull. Over the black primer I sprayed a chaotic pattern of light brown, light green, dark brown and dark green. I then sprayed a thin layer of reddish brown over the chaotic background. The thing is to stop in time, or the underwater hull will be monochrome red, which takes a lot of life out of the model. It's important to remember that although warships are usually well maintained in peacetime, they don't go into drydock that often. This means that the underwater part of the ship gets worn while the rest of the ship is being well kept. The upper sides of the hull were painted with a medium grey. I made sure I pointed the airbrush at right angles to the hull sides, or slightly from above, so that the undersides of the 'eyebrows' above the portholes were not completely covered with the grey paint. The black primer shines through a little, thus darkening the shadows under the 'eyebrows'. I then mixed the grey with some light brown, diluted it some more and sprayed it carefully along the waterline and below the anchors. I took care not to overdo it, since I didn't want to over-weather the model. After that I mixed my hull grey with some pale yellow and sprayed it from above, thus highlighting the upper sides of the 'eyebrows' and the side armour. Having masked the wooden decks of the deckhouses I painted the steel decks of the superstructure and platforms dark grey, which I then livened up with a lighter brownish version of the same colour carefully sprayed to the surfaces that would be more bleached and worn. The steel decks were then masked and I went on to paint the sides of the superstructure. In peacetime and during the first years of the war the upperworks of German ships were painted in a slightly lighter shade of grey than the hull sides. The difference is slight and you don't notice it unless you are aware of it. As on the hull sides, I made sure to spray the sides from a right angle and from above, so that the undersides of the surface detailing wasn't quite covered by the grey
paint, thereby darkening the shadows. Likewise I lightened the grey with some pale yellow and sprayed from above to highlight the upper sides of the surface detailing. The hull, superstructure, guns and all other equipment then received a very thin black wash, which, once dry, was followed by some careful drybrushing with lighter shades of the basic colours. Happy to be finished with the paint-job I glued the deckhouses, central turret, and the funnel in place and felt quite pleased with myself. With the superstructure in place I started to glue the railings in place, starting with the upper, inner parts of the superstructure and ending with the railings along the main deck. I use diluted white glue for this, since it gives plenty of time for adjustments and then shrinks to a very thin, nearly invisible joint. Then I put the masts in place, rigged the model and added the guns. I'm afraid I can't describe the rigging process here, since I rushed this part of the build in order to enter the model at the IPMS-Sweden Championships. I simply forgot to take pictures of it. I hope to be able to divulge into the fun and rewarding process of rigging ships in some later article. As a finishing touch, I sprayed the model with different levels of semi-matt varnishes. The wooden decks got the dullest finishes, the underwater hull the shiniest shade and the upper sides of the hull and the superstructure got a shade somewhere in between. Since the idea was to depict the Graf Spee in a well kept peacetime state, I gave her a bit more of a shine than I would have done to a wartime ship. Furthermore I think that waterline joints should be forbidden! â—?
Once done with the building process the author mounted all the parts in small clamps and primed them with 'Chaos Black' from Citadel Paints.
It was time to paint the deck, using the traditional method of masking individual planks. Four shades of bleached teak colour were mixed in separate containers. The darkest one was sprayed first on all wooden deck surfaces and then about a quarter of the planks were masked in a random pattern.
The author then sprayed a lighter shade of 'teak' over that and masked yet another quarter of the planks. A further quarter of the planks were then masked and painted before the masking was removed, revealing a deck with planks of subtly varying shades of teak.
The next step was to mix a brownish shade of diluted teak colour and spray it thinly along the sides of the deck houses, barbettes and other places where the deck would have been less worn.
MODELSPEC TRUMPETER 1:350 GRAF SPEE KIT NO.05316
Materials;
Injection-moulded polystyrene, photo-etched brass, waterslide decals
Accessories used:
White Ensign Models PE set (for Hobbyboss kit)
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June 1944, on the sky of Normandy
Stirling Mk. IV
glider tug/paratroop transport
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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY AVIATION TAMIYA 1:48 VOUGHT F4U-1 CORSAIR ● KIT NO.61046
GUADALCANAL PIRATE Michelangelo Sicilia takes Tamiya's 1990s 1:48 Birdcage Corsair kit and finishes it as 'White 20', flown by Pilot Lt. Foy R 'Poncho' Garison of USMC VMF-213, Guadalcanal 1943
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ormally I build models of military vehicles from WW2, but occasionally I make a pleasurable change and build a military aircraft. For a long time I thought about the creation of a model aircraft with heavy weathering, adopting techniques that I would normally use on military vehicles. I had to find the right subject for this idea. Looking at various photos in books and on the internet, I quickly realised that some F4U Corsairs were very dirty and worn. Just the type of aircraft for my project! Finding the model was even easier; I chose the Tamiya 1:48 scale kit (61046). To support the project, as well as various photos discovered on the internet (including one of the subjects offered in the box), I found the book 'How to build Tamiya's F4U-1 Corsair' (by TMMI's Editor!) very helpful. In addition to the excellent models, there are some very useful historical photos and walk-arounds. The build began with the cockpit. The Tamiya kit's cockpit is well detailed and accurate, but I still decided to improve it, using the Eduard set No.48351. For the painting of the interior surfaces, unlike many models that I see on the web in interior green, I decided to follow the suggestions in the 'How To Build' book, so I chose Dark Dull Green, but using Gunze H302 and not Tamiya colours. With various Vallejo acrylics, I painted the details and the scratches were created with Vallejo Silver 71063 applied using the 'sponge technique', where tiny amounts of paint are dabbed on to create a scratch-like appearance. The belts were painted with acrylics and received oil-paint washes to impart a faded appearance. The instructions move on to the assembly of the engine and here I added ignition cabling using the Eduard set. Before closing up the fuselage I painted a coat of 'salmon-pink primer' colour in the tail wheel bay, as suggested in the Editor's book. It seems in fact, that the first Corsairs produced had the wheels bays in
The standard kit cockpit is good, but it can be sharpened up further with an Eduard photo-etched set.
The delicate Eduard seat frame can be observed here. The author replaced the seat frame, instrument panel, side consoles, various levers etc.
The inner fuselage walls in the Mr Hobby H302 colour.
Mr Hobby H302 Dark Dull Green is perfect for the Corsair’s cockpit.
Metallic scrapes and scratches were created with Vallejo paint, dabbed on with a piece of sponge.
These views show how good a match the H302 is for the DDG of the F4U-1’s interior. Some light weathering adds life to the dark green shade.
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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY AVIATION TAMIYA 1:48 VOUGHT F4U-1 CORSAIR ● KIT NO.61046 Here we can see the size of the P&W engine, alongside a 50 Eurocent coin!
Cream-yellow was mixed with red to create the ‘salmon-pink’ primer found on some areas of the F4U-1 Corsair.
primer, V salmon-coloured made with a blend of indian
made with a blend of indian red pigment with zinc chromate primer. I made my blend of this colour using Gunze Mr Hobby 34 Cream Yellow and 47 Gloss Clear Red (one part of No.34 and two parts of No.47).
The fuselage was held firmly together while the cement dried.
AIRFRAME ASSEMBLY
The closure of the fuselage was no problem, in pure Tamiya style. However, it still required a very small quantity of filler here and there to seal up some fine gaps. The wheel bays have the annoying presence of ejector-pin marks that are not easy to eliminate. I also decided to add some hydraulic cable using 0.3mm lead wire, again from Plus Model. The kit provides the option to fit the wings in either the extended or folded position, so before you assemble the centre section you must decide how you want your outer wings. As you can see, I chose the extended position! The gluing takes place without major problems, although a small amount of filler was needed again. The horizontal stabilisers and wings had a slight alignment problem – maybe just a problem in my kit – which I solved by putting them in the correct position and holding them in place with adhesive tape. The engine exhausts in this kit are small and oddly unrealistic, so I rebuilt them with plastic pipe, cut at angles to form the outlets. The undercarriage legs are well detailed and
The whole airframe was undercoated with zinc chromate; Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green.
