1/144 Sikorsky H-34 ‘Around the World’ - Mark I models

 

MKM144147 Sikorsky H-34 ‘Around the World’

RELEASED 12/2022  

This injection-moulded kit contains 35 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.

(Because of external differences this is a new tool model and not the earlier Westland Wessex kit re-boxed)

 Colour schemes included in the kit:

1) Sikorsky (assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) HSS-1N (SH-34J), c/n 58-1529, White 101-8568/68, 101st Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HAS-101, 101 Kokutai), 21st Fleet Air Wing (FAW, Kōkūgun), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF, Kaijōjieitai), Tateyama Naval Air Base, mid-1960s

2) Sikorsky (assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) HSS-1N (SH-34J), c/n 58-1543, Black 8569/White 69, 101st Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HAS-101, 101 Kokutai), 21st Fleet Air Wing (FAW, Kōkūgun), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF, Kaijōjieitai), Ōmura Naval Air Base, 1971

3) Sikorsky UH-34D, s/n 63-13139 (c/n 58-1744), White 139, Search and Rescue (SAR), 505th Search and Rescue Group (SRG), Philippine Air Force (Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas), Villamor Air Base, the 1970s

4) Sikorsky H-34 (HSS-1N/SH-34J), s/n 60-5424 (c/n 58-1293), Black 8550/50, 3rd Squadron “Esquadrão Puma”, 8th Air Group (3°/8° GAv), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Afonsos Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, mid-1960s

https://www.4pluspublications.com/en/produkt/mkm144147-sikorsky-h-34-around-the-world/

http://www.4pluspublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MKM144147-Sikorsky-H-34-Around-the-World_instr-web.pdf

1/144 Piper L-4 'War Years' (2in1) bagged (Limted Edition) Mark I Models

1/144  Piper L-4 'War Years' (2in1) bagged  (Limted Edition) Mark I Models

Manufacturer: Mark I Models
Code Number: MKM144156 
Scale: 1:144
Item type: Aircraft kits (injection)
Price:£16.19 

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144156

1/144 Mark I (ex-STRANSKY) releases EDAY Preview

 

1/144 Mark I (ex-STRANSKY) releases EDAY Preview

Soon to be available first at the Eduard e-Day show on 1/10/2022, the Stransky designed kits will be released by Mark I (as previously reported)

https://kampfgruppe144.blogspot.com/2022/05/1144-stransky-and-mark-i-collaborations.html

This would suggest that a general release of these kits is imminent.

1/144 Bell / Agusta-Bell 47J Super Ranger - LF Models

 

By Unlisted - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet_media.asp?fsID=569, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5578351

1/144 Agusta-Bell 47J Super Ranger  - LF Models

Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

PE4401 Bell H-13J/HUL-1 (US VIP Transport, US Navy, US Coast Guard)(2in1) 

Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

€16,00
https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_26_115&products_id=3773

PE4402 Agusta-Bell 47J Ranger (Italian Navy, Italian Army, Italian Police)(2in1)
Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

€16,00

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_26_115&products_id=3774

PE4403 Agusta-Bell 47J Super Ranger (Carabinieri, Italian SAR, Italian AF) (2in1)
Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

€16,00

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_26_115&products_id=3775

PE4404 Agusta-Bell 47J Ranger (France, UK, Spain)(2in1)
Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

€16,00

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_26_115&products_id=3776

PE4405 Bell H-13J-2 (Brazil, Chile, Argentina)(2in1)
Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

€16,00

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_26_115&products_id=3777

PE4406 Agusta-Bell 47J Ranger (Yugoslavian AF, RDAF, RNoAF)(2in1)
Two injection-moulded kits from new moulds included in this box with clear parts (the cockpit canopy) for each model with 3 decal options.

€16,00

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_26_115&products_id=3778

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_26_115

LF models will also be producing their own range of canopy masks for these boxings:

CM4401 Bell 47J/Agusta-Bell 47J

€2,00

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_66_116&products_id=3783

1/144 Vultee A-35 Vengeance II WWII Dive Bomber - Miniwing

1/144 Vultee A-35 Vengeance II WWII Dive Bomber - Miniwing 

In 1940, Vultee Aircraft started the design of a single engined dive-bomber, the Vultee Model 72 (V-72) to meet the requirements of the French Armée de l'Air. The V-72 was built with private funds and was intended for sale to foreign markets. The V-72 was a low-wing, single-engine monoplane with a closed cockpit and a crew of two. An air-cooled radial Wright Twin Cyclone GR-2600-A5B-5 engine rated at 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) powered the V-72. It was armed with both fixed forward-firing and flexible-mounted .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns in the rear cockpit. The aircraft also carried up to 1,500 lb (680 kg) of bombs in an interior bomb bay and on external wing racks.[2]

The Vengeance was uniquely designed to dive vertically without lift from the wing pulling the aircraft off target. To this end, it had a 0° angle of incidence on the wing to better align the nose of the aircraft with the target during the dive. This resulted in the aircraft cruising in a nose-up attitude, giving a poor forward view for the pilot, particularly during landing. It had an unusual, "W"-shaped wing planform. This resulted from an error in calculating its centre of gravity. Moving the wing back by "sweeping" the centre section was a simpler fix than re-designing the wing root. This gives the impression of an inverted gull wing when seen from an angle, when in fact the wing has a more conventional dihedral on the outer wing panels.[2]

