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Caracal Models - CD72118 - 1:72 | Bell-Boeing CV-22/MV-22 Osprey. The innovative V-22 Osprey tiltrotor has proven to be a versatile and reliable workhorse. With the recent introduction of the type into carrier onboard delivery (COD) role, the Osprey is now in service with USAF, USMC and US Navy. Our first 1/72 scale decal sheet for the Osprey features markings for USMC, USAF and Japanese aircraft. This set was designed for the Hasegawa kit. The options on this decal sheet are: CV-22B Osprey 05-0065, 7th SOS - USAF CV-22B Osprey 05-0029, 71st SOS - USAF MV-22B Osprey BuNo. 168220, VMM-265 - US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey BuNo. 168214, VMX-1 - US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey BuNo. 168303, VMM-266 - US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey BuNo. 168342, VMM-363 - US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey "JG-1702", Japan Ground Self Defense Force More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £13.99 | ||
Guideline Publications - GPSAMCC4 - No Scale | Combat Colours 4: Pearl Harbor and beyond- December 1941-May 1942 This title depicts the camouflage and markings of a whole host of types belonging to the nations dragged into a Pacific War following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As usually a huge amount of well researched information is presented for the modeller and historian. 215 colour profiles. 27 black/white photos. More | Aircraft books | Catalogue | £11.95 | ||
Guideline Publications - GPSAMCC9 - No Scale | Combat Colours No.9 - Nicholas Millman Mitsubishi Zero - Type 0 Carrier Fighter (A6M) 'Zeke' in World War Two. No.9 in the series charts the colour schemes and markings worn by this iconic Japanese naval fighter which saw service throughout the whole of the Pacific War from 1940 in China, to the final defence of the homeland in 1945. Structured chronologically by variant, it covers the development from the A6M1 to A6M7/8, including the floatplane Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' and the A6M2-K two-seat trainers, with colour profiles, four-views and illustrations. It includes in detail examples of all the main schemes worn by the Zero and their colours [A6M5c] More | Aircraft books | Catalogue | £16.00 | ||
Mark I Guide - MKD32008 - 1:32 | Lockheed T-33 Thunderbird colours and markings. With its roots in the successful Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter, the Lockheed T-33, popularly known as the T-Bird, became the USAF's standard advanced trainer of the 1950s. Almost 5,700 T-33As were built for the USAF and USN, of which more than 1,000 were transferred to NATO Allies and others to a number of smaller air forces worldwide, and the aircraft were also licence-built in Canada and Japan. The type's operational service spanned well over 40 years, thus reaching an amazing record in longevity. The 'Dozen Set' line of handbooks is aimed especially at scale modellers. Each title describes twelve particular aeroplanes, documented by period photos, and also brings useful detailed shots which can be utilised in finishing the models. The publication has 28 pages, including a total of 49 overall and detailed photographs, 12 pages with colour camouflage schemes and their description. Text in English. A comprehensive decal sheet is added for modellers' convenience. Following aircraft are depicted on each decal sheet: U.S. Air Force (2x), U.S. Navy (1x), U.S. Marine Corps (1x), Royal Canadian Air Force (1x), Canadian Armed Forces (1x), Japanese Ar Self Defence Force (1x), Luftwaffe (1x), Royal Netherlands Air Force (1x), Belgian Air Force (1x), French Air Force (1x) and Spanish Air Force (1x). More | Aircraft books with decals | Catalogue | £23.60 | ||