The national insignia were masked up and sprayed by hand, so that the hairspray technique could be used across the whole airframe.
Once the top colour coats had been applied, tap water was used to wet the layers, loosening the and allowing the zinc-chromate to begin showing through. This process requires both bravery and patience!
Mixes of Tamiya acrylics were used to paint the main markings.
The finished effect is very convincing.
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with Eduard's set I added more details. I made the brake lines with 0.4mm copper wire and 0.5mm lead wire, replaced the springs with coiled copper wire and changed the kit wheels with a Ultracast resin items. On the tail wheel I removed the arrestor hook, as is evident in wartime pictures for USMC Corsairs operating from land bases. At this point, all the kit parts were ready for painting and for me, who's used to armour models often with 600 pieces, there were pleasantly few! Before painting I protected the interior by masking off all openings with paper and Humbrol Maskol. I could finally start the painting steps of my Birdcage and put into practice my idea of heavy weathering, using the much vaunted 'hairspray technique'. I began with a base-coat of Tamiya's primer diluted with isopropyl alcohol to create a uniform base layer. After this, I sprayed the base colour (which would be seen through scratches and wear), using Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green and once this was dry, I protected it with two layers of Future floor polish (Tamiya X-22 Clear can also be used for this). I continued with two layers of hairspray and for maximum control, I decanted the hairspray from its aerosol into a container and then applied it by airbrush. The next step, after a pause of thirty minutes, was to start with the application of Light Gull Gray (Gunze H51) on the lower surfaces, while for the Non Specular Blue
Gray I used Gunze H51 and H56 Intermediate Blue, mixed 50-50. To created a faded effect within the main colour, I added some H11 to the base colour to lighten the shade and some Tamiya XF-69 NATO Black to darken it a little. The insignia must be uniform like everything else and so that the hairspray technique will work, I used paints and masks to create them; no decals. For the first time I used Montex masks (MM48074) which are very well made and offer potentially amazing results. The blue background for the national insignia was created with XF-8 Flat Blue and XF-1 Flat Black in a 3:2 ratio, while the white portions were represented with H11 and H51 in a 3:1 ratio). The painting was now complete but it took more time than I expected, and this was likely to affect the later stages, in fact the effect of the hairspray decreases if it is allowed to become too dry and I had worked on the painting stages for two days! With a toothbrush and warm water, I begin to wet small areas with tap water and after a few minutes and a lot of patience, I continued moving the toothbrush around on the surface and eventually the colour start to peel, revealing the background colour. Using this procedure, I worked on all surfaces of the aircraft, emphasising areas of greatest weathering until the completion of this phase which concluded with a layer of Future polish. I then applied all the small decals including data stencils etc., and I applied
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Here we can see the engine and undercarriage apertures sealed off while the undersurfaces were painted.
Diluted oil-paints were painted into the airframe detail, allowed to dry for a few minutes, then rubbed off, leaving a ‘dirt’ build-up in the recesses.
Here we can see the de-masked undercarriage bays. Note the zinc-chromate showing through points of wear and tear.
This is a truly tiny kit of the WW2 Japanese Kamikaze rocket-aircraft known as ‘Ohka’ (Cherry Blossom). The model is cast in resin, supplemented by a small photo-etched metal fret carrying the pilot’s seat and other tiny details. A vacuum-formed canopy (x2) is provided. Fabulous and tiny – you’ll need good eyes and tweezers!
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them by I overpainting with a very diluted mix of the base colour by brush, and added a few 'scratches' by dabbing on Tamiya XF-4 with a little sponge. To highlight the various panels on the surfaces of the airframe, I used the Cassel oil-paint colour 'Earth Brown', and later on, to reproduce the engine exhaust and weapons fumes, I airbrushed on fine strokes of Tamiya X-19 Smoke. I protected the model with a layer of Vallejo satin varnish and handling with care, I then installed the undercarriage which had been painted with Dark Dull Gray and aged with oil paints. The gun barrels were reproduced with steel tubing. The propeller received a base-coat of silver, followed by Future polish, then hair lacquer. Over this, I applied the yellow tips using Tamiya XF-3 Flat Yellow, masked them off, then sprayed Tamiya XF-69 NATO Black over the whole propeller unit. Later, I reproduce some scratching and scoring on the propeller hub by moistening with water as described above, but the propeller blades were left untreated because it seems that they were replaced with some frequency and so looked generally quite new. With more Cassel Earth Brown oil paint – diluted
with white spirit – I created a further dirtying-down of the wings and fuselage, plus the staining running back from the fuel tank cover, often visible in wartime photographs Corsairs. To paint the canopy, I used the Montex masking set. After making the antenna wire from 0.12mm fishing wire (with insulators made with a drop of glue), the Birdcage was now complete. The idea of applying a technique typically for military vehicle on an aircraft in the end I was satisfied, but I shall leave the final judgment to you! ●
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Further oil paints colour-washes were applied to the undersurfaces, usually the dirtiest part of an aircraft.
TAMIYA 1:48 VOUGHT F4U-1 'BIRDCAGE' CORSAIR KIT NO.61046
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The characteristic fuel staining of the Corsair was highlighted on this project.
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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY AVIATION REVELL 1:48 PANAVIA TORNADO IDS ● KIT NO.03987
SPIN DOCTOR: THE TWIST AND TURNS OF A TORNADO
Spencer Pollard takes Revell's new-tool 1:48 Interdictor/Strike Tornado and tweaks it into an RAF machine, but how does it build up?
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evell’s new Tornado IDS kit was announced last year and finally, we have had the chance to take a detailed look at the contents of the kit, how it goes together and how it compares to what is already available in this scale. Supplied in a large, end-opening box, the first thing that strikes you about this new release is the amazing – some would say gaudy – scheme that Revell have chosen for their first release. Depicting JaBoG 33’s 50th Anniversary aircraft complete with airbrushed fin and silver and black fuselage, the modeller is faced with their first and perhaps most complex choice with this kit: how to paint it and whether or not to go with what’s on offer, or choose something else. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. What about the kit itself?
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THE BOX V IN Revell have chosen to replicate the
IDS as flown by the German Air Force. Though the box contains many of the parts that are necessary to build the RAF versions (including under-nose fairings, aerials, pods and the like) a number are not, so you will be either limited to building what’s offered, create your own parts as seen here, or wait for the inevitable GR.1/4A that will appear shortly. And yes, the kit is also set up for an F-3… Lets make one thing clear from the off: this is a kit that is only suited to advanced modellers. The way that the kit is broken down, the complexity of the assembly, the delicacy of many of the parts, the care needed to join many of the smaller sub-assemblies and the need to airbrush the colour scheme chosen by Revell, can only be seen as advanced steps on the road to completion of this kit. In fact, having now finished it for this feature, I can only conclude that his is one of the most involved 1:48 mainstream kits I have ever built – and I have built a few… Across the board, Revell appear to have approached the creation of their Tornado in as comprehensive a way as possible. Detail is well-rendered and complete, panel lines nicely engraved and smaller parts delicately produced and accurate. Unlike earlier releases from the likes of Airfix and Italeri, this kit contains a set of wings that allow the depiction of dropped flaps and slats, both of which are often seen when the Tornado is on the ground. A well-detailed cockpit, open airbrake bays and jet pipes with open or closed thrust-reverser buckets, are also on offer to the fastidious enthusiast. So far so good. Though this all points to a fine kit for the modeller to enjoy – and in may ways it is - things start to unravel somewhat once construction begins.
