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Production

08/2011

SH32048 F-80C Shooting Star “Over Korea“1/32

During the Second World War ingenious Kelly Johnson

started to design jet fighter that eventually fought in

Korean War five years later. Shooting Stars were the

most modern machines on Korean skies until the MiG-

15s were deployed. To gain the air superiority again, F-

86 Sabres had to be transferred to Korea. The Korean

War lasted five long years and for all this time F-80C flew

fighter-bomber missions.

I have two notes in the beginning of this newsletter; one good and the other is bad one. Who wants to read the bad at

first should skip the following paragraph. In my opinion, it is always better to start with the good news.

I hope that the good news for all our customers and modelers is that we finally managed to trim the last 1/72 scale

Spitfire/ Seafire mould. Our presses are injecting, the kits are being packed and we are starting the distribution

of Spitfire Mk.21 and Seafire FR Mk.46. Not only every Spitfire fan should be pleased by this kit but also every modeler

that wants to build accurate Spitfire kit. Both Spitfire and Seafire kits are one of the best we have ever produced.

The sad news is that distribution of A065 Caproni Ca.310 Peru, A103 Caproni Ca.310 Norway Service, SH72235

J-9 and SH72237 P-35A kits will be delayed at least for two months. The reason is damaged clear parts mould.

Unfortunately, we have to manufacture and galvanize completely new mould since the damage is non reparable.

The latter technology is time consuming and so the manufacture of this mould with subsequent trimming will last

approximately two months. Due to this issue we are forced to postpone the already announced 1/72 scale Yak-23

Flora kits to September.

Let's move to the August new releases:

The kit of this beautiful 1st generation jet fighter contains five sprues with grey plastic parts. Two of them are short run

moulds; the remaining 3 are produced from metal moulds alike the clear parts sprue. Moreover, the kit contains two photo-

etched frets (colored and plain) and detailed resin parts. Decals included offer four machines that participated in Korean

War:

F-80C Shooting Star FT-547, named “Evil Eye Fleagle / Miss Barbara Ann“, 36th FBS, 8th

FBG, K-13 Suwon, Korea, 1951-53. This machine can be built in three different appearances that changed during its

service.

F-80C Shooting Star FT-705/9705, named “Ramblin=Reck=Tew“, pilot Lt. Robert Dewal, 35th FBS, 8th FBG, Itazuke

airbase, Japan, 1950.

F-80C Shooting Star FT-740, named “6 Guns For Hire“, pilot Lt. Gene Zehr, 80th FBS, 8th FBG, K-13 Suwon, Korea, 1953.

F-80C Shooting Star FT-653, named “Panther Queen“, Commnader of 8th FBG Lt. Col. William Samways, 8th FBG,

Itazuke airbase, Japan, June 1950.

SN72002 U-boot Typ IIA 1/72 re-issue

We managed to re-issue the long sold out kit

of the Typ IIA submarine. Typ IIA U-boot was

the first German mass produced submarine

for the newly built Nazi Germany's

Kriegsmarine. Most of the submarine crews

were trained on this submarine class before

the outbreak of the war. When the war broke

out Typ II submarines took part in initial

fights. With the introduction of the new Typ VII the older Typ IIs were, again used for training tasks.

This is the first injection kit of this submarine ever produced. Special Navy series kit contains five sprues with plastic

parts, white metal, resin and photo-etched parts. Decals included offers markings for submarines U-2 and U-3 in two

appearances.

A102 PZL.24A/C “Turkish AF“ 1/72

PZL.24 fighter was a great export success of Polish national company PZL. Prior the 2nd World War PZL Co. succeeded

in exporting these all metal high wing monoplane

(sometimes called Pulawski or gull wing) aircraft to several

air forces. Both Romania and Turkey also license produced

PZL.24s. Compared to Polish Air Force standard PZL.11

machines, modern PZL.24 featured higher performances

and heavier armament. To its own loss Polish AF never

acquired these fighters. Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and

Greece found PZL.24s more than useful. Versions A and C

were produced by PZL Company for Turkey. These two

versions differed by the armament used; A version carried 2 cannons and 2 machineguns, while C version carried 4

machineguns. Same versions were license produced in KFT factory in Turkey. Turkish machines served in first line until

1940, then as trainers till 1943.

The kit contains two sprues with grey plastic parts, injected canopy, detailed resin and photo-etched parts. Decals

included offer markings for 4 Turkish Air Force machines in natural metal finish with big fuselage numbers.

SH72132 XP-56-II Black Bullet “Hi-tech” 1/72 re-issue

Northrop Company built two prototypes of XP-

56 tailless interceptor fighter during the World

War 2. Both machines served for evaluation

purposes but production was not started. We

already produced kits of both prototypes in 1/72

scale. While the first prototype (cat. no 72098) is

still in stock, the second prototype of this

unorthodox fighter was produced in two

versions; cat. no. 72510 as basic kit and

SH72132 as Hi-Tech kit. Both versions of the

second prototype are long time sold out. Nevertheless, we still receive orders for particularly SH72132 kit. Therefore we

decided to re-issue this kit in limited run of 500 pieces. The kit contains plastic parts, detailed resin and photo-etched

parts for cockpit. Decals included contain markings for the 2nd prototype as appeared during the evaluation tests. . Early

orders will have the priority!!!

SH72095 B-18 Bolo “Pre-war Service“ 1/72

According to 1934 specifications

issued by USAAC High command B-

18 Bolo was designed. The DB-1

(factory designation) design was

derived from the design of the famous

civil Dc-2 aircraft. Unlike Dc-2, the

DB-1 was mid-wing design with bomb

bay located in the fuselage under the

wing's cross section and defensive

armament consisting of three 7.65

mm machine guns located in

manually operated nose and dorsal

turrets and one in ventral hatch. Except of the initial batch later on, additional machines were ordered under designation

B-18A. These new machines featured new, picked nose. In total 350 B-18s were ordered but only 312 machines were

produced. B-18 then became the most widely used US bomber of the pre war era. Bolos were stationed in continental

USA so at Hawaii and Philippines. This is the first injection kit of B-18 ever produced.

The kit contains four sprues with plastic parts, injected clear parts, resin and photo-etched parts. Decals included offer

markings for 4 USAAC machines in natural metal finish mostly with colorful engine cowlings.

SH72251 Digby Mk.I “Bolo in Canadian Service“ 1/72

In 1940 twenty machines were delivered

to Canadian Air Force that designated

them Digby Mk.I. Canadian Digbys served

in frontline until 1943 and then they were

transferred to training and military

transport units. Both US B-18s and

Canadian Digbys managed to sink at least

one submarine each.

Next month new releases:

SH72233 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.24 1/72

SH72229 Supermarine Seafire Mk.45 1/72

SH72256 model 68 Hawk III

“Over Siam and Argentina” 1/72

SH72248 1/72Yakovlev Yak-23 Flora “Red&White Stars”

SH72242 1/72Yakovlev Yak-23 Flora “Warsaw Pact”

SH48110 1/48Heinkel He 115

SH72245 1/72Yakovlev Yak-23 Flora Two-Seater

Forthcoming new releases:

SH48127 1/48Fairey Firefly Mk.I “Home Fleet”

SH48041 1/48Fairey Firefly Mk.IV/V