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A-Model catalogue 2013-2014 is available online here: http://scalemodels.ru/news/5859-katalog-a-model-2013-2014.html Front page http://scalemodels.ru/modules/news/img_5859_1360006547_02.jpg.html NEW 1/48th - ref.4806 - Yak-52 - ref.4807 - Yak-18T "Max" - ref.4808 - Yak-53 And many more in the other scales... V.P.

With the Comet underway I suddenly had a moment where I realised a build I’d fancied for a while would fit in here. So, despite common sense telling me to try not to have too many builds on the go at once, it’s time for another de Havilland product and another civil build. I read Stuart McKay’s de Havilland DH.60 Moth ‘The World's first successful light aeroplane’ the other year. One of the aircraft mentioned was G-AUGM (later VH-UGM) which was described as being operated by The Church of England in a fetching silver scheme with purple struts. It was used in New South Wales to help the Rector of Wilcannia traverse his vast parish. This rather took my fancy and got earmarked for a potential build scheme. A quick search revealed that the original pilot of G-AUGM, the Rev. Len Daniels, had actually written a book on his time flying her, Far West. Long out of print but fortunately Kerry Medway had, after his death, decided the story still needed to be told. The result was Wings Over Wilcannia, a copy of which I was able to pick up for less than a fiver. This reprinted Far West with some additional commentary and a wide selection of photographs, including a great number of the Moth. I’ll intersperse titbits from this with the build. I’m working with an Amodel DH 60 C kit which in theory should be better than the old Frog Moth kit (I mean it’s got an actual interior so that’s a start!). I’ve built an Amodel biplane before so I know what I’m letting myself in for; we’ll see if it proves to be an easier build than the Frog or not... This is what we get in the box. Quite a lot of those parts are going to be spare because they’re for other Moth variants. The decals in the box are for the Shuttleworth Collection’s G-EBLV. As, strangely enough, no decals of G-AUGM or her later VH-UGM incarnation appear to have been released, I’ll be trying my hand at masking the code letters and home made decals for the “Church of England” and “Far West” markings she also carried. As a quick starter to help watch over the build I’ve delved back into my pack of Dapol railway figures and roughly adapted one to make a figure of the Rev. Daniels based on photos in the book. Despite the heat of the region he is always depicted in dog collar and jacket; presumably even in the outback the clergy have standards to adhere to. One thing I did notice is that the dog collars seemed larger than I’ve seen before; possibly in Australia they were made larger and less tight fitting to avoid broiling their wearers or, since I’m unfamiliar with clerical couture, either now or in the 1920’s/30’s, possibly this was just the fashion of the day. So here's the Rev. Len Daniels, depicted here with a non-Australian Gipsy Moth courtesy of last year’s Frog GB. Right, time to get cracking with the Moth itself! Cheers, Richard.

Hello to all! Here is my latest completed model - Pilatus PC-12/45 - that I finished as part of 'Give Piece a Chance' group build here on the forum. As I was making this model I learnt quite a lot about Pilatus PC-12 but also about the small Okavango Air Rescue team and about Okavango Delta too. Pilatus PC-12 model is quite unique on the market to this day being the only widely available single-engine airplane of such class (7-9 passengers). There are some smaller single-prop aircraft such as Piper Meridian typically with up to 6 capacity including the pilot. Beechcraft developed a Denali model which I think is the only directly comparable to PC-12. But that is not yet in production. Pilatus PC-12 is being produced for over 30 years already with over 2000 aircraft sold so looks like it is a very commercially successful airplane. And quite beautiful too! The Okavango Air Rescue team is serving Okavango Delta basin from the Maun International Airport located respectively in a Maun town which is a gateway to Okavango river delta. As I was able to understand from public sources, Okavango Air Rescue company is a not-for-profit organization being funded by patronage system and providing free rescue to its patrons visiting Okavango Delta as well as to local population. And I believe in an emergency they will rescue other tourists but for a fee. The company was founded about 15 years ago by air rescue professionals from Switzerland and now operates two Pilatus PC-12 airplanes as well as couple helicopters. I will not write Wikipedia information about the Okavango Delta. I could only say that now I've placed Botswana on my to-do travel destinations list. Not sure how soon I could be able to go there - but this red Pilatus will be reminding me about that idea. The Amodel kit is definitely not in the Eduard or Tamiya league. In particular, my kit had some mismolded areas on the fuselage bottom side. On the other hand parts fit each other okay. Even windows were transparent and well fit the openings. Externally the model looks very much like real Pilatus PC-12. For example, lower fuselage side has some noticeable shapes that were reproduced seemingly accurate (but had to be restored after treatment of mismoldings). Amodel seems appropriately catered for variations between different PC-12 configurations. Also the kit has some nice photoetch parts including super tiny static electricity dischargers. A nice touch. On the other hand some better resin or 3D printed engine exhausts could be very beneficial as plastic parts are very agricultural. I also made a good amount of scratchbuilt updates: - first and foremost I added a scratch passenger cabin with seats and medical beds - added couple minor parts to the pilots' cabin - another big update was replacement of rudimentary piece of plastic in the front wheel well with a representation of a real wheel bay - added some details into the main wheel bays - added some walling to the intake to remove the 'cave effect' - I made properly rotating propeller - lastly added wire antenna at the tail fuselage Other than that it is a out-of-box project. No aftermarket was used as none is really available. More information on my updates with pictures are available in the build thread in the GB forum Couple last points on the model - red colour is Tamiya XF-7 covered in two major runs by gloss microscale finish. Decals are Decograph printed and coming from the box. They behaved excellently! Some more close up pictures of wing tips, undercarriage and tail area with those navigation lights and static dischargers Lastly I have some special pictures for you. Firstly obviously Pilatus PC-12 next to Pilatus PC-6 Next is a pair of my business jets (or turboprops) completed so far and next I pulled together all four red-painted models that I have in collection. Someone mentioned in my build thread that Pilatus PC-12 makes a nice splash on the shelves - just wanted to show that there are luckily a bit more than just one red splash already! Thanks for watching! And happy modelling to all of you Kind regards, Dennis

