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RMS TITANIC1912 - 2012 100TH ANNIVERSARY

Consultant Editor: Susan Pownell.

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The Club accepts no responsibility forerrors or ommissions or for views andopinions expressed by contributorsto the magazine.

Welcome to the spring edition of the Airfix Club Magazine.With those cold winter days behind us and the daysbecoming longer, it is a great time to have a look at whatevents are coming up in the year. The Airfix Team willbe making appearances at many different venues overthe next few months. Take a look at our Roadshow datesand try to come along to as many as possible. There isa lot going on for all ages.

In this edition of the magazine we also have a great offerwith the Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton, a fantasticFalklands feature and many more exciting new itemsand updates to show you.editorialeditorial

ContentsSouth West Model Show...2

Where Museum MeetsTheatre.............................3

Channel Dash................4-5

Fairey Swordfish ColourSchemes...........................6

Fairey Swordfish RiggingBuild.................................7

Falklands History................8

Diary Dates.......................9

1912-2012 RMS Titanic..................................10-11

Members’ Photos......12-13

Humbrol 2012............14-15

Competition Time............16

Best of show winner...

Over 130 traders and clubs exhibited everything from model aircraft, boats, figures, tanks and dioramas. Airfix ran a ‘Makeand Paint’ workshop and sponsored competitions designed to recognise high achievement in modelling across all disciplines.Model enthusiasts could bring along their best models and possibly could walk away with a prize.

The highlight of the Show was a radio controlled flying display by the award winning BMFA (British Model Flying Association).Previous years had seen jet powered model aircraft and an internationally acclaimed model helicopter stunt team takingto the skies. When not looking around the model show visitors could go on board Concorde and see the award winningAircraft Carrier Experience.

South West Model ShowNow in its 16th year the...

Now in its 16th year, Saturday February 11th promised to be the premier event in the SouthWest’s model enthusiasts’ calendar, with over 2000 visitors, clubs and traders expected toattend the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Model Show in Yeovilton.

Winner of the best Airfix modelcategory...Winner of the junior category...

Winner of the best club displ

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DISCOUNTANOTHER BENEFIT OF CLUB MEMBERSHIP...You can now use your Airfix membership card to obtain 10% discount onpurchases featured on the Airfix Direct Sales website www.airfix.com

Follow the step-by-step guide to the checkout and give your Airfix CollectorsClub membership number to obtain your discount, quoting code EPGWIIDS. 2

Where museum meets theatre!The Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton isone of the Southwest’s leading attractions and will almostcertainly change your perception of aircraft museums.

As much an ‘attraction’ as it is a ‘museum’, the award winning Aircraft CarrierExperience is where Museum meets theatre. You’ll ‘fly’ by helicopter to thereplica flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL.

On board the Ark Royal you’ll see ten aircraft and two enormous projectionscreens showing a Phantom interceptor fighter and a Buccaneer low levelstrike bomber. You will be in the heart of the action as powerful jet fighterstake off and land around you.

You will experience the thrills and sounds of a working flight deck, and feelthe wind in your hair as you witness a dramatic air-sea rescue when aBuccaneer is lost over the side on the Ark Royal into the sea. You will evensee a nuclear bomb. Inside the Ark Royal is a series of faithfully reconstructedcabins and operational areas from the Bridge to the ‘Goofers’ Deck’, whichlooks down onto the flight deck below.

The Museum has the largest collection of Naval aircraft anywhere in Europeand the first British built Concorde which you can go on-board and visit thecockpit. Outside the Museum there is a children’s ‘Mini Marines’ adventureplayground, a licensed restaurant and a shop, ample free parking and excellentdisabled access. Just across the road from the main Museum is the FleetAir Arm Museum’s reserve collection.

The reserve collection is larger than that of many other entire aircraftmuseums and is housed in a Heritage Lottery funded climate-controlledbuilding called Cobham Hall. Within Cobham Hall there are over thir tyhistoric aircraft and some five miles of shelving accommodating over 30,000records and artefacts.

Among the aircraft and artefacts within Cobham Hall are one of the largestcollections of Westland Helicopters and the only surviving example of a WW1aircraft Carrier - a 60ft long Thorneycroft Seaplane Lighter. There’s a bulletridden Argentinian Beechcraft Mentor and even a prototype Bouncing Bomb!

Cobham Hall opens to the public once each year when it attracts visitors fromall over the UK to see its unique collection of aircraft, many of which havenever before been seen on public display.