Naval Fighters - NFAF217 - No Scale | Curtiss XP-55 Ascender By Gerry Balzer, 72-pages, 148-b&w photos, 4-color photos. The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was a tailless swept-wing WWII pusher fighter design born out by the USAAC 1940 fighter competition. The USAAC was looking for a fighter to counter the threat of the German Bf-109 and the Japanese Zero and replace the obsolete P-35s, P-36s and the front line P-40s just entering service. From this competition three unusual pusher prototypes were ordered, the Consolidated XP-54, Curtiss XP-55, and the Northrop XP-56. A low powered full scale flying model (model CW 24B)was built out of wood and cloth to substantiate the flying qualities, and was first flown on 2 December 1941. The XP-55 mock-up was completed in August 1942, and the first of three XP-55s was completed on 26 June 1943 with its first flight being conducted on 13 July 1943. The first aircraft was destroyed on 15 November 1943. Changes deemed necessary were incorporated in the second airframe in which performance testing began on 16 September 1944. Although the much more capable P-38, P-47, and P-51 had entered service, research into the XP-55s unusual design continued. The third XP-55 had entered flight testing in April 1944 and was used at Eglin Field for armament tests before being lost during a war bond rally display on 27 May 1945. By then the program had been terminated. Today, the second XP-55 presides in restored condition at the Kalamazoo Air Museum. More | Aircraft books | Catalogue | £20.80 | ||
Naval Fighters - NFAF223 - No Scale | Douglas C-74 Globemaster By Nicholas M. Williams, 104 pages (88 in b&w, 16 in color), 141 b&w photos, 35 color photos, 22 illustrations. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought U.S. Army Air Corps strategists to the realization that a new global transport was needed to carry large loads over great distances. The Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California, also quickly saw this need and design studies were begun immediately on an expanded version of the company's DC-4. The "C-74 Project Group" adopted a design philosophy to produce a "no frills" transport able to accommodate at least two of the Army's T-9 tanks, two 105mm Howitzers, or two angle dozers. Douglas contacted the Air Corps early in 1942 to determine their interest and a letter of intent was issued in March 1942 for procurement of the Model 415A, now designated the C-74. A contract of over $50 million was signed in June 1942 for fifty airplanes. To speed its delivery to operational units, the C-74 was designed to be released without the benefits of an experimental or prototype model, all aircraft being designated as C-74s with design features following conventional "state-of-the-art" practice. Originally, powered by Wright R-3350 engines, a decision was made in March 1943 to switch to the new, mammoth Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major. The first C-74 was rolled out in July 1945 from the Douglas Long Beach factory. At rollout, the C-74 was the largest land-based transport in the world with a wingspan of 173 feet, length of 124 feet, and gross weight of 145,000 pounds. Able to carry 125 passengers, the C-74 was called the Globemaster as its 11,100-gallons of internal fuel gave it a maximum range of over 7,000 miles, enabling it to circumnavigate the world with only two refueling stops. In its final form, the C-74 was a remarkably efficient airplane, using a semi-laminar flow airfoil for its wings with a full-span flap arrangement. The pilots were enclosed by two teardrop-shaped, double-bubble canopies that provided them with a 360-degree view. Douglas had every intention of adapting the C-74 into a civil airliner once hostilities had ended. In 1944 Pan American World Airways ordered 26 examples of the civil version, the DC-7, for a route expansion program into Latin America. However, further development of this DC-7 design increased its gross weight to 162,000 pounds and the unit cost to $1.4 million and Pan American cancelled its order in October 1945, opting for smaller transports. The first C-74, 42-65402, made its maiden flight from Long Beach in September 1945, but with the end of World War II, most of the C-74 production order was cancelled and only 14 Globemasters were built. Unfortunately, during contractor demonstration