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//-->ALL THE INFORMATION YOU’LL EVER NEEDTO CREATE THE BEST AIRCRAFT MODELSuctsw ProdedNeReview40OVERSCHNEIDERSUCCESSORAIRFIX’ 1:48 SPITFIRE MK.VBECOMES A FLOATPLANE,THANKS TO SILVER CLOUD…K IT B U IL DAugust 2015£4.20 / Issue 1217BUILDSINSIDECOMPAREKIT MATCH-UPwww.modelairplaneinternational.comNEW& CONTRASTKEEPINGIT CIVILGET THE BEST FROMZVEZDA’S DELIGHTFUL 1:144AIRBUS A320KWIK BUILD●Planet Models1:72 GlosterF5/34WINGS9 771747 504045OOD ‘N’WKIT BU ILDle, 1:32 AEG.GIVWe complete Wingnut Wings’ incredib21DORNIER DO17: BUILD THIS FAMOUS GERMAN BOMBER IN 1:48BATTLE OF BRITAIN 75TH ANNIVERSARYKI T BU IL DHow to contact us:ContentsVOLUME 11. ISSUE 121. August 2015REGULARSP04- EDITORIALP06- NEWSLINEP76- EVENTS DIARYP77- CONTACTS DETAILSP81- NEXT ISSUEP82- FINAL THOUGHTS…REVIEWSP10 KWIK BUILDAndy Luxton builds Planet Models 1/72Gloster F5/34Tel:Fax:01525 22257301525 222574Model Airplane International. Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, EnglandVOL.11 ISS.121 AUGUST 2015Editor:Editorial:P22 BATTLE OF BRITAIN SERIES NO.8Alan Price continues his series to commemoratethe 75th Anniversary of the BoB with a build of theClassic Airframes 1:48 Dornier Do17Publisher:Group Editor:Administration Manager:Office Manager:Advertising Manager:Spencer Pollardspencer@adhpublishing.comAlan HarmanMarcus NichollsHannah McLauriePaula GraySean LeslieP30 SCHNEIDER SUCCESSORNick Shuttleworth combines Airfix and Silver Cloudkits, to create a 1:48 Spitfire Mk.V FloatplaneEditorial Design:Advertising Design:Art:Peter HutchinsonAlex HallP36 RED, WHITE & NEW…Greg Phillips builds Fly’s 1:48 BAC Jet ProvostT.5/5AADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX.Tel: 01525 222573 Fax: 01525 222574E-mail:sean@adhpublishing.comAdvertisement and circulation:P66 NEW RELEASES KITSThe latest kit releases assessedP42 COMPARE AND CONTRASTDistribution:Mike Williams builds a Panther and Cougar in 1:48P66 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIESThe latest aftermarket releases assessedP50 AIRBUS A320 - THE WORLD’SWORKHORSESeymour Distribution, 2 East Poultry Avenue,London, EC1A 9PT.Tel: 020 7429 4000P70 NEW RELEASES DECALSMarcus Jellyman gets the best from Zvezda’sexcellent 1:144 kitSelect Publisher Services, 3 East Avenue,Bournemouth, BH3 7BW.Tel: 01202 586848 E-mail:tim@selectps.comNewstrade:Decorate your aircraft models with thesenew sheetsP56 REFERENCE FEATUREP73 NEW RELEASES BOOKSFEATURESP12 WOOD ’N’ WINGS -PART 2Marcus Jellyman takes a look at the A320 inservice around the worldSubscriptions:Some of the latest aviation and modelling titlesP60 FIGHTER FOR THE FUTUREAurelio Reale tackles the Italeri 1:72 F-35Lightning IIADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe,Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX. Tel: 01525 222573 Fax: 01525222574 Rates: UK £44, Eire and Europe £56,Worldwide Air £69.Website:www.modelairplaneinternational.combSueTodayThe Editor completes Wingnut Wings’superb, 1:32, AEG G.IV BomberscribeToGESEE PAModel Airplane International is published monthly by ADH Publishing Ltd, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX. Entire Contents © 2015 ADH Publishing Ltd.Reproduction in part or whole of any text, photograph or illustration without written permission from the publisher is strictly prohibited. While due care is taken to ensure the content of ModelAirplane International is accurate, the publishers and printers cannot accept liability for errors and omissions. Advertisements are accepted for publication in Model Airplane International onlyupon ADH Publishing’s standard terms of acceptance of advertising, copies of which are available from the advertising sales department of MAI.Issue 121- www.modelairplaneinternational.com3e78ToddabsySucribaySubsibcrEDITORIALMAYBE WE’VE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD?As a slight change this month, we’ve decided to include a guesteditorial, this time discussing the hobby as it appears to be in the21st Century and how, despite proclamations of doom from thosewho feel that it was better in the good old days, we’ve really gotlittle to complain about! Drewe Manton, take it away…I“’ve been building plastic models since I was seven years old. Ididn’t even take the usual teenage break that many