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90
JUNE/ JULY 2020 •
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FADE to GREY
EXPERIMENTAL
LIVERIED F104
CONTENTS
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Wellington Beaut
Dimitris Siolos converts and details the 1:48 Trumpeter Wellington into a
Coastal Command Mk.X
12
Airco DH.9
Petri Ola describes his small scale desert diorama using the 1:72 CMR resin kit.
24
F-104 S ASA
Part Two of Andrea Paternieri’s stunning superdetailed 1:48 project
38
Timeless Tomcat
Grega Kriˆ man turns his hand to the recent Tamiya 1:48 Tomcat
z
50
Air Born
New releases
60
Hit the Deck
Mark Neville uses Eduard’s 1:48 F6F-3 Hellcat as a testbed for
some weathering products.
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The Vickers Wellington; with almost 11,500 planes built,
it was not only the
most numerous twin engined
aeroplane
ever built, but also the only bomber to be
produced for the duration of WWII. It was also the first
British bomber to be used operationally in WWII and also
the first bomber to be lost at the Western Front. Its most
famous feature is the geodetic fuselage and wings
structure, designed by Sir Barnes Wallis. Despite the
importance and fame of the real plane, things in scale
are rather disappointing, especially in 1:48. The two kits
from Trumpeter, the Mk.Ic and the Mk.III were introduced
in 2006 and in 2007 respectively, and are the only ones
in this scale. However, they do require a lot of work to
match up to today’s standards. Perhaps their biggest
drawback is the exaggerated effect of the geodetic
structure at the wings. The clear parts are also the
thickest I have ever encountered in a plastic kit; the latter
also suffering from mistakes and oversimplified detail in
almost all its sections.
Being a rather large model when finished, the modeller
must be prepared to do a lot of work to achieve an
acceptable result, and probably invest in as many
aftermarket sets as one can afford. Having seen some
colour photos of HZ258, a Mk.X plane of 304 Polish
squadron of Coastal Command, I decided to use
Trumpeter's Mk.III and convert it in a Mk.X. Fortunately, it
needs but relatively minor modifications, including larger
carburettor intake scoops at the top of the engine
cowlings, new ‘porcupine’ exhausts and Rotol propeller
blades with spinners. A combination of the kit's decals
with corrected colours, aftermarket decals and painted
on markings were used to complete the model.
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