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74
OCTOBER/NOV 2017 •
£6.50 UK $15.99
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SQUADRON
74
Kent Karlsen’s Dispersal Diorama
CONTENTS
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Hs-123
Was the new Gaspatch 1:48 kit worth the wait? Paolo Portuesi thinks so.
10
Left for Dead
Renzo Bortolotto’s grounded MiG 23M.
20
Tamiya’s 1:32 CORsair
Zdenek Sebesta works his magic with the F4U-A mega-kit.
34
74 Squadron
Kent Karlsen’s ambitious modelling dream is fulfilled in time for issue 74!
44
Air Borne
New releases.
56
Night Owl
Jean-Baptiste Sailliant re-visits Dragon’s vintage 1:72 He-219.
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The
Henschel Hs 123 was a single-seat bi-plane dive bomber and
close-support attack aircraft flown by the German Luftwaffe during
the Spanish Civil War and the early to midpoint of World War II. It
continued to see front-line service until as late as 1944. Used also
by Spain and China it was the first combat aircraft flown by the
famous ace Adolph Galland. The Hs 123 was intended to replace
the Heinkel He 50 biplane as a reconnaissance aircraft and dive
bomber as well as acting as a "stop-gap" measure until the
Junkers Ju 87 became available. As such, production was limited
and no upgrades were considered, although an improved version,
the Hs 123B was developed by Henschel in 1938. The aircraft
entered service with StG 162 in autumn 1936. Its career as a dive
bomber was cut short when the unit received its first Ju 87A the
next year. By 1939, despite its success in Spain, the Luftwaffe
considered the Hs 123 obsolete, but in 1944 was near to
restarting production.
I have always been fascinated by the Hs 123, a kind of
heavyweight bi-plane that was already looking dated in the early
stages of World War II. Until now building a 1:48 model of this
aircraft was possible, but not an easy task. In a striking contrast
with almost every other Luftwaffe aircraft, there has been poor
coverage of the Hs 123 in any scale. The vintage ESCI kit was the
only one really available in 1:48 and to build an acceptable replica
by today’s standards, it needs a lot of expertise and aftermarket
corrections to produce a detailed replica as I did myself some
years ago. I was never entirely happy with the look of my reworked
1:48 Hs 123 so when I heard that GasPatch Models, planned to
release two new state of the art kits in 1:48 I was very excited!
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