Construction begins with the rear fuselage. The instructions would have you build the cockpit first and then the nose before adding the intake tunnels and wrapping the whole thing in the fuselage sides and upper panels. Dry runs showed this would cause fit problems and so construction proceeded as shown here, the rear fuselage being completed first before moving on to the nose and cockpit.
Being a ‘swing-wing’ aircraft, Revell couldn’t let the chance to have some working parts pass them by. Here, you can see the hinges that work in concert with spars that run through the wings to line the pylons up with the fuselage, as the wings are pushed back. As you can image, all of these parts were fused together permanently with liquid cement before fixing the upper fuselage panels in place.
Clever design means that the wings are held solidly in place, none of the drooping problems found in Revell’s 1:32 kit, being seen here.
SO, THERE’S A PROBLEM?
Well, two things. Firstly, the kit is a little too complex. The designers have tried to create both the IDS and F-3 from common moulds and so the airframe is broken down into an eye-watering number of parts that allow future release of the F-3. Sure, with care they fit together well, but that means an almost total deviation from the prescribed path set out in the instructions – not good if you are a beginner. Why? Because if you follow the instructions, you will end up with all manner of assembly challenges, and some alignment issues. Ask me how I know… Secondly, the model is quite delicate. As this is written, it seems almost
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Unlike the Airfix and Italeri kits, Revell’s Tornado wings feature separate flaps and slats. Extreme care is needed during their construction, the delicacy of some of the smaller parts needing little in the way of persuasion to break, either on the sprue, or during assembly. The cockpit is reasonably well detailed without actually blowing your socks off. Side walls are completely blank and could do with some extra work, something that can’t be said of the Martin Baker Mk.10 seats which are really superb. Seat straps are moulded in place, but should be a breeze to remove, should the desire for further detail overwhelm you.
It has to be said that the mounting brackets for the flaps border on the absurd. They are so delicate as supplied, there is virtually nothing to apply cement to and so the joints are almost impossibly fragile. For this build, each of the hinges was bulked out with Evergreen strips and brackets fixed to both the flaps and the open wing bay.
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the kit’s designers [have] “done their homework to
If care is taken, assembly is relatively easy and precious few gaps are evident. Berna clamps help to hold the larger sections together whilst the glue sets.
create what is perhaps the best kit yet seen of this aircraft, in this scale...
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The cockpit fits well within the confines of the nose halves.
The cockpit was assembled from the box, painted with Gunze Sangyo H305 Gray – to reflect the Admiralty Grey of the real aircraft – before being decorated with the kit’s instrument decals. Following a wash of Johnsons Klear, water and Tamiya Semi Gloss Black, the parts were sprayed with Vallejo Flat Varnish before being drybrush with light grey and then detailed with various Vallejo Acrylics.
The intakes fit well, small clamps being once again used to hold everything together as the glue set overnight.
Small gaps were filled with Humbrol’s excellent Model Filler. Small amounts were applied with a curved blade before leaving everything to dry for a few hours ready to be cleaned up.
The Tornado is a notorious tail-sitter and so needs some weight to balance it out. In this case Uschi’s ‘Flexible Nose Weight’ was used, the nosecone being packed with this Plasticine-like material, before fixing it in place.
As with every other model that I build for TMMI, this one was assembled with both Gunze Sangyo Mr Cement S and Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, the former providing instantly bonded joints such as around the main panels, the latter more working time, such as where smaller parts needed to be fixed in place and aligned before the glue set.
Sanding sticks were used to smooth the joints, hardened sticks such as that seen here, ensuring that the edges were kept nice and sharp.
With assembly complete and the joints cleaned up, the cockpit was masked with masking tape and sponge, ready for painting.
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Being a German IDS, the fin does not feature the ILS aerial found on the RAF’s fleet. These were fabricated from thin plastic card and then fixed in place after marking their location with a ruler and pencil. The kit supplies alternative parts for the RWR fitted to the upper fin, the parts seen here being those found on the GR.1/4, rather than the German pieces (77/78) used on the IDS.
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parts supplied are too fine to be either assembled as needed, or stand up to movement and handling once together. Location points are minimal; pins and sockets and small and too heavy a reliance is placed on close tolerance between parts that in some cases, is almost non-existent. The flaps for instance are joined to the wings with easily the finest hinges I have ever seen in a kit. One had parted company with its partner in the box and the other followed quickly after as assembly progressed. The real issue is that the designers have been too good at their job and have tried to create in-scale parts that match the drawings, rather than parts that can be built. The result is a kit that looks prototypically delicate, but needs additional work by the modeller to result in a replica that can be displayed without fear of it simply falling to pieces! In terms of accuracy, Revell’s kit really captures the look of the Tornado to a tee. All of the shapes look correct and the dimensions all appear to be within tolerable limits. At no point during the construction of the kit did anything jump out as being off, the kit’s designers having done their homework to create what is perhaps the best kit yet seen of this aircraft, in this scale.
Though the kit supplies the FLIR and laser rangefinder bulges for the underside of the nose, the glazing for the latter is nowhere to be seen. Being short of time during this build, this omission was dealt with using Milliput, painting being used to recreate the glazing, later on…
There is virtually nothing to hold the tanks and pods to the pylons, so each was drilled out and brass rod used to shore up their joints. In order to ensure the pylons were fixed securely at the correct angles, they were glued to the underside of the wings before painting so that adjustments could be made.
Painting begins. The whole airframe was base-coated with several layers of Gunze Sangyo H331 Dark Sea Grey thinned with Mr Color Thinner.
For an aircraft finished in only two shades of grey, a large number of different paints were used! With the Dark Sea Grey fully set (overnight was found to be enough), the upper surfaces were masked off with Tamiya Masking Tape. This was done carefully to ensure that the correct demarcations were in place and all edges were sealed down to prevent accidental overspray. The lower surfaces were then sprayed with several layers of Xtracrylix Dark Camouflage Grey. Panels were then masked off and different shades of grey airbrushed on to add interest to the finish.
COLOURS AND MARKINGS
And so finally we come to the colour scheme chosen for this initial release. Revell have something of a reputation for issuing kits with special schemes, but I do so wish they would curb their enthusiasm once in a while! Though the decal sheet included here is absolutely magnificent in terms of colour, printing and design, the scheme itself has to be one of the worst ever applied to the Tornado – it really is like an explosion in a paint factory! But personal preferences aside, this scheme features large expanses of silver and black that
The model has been completely painted and sealed with several thin layers of Tamiya X-22 Clear diluted with Mr Color Leveling Thinner. Being gloss, this was then left for two days to harden ready for the application of the decals.
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Though predominantly grey, the aircraft features a few other colours, the wheel bays being finished in Satin White.
The tail needs plenty of time to paint, multiple colours, panels and shapes being masked and sprayed to reflect the complex finish seen here. As with the jet pipes, the metal panels on the fin were finished in Alclad II, Steel being used in this case. Though fiddly to build, the undercarriage units are well detailed and look great under paint. Each leg was painted with Tamiya XF-2 Flat White, glossed and then weathered with the same Klear/Water/Satin Black mix used in the cockpit. Tyres were painted with Vallejo Dark Rubber.
need an airbrush to apply and even then, skill will be needed to ensure that the boundaries are correctly defined. Add the extremely complex decals into the mix and this becomes a finish that sits firmly in the advanced category that I mentioned earlier. If Revell are going to include these schemes, they should at least offer an option that is more easily applied. In this case, they could have provided the decals necessary for a camouflaged German aircraft, either Luftwaffe or Marineflieger, so that the modeller that perhaps has less skill, or no access to an airbrush, could finish the model without recourse to the aftermarket.