flights the second Globemaster crashed. The fourth C-74 was subsequently diverted for static tests and its components tested to destruction at Wright Field, Ohio. Beginning in September 1946, the remaining twelve C-74s were flown for the next nine years by the Army Air Forces' Air Transport Command and the U.S. Air Force's Military Air Transport Service. Once in service, the C-74 Globemaster, based first in Memphis, Tennessee, then Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, finally at Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama, set many records for tonnage carried. In November 1949, a C-74 flew the Atlantic to England with a record 103 passengers aboard. One Globemaster set several records during the Berlin Airlift, averaging over 38,000 pounds of cargo and setting a new Airlift Task Force utilization record by flying 20 hours in a 24-hour period. Until one C-74 was converted to the prototype C-124A and the Globemaster II became available, the C-74 was the only Air Force transport capable of carrying outsized cargo. After the C-74's retirement from service in 1955, several were purchased surplus and began flying for a contract air carrier, Aeronaves de Panama, hauling prize cattle from Denmark to the Middle East, horses to Singapore, and ships' parts and vegetables throughout Europe. Unfortunately, after the tragic crash in 1963 of one C-74 in Marseilles, France, the airline suspended operations and its C-74s eventually were scrapped. Today, no examples of this record-setting transport exist. This monograph of the C-74 Globemaster is written by Nick Williams, an award-winning author of over two dozen articles published in the Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society and publications in the U.K. Nick has written two previous books in Steve Ginter's Naval Fighters series as well as his 1999 book published in the U.K., "Aircraft of The Military Air Transport Service 1948-1966". His new book on the C-74 is the result of nearly fifty years of research, containing comments from several of the C-74's engineers as well as former Douglas and Air Force pilots. More | Aircraft books | Catalogue | £27.40 | ||
Print Scale - PSL72172 - 1:72 | Nakajima B5N 'Kate' 1. B5N1 Unit: 1st koku kantai, 4th koku sentai Serial: DI-362. Ryujo carrier, 1941. 2. B5N2 'Kate' Skokaku carrier, participated in the raid on Peal Harbor, 7th December 1941. 3. B5N1 Unit: 1st koku kantai, 3rd koku sentai Serial: CI-301 The Zuiho carrier. Early 1941. 4. B5N2 type 97 model 3 Unit: 1st koku kantai, 1st koku sentai. Serial: AI-316. Pilot - PO2c Yuichi Takizawa. Akagi carrier. Pearl Harbor raid, On 7th December 1941. 5. B5N2 type 97 model 3 Unit: 1st koku kantai, 1st koku sentai Serial: AI-311 Pilot - Lt.Commander Shigeharu Murata. Akagi carrier. Leader torpedo-bomber group at Midway. 6. B5N2 type 97 model 3 Unit: 1st koku kantai, 1st koku sentai. Serial: AI-307. Pilot - PO1c Shigeo Suzuki. Akagi carrier. Pearl Harbor Attack, On 7th December 1941. First wave. Its torpedo hits USS Oklahoma. 7. B5N2 Unit: 261st kokutai. Serial: Tora-310 The a/c in colours of the Flight Leader. 'Tora' = Tiger. 8. B5N1 Unit: Kanoya kokutai. Serial: ?-314. Circa 1941. 9. B5N2 type 97 model 3 Serial: 301 The a/c in which Cdr. Mitsuo Fuchida led the first wave of Japanese aircraft to attack Pearl Harbour on 7th December, 1941. Cdr. Fuchida was the General Commander Air of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1st Carrier Division; flying as observer in the second cockpit, he sent out the order to attack at 07.49 hrs. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £15.99 | ||
