Mark I Models 1:144 - Page 5
Lavochkin La-7 ‘Berlin Operation’
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
Lavochkin La-7 ‘Post-war Service’
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 58 (c/n unknown), 2nd Sq. (AE), 6th Fighter Regiment (IAP), Pacific Ocean Fleet (TOF), Soviet Naval Air Force (VVS VMF), Vtoraya Rechka airfield, Vladivostok, Soviet Union, August 1945
2) Lavochkin La-7, White 06 (c/n 45210806), ‘Gorkovskiy rabochiy’, 2nd Czechoslovak Fighter Regiment, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), Kraków-Balice airfield, Poland, May 1945
Lavochkin La-7, White 06 (c/n 45210806), ‘Gorkovskiy rabochiy’, 2nd Air Regiment (LP 2), Czechoslovak Air Force, Piešťany airfield, Czechoslovakia, spring 1946
3) S-97 (Lavochkin La-7), s/n S 97-860, White SU-60 (c/n 45210860), 3rd Sq., 44th Air Regiment (LP 44), Czechoslovak Air Force, Vajnory airfield, Czechoslovakia, spring 1948
4) Lavochkin La-7 (3-cannon), White 63 (c/n unknown), 63rd Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by A. Maresyev, Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG), Soviet Air Force (VVS USSR), Eggersdorf airfield, Germany, winter 1945/46
Lavochkin La-7 ‘Supreme Fighter’
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 10 (c/n unknown), 4th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), Red Banner Baltic Fleet (KBF), Soviet Naval Air Force (VVS VMF), Lipovo airfield, Soviet Union, autumn 1944
2) Lavochkin La-7, White 63 (c/n unknown), 813th Fighter Regiment (IAP), Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), East Prussia, Germany, winter 1944/45
3) Lavochkin La-7, White 24 (c/n unknown), 3rd Sq. (АE), 9th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by Maj. A-Kh. Sultan, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), East Prussia, Germany, early 1945
4) Lavochkin La-7 (3-cannon), Black 69 (c/n unknown), unknown Fighter Regiment, Soviet Air Force (VVS USSR), shown on the occasion of the opening of the Park of Culture and Leisure at Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1947
Lavochkin La-7 (S-97) ‘In Czechoslovak Service’
Bagged Edition
This injection-moulded kit (one model is included) 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 11/4 (c/n 45212611), 2nd Air Regiment (LP 2), Czechoslovak Air Force, Piešťany airfield, Czechoslovakia, spring 1946
2) S-97 (Lavochkin La-7), White JV-8 (c/n 45210813), 2nd Sq., 1st Air Regiment (LP 1), Czechoslovak Air Force, Zvolen (Tri Duby) airfield, Czechoslovakia, autumn 1947
3) S-97 (Lavochkin La-7), Red B-4717 (c/n 45210721), Police Air Patrol Unit (LH) Piešťany, Czechoslovak Police Air Force (Bezpečnostní letectvo), Piešťany airfield, Czechoslovakia, summer 1950
4) Lavochkin La-7 (3-cannon), Grey 09 (c/n 38100965), 2nd Air Regiment (LP 2), Czechoslovak Air Force, seen at Zvolen (Tri Duby) airfield, Czechoslovakia, summer 1946
5) S-97 (Lavochkin La-7, 3-cannon), s/n S 97-465, White PL-02 (c/n 38101465), ground instructional airframe, Anti-aircraft Artillery Training Establishment (PLU), Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, late 1950s
Messerschmitt Me-262B 'Night Fighter' (2in1)
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.
Messerschmitt Me-262B Schwalbe 'Jet Trainer' (2in1)
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 training 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.
In total, some 29 Me 262Bs were modified, with the conversions shared between B&V and DLH, and in fact all two-seaters were adapted from existing Me 262A airframes. Of these, nine aircraft were later upgraded to the combat night-fighter variant, the Me 262B-1a/U1.
