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    6 Build Articles - 6 Build Reviews - Inbox Reviews - Aircraft in Profile and More! Recent 200706879 | TTT) Vee THE PUGNACIOUS LA-5S www.guidelinepublications.co.uk Meni The SWS 1/48 Horten Dry Co Let’s be Frank Crews ce Pence a eam Teer cee) Puy cet ea ea enc) cay esecatd Spit, in Full Build Shocker! Aviation & Military Book Centre Ww Military & Civil Aviation — Military Weapons & Equipment — Naval Vessels SPECIALIST IN AVIATION, MILITARY & MODELLING BOOKS WITH THOUSANDS OF TITLES IN STOCK SI a aia oN OF SH729B4 1/72 Z JA-37 Viggen ‘Fighter Version’ PAINT BRUSHES WITH EVERY ORDER OVER £25 SHa2078 1/32 Fieseler Fi 103/V-1 ‘Hi-Tech’ TA22 TD seece MD-3 Ground Power Unit Resin kit with decals and photo-etched parts. rea in post or phone orders. Delivery from £3.50 for UK orders. Delivery charges for Europe and Worldwide available via the website Unit 1 Highfield Rd, Clitheroe, BB7 1AQ + sales@aviationbookcentre.com + 01200 401468 2 San facebook. com/specialhobby www.aviationbookcentre.com WWW.SPECIALHOBBY.EU ORRSTEDS is WWW.CMKKITS.COM héneu i CONTENTS Ba tala ty anal a Cn ed $ses ad at Decor Ton fo Page 76 Pagezt page as Michal Dostal builds the SWS Horten Angel Exposito builds the 1/48 Rick Greenwood completes afull Build Ho-229 showing off its incredible detail ‘Tomeat™ Review of the Airfix HAR.3 Seaking, and complexity” eee eer Pa ee eran ’ La arrives 1 7 y ¥ a tc, | 4 é Page 38 Page 68 Page 88 _ James Hatch joins the team with a build Robert Rose build reviews the Eduard Marcin Starszewski makes his print PRR ofthe Copper state Modes 22 1748 Marae ie debut witha great build review o the sl Netuport x ew Ait Spite FR Mla" és Page 49 Suhesan ea _ AIRCRAFT IN PROFILE (ep etermnernaios Page 93 Richard Mason takes us through origins. Ecol Wiel) Yoav Efrati takes us through the interesting afterlife of a modernised WWI warrior in and performance of the La-5 with Colour Israeli Service” Profiles by Jan Pole” CO.UK CONTENTS CONTENTS ‘Aview from Belgium: BSMCShow Report 22 F-14: 1/48 build article m4 Lets be FRANK: 1/32 build article 30 Beau Bébé! Copper States Neuiport 38 ‘W32buld tide Page 14 ‘Andy McCabe reviews the buldhee 7 1/48 Meng Mustang Stans Raptr, Zvesda 1/48 Las a buildartide ‘V72Mirage Build Review @ Ho-229 1/48 Bulld Artie 16 VI2SMBViggen Special HobbyDuo 84 pack build review Gilfon Powered Paparazi VE Airfx 88 Page 30 The Editor builds the 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-84 Hayate‘Frank’ Spitfire FR MAI Fll Build Review Shizuoka Hobby Show 2019 Show Report 97 REGULARS Editorial 6 Update 8 r Kit Reviews n Aircoftin Profle 0 atte 7 Page 82 AIRBOURNE (Colour Conundrum n Chris Ayre brings us the Monthly Round. Up from IPMS (UK) UUKIPMS round up with Chris Ayre Dy AUGUST 2019+ VOLUME 41 +15sUE 06 EI EDITORIAL Who’ this guy2!"for those that do not know, yes; Im the new Editor of SAM. Following a shuffle at Guideline Publications, Gary has moved on to new projectsin the company and im taking over the august helm of this great magazine. So what can you expect? During my tenure at the magazine | will continue to focus on bringing you the best of aircraft modelling from around the world. be bringing you variety; in subject scale and style. From 1/144 to 1/24,fromWW1 to the newest types, from clean models to filthy tank planes: We will be looking for and bringing to you exciting and interesting models from the best modellers, plus research and background articles from old names and new. This month we have excellent articles from existing members of the ‘SAM team; Rick Greenwood, Robert Rose, Yoav Efrati and Andy McCabe, plus the second part of the excellent Colour Conundrum article on the Wildebeest by Paul Lucas, and Richard Mason brings us an excellent Aircraftin Profile on the La-5. We also have new names joining the team with Angel Expdsito, Marcin Starszewski, James Hatch and Michal Déstal Thope you enjoy