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Issue 236 June 2015 EDITOR Marcus Nicholls editor@tamiyamodelmagazine.com SMALL BEAUTIFUL DOLL? Tamiya’s 1:72 P-51D, with an Obscureco resin wing plus an Aires cockpit...

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Contents 4 NEWS DESK New kit and model product news 6 NEW ARRIVALS A new section showing some of the new kits received at TMMI 14 KREMENCHUK COLOSSUS Takom’s big KrAZ 6446 tractor/trailer combo, previewed 16 ONE STEP AT A TIME, PT.2 More progress on DeAgostini’s enormous 1:8 McLaren Honda MP4/4 26 THE FULL NELSON Trumpeter’s new, 1:200 kit of HMS Nelson, previewed 28 BLADE RUNNER Spencer Pollard builds Tamiya’s wonderful 1:12 Suzuki Katana for the ‘80s 42 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIES New and recently issued modelling accessories 46 ALLGEMEINE ELEKTRIZITÄTSGESELLSCHAFT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT IN 1:32!

Wingnut Wings’ stunning new 1:32 AEG.IV, previewed

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48 MITCHELL WITH METAL (PART 2) The conclusion of HK Models’ incredible 1:32 B-25J Mitchell 54 A STÖWER, IN NEW HANDS Canadian troops in a commandeered Stöwer Kfz.1 56 NEW RELEASES KITS New full kits, reviewed 59 BERLIN OR BUST! Revell’s new-tool 1:72 Douglas C-54 Skymaster, previewed 64 CONTACTS Where to buy the products used and reviewed in TMMI

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NEW FROM TAMIYA! DH MOSQUITO ON THE WAY IN 1:32!

Well folks, the rumours are true, Tamiya are to release the legendary DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI fighter-bomber in 1:32, joining the Corsair, Mustang, Spitfire, Zero and more in a stunning line-up of large scale military aircraft kits. The new model will have two complete Merlin engine replicas, a fully detailed cockpit and bomb bay, 500lb bombs, 50 gallon drop tanks, two types of propeller and moveable control surfaces, plus many more features.

It's going to be a magnificent production and we'll bring you more news next issue, once we return from Japan. www.hobbyco.net

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NEW FROM TAMIYA! 1:35 PANTHER AUSF. D NEW-TOOL Tamiya have created a completely new model of the infamous Pz.Kpfw.V Panther Ausf. D in 1:35 unveiled at the recent Shizuoka Hobby Show. The kit will feature radiator and fan detail under the engine grilles, moveable hatches all-round and a nicely posed crew figure. More news in TMMI soon.

Tamiya kits are imported and distributed in the UK by The Hobby Company Ltd. www.hobbyco.net

SUN STAR 1:18 Ford Escort RS1800 201 J.Kankkunen/N.Grist-Winner Ralye de Portugal Revival ‘10 1:18 Ford Escort RS1800 141 Petter Solberg/Pernilla Solberg-Winner Rally Sweden Historic ‘13 1:18 Ford Escort RS1800 6 B. Waldegård/H. Thorszelius-Winner Acropolis Rally ‘77 1:18 Subaru Impreza 555 2 K. Eriksson/S. Parmander-2nd Safari Rally Kenya ‘96 sunstarmodelcars.com

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NEW FROM REVELL 1:144 FAIRPLAY I, III, X MODEL SET The 1:144 harbour tugboat 'Fairplay' is the subject of a new Model Set from Revell and comes with their brilliant Contacta cement, four colours of paint and brushes.

Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For details visit; www.revell.de/en, @RevellGermany or facebook.com/revell

ALSO NEW FROM TAMIYA

Other new and re-issued kits on the way include a 1:24 Honda S600 (above), 1:24 Toyoda Model AA 1930s civilian car, 1:10 XB VW Scirocco GT Drift Spec (right) and 1:12 Team Lotus Type 49B 1968 (w/photo-etched parts). www.hobbyco.net

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NEW FROM DELUXE MATERIALS BALLAST BOND GLUE

This new adhesive from Deluxe Materials – the well-known maker of modelling materials – is a low surface-tension liquid adhesive that can be flowed into loose groundwork with leaving unsightly glue marks; great for dioramas. www.deluxematerials.com • www.creativemodels.co.uk

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NEW FROM HOBBYBOSS 1:48 KA-27 HELIX HELICOPTER

This new-tool kit from Hobbyboss depicts the Soviet era naval helicopter who's NATO reporting name was 'Helix'. The kit features interior detail and etched metal grilles. www.creativemodels.co.uk

Chevrolet Monza DeKon ASSC 1976 Moffat 1:43 resin & metal kit by Automodelli Studio

NEW FROM POCKETBOND - NEW AND FORTHCOMING RELEASES

Pocketbond Ltd import and distribute many important model kit lines in the UK, amongst which are AFV Club, Takom and HK Models. New items on the way soon include HK's 1:32 Mosquito, AFV Club's 1:35 M60A1 Patton MBT and Takom's 1:35 Bundeswehr wheel-loader. More news soon. www.pocketbond.co.uk

Porsche 911SC Portugal 1982 Therier 1:24 resin & metal kit by Arena Modelli

WIN REVELL KITS! (and tools) Win the Revell Tweezer Set! PEGASUS HOBBIES 1:32 FLYING HUNTER-KILLER This US company has created the flying hunter-killer from the game-changing 1991 science-fiction film 'Terminator 2' film. This is a special edition model whose parts are plated in a chrome finish for that supermetallic look! www.pocketbond.co.uk

MERIT MODELS 1:35 BRITISH X-CRAFT SUBMARINE

Merit Models have tooled up for this new 1:35 kit of the WW2 British 'X-Craft' midget submarine which took part in many covert operations during the conflict. Hull length is nearly 45cm, a good size for a kit of this classic vessel. www.pocketbond.co.uk

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BANDAI, JAPAN 1:48 STAR WARS AT-ST IMPERIAL ALL TERRAIN SCOUT TRANSPORT WALKER • ITEM NO.0194869 • www.hlj.com

BANDAI, JAPAN 1:12 STAR WARS STORMTROOPER ITEM NO.0194379 • www.hlj.com

REVELL, EUROPE 1:72 SD.KFZ.7/2 ITEM NO.03207 • www.revell/de/en

REVELL, EUROPE 1:72 TIGER II AUSF.B ITEM NO.03138 • www.revell/de/en

REVELL, EUROPE 1:1200 PRINCE OF WALES ITEM NO.05135 • www.revell/de/en

BRONCO, HONG KONG 1:72 BLOHM & VOSS BV P178 ITEM NO.GB7001 • www.hannants.co.uk

PANDA HOBBY, CHINA 1:35 RUSSIAN BMD-2 ITEM NO.PH35009 • www.hannants.co.uk

TAKOM, CHINA 1:35 SKODA 30.5CM M1916 SIEGE HOWITZER ITEM NO.2011 • www.pocketbond.co.uk

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EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC 1:48 FOKKER DR.I WEEKEND EDITION ITEM NO.8492 • www.eduard.com

EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC 1:72 L-39ZA WEEKEND EDITION ITEM NO.7427 • www.eduard.com

EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC 1:48 MIG-21PF PROFIPACK EDITION ITEM NO.8236 • www.eduard.com

EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC 1:48 BF109E-7 TROP WEEKEND EDITION ITEM NO.7427 • www.eduard.com

WINGNUT WINGS, NEW ZEALAND 1:32 DFW C.V LATE PRODUCTION ITEM NO.32057 • www.wingnutwings.com

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WINGNUT WINGS, NEW ZEALAND 1:32 ALBATROS D.VA (OAW) ITEM NO.32047 • www.wingnutwings.com

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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY AVIATION TAMIYA 1:72 NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG ● KIT NO.60773

SMALL BEAUTIFUL DOLL? Jason Brewer takes Tamiya's 1:72 P-51D, an Obscureco resin wing with cut-out control surfaces plus an Aires cockpit and creates 'Big Beautiful Doll' in 1:72

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Another 'Big Beautiful Doll'? I know, it has been done plenty of times before, but this plane’s notoriety is exactly why I chose to build one of my own. This model was outside of my comfort zone and a personal challenge.

I build 1:48 exclusively, never do overall natural metal finish schemes and always avoid flashy markings like checkers.

That being the case, what better kit to use than Tamiya’s wonderful little 1:72 P-51D in the special

Here we see the mid-grey of the kit plastic and the paler resin of Obscureco’s wing casting.

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'8th AF Aces' boxing with Cartograf decals featuring the 'Doll' on the box art?

I wanted to pose the flaps dropped and came across a one-piece replacement wing from Obscureco with the flaps already cut out.

I gathered a few other aftermarket goodies from Aires and CMK, and the baby Mustang hit the bench.

A quick mock-up of the major components showed a very nice fit of the Obscureco wing and Aires cockpit, so things were looking good from the start!

COCKPIT

The kit cockpit is nicely detailed, especially for a fifteen year old kit in 1:72, but almost every kit could use a little help here. I generally avoid full resin cockpits like those by Aires’ as I’m not a fan of the sawing, scraping and often extensive thinning required to fit them, opting initially to use just a resin seat and PE detail sets along with some scratch details, but I was pleasantly surprised by how easy this particular Aires set was to install. It’s very clear that the resin

Constant test-fitting is needed when using resin replacement parts to ensure nothing fouls the final fuselage-mating procedure.

bits were based on the kit plastic parts – the tub still used the kit locator tabs and fitted perfectly! There wasn’t even the typically massive casting block to remove.

The only work left to do to get everything sorted was to thin the fuselage halves and resin sidewalls in order to squeeze them in, but I didn’t have to go wafer-thin with them like many Aires sets require. My only regret is that some of the detail on the canopy frame rails was lost in the thinning process (my fault); I wish these parts had been provided in PE.

Aires’ cockpit didn’t require as much scraping and trimming as usual.

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The Aires cockpit sidewalls are shown here fixed to the mildly modified kit fuselage halves.

The cockpit sidewalls were painted in-situ on the fuselage halves.

The author has made use of a US one-cent coin to demonstrate the tiny size of the parts being used; the coin is 19.05mm in diameter.

Although small, just as much care was taken in painting the sidewalls as would be on a larger scale model.

The painted seat features a leather back-pad and tan coloured harness straps, which, in reality. were made from thick canvas webbing.

Here we see the instrument panel and rudder pedal assembly, again alongside a one-cent coin to show its diminutive size in 1:72.

With the cutting and fitting stuff out of the way it was time to slap some colour in there. I started out with a base of Tamiya’s XF-69 NATO Black, my go-to 'scale black'. Much of the cockpit needed to be black anyway such as the auxiliary fuel tank, radio equipment, instrument panel and forward floor, plus the black provides a good base for shading the areas that need to be painted green. For

those areas I used Tamiya’s XF-71 which isn’t a perfect match for Interior Green, but after shading, highlights and oil washes the difference is negligible to my eye. The XF-71 was sprayed very thin, slowly building up colour while leaving shadows in the darker areas of the cockpit. A drop of XF-1 Flat White was added to the mix for further highlights on more prominent features.

After the main colours

Plentiful shading and highlighting was applied in the main UC bay to show off the raised detail in this area of the model.

were sprayed it was time for some detail painting.

I started out by mixing some XF-71 with Vallejo Flat White to paint the framing on the sidewalls and around the fuel tank and radio equipment.

Unlike Vallejo, Tamiya paints are notoriously difficult to brush-paint so the mix served two purposes – lightening the colour for highlights while still using the same base colour

and ensuring ease of the detail work. The same mix was used for some minor drybrushing and I was done with the green. The black areas were drybrushed with Vallejo’s Neutral Grey to bring out the details, and then the various buttons, switches, knobs and handles were picked out with Vallejo and Citadel acrylics. A little bit of chipping was added to the seat pan using a sponge and Citadel Mythril Silver.

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The author has kept things subtle, which is appropriate for 1:72

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A quick mock-up of the major components showed a very nice fit of the Obscureco wing and Aires cockpit, so things were looking good from the start..!

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the Aires rudder pedals were lost to the carpet monster, so the kit parts were substituted.

