Kinetic Model Kits K3206

BAe Hawk 100 series (100/127/128/155) (designed to be used with Kinetic Model kits)

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BAE Hawk 116 page book on the BAE Systems Hawk T.1 and T.2. This book is the result of some extensive visits to RAF Valley and includes every part of the aircraft, combined with truly spectacular action photography of the different versions of the jet trainer. The cockpit chapter includes the prototype version, T.1 and T.2 and a very close look at the ejection seat out of the aircraft. An impressive 20 page chapter shows every detail of the aircraft in maintenance, with open spine, open avionics bays and even the jet with the wings removed. Included are a lot of jets from the RAF, but also from the air forces of Finland, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Switzerland, South Africa,

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Building The Harrier. Model Aircraft Extra #5 Building the Harrier The iconic Hawker-Siddeley Harrier was the first of the so- called Harrier 'Jump Jet' series. It was developed in the 1960s as the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short take-off and landing (V/STOL) capabilities, and the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose in that era, and at its heart was the innovative Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine with its thrust vectoring nozzles. The Harrier was developed directly from the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel prototype aircraft, following the cancellation of a more advanced supersonic Hawker Siddeley P.1154. Originally said to be 'unable to carry more than a matchbox over a football field' the Harrier matured into one of the most potent warplanes of its generation. The RAF ordered the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 variants in the late 1960s, as well as T.4 trainers versions, and it was also exported to the United States as the AV-8A and TAV-8A, for use by the US Marine Corps as well as the Spanish Navy in the 1970s. Spain sold seven single-seat and two twin-seat Harriers to Thailand in 1998. The Sea Harrier FRS.1, which shot to fame during the Falklands War, was designed to fill the strike, reconnaissance and fighter roles for the Royal Navy, and the innovative use of a 'ski jump' allowed the aircraft to take-off from a short flight deck with a heavier loadout than otherwise possible. After the Falklands War, the Sea Harrier was upgraded to the F/A2 standard and featured the Blue Vixen radar and carried the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. The Indian Navy was the only other user of the Sea Harrier aboard their aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Viraat. The BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier II was a second-generation of V/STOL aircraft designed for use by the US Marne Corps, RAF and the Royal Navy and continues in service with the USMC as the McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B and TA-V8B trainer and is also in service with the Spanish and Italian Navies. For the RAF, initial deliveries of the Harrier II were designated as Harrier GR.5 and subsequent upgraded airframes were redesignated accordingly as GR.7 and GR.9. The RAF Harriers saw action over Bosnia and Afghanistan before being retired in 2011. Most of the original US Marine Corps McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B 'day attack' aircraft were upgraded to either the FLIR equipped 'Night Attack Harrier' or the more capable radar equipped 'Harrier II Plus' and have participated in support of Operation 'Southern Watch', Operation 'Allied Force'. USMC McDonnell-Douglas AV-8Bs also took part in Operation 'Enduring Freedom' in Afghanistan from 2001, and the aircraft also participated in the Iraq War in 2003, acting primarily in support of USMC ground units, and in 2011, they flew in support of Operation 'Odyssey Dawn', enforcing the UN no-fly zone over Libya. This fourth book in the MA Extra Series contains fourteen model builds, colour profiles and scale plans, and will be a must for the Harrier aficionado!

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BAe Hawk T.1A All Camouflage (Barley) Grey/m/s/grey Camouflage (16) XX318 234 Sqn 1 TWU Brawdy 75th Anniversary Dragon on black fin 1992; XX193/193 234 Sqn, I TWU Brawdy 1989; XX219/219 or XX289/289 19 Sqn 7 FTS Chivenor 1992 with light blue fin; XX289/289 63 Sqn 2 TWU/7 FTS Chivenor 1991-2 with Arm and Axe on yellow disc on black fin, 2 designs; XX289/289 63 Sqn 2 TWU/7 FTS Chivenor 1991-2 with Arm and Axe on black fin. XX278/278 63 Sqn 2 TWU Chivenor 1990; XX278 63 Sqn 2 TWU Chivenor 50th Anniversary 1940-1990 black fin yellow lettering; XX337/K 151 Sqn 2 TWU/7 FTS Chivenor 1992 blue fin with white owl; XX337/K 92 Sqn 2 TWU/7 FTS Chivenor 1992 black fin with Squadron badge; XX331/CK 100 Sqn Leeming 1994; XX329 or XX230 151 Sqn 2 TWU Chivenor 1990 50th Anniversary 1940-1990 black fin, white lettering; XX329/C 151 Sqn 2 TWU/ 7 FTS Chivenor 1991 black fin with white owl; XX197/197 79 Sqn 1 TWU Brawdy 1985; XX187/187 74 Sqn XX190/TA 74 Sqn XX189/TB 79 Sqn black fin XX196/DB 208 (R) Sqn

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BAe Hawk T.1/T.1A (2) XX343/2 Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS), Boscombe Down July 1987. Raspberry Ripple scheme with red fin and rudder and rear fuselage with white front fuselage, Oxford blue undersurfaces, light aircraft grey inner wings top, red wing tips. XX343/2 Revised Raspberry Ripple scheme with white band full length of fuselage. XX184 70th Anniversary of equipping 19 Sqn with the Supermarine Spitfire 1938. Dark Earth/Dark Green Supermarine Spitfire type camouflage 2008. Inc. Maintainance data.

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BAe Hawk T.1A XX285 100 Sqn 90th Anniversary 2007 with Yellow and Blue trim. WAS £9.99. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!!

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BAe Hawk T.1A (2) XX249 4th FTS 70th Anniversary 1921 Abu Sueir-Valley 1991, Red/White/Blue/Lt. Aircraft Grey camouflage; XX312/CF 100 Squadron two versions of Skull, Camouflage (Barley) Grey/m/s/grey Camouflage with Black fin and fuselage top and yellow/blue fuselage stripe. WAS £7.99. SILLY PRICE!!! HALF PRICE!!! TEMPORARILY JUST £3.99!!!

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BAe Hawk T.1 Comprehensive Maintenance Marks for Camouflage (Barley) Grey/m/s/grey schemes and Overall Black schemes. Sheet includes enough marking for one aircraft in each scheme. Please note roundels are NOT included.

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