THIS MONTH’S FEATURE…
In this article I’ll take you through the construction of this kit and show how an RAF aircraft can – with tweaks – be built from this kit. You’ll see where a little scratchbuilding and adjustment has been used to deal with the missing
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Mini Review... HAULER 1:72 BK-2 RIVER PATROL BOAT kit no.HLP72014 hauler.cz
In order to decorate the review model, a mixture of Model Alliance and Xtradecal sheets were used. Though the choice was broad, the model was finally finished in the markings of ZA585, 9 Squadron, RAF Marham, 90th Anniversary Scheme, 2004 – 2005. It’s always great to get a model on its wheels! The undercarriage legs are tricky to align and so need care to ensure that they are square and true. Normally, superglue would be used, but in this case liquid glue was flowed around the joints, adjustments carried out and then the whole thing left overnight to dry out. Time for final assembly…
In order to break up the massive expanse of grey surfaces, multiple shades were used to break up each panel and define individual sections. Washes of raw umber oil paint, darkened with Humbrol German Grey and Matt Black, were used to delineate the delicate panel lines. This ‘wash’ was also airbrush over the model and blended in with a soft brush moistened with thinners, to create an oily, stained appearance (particularly noticeable on the drop-tanks). The spoilers on the upper wing are individual pieces that look great painted in lighter colours, or even grey and grey as seen on early GR.1s, these pieces sometimes being fitted to later aircraft such as the GR.4A.
This is a small but perfectly formed resin kit of the Soviet BK-2 ‘bronekater’ armoured river patrol boat from the Revolutionary period, the 1920s and even early WW2 era. All parts are cast in grey resin with a fret of photo-etched brass for the deck canopy framework, cyrillic nameplate and other small details. Very original and cast to perfection.
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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY AVIATION REVELL 1:48 PANAVIA TORNADO IDS ● KIT NO.03987
from this release, as well as a V parts more sensible path to completion of
the airframe. We are not suggesting that this is the only way to build the kit, but from experience this seems to work and cuts down on both the need for further adjustment of the parts and any filling that may have resulted from following the instructions to the letter. Before signing off, I would like to thank Revell for the review sample, David Hannant for the Xtradecals used and also my good friend Alan Firbank who so kindly sent me his set of Model Alliance Decals when I realised that I couldn’t finish the model as planned and needed some extra markings at very short notice! Thank you all so much! ●
MODELSPEC REVELL 1:48 PANAVIA TORNADO IDS KIT NO.03987
Materials;
Injection-moulded polystyrene, waterslide decals
Paints used;
Tamiya Acrylics; XF-2 Flat White, X-22 Clear, X-27 Clear Red, X-23 Clear Blue, X-19 Smoke, XF-1 Flat Black, X-18 Semi Gloss Black Gunze Sangyo; H305 Gray Xtracrylix; Dark Camouflage Grey Vallejo; Dark Rubber Humbrol; German Grey and Matt Black, Alclad II; Steel Pale Burnt Metal and Gloss Aluminium
Airbrush used;
Iwata HP-CH; For UK distribution and availability (www.airbrushes.com)
Aftermarket items used;
Xtradecals and Model Alliance Decals to form scheme of ZA585, 9 Squadron, RAF Marham, 90th Anniversary Scheme, 2004 – 2005
Availability;
Revell kits are available widely from good model shops. www.revell.de/en
Though not used on the German IDS, the kit supplies the Sky Shadow ECM pod (seen on the right) as well as two drop-tanks and the BOZ-107 pod, so a representative load can be completed without needing to reach for additional weapons sets. These were painted in accordance with the rest of the models, stencil decals being found on the Model Alliance decal sheet.
The jet pipes and surrounding structures were all painted separately and then carefully fixed to the model during final assembly. After assembly, the parts were primed with Mr Surfacer and then sprayed with Alclad II Steel, Pale Burnt Metal and Gloss Aluminium. Heat staining on the thrustreverser buckets was added using Tamiya Clear Red and Clear Blue, a weathered layer of Smoke, adding the finishing touch.
The flaps have been very carefully fixed in place, thin superglue being flowed around the joints to create as solid a joint as possible. More washes and oversprayed layers of colour help create a weathered finish around these parts and blend them in to the rest of the wing surfaces.
The canopy sections were carefully masked with Tamiya masking tape and then sprayed with Dark Sea Grey. These were a weak area in the kit, the main section being spoiled with overly large location points for the rear view mirrors and several small bubbles in the plastic.
The open rear fuselage awaits the jets pipes. Careful painting and masking helps to accentuate the detail in this area.
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The completed rear end. Note the way that the metalwork pops against the grey finish, the heat staining being particularly apparent. As with the wheel bays, the airbrake bays are finished in white. This section of the model with be completed with a careful overspray of thin Tamiya Flat Black sprayed up the fin to represent the soot found on the real fin from the use of the Tornado’s thrust reverse buckets.
The underwing stores fixed in place. In order to add some interest, the tanks were heavily weathered and the Sky Shadow pod kept clean – something seen on the real aircraft.
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New Releases A selection of the latest full kits in plastic, resin, metal and more!
What’s in the box?
AD; ACETATE DIALS, BB; BASE BOARD, CC; CAST CERAMIC (PLASTER), CMA; CAST METAL ALLOY, CP; CHROMED PARTS, CPS; CLEAR PLASTIC SHEET, DT; DRY TRANSFER (DECALS), EPS; EXTRUDED PLASTIC SECTION, F; FABR MW; METAL WIRE, MT; METAL TUBING, NM; NYLON MESH, PE; PHOTO ETCH, PCM; PRE-CUT MASKS, R; RESIN, SVT; SOFT VINYL TYRES (OR TUBING), VF; VINYL FIGURES, VFP; VACUUM FORMED (PLASTIC), WC; WOVEN COR
REVELL, EUROPE
REVELL, EUROPE
LAMBORGHINI DIABLO VT www.revell.de/en SCALE; 1:24 • MATERIALS; IM, SVT, WS • KIT NUMBER; 07066 The Lamborghini Diablo is the first car from the marque that could reach 200mph and was responsible for the sound that can be heard accelerating at the start of Jamiroquai’s 1996 hit ‘Travelling Without Moving’. Revell’s kit depicts the VT version and comes with an engine, which, slightly bizarrely is chrome-plated. The bodyshell is moulded in bright orange, with white used for the other structures; the wheel faces are also chromed and will benefit from a layer of satin varnish to give them a more scale-like finish. Detail is good all round and the model will build up into a handsome replica of this ‘demonic’ 1990s sports-car. MN
Revell have captured the ultra-low lines of the Diablo very well, and the detail is well done Chromed engine is a little odd
F4U-1A CORSAIR www.revell.de/en SCALE; 1:72 • MATERIALS; IM, WS • KIT NUMBER; 03983 Revell have gone for an all-new tooling with this kit, and a mighty fine job they have made of it. The kit depicts the ‘A version with the bubble canopy, so it will need the three-colour camouflage scheme seen on the later Corsairs. The model comes with wings extended and on their outer sections we can witness an excellent representation of the fabric-covered areas. This effect is subtly replicated on the elevators and rudder too. The floor-less cockpit is well represented, with individually moulded side-consoles and a firewall with structural detail on its rear face. Decals for two aircraft are provided, ‘Pappy’ Boyington’s USMC machine based on Vella Lavella 1943 and a USN Corsair based on the Solomons, 1944. MN
Very nicely executed, new-tool kit with an excellent cockpit and subtle, fabric-effect wing panels Hard to find fault here, everything seems in order. Just add PE seat harnesses?
