BLOOD-SUCKING ‘WEEKENDER’
Vampire F Mk.3
By: Revell
Item no: 03934 Price: £12.99
Web: www.revell.de/en
Special Hobby’s delightful Vampire has made it into Revell packaging, but with just two liveries (as opposed to four in the original), and one is repeated. This is definitely ‘new’ Special Hobby styrene, akin to its Mirage F.1, with proper locating pins and a more mainstream production appearance. Panel line engraving is exquisite, and it’s particularly neat how the engine front section is moulded. The wheels are of the correct three-spoke variety (with separate hubs), trailing edges are relatively thin and one receives underwing tanks and rockets. No photo-etched metal is present, although Special Hobby does offer a separate detail set. The two aluminium schemes, via well-printed decals, are for Royal Auxiliary Air Force machines:
• VT821/L, 601 Sqn, North Weald, July 1952
• VF316/A, 608 Sqn, Thornaby, 1951
SURPRISE PERFORMER
Kawasaki Ki 100-I Koh Type 5
Fighter (Tony) ‘5th Flight Regiment’
By: Hasegawa
Item no: 07415 Price: £33.49
Web: www.amerang.co.uk
Hasegawa’s early Ki-100 hasn’t been available for more than ten years, so its re-release is most welcome. Converted from the Ki-61 but with a radial engine, t…