The same process of drybrushing and detail painting was used for the instrument panel and then everything received a coat of Future polish in preparation for an oil wash. Winsor & Newton Raw Umber thinned with mineral spirits was used as both a pin wash for the recesses and a filter for an overall dirty effect on the cockpit. A coat of Vallejo Matt Varnish and some carefully placed Future to simulate glass on the instruments finished up the 'office'.

CONSTRUCTION

With the cockpit completed it was time to close up the fuselage. Before doing so, I needed to salvage the radiator assembly from the bottom of the kit cockpit tub as it was not a part of the Aires set. After that was done things went quite smoothly – as expected from a shake-n-bake Tamiya kit.

The fuselage went together with no issues whatsoever and the seams were cleaned up and panel lines restored.

Now it was time to see how the Obscureco wing would fit. This replacement wing is literally a direct copy of the kit parts but with the flaps cut out for you to pose them in the dropped position and the gun barrels have been drilled out too. That being the case, installation was straightforward and fit was excellent everywhere save a small gap where the lower wing meets the cowl. This gap falls right on a panel line, so it was simply filled with CA, sanded smooth and the surface detail was restored.

The basic paint work of the gear bays was done at the same time as the cockpit using the same process, final touches will be added later on. Test fit of the tailplanes showed a flawless fit, so these were left off for easier handling and masking

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during the paint process.

Lastly the windscreen was attached and everything was masked for paint.

PAINT AND MARKINGS; NATURAL METAL FINISH AND CHECKERS!

Now for the fun part! I don’t do bare-metal schemes very often but it’s good to mix things up, right? When I do, my weapon of choice is Alclad II lacquers. First up was a coat of black as a base for the metal colours. I don’t ever go for extremely high polish finishes, so a method that I’ve found that works well for me is simply spraying the airframe with a layer of Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black. A good coat of XF-1 is pretty durable, though obviously the finish is too rough for a good NMF finish. I use a lint-free cloth to 'knock down' the roughness and you’d be surprised how smooth the flat black can polish out with very little effort. A few passes with the cloth yields a nice semi-gloss sheen, perfect for spraying Alclads without waiting for a gloss, non-acrylic base to dry. I also took this time to spray the rudder with NATO Black and mask it off.

First things first, I painted the wings Alclad II Dull Aluminum to simulate the silver dope used on the real thing and masked them off.

Moving to the fuselage, I started with a layer of Dark Aluminum to act as a pre-shade of sorts for later shades. Next I used Airframe Aluminum applied somewhat randomly and in varying concentrations to let some of the Dark Aluminum show through and create a worn effect.

Select panels were masked and sprayed with Duralumin or White Aluminum to add some variation and the exhaust panels were sprayed Magnesium. The wings were unmasked and the ailerons were masked and

Over a basecoat of flat black, polished up by cloth to a satin-like sheen.

Alclad II lacquer metallics were used to create the natural metal finish of the model.

sprayed Aluminum as well.

I like to spray as much stuff of the same colour as possible at the same time, so the fiddly bits of the undercarriage, the drop tanks, and the canopy were all sprayed varying shades of Alclad alongside the painting of the airframe.

With the paint work done I attached the tailplanes, and everything was sealed with a few coats of Future to

prepare for decals. I’m quite satisfied with the metallic sheen provided by the simple Flat Black base!

Now for the part I had been dreading – the checkers – but it seems my apprehension was unnecessary. The kit decals in this boxing were printed by Cartograf and, obviously, designed for this kit, so they went on without much fuss. It was tricky getting everything lined up

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Another coin – a 25-cent Quarter – is used to show just how small this beautiful little model really is.

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a painless experience. The rest of the markings went on flawlessly and everything was settled down with an application of Solvaset.

A few of the checkers at tip of the nose and the edges of the wingtips required some touch-up, but careful masking and painting made quick work of it. I waited until after all of the decals were applied to paint the anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen to be sure I painted it in the right spot inside the red pinstripes, masking over the decals with Tamiya tape and spraying the base colour and then adding white to the mix for

some fading. I also sprayed the chin intake lip red after the decals to ensure no colour showed through the white checkers. With all of that done, everything was sealed with another coat of Future.

WEATHERING AND FINISHING TOUCHES

I wanted to keep this plane relatively clean, so weathering was restrained to just an oil wash of raw umber and some light staining. The exhaust stain was done with Tamiya X-19 Smoke instead of my usual thin black/brown mix to ensure that the 'Big Beautiful Doll' script was not covered up. The wings

The checkers on the engine cowling are a challenge to apply, but went on fine thanks to Cartograf’s excellent decal design.

were finished with Vallejo Matt Varnish and the fuselage with Vallejo Satin, though the fuselage turned out a little more matt than I had hoped.

Now it was time for all of the fiddly bits! These had all been painted and weathered along the way while doing the airframe, so all that was left to do was attach everything.

CMK’s resin wheels are nice, slightly weighted, and saved me the trouble of trying to salvage the diamond tread pattern on the kit’s wheels.

The dropped flaps from the Obscureco set certainly change the look of Tamiya’s little P-51. The kit exhaust

was drilled out, painted black, and given a treatment of Rustall.

The worst part of Tamiya’s Mustang family in my opinion, outside of the 1:32, is the canopy with its multi-piece assembly. I opted to snag the canopy from a Hasegawa kit to avoid any potential mishaps, and while it worked fairly well I would probably use a vac-formed piece if I had it to do over again. The navigation and formation lights were painted with the appropriate clear colours, some minor chipping on the prop with coloured pencils, and the baby Mustang was ready for the display case! ●

MODELSPEC TAMIYA 1:72 NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG KIT NO.60773

Materials;

Injection-moulded polystyrene, waterslide decals

Paints used;

Tamiya Acrylics; XF-69 NATO Black, XF-71 Cockpit Green, XF-1 Flat White, XF-1 Flat Black, X-19 Smoke Vallejo Acrylics; Flat White Matt Varnish Satin Varnish Citadel; Mythril Silver Winsor & Newton; Raw Umber Alclad II; Dull Aluminum, Dark Aluminum, Duralumin, White Aluminum

Extras used;

CMK; resin wheels Q72169 Obscureco; P-51D Mustang Wing with Dropped Flaps (OBS48017) Aires; P-51D Cockpit Set For Tamiya (7074)

Availability;

Obscureco; www.obscureco.com CMK, Aires; www.hannnants.co.uk

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KIT PREVIEW TAKOM 1:35 UKRAINE KRAZ-6446 TRACTOR W/CHMZAP-5247G SEMI-TRAILER ● KIT NO.2019

KREMENCHUK COLOSSUS TMMI's Editor lifts the lid on Takom's big KrAZ 6446 tractor/trailer combo

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he Ukrainian 'KrAZ' company, whose acronym represents 'Kremenchuk Automobile Plant' ('Kremenchuts'ky Avtomobil'ny Zavod' or in the Ukrainian variant of Cyrillic script, 'Кременчуцький автомобільний завод') is based in the industrial city of Kremenchuk, central Ukraine. Its main product is trucks, in particular, off road, heavy-duty machines for the civilian and military markets, but after the company was founded immediately after the end of the Second World War, its first creations were bridges,

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plus agricultural machinery.

In 1958, the first trucks began to be built and by 2006, an astonishing 800,000 units had rolled off the production lines.

THE 6446

The KrAZ-6446 tractor truck was designed in Ukraine by AvtoKraz, developed from the KrAZ-6322 6x6 heavy utility truck as a successor to the KrAZ-260V. The vehicle is designed to operate on all kinds of roads and to pull lowloader trailers to transport armoured vehicles or heavy construction equipment. It is also used as a prime-mover for S-300PMU-1 air defence missiles.

TRAILER BEFORE THE MAIN FEATURE

Takom's new 1:35 kit is a stylish production that includes the ChMZAP-5247G lowloader trailer in the box, in fact this part of the ensemble takes up a good portion of the sizeable kit box.

Atypically, the instructions begin with the trailer's construction and it's not until stage thirty-five (out of eighty-two) that assembly of the tractor unit kicks off; this alone tells us how complex the trailer's construction is, in the very best way of course.

Fully rendered suspension, loading ramps and landing legs are highlights here, and just imagine all that

weathering potential on the loading deck..

ONTO THE TRUCK

With the lowloader done, the builder can focus their attention on the magnificent tractor unit.

This commences with the highly detailed replica of the truck's V8 turbo-diesel and it's extremely well done; the finished sub-assembly is sandwiched between the tractor's chassis rails in the following stage and the suspension and axles then build onto this. No area is left untouched; the chassis is topped off with detailed fuel tanks, spare wheel rack, air-brake tanks, fifth Vehicle history edited from Wikipedia

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Close-up of the gearbox right half moulding.

Model come with a detailed radiator and cowl.

Wheels are extremely well moulded in the ‘spider’ style.

Leaf springs are fully depicted with fine rib detail.

Engine block halves with exhaust flange detail.

Engine ancillary parts are individually moulded and finely detailed.

Firewall is moulded integrally with the windscreen frame.

‘KrAZ’ logo is moulded into the front bumper, in Cyrillics.

The trailer is a massive unit and all the major shapes are present. Modellers might wish to add brake line detail here.

Fifth-wheel with grease channels in evidence.

The delicate mouldings will need careful handling.

Close-up view of the austerelooking steering wheel

A large sprue of clear parts is Decal sheet carries warning provided. panels, dials and license plates.

wheel, mudguards and more.

The large cabin features what appears to be an insulated or quilted pattern on its inner surfaces (for cold weather operations?), and is contributes to the pleasingly busy feel in there. When it comes to building up the engine compartment, it's a little disappointing that there is no hinge arrangement for the bonnet, so the beautiful V8 isn't easily displayable without some scratchbuilding work, if you can find references. But, where there's a will there's a way and enterprising modellers will, no doubt create their own hinges; it would be a shame to hide that lovely powerplant.

The tractor and trailer unit are equipped with massive tyres (two sizes), moulded

Tractor’s wings are individually moulded.

from rigid black vinyl in Takom's kit (fourteen plus three spares). They are very well detailed on both tread and sidewalls. As I observed in last's issue's review of Trumpeter's Scud B vehicle kit, the tyres don't have weighted 'flat spots' and it would be challenging to create this effect in the kit parts, so we must be patient and wait for DEF Model's wonderful resin alchemy.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Close-up views of the chassis and suspension sub-structures, revealing the detail on all surfaces.

To sum up, Takom have come up with a large, highly detailed and interesting model here; a modern Ukrainian tank-transporter with tall, muscular proportions and a business-like demeanour.

The kit parts are very well detailed, the instructions are stylishly designed and

Close-up view of the lefthand drive dashboard. The ejector-pin marks will need trimming and filling.

Quite a few tyres!

Detail is excellent on all surfaces.

printed and the markings/ paint options (overall green plus two multi-tone camouflage schemes) are visually appealing. This is a model with plenty of potential for dioramas and original colour options (maybe a civilian tractor pulling an army trailer?), so if you like big and brutish truck kits with tons of detail, this one is for you. ● MN

MODEL SPEC SCALE; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . IM, PE, SVT, WS AVAILABILITY; Takom model kits and materials are available from good model shops worldwide. Sample kindly provided by Pocketbond, Takom’s UK import and distributors. www.pocketbond.co.uk TMMI’s OPINION? A very impressive boxful of model kit. Lots of detail everywhere, excellent instructions, useful photoetch and well moulded tyres.

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DIARY BUILD; MOTORSPORT DEAGOSTINI 1:8 SCALE MCLAREN MP4/4 (PACKS 03, 04, 05)

ONE STEP AT A TIME, PT.2 Carl Robertshaw continues his ‘diary-build’ of the stunning 1:8 1988 Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda MP4/4 from publishers DeAgostini

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n the first entry of this diary build, we looked at the first two of the twenty-month instalments and gave our first impressions of this sizeable kit. Here In this entry we cover our impression of the next three stages and progress with adding simple detail to the front brake and hub assemblies and the intercooler parts.

The magazine that comes with each instalment continues to build a thorough background to the Ayrton story, the races and design details that provide interesting reading.

