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JUNGLE SHARK
SPITFIRE MK VIII
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E-2Hawkeye
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Under Cover
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70 Prowlers Under Cover
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22 Jungle Shark!
Andrew Root builds the 1:32 Tamiya
Spitfire Mk VIII
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MODEL AIRCRAFT JANUARY 2017
6 Splintered and Digit-
ised Kestrel
Sunhwie Hwang builds the stunning
2011 F/A-18E Super Hornet CAG bird
from VFA-137
30 Desert Sabre
Jan Sairanen builds a 1:48 Iranian
F-86 with the help of some resin and
Hi-Decals markings
12 Combat Edge – Aard-
varks from Aus
The General Dynamics F-111/RF-
111C, background details and a full
1:48 build from Garry Prettyman
34 Mission Profiles
The Northrop F-5
18 Arctic Cat
Angel Exposito adds a Winter look to
the 1:72 Hasegawa Jaguar GR.3A
26 Super Sixteen –
Straight-From-The-Box
Ian Cooper details the 1:48
Hasegawa F-16B Plus
76 MIG Masterclass -
French Delta Striker
George Roidis paints and weathers
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56 Big Windy – Small
Scale
Vitor Costa builds the 1:72
Trumpeter CH-47A Chinook
60 Faux-Falcon
Mark Rourke looks at the
F-16-Esque Mitsubishi F-2
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Sunhwie Hwang builds the stunning 2011 F/A-18E Super Hornet CAG bird from VFA-137
H
ot on the heels of their
support of Operations
‘New Dawn’ and
‘Enduring Freedom’ at
the end of 2010, March
2011 saw the ‘Kestrels’ of VFA-
137 back in action, participating
in ‘Northern Edge’ exercises at
Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage,
Alaska. At this time they painted
up their ‘CAG bird’ in a unique digital-splinter
camouflage pattern
For this build I used the 1:48 Hasegawa F/A-
18E, and added Aires resin cockpit, wheel bays
and engine nozzles sets. The cockpit posed a
few issues getting it to fit into the fuselage, but
a little patience and plenty of test fitting and
the removal of the moulded in nosewheel bay
did the job. As the kit is for an early model ‘E’ the
panels around the nose electronics bay and the
chin antennas need to be
revised and rescribed, my
best advice here is to check
your references.
I painted the aircraft in
standard US Navy colours
and for the unique look of this
aircraft I used a set of decals
from Hong Kong manufacturer
DXM. The quality is excellent, as they are
printed by Cartograf and the colours
are bright and very clear and the
instructions are spot on. I used plenty
of Micro-Sol and Micro-Set and they
settled down very nicely. I then
added an Ammo of MIG Panel Line
Wash to pick out the details and they
fixed all of the smaller items before
semi-matt coat sealed everything in.
Under the wings, I used some weaponry
from an Academy Super Hornet and chose
the AIM-120C and GBU-31 JDAM, which were
suitably weathered for effect. This certainly was a
unique aircraft and one that I thoroughly enjoyed
building and decalling. MA
Splintered and
Digitised Kestrel
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I used a set of decals from Hong Kong
manufacturer DMX
F/A-18E Super Hornet
Manufacturer: Hasegawa
Scale: 1:48
Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
Kit Number: HA07239
Aires F/A-18E Super Hornet Cockpit Set #4295
Aires F/A-18E/F Super Hornet wheel bay #4293
Aires F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Exhaust Nozzles – Closed
Quickboost, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ECS Pipes – Late
DMX F/A-18E Super Hornet VFA-137 Kestrels CAG 2011
Kits and Accessories Used in This Build
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VFA-137 Kestrels CAG
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T
he General Dynamics F-111C was a
variant of the F-111 Aardvark developed
to meet Australian requirements.
The design was based on the F-111A
model but included the F-111Bs
longer wings and the strengthened FB-111A
undercarriage. Four aircraft were converted
to the RF-111C reconnaissance variant, and
four F-111As were purchased and converted to
F-111C standard to replace F-111Cs destroyed
during accidents. Australia also operated fifteen
F-111Gs between 1993 and 2007, mainly for
conversion training. Australia ordered twenty-
four F-111Cs aircraft to replace their Canberra’s in
the bombing and tactical strike role. While
the first aircraft was officially handed over in
September 1968, structural issues delayed the
entry into service, so twenty-four F-4 Phantoms
were leased as a stopgap. The F-111C entered
Australian service after the technical problems
were resolved, and the RAAF’s first six F-111Cs
arrived at Amberley on 1 July 1973, and three
subsequent groups of six F-111s arrived on
27 July, 28 September and 4 December, and
were allocated to No.1 and No.6 Squadrons.
After entering service the F-111 proved highlyA underside view of the recce-equipped RF-111C
12 COMBAT EDGE – AARDVARKS
Three RAAF F-111s parked on the flight line during
the joint Australia/New Zealand/US exercise ‘Pitch
Black ‘84’
COMBAT EDGEF I G H T I N G C O L O U R S
Aardvarks from Aus
The General Dynamics F-111/RF-111C
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successful, and although it never saw combat, the
F-111C was the fastest, long-range combat aircraft
in Southeast Asia.
The RF-111C carried a reconnaissance pack
with four cameras and an infrared line scanner
unit, and as already noted, four ex-USAF F-111As
were refitted to F-111C standard and delivered
to Australia as attrition replacements in 1982.
The F-111Cs were equipped to carry the Pave
Tack Targeting Pod in the mid-1980s and
underwent an extensive Avionics Upgrade
Program through 1998. Under this program, their
F-111Cs were given upgraded to digital avionics
including twin mission computers, a modern
digital databus, digital weapon management
system, new AN/APQ-171 terrain-following
radar, new AN/APQ-169 attack radar, and twin
ring-laser gyro INS. In late 2001, wing fatigue
problems were discovered in one of the F-111C
fleet, and as a result, a decision was made in
May 2002 to replace the wings with spares taken
from ex-USAF F-111Fs stored AMARC. These
‘short span wings’ underwent a refurbishment
in Australia, which included extending the
span, in effect making the wings the same as
the F-111C and F-111G models. In 2007, Australia
decided to retire all of its RAAF F-111s. The
drawdown of the RAAF’s F-111 fleet began with
the retirement of the F-111G models operated by
No. 6 Squadron in late 2007, and between 21 and
24 November 2011, twenty-three of the RAAF’s
F-111C and F-111Gs which had not been selected
for preservation were buried at the Swanbank
landfill site in Queensland, as the RAAF it
concluded that it would be cheaper to bury them
than scrap them. MA
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‘Torching’ one of the Aardvark’s party pieces!
Thundering down the runway
during a ‘Pitch Black’ exercise
An ARDU jet with Harpoon missiles
Fully loaded –
with Pave Tack pod