do. Oh, therewere girls, music and carousing aplenty. And there were stillmodels aplenty too. When I was younger (much, much younger!)my small town of 30,000 people had two dedicated hobby shops. Ican think of a half dozen or so independent toy shops with prettyextensive selections of models, to say nothing of Woolworths andW.H.Smith. Every paper shop had a small rack of either Matchboxor Airfix kits for the wide eyed young modeller to covet.Now? Well, I haven’t had a dedicated model shop for, by myEvery time a local model shop closes someone will claim itportends the death of the hobby”4MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL -August 2015reckoning, some 23 years now. Every single one of those independentshas gone, as has Woolworths. There are maybe two places I can think of intown with small selections of Airfix to choose from. In model terms, my townis a retail wasteland. And yet I have more models of more subjects by moremanufacturers from more sources, than I would have ever dreamed possible.The reason? The Internet.I have been online since 1996. Back then it was a primitive thing, Internetretail was still in its infancy, Ebay, Paypal, secure transactions etc., still underdevelopment. But there was a burgeoning online model community, fromthe old newsgroups on Usenet (Rec.Models.Scale anyone?) to the infantHyperscale; hey, I remember Hyperscale when it was a bigpond.au address!For a few years by then, my local hobby shops were a distant memory, aswere the toy shops - my shopping was done over the phone from adverts inmagazines. The Internet was about to change all that.I made my first real overseas order in 1997. It was from Japan. From a nowglobally well-known retailer. There was no online credit card facility. I had toplace my order, hit send, then phone Japan to leave my credit card details anda reference number for them to link my credit card to my order and process itthat way. Long winded? Yup. But it was, in relative terms, simple enough. Andthen just wait with mounting anticipation for my parcel to arrive…from Japan!And arrive it did. I was hooked. I could now get my kits and supplies from thecountry of origin and it was only a three or four step process taking 35-40minutes of my time. Amazing! Within a year that retailer - and most others -had worked out a secure system for credit card transactions, so it now took tenminutes to make that order. A New World Order for the hungry modeller wasin place, and business was good - and, at around 220-230 yen to the pound,cheap!If we flash forward eighteen years or so, it amazes me that what wasremarkable back then, is so normal today. That’s progress! The advent ofreally convenient and quick, secure payment methods have honed thatInternet revolution to retail art. Paypal and Ebay are ascendant. For now - I’mstarting to see a slow move away from Ebay by some of my more commonretailers, gentle nudges toward their own sites, where there overheads areeasier to control. Still as cheap to me, but they get a better deal as the retailerand every little helps! But the main difference to me is in my attitude; I barelyeven consider where my models and materials come from now. It’s practicallyirrelevant. The process is identical to obtain those goods, whether the locationit’s obtained from is 10 miles away or 12,000. The searching is the same, themouse clicks are the same, the result - HMRC notwithstanding! - is the sameand in a short period of time, my goods arrive irrespective of source.I see all the arguments for shopping locally, I understand the local economyissues. But, for me, the point is I have no local options, and once forced toshop by mail, my physical connection to the retailer is lost. My loyalty is nowpredicated on the service I receive and nothing more. And when the servicefrom my Chinese connection is as good as the one from my Bristol connection,it boils down to cost and availability. We are living in a post high street world.That is a fact for many types of product and thus the Internet is to blame, orcongratulate, depending on your point of view. I’m neutral; I do love a goodbrowse in a model shop, but don’t have a local model to browse in. So I shoponline. QED.And in spite of the seeming lack of local options for many modellers, ourhobby is more vibrant than it’s ever