Model Airplane International - December 2013 UK

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CONTENTS
VOL.9 ISS.101 DECEMBER 2013
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VOL.9 ISS.101 DECEMBER 2013
Editorial:
Editor: Richard A. Franks
Publisher: Alan Harman
Group Editor: Marcus Nicholls
Artist: Richard J. Caruana
Administration Manager: Hannah McLaurie
Offi ce Manager: Paula Gray
Advertisement Manager: Colin Spinner
Advertising Sales: Mark Peacock & Claire Alley
Advertisement Assistant: Joe Brown
Art:
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Advertising Design: Alex Hall
Contributors:
12 20 Alan Bottoms, Steve A. Evans, Andy Ieronymides
& John ‘Tigger’ Wilkes
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REVIEWS Libor Jekl builds the Tamiya 1:72 Il-2m3
Website: www.modelairplaneinternational.com
p8 Kwik Builds Stormovik
The Airfi x 1:72 Fw 190A-8 by Libor Jekl,
HobbyBoss 1:48 Fw 190D-9 by Steve A. p28 Angel of the seas ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
Evans and Revell 1:32 Lynx HAS.3 by Alan John ‘Tigger’ Wilkes tackles the new 1:32
Bottoms resin kit from HPH Models Airbrush Company p13
ADH Books p47
Creative Models Ltd p6&7
p56 New Releases Kits p40 Vought SB2U Vindicator Eduard p17
The latest kit releases assessed by Richard J. Caruana Hannants p5
Italeri p11
p62 New Releases Accessories p48 Fast Freddie MPM p39
New products from BrenGun, CMK, Eduard, Andy Ieronymides builds the new Zvezda Osprey Publishing p15
Quickboost & Scale Aircraft Conversions 1:48 Bf 109F-4 Pocketbond p9
Revell IFC
Swann-Morton p17
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12/2013 - Latest
news & information
for Scale Aircraft
Modellers
Editor’s Choice -
Forgotten how good?
Having offered us a range of ‘authentic’ Luftwaffe colours in their acrylic
range last month we were delighted to see that they have not forgotten their
enamel ranges either, as these colours have now been made available in
that format as well:
241 RLM 70 Schwartzgrun, Matt; 242 RLM 71 Dunkelgrun, Matt; 243
RLM 72 Grun, Matt; 244 RLM 73 Grun, Matt; 245 RLM 74 Graugrun, Matt;
246 RLM 75 Grauviolett, Matt; 247 RLM 76 Lichtblau, Matt; 248 RLM 78
Himmelblau, Matt; 249 RLM 79 Sandgelb, Matt; 251 RLM 81 Dunkelbraun,
Matt; 252 RLM 82 Olivgrun, Matt and 253 RLM 83 Dunkelgrun, Matt.
Also released at the same time were a number of new basic colours as
follows: 21 Gloss Black, 22 Gloss White, 36 Matt Pastel Green, 42 Matt
Violet, 44 Matt Pastel Blue, 46 Matt Orange, 58 Matt Magenta, 111 Matt
Field Grey, 112 Matt Field Blue, 234 Matt Dark Flesh, 238 Gloss Arrow Red
All colours come in 14ml metal tinlets and they retail for £1.70. Just like the
acrylics, these are nothing like the old enamels, no more lumps and gloopy varnish, they are quite superb and go on well with a brush or via an airbrush. It is great to
have Humbrol adding ‘authentic’ colours like this once more into both their acrylic and enamel ranges, and they easily meet the standards we expect from model paints
today. All Humbrol products should be readily available from a number of high street and Internet outlets, but you can also buy directly from Humbrol by visiting
www.humbrol.com.
The world above Cars
Zvezda have recently launched a series of snap-
together kits depicting the aircraft featured in the Disney
animated movie ‘Planes’ to go along with similar kits of
the stars of the Disney ‘Cars’ movies as well. Thus far
the range, which are all approximately 1:100, includes
‘Bravo’ (#2065) a Super Hornet voiced by Val Kilmer,
Ripslinger (#2063), the main rival to the fi lm’s star
Dusty Crophopper, voiced by Roger Craig Smith, El
Chupacabra (#2064) a Gee Bee Model R voiced by
Carlos Alazraqui, Rochelle (#2070) voiced by Julia
Louis-Dreyfus and Skipper Riley (#2062) an F4U
Corsair voiced by Stacy Keech. No kit needs glue and
the parts are moulded in appropriate colours while all
markings come as self-adhesive vinyl stickers.
