Airfix Model World Issue 165

Issue

Magazine:: Airfix Model World
Number:: Issue 165 | August 2024
Language:: English
ISSN:: 977204512013508

Editorial | Page 3
Welcome to Issue 165

by Stu Fone

News | Page 6
News

Latest Updates

Photo Gallery | Page 12
Display Case

Whether it’s out of the box, incorporates aftermarket accessories or involves a spot of scratch-building, there’s plenty to enjoy, with each modeller finding their own niche in the building continuum

Build Report, 1:32 | Page 16
Brilliant ’Butcher Bird’

by Garry Tobiss
Garry Tobiss ends a long wait to build the brand-new 1/32 Fw 190 ‘Shrike’ from Zoukei-Mura

Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-4

Zoukei-Mura 1:32

SWS21 (SWS32-21) 2023 New tool

Photo Gallery | Page 24
Out And About

by Stu Fone
de Havilland Model Show

Build Report, 1:24 | Page 26
Warrior in Pink

by Nick Shuttleworth
Nick Shuttleworth takes a road test with Kit Form Services’ 1/24 Truck 3/4 Ton SAS ‘Pink Panther’

SAS Pink Panther

Kit Form Services (KFS) 1:24

KFS-359 2024* New tool

Build Report, 1:48 | Page 36
First in All Things

by Richard Spreckley
Richard Spreckley builds Kintetic’s Gold-series first-generation 1/48 Harrier GR.1/3, straight out of the box

Harrier GR.1/GR.3

Kinetic 1:48

K48060 2020 New parts

Post War Allied Jets Cockpit Dials

Airscale 1:48

AS48 AJET 2011 New tool

Build Report, 1:76 | Page 42
Bunker-buster

by Jaymes Crowther
Jaymes Crowther improves Revell’s reissue of the 1/76 Matchbox Churchill AVRE, placing it in a convincing street scene

Churchill A.V.R.E.

Revell 1:76

03297 2022 New box

Editorial | Page 48
The Stoic Modeller

by Steve Budd
Polish your act

Build Report, 1:48 | Page 50
Cranwell Dazzler

by Niklas Knutzén
Niklas Knutzén tackles a pre-production sample of Pilot Replicas’ all-new 1/48 de Havilland Vampire T.11

Vampire T11 RAF Service

Pilot Replicas 1:48

48A007 2024 New decals

Build Report, 1:48 | Page 58
Bomb Tester

by Huw Morgan
Huw Morgan gives the re-released Airfix 1/48 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II a makeover, courtesy of new decals plus aftermarket extras

Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II

Airfix 1:48

A05133A 2024 New decals

P-40B seatbelts STEEL Airfix

Eduard 1:48

49787 2016 New tool

Tomahawk Mk.II

Eduard 1:48

49875 2018 New tool

Tomahawk Mk.II landing flaps

Eduard 1:48

48941 2018 New tool

RAF Roundels B Type Sizes 15", 25", 30", 32", 40", 44", 48", 49", 50", 56", 63", 66.5", 75", 84", 10

Xtradecal 1:72

X72043 200x New tool

Tomahawk Mk. II for Airfix

Eduard 1:48

EX570 2018 New tool

Build Report, 1:72 | Page 66
1.17 Leagues Under the Sea

by Juanjo Dominguez Calvo
It’s time for a big breath as Juanjo Dominguez Calvo takes a dive with Hasegawa’s 1/72 Shinkai 6500 deep-sea submersible

Manned Research Submersible

Shinkai 6500 Seabed Diorama Set

Hasegawa 1:72

52236 (SP436) 2019 New parts

Photo Gallery | Page 74
Out And About

by Malcolm V Lowe
Middle Wallop Model Show 2023

Build Report, 1:12 | Page 76
The Rubicund ‘Duke’

by Gary Radford
Gary Radford channels his inner biker courtesy of Tamiya’s splendid 1/12 Ducati Superleggera V4

Ducati Superleggera V4

Tamiya 1:12

14140 2022 New tool

Photo Gallery | Page 82
Out And About

by Walter Schlueter
Northern Virginia Model Claasic

Build Report, 1:73 | Page 84
Northrop’s Arachnid

by Toni Canfora
Toni Canfora revisits his stash of early 1990s kits and finds that Revell’s 1/72 F-89 Scorpion still has plenty of ‘sting’ after more than 30 years