Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 07:33 PM UTC
Jean-Luc Formery takes a look at the content of Model Aircraft Volume 11 Issue 04 (April 2012).
Introduction
Model Aircraft is a sister magazine of Scale Aviation Modeller International and is published by SAM Publications as well. While the latter is more focused on aircraft modeling, Model Aircraft's articles have a stronger historical background to them. It is nevertheless aimed at modelers since most of the content is accompanied by builds of plastic model kits for illustration purposes.
Here is a list of the aircraft types featured in this issue of Model Aircraft:
Airco DH2
- 2 pages of scale plan drawings.
Airbus A380
- 4 pages build article of the 1:144 scale Revell kit built in a what if? FedEx scheme using DRAW Decal decals.
BAC Lightning
- 4 pages historical article with 14 color photos.
Dassault Super Mystère
- 1 page historical article with 4 color photos.
- 1 page review build article of the 1:72 scale AZ Model kit n°7351.
- 1 page review build article of the 1:72 scale AZ Model kit n°7346.
de Havilland Sea Venom
- 7 pages historical article with 18 B&W photos and 3 color photos.
Dewoitine D-520
- 2 pages of scale plan drawings.
General Dynamics F-111B
- 4 pages historical article with 5 B&W photos, 5 color photos and 6 profiles.
KM Ekranoplan
- 4 pages build article of the 1:144 scale Anigrand resin kit.
McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom
- 4 pages historical article with 12 color photos of Phantoms in JASDF service.
Supermarine Seafire F.XVII
- 4 pages build article of the 1/48 scale Airfix kit built with Eduard seatbelts and Frieghtdog Models decals.
Other articles
- Operation Pointblank (6 pages article with 10 B&W photos and 8 Allied aircraft profiles).
- IPMS (UK) Column.
- US Patrol - Red Tails (14 B&W photos).
- German Seaplane Fighters Part.2 (KDW, W11, W16 and W25).
Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AeroScale
Model Aircraft is a sister magazine of Scale Aviation Modeller International and is published by SAM Publications as well. While the latter is more focused on aircraft modeling, Model Aircraft's articles have a stronger historical background to them. It is nevertheless aimed at modelers since most of the content is accompanied by builds of plastic model kits for illustration purposes.
Here is a list of the aircraft types featured in this issue of Model Aircraft:
Airco DH2
- 2 pages of scale plan drawings.
Airbus A380
- 4 pages build article of the 1:144 scale Revell kit built in a what if? FedEx scheme using DRAW Decal decals.
BAC Lightning
- 4 pages historical article with 14 color photos.
Dassault Super Mystère
- 1 page historical article with 4 color photos.
- 1 page review build article of the 1:72 scale AZ Model kit n°7351.
- 1 page review build article of the 1:72 scale AZ Model kit n°7346.
de Havilland Sea Venom
- 7 pages historical article with 18 B&W photos and 3 color photos.
Dewoitine D-520
- 2 pages of scale plan drawings.
General Dynamics F-111B
- 4 pages historical article with 5 B&W photos, 5 color photos and 6 profiles.
KM Ekranoplan
- 4 pages build article of the 1:144 scale Anigrand resin kit.
McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom
- 4 pages historical article with 12 color photos of Phantoms in JASDF service.
Supermarine Seafire F.XVII
- 4 pages build article of the 1/48 scale Airfix kit built with Eduard seatbelts and Frieghtdog Models decals.
Other articles
- Operation Pointblank (6 pages article with 10 B&W photos and 8 Allied aircraft profiles).
- IPMS (UK) Column.
- US Patrol - Red Tails (14 B&W photos).
- German Seaplane Fighters Part.2 (KDW, W11, W16 and W25).
Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AeroScale
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