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Airfix Model World 25

Airfix Model World

Issue

Magazine:
Airfix Model World
Number:
25 | December 2012
Language:
English

Table of contents

Editorial | Page 3
Editor's desk

by Glenn Sands
Welcome
 

News | Page 6
News Bulletin


Latest Updates
 

News | Page 10
Show Scene


Diary Dates
 

Build Report | Page 20
Devil of a ride

by Jose Pires
Building and improving the Hobbyboss kit
 

Build Report | Page 30
Enter the Spad

by Tom Sunley
Getting the mud moving courtesy of Zoukei Mura's superlative 1/32 Skyraider
SWS03
Douglas A-1H Skyraider US Navy
Zoukei-Mura 1:32
SWS03 2011 New tool
 

Build Report | Page 40
Sunrise COD

by Tom Sunley
The author celebrates an unsung hero of the US Navy with Kinetic's recent 1/48 C-2A Greyhound
K48025
C-2A Greyhound
Kinetic 1:48
K48025 2011 New tool
CD48012
US Navy
C-2 Greyhound "COD"
Caracal Models 1:48
CD48012 2012 New tool
 

Build Report | Page 52
Marvellous Mitzi

by Tony O'Toole
The author appraises the new Airfix 1/72 Swordfish floatplane
A05006
Fairey Swordfish Mk.I Floatplane
Airfix 1:72
A05006 2012 New parts
 

Reference | Page 62
Fast times with the Grim Reapers

by Stuart Black
Former RAF Phantom navigator Stuart Black recounts his exchange posting to the US Navy's VF-101 'Grim Reapers' and his experiences of the mighty F-14 Tomcat
 

Build Report | Page 68
Last of the Big Cats

by Jose Pires
Inspired by Stuart Black's Grim Reapers exchange, the author injects life into a low-visibility scheme by constructing Hasegawa's 1/72 F-14A with VF-101 markings
00985
F-14A Tomcat `Black Knights History´
Hasegawa 1:72
00985 2009 New decals
 

Review | Page 83
On the shelf


A look at newly released kits
03990
P-26A Peashooter
Revell 1:72
03990 2012 New decals
8187
Fw 190A-9 ProfiPack Edition
Eduard 1:48
8187 2012 New parts
1320
Drone MQ-9 Reaper
Italeri 1:72
1320 2012 New decals
03098
Henschel Typ 33 D 1
Revell 1:35
03098 (80-3098) 2012 New decals
61113
Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik
Tamiya 1:48
61113 2012 New tool
3651
Soviet
Motorcycle M-72 w/Mortar
Zvezda 1:35
3651 2012 New parts Multi-topic (2)
291
M-110 A2 (203mm) Heavy Self Propelled Gun
Italeri 1:35
291 1996 New parts
01569
F-15E Strike Eagle [U.S Air Force Fighter/Attacker]
Hasegawa 1:72
01569 (E39) 2012 New parts
6676
Sd.Kfz.10/5 für 2cm FlaK 38
Dragon 1:35
6676 2011 New tool
SW 72058
Seafire Mk. XVII
Sword 1:72
SW 72058 2012 New parts
07301
Spitfire Mk.VIII 'Against Japan'
Hasegawa 1:48
07301 2012 New decals
SW 72056
Seafire Mk. XV early version
Sword 1:72
SW 72056 2012 New parts
MB3582
Auto-Repair Crew
UA Master Box (MB) 1:35
MB3582 2012 New tool
MB35108
The Generals of WWII era
UA Master Box (MB) 1:35
MB35108 2012 New tool
6554
U.S.
Marines Peleliu 1944 (4 figures)
Dragon 1:35
6554 (6554-03) 2012 New tool
 

Review | Page 88
On the shelf


A look at newly released decals
48-048
War for the Malvinas/Falklands Part 1
Aztec Models 1:48
48-048 2011 Multi-topic (9)
 

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