Print Scale - PSL72206 - 1:72 | Aichi E13A Type 0 Jake 1. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Tone", Attack on Pearl Harbor, 07.12.1941. Code: Red JI-1. Pilot: Yoishi Takahashi. Historical occasion: 30 minutes prior to the first attacking wave this plane flew to the Lahaina-anchorage at Hawaii to find no American fleet units present. 2. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chikuma", Attack on Pearl Harbor, 07.12.1941. Code: Red JII-1. Pilot: Akira Ito. Historical occasion: 30 minutes prior to the first attacking wave this plane flew to Pearl Harbor/Hawaii to find the American fleet without the aircraft carriers present. In reporting this, it banked away to the open sea to search for the missing carriers. 3. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chokai", Battle of Palembang/Invasion of Sumatra, 15.02.1942. Code: Yellow Z-I. Historical occasion: At 09:23 hrs. this plane spotted the ABDA Naval Force first, that was later mauled from the Japanese invasion fleet. 4. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Tone", Battle of Midway, 04.06.1942. Code: Red JI-4. Historical occasion: At 07:28 hrs. this plane discovers the American fleet but the observer does not identify the carriers at the outset which proves fatal in the end for the Japanese. 5. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chikuma", Battle of Midway, 04.06.1942. Code: Red JII-5. Pilot: Hara Hisashi. Historical occasion: At 10:45 hrs. this plane discovers USS Yorktown and shadows it for 3 hrs. Leading the carrier bombers that attacked and sank the aircraft carrier, it was shot down at 14:09 by VF-6's pilots Warden & Hoyle. 6. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chikuma", Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24.08.1942 Code: Red JII-2. Pilot: Kzutoshi Fukujama. Historical occasion: At 14:25 hrs. this plane discovers the American task force to be shot down, but to radio back their successful sightings to the Japanese fleet before. 7. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Nachi", Battle of the Komandorski Islands, 26.03.1943. Code: White WI-3. Historical occasion: This plane carried out artillery spotting duties during the action. The crew flew on to Attu/Aleutians in the end, crashed at landing but survived to return to Japan via submarine. 8. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Maya", Battle of the Philippine Sea, 20.06.44. Code: Red EII-I. Historical occasion: At 16:35 hrs. this plane spotted a group of the U.S. Task Force 58. 9. E13A1. Unit/Location: Hybrid Carrier-Cruiser "Mogami", Battle of Leyte Gulf, 20.10.44 . Code: Yellow 380-02. Historical occasion: Launched at 06:50 hrs. this could have been the plane that informed the Japanese forces first in detail about the overall strength of the U.S. invasion forces in the Philippines. 10. E13A1b. Unit/Location: Saeki Kokutai, 5th Floating Chyrsanthemum-Operation, 04.05.45. Code: White ??-32. Historical occasion: This plane carried a special electronic magnetic device air-surface-radar to detect submarines & mines. It covered this "Kamikaze"-operation on American warships off Okinawa. 11. E13A1. Unit/Location: Sakigake Tai, 5th Floating Chyrsanthemum-Operation, 04.05.45. Code: White KiTa-50. Pilot: Sub-lieutenant Shikata Historical occasion: Carrying a 250kg bomb, this plane took part in this "Kamikaze"-operation on American warships off Okinawa. It never returned. 12. E13A1. Unit/Location: Sakigake Tai, 5th Floating Chyrsanthemum-Operation, 04.05.45. Code: White KiTa-51. Pilot: NCO Eiji Izuke. Historical occasion: Carrying a 250kg bomb, this plane took part in this "Kamikaze"-operation on American warships off Okinawa to be shot down by F6F-5 Hellcat fighters of VF-9, assigned to aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. 13. E13A1. Unit/Location: Seaplane Tender "Kamikawa Maru", Invasion of Malaya, 07.12.1941. Code: Red ZI-26. Pilot: Eiichi Ogata. Historical occasion: At 08:20 hrs. Ensign Eiichi Ogata was involved in the first dogfight of the Pacific war (more than 16 hrs before Pearl Harbor). In attacking and damaging the radio of 205. RAF SQN PBY Catalina "W8417/F-YW" of the Australian Pilot P.E. Bedell. The PBY could therefore not report the Japanese invasion fleet to Singapore. Around 09:00 hrs the PBY was attacked by five Ki-27 fighters of the 1st Sentai of the JAAF to explode mid-air and to become the very first casualties of the Pacific war. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £15.99 | ||