The Museum is open throughout the year but closed on Mondays andTuesdays during the winter. It is situated alongside RNAS Yeovilton - Europe’sbusiest military air station - and dependent upon operational demands,you may see fighter aircraft and helicopters going through their rigoroustraining procedures.

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RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset BA22 8HT. Situated on B3151,close to junction of A303 and A37. Seven miles Northof Yeovil. Tel 01935 840565. Web: www.fleetairarm.com

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Airfix are pleased to be able to offer all club members “2 for 1 entryinto the Fleet Air Arm Museum”. This fantastic offer is for all clubmembers and is available until December 31st 2012.

To take advantage of this special offer, simply present the voucherattached to this issue of Airfix Club magazine, along with your validclub membership card, to gain entry to the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

The offer is not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. We arealways striving to get great deals such as this for the Airfix club andwe hope you all get the chance to make use of it.

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The three German capital ships, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau andPrinz Eugen had no choice but to run the British naval blockadearound the port of Brest and break for home waters through theEnglish Channel. A stretch of water in places only 30 miles wideand under the noses of the RAF, Royal Navy and shore batteries.

On the night of the 11th of February the German ships slippedthrough the blockade and made full speed into the channel.Unfortunately for the British, and luckily for the Germans, theships were not spotted until the following morning by twoSpitfires of the RAF. However due to needing to maintain radiosilence they did not inform their superiors until landing.

While the RAF and Royal Navy had been expecting this operationtheir response was far from effective. Just 6 Swordfish biplanesmade up the initial strike force. Led by Lieutenant CommanderEugene Esmonde DSO the Swordfishes circled their base ofManston for around 10 minutes waiting for their allotted escort ofRAF Spitfires, but it was just ten aircraft of number 72 squadronthat found the Swordfishes and gave them an escort.

The Channel Dash, Codenamed operation Cerberus by the Germans, was one of the most audacious naval operations of all time. In early 1942 three of the Kriegsmarine’s most powerful warships were stranded in the French portof Brest unable to easily recover to a German port and under repeated bombing attacks by the RAF.

Against a force of up to 250 Luftwaffe fighters theattack was suicide.The spitfires soon became embroiledin a whirling dogfight with the Luftwaffe fighters, leaving the Swordfishes to the mercy of any otherfighters and the murderous flak. Esmonde pressed home his Torpedo run to the lowest level, flying even when his port lower wing was shot offand his aircraft was aflame. All the aircraft were lost with just 5crewmen surviving. Esmonde was not one of the survivors.

All the ships escaped unharmed, with the only damage during thewhole operation coming to them thanks to mines laid in theapproach to their own harbours. Repeated attacks by bombercommand and coastal command were ineffective, as were theshore batteries and destroyer assaults. For his heroic attack,Esmonde was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. The attackwas made in the foulest of weather, against the most determinedenemy who out classed them in both numbers and equipment, butthe bravery of the Swordfish crews cannot be questioned and waseven commented on by the German captain of Scharnhorstcommenting “What an heroic stage for them to meet their end on.Behind them their homeland which they had just left with theirhearts steeled to their purpose still in view" and a Daily MailReporter to write - "This is an episode in the Battle of the Straitsof which Britains can be rightly proud. In planes which, againstthe German protecting aircraft, were as slow as cart horsescompared with a motorcar, 18 men of the Fleet Air Arm flew overthe Channel. Crippled and ablaze before they got within range,they kept on, delivered their attacks - and died!"

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‘18 MEN WE SHALL NEVER FORGET’

The Channel Dash, Codenamed operation Cerberus by theGermans, was one of the most audacious naval operations ofall time.

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www.airfix.comFAIREY SWORDFISH

COLOUR SCHEMES

K8393/E5A, NO.824 NAVAL AIR SQN, FLEET AIR ARM, HMS EAGLE, OPERATION JUDGEMENT, TARANTO, 11TH NOV 1940

K8449, NO.820 NAVAL AIR SQN, HMS COURAGEOUS, MARCH 1939

K8375/2Q, NO.810 NAVAL AIR SQUADRON, FLEET AIR ARM, HMS ARK ROYAL, MAY 1941

W5984/H, FLOWN BY LT-COMMANDER EUGENE ESMONDE VC, DSO, OPERATION “FULLER” (“THE CHANNELL DASH”)NO.825 NAVAL AIR SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE MANSTON, ENGLAND, 12TH FEBRUARY 1942

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1. Drill through marked rigging attachm

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holes marked 'D'.2. At a slight angle drill close to both inner wing strut kit parts at 'D'.

3. Press fit the inner struts to wing centre section. Glue in the threads at the upper ends then thread through opposite ends and glue at 'X'.