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. The original Me 262A's on-board offensive armament was to be deleted, but some B-model aircraft carried two or even four MK 108 cannons in the fuselage nose.
A number of Me 262s fell into Allied hands and some were examined in Britain, the USSR and the USA post-war. In Czechoslovakia, three two-seater CS-92s were completed and utilised by the Air Force until 1951.
Mirage IIIBE/DE/DS/5BD Two-seater ‘European Service’
This injection-moulded kit contains 45 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy and a landing/taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIIBE, c/n 276, Black 2-ZG/276, ECT (Escadron de Chasse et de Transformation) 2/2 ‘Côte d’Or’ (Esc. SPA 65 & SPA 94), French Air Force (Armée de l’Air, AdA), Air Base (BA) 102 Dijon-Longvic, France, 1978
2) AMD Mirage IIIDE, s/n CE.11-26, Black 112-13/CE11-26, Escuadron 112 ‘Rublos’, Ala de Caza 11 (Fighter Wing), Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire), Manises Air Base, Spain, 1979
3) Federal Aircraft Works F+W Mirage IIIDS (AMD), c/n 101/228F, Black J-2012, Flieger Staffel 16 (Fighter Sq.), Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe), Buochs Air Base, Switzerland, late 1980s
Federal Aircraft Works F+W Mirage IIIDS (AMD), c/n 101/228F, Grey HB-RDF/ Black J-2012, Fondation du Musée de l’Aviation Militaire de Payerne ‘Clin d’Ailes‘, Payerne Air Base, Switzerland, 2008
4) SABCA Mirage 5BD, c/n 211, White BD 11, 2e Esc. ‘La Comète’, 2e Wing Tactique, Belgian Air Force (Force aérienne belge), Florennes Air Base, Belgium, 1985
Mirage IIIC 'Delta-wing Fighter' (French & Swiss AF)
This injection-moulded kit contains 49 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy).
A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIIC, No.24, Black 5-OG/24, Escadron de Chasse 2/5 'de-France', French Air Force (Armee de l'Air), Air Base (BA) 115 Orange-Caritat, France, 1967
2) AMD Mirage IIIC, No.30, Black 110-RE/30, Escadron de Chasse 2/10 'Seine', French Air Force (Armee de l'Air), Air Base (BA) 110 Creil, France, 1979
3) AMD Mirage IIIC, No.27, Black 3-10-LE/27, Escadron de Chasse 3/10 'Vexin', French Air Force (Armee de l'Air), Air Base (BA) 188 Djibouti, 1980
4) AMD Mirage IIIC, Black J-2201, "Blumli" (Blossom), test a/c, Gruppe fur Rustungsdienste (GRD Armament Services Group), Swiss Air Force, Emmen Air Base, 1973
Mirage IIICJ/CZ 'Mach 2 Warrior' (Israeli, Argentinian & South African AF)
Description: This injection-moulded kit contains 49 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy).