been. New manufacturers from the FarEast and Eastern Europe seem to pop up faster than one can keep track ofthem these days. Just have a look through any magazine at the reviews andcount the number of manufacturers featured who didn’t even exist fifteen yearsago - you’ll be surprised that the answer is “most of them”. I don’t doubt thatthere is a place for encouraging youngsters into our hobby, but I would makethe argument that in a very real sense the older people coming into the hobbylater in life with a degree of regular disposable income well in excess of pocketmoney amounts, who are really driving the vibrant, energetic pace our hobbycurrently enjoys.The cliche is that we are in a “golden age” for our hobby. Well, I’d say thisgolden age has so far lasted nearly two decades and continues apace. Everytime a local model shop closes someone will claim it portends the death of thehobby. It’s rubbish of course, as my observations above make plain - a localtragedy has little effect on the overall state of the hobby, which is in a strongerposition than ever. And it still provides better value for money than manycomparable hobbies! So ignore the naysayers, embrace the global marketwhere necessary and you’ll see just how exciting these days are for our hobby,and just how bright the future is.Are you still here? Go build a model!Drewe MantonIN THIS ISSUE…his month we have an interesting collection of fun projectsfor you to enjoy. From Wingnut Wings’ extraordinary AEGbomber, through to the cutting edge F-35 Joint Strike Fighter,we think we have most bases covered!You’ll notice that we’ve started with our plan to featuremore civilian subjects within the pages of MAI. As discussed lastmonth, we feel that this is an opportunity to include subjects notcovered that often and in so doing, deal with unusual types that offerboth interest and colour. Our first feature is built - literally - aroundZvezda’s excellent A320 kit, finished in the attractive colours ofSingapore’s Tiger Airways and accompanied by a superb collectionof real A320s. We hope that this will show you just how attractivethis aircraft is and thanks to Marcus Jellyman’s talent with both thepaintbrush and camera, how great this aircraft can look in miniatureand full-size!You will also notice that we’ve included features that not only covera wide range of subjects, but also different approaches, from the boxbuilds, detailing projects and conversions all featuring this time around.Amongst the latter is a fine conversion of the Airfix Spitfire Mk.V intothe enigmatic - and highly attractive - Spitfire Floatplane. Thoughvery few of these aircraft were built, the fact that it looks like a militaryversion of a Schneider Trophy racer has ensured that it remains a verypopular subject in miniature. Well, thanks to Silver Cloud you too canbuild one of these Spitfires, using Nick Shuttleworth’s feature as youguide, the results as seen, being spectacular!This then is the July issue of you favourite modelling title - we hopeyou like it!TPICK OF THE MONTH…AK INTERACTIVE CATALOGUE: MORETHAN A SIMPLE LIST…everal issues ago we took a look at the Airfix kitcatalogue and were bowled over by its production andcontent. Well, this month we have another new cataloguethat is not simply a list of products to enjoy, but a glossytome that also provides a huge amount of eye candy,beautifully built models and even sections that show, step by step,how to use the products that are contained within.This publication is full of interesting articles and tutorials on differentsubjects, plus ‘Tech Sheets’ to learn how to use the products, includingplenty of tricks, tips and full techniques from the best modellers aroundthe world. Using this catalogue can help both the newcomer and theintermediate modeller to grow in knowledge, opening doors to newtechniques, and encouraging creativity. This is so much more than acatalogue; think FAQ and you are close to what you can expect fromthe €8 that you will fork out to purchase one. In fact, the cover priceseems remarkably cheap when you begin to flick through the pages…For more in formation on this new catalogue, or indeed any of AK’smany products, please visit their website: ak-interactive.comSIssue 121- www.modelairplaneinternational.com5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]