1/144 Avro Shackleton MR.3 'The Growler' by CMR

 

1/144 Avro Shackleton MR.3 'The Growler' by CMR

Ref. No.: CMR144-001
999,- KČ 899,99 KČ  (35,41 €)

Avro Shackleton MR.3 'The Growler'. 

This full resin kit contains 56 parts, 10 hardened black resin parts (undercarriage), 9 clear resin parts (canopy and fuselage windows) and a comprehensive decal sheet (see below)

The model will be available in two weeks, it is currently available with a 10% Pre-Order discount Pre-Order at: www.eshop.miniwing.cz

https://www.eshop.miniwing.cz/category/mark-i-models/cmr-1-144/avro-shackleton-mr-3-the-growler/

The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range aircraft developed during the late 1940s from the Lincoln bomber. It was primarily used in the ASW and MPA roles, but later it was also deployed as a SAR and AEW platform. The first prototype flew in March 1949 and ensuing production aircraft were designated the MR.1. The MR.2 was an improved version, featuring numerous refinements.

The Type 716 Shackleton MR.3, first flying in September 1955, was another redesign of the airframe, with a tricycle undercarriage replacing the original tailwheel configuration and featuring increased fuselage and new wings with tip tanks. It was a mid-wing monoplane of an all-metal stressed-skin construction, powered by four R-R Griffons with contra-rotating propellers. The aircraft underwent several phased modifications which included the internal changes, ECM equipment and later the addition of two turbojets for assisted take-off. The weapons capability was upgraded, which included bombs, torpedoes, mines or depth-charges up to 10,000 lb/4,536 kg; the aircraft was fitted with two cannons in the nose and another two 20 mm guns in the dorsal turret.

The MR.3 entered service with the RAF in August 1957. The RAF ordered 52 aircraft but following the 1956 Defence Review the number was reduced to 34 aircraft. The last RAF Shackletons were retired in 1991. This type was also operated by the South African Air Force, which received eight aircraft and used them between 1957 and 1984.

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Mark I Decals included:

1) Avro Shackleton MR.3, WR975/203-F, No.203 Sq., RAF, Ballykelly Air Base, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, U.K., 1960

2) Avro Shackleton MR.3, WR987/201-R, No.201 Sq., RAF, St. Mawgan Air Base, Cornwall, U.K., 1958

3) Avro Shackleton MR.3 (Phase II), XF730/120-B, No.120 Sq., RAF, Kinloss Air Base, Moray, Scotland, U.K., 1965

4) Avro Shackleton MR.3, 1716/J, No.35 Sq., SAAF, Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa, 1957

5) Avro Shackleton MR.3 (Phase II), 1722/P, No.35 Sq., SAAF, Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa, the 1960s

6) Avro Shackleton MR.3 (Phase II), 1717/O, No.35 Sq., SAAF, Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa, the 1960s

Instructions: http://www.4pluspublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CMR144-001-Avro-Shackleton-MR.3-The-Growler_instr-web.pdf

This is a reissue of the 2005 kit: https://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=3574

1/144 de Havilland Mosquito NF/F/PR.II 'Intruder' new plastic parts (propellers) - Mark I Models

  

1/144  de Havilland Mosquito NF/F/PR.II 'Intruder' new plastic parts (propellers) - Mark I Models
 
Code Number:MKM144123
£21.60 £19.44 

[A] - No.157 Sqn, RAF, Castle Camps, UK, April 1942.

[B] - No.60 Sqn, SAAF, Castel Benito Airfield, Libya, Summer 1943.

[C] - No.23 Sqn, RAF, Luqa Airfield, Malta, December 1942.

[D] - No.410 Sqn, RCAF, Coleby Grange Airfield, UK Summer 1943

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144123
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1/144 Aermacchi MB.326 | Main operators | RESIN KIT by Heroes Models

 1/144 Aermacchi MB.326 | Main operators | RESIN KIT by Heroes Models

Ready to assemble MB.326 resin model in 1/144 scale with clear resin canopy and canopy masks.

