1/144 BAC Jet Provost T.5 "2 kits in box"- Miniwing

1/144 BAC Jet Provost T.5 "2 kits in box" - Miniwing

Another great injection kit from Miniwing, with the injection moulding  of this kit is of a high quality, with fine detailing and panel lines.

Sprues, injected canopies complete two complete aircraft, with a choice of three decal schemes are provided.
- BAC Jet Provost T MK 5B, XW325, No.6 Flying Training School, 1990
- BAC Jet Provost T MK 5, XW322, Royal Airforce College, flown by HRH Prince Charles,1971
- BAC Jet Provost T MK 5, XW290, Red Pelicans Aerobatic Team, Central Flying School, 1973

Available from: September 2018
Cost: @£12GBP, from usual stockists.

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The BAC Jet Provost is a British jet trainer aircraft that was in use with the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993. It was originally developed by Hunting Percival from the earlier piston engine-powered Percival Provost basic trainer, and later produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). In addition to the multiple RAF orders, the Jet Provost, sometimes with light armament, was exported to many air forces worldwide.

The design was also further developed into a more heavily armed ground attack variant under the name BAC Strikemaster.

Role Military trainer aircraft
First flight 26 June 1954
Introduction 1955
Retired 1993
Status mostly retired, some examples flown privately[1]
Primary user Royal Air Force
Produced 1958–1967
Number built 734
Developed from Percival Provost
Variants BAC Strikemaster
Operated by 10 Countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_Jet_Provost

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1/144 BAC Strikemaster "2 kits in box" - Miniwing

1/144 BAC  Strikemaster "2 kits in box" - Miniwing

Another great injection kit from Miniwing, with the injection moulding  of this kit is of a high quality, with fine detailing and panel lines.

Sprues (29 Parts), injected canopies complete two complete aircraft, with a choice of three decal schemes are provided.
- BAC Strikemaster #113, Kuwait Airforce
- BAC Strikemaster #167, Sudanese Airforce
- BAC Strikemaster 0J4,  Botswana Defence Force

Available from: September 2018
Cost: @£12GBP, from usual stockists.

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The BAC 167 Strikemaster is essentially an armed version of the Jet Provost T Mk 5; the Strikemaster was modified with an uprated engine, wing hardpoints capable of carrying 4 500 pound Mk82 bombs, two machine guns under the intakes, uprated flap system with two jacks, larger airbrake jacks, new communication and navigation gear, different electrical system, canopy breakers on the ejection seats, and a revised fuel system including conformal fuel tanks on the wing tips.[2] First flown in 1967, the aircraft was marketed as a light attack or counter-insurgency aircraft, but most large-scale purchasers were air forces wanting an advanced trainer, although Ecuador, Oman and Yemen have used their aircraft in combat. A total of 146 were built.

Role Attack aircraft, trainer aircraft
Manufacturer British Aircraft Corporation
First flight 26 October 1967
Retired 1993
Status retired

Primary users
Saudi Arabia,Ecuador,Kenya Air Force,Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal Air Force of Oman

Produced          1967-1984
Number built 146
Developed from BAC Jet Provost

Operated by 11 Countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_Strikemaster

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1/144 BAC Strikemaster "2 kits in box" - Miniwing

1/144 BAC  Strikemaster "2 kits in box" - Miniwing

Another great injection kit from Miniwing, with the injection moulding  of this kit is of a high quality, with fine detailing and panel lines.

Sprues (29 Parts), injected canopies complete two complete aircraft, with a choice of three decal schemes are provided.

- BAC Strikemaster NZ6360, Royal New Zealand Airforce
- BAC Strikemaster #1123, Royal Saudi Airforce
- BAC Strikemaster FAE262, Ecuadorian Airforce

Available from: September 2018
Cost: @£12GBP, from usual stockists.

http://www.miniwing.cz/
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The BAC 167 Strikemaster is essentially an armed version of the Jet Provost T Mk 5; the Strikemaster was modified with an uprated engine, wing hardpoints capable of carrying 4 500 pound Mk82 bombs, two machine guns under the intakes, uprated flap system with two jacks, larger airbrake jacks, new communication and navigation gear, different electrical system, canopy breakers on the ejection seats, and a revised fuel system including conformal fuel tanks on the wing tips.[2] First flown in 1967, the aircraft was marketed as a light attack or counter-insurgency aircraft, but most large-scale purchasers were air forces wanting an advanced trainer, although Ecuador, Oman and Yemen have used their aircraft in combat. A total of 146 were built.

