1/144 North American / Fiat F-86K SABRE DOG (European Users) = Miniwing/Ozmods

1/144 North American / Fiat F-86K SABRE DOG =  Miniwing/Ozmods

North American / Fiat F-86K SABRE DOG (European Users vol.1)

Injected plastic model kit made by Ozmods Australia. Kit includes sprues from white plastic material, clear injected canopy and two vacuformad canopies and canopy mask. Decals sheets printed in Eduard Czech Republic offers two decal versions:

1) F-86K, BuNo 56-4131 of 2./JG74 - West Germany 1963

2) F-86K, BuNo 55-4819 of 12° Gruppo COT, 36° Stormo - Italy 1968

Ref. No.: mini380

Price: ~14 Euro

https://www.eshop.miniwing.cz/category/miniwing/miniwing-plastic-1-144/north-american-fiat-f-86k-sabre-dog/

North American / Fiat F-86K SABRE DOG  (European Users vol.2)

Injected plastic model kit made by Ozmods Australia. Kit includes sprues from white plastic material, clear injected canopy and two vacuformad canopies and canopy mask. Decals sheets printed in Eduard Czech Republic offers two decal versions:

1) F-86K, BuNo 54-1251 of 337 Squadron of Royal Norwegian Air Force, Norway 1957

2) F-86K, BuNo 54-1337 of 702 Squadron of Royal Netherlands Air Force, The Netherlands 1960

Price: ~14 Euro

https://www.eshop.miniwing.cz/category/miniwing/miniwing-plastic-1-144/north-american-fiat-f-86k-sabre-dog-vol-2/

1/144 Bristol Freighter MK 31 Ozmods

1/144 Bristol Freighter MK 31 - Ozmods
Injected plastic kit, with detailed flight deck, vac-form canopies, decals.

OMKIT14418 with SAFE Air (New Zealand) and British United decals.
OMKIT14419 with RNZAF and RAF decals.


The Bristol Type 170 was designed as a stop-gap project to provide work for the Bristol company while the Bristol Brabazon was under development. Subsequently, the Air Ministry expressed interest in the project, believing that it would provide a rugged transport aircraft capable of using unimproved airstrips, and two prototypes were ordered on the condition that the design was modified so that the aircraft could carry a British Army 3-ton truck, and Air Ministry specification 22/44 (later revised as C.9/45) was drawn up around the design.[1]

In military service, Bristol Freighters were operated by the air forces of Argentina, Australia, Burma, Canada, Iraq, Pakistan and New Zealand. Bristol Freighters were operated briefly by the Pakistan Air Force. After withdrawal, some of the Pakistan aircraft were bought by SAFE Air and used in New Zealand. The Royal Canadian Air Force used five Freighters to carry spares and supplies between the UK and their bases in France and West Germany.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force ordered 12 Mk 31M Freighters in the late 1940s. RNZAF Freighters ranged as far as supplying the New Zealand Army in Malaya, the British High Commissions (and other support staff) in the Maldives, Ceylon, India and Nepal, performing Far East Air Force tasks in Malaya (often when other aircraft types were unserviceable owing to maintenance problems) and Hong Kong. They ran a highly reliable military shuttle service for allies in Thailand during the Vietnam War and served several other roles, being adapted for—amongst other things—aerial top dressing experiments, although to avoid competition with private enterprise, the New Zealand government did not use them in that role.

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



Available: 2016 December
Source: http://www.ozmods-kits.com/aircraft-kits-1144

OzMods New Website!

OzMods New Website!
Ozmods have relaunched their website with easier navigation and improved categorisation and grouping of products. So it will be even more easier to find those short-run kits and accessories, often with an antipodean slant! Paypal, also taken!

http://www.ozmods-kits.com/

1/144 C-2A 'Greyhound' Conversion - OzMods

1/144 C-2A 'Greyhound' Conversion - OzMods

Ok, its not the first (Y-Kraft), its not the most detailed and expensive (Foxone), but it is the best value and most practical. That right, OzMods have commissioned a new conversion for the Revell Hawkeye kit and will be available from their website soon for $17.60 AUD - use the contact details for ordering information. 

The kit consist of two half shells of transparent clear injected plastic for the revised fuselage, which has various windows marked out finely, so you will need to practice your masking skills. It does however mean that the windows and fuselage are not separate pieces and that a nice smooth finish can be achieved around the glazed areas. you will be advised to choose your adhesive carefully as not to induce fogging. The injected tail plane and cargo doors are of a different plastic to the fuselage, and of course the ramp can be positioned as required. A simple a resin cockpit is supplied that would benefit from some additional self detailing. finally nose wheel well and assorted aerials also are included.

 Decals are provided for USN VRC-30 and are strong and bold in colour and will finish the kit of nicely

Wiki for the C-2A Greyhound (here) 

See OzMods Website (  order contacts)

Also available separately from OzMods are Hamilton 8 Blade Propellers.

1/144 C-2A 'Greyhound' Conversion - OzMods

1/144 C-2A 'Greyhound' Conversion - OzMods
Ok, its not the first (Y-Kraft), its not the most detailed and expensive (Foxone), but it is the best value and most practical. That right, OzMods have commissioned a new conversion for the Revell Hawkeye kit and will be available from thier website soon. The kit will consist of two half shells of transparent clear injected plastic for the revised fuselage, plus injected tail plane and cargo doors, accompanied by a resin cockpit, nose wheel well and assorted aerials. Decals are provided for USN VRC-30.

