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 |
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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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Czechoslovak Army roundels
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 kits in other scales (1:76, 1:87 etc.).
Two sheets of decals are included in this set.
- army vehicle insignia
- scale diameters: 4.9;3.5;2.4;2.0;1.7;1.2 mm
Red Cross Insignia, square & encircled – White background 1:144
Decal sheets containing national insignia and/or tricolour stripes, and/or serial numbers/letters and/or various symbols and inscriptions.
Two sheets of decals are included in this set.
Detailed product specification:
- square insignia sizes: 500,550,750,1000,2000 mm
- encircled insignia diameters: 750,1000,1200,1500 mm
scale sizes: 3.5;3.8;5.2;6.9;13.9 mm
scale diameters: 5.2;6.9;8.3;10.4 mm
RAF Thunderbolts Mk.II – SEAC
Silk screen decals with markings of no less than twelve SEAC Jugs used in RAF by the end of WW2.
- P-47D-25-RE 42-26480, HD185, FL-D, No.81 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Java, late 1945
- P-47D-27-RE 42-26908, HD295, NA-F, Sqn Ldr R.A.C. Weir, No.146 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Kumbhirgram, India, October 1944
- P-47D-28-RE 44-19832, KJ194, GQ-N, No.134 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Burma, late 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20312, KJ302, AW-P, No.42 (former No.146) Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Meiktila, Burma 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20312, KL231, NV-V, No.79 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Burma 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20833, KL274, FL-T, No.81 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Batavia, Java 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20968, KL339, FL-O, No.81 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Kemajoram, Java 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20897, KL308, RS-C, W/O K. Twynam, No.30 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Baigatchi, India 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20904, KL315, AW-F, Sqn Ldr M.M. Soutter, No.42 (former No.146) Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Meiktila, Burma 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-20968, KL841, EG-U, G.V. Sorrell, No.34 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Zayatkwin, Burma, October 1945
- P-47D-30-RE 44-90093, KL859, MU-T, F/O J.W. Stacey, No.60 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Batavia, Java, October 1946
- P-47D-30-RE 44-90116, KL882, MU-H, No.60 Sqn, Air Command South East Asia, RAF, Don Muang, Thailand, September 1945
Set includes complete markings for five models and was designed to fit Platz-Bego and recent F-Toys kits.
Decal sheet sizes:
- 60x80 mm
- 60x20 mm
DHC-6 Twin Otter 'In Civilian Skies'
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) de Havilland Canada DHC-6 (Series 300) Twin Otter, OY-POF (MSN 235), Greenlandair Charter Air Service, Nuuk Airport, Greenland, leased to Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, Antarctica, 1986/87
2) de Havilland Canada DHC-6 (Series 300) Twin Otter, F-GBDB (MSN 574), Air Alpes, Chambéry Airport, France, 1978-81
3) de Havilland Canada DHC-6 (Series 300) Twin Otter, D-IDHB (MSN 336), ‘Helgoland’, General Air, Hamburg Airport, Germany, 1971-73
