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Douglas C-47/R4D Skytrain/Dakota 'WWII Service' designed to be used with 1/144 Roden and Academy/Minicraft kits
Decals for the following aircraft are included:
Douglas C-47B-5-DK Skytrain, 348910 (s/n 43-48910), 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion 'Triple Nickle/Smoke Jumpers', I Troop Carrier Command, U.S. Army Air Force, during 'Operation Firefly', Pendleton Field, Oregon, U.S.A., summer 1945
Douglas R4D-1 Skytrain (DC-3A-360), 7-R-104 (BuNo unknown), Transport Squadron 7 (VR-7), Naval Air Transport Service (NATS), United States Navy, NAS Miami (Miami Municipal Airport), U.S.A., 1943
Dakota Mk.III (Douglas C-47A-20-DL, s/n 42-23463), FD857/S, No.267 Sq., Royal Air Force, Bari airfield, Italy, December 1944
Dakota Mk.III (Douglas C-47A-25-DK, s/n 42-108949), A65-52/VH-CII, No.38 Sq, Royal Australian Air Force, Richmond airfield, Australia, summer/autumn 1944
These decals were designed to match 1:144 Roden and Academy/Minicraft kits.
Fairey Firefly (for a Japanese resin kit) (This will not be kept in stock but can be added to our next order if you place it on Backorder. (on Backorder please not on a Wish list)
1. Firefly FR.Mk.5. Unit: 812 NAS, FAA No. 206/R HMS Glory, Korean coast, circa 1951.
2. Firefly FR.Mk.1. Unit: 827 NAS, FAA No. 273/P (PP 596) HMS Triumph, Task Force 77 (US Navy), Yellow Sea, July 1950. This aircraft took part in the first air strike (on Haejo airfield) of the Korean War on 3rd July 1950.
3. Fairey Firefly FR.5,Fleet Air Arm, 810 Sqn., WB 266, HMS Theseus ca. 1952.
4. Firefly TT.5 . Wb271 (889) of 725 Squadron, Royal Australian Navy, New South Wales 1959.
5. Fairey Firefly Mk.l, Royal Thai Navy 1952.
6. Firefly F.Mk.I "Evelyn Tentions". Unit: 1771 NAS, FAA No. 275/N (DK431) Usual pilot: Sub-Lieutenant P.H.Dawton. HMS Implacable, British Pacific Fleet, March-April 1945.
AA-18 Airframe Album No 18 - The Fairey Firefly - A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's Versatile Monoplane by Richard A. Franks
We are delighted to announce the next title in the Airframe Album series from Valiant Wings Publishing. This series of books offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject and includes
Period diagrams
Data from flight manuals
Data from spare parts catalogues
Fully detailed 3D isometric views of prototype and production machines
Full colour profiles and concise camouflage and marking notes
Our eighteenth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential reference for any FAA enthusiast tackling the Trumpeter (1/48), Special Hobby and older kits in 1/72nd scale and will be an ideal companion to our Airframe Album titles covering the Hawker Sea Fury and de Havilland Sea Hornet.
Contents will include all the elements listed plus:
A wealth of historical and walkaround photographs and detail images of the type
Period detail images during production and service use
Isometric views by Juraj Jankovic of all prototype, production and test airframes
Colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana
At least 128 pages in total
Lists of all Firefly kits, accessories, decals & masks produced in all scales
Detailed build of the Trumpeter 1/48 Firefly Mk I by Steve Evans
Publication is scheduled for mid-late May, ISBN is 978-1-912932-28-3
AA-19 Airframe Album No 19 - The Fairey Barracuda - A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's First Torpedo-Bomber Monoplane by Richard A. Franks
Our nineteenth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential reference for any FAA enthusiast tackling the Special Hobby (1/48th & 1/72nd) kits along with older kits such as the Frog 1/72nd scale example and will be an ideal companion to our Airframe Album titles covering the Fairey Firefly, Hawker Sea Fury and de Havilland Sea Hornet.
Period diagrams
Data from flight manuals
Data from spare parts catalogues
Fully detailed 3D isometric views of prototype and production machines
Full colour profiles and concise camouflage and marking notes
Contents will include all the elements listed plus:
A wealth of historical and walkaround photographs and detail images of the type
Period detail images during production and service use
Isometric views by Juraj Jankovic of all prototype, production and test airframes
Colour profiles by Richard J. Caruana
At least 128 pages in total
Lists of all Barracuda kits, accessories, decals & masks produced in all scales
Detailed build of the Special Hobby 1/72nd Barracuda Mk.I by Libor Jekl
Airframe Album No 19 - The Fairey Barracuda - A Detailed Guide to the Fleet Air Arm's First Torpedo-Bomber Monoplane by Richard A. Franks
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