4. Glue long (10cm) threads to the two upper struts and lower rear strut shown by 'X'.

5. Glue inner struts to centre section a

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add the outer undersides of top w

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and their struts. Now paint assemb

ly. 6. Drill two small holes at 'D' and glue in 10cm lengths of thread.

7. Carefully drill holes close to the outer struts at 'D'.

9. Add threads T6 and T7, pull tight a

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glue. Now trim off all threads ready

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the remainder of the wing parts to

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fitted.

10. Now add the rear control wires. Thread 'T8' goes to the lower elevator. Thread 'T9' goes to the rudder and 'T10' over the top of the tail plane and fixes to the top of the rear elevator (the next picture shows this in detail). Drill two holes through fin at 'D'.

11. Drill 4 holes but not all the way throughat 'D'. On one side glue and insertthreads 'T11' and 'T12', push throughholes in fin and pull with tweezers toline up with holes on opposite tail plane. A few trial and error attemptsare needed to trim down the thread soit is reasonably tight when glued intothe hole.

12. Measure the distance between the front and rear main wing bracing wiresand then make the supports 'T13'. Stretched sprue are good for these asit's more rigid than thread.

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If the thread is a little loose then light a match, blow it out and while the end it stillwarm pass very close to the thread. The heat should shrink it slightly and will bepulled taught. With a scalpel scrape away any extra glue around the holes once theglue is dry.

TOP TIP...

8. Drill a hole in fuselage at 'D'. Assemble wings to fuselage leaving off the top and bottom surfaces. Now pull through the long threads made at Stage 4 and glue into the opposite corners (Thread 'T1' to 'T1', 'T2' to 'T2', 'T3' to 'T3'). Thread 'T4' is an extra one where it pokes down next to the inner rear strut and glued in place, then fix it to the opposite corner. Thread 'T5' goes through hole in cowling then pull through front of fuselage and glue in place before engine is added.

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By the 5th of April a British task force was underway. Diplomatic effortshad gone nowhere and so the British government resigned itself to usingforce to retake the islands. The Task force would be protected in the airby just 28 Sea Harrier FRS1s. These aircraft were as yet unproven incombat and many believed they would be outclassed by Argentina’ssupersonic Mirage III jet interceptors as well as outnumbered by itslarger force of combat aircraft.

The Sea Harriers main opposition in the conflict proved to be the ArgentineAir Force’s small attack aircraft such as the Pucara and the American builtDouglas A4 Skyhawk. The Mirage fighters rarely engaging the nimbleHarriers.

Without protection the ageing A4 Skyhawks suffered accordingly andwhile some successes were achieved by the diminutive fighter bomberagainst the task force’s ships, eight were lost in aerial combat. The SeaHarrier by contrast suffered no air to air losses during the conflict andended the war a capable and proven fighter aircraft.

The Falklands war started on the second of April 1982 with an Argentine invasion and occupationof the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The British response was adamant, the Falklands wereBritish and would be re-taken either through diplomatic negotiations, or if that failed by force.

FALKLANDS HISTORY

Sea Harrier:Speed: 740 mph Range: 260miles Wingspan: 7.7m Length: 14.6m

Armament: 2 or 4 x sidewinder AAM 2 x 30mm Aden cannon.

Douglas A4-B Skyhawk:Speed: 673mph Range: 2,000 miles (with tanks) Wingspan: 8.4m Length: 13mArmament: 2 x 30mm cannon various stores up to 9,000lb.

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First flying on the 20th August 1969 the Pucara proved to have good lowlevel flying characteristics and a strong airframe, with excellent rough fieldcapabilities, able to operate from roads and unprepared strips. It is alsoable to carry an effective range of armaments, such as unguided bombs androckets, as well as being armed with two 20mm cannons and four 7.62mmmachine guns.

It was this very lethal armament that made the British forces fear the Pucaraat the start of the Falklands campaign of 1982. One of the few fixed wingtypes to be stationed on the island, the Argentines hoped the Pucaras wouldbe a useful asset in defending the islands from any British counter attack.However the Pucara’s very effectiveness would be its downfall in theFalklands campaign as they were singled out for destruction by the RAF,Royal Navy and the ground forces. Three were destroyed by cluster bombsat Goose Green and the SAS destroyed another six in their raid on PebbleIsland. A number of others were also destroyed by Anti-Aircraft Artillery(AAA) as well as Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs), with one being downedby a Sea Harrier. While the Pucara’s combat record over the Falklands wasnot sparkling, it does have the honour of claiming the only air to air kill bythe Argentine Air Force, with a Westland Scout helicopter being downed onthe 28th of May with machine gun fire.

