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One injection-moulded kit is supplied in this box; it contains 48 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.3, XV738, Grey B, No.4 Sq., RAF, during 'Exercise Match Coat', Gutersloh Air Base, Germany, September 1984
2) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.3, XZ129/A2604 (ex-RAF a/c), Black ETS, Engineering Training School (ETS), RN, serving as an instructional airframe, RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Somerset, U.K., 1992-94
3) AV-8A Harrier (Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.50), BuNo 158703, White 703, VMA-513 (Marine Attack Squadron 513) 'Flying Nightmares', US Marine Corps, Sheppard AFB, Texas, U.S.A., April 1980
4) AV-8C Harrier (Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.50), BuNo 158387/N719NA, Black 719, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ames Research Center, NAS Moffett Field, California, U.S.A., 1986-1995

Description: This injection-moulded kit contains 35 parts, one clear part (the cockpit canopy) and a small fret with 41 photo-etched parts. For modeller's convenience a display base, made of pasteboard card, depicting a section of the Luftwaffe military airfield is added. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) He-219A-0, DV+DL (W.Nr. 190116), Luftwaffe, Werneuchen airfield, Germany, summer 1944
2) He-219A-0, DV+DI, Black 113 (W.Nr. 190113), Luftwaffe, Rechlin-Lärz Air Base, Germany, 1943-44
3) He-219A-0/R6, G9+FK (W.Nr. 190012), 2./NJG 1, Luftwaffe, Venlo-Herongen airfield, the Netherlands, April 1944
4) LB-79 (He-219A-5), Black 32, LVÚ Aviation Research Institute, serving with 2nd Sq., 51st Air Regiment, Czechoslovak Air Force, Plzeň-Bory airfield, Czechoslovakia, early 1952

Heinkel He-219A-5 'Night Owl' includes a small fret with photo-etched parts (aerials, cockpit seats and other details

Description: Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 13 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). Two large decal sheets are included.

Let L-13/L-13A Blanik 'Aeroclub Workhorse' (2 kits in 1)
(Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, U.S.A., U.K., Austria, Hungary)

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Let L-13A Blanik, OK-3702 (c/n 025806; original L-13 reconstructed to L-13A standard), Aeroclub Beroun, Bubovice airfield, Czech Republic, 2008-17
2) Let L-13 Blanik, N8789 (c/n 174534), Post Mills Soaring Club, Post Mills Airport, Vermont, U.S.A., 2010
3) Let L-13 Blanik, G-ATRB (c/n 173305), Bidford Gliding & Flying Club, Bidford airfield, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, U.K., 2009-10
4) Let L-13 Blanik, OE-0935 (c/n 175117), Flugsportclub Ferlach, Ferlach-Glainach airfield, Austria, 2007-10
5) Let L-13 Blanik, HA-5193 (c/n 026804), Opitz Nandor Repulklub, Dunakeszi airfield, Hungary, the 2000s
6) General schemes showing typical L-13 Blanik markings of Czechoslovak aeroclubs during the period 1960-80

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 29 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, open and closed, and an armourglass panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Colour schemes included in the kit:

1)   Lavochkin La-7, White 27 (c/n 45210127), 176th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by Maj. I.N. Kozhedub, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Valga airfield (Estonia, then the USSR), autumn 1944

Lavochkin La-7, White 27 (c/n 45210127), 176th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by Maj. I.N. Kozhedub, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Schönwalde airfield, Germany, April 1945

2)   Lavochkin La-7, White 14 (c/n unknown), 1st Sq. (АE), 9th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by Maj. A.V. Alelyukhin, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Reppen airfield, Germany, April 1945

3)   Lavochkin La-7, White 26 (c/n unknown), 137th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Eggersdorf airfield, Germany, spring 1945

4)   Lavochkin La-7 (3-cannon), White 23 (c/n unknown), ‘Mongolskiy arat’, 2nd Sq., 2nd Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Großenhain airfield, Germany, April/May 1945

Two ex-Eduard injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 38 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). One small fret with photo-etched parts and a comprehensive decal sheet are included.

The Me 262 Schwalbe was a German jet fighter designed by the team led by Willy Messerschmitt. It was one of the most advanced warplanes to see front-line service during WWII. Its protracted development began in 1939, but aerodynamics research work and jet engine development delayed its mass production.

The two-seat aircraft based on the Me 262A-series was conceived in August 1943, but its prototype, a Blohm und Voss-converted Me 262 S5 was first flown only in July 1944.

Two basic B-models existed: the Me 262B-1a trainer and the Me 262B-1a/U1 night-fighter.
In total, some 29 Me 262Bs were modified, with the conversions shared between B&V and DLH. The Me 262B-1a/U1 night-fighters were all modifications, either from already-adapted B-1a trainer aircraft or directly from Me 262A airframes.

The Me 262B was an all-metal low-wing monoplane, of a streamlined design and with two cockpits in tandem. It was powered by two Jumo 004 turbojets suspended under the wings. It was fitted with a swept-back wing and a tricycle landing gear. It had a long clear-view canopy and was fitted with a non-ejection seats. Carriage of the four MK 108 cannons in the nose was intended for all the night-fighters; however, one of the NJG 11-operated Me 262B-1a/U1 had its lower two MK 108 cannons replaced by a pair of MG 151/20 guns. Due to revised fuel tankage the Me 262B-1a/U1 carried two pylons with external fuel tanks under the front fuselage.

A number of Me 262s fell into Allied hands and some were examined in Britain, the USSR and the USA post-war.