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This varied selection of reader projects incorporates vintage conversions, the latest toolings, starter sets and inspiration from Airfix Model World... Plus bonus online entries.
Valiant Wings plans Bristol Beaufort guide!
Valiant Wings has announced its next Airframe Detail reference guide will be dedicated to the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber, following newly tooled kits from Airfix and ICM depicting the type.
VENTRAL PUNCH: Airfix re-issues 1/72 Blenheim Mk.IVf Fighter
Here's a return for a popular small-scale kit from Airfix: the 1/72 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IVf, armed with a ventral gun pack. JOHN FULLER takes a closer look at what this re-issued offering has to offer.
SILVER PERIOD TREASURE: AIRFIX’S BRISTOL BULLDOG
Biplane fans still only have Airfix's 1/72 1969 tooling to replicate the Bristol Bulldog in styrene. It's a product of its time, but has still have many plus points and can be made into a great model. Find out more via our detailed review, which also offers period photos.
BADER’S BULLDOG
Chris Jones replicates Douglas Bader's 'silver period' mount with Airfix's vintage 1/72 Bristol Bulldog Mk.II, and adds scratch-built detail and rigging.
YOUR AIRFIX: 1/72 Bristol Superfreighter
Vintage Classics showcase: Bob Newberry explains his longstanding interest in the Bristol Superfreighter, and why he was compelled to modify Airfix's 1/72 kit of the type.
Hobby 2000's Maritime Mauler: 1/72 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIc
Chris Jones builds Hobby 2000's re-boxing of the Hasegawa-tooled 1/72 Beaufighter Mk.VIc, (almost) out of the box - employing just the kit styrene and familiar painting techniques to produce a convincing finish.
SPIKY OUTLETS
Here’s a ‘Quick and Easy’ solution for replicating the hedgehog-type exhausts (fitted for flame-damping purposes) on Revell’s 1/48 Bristol Beaufighter, courtesy of CMK.
HOW DO THEY GET IN ?
Sometimes a project can snowball if just a simple question is raised during construction – for Editor Stu Fone and Airfix’s re-issued 1/72 Beaufighter TF.X, it was wondering how the crew entered the aircraft.