Garry Prettyman builds the Academy F-111C
F
or this ‘Aussie-Aardvark I’m using the
‘Special Edition’ Academy 1:48 F-111C
with new sprues to update the cockpit
and new weapons. The decals are brilliant
being done by one of my favourite decal
manufactures ‘Cartograf, and offer six different
schemes, four of which are the same aircraft
but at different periods in its life. The same goes
for the last two schemes, again for the same
aircraft in different periods of its life. Last but not
least we have a lovely turned brass pitot tube.
Work began on the cockpit, which comprises of
a cockpit floor, rear bulkhead and two control
columns. The seats come as two parts with
seatbelts moulded on. The instrument panel is
one of the updated parts, and here the detail is
really good, so first I painted the cockpit tub Dark
Gull Grey and when dry a thin Raw Umber wash
was applied to give some depth. The seats pads
and back I painted Olive Drab and then I added
thinners and drop of yellow and sprayed this in
the middle of the seat just to break up the colour.
The instrument panel is of the raised variety
and is rather good. To get the best out of it I first
painted it with Tamiya NATO Black and then
dry brushed Light Grey over the top. When dry
I painted the radar screens silver then added
Tamiya clear green and red, and for the dial faces
I used small decals from my ‘spares-box’. Now
with the cockpit and front undercharge complete
they were fitted between the two halves of the
front portion of the fuselage and set aside to
dry. I them moved onto
main section of the
rear fuselage and it
is at this point you need to open up a few holes
and attach the swing-wing mechanism. Once
you have decided how you want the wings to
go you can attach the tops of the wings. Before
attaching the top of the rear fuselage don’t
forget to install the engine turbine faces, and
to cut off the rear potion of the lower fuselage
and install the chaff and flare dispensers on
both sides using parts S17 and 18. If you show
the wings folded you will need to install parts
42 and 43, but if you want the wings open then
install parts S34 and S35, as these are rubber
fuselage gators for when the wings are in the
open position.
When I test fitted the cockpit and front
fuselage section to the rear, I found that there
was a huge step between the two. So after
some thought and a few choice words, I came
up with a solution. Using a piece if
sprue and a thick piece of plastic
card I measured the distance of the
gap and cut the sprue and card to the
This ‘Special Edition’ F-111C comes with new
sprues to update the cockpit and provides some
new weapons
Manufacturer: Academy
Scale: 1:48
kit Number: 12220
RAAF F-111C‘Special Edition’
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same measurement. I then attached an oblong
shaped piece of card to the top of the sprue
using super glue, thus making a ‘T- shape’. Once
dry I eased this concoction into the front part
of the fuselage and continued on with copious
amounts of putty to blend this in and left it to
dry overnight. Once cured I set about the task
of sanding and smoothing the fuselage into
shape, and it worked perfectly, and I just had to
re-scribe any lost panel lines! Next came
the the afterburner cans and the
fuel dump mast, which were painted in various
Alclad shades, and also at this point I cemented
together the tail planes and tail sections. The
wheels were then joined and note the ‘C’
version has different hubs, and these are on the
aforementioned new sprue. My attention now
turned to the engine intakes, which comprise of
just three parts. I sprayed Tamiya Matt White on
their interiors and then masked up the front of
the intakes, so that when installed all I had to do
was push some foam down ready for spraying.
For my F-111C the weapons load was an AGM-142
bomb, a AN/ASW-55 data-link pod and an AN/
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AVQ Pave Pack Targeting pod.
There are some other small
updates to add including
the KB-18 Strike camera,
and an AN/ANR-62
Compass Sail Antennae
is also included is the
AGM-130 bomb. These, and their sway-braces
were all suitably painted ready for the final
assembly.
After a good clean up I was ready to paint,
and began with a coat of Vallejo Grey Acrylic
Primer, and left this to dry overnight. In later
life all the Australian F-111s were painted in a
FS36118 Gunship Grey, and again I turned to
Vallejo for this shade. The colour was applied in
thin coats and once complete I added a couple of
drops White and then sprayed this in a random
pattern onto the middle of the panels just to
break up the block colour. The tail was sprayed
with Xtracolour FS15044 Insignia Blue the nose
with Tamiya Matt Black. Once this was fully
dry two coats of Johnson’s ‘Klear’ was applied
in preparation for the decals. From the decal
options I chose F-111C A8-131 30th Anniversary,
2003 scheme. The decals, as you would expect
went on with no real problems, but use plenty
of water, as they are extremely thin. Whilst these
dried I fitted the undercarriage, and doors, the
airbrake, the tail hook, and finally the wheels, and
with everything dry another coat of Johnsons
‘Klear’ readied the model for weathering. As this
was an ‘anniversary’ aircraft, I decided not to go
overboard with weathering, and I used some
Flory Models Dark Dirt Wash. The final things to
do were to add the weapons and the nose pitot.
Academy have used their old kit and included
some rather nice updates, but that awful
moulding problem with the two fuselage halves
really caused me some headaches. However,
that’s one of the joys of modelling - if you
encounter a problem how you get over it, and
yes I would agree I should never have been there
in the first place! However, if you like a challenge
and a large aircraft – then the F-111C is a good
choice! MA
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Two F-111Cs during exercise ‘Kangaroo ‘81’

