Fresh kit boxings from the South Korean manufacturer are due this coming winter. See what they are here…
Academy is set to offer various products from this November through to January 2024. Aircraft, military and automotive genres are catered for, across different scales, and while many are reissues, two are completely new toolings aimed squarely at the ‘home’ market…
PKAY12361 USN T-34B Mentor "VT-5 Training Air Wing" 1/48 £17.99 (top)
This is a re-boxed Minicraft kit with fresh decals, representing US Navy training airframes, and canopy masks are provided:
• T-34B, BuNo 140950, VT-5, 1976
• T-34B BuNo 144090, VT-5, 1984
• T-34B BuNo 140702, VT-1, Air Station Saufley Field, Florida, 1976
PKAY12586 USN PBM-5A Mariner Flying Boat, ca.1947-58 1/72 £29.99
Another Minicraft parts reissue, offering moveable/poseable rudder, ailerons and flaps, detailed engines and two cowling flap positions. Interior detail is provided, plus opening bomb bays and the choice of three- or four-bladed propellers. Two different airframes can be represented.
PKAY12631 C-130J-30 Super Hercules, 1999-present 1/144 £22.99
A reissue of the Minicraft, this ‘Herky Bird’ allows you to pose the rear ramp up or down and has multiple markings choices:
• 16-5833, 15-5817 or 16-5841, 36th Airlift SQ, 374th Airlift Wing, USAF Fifth Air Force, Yokata AFB, Japan, 2017-23
• 08-5705, ‘Four Horsemen’ Demo Team, 61st Airlift Squadron, 19th Airlift Wing, USAF, Little Rock AFB, 2020-present
• 35-730, 45-744, 45-747 or 45-750, 251st Airlift Squadron, 5th Air Mobility Wing, Republic of Korea Air Force, 2023
• Hercules C.4 ZH868, ZH869 or ZH876, 47 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton
• A97-440, 441, 442, 447, 448, 449, 450, 464, 465, 466, 467 or 468, Royal Australian Air Force
PKAY12632 US B-52D Stratofortress 1/144 £26.99
A full complement of M117 bombs come with this re-release of the Minicraft tooling, as well as markings for the following B-52D airframes:
• 55-0675, retired October 1982, broken up December 1993
• 56-0676, first B-52 to down a MiG-21 in combat (North Vietnam), preserved at Fairchild AFB, Washington
• 55-0677, preserved at Yankee Air Museum, Michigan
• 56-0591 Tommy's Tigator, 4925th Test Group (Atomic), crashed June 1959, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon
PKAY13426 British Army Challenger 1 Mk.3 1/72 £11.99
This neat little kit has link-and-length tracks and a choice of three sets of markings for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Kuwait 1991, Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, Tank Museum, Bovington and Queen’s Royal Dragoon Guards, Bosnia 1996
PKAY13529 German PzKpfw V Panther Ausf G Early 1/35 £37.99
Photo-etched metal details and link-and-length tracks accompany this Panther, which also come with decal for the following colour schemes:
• 1./Pz.Rgt. 24, 116.Pz-Div., Ardennes, Belgium, December 1944
• 1./SS.Pz.Rgt 1, Belgium, September 1944
• 10.SS-Pz-Div., Arnswalde, Poland, February 1945
• 1./Pz.Rgt.24, 116.Pz.Div, France, August 1944
• 1st SS-Pz-Div., Luxembourg, late 1944
• Unknown unit, Germany, January 1945
• Polish Home Army, Warsaw, August 1944
PKAY15145 Hyundai Porter II Box Truck, c.2004-present 1/24 £35.99
This is the first of Academy’s brand-new toolings, which should please any fan of commercial vehicles. It involves multi-colour parts, a detailed cab, interior and chassis, plus decals for the instruments and registrations
PKAY15617 Kia Brisa 4-door saloon car, c.1974-81 1/24 £35.99
Also featuring multi-colour parts, Academy’s Kia replicates the four-door saloon built from 1974-81. It comes with a driver figure and detailed floor pan.
This is a pleasing mix of subjects, which will all be available in the UK via Academy importer Bachmann Europe.
