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Airfix Model World 165

Airfix Model World

Issue

Magazine:
Airfix Model World
Number:
165 | August 2024
Language:
English
ISSN:
977204512013508

Table of contents

Editorial | Page 3
Welcome to Issue 165

by Stu Fone
 

News | Page 6
News


Latest Updates
 

Photo Gallery | Page 12
Display Case


Whether it’s out of the box, incorporates aftermarket accessories or involves a spot of scratch-building, there’s plenty to enjoy, with each modeller finding their own niche in the building continuum
 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 16
Brilliant ’Butcher Bird’

by Garry Tobiss
Garry Tobiss ends a long wait to build the brand-new 1/32 Fw 190 ‘Shrike’ from Zoukei-Mura
SWS21
Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-4
Zoukei-Mura 1:32
SWS21 (SWS32-21) 2023 New tool
 

Photo Gallery | Page 24
Out And About

by Stu Fone
de Havilland Model Show
 

Build Report, 1:24  | Page 26
Warrior in Pink

by Nick Shuttleworth
Nick Shuttleworth takes a road test with Kit Form Services’ 1/24 Truck 3/4 Ton SAS ‘Pink Panther’
KFS-359
SAS Pink Panther
Kit Form Services (KFS) 1:24
KFS-359 2024* New tool
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 36
First in All Things

by Richard Spreckley
Richard Spreckley builds Kintetic’s Gold-series first-generation 1/48 Harrier GR.1/3, straight out of the box
K48060
Harrier GR.1/GR.3
Kinetic 1:48
K48060 2020 New parts
 

Build Report, 1:76  | Page 42
Bunker-buster

by Jaymes Crowther
Jaymes Crowther improves Revell’s reissue of the 1/76 Matchbox Churchill AVRE, placing it in a convincing street scene
03297
Churchill A.V.R.E.
Revell 1:76
03297 2022 New box
 

Editorial | Page 48
The Stoic Modeller

by Steve Budd
Polish your act
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 50
Cranwell Dazzler

by Niklas Knutzén
Niklas Knutzén tackles a pre-production sample of Pilot Replicas’ all-new 1/48 de Havilland Vampire T.11
48A007
Vampire T11 RAF Service
Pilot Replicas 1:48
48A007 2024 New decals
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 58
Bomb Tester

by Huw Morgan
Huw Morgan gives the re-released Airfix 1/48 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II a makeover, courtesy of new decals plus aftermarket extras
A05133A
Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II
Airfix 1:48
A05133A 2024* Changed ???
RS-005
McLaren MP4/4 1988 (Pre-colored Edition)
Meng Model 1:12
RS-005 2023 New parts
49787
P-40B seatbelts STEEL Airfix
Eduard 1:48
49787 2016 New tool
49875
Tomahawk Mk.II
Eduard 1:48
49875 2018 New tool
48941
Tomahawk Mk.II landing flaps
Eduard 1:48
48941 2018 New tool
EX570
Tomahawk Mk. II for Airfix
Eduard 1:48
EX570 2018 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 66
1.17 Leagues Under the Sea

by Juanjo Dominguez Calvo
It’s time for a big breath as Juanjo Dominguez Calvo takes a dive with Hasegawa’s 1/72 Shinkai 6500 deep-sea submersible
 

Photo Gallery | Page 74
Out And About

by Malcolm V Lowe
Middle Wallop Model Show 2023
 

Build Report, 1:12  | Page 76
The Rubicund ‘Duke’

by Gary Radford
Gary Radford channels his inner biker courtesy of Tamiya’s splendid 1/12 Ducati Superleggera V4
 

Photo Gallery | Page 82
Out And About

by Walter Schlueter
Northern Virginia Model Claasic
 

Build Report, 1:73  | Page 84
Northrop’s Arachnid

by Toni Canfora
Toni Canfora revisits his stash of early 1990s kits and finds that Revell’s 1/72 F-89 Scorpion still has plenty of ‘sting’ after more than 30 years
 

Review | Page 92
On The Shelf


Books
 

News | Page 114
Show Guide


At-a-glance model show calendar