Print Scale - PSL72328 - 1:72 | Bristol Beaufort Part 2 1. Bristol Beaufort Mk.ll T9540,the first Beaufort assembled in Australia, Fisherman's Bend, 1941. Type A scheme of Dark Green end Dark Earth over Aluminium lower surfaces. 2. Bristol Beaufort Mk.V A9-66:66 of No. 1 OTU, RAAF, 1943. Type A scheme of Foliage Green and Earth Brown over Sky Blue lower surfaces. Note early RAF roundel and yellow codes. 3. Bristol Beaufort Mk.V A9-27:B of No. 6 OTU, Jervis Bay, New South Wales April 1943. Type A scheme of Foliage Green and Earth Brown over Sky Blue lower surfaces. RAAF roundels in Dark Blue and white. 4. Bristol Beaufort Mk.Vlll A9-500:W-DD of No. 15 Squadron RAAF, Middleburd Island, New Guinea, 30 September 1945. Overall Foliage Green finish with codes in white. Serial numbers in Medium Grey. Wing shackles carry two 250lb bombs. 5. Bristol Beaufort Mk.Vl A9-75:G of 6 OTU, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, November 1943. Type A finish of Foliage Green and Earth Brown over Sky Blue lower surfaces. Codes in white. Serial numbers in Medium Grey. 6. Bristol Beaufort Mk.Vlll A9-632: T-DD of No. 15 Squadron RAAF, Middleburg Island, New Guinea, September 1945. Overall Foliage Green finish with codes in white. Serial numbers in Medium Grey. Note ASV under wing and fuselage. 7. Bristol Beaufort Mk.Vlll A9-432:T-JM of No. 100 Squadron RAAF, Tadji, New Guinea, November 1945. Type A finish of Foliage Green and Earth Brown over Sky Blue with roughly applied black overpainting for night operations. Codes in white and serial numbers in Medium Grey. Wing shackles carry supply containers or 'Storpedos' 8. Bristol Beaufort Mk.lX Transport A9-712:R of No. 10 Local Air Supply Unit, Torokina, Bougainville, August 1945, engaged in efforts to convince isolated pockets of Japanese to surrender. Overall faded Foliage Green finish with crude white panels under the wings bearing the surrender message. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £15.99 | ||
Print Scale - PSL72343 - 1:72 | Nakajima A6M2-N "Zero" Part-1 1. A6M2. Unit: ATAIU. Serial: ATAIU-SEA (ex BI-12). ATAIU - Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit. 2. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: 934th kokutai. Serial: 934-06. Pilot - Chief P/O Matsunagi Etioku - the best Japanese hydro-ace (8 victories). Ambon Island, September 1943. 3. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: 802nd kokutai. Serial: NI-118. Pilot - 1st Lt.Keizo Yamatsaki. Solomon's Islands, February 1943. 4. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: 5th kokutai, 5th kantai, Kashima Naval Air Group. Serial: KoShi-103. Kashima AB/Ibagari, 1944. 5. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: unknown. Serial: Yo-180. Aleutian Islands, 1943-1944. 6. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: 5th kokutai. Serial: R-106. Kiska, Aleutian Islands, September 1942. 7. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: 802nd kokutai. Serial: NI-112. Solomon's Islands, 1943. 8. Nakajima A6M2-N Ku-101 of Takuma Ku, Japan in August 1943. This heavily weathered Rufe reveals the original amber- grey factory scheme and in red-oxide primer beneath its very dark green camouflage. 9. Nakajima A6M2-N Sa-104 of the Sasebo Ku previous subject as it was in factory fresh condition when photographed. Unusually for Rufe the prop is dark brown with yellow tip stripes and the spinner is painted dark green. This aircraft carries underwing bomb ravks. 10. Nakajima A6M2-N Serial: R-106 of the 5th Ku at Kiska lsland in the Aleutians, August 1942. This aircraft is in the factory scheme with 'ghosting' around the fuselage. 11. A6M2-N Type 2. Unit: 81st kokutai. Aleutian, 1943. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £15.99 | ||
