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October 2016 • £4.50
Volume 38 • Issue 08
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Republic
F-84F/RF-84F
Scale Drawings
and Profiles
Classic Trainer in 1/48
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Flag of Convenience
more Thunder stuff in 1/48
Heavy Fighter
Kawasaki’s Ki-60 Prototype
Young Lion
comparing the IAI Lavi and the Chengdu J-10
Scaled Up
Meteor T.7
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history and scale
Razor Sharp
Large Scale Thunderbolt
Kinetic’s Jug
in 1/24
Making Muddles
Sopwith 2F.1 Dolphin
Copper State’s new tool
in 1/72
Vive le Difference
Operation Daguet -Mirage
F.1CR 33 in the
Gulf War
Military & Civil Aviation – Military Weapons & Equipment – Naval Vessels
Images of War
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A Photo
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150 B&W photos.
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BRITISH
BULLDOG
A Long Awaited Trainer
By
Karl Robinson
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1
Kit No:
TA4806
Scale:
1/32 Scale
Type:
Injection Moulded Plastic
Manufacturer:
Tarangus
Hannants/Sprue Brothers
Much like the real thing there is not a lot in
the cockpit cabin area so don’t think that
detail has been skimped upon. In hindsight I
wish I had added instrument dial decals to the
panel to enhance things further
Ouch! Keep a look out for any injector marks
that may hinder the
fit
of parts. Most are well
hidden or on the insides of components but
this one is prominent on the large upper aerial
fin.
Slight mould slippage can also be seen
around the wheels and along the sprue
his latest release from Swedish
manufacturer Tarangus sees them
deviate from the SAAB line of aircraft
for the very
first
time, bringing us a 1/48
Scottish Aviation Bulldog. Tarangus have
provided two versions of the Bulldog with
kits that feature Swedish versions in one
(TA4805) and Royal Air Force and
international operators (Malta and Kenya)
in another (TA4806). Both are the same
plastic but with differing instructions and
decalling options as appropriate. Although
Tarangus advise the kit is produced using
short run technology it is certainly not
lacking in any detail. All of the surfaces are
smooth and clean with
finely
recessed
panel lines making up a good overall level
of detail throughout. One minor downside
is that there is a little mould slippage
through the centre of the sprue resulting in
a raised line of plastic to clean off the
edges of many parts, a simple but time
consuming process.
With such a large expanse of canopy on
such a small aircraft, detail in the cockpit is
going to be essential. Looking at the parts
provided in the kit it initially seemed pretty
lacking but when examining photographs
of the real thing I found there is not that
T
much inside in reality. The one area I could
see being cost effective in terms of time on
the build was the seats, so I set about this
with a few items that were to hand.
Shaping a square of Milliput for a seat
cushion, using strips of lead foil to replicate
the belts, with slightly wider sections of
masking tape to form the shoulder straps,
and forming buckles from lead wire brings
the seat to life enough. Discounting the
time taken to mix the Milliput and its
curing time, the additional detail took
around thirty minutes to create. In
hindsight I wished I had added some
aftermarket instrument dial decals as the
panel is most visible when the model is
completed.
Both rear cabin windows needed a bit of
thought before racing ahead. I
figured
that
masking them up once
fitted
would be
tricky so went for the option of cutting out
some masks prior to gluing them in place.
By laying the fuselage down onto a piece
of masking tape I was able to cut inside the
contours of the moulding to create a
perfect sized mask, albeit mirrored left for
right etc. Each window needed a few
tweaks to get them to slide
firmly
into
place but using a single pass of the sanding
Oddly the two bladed propeller is moulded in
separate parts although this does make things
a lot easier with painting the stripy blades and
split spinner patterns
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S C A L E
A I R C R A F T
M O D E L L I N G
. CO. U K
BRITISH
BULLDOG
Drilling out and pinning the tail planes instead
of relying upon butt joining them to the
fuselage will give some added strength and
ease alignment
stick on the edge between each attempted
fit
worked well. Work slowly because if you
go too far and take too much off you can’t
do anything about it and the window will
be loose.
As with any kit, but especially limited run
ones, it is always best to test
fit
parts
before committing to glue, and even
though I know this all too well from
experience I am still prone to rush on and
not take heed of this advice. This nearly
caught me out when closing up the
fuselage as I found that the tub
floor
was
being obstructed slightly by the
fitted
side
walls. This left me some awkward trimming
of edges to get it to sit well, whereas if I
had checked things out properly I would
have found that simply sanding down the
backs of the sidewalls and thinning them
would have sorted it out easier.
Expectations are that the tail planes will
be
fitted
by butt joining them and
applying glue but I felt this may lead to
easy breakage when handling and
masking if done in this way. To help align
things level and add some additional
strength I drilled out a 1mm hole into each
face and added a plastic rod through the
fuselage extending around 10mm out on
both sides onto which the tail planes could
easily
fit.
Strangely the starboard wing
fitted
perfectly into place being tight
enough to hold without gluing,
and at the correct dihedral,
whereas the port wing
required the hole
on the fuselage into which it should
fit
cutting open much wider and longer to
allow the tab into place. Despite this it was
an easy
fix
and as long as you keep
checking the
fit
along the way it will
eventually push into place OK. Before
fitting
the starboard wing I tested the clear
lens for the lights and found that it would
also need tweaking in a similar fashion to
the cabin windows. Although I would not
be
fitting
it until the end of the build it was
best to sort out any issues before paint is
applied.
Goldfish bowl is one though that comes
to mind when looking at the large single
piece canopy. Although it is moulded
cleanly and is free from any blemishes, it
will definitely be prudent to spend a bit of
time with a sponge polisher and buffing it
up a little as it seems slightly cloudy as it
comes.
Both the exhausts and the nose wheel
leg are left for
fitting
towards the end of
the build but I had many struggles getting
both into place cleanly without being able
to see the
fixing
points fully. I would think
that it would be far easier to think about
fitting
these into place before closing up
the fuselage to ensure that they are seated
correctly and
firmly
fitted.
I am just waiting
for one or the other to
come loose and fall
out on my
finished
model.
With all the
legs
fitted
Grab, dip and drop, repeat just 237 times!
Here we are adding some weight into the
nose during the latter stages of the build. Take
note and add it early
Measurements are provided in the
instructions for
fitting
the under wing hinges.
Here I have transferred them onto masking
tape to allow easy positioning of the parts
The plastic parts as provided on the sprue
OCTOBER 2016
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VOLUME 38
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ISSUE 08
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