At the end of the conflict the British captured eleven Pucaras with six beingshipped back to the UK for trials and evaluation work. A-515 as depictedhere was one of those aircraft. Originally repainted in RAF colours andmarkings the Pucara operated from Boscombe Down, undertaking a numberof tests and trails to ascertain the effectiveness of the airframe, includingtrials to test its rough field capability.

The Pucara was designed to meet an Argentine Air Force requirement for a versatile, sturdyaircraft for ground attack and counter insurgency (COIN) operations. A two seat low wingmonoplane powered by two Turbomeca Astazou XVIG turboprops rated at 1022shp each, it has a top speed of 311mph with a range of 870 miles.

FMA-IA58 PUCARA

Saturday 31st March - Sunday 1st April - The Spring Spitfire Event,Folkestone.Featuring Airfix Make & Paint event. This Airfix Make & Paint is being run bythe event organisers on behalf of Airfix. National Memorial to the Few,Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent CT18 7JJ. www.battleofbritainmemorial.org

Sunday 27th May - The Jubilee Air Show, IWM Duxford.Featuring Airfix Make & Paint event. IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR.www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford

Sunday 17th June - RAF Cosford Air Show 2012.Featuring Airfix display and Airfix Make & Paint event. RAF Cosford,Wolverhampton WV7 3EX. www.raf.mod.uk/rafcosford

Saturday 23rd June - RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2012.Featuring Airfix display and Airfix Make & Paint event. RNAS Yeovilton,Ilchester, Somerset BA22 8HT.

After these were completed A-515 was donated to the RAF museum,repainted in Argentine colours, and has been on display ever since.

However it is not just in the UK that the Falklands, or Malvinas, conflict isremembered. With the Argentine air force painting one Pucara in 1997 inthe white scheme here, commemorating the Argentine personnel lost duringthe conflict.

The bravery of the Pucara pilots was never questioned during the conflict bythe British, despite the slow moving COIN aircraft being especially vulnerableto ground fire and fighters, the Argentine pilots still pressed home theirattacks at very low level with severe determination.

Diary Dates...Saturday 30th June - Sunday 1st July - Flying Legends Air Show2012, IWM Duxford.Featuring Airfix Make & Paint event. IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR.www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford

Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th July - The Royal International Air Tattoo,RAF Fairford.Featuring Airfix display and Airfix Make & Paint event. RAF Fairford, Fairford,Gloucestershire GL7 4RB. www.airtattoo.com/airshow

Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th September - The Duxford Air Show, IWM Duxford.Featuring Airfix Make & Paint event. IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR.www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford

Sunday 14th October - The Autumn Airshow, IWM Duxford.Featuring Airfix display and Airfix Make & Paint event. IWM Duxford,Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR. www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th November - IPMS Scale ModelWorld2012.Featuring Airfix display and Airfix Make & Paint event. The Telford InternationalCentre, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH. www.southwatereventgroup.com

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RMS Titanic SpecificationOlympic-class ocean liner

Tonnage: 46,328 GRT

Displacement: 52,310 tons

Length: 882ft 9 in (269.1m)

Beam: 92ft (28m)

Height: 175ft (53.3m)

Depth: 64ft 6 in (19.7m)

Speed: 23 knots

Passengers: 3547

Crew: 885

Captain Edward John Smith was an English NavalReserve Officer and ship’s captain. He joined the WhiteStar Line in March 1880 and received his first commandin 1887.In 1911 he commanded the Olympic, the Titanic’s sistership and in 1912 was given command of the Titanic.Captain Smith went down after his ship and took his placein history.

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TANIC

A50146 R.M.S. TITANIC...It is a 100 years since the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic on

April 14th 1912 and we are taking a closer look at the Airfix 100thAnniversary Kit. It is a 1:400 scale kit and boasts some fantastically detailed

features. On this double page spread you will be able to see some of these featureswith the detailed photograph of the built up kit. The model itself is 630mm long and comprises of 381 pieces.

members’ photosmembers’ photos

Ed: If you would like to write to usor send in your photos for our Picture Gallery, you canemail us at club@airfix.com or write to The Airfix ClubMagazine, Hornby Hobbies Ltd., Westwood Cross,Margate CT9 4JX, UK. If sending images, please ensure they are originals (not scanned prints), in focus and high resolution. Weare offering a prize for the best overall contribution,so we look forward to hearing from you.