Arctic Cat
18 JAGUAR GR.3A
The process of painting this particular
scheme is a little complicated, but checking
my references and taking my time, it came
out rather well
Angel Exposito adds a Winter
look to the 1:72 Hasegawa
Jaguar GR.3A
T
his 1:72 Hasegawa kit is now
quite an old offering, but still
one that is very acceptable.
The kit comes with
fine engraved
panel lines, great
details all around,
with well-defined
compartments and bays.
However, the LRMTS nose
is shown as moulded on, so I
had to cut out the ‘windows’
and add my own glazing. The
cockpit is also very simple with
the dial and consoles replicated
as decals. As the undercarriage was
also simplified add added plenty of
scratchbuilt details to bring them to life.
The fit is generally very acceptable, needing just
a little of putty her and there. I start painting the
cockpit with Gunze H32, and worked exclusively
with Gunze acrylics, except for the engine areas
where I turned to Alclad.
The process of painting this particular scheme
is a little complicated, but checking to my
references and taking my time, it came out rather
well. I painted all of the upper surfaces with Dark
Sea Grey - H331, and the lower surfaces Dark
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O
ne of the prime
tasks for the Jaguar
was that of defending
NATO’s northern flank,
and, operating inside
the Arctic Circle, Jaguars had
been making regular visits to the
Royal Norwegian Air Force base at
Bardufoss. No.41 Squadron were the
‘Arctic Specialists’ within the Jaguar
force, although both Nos. 6 and 54
Squadrons also made regular trips into
the ‘cold lands’. Many interesting ‘white-
washed’ ARTF schemes were applied to
the Jaguar for their cold weather excursions.
For the full story of the Jaguar, then our
latest MDF is a must have!
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ARCTICCAT–JAGUARGR.3A
Camouflage Grey - H69. Then
I added some Blu-Tack ‘sausages’
to form the camouflage pattern
and then applied some Off-White - H21 to
produce some highlights and then added some
Pure White - H11.
Finally, to complete the scheme the wing
leading edges were painted black. After a
gloss coat I applied the decals which the
Model Alliance #MA-72122 sheet. The
aircraft I chose was Jaguar GR.3A XX720
‘GB’ of No.54 Squadron during arctic
exercises at Bardufoss in 2004. These
were sealed with another gloss coat and
I then applied a selection oil washes and
AK Interactive wreathing products. Finally a
matt coat brought everything together and
my ‘Arctic Cat’ was complete. MA
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H
aving previously built Tamiya’s superb
Spitfire Mk.XVIe, which I thoroughly
enjoyed, I had no hesitation in ordering
their Mk VIII. As with most kits, the
interior came first, and this is built in
a separate section, with several bulkheads and
a floor pan. Everything was then given a coat
of Tamiya XF-71 Interior Green, then Eduard’s
#333085 Interior Set was used to enhance the
cockpit. This set comes with lots of etched parts,
including the harness, which was very good. The
interior was then given a dark wash; to it give a
well-used look.
Next came the fuselage, and here the two
halves joined together really well, with only a tiny
seem,whichwaseasilysandedwithnoproblems.
The tailfin, elevators and rudder were next, and
these all have metal hinges, so the flight controls
can be shown deflected if desired. The wings
followed, again with minimal problems,
with just a bit of Tamiya was tape needed
to hold the correct dihedral.
The engine was the next item and
again this has some great detailing.
On the Mk.XVIe I had the cowling
removed to show off the engine,
but here I decided to leave the
cowling fixed to show off the
iconic ‘Sharksmouth’. Another
great feature is that the cowling
can be held in place with the
supplied magnets, to enable quick
removal. As an aircraft engineer myself, it was
great to see the level of surface detail on this kit,
and all the panel lines and rivets look so good.
I was soon ready for painting, and I decided I
Jungle
Shark!
22 SPITFIRE MK VIII
The Tamiya kit is relatively expensive, but you
certainly get what you pay for!
Manufacturer: Tamiya
Scale: 1:32
Kit Number: 60320
Spitfire Mk VIII
Andrew Root
builds the 1:32
Tamiya Spitfire
Mk VIII
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wanted a very weathered look on this build, as
the real aircraft were operated from primitive
airbases in the jungle, and didn’t get much in
the way of TLC. I began with a coat of Tamiya
Grey Primer, and then all the panel lines pre-
shaded with Black. The wing walk area was then
given a coat of Alclad Aluminium, with a layer
of Johnson’s ‘Future’ on top, and then some
chipping fluid was applied. The camouflage
colours of Tamiya XF-81 and XF-82 were then
added with a coat of XF-83 for the undersides.
The wing walk area was then rubbed back to
reveal the aluminium underneath.
To get the weathered effect I wanted on the
roundels, I decided to paint them, instead of
using the supplied decals, this was done with the
Insignia Series Paint Mask set #32019, and these
masks made the process really easy. The rest of
the markings were from the kits decals, with a
light coat of the camouflage colour sprayed
over the top, to give them a faded look. The
model was again sprayed another coat of ‘Future’
to seal the decals, then some AK Interactive Panel
Line was added and streaked backwards in the
direction of the airflow to achieve the dirty look
I was after.
The exhaust marks were done with a well-
diluted spray of XF-57 Buff, and the guns cordite
staining was a mix of XF-1 Matt Black and
X-19 Smoke, and for the scuffed metallic areas
around the cockpit door I used Citadel Necron
Compound. The last items to be detailed and
fitted were the undercarriage legs, which come
as two halves with a metal pin sandwiched in the
middle to hold the weight of the model.
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A final coat of Matt varnish was then applied,
which toned down and balanced colours, and I
must say I was I was very pleased with the final
appearance. No aerial wire was fitted, as the
airfields these aircraft operated from had no
radios, so the radio set had been removed from
the aircraft.
This really is a great kit, which I can heartily
recommend to all interested modellers. I know
the Tamiya offering is relatively expensive
compared to others, but you certainly get what
you pay for, and I enjoyed the experience
so much that much that I have
started the Tamiya
Mk.IX. MA
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Scale: 1:48
Kit Type: plastic injection moulded
Kit Number: 06195
F-16B Plus Fighting Falcon
Ian Cooper details the 1:48 Hasegawa F-16B Plus
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a very nice 1:48 offering from Hasegawa.
The kit comes with options for building
an F-16B from the 307th TFS 31st TFW
(HS), 17th TFS 363rd TFW (SW) or 13th
TFS 432nd TFW (MJ). Now I’m sure by now that
everyone knows the F-16. It’s one of the most
successful fighter jets of all time and remains
in service with air forces around the world,
over thirty-years after it started to equip USAF
squadrons, with its state-of-the-art electronics
and agile high performance.
As you can expect from a Hasegawa kit,
the plastic is good quality and there were no
significant fit issues. I did experience some
difficulty with the checkerboard and the ‘MJ’
decals on one side but otherwise, no other
problems. I built the kit ‘straight-from-the box’
apart from some detailing of the gear bays using
Evergreen plastic and some static dischargers
made from toothbrush bristles. I decided to
include some crew figures trimmed and fixed
into position to suggest movement in the
cockpit.
I had no difficulty choosing a colour scheme
for my model. I’ve always liked the Misawa
(Japan) F-16s with the checkerboard tail markings
and orange ejector seat warning triangles. The
13th Tactical Fighter Squadron was activated
with F-16s on 1st June 1985 and the scheme I
have recreated dates to the period from 1985
to 1992, before the squadron was re-equipped
with F-16C/Ds and the checkerboard was
replaced with a red tail band. The specific aircraft
recreated, 83-172, only remained with the 13th
TFS until 1988 when she transferred to the
68th TFS and then, in 1990 to the 6516th TS at
Edwards. 83-172 moved to the 416th at Edwards
where she remained until used in contamination
tests for the F-35 project.
I used the trusted Alclad paints for the
exhaust areas and Tamiya acrylics for the rest. I
pre-shaded the model using Black and then a
combination of XF-83 Medium Sea Grey (RAF)
with a little flat White added for the undersides,
I had no difficulty choosing a colour
scheme for my model!
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XF-66 Light Grey for the Mid-Grey colour and
XF-77 IJN Grey for the topside shade, and the
nose was painted using XF-54. The cockpit glass
was shaded using Tamiya Clear Smoke following
the traditional sanding out of the seam. I added
a few lighter mixes of the main camouflage
colours to achieve some further shading,
and then applied a few coats of Johnson’s
‘Klear’ mixed with Tamiya acrylic thinners
to get the gloss coat needed for decals.
Another coat of ‘Klear’, a panel wash of
black oil paint mixed with white spirit and
finally a coat of flat varnish brought painting to
a close.
I filled up the rails with fuel tanks; a travel pod
and practice round missiles to make the F-16 look
loaded. F-16Bs did sometimes use three drop
tanks because the inclusion of the second seat
came at the expense of internal fuel capacity.
The loadout is not typical, but my thinking was
that it was about to depart for participation
as a static display aircraft at an air show some
distance away from Misawa!
Overall, I was very pleased
with the end result on this
one. MA
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Jan Sairanen builds a 1:48 Iranian F-86 with the help of some resin and Hi-Decals markings
T
he moment that Hi-Decals announced
their then upcoming sheet with #48-
034 featuring some Iranian Sabres
I was hooked. Sadly finding
something to fit them on
was not so easy, as it wasn´t as
simple as picking any old Sabre
kit for this as the IIAF’s Sabres
were of the F-40 variety, that is
with extended slatted wings,
and where the blazes do I find
one of those? After a search on
the inter-web I finally found a
Hasegawa F-86F-40 kit in
Japan. The kit parts were
really nice, but I felt the
need for some resin!
The wings were moulded with the slats on,
and being controlled by gravity, they should
be drooped when on the ground. So I decided
to add a Kasl resin slat set. Elsewhere, True
Details had also some excellent resin
wheels, and whilst I was in that
area I thought I might as well add
some resin wheel bays too, and
being me, I had to get an Aires
cockpit for good measure, along
with an Eduard canopy mask. The
kit went together well and I toiled
away on the wings and eventually
managed to fit the slats and
wheel wells. I then found
I was in need of some
pylons and again the
Internet came to the rescue with a spare sprue
from an Academy Sabre.
After priming the cockpit parts with Alclad
Black primer I dusted on a few thin layers of
Lifecolor FS36375 and added then an oil wash
made from a mix of Windsor & Newton Black
and Natural Umber. My philosophy for cockpit
weathering isn`t so much that I want the cockpit
to look worn, as much as I want the details
to be visible from some distance.
Desert Sabre
30 IRANIAN F-86
The Hi-Decals set went on
quite superbly
Scale: 1:48
Kit Number: 08137
F-86F-40 Sabre
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DESERTSABRE
After the cockpit was done I added the intake
trunking and exhaust, I also painted the wheels
and struts, and added some wiring on the
airbrake. A little note to remember about the
fuselage is that as the Hasegawa kit represents
a Japanese example, they came with an air inlet
close to the air brake on the
right side, the IIAF jets didn’t
have that so it was removed and
the spot filled with putty and
plasticard.
Soon I was ready to paint
and after a clean up I added
some pre-shading, first along panel lines, edges
and details and then I filled the void in the
middle with squiggles. I didn’t use black, as this
creates too strong a contrast, but Tamiya XF-63
German Grey is ideal. Once dry I added Lifecolor
FS30400 followed by FS34079 and FS30140, and
the undersides were painted
in FS36622. The scheme was
painted freehand with my Iwata
airbrush. Then came some detail
painting in wells and housings
followed by at least seven coats
of Johnson’s ‘Klear’ so there was
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no need further polishing. The Hi-Decals set went
on superbly with Micro-Sol and Micro-Set, and
for the stencils I used some Hasegawa decals. I
let it all cure for a day or so before starting with
the last leg, the weathering process. First of a
pin-wash was applied into the panel lines, and
I used the same mixture of artist oils as before.
Then I used a combination of MIG Pigments,
AK Interactive washes and filters and Tamiya
weathering sets to add rain marks, dirt streaks
and lubricant and fuel leaks. When done I sealed
everything in with a coat of Alclad Flat before
starting the final assembly.
In the end I was quite pleased with the build,
and my thanks go to Tom Cooper and Diego
of Hi-Decal, as these gents have a tremendous
knowledge of the IIAF and later IRIAF and I´m
thankful to them for keeping me on the straight
and narrow with pictures and answering my
queries. MA
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F-5 remains an agile, highly manoeuvrable,
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More than 2,600 were built by Northrop and
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of Korea, Spain and Switzerland. From the F-5’s
first delivery in 1964 to its final one in 1989,
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promised, and approximately two-thirds of the
original production F-5’s remain operational in
twenty-six countries, including the United States.
Being smaller and simpler than contemporaries
such as the F-4, the F-5 cost less to both purchase
and operate, making it a popular export aircraft.
The F-5 started life as a privately funded light
fighter program by Northrop in the 1950s,
and the Northrop design team wrapped a
small, highly aerodynamic fighter around two
compact and high-thrust General Electric J85
engines, focusing on performance and low cost
of maintenance. Though primarily designed
for the day air superiority role, the aircraft is
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mission profilesmission profiles
The Northrop F-5
Perhaps the most recognised F-5s are the US ‘aggressors’ and note the paintwork on this VFC-13 Tiger CREDIT: Dan Tekker
The start of an icon the
Northrop F-5 ‘Freedom Fighter’
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NorthropF-5ETigerII‘805’oftheChileanAirForce
The aircraft is finished in a two-tone light grey camouflage scheme
NorthropF-5ETigerII‘TNIAU’oftheIndonesianAirForce.
The aircraft is finished in a three-tone blue/grey scheme of FS35414, FS35164 and FS35109, however,
after being repainted, they used locally mixed colours paler than the original
NorthropF-5EMTigerII‘4871’oftheBrazilianAirForce.
The aircraft is finished Neutral Grey FS 36176 and Dark Green FS 34092
NorthropF-5ETigerII‘4005’oftheHonduranAirForce.
The aircraft is finished in a two-tone grey camouflage scheme
NorthropF-5A/2000FreedomFighter‘3339’oftheTurkishAirForce.
The aircraft is finished in a FS36118 and FS36375

