Piper L-4 Grasshopper ‘War Years’
Piper L-4 Grasshopper ‘War Years’
Bagged Edition
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 24 parts and four clear parts (fuselage halves, windshield and canopy roof panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Piper NE-1 Grasshopper, Yellow 43-301170 (s/n 43-301170), 1st Provisional Air Observation Group, U.S. Marine Corps, Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands, Oceania, August 1944
2) Piper L-4 Grasshopper, White 1 (s/n unknown), 1st Liaison and Observation Squadron (1ª Esquadrilha de Ligação e Observação, 1ª ELO), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Italy, 1944-45
3) Piper L-4B Grasshopper, White QE II (s/n 43-1199, ex-U.S. 5th Air Force a/c), No. 4 Sq., Royal Australian Air Force, Nadzab airfield, Papua New Guinea, early 1944
4) Piper L-4H Grasshopper, Yellow 329586 (s/n 43-29586), Fifth Army (5 AF), U.S. Army Air Force, Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Italy, July 1945
| Ref. No.: | MKM144156 |
| Availability: | IN STOCK |
Products purchased together with this product
Piper L-4 ‘World Service’
Bagged Edition
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 24 parts and four clear parts (fuselage halves, windshield and canopy roof panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) K-68 (Piper L-4H), White 26 (s/n unknown), Air Force Command of the District 3 (VL 3. O), Czechoslovak Air Force, Brno-Černovice airfield, Czechoslovakia, 1946-47
2) Piper L-4J Grasshopper, White R-306 (s/n 45-4720), 17th Reconnaissance & Artillery Observation Squadron (VARWA), Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart – Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL), Batavia airfield, Netherlands East Indies, 1948-49
3) Piper L-4H Grasshopper, White YC (s/n 43-29248), ‘Puce’, 23rd Artillery Observation Aviation Section (SOAA), 2nd Group, 64th African Artillery Regiment (RAA), French Army Artillery Observation Aviation (ALOA), Sessa Aurunca (Minturno) airfield, Italy, spring 1944
4) Piper L-4J Grasshopper, Black LC-233 (s/n 45-55233), U.S. Air Force, assigned to the Civil Air Patrol, U.S.A., 1949
Piper L-4 Grasshopper ‘US Service’
Bagged Edition
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 24 parts and four clear parts (fuselage halves, windshield and canopy roof panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Piper L-4A (O-59A) Grasshopper, Yellow 236389 (s/n 42-36389), ‘Elizabeth’, U.S. Army Air Force, during ‘Operation Torch’ aboard USS Ranger, North Africa, November 1942
2) Piper L-4H Grasshopper, Yellow 329635/White 59-Y (s/n 43-29635), 196th Field Artillery Battalion (FA Bn), U.S. Army Air Force, Paris ‒ Avenue de la Grand Armée, France, August 1944
3) Piper L-4J Grasshopper, Black LC-187 (s/n 45-55187), U.S. Air Force, overhauled at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, U.S.A., late 1940s
4) Piper L-4A Grasshopper, White A-201/A (s/n 42-15201), U.S. Army Air Force, Italy, 1942-43
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 ‘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
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Mirage IIIRS/IIIEBR/5BA/50C ‘Canards’
Mark I Models 1:144
This injection-moulded kit contains 56 parts and two clear part (the cockpit canopy and a landing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) SABCA Mirage 5BA (MIRSIP), No.062, White BA 62, wearing Belgian Air Force colours (Force aérienne belge), Sint-Truiden/Brustem Air Base, Belgium, autumn 1994
2) Federal Aircraft Works F+W Mirage IIIRS (AMD) AMIR, c/n 134/1027, White R-2102, ‘Skorpiʼ, Fliegerstaffel 10 (Squadron), Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe), Dübendorf Air Base, Switzerland, during the visit to JaboG 38 ‘Fʼ, Jever Air Base, Germany, October 1997
3) F-103E (AMD Mirage IIIEBR), FAB 4931, Black 31, 1º Esquadrão Jaguar (Jaguar Squadron), 1º GDA (Air Defence Group), III FAe (Air Force), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Anápolis Air Force Base (ALA2), Goiás, Brazil, 2004-05
4) AMD Mirage 50C, c/n 56, Black 514, Grupo de Aviación 4 (Aviation Group), IV Brigada Aérea (Air Brigade), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACh), Pudahuel Air Base (Base Aérea Pudahuel), Santiago, Chile, 1986-87
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
DH Mosquito FB.VI 'Commonwealth Service'
Mark I Models 1:144
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), HR241, Red TH-M, No.418 Sq., Royal Canadian Air Force, Hartford Bridge airfield, Hampshire, U.K., late 1944
2) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), HR399, Light Blue OB-R, No.45 Sq., Royal Air Force, Joari airfield, East India, spring 1945
3) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), A52-526 (ex-HR506), White NA-E, No.1 Sq., Royal Australian Air Force, Kingaroy airfield, Queensland, Australia, March 1945
4) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), NZ2328 (ex-TE758), Black YC-C, No.75 Sq., Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF Base Ohakea, North Island, New Zealand, 1950-52
F/A-18C/D Hornet in Swiss AF
Decals for the following aircraft are included:
J-5011
J-5014
J-5026
J-5038
These decals were designed to match 1/144 Revell and Dragon kits.