Ideal for any young ones in the family this Christmas, or
to tempt a Cars/Planes fan into becoming a modeller,
each kit is nicely moulded, none of your toy-like stuff,
regardless of the intended audience, so well done
Zvezda. They should be available from all Zvezda
stockists in the UK for £4.99 for all except Bravo, which
New from Iwata
is £7.99. You can also get Dusty Crophopper (#2061)
and a display stand for each (#2068) for £4.99 and
£1.99 respectively. Iwata have recently added to their Neo range with the launch of the TRN1 gravity-feed, pistol
trigger version. This is a dual-action airbrush, but instead of the usual push-down, pull-back trigger,
this uses the standard gun-style trigger unit, thus making it a lot easier to use, especially if you
have any problems with grip or arthritis etc., as its a lot easier on your fi ngers. You also get a pre-
set handle, allowing you to lock down the amount of paint/air that comes through the nozzle, which
is really useful if you are not used to using an airbrush, or you want to work controlled areas of
paint, e.g. mottling.
The Iwata range is imported and distributed in the UK by The Airbrush Company Ltd and you
can upgrade any of the existing Neo kits from them by adding the TRN1 to the bundle. You can
also get the TRN1 as a gravity-feed (0.35mm fl uid tip) version as shown here, or as a side-feed
(0.5mm fl uid tip) version, both with the trigger and both for £130.00 including VAT in the UK.
Both the gravity-feed and side-feed versions have PTFE needle packing, as PTFE is much more
solvent-proof than rubber O-rings plus it lasts much longer than rubber and avoids the swelling and
cracking that rubber can suffer when subjected to certain solvents such as cellulose.
For more details on this and all Iwata products, visit www.airbrushes.com or call 01903 767800.
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SAC Update
Scale Aircraft Conversions have advised us that their
replacement undercarriage for the Roden 1:48 T-28B
(#48174), which we reviewed in Issue 86, is also suitable
for the C and D versions as well. In future this item will be
labelled as ‘T-28B/C/D Trojan Landing Gear’.
For more info on the entire SAC range, visit their website
www.scaleaircraftconversions.com
Out Now
Valiant Wings Publishing released their next title in
the Airframe & Miniatures series at the IPMS Scale
Modelworld event at Telford in early November. This
new title covers early versions of the P-51 including
the A-36 Apache, P-51, P-51A, B & C. The book
offers a wealth of technical and historical information
with loads of period and walkaround images of
every aspect of the airframes. On top of this there
are 3D isometric views by Jacek Jackiewicz, colour
profi les by Richard J. Caruana and lists of all kits,
accessories and decals in 1:32, 1:48 and 1:72 scales
The 192-page title retails for £18.95 from Valiant
Wings and is available from all good hobby stores,
specialist bookshops and ADH Books, or you can
place your order directly with them by visiting
www.valiant-wings.co.uk or calling
[phone].
The next title from Valiant Wings will be in their new
Airframe Constructor series and will be on building
the Zoukei-Mura 1:32 Heinkel He 219 Uhu by Dani
Zamarbide. Visit their website for more details.
Pla Paper
We saw details of the new Pla
Paper from Tamiya a while back
and got to thinking that it may
well have applications in our
side of the hobby, not just for its
intended craft use. It’s a versatile
material with the softness of
paper but the pliability of plastic.
You can cut it with scissors or a
knife, and secure it with liquid or
tube cement. The material can
be marked with pen or pencil
and you can paint it with enamel
or acrylic paints. You can get it
in packs of 0.1mm (#70208) or
0.2mm (#70209) thickness and
each sheet is B4 size, so a lot
of material. Current retail price
is £7.00 a pack and we will be
having a play around with this
stuff in the next few months,
as it certainly looks like a good
candidate for making seat belts
that will be a lot easier to work
with then etched!
