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VOLUME 11. ISSUE 122. SEPTEMBER 2015
REGULARS
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- EDITORIAL
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- NEWSLINE
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- EVENTS DIARY
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- CONTACTS DETAILS
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- NEXT ISSUE
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- FINAL THOUGHTS…
REVIEWS
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VOL.11 ISS.122 SEPTEMBER 2015
Editor:
Editorial:
FEATURES
P16 BATTLE OF BRITAIN SERIES NO.9
Alan Price continues his series to commemorate
the 75th Anniversary of the BoB with a build of the
Classic Airframes Bristol Blenheim
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P24 KIT PREVIEW
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Art:
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We take a look at the brand-new, Zoukei-Mura
Ta152H-0
P26 HIGH FLYING WHIFFER
Jason Brewer gets the best from the HobbyBoss
Ta152C-11
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We take an extended look at Revell’s excellent 1:32
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P64 NEW RELEASES KITS
The latest kit releases assessed
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Brett Green shows how to convert Tamiya’s 1:48
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John Wilkes tackles Kitty Hawk’s latest kit, the
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EDITORIAL
f there is one aspect of our hobby that
has really taken off (sorry) over the last
few years, it’s the rise in the volume
of new finishing materials and the
articles that have appeared, to show
the modeller how to use each and every
one. Pick up any magazine and you’ll find
a number of articles that are simply step
by step guides to painting and weathering,
with the model kit that is being used as a
canvass, almost an afterthought.
Unfair? Maybe, but I think that a rebalancing of the scales in
favour of the construction of the kit is needed and that is what we
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MODELMAKING VERSUS MODEL FINISHING…
intend to do over the coming months.
Firstly, I am in no way decrying the content of the other
magazines that are on sale for you to enjoy. Each offers the reader
plenty of wonderfully inspiring models that it is hoped, will send you
running to the workbench. But there can be a degree of repetition,
with similar step by step guides appearing across the titles - this
one included. That is not good for the manufacturers who see their
kits usurped in features for endless images of finishing products, or
readers, who see essentially the same articles repeated over
and over.
What we often see are articles that show the reader how to
paint and weather the model, but less about how to actually build
it. I’ve been guilty of this myself, running headlong through the
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Any model that you build will need
around the same amount of time to
build and paint, and yet we often
create features in which 10% of the
content is construction and 90%
painting and weathering
IN THIS ISSUE…
construction phases so that I can get on to the more interesting painting steps.
But this often does the reader and manufacturer a disservice; what if there are
subtleties in the build that need to be highlighted? How was the fit? Was filler
needed - if so, should you show it? Has detail been added? If so, where, how
and with what? Is the model accurate? You get the picture…
Any model that you build will need around the same amount of time to build
and paint, and yet we often create features in which 10% of the content is
construction and 90% painting and weathering. Odd eh?
The other aspect of these features that perhaps needs to be rebalanced is
the almost overwhelming use of weathering on every model that we feature
and thus the disproportionate number of pages that this takes up. Weathering
of models and the materials on offer to create the illusion of use, is perhaps
the biggest growth area in our hobby. Go to any show and you will find
hundreds of excellent products that will allow an infinite number of finishes to
be created with ease, publications, guides, online sites and forums, all offering
additional guidance to their purchase and use. Though I use these these
materials, I am more than aware that there are lots of modellers out there
that don’t, modellers who consider the subject, the kit and the markings, to be
far more important than the dirt that many modellers use to cover them over!
Many of our readers are modellers because they are interested in aircraft, their
design, shape, markings and weapons and simply want to create miniatures
of these machines, not the environment in which they operate. Weathering,
though a vital part of the picture perhaps needs to once again be - in some of
the features - a smaller part of the jigsaw, not the entire puzzle. The subject
and the kit built to recreate it in miniature, must be centre stage - not the
products use to paint it.
So, over the coming months we are going to publish features that
concentrate more heavily on the construction of the kits, especially those that
are new to the market. We will obviously be including painting guides, but
these will take a less prominent position - unless the feature is designed to be
a painting and weathering guide, Jamie Haggo’s excellent features, being a
good example. We are planning to not only offer this within complete builds,
but also publish standalone construction features where an entire kit is
built from the box, without painting, to show
you exactly how it goes together without
the gloss of a finish. We feel that this will
offer readers the chance to assess a new
model for themselves, see the detail, fit
and finish and then be able to make a clear
judgement of that product and whether or
not to buy it, on the strength of our images.
We’ve already completed our first unpainted
build, assembling the Eduard Avia B534 for a
full feature next month - we hope
you approve!
These are not going to be wholesale
changes, just tweaks that will refocus some
of our features, to offer more in the way
of construction rather than painting and
weathering. Only time will tell if we are on the
right track and if you, dear reader, are happy
with the results!
Spencer Pollard
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W
elcome to the September issue of MAI! We hope you
enjoy the features this month and find plenty of ideas
within the content to inspire you to build a model or
two over the coming weeks.
This month sees us looking at a number of Focke-
Wulf kits. Taking centre stage is the new Revell F-8. Modelled in 1:32,
this excellent new kit is a perfect canvass for a detailed build and some
imaginative painting and weathering. Alongside our Revell kit build,
you’ll also find a very fine Ta 152C-11 - the latter painted in a stunning
‘What-If’, overall pale blue camouflage.
Continuing our WWII theme this month, we show you how to
replicate a pair of classic ‘Bristol twins’ the Blenheim and Beaufighter.
Using both the Classic Airframes and Tamiya kits, these two will
provide plenty of information both on the real aircraft and the tools and
techniques needed to recreate each one in miniature.
Finally, we take a look at the brand-new Kitty Hawk UH-1Y “Venom”.
This 1:48 helicopter kit recreates the US Marines latest Huey and
as such, offers the chance to included plenty of detail, weapons and
features in one, comprehensive package.
So this then is the September issue of your favourite aircraft
modelling magazine - we hope you like it!
PICK OF THE MONTH…
DIEGO’S DELIGHTS
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AIRCRAFT
MODELLING TECHNIQUES: COCKPITS
he latest book to appear under the Ammo banner, is the first
in a series of in-depth modelling guides from the talented
Diego Quijano, one of Europe’s very best aircraft modellers.
This one deals with ‘cockpits’ and as such, walks the
modeller through the construction and painting of a wide
variety
variety of different kits, aircraft, scales and approaches. From out of
the box builds, though to complex scratchbuilt interiors, you’ll find all
bases covered.
The quality of the models is extraordinary, the design sublime
and the printing top-notch. This book is simply a one-stop guide
to everything you will ever need to know about cockpits, their
construction and painting! We can’t wait to see the next is the series!
For more information on this new series of books, please visit the
Ammo website: www.migjimenez.com
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