this, my fist issue of SAM, and | look forward to bringing you many more, Chris Meddings Editor 8 Guideline Publications PRESS RELEASE June 2019 Guideline Publications continues to strengthen its reputation for publishing exceptional magazines and books in military and aircraft interest titles. As we continue to expand the readership of all our publications in print, digital and social media, we have grown our editorial team to guarantee that we can deliver some great new products to our stable and, of course, continue to improve our current range of magazines and books. Chris Meddings has joined Guideline Publications as editor of Scale Aircraft Modelling and takes up the editorship from our August issue. He will be your contact going forward, and | know he will continue to provide the very best, ‘magazine. There will be some exciting changes over the coming issues that will ‘cement Scale Aircraft Modelling's reputation for excellent modelling and first- class reference material. Gary Hatcher is working with Guideline Publications in the new position of editor of new publications, We have some really exciting new titles that we will be launching later this year, the first at Scale Model Challenge and another new title launching at Scale Model World David Grummitt will continue as editor of Military Modelcraft International, now the number one-selling military modelling title worldwide, based on current EPOS data available to all magazine publishers. David will also oversee our stable of Guideline Publications'titles and will become the Editor in Chief of Guideline Publications. ‘Mark Avery will continue as our editor of Toy Soldier Collector Magazine. This ‘magazine is a niche publication but continues to grow. Alan Corkhill, Managing Director of Guideline Publications, said:"We are confident that the changes guidelines is making will continue to grow our marketshare, whilst improving our offering to our existing and new readership. Guideline Publications continues to move forward striving to be the market leader in model related publications’ Guideline Publications are publishers of Scale Aircraft Modelling, Military Modelcarft international, Toy Soldier Collector, Warpaint Books, Aircraft in Profile, Military in Profile and many new exciting magazines and books to follow. anyone has any questions or would like more details please do contact Tom Foxon mailto:tom@guidelinepublications.co.uk Unit Kensworth Gate 200-204 High street South Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 SHS “Tek: 01582 668411 yaew.guelinepubications.c.ukEmai:kimeguideinepublcations.couk 8 uicine Aachary MODE aeT WARPAINT BO Poa MODELLING INTERNATIONAL Pubes of Scale Arf Modeling Mitay Made ntenatlonal Ty Soe olor itemations [) www.scALeaiRCRAFTMODELLING.CO.UK 32043 Avro Lancaster B.Mk.1/III Celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary www.wingnutwings.com 1/32 32039 Handley Page 0/400 1/32 32044 Avro Lancaster B.Mk.III "Dambusters" 1/32 NEWS 0 tohttp://www.deaddesignmodels.com/ for more information 11/48 scale Vacu Canopy & Mask: (CM48004 Yokosuka D4Y2-5/3 Suisel Night Fighter Vacu. 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Whether you build your Hellcat as USN or FAA, using one BrP Ip Ee Lie) Meta san ST Aner mer 4 Re COmBlonnwever elad j MiMATURES of these figures isa fantastic way to give your model a much- needed sense of scale. Sculpting is sharp and the casting is clean, We love them! MERIDIA QP HOBBY ‘Books, Original Miltary af Sides, - Decals, Resin and PE Accesories for your Aircraft Seale Models = Sool5 72010 SAAB JAS-39C GRIPEN EXHAUST NOZZLES FOR ITALERI ga F b ‘two new items from MH this month; both for the Pai colors ogunnr wit 14 hoes OzBmm x asec Italeri 1/72 JAS 39C Gripen. These should make a ee ee ee big difference to the detail and appearance of your model '8R24271 1/24 scale RAF WWII Groundcrew with Three Inch Rocket Set consists of two figures and a racket