See OzMods Website ( here  & contacts)

Also available seperately are the Hamilton 8 Blade Propellers.

An out of the box review will be produced shortly.

1/144 BAe Hawk T1 or T51 - OzMods

1/144 BAe Hawk T1 or T51 - OzMods
OzMods have reissued their Hawk kits in new plastic and a choice of canopies.
Plus, now with added PAYPAL payment options!!
http://www.layuqwam.com.au/Ozmods/Complete.html
The older T2 is also still available.

For some real action pictures of RAF Hawks see my Farnborough 2012 photos (KG144BBS)

1/144 DHC-4 (C-7) CARIBOU - Ozmods

1/144 DHC-4 (C-7) CARIBOU - Ozmods

Ozmods are issued an update to thier exisitng 1/144 range with thier Caribou kit resissued with new decals. Resin fuselage, wings, wheel doors, wheels, optional radar nose cone, etc. White metal landing struts an props. Numerous Decal options for US, Spanins and Austrailain Aifforces. Construction and decal/painting guides and 3 view drawings.Optional clear vacuum canopy (2 supplied).

The Royal Australian Air Force DHC-4 Caribou is a versatile tactical light transport aircraft, capable of very short take-off and landings on unprepared runways. Its main operational role was tactical air transport in support of the Australian Army. 

http://www.airforce.gov.au/aircraft/caribou.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou

Price - Aus $38.50
Available: Now:
From: OzMods  

1-144 NA F-86D Sabre - OzMods

1-144 North American F-86D Sabre - OzMods

I have been a bit snowed under of late, so I have been behind in capturing images of the kits stacking up on the desk.

This post is concerning the new release from Ozmods of the North American F-86D Sabre (Sabredog) which is interesting as it transpires it shares as little as 25% of the parts of with the original Sabre.



I must confess further, I need a new camera and or better lighting (England in the Winter doesn't get you much in the way of quality light) and my camera struggles to pic up the fine detail on very light backgrounds.

This is problematic as the panel lines on this kit are much finer and less trench like than on other plastic kits of gashapons in this scale. I think that Oz-mods should be congratulated on the finesse achieved, so go steady on the layering of the paint.

The plastic is a new formula used for the first time on this kit by OzMods and it should lend itself to easier a handling and building experience. Greg clearly would be interested in your feedback on this material.

The kit contains approximately 28 injected parts and a clear  injected canopy (a separate vac-formed canopy will be available at an additional cost). Decals are supplied for USAF and Yugoslavian schemes and are ALPS printed By Starfighter Decals (according to MBittner the Yugo nose should be blue). This aircraft type was used by wide range of countries, so there is scope for a variety of other schemes.

A very nice kit for those wishing to model the fighters of the 1950 USAF or 1970 Yugoslavia!




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre

Available: December 2011
Price: AU$ 14.95
Kit Supplied by Greg at OzMods

HD Images 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Web Catalog

1/144 F-86D Sabre 'Dog' - By OzMods

1/144 F-86D Sabre 'Dog' - By OzMods

Having gone a little quiet OzMods is back with a new kit to their line-up ,
the F-86D Sabre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre

The kit contains one injection plastic kit, with clear injected plastic canopy, and also comes with decal options for two aircraft schemes:

97th FIS USAF (1954)
Yugoslavian Air force (1970s)

Price: Aus$ 14.95
Available: Now
http://www.ozmods-kits.com/

Ozmods also do a interesting range of Aircraft 1.144 kits here

Yugoslavian markings for other aircraft can be found at Blue Rider and Lift Here!

1/144 Missiles and Pilots - By OzMods

OzMods have been for a while been producing a range of interesting munitions options in 1/144, and it always surprises me when people complain that there are not enough of "Type X , or Type Y" munitions. It always strikes me that OzMods have options to suit most aircraft from WWII to the Modern times.

There are over 80x different items in their list from $1.50 !

The Allied & Russian Pilot sets come with 2x figures in each, the generic set has seated figures.

The weapons packs vary as to the number of munitions in each set but typically come in 2x or 4x packs.

For their size, I think the figures are well done, one primed and painted the detailing will leap out (I will include HD shots below), although the generic figures are a little blander. I don't this this should be a huge issues as are meant to be sat inside cockpits, the standing figures which are for showing externally to the aircraft in dioramas etc are therefore much more detailed.

The weapons are well formed and surprisingly detailed, these should again be more evident when painted and washes applied or lines filled.

As these are resin accessories, there is a little flash here and there that needs to be trimmed also you get the occasional dink or glitch.

http://www.layuqwam.com.au/Ozmods/Resin.html

HD Images:
Pilots: 01 02 03 04 05
USA Weapons: 01 02 03 04
Russian Weapons: 01 02

1/144 B-57D & B-57G Conversion - Ozmods

OzMods have updated thier Martin B-57D Conversion pack to include decals, and have added a Martin B-57G upgrade set.

Of course if your thinking this looks a lot like the English Electric Canberra youd be correct!
The American licensed the Canberra and made some alterations for thier purposes.

OzMods also sell the "real" Canberra in a number of options and kits.

http://www.layuqwam.com.au/Ozmods/Complete.html