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Member 600834, Steve

Your contributions to our Members’ Photos page get betterand better and as you know, there is a prize for what our panelconsiders the best submission in each Airfix magazine edition.The winner chosen from all the photographs published on pages12-13 in Issue 18 is James Ross from Hampshire.Congratulations, James. Look out for your surprise Airfix gift,which is on its way to you.

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Member 610356, Caolan

Member 610429, George

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Member 610567, Gary Member 500308, Mark Member 610478, Peter

Member 600991, KieronMember 599211, Warren Member 600060, Matt

Member 598047, Steven

Member 503565, Alan

Member 610635, StevenMember 598758, Alan

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2012 sees the introduction of over 60 fabulous new products to make your model even better thanever. More colours, more accessories and a brilliant new Workstation, Humbrol really is the onlyplace to start and finish!

PAINTS & ACCESSORIES2012

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RLM 70Schwartzgrun

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RLM 76Lichtblau

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RLM 71Dunkelgrun

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gloss colours

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acrylic paints - matt colours

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coatings & thinners

A4 cutting mat

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Humbrol work stationA must for every modeller. The Humbrol Work Station is manufactured from a tough and durable material that can’t be melted byHumbrol Poly Cement. AG9156

Entering RAF squadron service in 1960, the Lightning represented aquantum leap in capability and performance over the RAF's previousinterceptor jets, offering Mach 2+ performance as well as a phenomenalrate of climb. Until its retirement in the 1980s, the Lightning had few rivalsfor outright speed and climbing ability, however, it did have someshortcomings, most notably its lack of range as well as its limitedarmament of just two air-to-air missiles.

The fine art prints (Giclee) provided by Adam Tooby are produced usingarchival quality (280gsm) paper. The paper used conforms to UV andlongevity tests as specified by the guild of fine art as well as internationalstandards DIN6738; ANSI Z93.48-1984 and ISO9706. Each print isproduced using a 12 colour print process to ensure that colour accuracyand fine detail is accurately reproduced.

Finest hour art will be launching 3 new prints every 6 to eight weeks. Alsolook out for the private collection launch of artwork that will be availablefrom June onwards.

COMPETITION TIME

1. The two winners of the competition (one adult and one junior aged 14 or under) will be the first drawn fromthe all-correct entries received by the closing date of 14th May 2012.

2. The competition is limited to one entry per current member of the Airfix Club.3. The results of the competition will be announced in Issue 20 of the Airfix magazine and the winner notified

by post.4. The competition is not open to employees of Hornby Hobbies Ltd., their agents or families.5. No correspondence to be entered into in conjunction with the competition.6. The Airfix Club accepts no responsibility for entries lost in the post or damaged or defaced in any way.7. No cash equivalent is available.8. The judges’ decision is final.

Rules of entry

Using the letters on the propeller and the spinner in the illustration, see howmany words you can make up using three letters or more. To test you evenfurther words which contain the letter X will count as double, giving you aneven better chance of obtaining that collectable prize! The adult and juniorreader sending us the longest list of words wins!

Put all the words you’ve come up with on a postcard and send to Airfix Issue19 Competition, PO Box 25, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE13 1ZG, UKor email them to comp@entryairfix.com In either case, please quote yourname, address and membership number and for junior entrants, please stateyour age (14 or under). Closing date for entries is 14th May 2012.

We’ve devised a competition with aninteresting Airfix twist for you this time.Take part in our Airfix Propellergram with

a chance of winning an example of a fantastic signedboxed Airfix kit of the Royal Navy A05113 Westland SeaKing HAR.5 Helicopter. We have two kits to give away -one to an adult winner and one to a junior winner aged14 or under. These have been signed by the actual crewsserving on these fantastic aircraft.

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All prints are limited, so be one of the first to purchasethis amazing imagery.

Please email info@finesthourart.com for more details.

Our Airfix competition in Issue 18 promised a signed print of Airfix box-art specialist Adam Tooby’s SupermarineSpitfire Mk XII, to be awarded to one adult and one junior winner. The lucky recipients are: Mr Vernon Holmes,Member 565340 from Cambridgeshire and Tommy Sargeant, aged 12, Member 610767 from Aberdeenshire.The answers to our competition questions were:

1. Woolf Barnato and Bernard Rubin. 2. 1969. 3. Feldwebel (Sergeant) Karl Hier.Congratulations to you both. Your prizes are on their way, so make space on your hobby room wall.

Competition Results

Take a look at the latest edition to the Airfix LimitedEdition Prints. We have the English Electric Lightning.

Airfix will release a print every two months with awide and varying subject matter. Look out for our newrelease come mid-march!

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