with mounting clips comprised of 12 beautifully cast easy-to-clean-up parts and a small sheet of decals. Perfect for the Airfix Typhoon or Mosquito or asa standalone vignette. WEED) www.scaceaincnarr .CO.UK BUILD REVIEW Review Introduction. Savoia Marchett 5 was atin hulled fying boat designed by ‘essandeo Marchetti in 19205 aly. hada curious design with the cockpit. placed at the front and on top of the large Wing wis the | two hulls carried passengers and or argo. It featured a large stabiliser mounted between twin rudders \Vizengines mounted ona Indined fame above the wing cockpit. Despite its unorthodax ‘appearance it proved to have excl performance; setting record for speed, aittude and range: crossing the ‘ilanticto South Amercaand bbacka number of times. Z Paces The kit ‘The Dora Wings itis an allnew tool and comes packaged ina smallish box with avery attractive painting ofthe Brazlan-Operate, red "TRH: Inside we get 12 small grey sprues: a clear sprue one larger and one very small fret ofPE,tworesinengines and a small transparency We aso geta Targe decal sheet with options for 3 aca GUNNNEE Ww ww.scaLeaincRAFTMODELLING.co.UK tne Box Pd Building the Kit anorng the injunction to start with the engines and leaving them fr late started instead withthe hulls You will immediately need to make some choices ‘regarding which version you want to bul ‘The ktincludes various parts forthe versions in the marking options, but these tre prety cleat laid out inthe steps of the Instructions, Going for aversion that required more windows, opened up the ‘marked holes. The tops ofthe huls are very ‘open, s0 | assembled the sides bottoms and internal bracing, then painted the interiors before iting the windows to avoid the need for masking ‘them. [did find when | came to fit them thatthe ‘windows ae alittle too Targefor the hoesin the hull sides so you will need to checkthis ‘and ‘maybe ream them litle | ls found far bit of ling was needed to make the halls ‘good, but nothing a modeller with ny ‘experience antthandle Next you build the central section of the ‘wing. There are te large vertical spars hich reinforce the section and ensure the ‘correct thickness ofthe wing and upper ‘camber These were not perfec ft the ‘grooves to accept them arealitle too nacrowt|carved them out lightly, but you ‘could alsa sand the sparsalitlto make them it. There aresomeniceetch control levers forthe cockpit and afew ather refined detalsthat relly make the Somewhat sparse cockpit ofthe S55 look a bit mare intresting. ‘ith the Central wing section completed Iattached tothe wo hulls They were a ‘good positive fit avoiding any potential alignment woes. Ithenfited the to Upper sections fore and aftofthe wing, again youneedto choose the ones that fit your chosen version ofthe craft. Here encountered more significant gaps that ‘needed shimming to make good, To mask the windows on the hull measured the ‘lameter and used a eather punch to cut discs of masking take ona sheet of 2mm plasticcard then peeled them off and ‘plied them, ‘Newt I tuned to the tal Everything fits very well and surface detalincluding stressing, sncely done. The only issuel had with twas stabiliser This had tabsto lock tinto the elevator but someone forgot to put hoes inthe elevator. They ‘were trimmed down to about Imm and the elevator attached, the 0.immleft me ‘witha nice gapto stop the parts locking ‘too tightly together and eliminating the ‘mapatogether.