Articles in Issues 3, 4 and 5 cover Ayrton’s karting history, the Monaco GP (qualifying and race day), Ayrton’s relationship to Angelo Parrilla, Emerson Fittipaldi, the lowline concept of the McLaren MP4/4 and Brabham BT55, Ayrton’s first win in a single seat racer, the Mexican GP (qualifying and race day) and the Aerodynamic features of the MP4/4, the F3 rivalry with Martin Brundle, the Canadian GP (qualifying and race day), Martin Brundle pushing Ayrton through his early races, his relationship with Frank Williams and the background to the design team of the MP4/4.

This builds a detailed and thorough picture of what

made this such an iconic pairing: car and driver coming together as one, at the right time and the right place. The magazine format follows the same template each month, concluding with that months kit build stages.

A NEW APPROACH IS NEEDED

As scale modellers we are used to assessing the entire kit as a whole, able to work on several sub-assemblies at once, choosing to deviate or follow the instructions at will. Because there is no overview of the whole build process I am finding the MP4/4 build to be slow to get going and impossible to plan ahead. This is due to having to wait to see what arrives each month, and up to now I’ve only been able to complete a few groups of assemblies, while almost half the parts remain untouched in the box, awaiting their accompanying partners to arrive with future issues.

This is a little frustrating, as it requires patience, persistence and endurance.

Having embarked on this twenty-month journey (it may take longer as I am planning to detail a number of the parts which may only be possible after the last

The Contents of Pack 03: Magazine and assembly guide, left front upright parts, left radiator housing parts and the left intercooler.

The monthly box as it arrives each month, with the addition of an A3 cutting mat with Pack 04.

On opening the box, one is somewhat underwhelmed by the contents. There is plenty of room for the parts and magazine to rattle around inside!

Pack 04 contents laid out. Parts for the right front upright, right front brake, one small sprue and separate parts for the solenoid valve unit, a PVC sticker sheet and die cast rear wheel.

Pack 05 contains parts for the left intercooler, radiator mesh, the monocoque chassis with end plate and head panel.

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instalment) I have spent time researching other subscribers and reviews online. I am not alone in questioning the cost of the kit (£40 per month!) and it is still not clear who this kit appeals or is targeted to. What is clear is the kit has been released in Japan already under the same format but in 70 instalments! Which makes each instalment cheaper, but also reduces the count of parts per month. A Japanese blog – blog.goo. ne.jp – shows the build and some added detail.

The accompanying text in Japanese means nothing to me, but the pictures tell a good enough story.

Employing Google Translate to elaborate on the images is hilarious bringing added joy and pleasure simply because the specific terminology of scale modelling is far from simple to translate across culture and language using this still generic and basic translation tool.

This comedic discovery brings light and laughter to balance against the slight uncertainty of what will arrive next month.

The instructions remain somewhat long-winded.

Although not ideal, I’ve also come to accept the nature of this build – scraping and sanding every part to be glued or repainted to expose bare plastic or remove seam lines – this feels sometimes like one step back and two steps forwards.

Shown here is the second brake disc clamped while the glue sets. Completed are the brake callipers and the upright.

A view into the left front upright. Five parts make up this assembly with the metal axle shaft screwed in place.

A paper strip taped in place and ready to provide the correct clearance for the callipers.

As instructed the module is left for an hour so the glue can set. Note the paper strip running between the callipers and the disc.

Tweezers (shown end-on) lifting the paper spacing-sliver out from between the disc and the callipers.

THIRD INSTALMENT

In Pack Three we receive parts for the left front upright and brake, the left radiator housing and the left intercooler. In addition we receive an A3 cutting mat.

Pack Four contains the right front upright and right front brake, the solenoid valve unit and one rear wheel.

Pack Five includes parts for the left intercooler, the main monocoque chassis housing, end plate and head panel.

All this doesn’t amount to being able to make much progress in the typical scale modelling approach I am taking. What we can cover in this diary entry is the detailing of the brake and

To help accentuate the detail, AK Interactive enamel wash was brushed into the recessed detail around the unit. On the left, the untreated unit.

upright assemblies and the small number of parts that make up the solenoid detail.

SO, TO THE BUILD

Construction of the front uprights is straightforward, each utilising four plastic parts, one metal axle and one screw. Typically, as described in the previous article, DeAgostini cover this in twenty-three photographic steps (including detail shots)

with no less than fifteen descriptions! Pack Four is a virtual repetition of Pack Three's instructions, covering the right and left sides respectively. Assembling the front left brake takes you though seventeen photos and thirteen descriptions/ captions in Pack Three, then Pack Four continues with more of the same.

Everything is very clear, but it feels a little like overkill.

COLOUR-WASH

What is covered in the instructions is the suggestion to use an ‘ink wash’ to bring out the detail on the parts. It recommends treating the constructed parts before they are assembled, though I would not follow this advice to the letter. Once complete, the brake units were ready for an AK Interactive Enamel Wash into the detail around TMMI 236 June 2015

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The left intercooler made up with one diecast and one plastic part.

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excess was then removed with a cotton bud after about twenty minutes to ‘clean’ the excess away. The intercoolers grills received the same application, being careful to paint the wash in stripes akin to the detail of the real car, referring to photos found in my online searching.

The right intercooler shown in its two halves before gluing with CA.

Enamel wash is used again to lift the detail of the intercoolers.

On the real McLaren the patination of the grilles is made up of dark and light stripes.

NEW METALLIC FINISH

The solenoid tubing and pipework fall squarely within the comfort zone of any scale modeller. The parts are pre-painted in chrome, yet disappointingly the parts are rather poorly moulded, so out came the familiar modelling tools – scalpel, sanding sticks and the Flex-i-File - and a session of sanding I cut the plastic back to an appropriate and acceptable finish. I then sprayed the parts with Alclad II Aluminium which gives a more scale-like appearance and replicates the finish in the reference pictures.

The ends of the intercooler pipes were also sprayed with Alclad II Chrome to add some relief. The individual parts were then painted using Tamiya Acrylics with a 2/0 brush, giving a far more convincing and respectable result.

And that is the extent of the work undertaken within the three months of this build! I do still have faith that this will become a very special model, as the parts are accumulating and the overall quality is very high.

All the parts received still fit into just one DeAgostini delivery box, which feels like not much, so I photographed the contents of the packs to get a better perspective.

With a positive outlook, the

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The chromed and painted sprue and individual plastic parts that make up the radiator and intercooler plumbing. You may be able to see the poor quality of the mouldings in this picture.

The appropriate tools for sanding away the seam lines and sink marks. The parts have some intricate curves that Albion Alloys’ plastic sanding needles are perfect for. The Flex-i-File also aids in creating a smooth curved surface around the intercooler pipes.

Alclad II Chrome was sprayed in a couple of places to lift the overall aluminium shade. The plastic parts are then painted in detail using Tamiya acrylics.

To recreate an accurate finish, Alclad II Aluminium was sprayed over the plastic parts.

radiator housings, chassis and ducting are all crying out for some detailing of the matt carbon-fibre finish. I am just hoping the remainder of these carbon parts arrive soon so I can get cracking on coordinating the detail of the surface finishes. Until then, it’s on with Pack 06 and with it the Senna DVD. If you, like me, are building this kit, you probably have this already!

Now, what parts are rattling around in the box this time…? ●

The collection of completed parts and the paints utilised to achieve a higher level of detail that the ‘out of the box’ finish.

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The collection of Packs 01 to 05 give a sense of progression.

To reach this point you will have spent ÂŁ200! We are one quarter of the way with fifteen more packs ahead!

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The comprehensive breakdown of parts shown on the reverse of the A2 poster.

Editor's note; The next instalment of this diary-build will appear in TMMI when the author has moved the build on by a significant amount, so it might not be in every issue.

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FULL-BUILD: AUTOMOTIVE AOSHIMA 1:24 MCLAREN F1 GTR 1997 LONGTAIL â—? KIT NO.07495

The GTR Longtail was the racing version of Gordon Murray's game-changing McLaren F1 supercar.

In this feature, David Thibodeaux describes the creation of a fully carbon-fibred model, using Scale Motorsport's fantastic composite-effect decals and Aoshima's recently issued 1:24 kit

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ver the years I have sort of become Matt Wells, the president and owner of Scale Motorsport. I have become the 'go-to guy' when it comes to trying out his prototype decals, photo-etched sheets or whatever else comes out of his fine stable of lovely aftermarket detailing accessories for model cars.

When he emailed me about working with Aoshima and their recently released McLaren GTR Longtail, I didn't hesitate to be his wingman once again!

Matthew now has a fine photo-etched sheet and now, decal sheets available to build a partial or fully carbon-fibre decalled 1:24 replica of the famous supercar. We collaborated on how he wanted the kit to be built and where the carbon-fibre decals were to be applied. He told me not to be overly concerned with the interior of the car as far as detailing since I had a short deadline for its completion for its debut at a model show. You will see as you read on, that is not my style! â—?

Using Matt's distinct specifications, templates were made for all the carbondecalled areas on the car using wide masking tape.

The areas were covered with this tape and traced with a fine sharpie marker. Once traced the tape was pulled up, doubled with tape on the adhesive side. Then they were cut out and used as templates for the carbon decals.

Matt wanted the colour to resemble McLaren Papaya Orange but a little brighter and with a pearl overcoat.

The colour is so bright in the photos that it is hard to see the pearl but it is there.

I custom mixed some GM Huggar Chevy Orange with some Yellow to get the right tone. All of the paint used on the body is Automotive base coats.

Copious amounts of Micro Set (Blue label) and Micro Sol (Red Label) decal solvents were used to get the 1:24 twill weave carbon decals to lay down smooth. Once they were dry overnight the base coat paint and carbon decals were covered in two part urethane clear and set aside to be polished out later.

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Of course the rear wing needed to be pure carbon-fibre decal. The wing ends and stanchions are from the Scale Motorsport photo-etched sheet that he offers on his website for this model.

The chassis was not going to be any less work than the body. Even though Matthew told me not to spend to much time here I just could not help but add more carbon decals to the engine bay. Matt had sent me some extra sheets of regular weave pewter and copper coloured sheets to use since the interior of the full size McLaren had multiple colours of carbon-kevlar weaves.

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FULL-BUILD: AUTOMOTIVE AOSHIMA 1:24 MCLAREN F1 GTR 1997 LONGTAIL â—? KIT NO.07495

Both the seat and dash were sprayed with medium grey primer so they would match. Everything here in this picture is out of the kit. The only addition I made were the pieces of shrink tubing coming from the main console ports.

The interior was very challenging to cover in carbon decals due to the various angles on all the interior panels. Once all the decals were applied I applied a couple coats of pledge with future shine floor wax (Insert equivalent name in UK) for an appropriate shine by brush.

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With the doors, rear cover, and wing in place the car is starting to really take on a life of its own.

The seatbelts are in place in this photo along with the rollcage and fire suppression tank.

One could go really crazy in the engine bay of a McLaren Longtail. I did what time allowed by adding carbon-detail, photo-etch hardware, and heat shielding.

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This shot just shows the amount of decal labour that was involved in this project. There is an incredible contrast between the various colours and contrast of the Scale Motorsport decals!

Upon final assembly the rear tail-lights were installed, exhaust pipes made from aluminium tubing and the famous GTR decal supplied in the kit.

Aber have created what is surely the ultimate detail set for Tamiya’s already fabulous 1:16 Tiger I, originally released around fifteen years ago. The modestly sized but weighty box houses a stack of photo-etched metal sets, plus bag upon bag of machined brass items, metal towing cable, resin hull improvements, wire, chain and much more. An amazingly comprehensive package.

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FULL-BUILD: AUTOMOTIVE AOSHIMA 1:24 MCLAREN F1 GTR 1997 LONGTAIL l KIT NO.07495

The McLaren is complete! The doors sit on the car and can be removed to display the interior.

Despite the tight deadline I had from Matthew to finish this project, I completely enjoyed building this version of the car. Check out the website; www.scalemotorsport.com and start your McLaren project today!

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KIT PREVIEW TRUMPETER 1:200 HMS NELSON 1944 ● KIT NO.03708

THE FULL NELSON

TMMI's Editor falls in love with Trumpeter's new 1:200 kit of HMS Nelson and is sorely tempted to begin work on her...