Print Scale - PSL72444 - 1:72 | Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally 1. Ki-21-Ib, 7th Group, 2nd Squadron, Malaya 1942. 2. Ki-21-llb of the 3rd Dokuritsu Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The aircraft, with dorsal turret removed and stripped of all armament, was one of nine despatched on a commando mission against the American-held Yontan airfield on Okinawa on 24th May, 1945. 3. Ki-21-Ia 60th Sentai, 2nd Chutai, and used to fly with this appearance over Manchuria in 1939. 4. Ki-21-llb, 98th Group, 2nd Squadron, during operations against Calcutta, India, December 1943. 5. Ki-21-ll Ko (a) 22nd Hikoshidan, Shurebu Displaying field applied camouflaged Green patches, this aircraft was operated by the 22nd Wing Head Quarters and was based in Formosa during 1945. 6. Ki-21-llb 5 Hikoshidan. Based in Japan this aircraft bears the markings of the Head Quarters painted in White on the tail. Camouflage was applied with a brush covering the fuselage and upper surfaces. 7. Ki-21-ll Otsu, 14th Sentai, South Pacific, July 1944. 8. Ki-21-ll Ko(a) 81 Sentai 1 Chutai. Despite primarily using the Dinah some 'Sally' were used including this one. During 1943 81Sentai were based at Lakunai, New Britain. Painted with an uneven application of Green over the fuselage and upper surfaces. 9. Ki-21-l Otsu b 105 Kyoiku Hiko Rentai. Wearing only the national insignia on the wings, the tail bears the markings of the 105 Kyoiku Hiko Rentai Training Unit which in 1941 was based at Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. 10. Ki-21-ll Ko (a) 62 Sentai 1 Chutai. Only the undersides of this aircraft were not painted in Green all other areas had an even application of paint. 62 Sentai became part of the 5th Hikoshidan in Tailand in January 1942. 11. Ki-21-l Ko (a) 60 Sentai 2 Chutai Painted in JAAF Green and JAAF Khaki this scheme was worn during 1938 whilst the type were operating in Manchuria. 12. Ki-21-l Otsu (b) 60 Sentai 2 Chutai Green camouflage pattern sprayed over Light Green and presumably applied in the field. This unit supported the invasion of Singapore in January 1942. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £14.99 | ||
Rising Decals - RD72077 - 1:72 | Japanese Early Birds Part II (10 x camouflage schemes) Nakajima-Nieuport 83 E.2 c/n 504 (trainer version of Nieuport 10) "J-TIZE", registred to J. Aoshima, about mid-1920s Avro 504L c/n 424 "J-TOWC", registred to E. Munesato of First Aeroplane School, about mid-1920s Avro 504S "R-613", Kasimugaura Kokutai, about mid-1920s Hansa Type (Hansa-Brandenberg W.29) "J-BAFI", registred to Nihon Koku Yuso Kaisha (Japan Air Transport Research Association), late 1920s Hansa Type (Hansa W.29) "Ka-189", Kasimugaura Kokutai, late 1920s Nieuport IV used a taxiing aircraft with clipped wings for primary training Nieuport NG (Japanese army version of Nieuport IV), Japanese attack on Tsingtao, China, 31 October - 7 November 1914 Soptwith Pup c/n 534 (Loire et Olivier built Pup) "J-TALO", unknown owner, about mid-1920s Soptwith Pup c/n 536 "J-TITY", registred to T. Aiba at Nippon Flying School, about mid -1920s Soptwith Pup tested on the flying-off platform on the battleship Yamashiro, early 1920s More | Aircraft decals (military) | Limited Availability | £11.30 | ||
Rising Decals - RD72080 - 1:72 | Donated Birds Pt.IV - Japanese Army Aircraft with Patriotism Inscriptions "Aikoku" Includes decals for 9 aircraft: Nakajima Ki-27, Aikoku 397 (Nagoya Shibuya Ward Citizens/Hiroyuki Electric Co., Ltd), Akeno Rikugun Hiko Gakko, Mie Prefecture, Japan Nakajima Ki-27, Aikoku 645 (Zenitaka), Akeno Rikugun Hiko Gakko, Mie Prefecture, Japan Mitsubishi Ki-51, Aikoku 569 (Kyushu Cpnfectionery), Hiko Dai 44 Sentai, China Area, 1943 Mitsubishi Ki-51, Aikoku 727 (All Japan), Hokota Rikugun Hiko Gakko, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan, September 1942 Nakajima Type 91, Aikoku 84 (Tamura), probably 5th Hiko Rentai (later 2nd Hiko Daitai and Hiko Dai 5 Sentai, Osaka, May 1933 Nakajima Type 91, Aikoku 3 (Obuse), 2nd Daitai of 1st Hiko Rentai (later Hiko Dai 1 Sentai), Osaka, March 1932 Nakajima Ki-43-I, s/n 388, Aikoku 1028 (Okamoto Industries), Akeno Rikugun Hiko Gakko, Mie Prefecture, Japan Nakajima Ki-43-II initial production version, Aikoku 2068 (Hokuriku Distribution), probably Hiko Dai 1 Sentai, September 1943 Nakajima Ki-43-II late type, Aikoku 3948 (Advance Resolutely No.1), Hiko Dai 77 Sentai, Singapore, Malaya, probably January 1944 More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £11.30 | ||