| attached the booms and though the tail was a deliate fii sat ‘wall without too much adjusting. ‘The outer wings were nota perfect ft to the main wing, They required atl ler to blend ial in: a relatively straightforward adjustment. The ony things left to add to ‘the build were the engines and rudders. left both of to add later. Pi 1g and Markings went fora grey schemeas knew many people would go forthe redso|thought it show one of the others. Fist had to paint it. Istarted with praying the aircraft all ‘over grey Ladded some gentieenithal lighting effects. Then handled the black ‘bottoms of the hulls and masked and sprayed them. The decals ravide the black stripes onthe ‘wings but it was just a sy tomaskand paint them soldi. BUILD REVIEW a MOTAD y at the markings and ‘hose Santa Maria I. All the markings responded wellto water coming ‘away fram the backing sheet after only a I bie sak |use Me Hobby Mark Setter and, MarkSofterasa matter of abit and the decals responded very wellto oth. The ‘carer fim onthe decasis very thin indeed ‘nd no spot gloss was needed. painted the rudders whit as the tain national f ‘markings include the white and red Sections and bath sat bette on white than they would haveon grey. They werealitle tricky as the decals ae atl larger than the parts 0 they needed careful rimming, Conversely the pennant decals forthe booms area litle too small but went with them anyway. Finally the engines were ‘assembled and painted and putin position land the whole thing gota couple of dark ‘fey oll washes. When that was dry ladded Infni Model Rigging Thread folowing the instruction inthe booklet and the build | was done i Conclusion Avery nice kit ofa very interesting and unique subject that wl please those wiling to put the time, effort and basic ‘radeling sis into building Highly Fecormmended (Ed) AUGUST 2019+ VOLUME 41+ ISSUE 06 [ERI REVIEW Meng Model P-51D Mustang “Yellow Nose” 1/48 scale. Kit Review eview R Andy McCabe WWW.SCALEAIRCRAFTMODELLING.CO.UK SELECTION SERVICE SHIPPING = ELD FTECTE IT FT pPrUTfFUW Cae ‘Testfit reviews aim to give you an assessment ofthe fit and quality of engineering without completing a painted build. We unbox the model and build it to report on quality, but do not fil gaps or other fixes. This allows you to-see how well the kt builds; warts and all ihn oRee aed Perey The kit Once youhaveclosedup te fuselage yeu Ely onyougeta fel forthe kindof kt ths Thekitcomeson4 sues fbi ey which tle the wings. Theseareintheformota Pas essenty puss together ood eben theboxclimsiamatcnfor8s 638; foyal_sinalelowerpleceandseparteupper wings wouldeetreaure gs Hee Ser Airforce Dark Sea Grey) andonecearspre with Caion are meuldedintothewingrthe than toucheFapnng best ne erat ea vent ‘hecanopy.anda nielyprintedinsvcion _s Urhatveryou want Over the aot of work, Eutworth nthe cad Anicelt of fan subject, hd something that rly ened te eye on ‘heshow ables Recommended ‘Kit Daimler Benz Project (Axis Forces) Dane Benz Projet Fata sort T pote rule mss tended tobe air ‘Sunched rom te monsbousy ia Daimler Ben rjc corer ara Lethe ‘AsO? Revere the roving bor ‘Nomeves tat shoud stop us hain fun Iroking adele oF fod Fn you wil ave YJouget one ofthese AS hwasaquck ull and bulaing way beter for reviewing then Inox when yuan threw togeter ofr anak tske The bil was cay enjoyable and prety much pantie Te onl feaisue was the ‘radaceen whintooksomefeting ofthe pening ort oteree and constuction Aosabece-T comes th making Stan for as power aly Hungary Japan SrdSlovaiallpecoltive of course The decals eo serous it down hough, being of ute tom quality. Beware te carn connecting the des together you lee toc around {hem youerjoy tise though as tceray ‘hee ace 0 two ater boxingsavalabe, ‘German Senge and Captured Age ay to Spend afew hours s¢thebeneh Highly Fecomenende | WED) www.scaLeaincRAFTMODELLING.co.UK Fiat 6.50 KitNumber: 72039 Seales 172 Type gestion Sree ance Manufoctrer Fy Models Somewhat neglected to me. Certainly we have had few ts, but nothing ke asmany os we have sen of British, US and ‘German aircraft s0 whenever we see 8 new kiton the subject very welcome ting The G50's certainly avery typical talian [ome aircraft have always seemed ‘Arado AR-396 and SIPAS.10 iitRumber:92231 92233 Seale:ii72 ‘yperinecton Styrene Manufacturer: RS Models have ben afew othe ad 336 Taisen eccagrn oa HA Oneonta adorn eebuttemsfamoden FLY AND RS MODELS REVIEWS * oS. O85. & design with ts alstinctive