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long with their expansive lines of aircraft and armour models, Trumpeter also produce an impressive range of ship kits in the familiar scales of 1:700 and 1:350 and also the monster scale of 1:200, a considerable step-up from 1:350 in terms of sheer bulk. The newest model in this large scale is HMS Nelson, one of two Nelson-class vessels (the other being HMS Rodney) built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s.

Nelson was constructed by Armstrong Whitworth of Newcastle upon Tyne and commissioned in August 1927. During WW2, she took part in action in the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, supporting the Allied amphibious assaults during operations Torch and Husky; the 1943 Italian armistice was signed aboard her.

After this, she returned to England for a refit and then she was part of Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on D-Day, June 6th 1944. After striking mines twelve days after D-Day, Nelson

was sent to Pennsylvania for repairs, then redeployed to the Indian Ocean to fight the Japanese imperial forces.

On September 2nd 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered aboard her whilst moored in Penang, Malaysia.

HMS Nelson was decommissioned in early 1948 and scrapped in 1949 at Inverkeithing, Scotland.

1944-FIT

Trumpeter's kit represents the ship as she appeared in 1944 following her refit and repaint and is a rather magnificent production, to say the least. I first saw this model in assembled but unpainted form at this year's Nuremberg Toy Fair and I was smitten from the offset.

The sheer presence of the model as it sat on Trumpeter's booth – across the walkway from their UK importers, Pocketbond – was incredible. The strangely truncated hull gives the ship a pugnacious stance, more of a weapons delivery system for her nine, sixteen-inch guns than a conventionally

configured battleship.

As you might imagine, the kit comes in a massive box, which is subdivided by cardboard boxes into compartments that contain the model's hull and parts-sprues. The hull is a colossal, one-piece moulding in full-depth form, so some fairly major sawing will be needed for a waterline build. The horror! The model is an excellent candidate for conversion to radio-control as there is a huge internal void to carry all the necessary equipment. The deck is also a one-piece component and by clicking it into place on the hull, one immediately gains a sense of just how big a project this potentially is. The smaller boxes contain the superstructure elements, turrets, guns, ship's boats, masts anchors and other components.

Photo-etched brass is provided in the form of eight, sensibly-sized sheets carrying railings, davits, AA gunshields, ladders, mast elements and more. A small bag contains two

Here we see ship’s boats, main superstructure, rafts, anti-aircraft guns and propellers, all in super-size 1:200!

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The hull and deck temporarily united to give a sense of the model’s sheer bulk.

The deck is a one-piece part, as is the hull. Fit is excellent.

The hull-side portholes feature rain channels, moulded in-situ.

Steel rods are provided for the propeller shafts plus copper chain for the anchors.

propeller shafts in steel rod plus some copper anchor chain and finally, a small decal sheet provides Union Flags and White Ensigns in both 'flat' and 'fluttering' conditions.

SO, WILL I BUILD HER?

TMMI readers familiar with me and my model builds over the years will know that I am not a ship modeller.

They would probably suggest, were I to chose something naval to build,

The full complement of photo-etched brass, carrying railings, mast parts and more.

that I start on a model a little more manageable than HMS Nelson in 1:200, but it's just such a beauty that I have (nearly) convinced myself to apply 'The Editor's Executive Decision' rule (I made that up) and build her myself.

A sensible decision? Probably not, but I would love to know what it would be like to work on such a stunning kit. So let's see what develops over the coming months. One thing is for sure, it won't be a quick build! ● MN

MODEL SPEC SCALE; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:200 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IM, PE, MC, WS AVAILABILITY; Trumpeter model kits and materials are available from good model shops worldwide.

UK import and distribution by Pocketbond Ltd (www.pocketbond.co.uk) who kindly supplied the TMMI review sample.

TMMI’s OPINION? Trumpeter’s 1:200 HMS Nelson is an extraordinary achievement by any standards and the fact that it represents a successful British vessel of WW2 makes it all the more significant. The journey begins...

Parts such as turret shells, superstructure elements, secondary guns are all moulded with great finesse and detail.

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FULL-BUILD: STREET MOTORCYCLE

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TAMIYA 1:12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA ● KIT NO.14010

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hrough my day job as both a model-maker and recently an Editor for ADH, I’ve built all manner of models, from aircraft to armour, F1 cars to figures and dioramas. Almost all of these have been sent in to the magazines and chosen to fit a specific brief. Though this is fun, it means that my time to build my own models is rather limited so last year I made a conscious decision to build some of the models that I’ve bought for myself, including a large collection of classic 1:20 F1 cars and the subject of this feature, Tamiya’s excellent range of 1:12 motorcycles.

As a kid, I loved these 1:12 kits. They seemed so exotic and looked amazing in the catalogues that I bought, all shiny and detailed. My skills at the time were simply not up to the task of building them to look anywhere near as good as I wanted them too and so although I bought the odd kit here and there and even built some of them - the results were less than stellar. Despite this, over the years I continued to buy the kits, amassing a collection that one day I would build and display - when I felt the time was right.

Fast forward to 2014.

TMMI's Editor asked me to build a Red Bull F1 car for this magazine and so I took some time to understand and then learn how to build this type of kit, the way it should be done. I asked friends how they built theirs, what paint they used, how to deal with ensuring that the finish was perfect and how to apply the decals accurately.

I also asked about Zero Paints and their two-part clear coat. I’d read many times how car modellers had used this material to create ultra-smooth, perfectly glossy finishes, so decided that I would use it on the Red Bull car. This I duly did, with amazing results. The finish was smooth, glossy and perfect and though I had to take precautions during the use of this system, I deemed them worthwhile, if it meant that I could build more of this type of model.

In essence, I had a way to complete my own collection and so there was now no stopping me.

With my new-found skills I set to work, building my first 1:12 motorcycle in twenty years, Hasegawa's incredible Yamaha YZR500. Finished in a wonderful gloss white and DayGlo orange finish, it

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FULL-BUILD: STREET MOTORCYCLE TAMIYA 1:12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA ● KIT NO.14010 In order to ensure that no ‘ghost seams’ appear later on, all pieces of bodywork that needed to be joined, used superglue and accelerator to produce hard joints that could be sanded to a perfectly smooth finish.

As with any car or bike kit, the first job is to deal with the bodywork. This is assembled and painted before anything else. Why? Because if I mess it up, hours haven’t been wasted on the rest of the kit! Here you can see the bodywork assembled, ready to be sanded down with a variety of abrasive pads, sanding sticks and Scotchbrite.

Having sanded the bodywork, it was sprayed with several layers of Tamiya Fine Surface Primer. Each was sanded with fine MicroMesh before one fine coat of primer in readiness for both the silver finish and clear coat.

The paints needed to spray the bodywork: Tamiya’s Silver Leaf aerosol and Zero Paints, Two-Part Clear Coat

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and techniques to be brought together in one project, which many of you will have seen in this magazine during 2014. Having built that model, I was keen to start another, so worked through my own collection, choosing a kit that I felt would be easy enough to fit amongst the other professional projects that needed to be completed; that kit was the Suzuki Katana that you see here.

TAMIYA’S KATANA

Released in 1983, this kit encapsulates everything that was so impressive about these models: superbly detailed, beautifully moulded and easy to build.

They seemed to be head and shoulders above anything else that was available from our local model shop! Today, the kit still looks wonderful, capturing those futuristic lines of the Katana to a tee.

This is one of those kits that was bought on a whim.

Costing little more than £10, it seemed too good an offer to refuse when I saw it in a model shop near to where

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I live, so I grabbed it along with Tamiya’s 1:12 Virago and their 1:24 Mini, both of which I coveted whilst still at school. For the money, this is an astonishing kit that will delight modellers keen to stretch out a little, but not tackle something too complex. The parts count is low at around 95 pieces – most of which are painted either in Natural Aluminium, Gloss Aluminium paint, Satin Black, Grey or Blue – are reasonably large and thanks to the excellent fit, can be painted individually and then assembled, without fear of messy joints, or unsightly gaps. For those keen to tackle one of these bikes, this may well be the perfect beginner’s model!

From the off, it was decided that these bikes would be my hobby and not part of my day-job, (despite this one appearing in this magazine! ). This would allow them to be built without worrying about the addition of detail, each one being strictly from the box. Having now built a few

The tank has been sprayed with a several layers of Tamiya Silver Leaf aerosol paint decanted into an airbrush, left to dry and then coated with a layer of Zero Paints Two-Part Clear Coat. The finish that’s possible using this paint without any polishing, is truly astonishing. The black areas were masked off and then airbrushed with Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black thinned with Gunze Sangyo Mr Color Leveling Thinner.

The majority of the larger components have been painted ready for assembly. I like to cluster parts together that will be the same colour and paint them at the same time, both to be more productive and to lessen the time needed to clean the airbrush!

Though there are only a few decals on this model, they still need to be carefully applied; here are the tools of the trade…

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The frame halves were airbrushed with Silver Leaf and then the details washed with Tamiya Smoke thinned with water. Black rubber items and other details were picked out with Vallejo Flat Black and then drybrushed with German Grey.

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the time spent on each has reminded me why I love this hobby as much as I do and with some music in the background, those days as a youngster when I wanted nothing more than to spend time at my desk, building a kit and painting the results.

THIS MONTH’S FEATURE…

Over the next few pages I’ll show you how this model came to be. I haven’t created a true ‘step-by-step’ feature, more a showcase of some of the steps that were involved in the building and painting of this delightful kit. All of the tools that we have used

For all of the natural metal items such as the engine and brake systems, Alclad II metallic were used, sprayed over a base coat of their primer.

should already be around your workbench and though we used Zero’s 2K Clear Coat on this one, modellers concerned by the use of that material in their home, could just as easily use their single-part finish to create a model similar to ours.

Furthermore, don’t think that these ideas are only suitable for this bike; you should be able to use many of the steps of any model of a similar subject - heck, you could even use many of them on a car should the desire take you in that direction.

This then is Tamiya’s 1:12 Suzuki Katana. I hope you like it! ●

The front wheel and rear wheel complete with swing arm, are painted and assembled. Note how the Smoke wash has popped the detail around the detail, a further wash of thinned Clear Yellow darkened with Smoke, has created an oily-looking chain. The tyres were sanded with a heavy-grade sanding sponge and then a piece of Scotchbrite, to create a worn appearance. Once assembled, smaller details were picked out, the bolt heads being painted using the bright silver from a silver paint marker.

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The wheels are painted metallic grey and silver. To achieve this finish, they were first airbrushed with Silver Leaf and then with a layer of Humbrol Gunmetal. Once touch-dry, a Tamiya cotton bud was dampened with white spirit and then rubbed over the wheel rims and spokes to remove the Gunmetal and reveal the underlying silver. Easy! The brakes were airbrushed with Alclad II Steel and then the disks mask and the inner sections sprayed with Humbrol Gloss Black.

The engine block and other ancillary details were primed with Alclad II Primer and then sprayed with several very thin layers of White Aluminium. Happy with the finish, the details were accentuate with a wash of Tamiya Smoke, once again thinned with water.

As with a lot of bikes from this period, there is some chrome to brighten up proceedings. This is well-moulded and coated and thanks to carefully thought-out attachment points - and the use of white as a base plastic - can be used without worrying about unsightly marks after removal from the sprue. Before fixing in place, the chrome needs to be scraped away from the mating surfaces, carefully applied Tamiya Extra Thin Cement being all that is needed to create a permanent bond.

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When building the various sub-assemblies, either superglue or Tamiya Extra Thin Cement was used, every pin and socket being cleaned of paint to ensure a strong bond. A pair of soft cotton gloves is useful to ensure the paintwork and finish is not damaged.

The chrome certainly pops against the matt finish of the White Aluminium. All black sections were airbrushed with Tamiya Semi Gloss Black.

The engine has been completed and fixed in place between the frames. This is where the nerves begin to jangle as the need for careful assembly ramps up - no room for error here!

All of the black sections were first base-coated and then drybrushed with Vallejo German Grey followed by London Grey to bring out the finer details. Bolts were picked out with silver ink.