RRole Attack aircraft, trainer aircraft
Manufacturer British Aircraft Corporation
First flight 26 October 1967
Retired 1993[1]
Status retired
Primary users Saudi Arabia
Ecuador
Kenya Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Air Force of Oman
Produced 1967-1984
Number built 146
Developed from BAC Jet Provost

Operated by 11 Countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_Strikemaster

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1/144 Antonov An-22 "Cock" - A&A Models

1/144 Antonov An-22 "Cock" - A&A Models

Not a "rebox" of the Eastern Express, but "enhanced kit" - Improved the molds, added new spruces (details) and new decals

The Antonov An-22 "Antei" (Ukrainian: Ан-22 Антей,[1] An-22 Antej; English Antheus) (NATO reporting name "Cock") is a heavy military transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Powered by four turboprop engines each driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers, the design was the first Soviet wide-body aircraft and remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date. The An-22 first appeared publicly outside the Soviet Union at the 1965 Paris Air Show. Since then, the model has seen extensive use in major military and humanitarian airlifts for the Soviet Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22

Planned Release Date : October 2018
Cost: to be confirmed

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1/144 Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann "2 Kits in 1" by JACH models

1/144 Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann  "2 Kits in 1" by JACH models  

JACH are keen to label this as a "Work in progress (Nedokonceno)" and changes therefore may happen before reaching a release date. JACH have produced a range of interesting 1/144 designs from their Czechia base.Ranging from Luft 46 fighters through to the DFS 230 glider, they have often produced kits for Valom, Attack, Miniwing and others...

It is proposed that various releases with decals schemes *may* be produced covering:
 - German
 - Foreign services
 - Zlín

Cost: to be confirmed,
Release Date: to be confirmed


Primary Trainer of the Luftwaffe, developed in the late 1930s and entered service in 1940 and saw service with 16 countries during and after WWII.

The Bücker factory at Rangsdorf built most of the Bü 181's, but because of demand was forced to license the design to the Fokker Company in the Netherlands, who subsequently built 373 of the type for the Luftwaffe all of which were delivered by the end of 1943. Production of both the Bü 181B and the slightly modified Bü 181C was begun by Fokker in Amsterdam in 1942 and its total wartime production was 708 aircraft.

The Bü 181 was also built by Zliner Flugzeugwerke AG plant at Zlin, in the Bohemia & Moravia Protectorate and after the German withdrawal the production continued after the war in the same Zlin works, now denominated as the C.6 and C.106 for the Czechoslovak Air Force and as the Zlín Z.281 and Z.381 in various versions for civil use. 783 aircraft were built. Between 1943 and 1945, Hägglund & Söner AB in Sweden built 120 Bü 181's under license with the Swedish military designation Sk 25.

During the 1950s the Heliopolis Aircraft Works of Egypt acquired a Czechoslovakian licence to produce the Zlín Z-381 with a 105 hp Walter-Minor engine. It was produced for the Egyptian Air Force as the Heliopolis Gomhouria (meaning "Republic") and subsequent versions were supplied to other Arab air forces. At least 300 Gomhourias were built.[1] In all, 3,400 aircraft were built but only a handful survives today.

Source(s):
https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=298&t=32253&start=1095
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCcker_B%C3%BC_181

1/144 TU-22 UD/KD Blinder by Mikr-Mr

1/144 TU-22 UD/KD Blinder by Mikr-Mr

The Tupolev Tu-22 (NATO reporting name: Blinder) was the first supersonic bomber to enter production in the Soviet Union. Manufactured by Tupolev, the Tu-22 entered service with the Soviet military in the 1960s. The last examples were retired during the 1990s. Produced in comparatively small numbers, the aircraft was a disappointment, lacking the intercontinental range that had been expected. Later in their service life, Tu-22s were used as launch platforms for the Soviet Kh-22 standoff missile, and as reconnaissance aircraft. Tu-22s were sold to other nations, including Libya and Iraq. The Tu-22 was one of the few Soviet bombers to see combat; Libyan Tu-22s were used against Tanzania and Chad, and Iraqi Tu-22s were used during the Iran–Iraq War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-22

Planned Release Date: September 2018

Cost: to be confirmed

1/144  Kh-22 As-4 Kitchen by Mikr-Mr
The Kh-22 (Russian: Х-22; AS-4 'Kitchen') is a large, long-range anti-ship missile developed by MKB Raduga in the Soviet Union. It was intended for use against US Navy aircraft carriers and carrier battle groups, with either a conventional or nuclear warhead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-22

Planned Release Date: September 2018

Cost: to be confirmed

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http://www.greenmats.club/forums/topic/

1/144 Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit - by Mikr-Mir (AMP)

1/144 Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit - by Mikr-Mir (AMP)

Mikr-Mir appear to be releasing this under the "AMP Brand", this should be the first significant release of this kit since Revells original release.

The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two.[1][4] The bomber can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as eighty 500 lb (230 kg)-class (Mk 82) JDAM Global Positioning System-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit

Cost: to be confirmed
Planned Release Date: @2018

Source(s)
https://www.facebook.com/mikro.mir.dnepr/
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1/144 Sikorsky SH-3A/D Sea King (x2) - AFVCLUB

1/144 Sikorsky SH-3A/D Sea King (x2) - AFVCLUB

Great detail on this kit, the wide range of operators should make the appeal to many modellers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King

• Contains 2 kits
• Fit main rotor in open or folded position, side hatch open or closed
• Markings for Apollo 13 flight recovery, Indian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, US Navy

Available: Now
Price@ £18

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AR14405
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1/144 Vought F4U-1/1A/1C/1D Corsair (x2) - AFVCLUB

1/144 Vought F4U-1/1A/1C/1D Corsair (x2)  - AFVCLUB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair

AFVclub have expanded their 1/144 range with this great fighter

• Contains 2 kits
• Alternative canopies, propellers & guns
• Markings for American, British & New Zealand air forces

Available: Now
Price@ £18

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AR14406
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+ A folding wing version is also planned