humped back outline and te shape i ery well represented herewith the fuselage Conforming welltoplans.Panellinesare This fecessed but oe alti varable withsome —alowsfor much Ding vey fine anothers looking atouch more refined detail ‘wider Overall though the suracesnicely than short run styrene, wee shoud took good under yd these patina the see elnaracesnemouldedin Sigh wnamentand eat (with be) face. Those wshingoshow them Se cnn dropped wi novesome surge avcoft one Croafan and one German orton. Clearpartsare clean andear ra. Otte a tinted and caret Endwithout blemish, They are perhaps’ wieght to the markings reducing the inte thick butae,tbelioveacceptableto TURNS ‘most modelos. bandana wecommended Fine detalsinthe ktare proviedin ie nection mouldedutmadellrshav beanie moulded wth noma spor fas and deer oer Roaghavedelieredtwoktsotthe deta although perder wilant 0 Iesser known to seater, ‘hove many modes lb hapoy with these ‘Thelitscomein thestandard RSboxstve PE vith clous nosed ied nthe sie and “he canopies can ane ty painting andmaking ide on the et cmt denen ing = Tistmpreisons ofthe plsticarevery good. "™#nesdto Seu als fe on aeendinciedric ans _ Decale ae eceent colours ae bight Cet ae anconaly pebbled, sedwivantandregitrisperect ren the ae erthe paste ua tose abated handpanted aechrandsae eared ar eamnsecanpabatybe quick and woth subtly way esto Meprameveditagenterubwth somefine_Twowelconehisofanineresing Ye Sed Sma parts arevery good cleanly Recommended AUGUST 2019+ VOLUME 41+ ISSUE 06 EINE THE BELGIAN SCALE MODELLING CONVENTION 2019 f\ \hew (vor B with Jan Goormans (of Belgian Scale Modelles Cub Tax Scale Modeling the contiderstosubseibe online. year ts costly afar and purely __The biggest genres are aircraft Terao 2019 washeld on inthe hall during the eventon their roman economic standpont k _andarmout ships - vehicles SF are Tstond 2nd unethis year, smartphone, and weltadsome maynotbethebest thing todo. the smaller categories asacelebraton of yearsofthe brave onesdoing it anditwent Bute as organising dub think Sie senate ree em Belgian Scale Modelers Club, we very well. thathaving a special uestisan gy the securing coors ond had by exception a2-day showin Judging was possible onthe extaforand the vistors andthe | especllyn the masterclass the June, rather than the usual one-day smartphone, several groups red t {2deri mere vistors coming tosee Medals are hotly contended and feventin December With months and te wont ikea bree, he theperiomer means morebuyers ecnh-amdsdteexceston foorganisetheshow afterthe momentyourenteramedaior _‘frthetraders Thisyear wehadby — megels December 2018 show tis meanta prize fora model ts direct eneepsion bo guess Cahn Tan ut pease do not et that sto ltor won foie and Sergius Ppzek youre cmnpetng our 220 TheBSMCshowhasneverhed We would Ike to thanks the ‘And they eal bring something Show, and star buling Next year theambition tobethe biggest’ judgesforhepingus withthe etatothe show. ‘we willbe Backin Decemberfora instead we ryto organises show competition judging s done in ‘Thecompetiion sofahigh Tay show, s0 we have more time Wwithahigh-ievelcontest,agood —teamsof3afomotherclubs, level thats inthe advanced and in preparing something special stmosphereand nice shopping spmaking the winners ls for__ AEC * f 3 & ©, e Al ' Both the cockpit and wheel ae cockpit a probes detail bays are masked prior to the ‘sdetails v Then is painted all in black, hn with white we obtain the final \ ete frontscreen and painting stage feereiand apply a Diack wash Into central area, both inside and outside J randomly larifed some Spots of the paint base applied a heavy wash (4-333) with white to obtain more depth 2 chet sah nel The Finale white interior and - very weathered appearance! black over rubber. In the area of tread | ‘pre-shade the whole in various shades, Vertical strokes applied a very diluted dark grey c ‘mainly black and some grey and paint in the = form