Model Airplane International - April 2016, Modelarstwo
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//-->ALL THE INFORMATION YOU’LL EVER NEEDTO CREATE THE BEST AIRCRAFT MODELSuctsw ProdedNeReview50OVERDOLPHINTRAINERGET THE BEST FROMAMK’S SUPERB1:48AERO L-29 DELFINK IT B U IL DApril 2016£4.50 / Issue 129www.modelairplaneinternational.comKI T BU IL DBRITANNIA!FIFTIES AIRLINEELEGANCE IN 1:144RULEIT’SSHOWTIME!WE VISIT THE FLEETAIR ARM MUSEUMYEOVILTON, FOR THEIRSPRING MODEL SHOWDIT BUILK4BUILDSINSIDEILDKIT BUNEWowAEW.2, it’s n …l’sbuilt Revel e Airfix MR.2Havingththe turn of2.0299 771747 504052BLACK PANTHEREDUARD’S 1:48 SPITFIRE MK.VIII ENJOYSA DETAILED MAKEOVERHow to contact us:ContentsVOLUME 11. ISSUE 129. APRIL 2016REGULARSP04- EDITORIALP06- NEWSLINEP76- EVENTS DIARYP77- CONTACTS DETAILSP81- NEXT ISSUEP82- FINAL THOUGHTS…REVIEWSP30 KIT PREVIEWWingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.IITel:Fax:01525 22257301525 222574Model Airplane International. Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX, EnglandVOL.11 ISS.129 APRIL 2016Editor:Editorial:FEATURESP10 IT’S SHOWTIMEP12 HIDDEN GEMSWe visit Yeovilton for their Spring Model Show.You find restored aircraft in the oddest of places…Publisher:Group Editor:Administration Manager:Office Manager:Advertising Manager:Spencer Pollardspencer@adhpublishing.comAlan HarmanMarcus NichollsHannah McLauriePaula GraySean LeslieP14 LOVE SHACK 2.0Editorial Design:Advertising Design:Art:Peter HutchinsonPeter Hutchinson & Alex HallSpencer Pollard builds the Airfix 1:72 AvroShackleton MR.2P26 FANCY FLIERSP60 NEW RELEASES KITSThe latest kit releases assessedAlan Firbank shows off some of the RAF’sAnniversary Tornado and Typhoon aircraftADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane,Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX.Tel: 01525 222573 Fax: 01525 222574E-mail:sean@adhpublishing.comAdvertisement and circulation:Distribution:P64 NEW RELEASES PAINTSP30 RULE BRITANNIA!The latest kit finishing products assessedMarcus Jellyman builds a classic 1950sairliner in 1:144Seymour Distribution, 2 East Poultry Avenue,London, EC1A 9PT.Tel: 020 7429 4000P66 NEW RELEASES ACCESSORIESThe latest aftermarket releases assessedP38 BLACK PANTHERJason Brewer builds Eduard’s 1:48 Spitfire Mk.VIIISelect Publisher Services, 3 East Avenue,Bournemouth, BH3 7BW.Tel: 01202 586848 E-mail:tim@selectps.comNewstrade:P70 NEW RELEASES BOOKSSome of the latest aviation and modelling titlesP46 DELFIN - AN AVANT GARDEMASTERPIECESubscriptions:P74 NEW RELEASES DECALSDecorate your aircraft models with thesenew sheetsThe Editor builds and details AMK’s superb 1:48Aero L-29ADH Publishing, Doolittle Mill, Doolittle Lane, Totternhoe,Bedfordshire, LU6 1QX. Tel: 01525 222573 Fax: 01525222574 Rates: UK £44, Eire and Europe £56,Worldwide Air £69.Website:www.modelairplaneinternational.comP54 DELFIN IN DETAILZac Sex photographs a restored L-29, to provideplenty of details for builders of AMK’s kit.TodayibbscreToSuEEE PAGSModel 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 ModelAirplane International is accurate, the publishers and printers cannot accept liability for errors and omissions. Advertisements are accepted for publication in Model Airplane International onlyupon ADH Publishing’s standard terms of acceptance of advertising, copies of which are available from the advertising sales department of MAI.Issue 129- www.modelairplaneinternational.com3e78ToddabsySucribaySubsceribEDITORIALLIFE IS JUST TOO SHORT…ne of the great things aboutbeing an active member of theonline community is that youcan quickly find yourself in themidst of a conversation aboutthe hobby, with modellers from around theworld. This week a posting on my Facebookpage sparked a fairly lengthy debate onthe different approaches that modeller taketo the completion of their kits - or morespecifically, those those that choose arealistic route and those that apply finishes that are more artisticin appearance.As with anything to do with any leisure pursuit, the conversationheated up, with those on each side of the divide offering their thoughts. Itwas fun to be honest and helped further my understanding of the hobbyand our approach to it.O“This debate is actually