In addition to the MiG-3s, I am working on two Russian rocket fighters. That seemed easy because they all have to be green over blue. But the MiG turns out to be AII green/blue and the other two AMT 4/2. So just different. The Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 is from Maquette and according to Scalemates a reissue. Nice kit, but I think you can only build the first prototype because of the convex canopy. The Tikhonravov I-302P is from Amodel. Real short run, lots of sanding and fillers. It all just fits, just doesn't fit. They were primed together with the MiGs. The BI-1 has a first layer of black, AMT 6 from AKAN.

I present the first of 4 planned builds. A few months ago, I saw reports of Ukrainian Civil Air Patrol operating Yak-52s to combat enemy drones. These russian drones, such as the Orlans, would penetrate deep behind the front line to strike civilians as terror weapons. The Yak-52s, normally unarmed, would feature a backseat "gunner", which would engage a drone using a handheld firearm, such as a machine gun or shotgun. An excellent story about it can be found here: https://www.twz.com/air/yak-52-kill-marks-hint-at-success-in-ukraines-drone-war Naturally, I thought this would make for a cool model. Quick research showed a few models available in my preferred 1/72 scale, including some offerings from Ukrainian company Amodel. Luckily, my favorite Ukrainian model supplier (UA-Hobby), had some in stock. Quick reviews tell that I have quite a bit of work ahead of me for a relatively "simple" kit. Inside the box are a small amount of parts. I also picked up some canopy masks as well. My goal is to build the 4 color camouflage. As there are no decals, I will have to paint this instead. For paints, I went with a Ukrainian company called Arcus Hobby. I tried to pick the colors I felt best reflected the real aircraft. Hopefully it will turn out well.

Amodel is to release 1/72nd Embraer ERJ/EMB 145 kits. - ref. 72381 - Embraer EMB 145 EU/EP - City Airline & British Airways Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/embraer-emb145-euep-city-airline-british-airways-a-model-72381-198168.html - ref. 72385 - Embraer EMB 145 LR - Aero Mexico & American Eagle Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/embraer-emb145-lr-aero-mexico-american-eagle-a-model-72385-198169.html - ref. 72390 - Embraer EMB 145 LU - Crossair & Luxair Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/embraer-emb145-lu-crossair-luxair-a-model-72390-198170.html V.P.

A new giant on approach by Amodel, a 1/72nd Martin JRM Mars - ref.? Thanks Tali ;-) Source: http://www.greenmats.club/topic/2421-amodel-jrm-martin-mars-172-тестовая-сборка/ V.P.

Amodel is to release a 1/72nd Gulfstream G550 kit - ref.72327 Source: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234997175-amodel-new-172nd-1144th-kits-in-2016-update/ V.P.

This is the 1/72-scale Amodel MiG-9. It's a short-run kit, so be sure to have plenty of filler available. Several pieces, the fuselage in particular, required considerable clean-up on account of scratches, pits, and other assorted imperfections. The nose requires a decent amount of ballast to keep the "tadpole" sitting straight. Painted with Vallejo Model Air (closest match to the Humbrol color called for in the instructions), and several shades of Alclad metallics were used to weather the steel heat shield (along with some thinned oil spattering to create irregular heat stress patterns). Further weathering included Tamiya panel liner and some oil filtering. Finally, Tamiya weathering pigments helped add some ruddiness to the cannons and heat effects to the heat shield. Thanks for looking!

Amodel is to release a 1/72nd Henschel Hs 123C kit - ref. 72248. Source: http://hobbyterra.com/product/henschel-hs-123c-dive-bomber-in-1-72-scale-amodel-72248.html Box art V.P.