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Kit Reviews
STIC SECTION, F; FABRIC, IM; INJECTION MOULDED (PLASTIC), ITL; INDIVIDUAL TRACK LINKS, LCC; LASER CUT CARD, LLT; LINK AND LENGTH TRACKS, MC; METAL CHAIN, MMA; MACHINED METAL ALLOY, MR; METAL ROD, TIC), WC; WOVEN CORD, WS; WATERSLIDE (DECALS)
DRAGON, HONG KONG
JAGDPANTHER G2 www.hobbyco.net SCALE; 1:35 • MATERIALS; IM, PE, SVT, WS • KIT NUMBER; 6609 This is a new kit from Dragon, representing the late-type vehicle without zimmerit. As with quite a few Dragon kits, this one is made up from semi-generic sprues from which pertinent parts are plucked. This is made clear from the schematic diagram on the instructions, the parts ‘not for use’ being highlighted in blue. The suspension builds up from lateral torsion bars which are moulded integrally with the swing-arms and with care they can be assembled to remain workable. The rear deck comes with the raised heater as seen on late Panther variants and photo-etched brass screens are provided here. Detail throughout is excellent and decals are provided for three machines, all from the last year of the war, and all in variations of the three-colour scheme. MN
Excellent Dragon detail, workable suspension Instructions are not the easiest to interpret and in the review sample the track guide-horns has been squashed sideways
WINGNUT WINGS, NEW ZEALAND
ALBATROS D.VA (OAW) www.wingnutwings.com SCALE; 1:32 • MATERIALS: IM, PE, WS • KIT NUMBER; 32047 Wingnut Wings’ newest release (at the time of writing) is the Albatros D.Va (Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke) and comes with no less than five markings-options. These are provided on five large sheets of gorgeous quality waterslide decal sheets and include lozenge camouflage for the wings, plus a sheet with the strips of tape that was applied over the camouflage. As we have come to expect from this manufacturer, there’s almost no area left undetailed, from the engine to the cockpit, the undercarriage to the airframe. All the modeller needs to provide (apart from the usual model glue, paints and tools) is the rigging material and of course the expertise to fit it... MN
Another sublime production from New Zealand with heaps of options and some of the best instructions in the business Modelling skills with be required, as it’s quite a complex kit TMMI 228 October 2014
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New Releases A selection of the latest full kits in plastic, resin, metal and more!
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AD; ACETATE DIALS, BB; BASE BOARD, CC; CAST CERAMIC (PLASTER), CMA; CAST METAL ALLOY, CP; CHROMED PARTS, CPS; CLEAR PLASTIC SHEET, DT; DRY TRANSFER (DECALS), EPS; EXTRUDED PLASTIC SECTION, F; FABR MW; METAL WIRE, MT; METAL TUBING, NM; NYLON MESH, PE; PHOTO ETCH, PCM; PRE-CUT MASKS, R; RESIN, SVT; SOFT VINYL TYRES (OR TUBING), VF; VINYL FIGURES, VFP; VACUUM FORMED (PLASTIC), WC; WOVEN COR
EMHAR, UK
BEDFORD OLB LWB TANKER www.pocketbond.co.uk SCALE; 1:24 • MATERIALS: IM, SVT, WS • KIT NUMBER; EM2403 Emhar is a British product line from Pocketbond and their most recent vehicle models are the Bedford ‘O’ series trucks in both wrecker and fuel tanker form. The kit is very thorough, including a superb replica of the six-cylinder petrol engine, element-by-element ladder chassis and a detailed drivetrain with leaf-springs. The cabin comes with separately moulded doors which can be left open to show off the excellent detail inside. This is quite a complex kit with a ton of detail and will reward the methodical modeller, as lots of parts require individual painting. MN
EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC
THE LONGEST DAY SPITFIRE MK.IX D-DAY 70TH ANNIVERSARY LTD EDITION www.eduard.com • www.creativemodels.co.uk www.hannants.co.uk • www.lsamodels.co.uk SCALE; 1:48 • MATERIALS: IM, PE, PCM, WS • KIT NUMBER; 1191 Eduard’s recent 1:48 Spitfire Mk.IX is a stunning kit, in which ever form you buy it; full Profipack or basic Weekend editions. In this limited edition release to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, you have everything you need in the box to create one of four aircraft that took part in the landings, all with variations of the iconic black and white ID stripes on their fuselages and tails. It’s effectively a Profipack edition as it comes with photo-etched details and resin parts, plus Eduard’s invaluable pre-cut canopy masks. The detail on the injection-moulded parts is exquisite and it will build into a stunning replica. MN
An extremely well detailed, modern kit with many parts and plentiful detail inside and out What’s not to love about this British classic? Build and enjoy
Utterly iconic subject in fabulous detail; pretty much all you need is in the box Masking required to re-create the invasion stripes
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Kit Reviews
STIC SECTION, F; FABRIC, IM; INJECTION MOULDED (PLASTIC), ITL; INDIVIDUAL TRACK LINKS, LCC; LASER CUT CARD, LLT; LINK AND LENGTH TRACKS, MC; METAL CHAIN, MMA; MACHINED METAL ALLOY, MR; METAL ROD, TIC), WC; WOVEN CORD, WS; WATERSLIDE (DECALS)
AIRFIX, UK
BRONCO, HONG KONG
RUSSIAN SELF-PROPELLED GUN SU-152 (KV-14) www.hannants.co.uk SCALE; 1:48 • MATERIALS: IM, PE, WS • KIT NUMBER; ZB48004 The SU-152 was a Russian heavy hitter that mounted the massive 152mm gun on the KV-1 heavy tank chassis, similar in appearance but different to the later ISU-152 which employed the same gun but on the JS-2 hull and running gear. Bronco’s new kit is a delicious little thing and will appeal to the re-established 1:48 armour-modelling crowd. It comes with a set of link-and-length tracks with in-built sag on the upper runs and thanks to sprue-tabs, there are no ejector pin marks to worry about. Detail is fabulous and the perforated muzzle brake is a work of art (below right). MN
Excellent subject, fantastic detail, tracks free from ejector-pin marks A crew figure would have been the icing on the cake but that’s just nit-picking, this is a lovely little kit
BRISTOL BLENHEIM MK.I www.airfix.com SCALE; 1:48 • MATERIALS: IM, PE, WS • KIT NUMBER; ZB48004 Airfix’s recent renaissance is going great guns and superb new kits are coming from this most iconic of British model kit makers. One of the newest is a Bristol Blenheim Mk.I and even before the lid is off the box, we know it’s going to be a fun experience thanks to the dramatic and very well crafted box-art. Once inside we find light bluish-grey sprues carrying well-moulded, finely detailed parts that just cry out to be built. Airframe panel lines are recessed and strike a good balance between visibility and scale effect. That big canopy glazing is split down the middle, requiring some careful masking, but it’s a sensible solution to this area. MN
A wonderful new kit of a well known British WW2 bomber, very welcome indeed Canopy will need careful masking! TMMI 228 October 2014
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KIT PREVIEW REVELL 1:144 BOEING 747-8F CARGOLUX ● KIT NO.04885
Revell have deleted most of the cabin windows to form the ‘F’ version of their stunning, newly-tooled Boeing 747-8
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argolux Airlines International SA is a Luxembourg-based freight airline and is Europe’s largest cargo-only carrier. They currently use the Boeing 747-400 and 747-8 freighters, the latter being the subject of this 1:144 kit release from Revell. The company launched their new-tool kit of the 787-8I (the Intercontinental passenger variant) back in 2013 in the livery of Germany’s national
Here we can see the handful of windows on the 747’s flank!