of clouds I painted the whole with some grey, mainly 1-333, very diluted and in different layers and inavery controlled way ‘Now ladd some Olive Drab, ‘mostly on the lower surfaces, oe | darify alittle the paint and ‘make with vertical movements and clouds way randomly To obtain a greater chromatic richness, luse alittle sat, fixing itwith water. In the area of the wings (will o the Red interior)! use the same technique. Then painted over the salt with even ‘more lightened primer (UNNNET] Www.scaLeAiRcRAFTMODELLING.co.UK AUGUST 2019+ VOLUME 41+ ISSUE 06 EAI GRUMMAN F-14 GRUMMAN F-14 Final appearance in lower areas. Here have not used the salt, Ihave = Final 3 results after xs only accentuated The redareas feoowel ost P paneljnswih are pained with 327 wth ard brush panting lines cleared base The lights of formation of the wings are ‘not well represented in decals on them. So, mask and give a white base to then Different shots of the stage apply the color yellow cream H-34 ofthe painting already completed R Wl, | Vertical rudders, although the sheet odes includes the tal markings | preferred to paint tall with masks, basing iton the decals ce The unique subalar load are the fuel tanks. Arresting hookis painted with ‘masks (decal is more complicated to fix). The deposits have only a weathering with oils www.kovozavody.cz Plastic kits The timely coat of gloss varnish applied, put all decals ‘on and sealed them again. Then apply any product for panels, inthis case ve used the Panel Line Wash of ‘Ammo, really excellent stuff, by all aircraft. Finally we sealed everything with Alclad Kiear Kote The nozzles in resin are somewhat complex. To get that burned metallic ‘effect, have had to use different types of painting. First primed with ‘Alclad. Then | had to apply various tones of the same brand (Jet exhaust, stainless Steel. But the effect burned inthe petals ofthe nozzles is achieved by applying some translucent Orange, yellow and blue colors. ve applied them randomly Midian bb ben een AUGUST 2019 + VOLUME 41 « ISSUE 06 ae) MODELLING THE EDITOR BUILDS THE CLASSIC HASEGAWA IJA FIGHTER THE EDITOR BUILDS THE CLASSIC HASEGAWA IJA FIGHTER Nakajima K-84 Hayate (rank) witNioc0s07@ Scale: 1/32 ‘ype: Injection Moulded asic Manufacturer: Hasegawa wwhasegawa-model.cojp 1/32 Nakajit 1a Ki-84 Hayate by Chris Meddings Introdueti woe nanan a Se appease et SPST nba ‘choice of the old Swallow/ Tomy kits (now re- ‘great replacement for the kit cockpit. The ood BIRT labia best Japanese mass production fighter . eee age. or the more recent Hasegawa kts. I went fr into a decent detailed pt but fyou want fescesing casing Pd fo eve et See Besos toon wariecraneatenTest inne Iminntsascanrerterseetin Leceateimentionteltaest It allied reporting name was Frank; but in manoeuvrability advantages of the Ki-43. 13mm head and back armour and armoured 2 be * forthe back, but! used Albion Alloys tube and but vend ES eee reece pencerenwttcee 2007 re-boring ofthe 2005 new tool Thekitis an excellent opportunity for detailing and tod tomate new ones Japanese reporting tas commonly known as, the usual Hasepava standardforther 2st improvement on the basic kt ems however ie Army Typed Pghte, Hayatesef meaning Protected than ts predecessor The fist “The Hayate would serve utl the end ofthe Century ks Soper tandvercrsp moulding, youhave the money and not the time the les Oncethe eatand flor were ready, and parts ‘Galeasi win prototype ewin March 1943.andone month war and proved tobe a worthy and challenging which means you get dealing buldrather ”Setisexcllent have advsivesinthe pstwith had Been atachedto the sies of the tub, The a3 had performed very wellin the early tt; Producton arrames began rong ‘opponent for aie ighters, though tacked Tanteorecton ceiling bund idecdedto Atessatenot tng but tap the man broke out he paint. toggled ofinddeinkve \war, where it was largely deployed in mainland line atthe Ota plant in Gunna Hokkaido. — the