Join the Team
We are currently looking for a few new contributors to the cause, specifi cally
those working in 1:72 who are interested in undertaking Kwik Builds. So if you
think you fi t the bill, and build WWI or post-WWII subjects, drop the editor a line
at [email protected] for more details.
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KWIK BUILD
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER
SSPPEECCIIFFIICCAATTIIOONN:: Built & Written by Steve A. Evans from the UK
HobbyBoss 1:48 Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 Dora’s Debut
Kit No: 81716
Materials: IM, PE
Availability: Creative Models Ltd (UK Importer) and
HobbyBoss stockists worldwide
Price Guide £14.99
BEFORE STARTING:
It’s no surprise that HobbyBoss released this version of the Fw 190, after the
● Humbrol Liquid Poly
● Cyanoacrylate Ta 152 releases it was a bit of a no-brainer. Obvious it may be, but is it a worthy
● Tamiya masking tape
challenger to the mighty Eduard version?
● Tweezers (various types)
● X-Acto Modelling knife and #11 blades
● Fiskars straight edge scissors
DIMENSIONS: 1:1
Span - 10.46m
Length - 10.16m
Height - 3.35m
DIMENSIONS: 1:48
Span - 219mm
Length - 213mm
Height - 70mm
AIRBRUSHES USED:
Iwata Hi-Line HP-BH and HP-CH
For UK distribution and availability visit
www.airbrushes.com
PAINTS USED: I
Halfords acrylic (aerosol): nitially you might think it’s a bit unfair get two sprues of weapons and tanks,
Grey Plastic Primer to compare the two kits because the including the under-wing ETC50 racks for
Eduard 1:48 Dora is so much more the 50kg bombs. The instruction sheet is
White Ensign Colourcoats enamel:
ACLW01 RLM83 expensive. This isn’t the case in brilliantly drawn, as all HobbyBoss sheets
ACLW06 RLM81 reality, however, because Eduard do a have been, and you get two versions on
ACLW11 RLM71
ACLW15 RLM76 very smart thing indeed by producing the the decal sheet and full colour, four-view
ACJ12 Grey-Green ‘Weekend Edition’ version for the princely painting guides.
Daler Rowney oils: sum of just £12.80! With that in mind, Building starts with the cockpit interior,
304 Ivory Black let’s look at the newcomer from the Far which has very nicely moulded detail,
East. It comes in the HobbyBoss standard complete with decals for the instrument panels
REFERENCES
small box that is sturdy and covered in if you don’t fancy some detail painting. You’ll
● Focke-Wulf Fw 190D & Ta 152 by Richard A. Franks
(Valiant Wings Publishing 2012 some decent art. The sprues inside are have to source your own seat belts of
ISBN: 978-0-9567198-2-9) very cleanly moulded in light grey plastic, course and given that even when
● Focke-Wulf Fw 190D, Aero Detail No.2 (Dai-Nippon
Kaiga Co., Ltd 1990 ISBN: 4-499-20547-6) without a hint of flash and only tiny mould closed that big clear canopy
● Focke-Wulf Fw 190D, Modelers’ Eye Series No.4 by K. lines. The transparent parts are very clear
Abe, K. Yokohama & S. Kato (Dai Nippon Kaga Ltd 2004
as always, and you get a single tiny etched
ISBN: 4-499-22821-2)
● Focke-Wulf Fw 190 & Ta 152, Aircraft & Legend by H. fret with just four parts on it but no seat
Nowara (Haynes Publishing Group 1988 belts. The sprue breakdown is typical
ISBN: 0-85429-695-6)
● Focke-Wulf Fw 190 to Ta 153, Variant by Variant Detail of mouldings where multiple versions of
Scale Aircraft Drawings 1/72nd by R. Vavrina (R.V. Resin things are going to be made so look out
2008 Cat Nr.1009)
for more in this family soon. You also
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KWIK BUILD
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER
gives you an excellent view in, it really does Bad bits are the total lack of rivet detail on areas on the lower surface are from Alclad II
need this feature. Next is the back of the the skins and the built-up forward area of and weathering is by the usual pastels and
engine as seen in the open undercarriage bay the wheel bay which is almost ‘boxed in’ and Tamiya X-19 Smoke method, suitably chipped
and this is pretty good detail too. Obviously totally wrong. At least constructing it into a with a silver pencil and made to look as dirty
it could do with a whole mess of tubes, pipes sub-assembly is easy. As is fi tting the whole as I fancied. One thing that can be said about
