TACTICAL SUPPORT DOG
Christian Lupu takes a ‘desert dog’ into the woods, as he applies a camouflage green livery to Meng Model’s 1/35 Husky TSV.
Blockade runner
Massimo Santarossa finds out if Special Hobby’s newly tooled 1/72 Short Sunderland Mk.V sinks or swims.
Transport Workhorse
Garry Tobiss builds the heavy-lift version of Sabre’s 1/35 Schwerer Plattformwagen armoured vehicle transport railcar, and creates a diorama for display.
KNIGHT OF THE AUTOBAHN
Nick Shuttleworth replicates a continental load-carrier with Revell’s superb 1/24 Büssing 8000 S13 truck.
V Bomber Trio
This photo evocative captures air-to-air the RAF's potent Cold War trio of V-bombers - the Avro Vulcan, Vickers Valiant and Handley Page Victor respectively.
Marvellous Markings
Decals can supply the finishing touch to a project. Here we offer advice on how to get the best from kit markings.
REGIONAL PROPLINER
Airfix’s Vintage Classics series now includes aircraft subjects and one of the first re-releases is the lovely 1959 Heron Mk.II, with markings for the original Jersey Airlines livery.
SOVIET-SUPPLIED SWALLOW
ICM’s 1/32 Polikarpov I-16 Type 10 returns, this time representing fighters nicknamed ‘Lastochka’ (Swallow) by its Chinese Nationalist operators between 1938-39.
WIDEBODY CARRIER
This new-tool offering from Zvezda is the first 1/144 scale model kit of the Airbus A350-1000 airliner, representing the longer version with a greater passenger capacity and extended range over the A350-900.