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A dramatic shot of a two seat Venezuelan VF-5D
CREDIT: Erwin Fugeut
also a capable ground-attack platform. The
F-5A entered service in the early 1960s, and
although the USAF had no acknowledged
need for a light fighter, it did procure roughly
1,200 T-38 Talons, which were directly based
on the F-5A. After winning the International
Fighter Aircraft competition in 1970, a program
aimed at providing effective low-cost fighters
to American allies, Northrop introduced the
second-generation F-5E ‘Tiger II’ in 1972. This
upgrade included more powerful engines, higher
fuel capacity, greater wing area and improved
leading edge extensions for a better turn rate,
optional air-to-air refuelling, and improved
avionics including air-to-air radar. The F-5 was
also developed into a dedicated reconnaissance
version, the RF-5 ‘Tigereye’ and the ill-fated F-20
‘Tigershark’ was an advanced variant to succeed
the F-5E, which was ultimately cancelled when
export customers did not emerge. MA
Brazilian F-5EMs taking on gas
A Swiss Air Force Tiger

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NorthropF-5ETigerII‘001’oftheSwissAirForceGRD,EmmenAirBase1986.
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NorthropF-5NTigerII761538/AF‘Red16’ofVFC-13.
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NorthropYF-5AFreedomFighter‘98949’.
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A line up of Mexican F-5Es and Fs CREDIT: Ivan Pesa Nesbit
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’ve always been fond of the Harrier, and while I like each
variant, the US Marines version of the Harrier II Plus is
my favourite. For this build I chose the 1:48 Hasegawa
kit along with an Aires resin cockpit and Superscale
decals. Surveying the instructions my initial concern with the
build was the fit of the main components of the airframe.
Hasegawa has engineered the fuselage into several parts
with the intent of making other version of the airframe
possible. Though it’s not something I usually do, I decided
to mock up the pieces to see just what I’d be dealing with.
First, I joined the two fuselage halves since getting them
together was fairly straightforward. The only concern here
was the insert that makes up the belly of the airframe. I was
able to test fit this piece to determine that with some careful
alignment and gluing I’d have a rather good fit. I was able
to apply glue from the inside of the fuselage tub using my
fingers to move the piece into place for careful alignment.
Fortunately, the seams left behind fall on natural panel
lines, so clean up was minimal. The piece fit perfectly.
Next I wanted to work on the Aires resin set, and I
was entirely blown away with the test fit here. I didn’t
need to even remove the casting block from the main
tub. Removing some moulded ribbing on the fuselage
sidewalls of the kit pieces was all that was needed. The
forward fuselage and nose consists of two assemblies
brought together by two pieces each. The nose was
weighted with a few grams of lead for good measure and
assembled. The forward fuselage sections were taped up,
and a mock-up of the wing and nose assemblies promises
a rather straightforward assembly. Not so easy is getting
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James DiCesare builds the Hasegawa 1:48 Harrier II Plus
The painted Aires cockpit
ready for installation
Blending the underside colours
Work being undertaken on the
underside of the Harrier
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Test fitting the Aires cockpit
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THEGRUMMANE-2HAWKEYE
T
he Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
is an all-weather, carrier capable AEW
platform. The E-2 was the first aircraft
designed specifically for its role, as
opposed to a modification of an existing
airframe, and variants of the Hawkeye have been
in continuous production since 1960, giving it
the longest production run of any carrier-based
aircraft. In addition to U.S. Navy service,
smaller numbers of E-2s have been sold
to the armed forces Egypt, France,
Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore
and Taiwan. The twin turboprop
Hawkeye shares its basic airframe
with the C-2 Greyhound but is fitted
with a twenty-four foot rotating
radome housing an APS-145 (some
have the APS-139 radar). The
first aircraft to perform this
mission was the Grumman
E-1 Tracer (a variant of the S-2
Tracker anti-submarine aircraft),
which saw service from 1954 to 1964, when the
E-1’s successor, the E-2 Hawkeye took over the
role. The five-man crew consists of two pilots
and three equipment operators and as a team,
the Hawkeyes surround the fleet with an early
warning ring capable of directing air defences
against any enemy. Each E-2C also can maintain
all-weather patrols, track, automatically and
simultaneously, more than 600 targets, and
control more than forty airborne intercepts.
The Grumman
E-2 Hawkeye
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Hawkeye 2000s first deployed in 2003 aboard the
USS Nimitz with VAW-117, the ‘Wallbangers’
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Since entering combat during the Vietnam
War, the E-2 has served the US Navy around
the world, acting as the electronic ‘eyes of the
fleet’. In August 1981, a Hawkeye from VAW-124
‘Bear Aces’ directed two Tomcats from VF-‘Black
Aces’ in an intercept mission in the Gulf of
Sidra that resulted in the downing of two Libya
Su-22s. Hawkeyes from VAW-123 aboard the
USS America directed a group of F-14s fighters
flying the Combat Air Patrol during Operation ‘El
Dorado Canyon’ against Libyan terrorist targets
during 1986 and more recently, E-2Cs provided
the command and control land-attack missions
during the Gulf Wars.
As noted the E-2C Hawkeye squadrons played
a critical role in air operations during Operations
‘Desert Storm’, ‘Southern Watch’ and ‘Desert
Fox’, and the E-2 Hawkeye remains a crucial
component of all US Navy carrier air wings, and
40 E-2 HAWKEYE

