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Airfix Spitfire Vb with Alley Cat Vc Conversion • Eduard Bf 109 G-6 • Wingnut Wings Fokker E.III • Kitty Hawk MiG-25 • and more…
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Contents
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ISSUE No.043 November 2014
modeller
military illustrated
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6
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NEWS
What’s happening in modelling and aviation
PACIFIC SPITFIRE
PREVIEW
Airfix’s 1:48 scale Spitfire Vb converted to a Vc
by Brett Green
Kinetic 1:48 Sea Harrier
20 TENSIONAL INTEGRITY
26 SHOW REPORT
Wingnut Wings 1:32 Fokker E.II/E.III (Early)
by Dirk Polchow
Australian Model Expo 2014
30 THE PFEIL FILE
HK Models’ 1:32 Dornier Do 335 B
by James Hatch
20
44 SPEED DEMON
Kitty Hawk 1:48 MiG-25PD ‘Foxbat’
by Kamil Feliks Sztarbala
54 THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
PT.2
Eduard 1:48 Bf 109 G-6 by Brett Green
60 MIM INDEX
Issues 1 to 15
20
65 NEXT ISSUES
66 TAILPIECE
What’s coming up in the next issues of
Military Illustrated Modeller
Revell 1:32 Junker Ju 88 A-1
54
44
Aircraft Edition
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News
ROUND THE WORLD
IN AN AIRFIX KIT
James May with the team and a very well-travelled Lightning kit.
A
t the start of 2013 Jon Plumb sent a new
Airfix kit to his friend Stu Bradley in France,
thereby starting the money raising project
now known as “Round the World in an Airfix
Kit.” The plan was to circulate the Airfix kit around
the pre-determined group of 15 modellers of varying
abilities, each to complete their own part of the
build and pack the kit ready to forward on to the
next modeller. Jon chose the 1:48 English Electric
Lightning because it was the next model he planned
to make from within his existing collection. It was
an ideal choice as, based on the parts included it
offered an even spread of parts for each user.
This well-travelled Airfix kit has met modellers
in the UK, France, Germany, Croatia, Greece,
Romania, Spain, Italy, Australia, California, Illinois
and Northern Ireland.
“Initially we felt there was
a risk of people letting the team down; only two of
the team knew each other previously but regular
communication helped to build a relationship and
trust. Surprisingly there have been no breakages.
Bryan Finch in California had to start putting the
wings on so he took responsibility for the creation of
a lightweight transit case. When Erica Rose sent it
from Illinois to Northern Ireland, the HMRC charged
us £115 import duty to release it; thankfully Chris
Spalding of the Modellers’ Nook Model Shop came
to the rescue!”
James May completed the final pieces on 7th
August 2014. James is a long standing fan of
Airfix having begun modelling kits as a child
and was delighted to help this worthy cause by
donating his time and additional publicity. He
patiently applied tiny parts under the watchful
gaze of the team. James said
“I’ve been involved
in the Help for Heroes cause before, they do some
excellent work and I was delighted to be able to
help Jonny raise money for them. I think Airfix is an
important part of childhood and it’s interesting to see
it develop into something more mature, when I was
young it was the birthday present for all my friends,
teaching us all patience! With Airfix you can have
your own aviation museum on your table top.”
“The brief to the team was to treat the kit as their
own using their skill and materials. The only rules
were... post lots of pictures, make sure the build
is done to represent XR770. If they wanted to use
aftermarket and additional bits or super detailing
they could. The final rule was to enjoy the build.
James May working on the Airfix Lightning.
This was not supposed to be the best ever lightning
Airfix model, but the team have produced a world
class model!!!”
Jon Plumb who has been the driving force
behind the project is proud to announce that
the idea has already raised over a thousand
pounds for Help for Heroes. The final sum will
be announced after the completed model, with
decorative plinth presented as a raffle prize at
Scale Model World Exhibition in Telford.
www.bmycharity.com/roundtheworldinanairfixkit
“I also have a remarkable admin team, of
which Stu Bradley, Alan Hooker and Mark
Davey. Over the project we’ve become a real
team, really supportive of the aims of the
project.”
said Jonny
“We chose Help4Heroes as
it’s multi service and our project aims, by its very
nature, to be inclusive of all.
We raised additional money by getting
companies to donate modelling kits and
supplies, and selling raffle tickets and anyone
who would like to get involved can donate via our
charity giving page.”
Thanks to Hornby Hobbies Limited for the
information and images
www.hornby.com
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The Airfix Lighting working on James May!
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Military Illustrated Modeller
- November 2014
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