1/144 Lockheed F-104A/C/G 'Starfighter At War' (2in1) - Mark I Models

Lockheed F-104A/C/G 'Starfighter At War' (2in1) Mark I Models 
The F-104 Starfighter was an American jet fighter, designed by the Lockheed Aircraft Company in early 1950s. Radical in concept, it was the first operational interceptor capable of sustained speeds above Mach 2. The F-104 was a single-seat, all-metal mid-wing monoplane powered by a GE J79 turbojet. It had two fuselage-side air intakes, small thin wings with a pronounced anhedral and a T-tail. Its nose undercarriage retracted forward. It mounted one multi-barrel gun in the nose and two Sidewinder missiles at each wingtip.

The Starfighter prototype flew in February 1954 and the first F-104A production aircraft were delivered to the USAF early in 1958. In total, 153 F-104As were produced of which 10 a/c were also supplied to Pakistan. The next single-seat version was the F-104C, configured for tactical strike missions. This model featured a more powerful engine, removable in-flight refuelling probe and could carry bomb and/or rocket pods on underwing and fuselage pylons. Later, F-104Cs were modified to carry another pair of Sidewinders under the fuselage. 77 aircraft were built and delivered in 1958-59.

The F-104G was the most important version, earmarked for production in Europe but was also built by Canadair and Lockheed. It was a multi-role, all-weather fighter possessing a strenghtened structure and enlarged tail surfaces. It was fitted with improved electronics and carried heavier weapons load. In total, some 1,120 F-104Gs were produced. The Starfighter had only a relatively short career with the USAF, but it became the backbone of a number of NATO and Allied air forces, serving all over the world from the 1960s well into the early 2000s.


Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Lockheed F-104C-5-LO Starfighter, s/n 56-0886 (c/n 1174), Black 60886, ‘Fannie’, 436th TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron), 479th TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing), US Air Force, Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, 1965
2) Lockheed F-104C-10-LO Starfighter, s/n 57-0923 (c/n 1240), Black 0-70923, ‘Helooo Dolly’, 435th TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron), 479th and 8th TFWs (Tactical Fighter Wing), US Air Force, Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 1967
3) Lockheed F-104A-25-LO Starfighter, s/n 56-0874 (c/n 1162), Black 56-874, No.9 ‘Griffins’ Sq., Pakistani Air Force (Pakistan Fiza’ya), PAF Base Sargodha, credited with an IAF Canberra B(I) Mk.58 night kill, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, September 1965
4) Lockheed (Canadair-built) F-104G Starfighter, s/n 64-17773 (c/n 6118), Black 47773/4347, 3rd TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing), Republic of China Air Force (Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K’ung-Chun), Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base, scoring a Chinese (PLAAF) J-6 victory, Taiwan, January 1967

Two injection-moulded kits are included in this box; each kit contains 38 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). Two additional sprues, each with 12 new parts, are also supplied. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144104

£17.99

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIO/EP/RZ/5AD 'Worldwide Service' (RAAF, PAF, SAAF, UAEAF) by Mark I Models, MKM144102

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIO/EP/RZ/5AD 'Worldwide Service' (RAAF, PAF, SAAF, UAEAF) by Mark I Models, MKM144102 

Dassault Mirage IIIO/EP/RZ/5AD 'Worldwide Service' (RAAF, PAF, SAAF, UAEAF) The Mirage III jet fighter was developed by the French Avions Marcel Dassault company and its prototype flew in 1956. The first major production model was the Mirage IIIC, while the IIIE was an upgraded variant flying in April 1961.

The Mirage IIIE was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane featuring a tailless delta configuration utilised as a multirole/strike aircraft. Compared to the previous IIIC, it had an extended fuselage for avionics and additional fuel and straight tailfin leading edge. It was powered by a SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet. It carried two DEFA cannons in the lower fuselage under the air intakes and was fitted with five external stores pylons.

The first production Mirage IIIEs went to the French Air Force in 1964, with a total of 183 aircraft eventually delivered to that air arm. Licence production was also undertaken in Australia, where 98 a/c were built between 1963-68 by GAF as the Mirage IIIO. A number of Mirage IIIEs were built for export, being purchased by Argentina (IIIEA), Brazil (IIIEBR), Lebanon (IIIEL), Pakistan (IIIEP), South Africa (IIIEZ), Spain (IIIEE) and Venezuela (IIIEV).

Mirage IIIR was a reconnaissance aircraft, with radar replaced by a camera nose. It was based on the IIIE but with simpler avionics. These aeroplanes we supplied to the French Air Force (IIIR/RD) and others were exported to Switzerland (one Mirage IIIRS delivered + 17 licence-built by F+W in 1968-69), Pakistan (IIIRP) and South Africa (IIIRZ/R2Z). Production of the Mirage IIIE/R (incl. exports) was substantially greater than that of the IIIC, totalling more than 530 aircraft.