each carrier is equipped with four Hawkeyes
(five in some situations), allowing for continuous
twenty-four hour-a-day operations of at least one
E-2 with one or two to undergoing maintenance.
Up to 2005 the Hawkeye’s were organised into
East and West coast wings, supporting the
respective fleets. However, the East coast wing
was disestablished, all aircraft were organised
into a single wing based at Point Mugu, California.
During Operation ‘Enduring Freedom’ and
‘Iraqi Freedom’ all ten regular Navy Hawkeye
squadrons flew overland sorties. They provided
battle management for attack of enemy ground
targets, close-air-support coordination, combat
search and rescue control, airspace management,
as well as data link and communication relay for
both land and naval forces.
Hawkeye 2000s first deployed in 2003 aboard
the USS Nimitz with VAW-117, the ‘Wallbangers’,
and Navy E-2C Hawkeyes have been upgraded
with eight-bladed propellers as part of the
NP2000 program, and the first squadron to
cruise with the new propellers was VAW-124 ‘Bear
Aces’. In 2014, several E-2C Hawkeyes from the
‘Bear Aces’ of VAW-124 were deployed from USS
George HW Bush as flying command posts and
air traffic controllers over Iraq during Operation
‘Inherent Resolve’ against IS. VAW-120, the E-2C
fleet replacement squadron began receiving E-2D
Advanced Hawkeyes for training use in July 2010,
and 27 March 2014, the first E-2Ds were delivered
to the VAW-125. The E-2D achieved Initial
Operational Capability (IOC) in October 2014
when VAW-125 was certified with five operational
aircraft aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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42 E-2 HAWKEYE

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44 E-2 HAWKEYE
Jeff Brundt builds the 1:48 Kinetic E-2C
W
hen Kinetic released kit in 2009
I laid one down in my stash and
thensetaboutaddingaftermarket
details such as Quick Boost’s
SeamlessIntakesandFightertown
VAW-115 ‘Liberty Bells’ decals, ready to build
at the appropriate time! The kit is moulded in
light grey plastic and also gives options for US
and French versions. One of the most desirable
options, however, in my opinion is the choice of
building the model with the wings folded. I built
all the major airframe parts as sub-assemblies
includingtheouterwings,
centre wing section, tail
fins, horizontal stab, flaps,
fuselage and rotordome.
Thecockpitdetailisalittle
sparse, as you only get
get rudimentary seats,
control columns and an
instrument panel, but
not much can be seen
through the cockpit
glass. I did add some
seatbelts using Tamiya tape but that’s about
it. One word of caution - this plane
will be a tail sitter if you do not
add nose weight! With the
cockpit and nose gear
well in place there is
not a lot of room
for weight in the
far forward nose,
so you need to
be creative with
some fuselage
placement! Once the
tail sitting was eliminated
it was on to closing up the
fuselage by attaching the cockpit/
windscreen glass and fairing it in
with the fuselage. I then taped off the
portions of the windscreen and windows
that were to remain clear. The radome is clear
as well to account for the window on the lower
portion where the landing lights and glideslope
indicator lights are visible. That window was
also masked and the
radome blended into
the forward fuselage.
Lots of dry fitting and checking
is recommended before committing
glue, and there are many delicate parts on the
sprues as well, namely the landing gear braces
and hydraulic actuator rods. With the major
assembly out of the way it was ‘time to prime’.
A light coat of Mr Surfacer 1000 showed any
seams or defects I missed, and these
were fixed with putty, sanding and
re-scribing as necessary. Once this
Eyes of the Fleet
Manufacturer: Kinetic
Scale: 1:48
Kit Number: 48013
E-2C - VAW-115 ‘Liberty Bells’
Manufacturer: Fightertown
Set Number: 48045
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye

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The Fightertown decal sheet gives seven different
schemes and I chose one from the
‘Liberty Bells’ 2010 winter cruise

46 E-2 HAWKEYE
was done I added some panel line
pre-shading and then it was on with
thinned coats of Xtracolor Light Gull
Grey. Next I painted the deicer boots
Vallejo Black, and the wheel bays
and wing fold areas were masked and
sprayed with Tamiya Gloss White. Then
the flap wells and leading edges of the flaps
were then masked off and sprayed with Tamiya
Red and Park Green was added on the outboard
vertical fins.
After a coat of Pollyscale Satin it was decal
time. The Fightertown ‘Liberty Bells’ decals are
very nice, thin and in register, and they take
Solvaset very well and snuggle down. There
are over seven different schemes
to choose from and I chose
one from their winter 2010
cruise. You still need to use some
of the kit-supplied decals, which
to Kinetic’s credit are really very
nice. The landing gear door edges
were painted Red using a fine brush,
and when dry glued into place. I finally
calleditgoodenough,gavethemodel
another coat of Pollyscale Satin and
started in on panel line washing/
highlighting. Here I use artist Windsor
& Newton oils thinned with mineral
spirits, and as these aircraft are well
maintained I didn’t go overboard.
Finally I painted the leading
edges of the propellers with
Dull Aluminium, added the
data stencils and sprayed with
more Pollyscale Satin.
This is a very impressive
model, which took quite some
time to build, but in the end it looks
darn good on my display shelf! MA