high aitude performance required toact as ‘take some short cuts with this one so rather than components ofthis one together and checking _ information on the exact cockpit colour of Js acing alle ghee such ss the Pa TheHlyate could produc atopspeedin level aninterceptor against the 82, ‘crating deta which wsualy|verymuch inthe fuselage Rall went together just fine. ‘Nakajima arf thad plenty of ference ‘ight of around 400Kph 243mph) with acim Brewster Buffalo, P36 and Hurricane. ts speed {and manoeuveabilty giving tan edge over the slower alle fighters that compensated forts enjoy; | went for the Eduard Big Ed set (BIG3228), Having both the Eduard set and the Aires set setenteryes eneeteineie, eral einen rate of around 46 feet per ‘the Aires cockpit (2084), the Mastercasters was something of a luxury. Truth be told you can Were in black and wiite, Eventually | found some smart 1a eG Cohautasetnd ive beats ghee Wheel, elute Arssttonelnterananot se hotonline om an uresioed 84 cock war powered by Naja lackof both frepower and amour. However: its ‘As we willseein the build notalof this was the Eduard set but having both had theluxury 264 Med the colour rom Tamiya Ove Green, ued, orin one case usable of choosing which et had the best items Dark Yellow and white to match the colour. had the opportunity to use either the eduard etch seat i The Eduard set gives us an excellent Sep flies Perrine pre-painted instrument panel, lll seat. went ‘added with aluminium ‘added was glazing with gel acrylic medium with the etch seat are full of detail, ‘acrylic with a fine ‘and eduard adds brush. more Then lightened towards the top. The cockpit was painted Dark black, then olive green, ina stains were added where zenithal lighting style boots would rub MENNNED) www.scateaincrarr .c0.UK AUGUST 2019+ VOLUME 41+ ISSUE 06 EXE ED] www. THE EDITOR BUILDS THE CLASSIC HASEGAWA IJA FIGHTER Before that sprayed the parts blackas ‘base cout Tiss nat to prime Just regular Tamiya XF-1 fat black. ‘The idea is to make sure that f miss anything with the green you don’ see naked resin. Once that was dry I started applying the ‘green, sty misting ital ver in a very thin coat then started to bull it up in adeltional tin ‘oats, but only fom above. Only frm the direction of ight entering into the cockpit on the eal aircraft. Eventually added just litle white tothe mic and started to pick out individual areas and details towards the top to accentuate the effec Iidrt want to averaweather the cockpit, but wanted to make itloak used and wl lived in, Started by spraying some thinned back in two ‘small patches where the pllotsheels and feet my ‘cuff the floor and rub operating the rudder. Really: was aiming for greasy city wear. On top ‘ofthat ladded chipping witha fine brush and [AMMO brand aluminium aye Others are avalabe, choose one you get on with. | added a touch of light grey otto dul it somewhat Wile was ati, fadded some wear tothe top and edges ofthe sat. Photos show the seat ot ‘some wear ands probably due to constant rubbing from the pt climbing into and out of ‘the cockpit and twisting in his seat to look around. had no fewer than three choices forthe instrument panel:kt (which st bac) the Ares ‘set version; which s nice, and comes with 3 print fim; and the Eduard set with pre painted pars. I went with the Eduard set and added a small drop of Windsor and Newton “Ast Gloss Gel Medium to each dato glaze, leaving it about 10 minute to dry. The cock \wasfinished with some deta painting done by hand, the Eduard pre-painted seatbelts and a couple af oll washes in black and dork brown, ‘Idetailed the landing gear actuators in line with my reference AIRCRAFT In preparation for losing up the fuselage sprayed the inside black ‘then green over that nthe same way asthe cockpit The fuselage isa prety good ft but of ‘course inevitably theres stil some ling to do ‘Given the length of the joint to adress, andthe lever nature ofits