Almost there! The major sub-assembles are now complete and ready to be joined. It’s at this point that these projects become really exciting because you know that the finishing line is in sight‌

The rear saddle is a fine accent against the predominantly silver finish. Tamiya Flat Blue and Sea Grey were used to paint the saddle, the matt finish being used as-is, with no further varnish coat. The exhausts were assembled and then painted with Zero Paints Black, straight from the bottle to create an ultra-smooth satin finish. They were held in place only using the glued joint under the bike, friction around the joints between engine and pipes, being enough without glue.

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FULL-BUILD: STREET MOTORCYCLE TAMIYA 1:12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA ● KIT NO.14010

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MODELSPEC TAMIYA 1:12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA KIT NO.14010

Materials;

Injection-moulded polystyrene, soft-vinyl tyres, chrome-plated parts, vinyl tubing, waterslide decals

Paints used;

Tamiya; Fine Surface Primer, TS-30 Silver Leaf Zero Paints; Two-part clear gloss Alclad II; Gunmetal, Dull Aluminium, White Aluminium, Steel

Availability;

Tamiya kits are widely available from good model shops.

Imported and distributed in the UK by The Hobby Company Ltd; www.hobbyco.net Alclad II, Zero Paints; www.hiroboy.com

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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY VEHICLE FINE MOLDS 1:35 TYPE 61 MBT ● KIT NO.01E01

TYPE 61: BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA! Özgür Güner uses Fine Molds' own photo-etched details on their kit of the 1950s JGSDF Type 61 MBT

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t the end of World War Two, all military units of Japan were disbanded, all military facilities and factories were closed and all kinds of military research and development were prohibited. When the Korean War exposed the Japanese islands to risk, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Japan decided to modify these post-war regulations and allow a controlled rearmament of the country.

A military unit named as the 'National Police Reserve' (later renamed to National Security Force and finally named as the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force) was formed and equipped with the M4A3E8 Sherman and M24 Chaffee tanks.

Unfortunately, using the

Sherman tanks proved very difficult for Japanese soldiers who are generally smaller in body size compared to the American soldiers the Sherman tank was originally designed for.

This left Shermans out of picture.

The smaller sized M24 Chaffee was greatly liked by the Japanese, but being a small and lightly armoured tank, it had no chance against the enemy’s T-34/85 tanks they would be facing in Korea. In light of this tank problem, an offer was made to the Japanese in 1954. They could either purchase the M47 Patton tanks that were replacing the M46 in Allied inventories at the time, or they could design and use their own tank.

Realizing that importing

American M47 tanks would be very costly and that the Patton tanks had some shortcomings for them, the Japanese authorities decided to launch their own tank development program. Works started in 1955 and four different prototypes were produced. The last prototype could provide everything that was expected from the development project and as a result, the tank entered serial production in 1961 and was named as the Type 61 (traditionally the Japanese army used the designation Type, followed by the year of first production, to name their tanks).

The following are the primary features of the Type 61: •The dimensions and weight should be suitable for transport by rail

•The weight should be limited to twenty-five tonnes, while maximum available armour should be installed (the weight of the production tank was increased to thirty-five tonnes to meet this requirement) •The tank should be armed with a 90mm main gun The resulting vehicle was greatly inspired by American tanks of the era and looked similar to the M41 Walker Bulldog tank.

The Type 61 was powered by a 570HP engine and it was armed with a 90mm main gun, a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and a 12.7mm Browning heavy machine gun could be mounted on the commander’s cupola for air defence. Between the years 1961-1975, 560 examples were manufactured by

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The turret is made up of a small amount of parts.

After the lower and upper hull halves were assembled and the wheels are added, the shape of the Type 61 becomes apparent.

Here we can see the gun mantlet cover and its cloth-like texturing.

Mr Surfacer 500 was painted with a rough brush over the turret’s surface to amplify the cast-steel texture.

A photo-etched metal folding tool was used to accurately form the kit’s metal detail parts.

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Now it’s time for some putty work, especially for the tarpaulin cover on the mantlet. Until this, there had been several areas that required some application of putty (like the sides of the cupola and the tool box behind the turret).

In order to fill these areas, the author mixed Revell’s Plasto with Revell’s liquid cement to obtain a liquid putty and applied this on the required areas using a brush.

The kit’s tracks provided in plastic and are separate links; much better than vinyl tracks, but unfortunately each link has an ejector-pin mark on the ‘rubber’ pad and these (at least the very visible ones) need to be taken care of.

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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY VEHICLE FINE MOLDS 1:35 TYPE 61 MBT ● KIT NO.01E01

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only used in Japan, with no examples exported. The Type 1961 began to be phased out of service in 1990s and the last example was retired in 2000 after thirty-nine years of service. Type 61 was the first ever main battle tank manufactured by Japan after the post-WW2 restrictions and thus, it symbolizes the beginning of a new era.

KIT AND ASSEMBLY

The only option to build a plastic Type 61 was Tamiya’s Type 61 kit (#35163) for many years.

Recently, however, Fine Molds (another Japanese

Vallejo Model Air acrylics were used to form the base coat of dark green.

manufacturer) issued a newly moulded, state-ofthe-art Type 61 kit (FM43).

In addition to the base kit, I also used a photo-etched detail set from Fine Molds, produced specifically for this kit (MG77). Other extra detail sets used will include antenna from Orange Hobby (G35-102-48), copper tow cables from Eureka and 3mm headlight lenses from AK Interactive (AK00226), as well as a replacement barrel from RB Model (35B13) for the anti-aircraft machine gun.

The Fine Molds kit is moulded in dark green plastic and at a first look, everything looks okay. The

The fully built tank, with PE brass, lacquer-based Mr Surfacer 500 on the turret and link-length tracks all in position.

tracks provided are the link and length type, with separate links to go around the sprockets. The decals look well printed and crisp.

Over this, the camouflage pattern was Vallejo Dark Earth was hand-painted, lightly sketched on with a sharpened creating the initial pattern.

HB pencil.

Assembly begins with the lower hull, which comprises of a lower part, side walls and two mouldings for the front and rear ends. The

Next up was the black, again hand-painted for maximum control and a hard-edged boundary.

The hand-painted camouflage was then oversprayed with lightened versions of the camo colours to create a little depth and texture to the solid shades.

The tracks were first painted entirely with Vallejo Dark Rubber, then the rubber pads were masked and the remaining areas were painted in various shades of brown.

Some of areas required a little touch-up.

The circumference of the idler wheel is in continuous contact with the tracks, so to simulate worn metal the author went over this area with a graphite pencil

It was now time to apply some weathering.

Before proceeding, the author sprayed the entire model with Vallejo's satin varnish. This varnish coat will protect the paint underneath from the weathering application and create a good texture for the weathering applications to adhere to.

Vallejo’s waterbased colour washes proved very useful in giving the model more contrast and highlighting raised and recessed detail.

The pioneer tools on the real tanks were painted together with the tank, so these were left untouched. These were weathered in the subsequent stages.

The painting stage was concluded by spraying the entire model with Revell’s gloss varnish and applying the decals when this had dried.

The author applied a pin wash using Mig Productions’ Dark and Brown washes and any excess was removed with a brush and Mig Productions thinner.

The corners of the hull and other areas exposed to the crew’s feet were given a burnished appearance by touching in with dark toned acrylic paints.

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components for the running gear were also assembled at this stage. The upper hull is provided as a single piece and you just need to add the mudguards at the sides.

Once the hull is assembled, it is time to work on the turret and there are two things that I didn’t like about it. The first is the gun barrel, which is plastic and made up of two halves, which would require sanding and getting its shape right.

Currently, most kits of this quality either provide a single piece gun barrel that is very easy to use or a metal barrel without any moulding seam. The second thing is the tarpaulin cover around the mantlet, which is provided as two separate pieces and when joined the demarcation line is very visible. This cover on the real tank is a single piece without any demarcation line and it looks soft, unlike the kit parts.

In addition, when the upper and lower parts of the turret are assembled, the demarcation line is very visible as well. Since the turrets of the Type 61 tanks were cast-steel, this demarcation line would not be very visible under the layer Mr Surfacer 500 that I employed to replicate the cast-metal texture (Image 7). On the other hand, something needed to be done about the tarpaulin mantlet cover. After the turret and the hull were built, the main shape of the tank became visible. In the next stage, I assembled the smaller parts on the turret and the hull such as the commander’s cupola, pioneer tools, hatches, etc (Image 10).

After this, the PE parts were attached. The set that comes with the kit provides

While applying weathering on the model, I also worked on the tracks on one side. I sprinkled different coloured pigments on the tracks and then fixed these in place using pigment fixer.

After everything was dry, I drybrushed the tracks with matt black.

Weathering the vehicle hull continued with several applications, which included acrylic washes, pigments and using oil colours to obtain different light and dark shades.

Next, the entire model was covered with two layers of Vallejo matt varnish.

the exhaust grilles and the mudguard brackets.

There’s also a template piece provided to bend the mudguards to shape properly. The additional detail set is, of course, more involved; the engine air intake grilles, headlight and antenna guards and some other details are all included in this set (Image 12). To bend the headlight guards properly into shape, I took measurements from the kit’s plastic parts, then used correctly sized metal pipes to bend the PE parts into the correct shape. After the spare track links were attached, I placed the tow cable on the tank.

I chose to use Eureka’s copper wires instead of the kit’s plastic towing cable. Unfortunately, there are no holes at

The washes help to visually ‘lift’ detail by creating a darkened ‘rim’ around them, thus separating them from the surrounding surface.

The glass sections on the commander’s cupola were made using AMMO’s new product; Acrylic Crystals 099. The periscopes were first painted with chrome silver, then to the proper periscope glass colour. The author used this product for the first time and was impressed by the result.

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Surfaces that would become worn due to friction received some attention with a graphite pencil to replicate the metallic sheen.

The author used a stiff brush and a fingertip to make the splashes and a very thin, fine tipped brush to make the streaks.

The headlights provided in the kit are plastic parts.

To improve their look, they were replaced by AK Interactive’s 3mm lenses.

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TECHTIP: PAINTING THE ROADWHEEL TYRES A

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As the road wheel hubs were painted while I was painting the hull, I needed to mask them to paint the rubber sections of the road wheels.

For an easy masking application, I first placed a masking tape over each road wheel and went over the circumference of the wheel hub using a toothpick (Image A). After this, using a sharp edged knife, I started cutting the tape following the circumference line (Image B) and removed the excess sections of the masking tape (Image C). The road wheels are now ready for painting the rubber sections (Image D), which were then painted with Vallejo’s Panzer Aces Dark Rubber.

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pipes, so I carefully drilled the ends using 0.3mm drill heads. After this, I temporarily attached the tracks to complete the hull assembly. For the turret, the antennae, machine guns and other small details were added and the turret was attached to the hull to complete the assembly (Image 20).

PAINTING

I sprayed the entire model using Vallejo's Grey Surface Primer, which enabled me to create a homogenous, singlecoloured surface on which to paint. My research about the Type 61 revealed that most of these tanks were painted with olive drab and all of the five decal options provided in the box were olive drab tanks. However, there were also some tanks that were painted in very interesting

camouflage schemes and I decided to paint my model similar to one of these.

Coincidentally, one of the decals provided inside the kit could help me to paint one of these camouflage schemes as it belonged to the same battle group. The scheme I chose had three colours, but since I was not able to find direct equivalents, I matched the colours from my reference photos.

First of all, I used Vallejo’s NATO paints and mixed Surface Primer with #231 for the green colour. One important note here, I thin my paints using Vallejo’s own thinner (in 60-40 ratio) and I added a couple drops of Airbrush Flow Improver (71.362) (Image 25). After this, I sketched the outlines of the camouflage colours on my model using a pencil (Image 26). Then I needed to find a suitable brown

colour and I chose Vallejo Model Air 71.029 and used a brush to fill in the sketched camouflage pattern (Image 27). The same process was repeated for the black shade using #251 from the NATO series (Image 28). Following this, the same colours were thinned in the same manner as the base green shade and sprayed on the model (Image 29). I then added some tones to my colours for visual enhancement. To accomplish this, I added some Vallejo 70.819 to the Dark Earth and some #054 to the black to obtain lighter shades (Image 30). Afterwards, I also mixed a lighter shade of the base green and added more colour tones to the green as well (Image 31).

Finally, painting the small details is all that’s left. The headlights, rear lights and various belts and straps were painted at this stage.