JAGUAR
THE SEPECAT
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B
orn out of Anglo-French accord and later discord, the SEPECAT Jaguar became
one of the most capable and formidable fast jets of the 20th Century. The
Jaguar has served with distinction in the Close Air Support and
Reconnaissance roles with the Royal Air Force and Armée de L’Air, and enjoyed some
export success with Oman, Ecuador, Nigeria and India, who are now the last
operators of the aircraft. Slated for retirement from RAF service in the early 1990’s,
the Jaguar was suddenly thrust back into the spotlight with the Gulf War, and proved
to the decision makers just what a capable and versatile aircraft they had, and one
worth future investment rather than just the scrapman's torch. This new Datafile from
SAM Publications is not only an account of the Jaguar's airframe, operators, roles and
systems, but also a celebration of a much-loved
aircraft, and one sadly missed in our skies. Includes
full details of the aircraft in service, comprehensive
walk arounds, colour profiles, scale plans and how to
model the Jaguar in popular scales.
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I
n the past few years HobbyBoss have got
into the habit of supplying the modeller with
subjects and sub-variants not widely covered
before and at a relatively affordable price.
The Hawk T Mk 67, even though produced
by Academy a few years ago was a welcome
addition. On opening the box I was pleased to
see a simple but well-appointed kit. So work
began with the seats, which are made up of
six plastic and five etched parts. I must say that
when built up and painted they looked very nice,
with some dry brushing to pop out the details.
The cockpit tub was given a coat of Dark Gull
Grey, as were the instrument panels. The side
panels were then carefully picked out with
Tamiya Rubber Black before detailing the
‘knobs and bobs’ with Citadel acrylics, and I used
the kit decals for the instrument panels The vinyl
hoods were given a coat of Rubber Black too and
before I knew it I was ready to close up the nose
section, adding around 15 grams of nose weight
– just in case!
The rest of the build was completed in one
sitting, and the engine exhaust was given a coat
of Alclad II Burnt Steel and Jet Exhaust. Most of
the small pieces were left off until painting was
finished, however because on the integral style of
the various blade antennae and pitot I had to add
them at this stage. Some of the joints did need
Hawk-Eyed
48 HAWK T MK 67
Manufacturer: HobbyBoss
Scale: 1:48
Kit Number: 81735
Hawk T Mk 67
Gerry Doyle builds a colourful RoKAF
bird with the 1:48 HobbyBoss kit
Work began with the seats
The cockpit builds up very nicely
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HAWK-EYED
a little filler, especially underneath along the
centre of the fuselage. The seam on the canopy
was dealt with using Micro Mesh and Johnson’s
‘Future’ before it was masked-off and given a
coat of Black before attaching it to the airframe.
The entire model was then given a coat of Tamiya
White Primer, and I pre-shaded a few of the more
prominent panels with Dark Grey. The canopy
frames are White so I carefully masked these off
too. The wing tips and rudder were then sprayed
with a mix of Tamiya X-7 Red and X-6 Orange, and
I had to give this a few coats before I was happy
with the shade I was looking for.
This was left overnight to cure before masking.
I gave the underside a coat of Ammo of MIG
Light Compass Grey, which in turn was masked
and Tamiya XF-59 with a drop of White was
applied for the for the Tan. Panzer Putty was then
employed before Ammo of MIG Forest Green was
applied. The more Panzer Putty and the final coat
of XF-61 Dark Green completed the camouflage.
I used Lifecolor Olive for the nose. When all the
masking was removed I was greeted with a very
bright scheme. Then I gave the model several
coats of Alclad II Aqua Gloss in preparation for
the decals. With the marking applied I added
another coat of Aqua Gloss before all panels lines
were given a pin-wash of Black/Brown oil paint
thinned with white spirit. This was then removed
in the direction of the airflow. The undercarriage,
which had been made up earlier was quite an
49
….andTamiyacolourswereusedforthecamouflage
The wing tips and rudder were then sprayed with a mix of Tamiya X-7 Red and X-6 Orange
Panzer Putty was used to mask the airframe…..
If you are looking for something a bit different,
then this is an very colourful little alternative.
I added around 15grms
nose weight – just in case!
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50 HAWK T MK 67
The undercarriage was quite
an intricate assembly
The seam on the canopy was dealt with using
Micro Mesh and Johnson’s ‘Future’
Weathering was kept to a minimum
The Republic of Korea Twenty ordered twenty-
one Hawk Mk 67s in July 1991– which were
fitted with the extended nose of Hawk 100
to accommodate avionics and a steerable
nosewheel. The ROKAF is currently replacing
these Hawks with the T-50 Golden Hawk.
intricate assembly, but really looked good when
cleaned up and painted. These, along with all the
rest of the sub-assemblies were then fitted, and I
had a very attractive little Hawk on the bench. If
you are looking for something a bit different, and
are maybe tired of the Grey on Grey jets, then this
is an very colourful little alternative.
Thanks to Creative Models for the build
sample www.creativemodels.co.uk MA
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T
he Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is generally
viewed as a far superior fighter than the
much more famous Messerschmitt Bf
109 - and for good reason. This highly
adaptableaircraftservedinanenormous
variety of roles, including fighter, night-fighter,
fighter-bomber/ground attack, reconnaissance
and torpedo bomber throughout much of the
Second World War. It initially appeared as an
interim fighter designed to complement the Bf
109 and the first production model, the Fw 190A-
1 was deployed on occupation duties in France in
the summer of 1941, from where it could threaten
the British Isles.
This meant that the Fw 190 fighter did not
go into service until after Hitler’s attack on the
Soviet Union in late June 1941. Early production
Fw 190s were armed with four machine guns
COMBAT-ZONE
Hitler’s All
Rounder
52 HITLER’S ALL ROUNDER
The Focke-Wulf 190 went into
service just after Hitler’s invasion
of the Soviet Union
British soldier at Bizerte aerodrome with a captured Fw 190
Thanks to its performance and agility the Fw 190
was dubbed the ‘Butcher Bird.’ This is an A-8/R2
Anthony Tucker-Jones profiles Hitler’s infamous and
very versatile Fw 190 ‘Butcher Bird’
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mounted in the upper fuselage and wing roots.
This proved inadequate firepower and aircraft
were retrofitted with heavier cannon in each
outer wing. When it made its appearance in the
autumn of 1941 it quickly established Luftwaffe
superiority for some months. The following year
it began to replace the Bf 109 in Western Europe
but the latter continued to serve in a range of
roles on the Eastern Front. Its opponents knew
the Fw 190 as the ‘Butcher Bird’, which says
much for its killing power over other fighters. It
was developed in the autumn of 1937 after the
Reichsluftfahrtministerium placed a contract.
Two proposals were developed by Kurt Tank, one
with a liquid cooled Daimler-Benz DB 601 engine
and the other with the then new air-cooled BMW
139 radial. The latter was chosen with OberIng
R. Blaser leading the design team the following
year.
In May 1939 the prototype Fw 190V1 was
completed consisting of a cantilevered low-wing
monoplane of stressed skin construction. It first
took to the air at Bremen on 1 June 1939. The V2
flew that October. A decision to replace the BMW
139 with the longer and heavier BMW 801 meant
relocating the cockpit further aft. This made for
a much more comfortable flight for the pilot
with fumes and overheating greatly reduced.
The subsequent V3 and V4 prototypes were
abandoned but the V5 with the new engine was
finished in early 1940.
The V5 had its wingspan increased by one
metre, which although slowing the aircraft
slightly gave a superior climb and made it more
manoeuvrable. These were vital prerequisites
for a successful dog-fighter. When a pre-
production batch of 30 Fw 190A-0 were built
the initial nine had the original shorter wing.
In February 1941 the first aircraft were handed
over to Erprobungskommando 190 based at
Rechlin-Rogenthin for evaluation. The following
month Jagdgeschwader 26 began to prepare
for the new fighter’s entry into service with the
Luftwaffe. Its one-piece rearward sliding canopy
gave good all round visibility and the pilots
immediately took to their new aircraft.
The early production version was dubbed
the Fw 190A-1, which had the longer wings, the
BMW 801C engine and was armed with four
7.92mm MG 17 machineguns. The later proved
wholly inadequate after 6/JG 26 clashed with RAF
Spitfires on 27 September 1941. Improvements
led to the Fw 190A-2 that had a longer span and
heavier armament, which in turn was followed
by the excellent A-3 fighter-bomber. These were
supplemented by the A-4 and A-5 with some of
the latter modified as two-seater trainers. The Fw
190A-6 featured a lighter wing and armament
of four 20mm cannon. The A-7 appeared in
late 1943 equipped with two cannon and two
machine guns. The final A-8 had two machine
guns and could carry up to four cannon, plus
bombs and rockets. The up-gunned Fw 190A-2
was fitted with an improved engine and armed
with two MG 17s mounted above the engine
and two 20mm FF cannon in the wing roots. Two
additional MG 17s in the outer wing panels often
supplemented these. The Fw 190A-3 featured the
1,800hp (1342-kW) BMW 801Dg engine. It had the
cannons moved to the outer wing panels, with
faster firing MG 151s being installed in the root
positions. Sub variants of this model included
the Fw 190A-3/U1 and A-3/U3 close support
aircraft and the A-3/U4 reconnaissance aircraft.
The A-4 that appeared in 1942 began to include
the MW-50 water-methanol injection booster,
that increased engine output for short periods
cranking the top speed up to 416mph. To cope
with the conditions in the Mediterranean the
A-4/Trop was equipped with filters to protect the
engine from choking dust and sand and could
carry a bomb.
Problems with the engine overheating led
to the Fw 190A-5 in 1943, this had a new engine
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MODEL AIRCRAFT DECEMBER 2016
By June 1944 there were just 31 Fw 190 fighters
available on the Eastern Front
Fw 190s on a very wet and muddy airstrip
The Fw 190 served in North Africa from late 1942
Fw 190G-2 with 500kg bomb and two 300-litre
tanks under the wings