Squadron Signal - SQS10238 - No Scale | Douglas A-20 HAVOC IN ACTION Doyle. The Douglas A-20 Havoc was a light bomber, attack, and intruder aircraft of World War II. Used by the American Army Air Forces, nearly one-third of the aircraft served with the Soviet military, while many other A-20s fought with the RAF. Taking its first operational shape on the eve of the outbreak of the war in Europe, the 7B prototype actually crashed with a French observer aboard, kicking off a scandal in still-isolationist America where military aircraft were not to be exported. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pressed for a change in that restrictive rule and the French, impressed by the plane's rugged dependability and maneuverability, proceeded to place orders for 100 of the aircraft, albeit with modifications that resulted in the DB-7 version. Even before shipments began in November 1939, Paris had increased its order by another 170 aircraft. Many of those, however, found their way into the British RAF, which flew them under the nickname Boston, after the fall of France in June 1940. The U.S. Army Air Corps issued its first contracts for the aircraft they called the A-20 and A-20A, in May 1939, these were only delivered during the months from late 1940 through much of 1941. A dozen A-20As had recently arrived in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese surprise attack destroyed two of them on the ground. Modifications of the design continued and it was after the U.S. entry into the war when the A-20C version, produced by Douglas and Boeing, first were accepted. Of the first 515 A-20Cs, 108 were retained by the U.S. Army Air Forces, while 407 were shipped off to the Soviet Union. Numerous versions of the aircraft followed. About half of the A-20G were sent to the Soviet Union, as were many of the A-20H. In fact the Soviet air forces had more A-20s than the USAAF. Illustrated with 192 vintage photographs and detailed line drawings. 80 pages. (now out of print so be quick!) More | Aircraft books | Catalogue | £14.99 | ||
Warpaint Series - WPS77 - No Scale | Curtiss P-40. Derived from the earlier Curtiss 75 Hawk the P-40 Warhawk was an attempt to update the original design for more modern warfare. Unfortunately the aircraft that first emerged was seriously underpowered, undergunned and suffering from stability problems. Although not an auspicious start for a fighter design the Curtiss engineers and those of Allison, the engine builders, finally resulted in an aircraft that was worthy of the appellation fighter. While the P-40 would never really gain the fame of other aircraft destined to play their roles in the forthcoming global conflict it would carve out a niches for itself in the deserts of Arabia, the icy Arctic and across the Pacific. Thus in the hands of experienced pilots determined to wring the best out of tools to hand the P-40 was more than able to match the best that the enemy could throw at it. The first claim to fame for the P-40 was with the American Volunteer Group better known as the Flying Tigers created to support the Chinese Government in repulsing the Japanese invaders. Sporting shark mouths on the nose panels these early aircraft, sometimes working in desperate conditions, repulsed the invaders with great skill and held them at bay until America joined the war. With the air forces of other countries the P-40 made its mark. In the desert with the RAF and RAAF, across the Pacific with the RAAF and the RNZAF and in the frozen north with the RCAF the Curtiss roamed the skies. The P-40 saw service in other air forces with Brazil, Turkey and Russia operating the type with some success. . Written by Kev Darling this latest Warpaint covers all versions of this unique naval aircraft and is illustrated in colour by Richard J.Caruana. Unique 1:72nd scale plans are also included as well as a list of operators plus production details. More | Aircraft books | Catalogue | £13.50 |
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