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ALL THE INFORMATION YOU’LL EVER NEED
TO CREATE THE BEST AIRCRAFT MODELS
PLATEAU
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TRUMPETER UNVEIL
ANOTHER 1:48
MIG-21 VARIANT.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT
THE RESULTS…
February 2016
£4.50 / Issue 127
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Contents
VOLUME 11. ISSUE 127. FebrUARY 2016
REGULARS
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- EDITORIAL
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- NEWSLINE
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- EVENTS DIARY
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- CONTACTS DETAILS
P81
- NEXT ISSUE
P82
- FINAL THOUGHTS…
REVIEWS
P8 KIT PREVIEW
Italeri 1:32 Mirage IIIC
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Model Airplane International. Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,
Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, England
VOL.11 ISS.127 FEBRUARY 2016
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Editorial:
P68 NEW RELEASES BOOKS
Some of the latest aviation and modelling titles
P72 NEW RELEASES DECALS
Decorate your aircraft models with these new
sheets
Publisher:
Group Editor:
Administration Manager:
Office Manager:
Advertising Manager:
Spencer Pollard
spencer@adhpublishing.com
Alan Harman
Marcus Nicholls
Hannah McLaurie
Paula Gray
Sean Leslie
FEATURES
P20 EXTENDED KWIKBUILD
Mike Thompson builds the Trumpeter 1:48
De Havilland Sea Hornet
Editorial Design:
Advertising Design:
Art:
Peter Hutchinson
Peter Hutchinson & Alex Hall
P14 SHOWTIME
P26 AFRICAN STORM
ADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,
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Advertisement and circulation:
We visit the Middle Wallop Show, in Hampshire
Spencer Pollard builds the Airfix 1:48 Hawker
Hurricane Mk.I
Distribution:
P12 KIT PREVIEW
P14 SHOWTIME
Revell 1:72 Avro Shackleton AEW2
More highlights from the IPMS Scale Modelworld
2015 from Telford
P36 LADY IN RED
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London, EC1A 9PT.
Tel: 020 7429 4000
John Wilkes appraises the very impressive
Zoukei-Mura Ta152 H-0
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Avant Garde Models 1:48 MiG-31 Foxhound
Spencer Pollard looks at the latest of Trumpeter’s
1:48 MiG-21 variants, the very attractive two-seat
trainer, the Guizhou JL-9
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P58 NEW RELEASES KITS
The latest kit releases assessed
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The latest aftermarket releases assessed
Full-sized information for builders on this famous
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Model Airplane International is published monthly by ADH Publishing Ltd, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX. Entire Contents © 2016 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 Model
Airplane International is accurate, the publishers and printers cannot accept liability for errors and omissions. Advertisements are accepted for publication in Model Airplane International only
upon ADH Publishing’s standard terms of acceptance of advertising, copies of which are available from the advertising sales department of MAI.
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EDITORIAL
When does inspiration turn to intimidation..?
n this job you have many conversations
about the hobby, most of them about
the models that we build, the kits that
are released and the ideas that we use.
Occasionally a conversation will come
out of the blue that takes you completely
by surprise and leaves you simply walking
away, scratching your head.
At a model show recently I was in
conversation with friends about magazines
when a chap offered the idea that models built
for most magazines were simply too good and that rather than inspiring
modellers to actually build a kit, they were putting them off, the quality
seen being beyond what some modellers could ever hope to attain. As
you can imagine, I was certainly not in agreement with this idea, but it
did lead me to wonder if that was a one-off though, or a more
prevalent feeling.
Looking back now, I had some sympathy for his feelings, but really
no more than that. Modelling titles such as this really are aspirational
products, offering articles that we hope will help you to learn from
experienced modellers, who we hope will help you build better
models. We could build models that are squarely aimed at the most
inexperienced modellers and only them, painting each one with a
paintbrush, tube glue and not worrying about the results, but we feel that
in so doing, we would be reducing the levels of inspiration that you would
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gain from such features to almost nil!
When I started building models in the mid-seventies, I only had the
kids in the village to learn from. One in particular I remember as being
very good and far from being intimidated by what he did, I wanted to be
better than him and so tried — with my limited resources — to learn from
him and improve as I went along. Most of the time it was an unmitigated
disaster, but I tried! When I discovered modelling magazines from the
first time in 1979, a whole new world opened up to me. I could examine
for hours on end all manner of amazing models and that lead me to try all
manner of new ideas, kits, techniques and subjects that I wouldn’t have
imagined possible - and little by little, I became a better modeller. I spent
hours copying other models, reading how the builders had achieved a
certain effect and then trying to emulate that effect. I seem to remember
spending one summer converting a Matchbox Piston Provost into a
Winjeel, just because someone had carried out that conversion in the
Airfix Magazine. It never was finished; after burning my fingers over and
over trying to mould a new canopy, I gave up - but you get the picture!
Last month we discussed the use of different colour schemes to
make models in MAI stand out from those seen elsewhere. That idea is
also in place to try and push you into other directions that you may find
interesting. This month you’ll see two models, my Hurricane and John
Wilkes’ Ta-152 that are both painted in schemes that are not supplied
in the kits. Though interesting and attractive, they are also simple to
recreate, needing almost no additional expense - even John’s ‘152 could
be recreated without using the decals that we used, the markings being
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so simple. Attractive schemes aside, we hope though that when you look at the
models you are inspired to do something similar yourself, not put off by how we’ve
achieved what we have!
Going back to our original point, we feel that any magazine should have the wow
factor. When I look through magazines or modelling books, I want to look at the
models with a sense of wonder. I want to spend time wondering how the modeller
had approached their project. Every month I see new ideas and want to try them
out, hoping that if I do, my models will get better. And that’s the point of what we do:
to hopefully make you better.
Years ago magazines were organs that offered not only modelling features, but
more often than not, reference articles that provided information that had hitherto
remained undiscovered. Today, the model is king and that means that the pendulum
has swung over towards model-only titles. That being so, it would be remiss of us
to not try and provide the best builds we can - and if we can also provide technical
information along the way, all the better.
Having thought about that conversation over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself
disagreeing with the idea that we should provide only for the most inexperienced in
our hobby more and more, because that would be a race to the bottom and that’s
not what we are all about. We are here to inspire and entertain and hopefully, within
that framework, provide you with features that you will enjoy, learn from and like me,
all those years ago, want to copy…
elcome to the February 2016 issue of MAI! In this
issue you will find plenty of fun features that we
hope will help you through the remaining months
of winter, including Mike Thompson’s look at
the Trumpeter 1:48 De Havilland Sea Hornet,
the editor’s build of the excellent Airfix 1:48 Hawker Hurricane
MK.I and John Wilkes’ take on the spectacular Zoukei-Mura
1:32 Ta152H-0. This month we have also previewed a number
of very important new kit releases, all of which will for the basis
of in-depth reviews later this year. Amongst these are the Revell
1:72 Avro Shackleton AEW2, AMK 1:48 MiG-31 Foxhound and
Italeri 1:32 Mirage IIIC. All of these kits show that the hobby is
in rude health, each being highly prized subjects that will delight
modellers keen to add to their post-war collections. They’ll
certainly be keeping us busy for a few months, or until other new
kits arrive!
This then is the February edition of Model Airplane International -
we hope you like it!
Issue 127
- www.modelairplaneinternational.com
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