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Model Airplane Int 2024-03

Aircraft modelling

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Wi .189 aera but, he Fe was both he nal srg seat ote variant Of he Meteor an he most heavy produced rguably makng ts one of he trostimporant Bish aera ofthe post war ra |AOBOT9A Vickers Wellington MK.IA/C Faanked at ski level 3, tho 1:72 scale AOBOTOA Vickers Wellington Mk.IAC revintreduction includes two new schemes depicting a Mk. variant from Foyal Air Force Honington in 1988, and scheme B gives you the option to build something extremely diferent, a MIC from (formerly) $11 Squadron In Luftwaffe markings. This kt consists of 141 parts and measures a total wingspan of 385mm and 272mm in length, ‘The most eapable medium bomber of the day was the twin-engine Vickers \olington, which fist ow in 1986 and entered RAF service with No.08 ‘Squadron at Midenhal in October 1998, The production aircraft bore litle resemblance tothe prototype aircraft and compared to contemporary medium ‘bombers already in service, the Wolington appeared tobe much more ‘advanced in design and an aircraft feared by any potential enemy. its sleek ‘monoplane design and heavy detensive armament placed the new Welingion sone of the most advanced and capable medium bombers in the word Perhaps the most signicant feature of the Welingtons design was the adoption of a geodetic construction method, which was developed by famous Eritsh engineer and inventor Bammee Wali, Duralumin W-beams were used to form a metal latioe-work construction on to which wooden battens would be screwed, which would then allow the doped fabric outer skin ofthe aircraft tobe ataches, The resultant fuselage was relatively bght in weight but possessed great ‘Stength and whist the method of onstruction posed challenged for companies engaged in manufacturing Wellington bombers, the inherent ‘Strength proved crucial when the aircraft was thrust into combat. Capable of withstanding significant batte damage, numerous RAF \elingtons managed to bring their crews back home, when the other ‘bombers would have flied todo so. Lar A06015A North American 8-25C/D Mitch Faanked at ski lovel 3, the 1:72 seala AOBOTSA North American B-25CD “Michel reintroduction includes two interesting new schemes depicting a USAAF North Atica B-25C Michal, and a Soviet B- 25D, allowing you to create two diverse schemes ofthe 6-25 variant, This kt consists of 166 parts ‘and measures a total wingspan of 286mm and 224mm in length. [An extromely rugged and versateaicrat, the Mitchell saw service as an ant-submarine patrol aicratt off the coast of Florida and as a stike bomber inthe desers of North Africa, proving successful at oth. Some of the later versions of the B.25 became the most heavily armed aircraft ofthe war, with no lass than 18 machine guns and an aray of other offensive weaponry, witha solid nose housing 8 heavy guns, these aircraft ore lethal gunships, capable of destroying anything in its ine offre 8 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - larch 202. ‘www.kotare-models.com KOTARE HAS SENT NEWS OF THEIR NEXT, AND FIRST NON- SPITFIRE, RELEASE Ll ela ta) ‘The famous WWII fighter BI 1096-5 and G-6 early version Reenter Pre-painted photo etched parts for the finest detail Die cut masks for easy painting Pera esr cris aa} Preto DUAL COMBO 1:72 here's nothing like the annual announcements from the model kit industry to bring out the Ebeneezer Seroage-lke commentators who bark humbug” because ther pot subject hasn't been kite. Trying o please allof the people al ofthe time for model kit ‘companies isa thankless task, but then again ‘modellers tend to be spoken of as a Borg ‘esque collective who are all of one mind, but you only have to look atthe diference in their ‘approaches to ther own projects to realise that, though we may share a hobby, that's where consensus tends to end, So the toy fairs. Thus fa - dof January 2024 - afew companies have announced ‘some of thei plans for the year, but the Kind of annual info-dump that we used to have in the 19708 and 80s tends tobe replaced with raling news announcements. Certainly as has been commented in this column betore the advent of social media has mest kt companies have rethought thir PR stratogios witha diferent approach to that ofthe old days (of print deaatines and thei long lead times. Of the kt companies to have made a stat on their 2024 ranges, Arf were amongst the frst to announce ther plans andi’ certainly {an adventurous mix this year - a 1:72 Chinook, Consolidated B-24H Liberator and a 1:48 Cou 8 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL Bristo! Buldog MI biplane. ‘This isnt the frst Chinook to appear inthe Airfix range, in recent years the company has reboxed the italer kt, but going back a tow years 40 in tact - Ait had modal all excited in 1984 when ther catalogue (or Modelers Manual) featured a thumbnail of a Chinook HC-t, sil topical aircraft given its involvement inthe 1982 Falkiands War. Als, the kt - much ike the Agile Combat Aircrant and Disney 20,000 Leagues Undor the Sea’ Nautlus also previewed - didn't see the light of day and it was Matchbox who profited a couple ‘of years later with thei 1:72 Chinook ‘The 1:72 Liberator is @ non-bainor for Aix, their orignal tooling is now over sity years old and, like ther Lancaster and 8-17, has been a mainstay inthe range regardless of who else has made one. Colour schemes? How long have you got ‘The Bulldog is a welcome change of pace, lke the well-received Supermarine Walts a fow years back, prior to which the only quarter: scale biplane from Air was the Hawker Fury, the fest of thee 1:48 kits in and around 1980. The other 1:48 Bulldog kt was the Inpact ‘model from 1968, which has been re-boxed

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