mounting which moved it 15cm forward. It was
built in numerous variants, which included the
A-5/U2 which had just two machine guns but
could take bomb racks and drop fuel tanks. It
was also fitted with flame-dampers so that it
could operate at night. The U3 could carry bombs
both on the fuselage and on the wings. Fighter-
bomber versions included the U6, U8 and U 11.
The U14 and U15 were torpedo bomber variants.
The Fw 190A-6 was introduced in June 1943,
incorporating a lighter weight wing that could
take four 20mm MG 151/20 cannon and was the
forerunner of the A-6/R1 with six 20mm cannon,
R2 with two 30mm cannon, R3 with an additional
cannon beneath each wing and the R6 the final
A-6 variant armed with a 210mm WGr.21 rocket
launch tube under each wing. The A-7 appeared
in December 1943 but was only built in small
numbers, with 13mm machine guns replacing
the 7.92mm nose mounted machineguns.
The A-8 had greatly increased internal fuel
storage and included numerous variants similar
to the A6 family. Notable amongst these was
the R7 with an armoured cockpit and the R11
all-weather fighter with heated canopy and radio
navigation. Problems with the Fw 190A’s engine
at altitude led to the 190B and 190C. These
though were abandoned in favour of the 190D
fitted with the Junkers Jumo 213A inline engine.
This required a longer nose and to compensate
the fuselage had to be lengthened. The Fw 190D-
9 was known as the ‘long-nose 190’ or ‘Dora 9.’
This was armed with two wing mounted MG
151/20 cannon and two MG 131 guns above the
engine. It also had the MW 50 injection to boost
emergency power. The wings could take drop
tanks or bombs. Later production models were
fitted with the bubble canopies installed on the
Fw 190F.
Efforts to up gun the 190D came to nothing.
Several D-9s were converted to D-10 standard by
installing the Jumo 213C engine, which permitted
a 30mm cannon to fire through the propeller
shaft and spinner. It did not go into production.
Similarly, just seven prototypes of the D-11 were
built, which had Jumo 213F engines, and were
armed with two MG 151/20 cannon in the wing
roots and two Mk 108s in the outer wing panels.
The D-12 and D-13 were essentially ground attack
aircraft. The proposed Fw 190E a joint fighter
reconnaissance aircraft was abandoned. The Fw
190D-9 was a very fine aircraft and considered
by many Luftwaffe pilots to be their finest
fighter. However, it was not available in any great
numbers until early 1945 and by this stage the
Luftwaffe was greatly hampered by shortages
of experience pilots and aviation fuel. The 190D
had been preceded into service by the F-1, which
appeared in early 1943 and was similar to the
A-4. Likewise, the F-2 was related to the A-5 and
the F-3 was similar to the A-6. The F-9 was the
last in the F series and was an alternative version
of the F-8. The initial ground attack variant was
the Fw 190F, followed by the Fw 190G-1 fighter-
bomber derived from the Fw 190A-5 but with a
much greater bomb load. The Fw 190G-2 and G-3
were essentially the same but were equipped
with Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf wing racks
respectively.
Over 20,000 Fw 190s of all types were
produced. When it went into combat in the
autumn of 1941 thanks to its performance and
54 HITLER’S ALL ROUNDER
Tough looking veteran Focke-Wulf pilotsFw 190As operating from a concrete runway in 1942/43.
Although over 20,000 Fw 190 were built there
were never enough available

agility over Russia it was dubbed the ‘Butcher
Bird.’ The wide track undercarriage of the Fw 190
meant that it was much more forgiving in the
hands of an inexperienced pilot than the Bf 109.
Also as a result it was much better than the Bf 109
at operating from rough airfields. This made it
ideal for the Eastern Front, however there were
never enough available and most were kept back
to defend the skies over the Third Reich. The Fw
190 served in North Africa from late 1942 until
the German collapse in Tunisia the following
year. It made its combat debut there on 16
November 1942 providing ground support. Over
Tunisia it engaged American, British and French
fighter aircraft with its pilots achieving a high
number of kills. The A-5 introduced in early 1943
proved an excellent fighter. Its range, speed and
manoeuvrability were notably superior to the Bf
109. However, over the Eastern Front the Soviet
Lavochkin La-5 was faster than both. MA
MODEL AIRCRAFT DECEMBER 2016
NEW TOOL
NEW TOOL
NEW TOOL
Damaged and abandoned Fw 190
Armourers preparing a Fw 190A-6/R6 for combat

T
he Trumpeter CH-47A kit features a
machine assigned to the US Army
Aviation Test Board at Ft. Rucker,
Alabama, and used for logistic
evaluations. As usual I started with the
cockpit, and decided to use the Eduard #SS314
detail set to improve this area. The kit seats are
fairly simple affairs so I used some Evergreen
strips to add the structure that holds them, and
the etched seat belts did the rest. The interior
was then painted with Gunze H-57 Aircraft Grey,
and suitably detailed and weathered, and I
added some scuff-marks using Humbrol Silver. I
also decided to add the cables that are visible on
the back of the instrument panel, and used thin
several thicknesses of copper to achieve a very
pleasing result. The rear cargo bay was simply
painted, as it would not be visible on the finished
model. With the interior completed I started on
the fuselage, correcting a couple of moulding
errors along the way, and to strengthen the
structure I glued some strips of Evergreen on the
insides.
Ialsoaddedalittlemoredetailtotheengine
intakesandpreparedthecockpitglazingwhich
neededalittlebitofworkoncefixedontothe
fuselage.Thisinvolvessomecarefulmaskingof
theclearparts,thensandingandpolishingand
thensomere-scribingofsomemissingpanel
lines.Thencamethetedioustaskofmaskingall
ofthewindows,andoncecompleteitwastime
forthefunpart–painting.FirstlyIaddedalittle
pre-shading,andthenbegantoaddthinlayersof
FS34087,IusedtheGunze304mixedwith15-20%
White,enoughtoleavethepre-shadingvisibleat
thisstage.NextIappliedalightershadeonseveral
panelswithusingTamiyaXF-4andXF-57tobreak
themonotonyofthegreen.ThenIreturnedtomy
originalcolouranddilutedthis70%withthinner
andappliedseverallayersuntilIachievedthe
desiredeffect.TimetoapplytheDay-Glopanels
andIdecidedtousetheGunzecolourhere,again
appliedinseveralthinlayers.FinallyIaddedthe
blacksurroundtothecockpitglazing.
Big Windy
56 CH-47A CHINOOK
Manufacturer: Trumpeter
Scale: 1:72
Kit Number: 01621
CH-47A Chinook
SMALL-SCALE
Vitor Costa builds
the 1:72 Trumpeter
CH-47A Chinook
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BIGWINDY
57
I added some extra detailing to the cockpit area including and Eduard set
It was necessary to rescribe some of the panel lines
I added a pre-shade before
the main colour was applied
This Trumpeter kit was without a doubt a very
enjoyable project
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While that was drying I began work on the
rotor blades and wheels. On the blades I used
Tamiya Black highlighted with Light Grey. On
the rotor shaft I used Tamiya XF-69 and several
different oil paint washes, and some dry brushing
on the edges. For the tyres I used Gunze H77,
and a mixture of diluted H77 and H1 for a more
‘well worn’ look to the rubber. I then added a
coat of Johnson’s ‘Future’ in preparation for the
weathering stage. I then created a wash of Ivory
Black (65%), Burnt Umber (30%) and White (5%)
diluted with white spirit, and this was generously
applied over the entire airframe. I let it dry to a
semi-matt appearance and then removed most
of it with a cloth using a smooth and circular
motion to remove the excess. Then with another
cloth use an even smoother motion, almost like
polishing the surface to finish the effect. Now
having the desired amount surface dirt needed,
another coat of ‘Future’ sealed everything in
ready for the decals. Then it was time at add
all the smaller parts that had been previously
painted. I then detailed the engines with Alclad
Aluminium and Jet Exhaust, and the build was
complete. This was without a doubt, a very
enjoyable project. MA
58 CH-47A CHINOOK
The decals went on very well
Adding the Day Glo and black to the cockpit glazing
Adding the smaller details
Detailing the rotor blades
The airframe responded
well to a panel line wash
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BIGWINDY
59
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T
he Mitsubishi F-2 was intended as a
wholly indigenous multi-role fighter
aircraft derived from the F-16, and
manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries and Lockheed Martin for
the Japan Air Self Defence Force. Production
started in 1996 and the first of ninety-four
aircraft entered service in 2000, and the F-2
saw the first use of the AESA radar in a combat
aircraft. The F-2 came about when in October
1987, Japan selected the F-16 as the basis of its
new ‘secondary fighter’ to replace their ageing
Mitsubishi F-1s and supplement their F-15Js
and F-4EJs. The program involved technology
transfer from the USA to Japan and vice-
versa, and the F-2 used the wing design of the
proposed ‘F-16 Agile Falcon’, with newer avionics.
The F-2 also had a larger tailplane, a larger
air intake, a three-piece canopy, and drogue
parachute and capability to fire ASM-1 or ASM-2
anti-shipping missiles. The aircraft is equipped
with a General Electric F110-GE-129 afterburning
turbofan engine and is fitted with the 20mm
M61A1 Vulcan cannon, and can carry the AIM-7
‘Faux-Falcon’
60 F-16-ESQUE MITSUBISHI F-2
Mark Rourke looks at the F-16-Esque Mitsubishi F-2
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‘FAUX-FALCON’
61