A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIICJ "Shahak" (Skyblazer), No.84, Black 784, No.119 'Bat' Sq. (119 Tayeset), Israeli Air Force (Kheil HaAvir), Tel Nof Air Base, Israel, 1966-67
2) AMD Mirage IIICJ "Shahak" (Skyblazer), No.07, Black 107, No.117 'The First Jet' Sq. (117 Tayeset), Israeli Air Force (Kheil HaAvir), Ramat David Air Base, Israel, autumn 1973
3) AMD Mirage IIICJ, (ex-Israeli No.12), Black C-703, Escuadron 55 (Sq.), Grupo Aereo 4 de Caza (Air Fighter Group), Argentinian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina), El Plumerillo Military Air Base (BAM), Argentina, 1987
4) AMD Mirage IIICZ, No.161/ 806, Black 806, No.2 Sq. 'Flying Cheetahs', South African Air Force, Air Force Base Waterkloof, South Africa, 1975
Mirage IIID/50DC/50DV/Dagger B Two-seater ‘Australia & South America’
This injection-moulded kit contains 47 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy and a landing/taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
1) AMD/GAF Mirage IIID, s/n A3-104, White 104, No.2 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit), Royal Australian Air Force, Williamtown Base, New South Wales, Australia, 1979
2) IAI Dagger B (ex-IAF Nesher T), C-426 (c/n T-05), Black C-426, Escuadrón I de Cazabombardeo (Fighter-Bomber Sq.), Grupo Aéreo 6 de Caza (Air Fighter Group), VI. Brigada Aérea (Air Brigade), Argentinian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina), Tandil Military Air Base (BAM), Argentina, 1982
IAI Dagger B (ex-IAF Nesher T), C-426 (c/n T-05), Black 26, special decoration to celebrate centenary of the AAF, Escuadrón I de Cazabombardeo (Fighter-Bomber Sq.), Grupo Aéreo 6 de Caza (Air Fighter Group), VI. Brigada Aérea (Air Brigade), Argentinian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina), Tandil Military Air Base (BAM), Argentina, 2012-14
3) AMD Mirage 50DC, c/n 516, Black 516, Grupo de Aviación 4 (Aviation Group), IV Brigada Aérea (Air Brigade), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACh), Chabunco Air Base (Base Aérea Chabunco), Punta Arenas, Chile, the 1990s
4) AMD Mirage 50DV (upgraded Mirage 5DV), c/n 7512, Black 7512, Escuela de Aviación Militar (Military Aviation School), Grupo Aéreo de Caza No.11 (Air Group), Venezuelan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Venezolana, FAV), El Libertador Air Base (Base Aérea Libertador), Aragua, Venezuela, seen during ‘Exercise Cruzex II’, Natal Air Force Base, Brazil, November 2004
Mirage IIIDP/5SDD/5DM/Nesher T Two-seater ‘Asia & Africa’
This injection-moulded kit contains 46 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy and a landing/taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) IAI Nesher T (Vulture), c/n T-05, Black 625, No.144 ‘Defenders of Arava’ Sq. (144 Tayeset), Israeli Air Force (Kheil HaAvir), Etzion Air Base (Bacha 10), Sinai, Israel, 1975
2) AMD Mirage IIIDP, s/n 67-301, Black 301, No.7 (TA) ‘Bandits’ Sq., No.32 (Tactical Attack) Wing, Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza’ya), Masroor Air Base, Pakistan, 2017-18
3) AMD Mirage 5SDD, c/n 2005, Black 2005, “Royal Saudi Air Force”, a/c purchased by Saudi Arabia on behalf of Egypt for service with the EAF (Egyptian Air Force), AMD plant, Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, France, 1974
4) Mirage 5DM, c/n 202, Black M202, No.211 Sq., 21st Fighter-Attack Wing, Zaire Air Force (Force Aérienne Zaïroise, FAZ), Kamina Air Base, Zaire, late 1970s
Mirage IIIE/EE/RS/5BA ‘In Europe‘
This injection-moulded kit contains 53 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy, taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIIE, No.568, Black 4-BI, Escadron de Chasse 2/4 ‘La Fayette’, French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Air Base (BA) 116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur, France, early 1970s
2) AMD Mirage IIIEE, No.631/C.11-23, Black 111-12/C11-23, Escuadron 111 ‘Dólares’, Ala de Caza 11 (Fighter Wing), Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire), Manises Air Base, Spain, 1973
3) AMD Mirage IIIRS, No.5, Black R-2101, Überwachungsgeschwader (Surveillance Sq.), Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe), Dübendorf Air Base, Switzerland, late 1965
4) SABCA Mirage 5BA, No.021, White BA 21, 2e Esc. ‘La Comète’, 2e Wing Tactique, Belgian Air Force (Force aérienne belge), Florennes Air Base, Belgium, late 1985