nothing new. Modellers have been ‘discussing’the whys and wherefores of weathering for as long as the hobby hasexisted, those that like a more degraded look, being at odds with thosethat seen models as only really being acceptable, if the paintwork isperfect and the finish clean. In all honesty, I fall somewhere in the middle- but then fence sitting is something that I’ve become very good at in mytime as a modelling editor…I can understand both sides of the debate and feel that eachare correct in their view on the hobby; those that espouse a cleanappearance are correct because at some point the real machine wasperfectly clean; those that like a weathered finish are right because thatclean machine, was eventually used and machines that are used oftenget dirty! So seeing both approaches appeals to me. A perfectly finishedmodel is just as appealing as one covered in dirt and it’s an approachthat I often rotate with my own builds, depending on what I want toachieve. Recently, I built the Revell 1:32 Fw190 and Dragon Me109; theformer was painted to recreate a used, heavily weathered Eastern FrontThis week a posting on my Facebook page sparked a dailylengthy debate on the different approaches that modellertake to the completion of their kits”4MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL -April 2016aircraft, whereas the latter was there to show how a brand-new, unpainted aircraft,would have looked. I love both models, mainly because they are so different!And then we have another group of modellers who are building kits at themoment: those that are pushing the artistic envelope to produce models that arealmost illustrative in their appearance. This is often described as the “SpanishSchool”, where details are heavily accentuated, panel lines defined with darkshades and colours boosted, to produce a work of miniature art rather than atrue depiction of reality. I can understand this approach as well. Often, what webuild can be sombre in appearance, green and grey finishes hardly helping todecorate the display case with eye-catching miniatures. Modellers are thereforetrying to elevate the paintwork so that they exhibit all manner of surface shadesand effects, so that any onlooker will see more than just a bland shape, broken upwith odd splashes of colour and detail. Though the understanding is there, I’m notsure this heavily overworked look is for me. In my previous life as the Military InScale editor, I built an Airfix 1:48 Canberra and painted it using these ideas. At thetime I was more than happy with it, but today it looks all over the place, everythingbeing really overblown. Oddly though, when I posted this model online, it wasgreeted with a whole raft of praise, which just goes to show that when it comes tomodelling and critiquing my own work, I know very little!So ultimately, there is no right or wrong approach, it’s what suits you. As formy work, I intend to carry on mixing it up every so often, painting models that arerealistic, clean and perhaps even artistic in appearance. After all, I wouldn’t wanteverything to look the same now, would I?■IN THIS ISSUE…ur cover star this month is Airfix’ recently releasedAvro Shackleton MR.2, which then forms the basisof our extensive, two-part review. Initially, this wasplanned to only feature in this issue, but there wereso many pictures of the model under construction,that we decided to split it up to show off more of the detail andfeatures that both Airfix supply in their kit, and that we worked intothe build. We hope you like it and that you are not too bored ofShackletons!Along with the Shackleton we also take a look at two other newkits, Roden’s 1:144 Bristol Britannia and AMK’s 1:48 L-29 Delfin. Bothof these kits are of types that are well-known and crying out to bereplicated, so it’s wonderful to see such fantastic replicas being offeredto the enthusiast. Along with our build of the L-29 we also have a fullreference feature on the aircraft which will allow you to perhaps addeven more detail to AMK’s already outstanding kit.This then is the April edition of Model Airplane International - wehope you like it!OIssue 129- www.modelairplaneinternational.com5
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