airline ‘Lufthansa’ and now they have re-engineered the moulds to bring us 787-8F (Freighter) version, with Cargolux livery as standard. As you’d expect, the Boeing’s body now features solid sides with just three windows on the left and right of the famous ‘hump’ plus an extra one on each side, mid-way down the cargo-only fuselage. The other noticeable alteration is the angled, vertical panel-line around the lift-up nose cargo door. All surface engraving is extremely fine and of a thoroughly modern standard, as you’d expect. The 787-8 features an elongated fuselage (it’s the largest version of the ‘Jumbo’, the longest passenger aircraft in the world and also the largest commercial aircraft currently built in the United States) and this is very evident in the kit parts, which go on forever! The halves are magnificent pieces of plastic and a real testament to Revell’s designers. The detail across
the rest of the airframe, engines and undercarriage is exceptionally refined with just a little flash to remove here and there on the intake fans. The decal sheet isn’t overwhelmingly huge but everything you need is present and correct. Cargolux ordered an initial ten aircraft from Boeing and six code numbers are offered on the sheet for the Luxembourgish cities of Vianden, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg (City), Echternach, Grevenmacher and Dudelange. This is a beautiful kit of Boeing’s longest airliner and will look absolutely stunning in its new Cargolux colours! ●
The engine intake fans are delicate and finely detailed.
Engine components need a little flash removal, but nothing too bad.
New outlet lips are included, in the style of the Boeing Dreamliner.
Close-up view of engine nacelle detail.
Landing gear wheels are well detailed, hard to see in the white plastic.
MODEL SPEC SCALE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:144 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IM, WS Availability: Good model shops everywhere www.revell.de/en TMMI’S OPINION? A very impressive kit that captures the stretched body Boeing to a tee. Surface detail is subtle and the decal sheet is perfectly printed.
Airframe detail is finely recessed and in-scale. Undercarriage legs are finely moulded and hopefully strong enough to support this massive airliner!
Cockpit is satisfactory for this scale of model. Not much will be seen!
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Glazings are thankfully minimal on this freighter version of the 747. Undercarriage bay detail view.
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CAMPAIGN 1914 VOL.1, UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE BRITISH SERVICEMEN IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
CHRIS POLLENDINE, MILITARY MODE PUBLISHING www.militarymodepublishing.com • ISBN 978-1-62847-592-0 There are many excellent books in print on the uniforms and equipment of the combatant nations from the Second World War, but when it comes to the personal gear and clothing from ‘The Great War’, there is much less on offer. Until now, that is, because the British publisher ‘Military Mode Publishing’ has gone to considerable lengths to produce this recently launched volume (No.1) on the British infantryman’s uniform from the first year of the conflict, which, as we know, is 100 years ago this year. The book comprises 180 hard-bound pages and uses high-grade gloss paper to maximise the impact of the photographs, which are of very fine quality and show each item of equipment with impressive clarity. If you have seen or possess any of ‘Histoire et Collections’ books on militaria, you’ll feel at home here; the layout is in a similar style with large photos and expanded captions on each page. It’s not just items of uniform that are on show; there are also other things such as ‘trench games’, packs of cards, pipes and cigarette tins. As well as a wonderful collection of original items from WW1 (and ideal for modelling references), this book provides the reader with a powerful insight into the smaller articles owned and used by the ‘Tommy’, all the more poignant given the significant anniversary. Other titles by the publisher focus on the German ‘Feldzug’ (Campaign) of WW1 in three volumes – 1914, 1916, 1917 – plus other titles on WW2 equipment. Very highly recommended. MN
BUILDING DIORAMAS
CHRIS MROSKO, FINESCALE MODELER BOOKS www.kalmbachbooks.com • ISBN 978-0-89024-870-6 Chris Mrosko is a very well know name in the modelling world, being one of the business partners behind the famous ‘Warriors’ line of resin figures (the other partner being film-effects legend John Rosengrant of the ‘Aliens’ and ‘Terminator’ movies). Chris is a very accomplished modeller with his own distinctive style and has brought together a substantial quantity of his own and others top modellers’ work to create this new book about dioramas. The result is impressive. The book is a soft-covered production of 120+ pages in full colour covering the planning, construction and execution of dioramas and outlines the tools, materials, techniques involved in their creation. The author examines such topics as groundwork, figure painting, airbrushing, resin casting and more in detail; this isn’t just a gallery of dioramic work, it also works as a guide to each process with annotated photographs that fully explain what the reader is seeing. Five specific diorama projects are described from start to finish, making this a very worthwhile purchase for anyone wishing to elevate their diorama-building skills. MN
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KIT PREVIEW
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 1:48 SCALE ELCO 80’ MOTOR PATROL TORPEDO BOAT LATE TYPE ● KIT NO.64801
Superstructure parts are impressive unitary mouldings.
ELCO PT BOAT IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY! The hull is perfectly formed and well detailed.
Ship’s boat is a detailed, multi-part sub-assembly.
Stan Spooner takes a look inside the box of Merit’s new 1:48 Elco PT boat
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ho would have thought? Merit isn’t the first manufacturer to come to mind if you were to ask, “who do you think would make a extremely nice kit of the famous Elco 80’ PT Boat in 1:48 scale?” But in fact, they did! This model, while being a total surprise to me, it is a very happy surprise. Although I have always wanted to purchase the very nice Italeri 1:35 kit, I never did because it’s just too big. Like a lot of modellers out there, I believe that size matters. That is, can I fit the finished model in my workspace and I couldn’t in the case of the 1:35. But, we now have an option for the ‘size impaired’ (!) builder. This kit comes in light grey plastic with a level of detail that I would
have never expected. When looking at the kit, it is very reminiscent of a Trumpeter production. From the instruction booklet design, colour profile painting guide, part breakdown, it all will feel very familiar. The upper deck and lower hull are clean and once put together, make up a very nice starting place for adding all of the other parts. There is no detail below decks, but once the upper compartment covers are added, very little below deck can be seen. A quick coat of flat black on the inside of the hull will take care of any issues here. All of the sub-assemblies are well thought out and build into very clean representations of the armament, guns and structural details. This kit represents the ‘Late’ version of the Elco PT boat
but by virtue of the alternate hole pattern that is on the underside of the deck, it is tooled for other versions. At the end of the day, you could add some wiring and cabling for additional detail, but this kit would look very complete just out-of-the-box. Besides the grey plastic parts, the kit comes with a small photo-etched fret, acetate windows and a nicely printed decal sheet that will allow you to mark your boat with almost any number. ● MODEL SPEC SCALE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:48 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IM, PE, WS Availability: Good model shops everywhere www.pocketbond.co.uk TMMI’S OPINION? In the end, in my humble opinion, this is a beautiful model that happens to be in my favourite scale, 1:48. A must build, and I have already started mine!
The kits parts are finely moulded in all areas with no defects such as flash or sink-marks; a professional presentation!
Here we see the armoured tub for the gun PT boat’s turret.
A decent stand is included, moulded in grey kit plastic.
Gun turret parts are well detailed.
Rounds of ammunition for the 40mm Bofors gun.
The instructions include three-view colour illustrations showing the late-war camouflage scheme. Photo-etched brass and pre-cut acetate windows are included.
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Torpedos are included for the kit, as well detailed as the rest of the kit.
