1/144 HMS Astute and PLAN Type 092 Xia Class SSN - Trumpeter

1/144 HMS Astute and PLAN Type 092 Xia Class SSN - Trumpeter

HMS Astute (Royal Navy)
http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=3114&l=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Astute_(S119)


Type 092 Xia Class (PLA Navy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_092_submarine

1/144 Curtis -40B/C "Flying Tigers" by AFV Club

 

1/144 Curtis P-40B/C by AFV Club
While AFV Club is a well established producer of large scale AFVs this is their first adventure in 1/144.
It seems to be a simple inexpensive kit, that paints up nicely, and of a item that is not to readily available.

The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. The shark-faced nose art of the Flying Tigers remains among the most recognizable image of any individual combat aircraft or combat unit of World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tigers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_Air_Force

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service. The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk



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Sprue Shots: http://woodstock-plasticmodel.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/afv-club-1144-p-40b.html
Model Shots: http://woodstock-plasticmodel.blogspot.tw/2015/08/afv-club-1144-p-40bc-flying-tigers.html

1/144 MiG-19S/S-105 (MiG-19S)/Shenyang F-6 Farmer C - Mark.I ‘Aerobatic Teams’ (4in1) - Mark.I

1/144 MiG-19S/S-105 (MiG-19S)/Shenyang F-6 Farmer C - Mark.I ‘Aerobatic Teams’ (4in1)- Mark.I

MKM14440  MiG-19S/S-105 (MiG-19S)/Shenyang F-6 Farmer C - Mark.I
‘Aerobatic Teams’

FOUR! kits in this box!!

The MiG-19 was the first Soviet supersonic fighter developed in the early 1950s. Licence production of its clear-weather fighter model was started in China in 1961 under the designation Shenyang J-6 (for export as the F-6). It was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane powered by two Mikulin RD-9B (or licence-built Chinese WP-6) turbojets.

Besides their main fighter and close air support roles, some aeroplanes were also used for publicity demonstrations. Wearing special paint schemes (in some instances) and performing aerobatics during various air shows, the display teams became very popular among the public onlookers at the time.

http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14440-mig-19s-aerobatic-teams

Available from: http://kits-shop.com/mark-i-models_1_144.php, and usual stockists

1/144 MIG-15 MIGs from The Alley - JBRDecals

1/144 MIG-15 MIGs from The Alley - JBRDecals

A great set of decal for MiG-15/MiG-15bis model kits such as produced by Eduard, containing very detailed full colour painting and decal placement guide.

This set specifically covers those aircraft used in the famous "Mig Valley" during the Korean War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG_Alley

Contains decals for the following aircraft:

MiG-15 811, Lt. V.I. Chizh 1st Sqn, 72nd GvIAP, Anshan - November 1950
MiG-15bis 325, Lt.Col. Y.G. Pepelyaev 196th IAP, Antung - June 1951
MiG-15bis 132, Capt. N.V. Sutyagin 17th IAP, Tatung-kao - June 1951
MiG-15bis 25, Zhao Baotong 3rd FAD
MiG-15bis 2249, Wang Hai 3rd FAD
MiG-15bis 08, Sun Shenlu 3rd FAD

MiG-15bis 2057, No Kum-sok Kimpo AFB - September 1953
MiG-15bis 616 (ex. 2057)USAF Okinawa - late 1953 (as flown by Chuck Yeager!)

Available now directly from the JBRdecal website, or your usual supplier
Source: http://www.jbr-decals.com/index.php?typ=shop&lang=en

1/144 New WWII era fighters and Projects - Kampfflieger

1/144 1/144 New WWII Era fighters and Projects - Kampfflieger 
The Kampffliger brand continues to add new aircraft to its range almost daily it seems. Subjects are covering period of both World Wars and the interim period. he we have mix of production items, protoypes and design concepts. While I am clearly focusing on 1/144 those who dabble in other gaming scales may also find some interest in KFs other scale ranges.


1/144 Polikarpov I-152
cm: 5.736 w x 5.586 d x 2.054 h
http://www.shapeways.com/model/679898/1-144-polikarpov-i-152.html
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_polikarpov_I-152.html
An interesting development of the I-5/I-15, although not seen as particularly successful in soviet eyes there were sold in significant numbers overseas to Chinese Central Government, Spanish Republicans and laterly on the Eastern Front by heavily outmatch VVS forces.

1/144 Bristol F.11/37 (optional wheels)*
cm: 12.522 w x 8.066 d x 3.074 h
http://www.shapeways.com/model/679873/1-144-bristol-f-11-37-wheels-optional.html
Most have heard of the Bolton Paul Defiant, not many have heard of this unusual Bristol Turret fighter! This is the Bristol companies response to a different Air Ministry specification 11/37 for a Twin-engine two-seat day & night fighter/ground support. It did not enter production.

1/144 Miles M.20/2*
cm: 6.28 w x 6.604 d x 2.542 h
http://www.shapeways.com/model/679876/1-144-miles-m-20-2.html
1/144 Miles M.20/4*
cm: 6.286 w x 6.612 d x 2.544 h
http://www.shapeways.com/model/679878/1-144-miles-m-20-4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.20
The Miles M.20 was a Second World War fighter developed by Miles Aircraft in 1940. Designed as a simple and quick-to-build 'emergency fighter' alternative to the Royal Air Force's Spitfires and Hurricanes should their production get disrupted by bombing. In the event, due to dispersal of manufacturing, the Luftwaffe's bombing of the Spitfire and Hurricane factories did not seriously affect production, and so the M.20 proved unnecessary and was cancelled.

I think that Kampfflieger is going to a dangerous place, he will surely have to produce a version of the iconic and under represented Martin Baker M.B.5 'possibly the greatest piston engined fighter developed during WWII' :-)

* For anyone interested in more details on these and other British project I can highly recommend the following book: British Secret Projects - Fighters and Bombers 1935 - 1950, By Tony Butler.