Sparrow, Aim-9 Sidewinder and Mitsubishi AAM-
3 missiles. In June 2007, the F-2 made its first
overseas deployment to Andersen AFB in Guam
for joint US/Japan exercises, when the aircraft
dropped live weapons for the first time. The F-2
program was controversial, because the unit cost,
which including development, was roughly four
times that of a Block 50/52 F-16, and the initial
plan was for 141 F-2s, however, as mentioned
only ninety-four aircraft were produced. MA
62 F-16-ESQUE MITSUBISHI F-2

‘FAUX-FALCON’
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A Brazilian
LIZARD
66 NORTHROP F-5E TIGER II
Alexandre Alves details the 1:48 AFV Club kit
W
hen the Brazilian Air Force (FAB)
closed the deal for their second
batch of F-5E/Fs under the ‘Peace
Amazon II’ program, these Tigers
came from the USAF’s Aggressors
units. The FAB received eleven aircraft from the
64th and 65th Squadrons all wearing different
camouflage patterns, and among them one F-5E,
which received the Brazilian Air Force code FAB
4870 wore a scheme of Green FS 34079 and two
Brown tones, FS 30140 and FS 20400. The FAB
operated 4870 for eight years in this scheme,
and during this time the radome was painted
black, and FS 30219 was added to its camouflage.
After almost ten years of service, the scheme
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ABRAZILIANLIZARD
67
Manufacturer: AFV Club
Scale: 1:48
Kit Number: 48102
Aires #4483 Northrop F-5E Tiger II Cockpit Set
Aires #4536 Northrop F-5E Tiger II Gun Bay
Quickboost #48343 Northrop F-5E Tiger II Auxiliary
Intakes
Northrop F-5E Tiger II
was standardised to overall Grey, and this was
used until the beginning of the F-5EM upgrade
programme.
To represent FAB 4870 I used the excellent
1:48 AFV Club kit, adding some accessories and
modifications. On the nose the original pitot tube
was replaced by a new one made from a needle
and cooper wire, and the communications
antennas and sensors on the lower side of the
nose and behind the cockpit were replaced
by new ones made of plastic card. To further
improve the kit I added an Aires detailing set
for the cannon compartment, and on the gun
compartment doors I added the straps that hold
the lower door and also detailed the latches that
lock the upper door. The cannon nozzle was
replaced by another needle, and for even more
detail an Aires cockpit set was installed. F-5s

68 NORTHROP F-5E TIGER II

ABRAZILIANLIZARD
have two auxiliary air intakes on the sides of the
rear fuselage, which like a shutter, and I decided
to use the Quickboost correction set here. The
Sidewinder tips were also cut off and replaced
with some clear acrylic for a better representation
of the sensors.
As mentioned above, FAB 4870 received
various painting touch-ups during the eight
years it sported the so-called ’Flogger’ scheme,
so I decided to represent the aircraft in its middle
term of its service life. All of the colours were
my own mixes based on the Federal Standard
catalogue and pictures of the aircraft in service.
The Mr. Surfacer 1200 was initially applied on the
entire model as a primer, and the other colours
followed, always checking my reference pictures.
I represented the addition of the Tan FS 30219 on
the right wing tip and centre fuselage, and also
added various paint touch-ups on left wing, rear
fuselage, windshield frame and right side of the
cockpit. The exhaust area was painted with Gaia
Color Silver EX-07 with a Dark Grey wash picked
out the panel lines. MA
69

Prowlers
Under Cover
70 PROWLERS UNDER COVER
Camouflaged EA-6Bs in
Afghanistan
• A pair of US Navy EA-6B Prowlers, one
from of VAQ-133 ‘Wizards’ and one from
VAQ-142 ‘Grey Wolves’ were painted in
experimental camouflage schemes for
duties in Operation Iraqi Freedom, flying
from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in
support of ground forces
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PROWLERSUNDERCOVER
71
EA-6B 160437 VAQ-142
‘Grey Wolves’ in Detail
Photos by Michael Zwierko
• Grumman EA-6B Prowler, 160437/520 of
VAQ-142, November of 2007. Not to be
outdone by the ‘Wizards’, the ‘Grey Wolves’
painted up this aircraft with a disruptive
camouflage scheme of mixed greys that
approximate FS36118 Gunship Grey and
FS36270 Neutral Grey over the standard US
Navy TPS.

72 PROWLERS UNDER COVER
EA-6B 161120 VAQ-133
‘Wizards’ Afghan Desert
Scheme
Photos by Duane Kaiser
• Grumman EA-6B Prowler 161120/530 of
VAQ-133, September of 2007. The aircraft
is finished in a colour scheme of FS20400
Tan with a hard-edged disruptive pattern
of FS30279 Desert Sand and FS30140 Dark
Brown. The various antennae remain in
FS36375 Light Ghost Grey and her Air Wing
designator and NAVY titles are in black.

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French
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76 MIRAGE 2000D
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George Roidis paints and weathers the Kinetic Mirage 2000D
using Ammo of MIG products
T
he Kinetic kit goes together very well
and there was not much more to report,
so I was soon ready for the main event –
painting and finishing.
e
y
Manufacturer: Kinetic
Scale: 1:48
Kit Number: 48032
Mirage 2000B/N/D
The first stage is to add a primer coat, and I here used a mix of three colours.
Using a primer you can detect any flaws on and prepare the surface for
further painting
The next stage is to give add some pre-shading using A.MIG-0033 Rubber and
Tyres
MIG Masterclass
76-79-MIG-Master-French-Delta-MA-0117.indd 76 11/12/2016 15:23

FRENCHDELTASTRIKER
77
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Now we can add the camouflage and
I used a Dark Green and Dark Grey
then added two coats of A.MIG-091
to seal everything in
The exhausts were an
Aires set which were
primed and then
sprayed with various
metallic shades
The decals were then added, and I began the
weathering stage with a mix of three washes in
equal amounts, these being A.MIG-1616 Orange
Brown, A.MIG-1611 Black Night and A.MIG-1614
Neutral Brown.
I applied the wash with a brush and allowed it to
dry for two hours….
…..and then removed the excess with a cotton
bud and some thinners…..

78 MIRAGE 2000D
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…..and here is the finished effect
The fuel tanks were painted with the same
colours used on the aircraft, and chipping was
done with A.MIG-2011 and some A.MIG-3002 Light
Dust and A.MIG-3011 Airfield Dust pigments were
applied
Another coat of varnish was then added Streaking was then applied using A.MIG-1203 Streaking Grime in the
direction of the airflow
I also added some heavy staining from the aircrafts exhausts over the
wings, using a mix of pigment and thinners

FRENCHDELTASTRIKER
79
Ammo of MIG Products Used In This Build
• A.MIG-0033 - Rubber and Tyres
• A.MIG-1616 - Orange Brown PLW
• A.MIG-1611 - Black Night PLW
• A.MIG-1614 - Neutral Brown PLW
• A.MIG-2011 - Chipping Fluid
• A.MIG-3002 – Light Dust
• A.MIG-3011 – Airfield Dust
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apply some A.MIG-3011 Airfield Dust over the
airframe…….
…..and here you can see the finished results

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