Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF/C ‘Formidable Fighter’
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF/C ‘Formidable Fighter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 53 parts and six clear parts (cockpit canopies, position lights etc.). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, X8023, Red BQ-I, No.600 Sq., RAF, Predannack airfield, summer 1942
2) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, T5273, Grey H ‘Benghazi Bus’, No.46 Sq., RAF, Idku airfield (LG-229), Egypt, December 1942
3) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, X8035, Sky J, No.227 Sq., RAF, Luqa airfield, Malta, August 1942
4) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, X8005, Red EW-R, No.307 (Polish) Sq., RAF, Exeter airfield, late 1942
| Ref. No.: | MKM144036 |
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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF/C ‘Formidable Fighter’
The Bristol Beaufighter was a British heavy fighter, developed from the Beaufort torpedo bomber and its first prototype flew in July 1939. The first Beaufighter variants – the Mk.IF and Cs – were high performance fighters and long-range fighters, respectively, while the former Mark also became an efficient night-fighter, employing the then novel AI radar.
The Beaufighter was a two-seat, twin engine, all-metal mid-wing cantilever monoplane, fitted with a retractable undercarriage. It was powered by two Hercules radial engines and the armament consisted of four cannons in the nose, four guns in the starboard wing and another two guns in the port wing. The Beaufighter Mk.VIF, introduced in 1942, was fitted with more powerful engines and its wing mounted guns could be replaced by additional fuel tanks to extend the aircraft’s range.
Like its predecessors, the Mk.VIF was produced for Fighter Command and the Mk.VIC for Coastal Command. Some 1,840 Mk.VI aircraft were produced and this type remained in service until the summer of 1944.
The Beaufighter had a long career and served in almost all theatres of war during the WWII, at first as a night fighter, then as a fighter-bomber and eventually being used as a torpedo-bomber.
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Tempest Mk.V 'Fighter Aces'
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ578, Sky US-I, No.56 Sq., flown by Flg Off J.J. Payton, Royal Air Force, Grimbergen airfield (B-60), Belgium, September 1944
2) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ762, Sky JJ-F, No.274 Sq., flown by Flt Lt D.C. Fairbanks, Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, October/November 1944
3) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ600, Sky SD-F, No.501 Sq., flown by Sq Ldr J. Berry, Royal Air Force, Bradwell Bay airfield, Essex, U.K., October 1944
4) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ667, Sky W2-D, No.80 Sq., flown by Flg/Off J.W. Garland, Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, December 1944
5) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV969, Sky SA-A, No.486 (NZ) Sq., flown by Sq Ldr W.E. Schrader (OC No.486 Sq.), Royal Air Force, Hopsten Air Base (B-112), Germany, April 1945
6) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), SN228, Sky EDM, No.122 Sq., flown by Wg Cdr E.D. Mackie (OC No.122 Wing), Royal Air Force, Fassberg Air Base (B-152), Germany, May 1945
Lockheed U-2R serial numbers
Decal sheets containing national insignia and/or tricolour stripes and/or serial numbers/letters in 1/144th scale. These decals are specifically designed for particular aircraft types and to match existing model kits.
One sheet of decals is included in this set.
Lockheed U-2R serial numbers
Decals for the following aircraft are included:
- 10329
- 10330
- 10331
- 10332
- 10333
- 10334
- 10335
- 10336
- 10337
- 10338
- 10339
- 10340
These decals were designed to match 1/144 Dragon kit.
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I/Mk.II/J8 Foreign Service
Description: This injection-moulded kit contains 37 parts, four resin part and one clear part (cockpit canopy). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) J 8 (Gloster Gladiator Mk.I), No.235, Black 8-5, Flygflottilj 8 (Wing F 8), Swedish Air Force, Vasteras airfield, 1937-38
2) J 8A (Gloster Gladiator Mk.II), No.284, Yellow F, Flygflottilj 19 (Swedish Voluntary Wing), Veitsiluoto airfield, Northern Finland, January March 1940
J 8A (Gloster Gladiator Mk.II), No.284, Yellow F (ex-F 19), Swedish Air Force, Barkarby airfield, late March 1940
3) Gloster Gladiator Mk.I, Black 116, 1st Aviation Regiment, Latvian Air Force, Spilve airfield, 1938-39
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I, Black 116 (ex-Latvian a/c), VVS KA (Air Force of the Red Army), Krustpils airfield, the occupied Latvia, summer 1940
4) Gloster Gladiator Mk.I, NJ+BO (W.Nr. 45829), Erg.Gr.(S) 1, Luftwaffe, Langendiebach airfield, Germany, spring 1942
Curtiss H-75A/Mohawk IV ‘Allied Pilots’
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 27 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light). A comprehensive decal sheet is included. The rear side of the box now comprises the representation of a tarmac section of the airfield which can be cut out and used as a display base for the assembled model.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Curtiss H-75A-3, No.230, White O, flown by Sgt. Marcel Milan, Free French Air Forces (Forces aériennes françaises libres, FAFL), Bangui airfield, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa (Afrique-Equatoriale française, AEF), May 1941
2) Curtiss H-75A-3, No. 329, flown by S/Lt Lubomír Úlehla, Pilot’s School, Free French Air Forces (Forces aériennes françaises libres, FAFL), Kasbah-Tadla airfield, Marocco, North Africa, 1944/45
3) Curtiss Mohawk Mk. IV, 2537 (ex-RAF Mohawk Mk. IV, BJ536), flown by the Flight Commander, No.3 ʻFighting Waspʼ Sq., South African Air Force, Alamata airfield, Ethiopia, Africa, summer 1941
4) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, BB928, White Z, ʻCymru am Bythʼ, flown by Sq Ldr Charles Jeffries (OC), No.155 Sq., Royal Air Force, Agartala airfield, Northeast India, January 1943
Luftwaffe Code Letters - Yellow, 2 sets
Mark I Models 1:144
Decal sheets containing national insignia and/or tricolour stripes, and/or serial numbers/letters and/or various symbols and inscriptions in 1:144th scale.
Due to their generic nature they can also be used for other scales (1:72, 1:87, 1:100 etc.).
Two sheets of decals are included in this set.