• 12 resin pieces.
• clear resin canopy.
• Detailed built-in cockpit.
• Easy to assembly one-piece fuselage.
• High detailed ejection seats.
• Photo etched parts
• Resin 3d print for the tiny antennas and pitots
• Screenprinting decal for 4 planes.
• Canopy mask in kabuki tape.
• Colorful instruction with 3 views profiles and colors suggestions.

Weight 0.085 kg
Dimensions 14 × 11 × 3.5 cm
Resin Type
Model Kit

23,00€

https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-mb-326-main-operators-resin-kit/

MB-326H Royal Australian Air Force
No. 25 Squadron, 1990

AT-26 Força Aérea Brasileira
1°/10° G.Av. “Esquadrão Poker”, 1995

MB-326E “Vola Fenice” (Private Owner)
Painted as Italian AF (6° Stormo AM), 2019

IMPALA MK.1 – South African Air Force
Central Flying School, 1971

1/144 Heroes Models "one-shot decals" T-28D Trojan, Spitfire MK IXc (HAF/SAAF)

 

1/144 Heroes Models "one-shot decals"  T-28D Trojan, Spitfire MK IXc (HAF/SAAF)

T-28D Trojan | NX632NA Private Owners | 2019
After a complete revision this T-28, owned by a group of american pilots, wear this fictional but eye-catching French camo. The French flew the T-28S but this one is a D version.

1/144 T-28D Trojan | Private Owner | ONE SHOT DECAL 2,50€

Suggested kit: Miniwing

 

Spitfire MK.IXc | Hellenic Air Force | 2021
After a deep restoration in UK this beautiful Spitfire, already present in the HAF museum, touched the sky again this year!

1/144 Spitfire MK.IXc | Hellenic Air Force | ONE SHOT DECAL 2,50€
Suggested kit: Eduard

Spitfire MK.IXc | 4 Squadron SAAF | Sicily, 1943
A not so common desert camouflaged Mk.IX with unusual letter codes, Supermarine style serial and SAAF roundels. What more could I want?

1/144 Spitfire MK.IXc | 4 Squadron SAAF | ONE SHOT DECAL 2,50€
Suggested kit: Eduard

P-51B Mustang| 76th Fighter Sq. 23rd Fighter Group | China 1944
A classical Olive Drab/Neutral Gray scheme, with uncommon dark-outlined roundels and a very large shark mouth, for this P-51 based in China.

1/144 P-51B | 76th Fighter Sq USAAF | ONE SHOT DECAL 2,50€ 
Suggested kit: SWEET

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 de Havilland Vampire FB.5/FB.52 - Mark I

1/144 de Havilland Vampire FB.5/FB.52 - Mark I

de Havilland Vampire FB.5/FB.52 'Commonwealth Service' (2in1 = 2 kits in 1 box)
(RAF, RAuxAF, RCAF, SAAF)

The de Havilland Vampire was a British jet fighter developed during WWII. It was the second jet, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF. The Vampire Mk.5, which flew in June 1948, was a fighter-bomber modified from a Vampire F.3 fighter.

It was a single-seat monoplane aircraft, of a combined wood-and-metal construction, powered by a DH Goblin turbojet. It featured twin-boom tail configuration with two wing-root intakes, bubble canopy and was fitted with a non-ejection seat. Two external tanks or 500lb bombs could be carried under the wing, while eight 3" RPs could be attached inboard of the booms.

The Vampire replaced wartime piston-engine fighters and was in front-line service until 1953. The Vampire FB.5 equipped many RAF squadrons in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East, and was supplied to other Commonwealth air force units.

Almost 3,300 Vampires of all marks were manufactured (of which 930 were FB.5s for the RAF and another 88 for export), a quarter of them built under licence in other countries. It was also sold to many nations and operated in a wide range of environments around the world.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5, VV217, de Havilland Aircraft Company trials a/c, Hatfield airfield, 1949

2) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5, VZ267, Black L, No.613 (City of Manchester) Sq., Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Ringway airfield, 1951-57

3) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5, VZ339, No.421 Sq., Royal Canadian Air Force, Odiham airfield, U.K., spring 1951

4) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.52, Black 238, Advanced Flying School, South African Air Force, Air Force Base Pietersburg, South Africa, 1968

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 31 parts and three clear parts (the cockpit canopy and position lights). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14468

Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire

http://www.airvectors.net/avvamp.html