The Mirage 5 was the next major variant, first flying in May 1967, destined for clear-weather attack role. It was equipped with less sophisticated avionics, more fuel storage and featured a longer nose. In Belgium, 63 a/c were licence-built in the period 1970-73 by SABCA as the 5BA. A total of 531 Mirage 5s (all variants, incl. exports) were built, of which a number were exported to Abu Dhabi, Colombia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan, Peru, Venezuela and Zaire.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) GAF CA-29 Mirage IIIO(F), s/n A3-3, Black A3-3, No.76 Sq., Royal Australian Air Force, Williamtown Base, New South Wales, Australia, early 1970s

2) AMD Mirage IIIEP, No.67-112, Black 112, No.5 ‘Falcons’ Sq., Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza’ya), Sargodha Air Base, Pakistan, late 1971

3) AMD Mirage IIIRZ, No. 4F4A, Black 838, No.2 Sq. ‘Flying Cheetahs’, South African Air Force, Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, 1990

4) AMD Mirage 5AD, No.402, Black 402, 2nd ‘Shaheen’ (Falcon) Sq., Fighter Wing, United Arab Emirates Air Force (Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah), Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, early 1990s

This injection-moulded kit contains 53 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy, taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Estimated Price : £18 GBP
Release Date: To be confirmed
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144102

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

1/144 PLA Type 22 Missile Boat - Trumpeter

1/144 PLA Type 22 Missile Boat - Trumpeter

The Type 22 (NATO designation: Houbei class)[6] missile boat is a ship class in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The first boat was launched in April 2004 by the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard at Shanghai. The boats incorporate stealth features and are based on Australian-designed wave-piercing catamaran hulls that are more stable than other fast missile craft in high sea conditions.[7] Approximately 83 of these missile boats are currently in service with three flotillas having been produced over a span of seven years.[1]

Pakistan has shown interest in the craft and plans to build them domestically in the Karachi Shipyard.[8]

The Type 22 fast attack craft are China's entry into a growing list of missile-armed attack craft which include Finland's Hamina class missile boat, and Norway's Skjold class patrol boat. The Australian AMD cataraman design may mean as much as a 50% reduction in vessel speed penalty in high sea conditions (in which monohulls may only perform at half or less of their maximum capability). Further, seasickness and disorientation is significantly reduced, improving the combat readiness/situational awareness of the small-craft operators during such conditions.

In addition to the stealthy polygonal-designed superstructure with its stealthy gun mount, the Type 22 has an advanced C4 datalink[4] that may represent some kind of capability to allow AWACS planes or other ships to vector the Type 22's missiles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_22_missile_boat

Available from usual stockists:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TU00108

1/144 Dassault Mirage III and Cheetah - Foxone

1/144 Mirage and Cheetah - Foxone
Dassault Mirage III 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III

The first major production model of the Mirage series, the Mirage IIIC, first flew in October 1960. The IIIC was largely similar to the IIIA, though a little under a half meter longer and brought up to full operational fit. The IIIC was a single-seat interceptor, with an Atar 09B turbojet engine.

The Mirage IIIC was armed with twin 30 mm DEFA revolver-type cannon, fitted in the belly with the gun ports under the air intakes. Early Mirage IIIC production had three stores pylons, one under the fuselage and one under each wing, but another outboard pylon was quickly added to each wing, for a total of five. It was also possible to carry bombs on a sleek supersonic tank that also had bomb carrying capacity. The outboard pylon was intended to carry an AIM-9B Sidewinder air-to-air missile, later replaced by the Matra R550 Magic and also was armed with the radar guided R530 Missile on the center line pylon.

South African Conversion - Atlas_Cheetah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Cheetah
The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft, developed for the South African Air Force (SAAF) and currently operated by the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE). It was developed as a major upgrade of the Dassault Mirage III by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aviation) in South Africa and is based on the IAI Kfir.[2] Three different variants were created, 16 dual-seat Cheetah D, 16 single-seat Cheetah E and 38 single-seat Cheetah C. The Cheetah Es were retired in 1992, and the Cheetah Cs and Cheetah Ds in April 2008, being replaced by the Saab Gripen. A limited number are still operated in South Africa as flight test aircraft.

FOXONE ORIGINAL KIT 67 Mirage III BE
http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/original/o67/original_67.html
http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/air_gallery/mirage3/828SNINX/be.html

FOXONE ORIGINAL KIT 66 Cheetah D
http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/original/o66/original_66.html
http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/air_gallery/cheetah/cheeta_D/CD.html

FOXONE ORIGINAL KIT 65 Mirage III E
http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/original/o65/original_65.html
http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/air_gallery/mirage3/870YUDMH/3e.html

Available: June 2015
Price: @4000 YEN

1/144 Supermarine ATTACKER FB.2 - Miniwings

1/144 Supermarine ATTACKER FB.2 - Miniwings

The Supermarine Attacker was a British single-seat naval jet fighter built by Supermarine for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The type has the distinction of being the first jet fighter to enter operational service with the FAA. Like most other first-generation jet fighter, it has a short service life due to the rapid development of increasingly advanced aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s.

The Attacker developed from a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter jet project, under Air Ministry Specification E.10 of 1944 (the E for experimental). The design of the Attacker used the laminar flow straight-wings of the Supermarine Spiteful, a piston-engined fighter intended to replace the Supermarine Spitfire, and what became the Attacker was originally referred to as the "Jet Spiteful".

The FB 2  introduced a new Rolls-Royce Nene engine and modifications to its structure. The Supermarine Attacker now had eight underwing pylons which could carry two 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs or eight unguided rockets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Attacker

Description:
24 resin parts
1 clear resin canopy
1 vacu canopy for expected modellers
8 etched parts
Decals for :
800 Squadron FAA, HMS Eagle
Pakistan Airforce FB,2 R4003 (link)

Conforming to the Miniwing signature format, being cleanly cast with quality resin with no obvious air bubbles. The panel lines on fuselage  are very finely cast and provide a good balance between finesse and detailing



Available now with discount and free shipping from: http://kits-shop.com/index.php , and usual suppliers

1/144 MiG-15bis DUAL COMBO (2 in 1)

http://www.eduard.com/store/Aircraft-and-helicopters/other/MiG-15bis-DUAL-COMBO-1-144.html?cur=1