CONCLUSIONS

The Type 61 is the first main combat tank Japan produced post-WW2 and has a special importance as a result. The Fine Molds kit is a pleasure to build and it can be easily assembled. The detail sets also allow modellers to take the kit to the next level.

I can recommend this kit to all modern armour and JGSDF fans. ●

MODELSPEC FINE MOLDS 1:35 TYPE 61 MBT KIT NO.01E01

Materials;

Injection-moulded polystyrene, photo-etched brass, waterslide decals

Paints used;

Vallejo Acrylics; Grey Surface Prime, Grey Surface Primer, #251 Black, #231 Green, Model Air 71.029, Model Color 70.987, 70.819, thinner Airbrush Flow Improver (71.362) Dark Brown acrylic colour-wash

Availability;

Fine Molds; www.modelwholesaleuk.com Vallejo paints are available from Creative Models; www. creativemodels.co.uk AMMO; www.migjimenez.com

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New Releases

Please turn to page 60 for the

The latest photo-etched sets, resin parts, figures and accessories to enhance your scale models...

What’s in the box?

AD; ACETATE DIALS, CC; CAST CERAMIC (PLASTER), CMA; CAST METAL ALLOY, CP; CHROMED PARTS, DT; DRY TRANSFER (DECALS), EPS; EXTRUDED PLASTIC SECTION, F; FABRIC, IM; INJECTION MOULDED (PLAST MC; METAL CHAIN, MMA; MACHINED METAL ALLOY, 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

LIFECOLOR, ITALY

www.airbrushes.com Three new sets are on release from Lifecolor of Italy, both for WW2 Royal Navy subjects. Eastern Approach 'Early War' includes six, 22ml bottles of acrylic colours (Admiralty Dark Grey, Admiralty Medium Grey, Admiralty Light Grey, Light Grey, Medium Green-Grey, Dark Blue Grey) for early-war Royal Navy vessels. Royal Navy WWII Western Approach 'Late War' includes Hull Red, WA Blue, WA Green, White, Semtex Green and Corticene. Also new is a set to replicate leather in multiple tones; again, six shades are included from dark to light.

ROYAL NAVY WWII EASTERN APPROACH 'EARLY WAR' (CS33) ROYAL NAVY WWII WESTERN APPROACH 'LATE WAR' (CS34) LEATHER (CS30)

TAMIYA, JAPAN

www.hobbyco.net New from Tamiya is a special type of masking tape which allows curves to made on the surface of the model. Three widths are available; 2mm, 3mm and 5mm. We'll be trying this out soon!

MASKING TAPE FOR CURVES 2MM (87177) MASKING TAPE FOR CURVES 3MM (87178) MASKING TAPE FOR CURVES 5MM (87179)

TAMIYA, JAPAN

www.hobbyco.net In this issue you can see our initial review of the new 1:48 Pz.IV ausf.H and if you chose to, you can zimmerit the model using Tamiya's new set of three-dimensional printed, self-adhesive decals. These must be trimmed out by the modeller and applied, a guide for which is provided in the instructions.

ZIMMERIT COATING SHEET FOR 1:48 PANZER IV AUSF.H (12661)

BRONCO MODELS, HONG KONG www.hannants.co.uk Bronco Models have created three sets of spotlights for various MRAP vehicles that took part in recent combat missions. Three different styles (rectangular, octagonal and round) are available and all feature separate lightbodies and clear lenses in injection-moulded polystyrene, plus PE brass in sets B and C. LED SEARCH LIGHT SET A (AB3568) LED SEARCH LIGHT SET B (AB3569) LED SEARCH LIGHT SET C (AB3570)

TAMIYA, JAPAN

www.hobbyco.net Tamiya's diorama material sheets are back, and as useful as ever. They are three-dimensionally printed on card and can be painted and weathered to the modeller's taste.

DIORAMA MATERIAL SHEET BRICKWORK (87168) DIORAMA MATERIAL SHEET STONE PAVING A (87165)

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Accessories

ION MOULDED (PLASTIC), ITL; INDIVIDUAL TRACK LINKS, LCC; LASER CUT CARD, LLT; LINK AND LENGTH TRACKS, R TUBING), VF; VINYL FIGURES, VF; VACUUM FORMED (PLASTIC), WC; WOVEN CORD, WS; WATERSLIDE (DECALS)

REVELL, EUROPE

www.revell.de/en New tools sets are on release, including three tweezers in metal with different shaped tips and one with a 'squeeze to open' action. Revell have also issued a precision saw in the form of a handle and three finetoothed blades of varying width.

TWEEZER SET (39063) PRECISION SAW (39067)

TAMIYA, JAPAN

www.hobbyco.net This is an interesting product that combines a roll of masking tape with a sheet of polythene. The idea is that it masks off larger areas of the model without gaps or wasting lots of tape. It's potentially re-useable too, if peeled off the model and re-rolled up.

MASKING TAPE WITH PLASTIC SHEETING 550MM (87164)

FRIULMODEL, HUNGARY

www.friulmodel.hu Four new sets of AFV tracks have arrived from Friulmodel, three for 'modern' subjects and one for an older machine. The Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 get a set each and it's interesting to note how different they are from each other. The WW1 Mk.V tank gets a set of 26½” tracks and finally, the D9R dozer (as kitted

by Meng) gets two beefy runs of track with enhanced detail and (hopefully) easier buildability.

LEOPARD 1 PROTOTYPE (ATL-158) LEOPARD 2 (ATL-159) MK.V (ATL-160) D9R DOZER (ATL-161)

TAMIYA, JAPAN

www.hobbyco.net New brushes on release from Tamiya are for those close-up jobs that only high quality brushes can cope with. Four brushes cover the sizes of small, fine, extra fine and ultra fine. Very high quality with comfortably chunky handles.

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New Releases

Please turn to page 60 for the

The latest photo-etched sets, resin parts, figures and accessories to enhance your scale models...

EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC

www.eduard.com www.creativemodels.co.uk www.hannants.co.uk We are still catching up with Eduard's releases from February, so here are some of the highlights. Italeri's 1:72 Short Stirling Mk.IV gets the 'Big Ed' treatment with a pack containing exterior details (undercarriage legs and bays, engines and intake screens) and interior details (instrument panel, throttle levers, pilots' seats, radio faces, cockpit wall details and more) as well as a much-needed sheet of pre-cut canopy masks.

Zvezda's 1:35 Panther gets a set of general details and schurzen, Airfix's new 1:72 Dornier Do17Z gets a bumper load of metal with parts to enhance the cockpit engines and fuselage interior, bomb bay and landing flaps and there's are no less than four packs of enhancements for Tamiya's 1:32 F4U-1A Corsair; interior, exterior, engine and cockpit placards. Tamiya's new-tool 1:35 Jagdpanzer IV (70) gets a set of general details parts, mostly usefully the tool brackets, plus a set of schurzen.

March and April (and maybe May) releases next month!

1:350 PHOTO-ETCHED SETS Musashi floor plates (53135) for Tamiya Musashi railings (53134) for Tamiya 1:200 PHOTO-ETCHED SETS USS Hornet CV-8 Part 1; cranes (53128) for Merit USS Hornet CV-8 Part 2; radar (53129) for Merit USS Hornet CV-8 Part 3; life boats (53130) for Merit USS Hornet CV-8 Part 4; Oerlikon AA (53131) for Merit 1:72 PHOTO-ETCHED SETS Blenheim Mk.IVF interior self-adhesive (73523) for Airfix Blenheim Mk.IVF exterior (72599) for Airfix Blenheim Mk.IVF landing flaps (72598) for Airfix Dornier Do17Z details self-adhesive (73522) for Airfix Dornier Do17Z landing flaps (72597) for Airfix Dornier Do17Z bomb bay (72596) for Airfix Lightning F.6 self-adhesive (73521) for Airfix BIG ED Stirling Mk.IV (BIG7294) for Airfix 1:48 PHOTO-ETCHED SETS Spitfire Mk.VIII landing flaps (48834) for Eduard Spitfire Mk.VIII surface panels (48835) for Eduard Spitfire Mk.VIII details (49708) for Eduard Spitfire Mk.VIII seatbelts 'Superfabric' (49074) for Eduard Gnat T.1 self-adhesive (49707) for Airfix 1:35 PHOTO-ETCHED SETS Pz.Kpfw.V Panther ausf.D details (36306) for Zvezda Pz.Kpfw.V Panther ausf.D schurzen (36307) for Zvezda Jagdpanzer IV 70 details (36309) for Tamiya Jagdpanzer IV 70 schurzen (36309) for Tamiya Sd.Kfz.251/1 ausf.B details (36312) for Zvezda 1:32 PHOTO-ETCHED SETS F4U-1A interior self-adhesive (32828) for Tamiya F4U-1A exterior (32366) for Tamiya F4U-1A engine (32365) for Tamiya F4U-1A placards (32829) for Tamiya Wires and stretchers (32367) BRASSIN SETS B-17F/G engines (648191) for Revell/Monogram GBU-10 Paveway (648171) ZOOM SETS F4U-1A interior self-adhesive (33144) for Tamiya Lightning F.6 self-adhesive (SS521) for Airfix MASK SETS Lightning F.6 (CX408) for Eduard Gnat T.1 (EX452) for Airfix JAS-39B/D Gripen (EX454) for Kittyhawk F4U-1A (JX176) for Tamiya

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KIT PREVIEW WINGNUT WINGS 1:32 AEG G.IV LATE â—? KIT NO.32042

ALLGEMEINE ELEKTRIZITĂ„TS-GESELLSCH

When Germany's 'General Electricity Company' made aircraft, the large G.IV bomber was their offer

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ingut Wings' latest release has arrived and yet again, it has caused somewhat of a crisis for model kit reviewers such as myself; I have run out of superlatives to describe their kits, they really are that good. To reflect this, I'll try to stick to a simpler description of the box contents. Well, with a just a few adjectives thrown in perhaps.

The model follows Wingnut's established style of presentation; a very full box of grey polystyrene

sprues, a modest fret of photo-etched brass, full-size sheets of decals and 'those' detailed instructions. To be more precise, there are no less that ten large sprues which each measure 37cm x 24cm plus seven smaller sprues, a small PE brass fret and no less than four decal sheets measuring 36cm x 22.5cm.

As with all previous models in this range, the detail is magnificent and from my discussions with people who have built them (to my shame, I have

yet to build a Wingnut Wings model) the parts-fit is very good too.

The subject is a stroke of genius.

To my knowledge, it's the first time the AEG bomber has been attempted in this scale and the achievement is something to behold. The whole thing is detailed inside and out, from the interior cabin/bomb bay/ventral gunner's space to the open pilot's cockpit up top. Exquisite replicas of the AEG's twin Daimler-Benz DIVa engines are provided, each sporting

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LSCHAFT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT IN 1:32!

their offering for the country's war effort. Now, Wingnut Wings have kitted this imposing beast in 1:32 accurate detail from the cylinder heads to the radiators. The engines can be assembled without their cowling panels in order to show off the detail too.

The markings are fabulous in this version (TMMI received the 'Late' variant, our sister magazine Model Airplane International will be reviewing the 'Early' machine), consisting of dark, lozenge-pattern camouflage in decal form, taking up much of the four big decal sheets. My favourite scheme is 'White VII' which

carries a large shark-mouth on the forward fuselage and a white rudder.

So, Wingnut Wings have raised the bar yet again with this release, combining their well established high production standards with a huge, characterful subject in the form of the AEG G.IV. I can't wait to see this model built up – and it will be, as soon as possible in TMMI. You see, I only used a few superlatives to describe this kit. Well, quite a lot really, but it thoroughly deserves it. ● MN

MODEL SPEC SCALE; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:32 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IM, PE, WS AVAILABILITY; Wingnut Wings model kits and materials are available worldwide. www.wingnutwings.com hlj.com TMMI’s OPINION? The newest release from New Zealand’s finest model kit maker is yet another extraordinary achievement and like the Felixstowe and Gotha, one that will need a large workbench and plenty of modelling time. Fabulous detail with huge decals and an tantalising challenge for rigging fans!