width| stretched some sprue and ai it onto the joint and sett with Tamiya Extra Thin, When this was fully set sanded back and polished i lush. finshed it with the red and yellow sanding stick rom Albion Alloys It's great and simple tool for fishing. removed the latches fr the acess panel on the leftof the fuselage behind the canopy These ae replaced by better detaled Eduard tems 50 they need tobe removed cleanly. For this taskt used the chisel shaped Swann Morton SM62 blade. Always use anew blade for delicate tasks as old blades can gouge. Wii the fuselage joint was curing, Ltook 2 look atthe wings. These follow the common, system with spars to control the angle of ‘inedra. Some test iting showed thatthe lower wing tends to pulldown touch due tothe thickness ofthe plastic and probably hw the kit Ispacked. This creates abit of gapat the wing roat, However found that by damping the spar into thelower wing while the jint sets; all but eliminated the problem. | decided to deal with the whee! bays before attached the wings to the fuselage. Here the Eduard set really made ther pop. The deta etched onto the brass parts iserisp:clean and conformed very well omy references, including the reproduced original 84 manual from Kunimota Sensyajyuku. Used the parts as per the instructions. ‘The one change made wes to replace ft CO.UK The model was painted gloss blackasabase ‘Some surgery was required to depict, the flaps up etch cable with brass rod ‘The Eduard Big Ed comes with some pretty etch flaps. ike pretty etch; but looking at ‘photos, could find many images of te Naps ‘down, so with it being uncommon in realty; wanted to model them up. The problem heres that the kit aso wants you to model them ‘extended and down and some surgery is ‘ecjuied. | studied the instructions carefully and ‘ouble-checked measurements before ‘committing to cutting. scribed the parting line carefuly and gently at rst; passing over the line ‘repeatedly until the excess material came any, Doing it slowly and progressively like this reduced the rik oa slip ofthe knife and damage to surrounding areas. Once the excess ‘was removed, test-fited the lap and foundit did not quite sit sh, Happily: the problem was that itsat too deeply, anda thin stip of styrene added to the pivot edge resolved the issue and ‘was invisible after assembly. the ap had been 00 fat, reshaping it might have been more time consuming. That just leftthe coneson the end of the actuators Because you ae supposed to. depict the flaps extended, they don't have thelr top halves sol cut them offand shaped new complete ones from styrene rod. ‘Things were shaping up nicely and I moved conte the next major component; the engine. The -aitone is pretty nic, but the Eduard set adds 2 lotof deta As happens, you cart see any oft ‘after you add the cowling except ‘the wiring, Nevertheless, | did't know that at the ine and added tallandit| certainly looked good when completed. id again though: would anneal the air sealsfor the ylinder heads 10 THE EDITOR BUILDS THE CLASSIC HASEGAWA LJA FIGHTER » The cones on the ) actuators were scratched The mastercasters exhausts are abig improvement. Ft was ‘mostly excellent with justa The Eduard set provides a little shimming required ‘massive amount of detail for the engine although it must be said much would remain unseen The Eduard etched oleos are too thin, so, | modified the kit parts myself. The final subassemblies ready forpaint a ey areas were painted with dull aluminium alclad then sprayed with chipping ‘uid from AK Then slightly ightened to counter-shade the panels THE EDITOR BUILDS THE CLASSIC HASEGAWA IA FIGHTER The Hinomarus were painted with XF-7 and shaded The green was post-shaded. It looks stark here, but later steps MED www. The yellow markings were ‘masked and painted white, then yellow The nose markings were made with a mask then dampened with water and scrubbed with

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