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Kit krazy model shop Tel: 020 8298 7177
303 The Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent DA6 8DT New and pre-owned kits. Collections bought and sold Aircraft, military, cars, ships, bikes & scifi (70p S.A.E for our list)
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We aim to stock all the tools and accessories you will ever need. Micro Mesh, Hold & Fold, Detailing Wire and Mesh, Iwata Airbrushes, MIG pigments, Adhesives.
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The UK’s largest mail order company specialising in Scale Automotive model kits with a large selection of aftermarket detailing parts, accessories, books and loads more Unit 59, Basepoint Business Centre, Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 8SD, United Kingdom.
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Contact details for companies featured in TMMI... ● ACCURATE ARMOUR/ ARMOUR DISTRIBUTION Units 15-16 Kingston Industrial Estate, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, PA14 5DG Scotland. Tel; 01475 743 955 Fax 01475 743746 www.accurate-armour.com ● THE AIRBRUSH COMPANY Ltd 79 Marlborough Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8UF, +44 (0) 1903 767800 www.airbrushes.com ● AIRCONNECTION Box 21227, RPO Meadowvale Mississauga, ON L5N 6A2, Canada Tel (905) 677-0016 Fax (905) 677-0582 sale@airconnection.on.ca info@airconnection.on.ca www.airconnection.on.ca ● AIRWAVES Via Hannants www.hannants.co.uk ● ALCLAD II No.5 St Georges Close, Bacton, Norfolk, NR12 0LL. www.alclad2.com Tel; 01692 652166, Fax; 01692 652334 ● AMPERSAND PUBLISHING (via Historex Agents in UK) 235 NE 6th Avenue #4 Delray Beach, Florida 33483-5543, USA Tel; 561-266 9686, Fax; 561-266-9786 ● ARCHER (Historex in UK) PO Box 1277 Youngsville, NC 275961277, USA www.archertransfers.com ● BADGER AIRBRUSH 9128 W. Belmont Avenue, Franklin Park, IL 60131, USA 800-AIR-BRUSH • Fax: 800-57BADGER www.badgerairbrush.com customerservice@badgerairbrush.com ● BISON DECALS Available from www.hannants.co.uk and www.pdi-model-supplies.com ● CAMMETT AND CO (Lifecolour, Scale Caliber) Unit 5 Forest Road, Greenfield Industrial Estate, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5FA, United Kingdom Phone; 01497 822757 Email; cammettco@btopenworld.com www.cammett.co.uk ● CLASSIC PUBLICATIONS Midland Counties Publications, 4 Watling Drive, Sketchley Lane Industrial Estate, Hinckley, Leics UK LE10 1YF Tel: +44(0) 1455 233 747, Fax: +44(0) 1455 233 737 midlandbooks@compuserve.com www.classic-publications.com ● CREATIVE MODELS LTD (Mig Productions, Vallejo, Accurate Miniatures); Unit 6-10, Honeysome Industrial Estate, Honeysome Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire PE16 6TG Tel/Fax; 01354 760022 www.creativemodels.co.uk info@creativemodels.co.uk ● CZECH SIX PUBLICATIONS 48 Station Road, Stoke D’Abernon, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3BN UK Tel; 01932 866426 www.czechsixpublications.com ● DRAGON MODELS (The Hobby Company in UK) Dragon Models Ltd, Kong Nam Ind. Building B1-10F, 603-609 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan NT, Hong Kong Fax (HK) 4110587 www.dragonmodelsltd.com
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● GUNZE SANGYO MDC in the UK
● PLUS MODEL (Creative Models in UK) Jizni 56, 370 10 C. Budejovice, Czech Republic. plusmodel@plusmodel.cz www.plusmodel.cz
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● POCKETBOND LTD (Trumpeter & AFV Club in UK) PO Box 80, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, AL6 0ND Tel 01707 391509 Fax 01707 327 466 info@pocketbond.co.uk
● HIKOKI PUBLICATIONS LTD Ashtree House, Station Road, Ottringham, East Yorkshire, HU12 OBJ, UK
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● HIROBOY (Zero Paints) Unit 59, Basepoint Business Centre Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 8SD UK Tel: 07977125967 (UK office hours only) www.hiroboy.com
● PSP MODELS LTD (Mission Models in USA) Unit 19B, Applin’s Farm, Farrington, Dorset DT11 8RA, UK Phone/fax: +44 (0)1747 811 817 www.psp-models.com
● HISTOREX AGENTS Wellington House, 157 Snargate Street, Dover, Kent, CT17 9BZ, UK Tel 01304 206720 Fax 01304 204528. www.historex-agents.co.uk sales@historex-agents.co.uk
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● HOBBYLINK JAPAN Sano-shi, Kurohakama-cho 162-1 Tochigi 327-0813, Japan www.hlj.com ● HUSSAR PRODUCTIONS, CANADA www.airconnection.on.ca ● ITALERI (The Hobby Company in UK) Via Pradazzo, 6, I-40012 Calderara Di Reno, Bologna, Italy, Tel 051 726037 www.italeri.it ● JADAR-MODEL Zielna 8/103, 00-108 Warsaw, Poland www.jadar.com.pl hobby@jadarhobby.waw.pl ● LITTLE CARS Uncle Jacks, Lavendon Road Olney Bucks, MK46 4HH, UK www.little-cars.co.uk Tel (+44) 01234 711980 ● LSA MODELS Retail; 151 Sackville Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3HD, England. Tel/fax 01273 705420 lsamodels@McMAIL.com www.lsamodels.co.uk ● MIG PRODUCTIONS C/ Santiago Rusinol 7, Pral 2a, 08750 Molins de Rei, Barcelona, Spain www.migproductions.com In UK; Creative Models ● MODEL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION Unit 3 Hillstown Small Business Center, Mansfield Road, Bolsover, Derbyshire. S44 6LE. Tel; +(44)1246 82 77 55 orders@modeldesignconstruction.com www.modeldesignconstruction.com
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● REVELL AG Revell GmbH & Co Orchard Mews/18C High St, Tring, HP23 5AH 01442 890285 ukbranch@revell.de ● RZM PUBLISHING (Greenhill Books In UK) PO Box 995, Southbury, CT 06488 USA Tel; (USA) 203 264 0774 www.rzm.com ● SCHATTON BARRELS Industriestrasse 6, 94347 Ascha, Germany, Fax 09961 910 7826 www.modellbau-schatton.privat.t-online.de email; modellbau.schatton@t-online.de ● SCHIFFER BOOKS Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Rd, Atglen, PA, 19310 USA www.schifferbooks.com ● SCHIFFER BOOKS in UK Bushwood Books, No.6 Marksbury Avenue, Kew Gardens, Surrey TW9 4JF, UK. Tel +44(0)20 8392 8585, +44(0)20 8392 9876, email; info@bushwodbooks.co.uk ● SCHUMO KITS Axel’s-Modellbau-Shop Axel und Bernd Schulze OHG Braustraße 2a 37170 Uslar, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 5571 919 100 Fax: +49 (0) 5571 919 101 www.schumo-kits.com ● SQUADRON.COM Squadron Mail Order 1115 Crowley Drive Carrollton, TX 75006 - 1312. USA ● STUDIO 27 (Grand Prix Models in UK) www.studio27.co.jp
● SCALE MOTORSPORT No.3 Topside Lane, Newtown, Connecticut 06470-2023, USA www.scalemotorsport.com In UK; Grand Prix Models ● THE SMALL SHOP PO Box 580, Kalama WA 98625, USA Tel/fax; (360) 673-1255 info@thesmallshop.com www.thesmallshop.com ● SYLMASTA Halland House, Dale’s Yard, Lewes Rd, Scaynes Hill, West Sussex, RH17 7PG Tel; +44(0)1444 415027, Fax; +44(0)1444 458606. Email; sylmasta@aol.com ● TAMIYA JAPAN Tamiya, Inc., 3-7 Ondawara Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8610 Japan www.tamiya.com ● TAMIYA UK; THE HOBBY COMPANY LIMITED Garforth Place, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8PG, UK Tel; 01908 605686 Fax; 01908 605666 enquiries@hobbyco.net www.hobbyco.net ● TANK MODEL, RUSSIA www.tank-model.ru www.afvmodeller.com ● TANK WORKSHOP 345 Wynbrook Drive McDonough, GA, 30253 USA Tel; (770) 573-1409, Fax; (770) 573-0479 www.tankworkshop.com ● TRUMPETER www.trumpeter-china.com Pocketbond in the UK ● TUNGSTEN DRILLS Allan Sidney No.6, Park Gardens, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, PE12 7PJ allansid@aol.com ● U-MODELS 1103, rue de Feucherolles 78630, Orgeval, France www.u-models.com ● VERLINDEN PRODUCTIONS (Historex in UK) 811 Lone Star Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri 63366, USA (636) 379-0077 www.verlindenonline.com ● VALLEJO (Creative Models in UK) Acrylicos Vallejo, SL Apartado 337 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain Tel; (34) 93 893 60 12 Fax; (34) 93 893 11 54 www.acrylicosvallejo.com ● WORLD WAR TWO BOOKS Military History Books Ltd (Mail order address, callers by appointment) 2 Cysgod Y Bryn, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 4LR, United Kingdom Tel; 01970 623778 sales@worldwartwobooks.com www.worldwartwobooks.com ● WIDESPREAD SOLUTIONS Unit 1 Levens Hall Park, Lund Lane, Killinghall, Harrogate, West Yorkshire HG3 2BG, UK. Tel; +44(0)1423 522836 Fax; +44(0)1423 525656 info@graphicair.co.uk www.graphicair.co.uk ● WHITE ENSIGN MODELS Unit 5, Cobnash Industrial Estate, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9RW, UK. Tel: 08444150914, Fax: 08444150916 wem@onetel.com www.WhiteEnsignModels.com
■ Please mention ‘Tamiya Model Magazine’ if you make contact with any of the companies listed above - thanks!