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FULL-BUILD: MILITARY AVIATION HK MODELS 1:32 B-25J MITCHELL ● KIT NO.01E01

MITCHELL WITH METAL HK MODELS’ 1:32 B-25J MEETS EDUARD PHOTO-ETCH! (Part 2)

Jeroen Veen concludes his build of HK Models’ incredible 1:32 B-25J Mitchell

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ast month we started with the build of HK Models’ B-25J, focusing on the interior part of the model. A lot of extra details were added, especially in the cockpit and the glass nose section.

Because these are the interior parts that will remain very visible once the model is finished it seemed only logical to pay extra attention to them. Thankfully Eduard provides us with some good

etched sets, which I used extensively. This month I'm going to finish the model and I will take you through some of the steps during the building and painting process. Again, the photo-captions describe in detail what I did, so in this part of the article I will limit myself to mentioning a number of considerations and general remarks.

From the moment I started this kit I was contemplating which paint

scheme I should use.

I wanted something a bit out of the ordinary but there are so many different options. The first choice in the decision process was for a colour scheme with a combination of bare metal and olive drab. The main reason was that I really like this combination, but even more important; it would enable me to get

some diversity in the colours which is rather hard to do on a rather large model with only metals or greens. With this in mind I kept on searching until I stumbled on a picture of a B-25 nicknamed 'My Naked Ass'. This plane had some interesting features (I know that sounds strange in relation to the name, but hey…)

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Most of the bodywork was airbrushed with Tamiya X-32 Titanium, although some selected panels were painted with Tamiya X-11 Silver. I really like the Titanium colours, they give a certain warmth to the paintwork. I didn’t know it at the time of this build, but AK Interactive sells metal pastes in a tube that are really worthwhile checking out, especially if you find metals hard to duplicate.

Right at the start of this project I decided not to use decals but masks.

Mal Mayfield of Miracle Masks did cut me a set for “My Naked Ass”, including the stars and bars. Using the masks isn’t difficult and I think the result are very credible – as you can see here, with all the rivet detail clearly in place. In 1:32 I would choose masks over decals any time!

The nose art was done with masks as well. This is a time-consuming job but again I do believe it is time well spend. Of course parts of the nose-art have been hand-painted, like the stars.

Looking at pictures of the real plane I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out.

Some touching up is still necessary, but the general impression is there.

The olive drab green is Mr Color 12, airbrushed straight over the plastic and metal. The borders of the nose art, stars and bars and window frames were masked. The rest was sprayed on freehand.

I wanted to give the plane a faded, dusty look and decided to use Xtracolor Light Olive Drab. This was thinned down considerably with Humbrol thinner and then airbrushed over all panel lines and in a random fashion over the panels. I was afraid to loose the rivet detail because of to many paint-layers, so I was aiming for a minimum of layers with maximum effect.

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Always an exciting moment! Removal of the canopy masks. It is for the first time that you get an integrated look of the whole model, inside and outside. I’m pretty happy with how this looks, especially given the time that was devoted to spicing up the interior of the fuselage.

A close up of the colours and dusty effects I was after. These details will become more eye-catching once the washes have been applied.

I have been contemplating for a long time which washes to use. I didn’t want to use thinners because I was afraid to damage the paintwork.

I settled for washes from Mig Productions. They have a complete range specifically for aircraft and I enjoyed the product. Bring on carefully with a brush, let dry and wipe away the excess with a cotton swab. There are many colours so you can add variety as well. Seal with the Varnish of your choice and you can’t go wrong.

CHEEK OF IT! V THE 'My Naked Ass' was part

of the 340th BG, 487th BS with operations in Italy. The nose art was based on an original pinup art from Billy de Vorss called Honey-moon which he created in 1939. The original holds all the marks of real pin up art, being very three-dimensional and colourful. The application of Honeymoon to the nose of the B-25 in comparison was very crude and one-dimensional. This gave me the perfect opportunity to paint the nose-art myself.

The model received some coats of paint between missions. The engine cowlings would both have to be blue but for some reason the ground crew only managed to get one done. The other was still metal-coloured. I have no idea if the second engine cowling was painted blue in a later stage but I found the two different colours interesting. I assumed the blue cowling shouldn’t be weathered too much because of the relatively fresh paint job. The fuselage and wings of HK’s B-25 are covered with loads of rivets (the box art tells us there are over 500,000) and I must admit, I like them. For me they present one problem though; the decals. I was very afraid that the decals wouldn’t settle into all that lovely detail which would totally destroy the painted-on look

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The fuselage is almost done. Some detail painting will still be necessary, but now it’s time to start focusing on the wings.

Before you can start installing the engine nacelles you will first need to build the landing gear. I always thought that HK would provide a metal landing gear but that seemed not to be the case. In hindsight I should have bought a replacement set because of the weight of the model.

Nevertheless, the plastic landing gear is very nicely detailed.

The kit wheels are replaced with Brassin ones from Eduard. I first started painting the rims a metal colour. After that, a mix of Humbrol Dark Brown and Matt Black was painted on the tyre. A light brown was then airbrushed in the profile area.

With Humbrol Flat Black the profile area was drybrushed. This gives a nice effect. It looks like dust remains in the profiles but the areas that touch the deck are more or less dust-free.

Small details have been painted and are outlined with a wash of thinned down Raw Umber oil paint. Everything was sealed with a coat of Tamiya XF-86 Flat Clear.

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The metal parts of the landing gear received a wash of Tamiya Smoke.

Here you see the landing gear installed, after which the gondola is glued in place. Some filler was needed here and there, but now the wings are ready to be painted.

The wings in the painting process.

There’s nothing new here: the sequence and colours used are exactly the same as on the fuselage.

The wings can be pushed in place with a nifty gliding system. If this doesn’t work immediately you will need to sand the knobs on the outside arms of the fuselage to a rounder shape. This will facilitate the wings sliding over them. No glue is needed. The system gives a very tight fit!

Smaller details like the dome on the underside of the fuselage and the lights in the leading edge of the wings have been installed. The B-25 is really shaping up now. This is one big bird!

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The main components of one of the engines laid out. The detail is absolutely wonderful and is more than sufficient. When you open up the cowling panels you may want to do some superdetailing, but for most of us that wouldn’t be a real necessity.

The cowling with the panels in place. This piece looks a bit over engineered to me, but if you want to open up some of the panels this setup will give you maximum flexibility.

The engine cowlings. The blue and metal rings were one of the reasons I picked this paint scheme. Colours were applied in the same manner as on the airframe. Oil and fuel staining were done with AK Interactive products. These stains were aimed at the underside of the cowlings, especially along the panel lines.

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1:32 I would always opt for masks above decals and I decided to contact Mal Mayfield from Miracle Masks and ask him to cut me a set for this bomber.

What he came up with was more than I counted for: not only were all stars and bars, tail numbers and codes present, but he also fabricated a multi-layer mask for the nose art. I was set to go!

HOW TO PAINT THE MITCHELL?

The way I painted the model is described step-by-step in the photo-captions. My general concern was to use as few layers of paint as possible to avoid losing all that wonderful rivet detail.

I therefore started with Tamiya X-32 Titanium as the metal base-coat, followed

by Mr Color 12 for the olive drab tone. With Xtracolor Faded Olive Drab I traced all the panel lines and airbrushed a random pattern

The engines in the process of painting. The cylinders have been painted Humbrol Matt Black and were drybrushed with various metal colours. The gear housing is painted grey and weathered with oil paints.

HK Models offer all the engine wiring in the kit.

These are plastic parts that look a bit heavy but fit into place very well and really look nice once painted. It’s parts like this that add to the enormous parts-count for each engine.

over the olive drab. It gives a nicely faded look. Using the masks, all codes, stars and bars and the nose art were painted. Using masks isn’t very difficult, it only requires patience. After all this I airbrushed a very light coat of Tamiya X-22 Clear over the entire model to protect the paintwork. I did not want to colour-wash and weather the model with oil paints, because I was afraid that the thinners would attack the paints. In my search for an alternative, a good friend of mine, Jeroen Peters, pointed me in the direction of Mig Productions Panel Line Washes. ‘Brush it on, let it dry and wipe it off with a cotton swab’, he said. I kept going on about my anxiety to damage the paint but he persisted, so in the end I decided to give it a try. Love at first sight! The product worked exactly as was told, and I will no doubt use it again. At the moment it comes in various colours that you can apply depending on

the base-colour, so you can achieve nice tonal variation as well. Try it, you will not regret it.

FINAL THOUGHTS

This was my second B-25 in a timeframe of approximately three years.

I hardly ever build a model twice, but I’m glad I made this exception. The HK model is different from the first one I did build (that came from a test shot): details have been added and changed. I think it shows the company is dedicated to give us the best products possible. It is my impression that they are getting better and better – if you have seen the moulds of their upcoming Mosquito you know what I’m talking about. I can wholeheartedly recommend the B-25 series to anybody who is interested in this plane and on a personal note, I can’t wait to get my hands on one of HK’s recent releases. Happy modelling! ●

The propellers. The tips were airbrushed with yellow and masked off when dry.

Then a coat of Humbrol Gloss Black was airbrushed on. The metal was hand-painted and colour-washed with thinned down Tamiya X-19 Smoke. The kits decals were used. After everything was dried out a coat of Tamiya XF-86 Flat Clear was then applied.

The wiring and some of the detail painted. For the wiring I used a reddish brown mixed with black, just to get some tonal variation.

The top turret is masked. You will have to take a good look at your references, because it isn’t very clear what should be masked and what not – there is inner and outer framing on the transparent part. I think that this is the way to do it, but I’m still not completely sure.

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A STÖWER, IN NEW HANDS

Canadian troops in a commandeered ‘Kfz.1, with original owners in the rear

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n this well-known and atmospheric, post D-Day photograph (Trun, Normandy) from late August 1944, we see a Wehrmacht Stöwer Kfz.1 (le.gl.Einheits-Pkw) staff car that has been ‘requisitioned’ by Canadian soldiers of B Company, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Princess Louise’s 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Armored Division.

Three Wehrmacht men sit on the back and appear relatively unbothered by their POW status. By the roadside, we can see a Canadian nurse treating a wounded German prisoner and to the rear of the truck we can observe a member of the FFI, armed with a rifle and wearing the French ‘Adrian’ helmet.

MODELLERS TAKE NOTE

As with previous ‘Diorama Ideas’ in TMMI, this scene could be straight out of a Shep Paine or Francois Verlinden diorama. It’s full of tension (the FFI soldier looks unhappy about the Canadian treating the wounded German) and roadside dioramas always possess a certain dynamism. Note the remnants of foliage in the radiator grille, the blackout covers on the headlights, three-colour camouflage (sprayed around, not over, the data panel on the driver’s door) and the missing hubcap on the rear wheel. ●

Top quality Ukrainian manufacturer ICM offers a superb model of the Stöwer Kfz.1 in 1:35, featuring extensive internal and external detail. It’s a modern production (not a re-box) and whilst quite complex, it will build up into a brilliant little replica of this workhorse. The figures in the rear could be converted from sets by Master Box; German Infantry ‘Off to the Front’ (35137), ‘Ticket Home’ (3552) come to mind. For the Canadians, some further conversion work might be required, using existing 1:35 mouldings. Happy modelling!

Where to buy; ICM; www.hannants.co.uk, Master Box; www.creativemodels.co.uk

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PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF.H LATE PRODUCTION www.hobbyco.net SCALE; 1:48 • MATERIALS: IM, WS • KIT NUMBER; 32584 Tamiya’s 1:48 Panzer IV is ten years old now, and after a couple of evolutionary steps, is still going strong. The latest iteration is the Late Production Ausfuhrung H which uses the 2005 upper hull and turret, 2012 lower hull and track-guards plus a new 2015 sprue which provides the main schurzen and exhaust box for the tank’s ancillary power unit. Also in the box is a pair of hefty metal bars that sit in the lower hull to add weight to the model, should you desire. These can simply be left out of course. The suspension bogies are moulded as one-piece items, proving that this can be done and still result in a finely detailed sub-structure. Tracks are link-and-length and are designed to fit perfectly around the running gear. The schurzen side-armour mount on moulded brackets and whilst being tough and very well moulded, photo-etched replacements would provide a more scale-like appearance. MN

PHANTOM P-51D MUSTANG www.revell.com SCALE; 1:32 • MATERIALS: IM, EM, WS KIT NUMBER; 85-0067 A very nice surprise arrived recently at TMMI Towers in the form of the re-issued 1:32 ‘Phantom P-51D Mustang’, originally launched around fifty years ago in the mid-1960s. The model’s airframe is moulded from transparent polystyrene with opaque internal structures such as the engine and its mount, cockpit, radio/ battery tray, fuel tanks, wing spar and gun bays; these will need painting. The model is mounted on a substantial plinth which conceals the motors, gearbox and batteries that drive – through a series of levers and cranks – the retractable undercarriage, as well as the switchgear for the dropping the bombs and activating the motor inside the engine to spin the propeller.