Thirty-three V-72s and A-35s were supplied to Brazil from 1943, carrying out a few anti-submarine patrols. They were withdrawn by April 1948.[20]

The view of the Vengeance's limitations is disputed by Peter Smith in Jungle Dive Bombers at War, "The precision and skill of the dive-bombing method...and its clear superiority over most other means of air attack when it came to destroying small and well-hidden targets in difficult country, was proven over and over again in the Asian jungle campaigns. Yet the men who achieved these excellent results, for such economy of effort and comparatively small loss, were but a handful of pilots who have been forgotten in the overwhelming mass of the heavy-and medium bomber fleets that were pounding both Europe and Asia by 1945.[9]:160

This capacity was exemplified in the raid by RAAF Nos. 21 and 23 Squadrons on Hansay Bay. Smith wrote, "...the jungle-clad hills and islands of forgotten or unknown lands would become the major stage for the ultimate expression of the dive-bombers' skill."[9]:12 While the RAAF still had 58 Vengeances on order in March 1944, this order was cancelled and the aircraft were never delivered. Small numbers of Vengeances remained in service with support and trials units until 1946.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance

Description:
18 resin parts
Clear resin and Vac canopy
decals for two colors
http://www.miniwing.cz/vultee-vengeance-mk-ii.html

1/144 Wing Kit Collection Versus Series 10 - Tenzan VS Avenger (F-Toys)

1/144 Wing Kit Collection Versus Series 10 - Tenzan VS Avenger (F-Toys)


Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger
The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.

The Avenger entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway. Despite the loss of five of the six Avengers on its combat debut, it survived in service to become one of the outstanding torpedo bombers of World War II. Greatly modified after the war, it remained in use until the 1960s

Primary Users by US Navy,Royal Navy,Royal New Zealand Air force, Royal Canadian Navy.
Also used by Brazil,Cuba,France,Japan,Netherlands and Uruguay

A famous incident involving the TBM / TBF Avenger aircraft was the disappearance of Flight 19, a training flight of five Avengers that originated from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale and was lost in December 1945 over the Bermuda Triangle.

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


 Nakajima B6N Tenzan 中島 B6N 天山—"Heavenly Mountain"
The Nakajima B6N Tenzan (Japanese: 中島 B6N 天山—"Heavenly Mountain", Allied reporting name: "Jill") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard carrier-borne torpedo bomber during the final years of World War II and the successor to the B5N "Kate". Due to its protracted development, a shortage of experienced pilots and the United States Navy's achievement of air superiority by the time of its introduction, the B6N was never able to fully demonstrate its combat potential.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_B6N

Expect a number of bonus colour schemes (a post war JSDF Avenger would be amusing)

Due: Decemeber 2018

Source:  https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10566388

1/144 Let L-13/TZ-13 Blanik 'in Military Service' (2 kits in 1 box) - MArk I

1/144 Let L-13/TZ-13 Blanik 'in Military Service' (2 kits in 1 box) 
(RAF, DOSAAF, Italian AF, Uruguayan AF, Lithuanian AF, Brazilian AF)

The L-13 Blanik is a two-seater glider produced by the Czechoslovak company Let Kunovice. Designed at the VZLš Aeronautical Research and Test Establishment in Prague in 1954-56, its prototype first flew in March 1956. It is an all-metal monoplane, with the fuselage of a semi-monocoque construction and high set wings with characteristic forward sweep. Its cockpit is enclosed by a two-piece acrylic glass canopy. The flaps and control surfaces are fabric covered and the fuselage is provided with a single-wheel semi-retractable landing gear and a fixed tail skid.

The L-13 entered production in 1958 and quickly gained popularity as an inexpensive and durable type, which was easy to fly and operate. It was widely adopted in the former Eastern Bloc countries and was also exported in large numbers to Western Europe, North and South America. In total, more than 2600 Blanik gliders had been produced by 1978, while a small batch of a modernised L-13A variant was built in 1981-82.

 It became the most numerous and widely used trainer glider in the world.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Let L-13 Blanik, Black R11 (c/n 026258), RAF Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA), Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, U.K., autumn 1980
2) Let L-13 Blanik, Red 21, DOSAAF Volunteer Society for Co-operation with the Army, Aviation and Navy, Aeroclub Novosibirsk, the Soviet Union, early 1970s
3) Let L-13 Blanik, No.23 outlined in Black, MM100047 (c/n 027009), CVV-14 Gliding Centre (Centro Volo a Vela), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare), Frosinone Air Base, Italy, 1985
4) Let L-13 Blanik, Black 690 (c/n 0717), Military School of Aeronautics (Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica), Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, FAU), Gen. Artigas/Pando Air Base, Uruguay, 2014-15
5) Let L-13 Blanik, Blue 08 (c/n 1420), Voluntary Border Defence Service (Krašto Apsaugos Savanriskos Paj?-gos, KASP), Lithuanian Air Force, Silute Air Base, Lithuania, 1998
6) TZ-13 (Let L-13 Blanik), White 13 (8013), (Sailing Flight Club), Air Force Academy (Academia da Força Aérea, AFA), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Pirassununga Air Base, Brazil, the 1970-80s

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 13 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14495

Price: £12.30

See also
1/144 Let L-13/L-13A Blanik 'Aeroclub Workhorse' (2 kits in 1) 
(Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, U.S.A., U.K., Austria, Hungary)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14496