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Tamiya's magnificent 1:35 Char B1 bis in Wehrmacht service, winter style!
The next issue of TMMI is November 2014 (No.229), on sale October 16th
DADDY LONG LEGS Yes, it's another Tamiya 1:48 Fieseler Storch! This time, JM Villalba joins TMMI with his expert rendition of this fantastic kit
Order online now at; www.tamiyamodelmagazine.com ISSUE No.228 OCTOBER 2014 PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 18th 2014 Editor; Marcus Nicholls Consultant Editor (USA); Stan Spooner, Editorial Assistant; Matt Benfield Publisher; Alan Harman Graphic Design; Alex Hall TMMI Website; The ADH web team Advertising Manager; Gareth Liddiatt Office Manager; Paula Gray Administration Manager; Hannah McLaurie Clean floors; Denise Hirt Printed by; Symbian Print Intelligence, Hertfordshire, UK Distributed by; Seymour Distribution, 2 East Poultry Avenue, London, EC1A 9PT Tel; 020 7429 4000 Newstrade; Select Publisher Services, 3 East Avenue, Bournemouth, BH3 7BW Tel; 01202 586848 Email; tim@selectps.com Tamiya Model Magazine is published on the third Thursday of each month by ADH Publishing. Editorial enquiries; editor@tamiyamodelmagazine.com All other enquiries to; enquiries@adhpublishing.com Tamiya Model Magazine, ADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, UK. Telephone; +44 (0)1525 222573 Editorial enquiries;+44 (0)7904 635 694 Fax; +44 (0)1525 222574. Back Issues; From £4.20 Inc. P&P. Back issues from #75 onwards (excluding #79) are available from the UK address below, or online at www.tamiyamodelmagazine.com
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The Editor’s Page... AIRFIX 1:48 EE LIGHTNING IN WORLDWIDE CHARITY-RAISER!
ROUND THE WORLD IN AN AIRFIX KIT Maybe the ultimate group-build, raising money for Help for Heroes! At the start of 2013, Jon Plumb sent a new Airfix kit to his friend Stu Bradley in France, thereby starting the money raising project now known as ‘Round the World in an Airfix Kit.’ The plan was to circulate the Airfix kit around a pre-determined group of fifteen modellers of varying model-making abilities, each to complete their own part of the build and pack the kit ready to forward on to the next modeller. Jon chose the 1:48 English Electric Lightning because it was the next model he planned to make from his existing collection. It was an ideal choice as, based on the parts included it offered an even spread of parts for each user. This well-travelled Airfix kit has met modellers in the UK, France, Germany, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Spain, Italy, Australia, California, Illinois and Northern Ireland. “Initially we felt there was a risk of people letting the team down; only two of the team knew each other previously but regular communication helped to build a relationship and trust. Surprisingly there have been no breakages. Bryan Finch in California had to start putting the wings on so he took responsibility for the creation of a lightweight transit case. When Erica Rose sent it from Illinois to Northern Ireland, the HMRC charged us £115 import duty to release it; thankfully Chris Spalding of the Modellers’ Nook Model Shop came to the rescue!” Top Gear’s James May completed the final pieces on 7th August 2014. James is a long standing fan of Airfix having begun modelling kits as a child and was delighted to help this worthy cause by donating his time and additional publicity. He patiently applied tiny parts under the watchful gaze of the team. James said “I’ve been involved in the Help for Heroes cause before, they do some excellent work and I was delighted to be able to help Jonny raise money for them. I think Airfix is an important part of childhood and it’s interesting to see it develop into something more mature, when I was young it was the birthday present for all my friends, teaching us all patience! With Airfix you can have your own aviation museum on your table top.” Jon Plumb who has been the driving force behind the project is proud to announce that the idea has already raised over a thousand pounds for Help for Heroes. The final sum will be announced after the completed model, with decorative plinth presented as a raffle prize at Scale Model World Exhibition in Telford. Jon says “I also have a remarkable admin team in Stu Bradley, Alan Hooker and Mark Davey. Over the project we’ve become a real team, really supportive of the aims of the project. We chose Help for Heroes as it’s multi service and our project aims, by its very nature, to be inclusive of all.”
Round The World modellers; Jon Plumb Essex UK Stuart Bradley France Damir Klaric Croatia Gabriel Mutihac Greece/Romania Guglielmo Patane Italy Alex Van Der Rosten Germany Alwin Broecklemann Australia Bryan Finch East Coast USA Erica Rose Midwest USA Chris Spalding Northern Ireland Joe Raymond Olmo Bridlington UK Mark Davey Bungay UK Mig Jimenez Martin Spain Alan Hooker Purfleet UK James May West London UK
The guy that started it all Project admin, armour modeller Armour and aviation modeller Aviation modeller Armour modeller Owner of Uschi decals Retired RA Army veteran US Nationals gold medal winner Small scale aviation modeller Modellers Nook model shop Aviation modeller Aviation modeller Author and weathering expert F4 Phantom & WW2 aviation Modeller The greatest ambassador to the hobby
www.bmycharity.com/roundtheworldinanairfixkit See you again on October 16th! editor@tamiyamodelmagazine.com
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The whole team, left to right; Bryony Walton (Hornby Hobbies PR), Richard Ames (CEO Hornby Hobbies), James May, Jonny Plumb (team leader), Alan Hooker (modeller), Mark Davey (modeller)
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Dragon Kits are distributed in the UK by The Hobby Company Limited, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8PG See the full Dragon range at www.hobbyco.net Dragon models are available from all good model shops
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