Airfix Model World Issue 166

Issue

Tidskrift:: Airfix Model World
Siffra:: Issue 166 | September 2024
Språk:: English

Innehållsförteckning

Editorial | Page 3
Welcome To Issue 166

by Stu Fone

Review | Page 6
News

Latest Updates

Review, 1:35 | Page 8
News

Miniart’s new 1/35 SD.KFZ.234/2 ‘Puma’ with interior

Sd.Kfz.234/2 Puma Interior Kit

MiniArt 1:35

35414 2024 Nytt verktyg

Review, 1:16 | Page 10
News

Das Werk’s Wheely Big Cat

Sd.Kfz. 234/2 “Puma”

Das Werk 1:16

DW16006 2024 Nytt verktyg

Photo Gallery | Page 14
Display Case

This month’s reader-submitted builds demonstrate how a model can be just the starting point for a larger scene - even if that’s as simple as creating a suitable pictorial backdrop

Build Report, 1:48 | Page 18
Pair o’ Pirates

by Chris Jones
In a double first, Chris Jones builds a brace of freshly tooled Corsairs from newcomer to the hobby scene, Magic Factory

F4U-1A/2 Corsair Dual Combo Limited Edition

Magic Factory 1:48

5001 (MGF5001) 2023 Nytt verktyg

Photo Gallery | Page 28
Out And About

by Stu Fone
West Anglia Scale Model Show

Review, 1:24 | Page 30
Dipping a Toe

by Matthew Porter
It’s a moment of truth for Matthew Porter, as he takes a break from aircraft and takes a first step into automotive modelling with Revell’s 1/24 Porsche 917KH racer

Porsche 917K Le Mans 1970 “Limited Edition”

Revell 1:24

07709 2022 Ändrats ???

Reference | Page 36
Photo Focus

Le Mans Legend

Photo Gallery | Page 38
Out And About

by Malcolm V Lowe
Yeovil Spring Model Show 2024

Review | Page 40
Eagle Takes Flight

by Jake Homewood
Jake Homewood adds dynamism to Platz’s impressive Japanese digital-camouflaged F-15J by creating an unique in-flight display

JASDF F-15J Eagle "303 Squadron Digital Gray Camo" JASDF 60th Anniv. Special Painting

Platz 1:72

AC-33 2020 Nya dekaler

Review, 1:35 | Page 48
Let’s Roll

by Paul Cawte
Paul Cawte builds the mysterious Kugelpanzer from Das Werk, using its recent 1/35 dual-combo offering

German

Kugelpanzer 2 kits

Das Werk 1:35

DW35015 (DW 35015) 2020 Nytt verktyg

Build Report | Page 54
From Villian to Good Guy

by Chris Clifford
Editor at Large Chris Clifford - with son Samuel - explores Japanese anime with Bandai’s Dragon Ball Z character Piccolo

Dragon Ball Z

Piccolo Figure-rise Standard

Bandai Spirits

5057788 (2484279) 2019 Ny låda

Build Report, 1:32 | Page 58
Ettore’s Enigmatic Racer

by Mike Williams
Limited-run multi-media kits can be challenging but Mike Williams shows how to get the best from Aerotech’s all-new 1/32 Bugatti 100P Racer

Build Report, 1:24 | Page 64
Secret Spitfire

by Stu Fone
Airfix has taken everyone by surprise with its 1/24 Spitfire Mk.VIII ‘Superkit’- AMW Editor Stu Fone takes an in-depth look at the changes

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII

Airfix 1:24

A17002 2024 Nya delar

Editorial | Page 74
The Stoic Modeller

by Steve Budd
It’s all about context

Build Report, 1:35 | Page 76
Barbarossa Battler

by Johan Augustsson
In the first of a two-part feature, Johan Augustsson portrays Tamiya`s 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf.G as a summertime Eastern Front machine