and fi ttings in there but it’s a fi ne start. Sadly thing to the fuselage; it slots into place just as the decals, however, is just how well they
it’s not all good news because there are a it’s supposed to without fuss or drama. You get work. Barring a tiny misregister (but only on
few very obvious omissions. First of all are two engine cowls, one with cooling gills open the Gruppe bars?) they were faultless, being
the ammunition boxes for the MG131s, these and one closed. If you use the open one, make thin and easy to handle. They settled down
should be large boxes attached to the cockpit sure you cut out the third gill from the top on superbly on a surface of Humbrol Clear with
bulkhead. Secondly and even worse, the big the right and attach it in the closed position as just the tiniest silvering where the carrier fi lm
aluminium oil tank, perched on the left side this one was fi xed on nearly all the production crossed a panel line, and you can make them
of the fuselage, isn’t there and neither are D-9s and didn’t open. even better by rubbing off that carrier fi lm with
the lower engine bearers. All of these details Painting is the next task and with the a gentle application of White Spirit. You get full
are highly visible in the open gear bay and Luftwaffe being an endless subject of debate, stencilling and two types of swastika, so it’s a
stick out like a sore thumb if they’re not there. you know it’s never going to be simple. This pity about the mess-up with the code colours,
Anyway, on with the build and the fuselage could not be more true of the two versions otherwise they would get very high marks.
wraps around the interior parts very neatly on offer in the box. Option two on the sheet, Final assemblies such as the undercarriage
without needing any fi ller along the joint lines. ‘Black 12’ W/Nr.500570 should in fact be ‘Blue units are well moulded with crisp detail and
The nose deck goes on and again this isn’t 12’, which is a pretty dumb mistake to make good location points. The linkages look right
quiet right being far too fl at across the top of because this aircraft happens to be one of and everything seems to be positioned at
the guns. The canopy and tail get fi tted now the most photographed and well documented the correct (gangly) angle making the ‘sit’ of
as well and it all slots into place in exemplary Doras there is. Option one in the box does the model very good. The spinner is the right
fashion. You only get the one (blown) canopy have a little cat on the cowl but is otherwise shape and although the prop blades look
in the box and it’s moulded in the closed incredibly boring. Now here’s the worst bit, a little pointy they re just about the correct
position. This means that if you pose it open if you do either of the options in the box you diameter. You also get the full set of aerials
it will look a little too tall and narrow, although cannot fi t the underwing racks because neither and antennas for the underside as well as
I have to admit I couldn’t tell the difference machine ever carried them. So, with that those bomb racks of course. So, with the
really, anyway. Next up are the wings and in mind, I used the ‘Black 12’ option, fi tted obligatory centre-line tank in place the whole
some good, some bad. Good bits are the the ETC racks and fully appreciate that I’ve kits gets a good coat of Xtracolor XDFF matt
separate fl aps and ailerons, the neat panel created nothing more than a ‘generic’ long- varnish, the canopy is de-masked, the aerial
lines and the well detailed undercarriage bay, nosed 190. Colours are from the White Ensign wire is put in place and a fi nal fl ourish of
not to mention the wing racks for the bombs. Models Colourcoats range, natural metal exhaust staining makes this Dora fi nished. ●
FINAL VERDICT
Sadly, this HobbyBoss offering just isn’t as accomplished, or as accurate, as the Eduard Fw 190D-9. With the detail omissions and the daft mistakes
it’s not a worthy contender to the title and as the price isn’t an issue, the only thing it’s got going for it is a much easier build process than the complex
Eduard version. This Dora is not a bad kit; there’s just a better one out there.
“The instruction sheet is brilliantly drawn, as all
HobbyBoss sheets have been, and you get two
versions on the decal sheet and full colour, four-
view painting guides”
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