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The International Best for Modelling and Reference
February 2016 • £4.50
Volume 37 • Issue 12
www.scaleaircraftmodelling.com
Plus Model’s EC-121 Warning Star
• Silver Service
Eduard’s MiG-15s in Metal Finish
• First and Last Meteors
1/72 Double Build
• Zeppelin Rammers
Brengun’s Counterfactual
• RIAT Inspiration 2015
Part Three
Fast and Furious
Revell’s Brand New AEW.2
1/72 Test Shot Build
Rivet Encounter
GAL-58 Hamilcar-X
Planet Models 1/72 Resin
Airborne Infrastructure
A Silk Purse from a Sea Pig’s Ear
Building the F-111B TFX
Tactical Fighter Conversion
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Avro Shackleton AEW.2
Test Shot Build
By
Andy McCabe
Kit No:
04920
Scale:
1/72
Type:
Injection Moulded
Plastic
Manufacturer:
Revell GmbH
www.revell.de/en
he Shackleton was a
development of the Avro
Lincoln Bomber, itself a
development of the mighty
Lancaster, and if that was not
enough it was designed by Roy
Chadwick so it surely could not
have had a better lineage. The
Avro 696, as it was before it
became the Shackleton, also
shared parts with the Avro
Tudor which itself was a
development of the Lancaster
and was devised in answer to a
postwar requirement for a long
range Maritime Patrol Aircraft
after World War II, during which
various aircraft had been
modified to suit the role
including Lancasters and
Consolidated B-24 Liberators.
T
The prototype
Shackleton GR.1 flew for
the first time on the 9th March
1949 from Avro’s factory at
Woodford, Cheshire in the UK.
On 30th March 1951 120
Squadron RAF received its first
Shackleton and by the close of
1952 seven RAF Squadrons
were operating the type.
The AEW.2 fleet consisted of
twelve MR.2s converted at
Woodford and Bitteswell
Airfields in the UK, as Airborne
Early Warning Aircraft in 1971
featuring an AN/APS-20 radar
scanner as already in use on the
Fairey Gannet. The first AEW.2
flew on 30th September 1971
entering service with 8
Squadron on 1st January 1972.
The Shackleton was powered
by four Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
liquid cooled V12 engines, each
with two contra rotating four
bladed propellers and typically
had a crew of ten and a range
of 2,250 miles. It was finally
retired in
1991 after forty
years service and a
total of 185 were built.
The Revell kit of the
Shackleton AEW.2 is a
completely new 1/72 tooling
and features nine grey and two
clear sprues of injection
moulded plastic and one decal
sheet with options for two
aircraft, WL756 and WL795. The
sprues received are test shot
sprues so the ones that hit the
shelves may differ from these.
The parts have exquisite finely
engraved panel lines and
surface detailing and lovely
sharp moulding throughout.
The instructions are in full
colour with flags as well as
paint references at each build
stage to denote the colour to
be used, which is a nice idea as
you don’t then have to keep
flicking back to the reference
chart to see what colour A, B, C,
D etc is. The painting and
decalling
instructions
are also in full colour.
These new instructions
being supplied by Revell are
much better than their
previous black and white ones,
although paint call outs are still
only provided for Revell’s own
paints.
The decal sheet is superbly
printed as is customary now
from Revell. There was a lot of
interest at Scale ModelWorld in
Telford this year over this
release and I consider myself
honoured to be one of the first
to receive sprues of this new
kit.
Construction
The interior parts of the
cockpit and lower parts of the
cabin were sprayed Tire Black
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Interior detail is confined to those
areas visible around the cockpit
and the rear fuselage door
A decal is provided for the
main panel with raised
detail also featured
The assembled fuselage. The separate front fuselage
will need careful assembly to conceal the join
Revell’s new style instructions are
a welcome departure from what
has gone before
Painting and decalling diagrams
are provided in full colour
The kit decal sheet offers a full
set of wing walk stripes and
markings for two aircraft both in
overall grey from 8 Squadron
A look into the weapons
bay. The flaps can be posed
open as well
The finished model is an
impressive looking machine and
surprisingly quick to put together
FEBRUARY 2016
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VOLUME 37
•
ISSUE 12
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