The transparent-moulded airframe is beautifully clear and (almost) totally free from ejector-pin marks which could otherwise ruin the effect. The instructions are detailed and very informative, thanks to the written assembly guide on each page. This feature is lacking from many kits these days but it’s an extremely useful inclusion.

The detail and accuracy of the internal parts is a little questionable but that’s not the point; this is a fabulous presentation that shows the main inner mechanisms of the P-51D with the added bonus of working parts adding to the excitement. It’s a must-have, so grab one while still in stock. MN

Late war variant of the ubiquitous Pz.IV is an attractive model subject and the kit is very well detailed

A wonderful, action-packed and instructive kit from the original golden age of modelling

Some moulded-in tools will be found on the ten-year old upper hull but can be painted realistically with care

Take care with the mechanical parts, solder the wires and apply a little ceramic grease to the gears to avoid jamming

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Kit Reviews

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T-34/76 (EARLY 1943 PRODUCTION) www.hannants.co.uk SCALE; 1:35 • MATERIALS: IM, SVT,WS • KIT NUMBER; 35365 ICM’s new-tool kit of the T34-76 Early 1943 Production comes with some appealing touches, such as open-moulded engine deck grilles complete with the long ‘butterfly’ flaps beneath, all of which would need to have come from aftermarket PE sets for other T34 kits. The grille within the main engine hatch is still moulded solid though, albeit very well done. The Christie-type suspension is provided in the form of boxed-in spring units that are fitted from within the hull – a very nice detail – and the driver’s area has a rudimentary interior in the form of two seats and a pair of steering levers. The turret features the main parts of the gun’s breech and both hatches are moulded individually to show it off. Fine detail is found everywhere and even the two-part flexible tracks are well detailed. MN

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C-45F/UC-45F WW USAAF PASSENGER AIRCRAFT www.hannants.co.uk SCALE; 1:48 • MATERIALS: IM, WS • KIT NUMBER; 48181 The C-45 was a military version of Beechcraft’s successful ‘Twin Beech’ passenger aircraft, of which over 1,500 were constructed for the US Air Force for a light-transport role. It’s a handsome machine and one that translates very well into scale model form, as ICM have proved with their new kit. The model comes in ICM’s typically stout box and the main, mid-grey sprue carries engines, tailplane, interior parts, propellers and undercarriage. The fuselage halves are moulded on another sprue and the wings are in upper and lower parts. The airframe detail is a combination of very subtle recessed lines and raised detail where appropriate; no rivets are in evidence which is probably just as well, but in reality the Beech’s exterior was covered with flush and domed rivets which modellers might wish to subtly replicate with their ‘Rosie the Riveter’ tool. The engines come with mounts within the nacelles which remain partially visible through the UC apertures.

A very pretty aircraft and an attractive kit. MN

From an in-box examination of the parts, this looks like an excellent replica all round

Fine moulded parts with subtle detail. Options for one French, one Italian and two USAAF machines.

Main engine grille still moulded solid but could be replaced with PE mesh

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SD.KFZ.234/2 PUMA HEAVY ARMOURED CAR www.hobbyco.net SCALE; 1:35 • MATERIALS: IM, PE, WS • KIT NUMBER; 37018 This is a cooperative release between Tamiya and Italeri, using the latter’s still-excellent mouldings with some new parts such as a newly tooled muzzle brake and gun mantlet, turret details, jerrycans and their brackets in PE brass headlights plus a new jack.

These new components do refresh this kit and don’t forget that there are various aftermarket photo-etched sets for the Puma too, plus resin wheels, metal gun tubes and more. The model can still be built out-of-the-box for a terrific result, which is part of the reason behind this release, an easy to build project that won’t soak up weeks of workbench time but still yields a good-looking model.

Build with confidence! MN

Italeri’s Puma is still a great kit and the new parts add to that Wheels/tyres could be replaced with weighted resin items for a more natural look

EDUARD, CZECH REPUBLIC

SPITFIRE MK.VIII www.eduard.com • www.creativemodels.co.uk SCALE; 1:48 • MATERIALS: IM, PE, WS, PCM • KIT NUMBER; 8284 Eduard’s new Mk.VIII Spitfire has arrived at TMMI and, like the company’s Mk.IX, it’s another triumph of model kit design. The Mk.VIII kit includes re-tooled wings and fuselage which incorporate the features of this stop-gap variant, so this is practically a new kit rather than just a revised Mk.IX. The new airframe parts are highly accurate and sport an impressive level of detail, from the beautifully executed lines of minuscule flush-rivets that will be found over the whole outer surface to the many raised protrusions, engraved access panels and inspection ports of the Spitfire’s outer structure.

The new wings include optional pointed wingtips and separate parts are provided for an open or closed canopy. Two moulding of the pilot’s access door are supplied for the open or shut position too, the differences allowing it to sit accurately in either chosen pose. This is a stunning model of the Mk.VIII and no less than six markings-options are offered on the decal sheet, the SEAC scheme being my favourite. MN

A wonderful kit all round with a stack of detail and impressively accurate airframe No doubt someone will find fault somewhere, but for now this is by far and away the best 1:48 Spitfire Mk.VIII on the market

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KIT PREVIEW REVELL 1:72 C-54 SKYMASTER ● KIT NO.04877

BERLIN OR BUST!

The fuselage is equipped with a pair of liners that carry internal detail.

Brett Green previews Revell’s new-tool 1:72 C-54 Skymaster, the iconic ‘Berlin Airlift’ machine...

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he Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft, used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner; the Douglas DC-4.

Besides transport of cargo, the C-54 also carried presidents, prime ministers, and military staff. Dozens of variants of the C-54 were employed in a wide variety of non-combat roles such as air-sea rescue, scientific and military research plus missile tracking and recovery. The C-54 become a familiar sight during the 1948/49 Berlin Airlift, hauling coal and food supplies to West Berlin. After the Korean War it continued to be used for military and civilian tasks by more than thirty countries. This was one of the first aircraft to carry the President of the United States and to assume the call-sign ‘Air Force One’.

THE DOUGLAS C-54 SKYMASTER IN 1:72

moulded with impressive raised structural detail and the strips of oval cabin windows are wedged between the inner and outer fuselage parts; very clever. The cabin is supplied with bench seats that have lap harness straps moulded in place, plus webbing for the inside of the fuselage sidewalls. The floor is also moulded with fine structural texture.

The big cargo doors may be posed in a number of different open or closed positions and the forward cockpit entry door is a separate part too.

The engines look great, each featuring fine detail and six rows of cylinder banks, pushrods, manifolds and exhausts. Markings for two colourful options are provided on the Cartografprinted decal sheet. This is a big, well-detailed kit of an important subject that has never before appeared from a major manufacturer in 1:72. ● MODEL SPEC SCALE; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:72 MATERIALS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IM, WS AVAILABILITY; Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For details visit www.revell.de/en TMMI’S OPINION? Whether you are into military or civil aircraft models, this one should be on your list! Highly Recommended.

Vehicle history edited from Wikipedia

Considering the importance of the C-54/DC-4, it has only been rarely available

as a scale model kit. Mach 2 released a limited-run 1:72 C-54 some time ago; Mach 2 kits had a well-earned reputation of being roughly moulded and difficult to build. Earlier, Rareplanes also offered a basic 1:72 vacuum-formed kit of the DC-4 in 1976. The only other option is several variants of the C-54 and DC-4 released in 1:144 by Minicraft.

TMMI recently received an early test shot of the forthcoming Revell 1:72 C-54 Skymaster. First off, it’s important to note that the sprues shown here are not the final production version and that changes might take place before the kit is released. The kit comprises around 300 parts in grey plastic, twenty-two in clear plastic and decals for two markings-options. My first impression was, wow, this is a big model, even in 1:72!

Surface texture consists of very fine and crisply recessed panel lines, flaps may be fitted in the dropped or raised too. Interior detail looks very good, the cockpit featuring all the main elements including well-detailed bulkheads and consoles. Each side of the main cabin is lined with a separate interior shell that’s

Airframe exterior carries finely recessed panel lines.

Firewalls carry some excellent detail.

Cabin seats with webbing backs.

This new-tool kit carries a lot of superb detail and will look fantastic when built, painted and decalled.

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MODELLING CHURCHILLS, BOOK 1

JAMES GULD, SEAN MCCONNELL, KRISTOF PULINCKX, ROMAN VOLCHENKOV, CHRIS MEDDINGS, ITA PUBLICATIONS ISBN 978-0-993258-80-0 • www.insidethearmour.com This is the first book from Inside The Armour, a British producer that offers a range of 1:35 resin tank interiors and other details sets for a range of tank kits. It covers the WW2 Churchill tank and features five full-builds on different variants of the tanks including a wrecked machine in a severely neglected condition. Some well known modellers have contributed to the book, so there’s some excellent material in here, with informative accompanying text. The photos are largely well produced but some are a tad on the dark side and the layout, which often places images in the ‘gutter’ where the pages meet, makes them a little hard to see, exacerbated by the book’s perfect-bound spine. These slight criticisms aside, this is an enthusiastically put-together production with nice models to inspire potential modellers of the Churchill. MN

MICHAEL MASS, ADAM O’BRIEN, DESERT EAGLE PUBLISHING ISBN 978-965-91635-8-8 www.aviationbookcentre.com Desert Eagle Publishing have another of their excellent books on sale, this time on the Merkava Mk.2. As is customary with this series, we are treated to a mass of high quality colour photos showing this variant of the Israeli Merkava tank in intimate detail from tracks to turret-top. The book kicks off with a chapter of ‘in-action’ shots and here we see the reddish dust – typical of the Lebanon border area – adhering to the tanks in all sorts of interesting patterns which is handy for weathering fans. Further views depict Merkavas in more typical conditions such a dusty sand and the mud of the Golan Heights in winter. A fascinating chapter called ‘Man and Machine’ focuses on the crews and maintenance teams, providing some neat diorama ideas.

We then move on to the physical details of the tanks which will please the superdetailer immensely; as well as the structural details, we are also shown items of crew stowage, another handy tip for modellers.

This book packs in a lot of photos and at £23.99, represents extremely good value for money. Highly recommended. MN

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Could this be the best 1:32 aircraft kit ever?

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o, Tamiya have finally made it official; we are to be treated to a new-tool 1:32 kit of the famous 'Wooden Wonder', the Hertfordshiredeveloped DeHavilland Mosquito.

Along with the Spitfire, Bf109, Hurricane, Mustang and Fw190, the Mosquito is one of the iconic combat aircraft of the Second World War, the types we all used to build in 1:72 from Airfix back in the days of three

channels on TV and no internet or mobile phones.. Remember those happy times? I seem to remember the Mosquito burning its way into my soul in the 1960s films 'Mosquito Squadron' and '633 Squadron' and even though the 'flying', or rather, 'crashing' shots were fairly crummy, I still love the films to this day.

There's something indefinably cool about the aircraft; it

was a very handsome, fast and effective machine after all. And it was made from wood. And it was developed not far from where I live in, Hertfordshire!

To say I am excited about this kit might be the understatement of the year and I will have to control myself when I get my hands on it... And here's me thinking that the F4U-1 Corsair was the

ultimate model by Tamiya in 1:32! I am certain the Mossie will take it to another level. By the time you read this, I will be back from Japan having visited the Shizuoka Hobby Show and I hope to have a pre-production kit in my hands, which I will of course feature in TMMI at the first possible opportunity. ● See you again on June 18th! editor@tamiyamodelmagazine.com

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