After the Jetstream 31 & 32 (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234972846-172-bae-jetstream-31-32-by-amodel-released/?hl=jetstream) Amodel is to release another serie of 1/72nd Jetstream kits. Source: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234997175-amodel-new-172nd-1144th-kits-in-2016-update/ - ref.72331 - BAe Jetstream T.1 - ref.72332 - BAe Jetstream T.2 - ref.72333 - BAe Jetstream T.3 - ref.72335 - BAe Jetstream 200 V.P.

Amodel is to reissue its 1/72nd Antonov An-24V "Coke" - LOT & Interflug - under ref. 72253 Cyrillic character B is V in latin character. Here V for Visotnyi (Высотный) or high altitude. Anyway the LOT SP-LTA depicted in the box art is a An-24RV... Sources: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/antonov-an24b-lot--interflug-a-model-72253-198456.html https://www.hobby.dn.ua/uk/amodel-amo-72253-ltak-antonov-24b-polischa-ndr-p-111504.html V.P.

Buongiorno, signori! Now I'm posting the fourth (and so far the last) model from my small AMI collection. This time it is probably the most iconic of all the aircraft built in Italy - Piaggio Avanti. No need to write a lot about the design - I believe all aviation fans know quite a lot about the type. Avanti is carrying a lot of 'the best' titles - the quietest, the speediest, the most fuel efficient turboprop executive airplane. The most unique and at the same time very aesthetically balanced design. The first of the only two production aircraft with three lifting surfaces configuration (another one is Su-30/33/34 family). How can anyone not have this in the collection? The base kit comes from Amodel. Of course the company is well known for challenging quality - and I can confirm that many smaller parts required attention to make them thinner, remove defects, etc. However the parts fit was rather good. I think the only really challenging area was fitting engine nacelles to the wings - especially alignment of those to look parallel to each other, taking care of proper sitting on the wing given main wing dihedral and so on. Of course some filler was needed here and there. But again - nothing really overwhelming. The kit provides full interiors for two versions - VIP and 'economy' passenger cabins. I chose economy option as I believe some of the AMI Avantis should be in that configuration. Not sure if AMI has deluxe Avantis but I know for sure some of AMI P.180s are counter electronic measures aircraft with various relevant equipment and couple operator working places inside. Not much interior seen on photoes but with cellphone torch on I can enjoy the neat look of the chair rows Some updates included minor improvements in the pilots cockpit such as seat belts and handles inside. Also I added a wall blanking the air intakes (honestly this area could be improved much much more as air intakes are fairly complex on a real thing). Exterior elements such as antennae, pitot tubes etc require references to the particular aircraft that you're building. Not everything from the kit should be put on. Not everything that should be on a real thing is in the kit. Lamps and navigation lights from the kit are completely useless. I scratch built navigation lights from the transparent plastic sprue and minor lamps made by just drops of Kristal Klear. On contrary canopy window fits quite fine but of course polishing is badly needed. Kit provides decals for a black and silver Spanish civil operated aircraft and for a fully boring grey Italian Marina Militare machine. I did not like either option but Caracal Decals did superb job issuing a set of decals providing for AMI, Guardia Costiera and Esercito machines and two civil operated ones with French and Polish registrations. Polish one is a medical transport so probably would require a cabin with medical beds and life-support equipment. Of all the options I thought that Aeronautica is the most elegant (Guardia Costiera is the most colourful though) so I went forward all white Avanti with a thin blue strip. Decals applied quite well. Unfortunately the insignia were out of register so I found the same size roundels in the leftovers from my Revell Eurofighter. Okay. Now As I posted all the four AMI aircraft of my collection - I need to share couple group photoes. First the pair of non-combat planes together: And then full quartet - for size comparisons as well! And links for RFI threads of the three others - just in case: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235130494-f-104g-il-spillone-dellaeronautica-militare-172-hasegawa/ https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235130495-fiat-g91r-the-greatest-success-of-italian-air-industry-172-meng/ https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235130530-siai-marchetti-sf260am-classic-trainer-bird-by-stelio-frati-172-special-hobby/ Thanks for watching! Dennis

This is another kit that was started earlier in the year and crying out to be finished. If you haven’t got one of these treat yourself. It really is a monster step up in quality (see what I did there). Its finely moulded and comes with masks, etch and decals that you need to be careful with but work well and are in register. The aircraft was designed to be a replacement for the An-2 and was code named Clod by NATO. Not exactly a name befitting the attractive Little Bee.(Pchelka) Its finished entirely from the box as an East German example painted with Xtracolor paints and varnishes, Flory wash and Tamiya weathering powders. Hope you like it. What do you get when you muliply An-14 by 2 An-28 (PZL Mielec M28) Another superb kit this one by Aeroplast, I built this some time ago in Vietnamese colours. Thanks for looking Pete

1/72 A Model IAR 80c. Another model that resisted completion, mainly due to fit issues again. It's getting to sound a lot like a bad workman blaming his tools, as I ought to be big enough, old enough and ugly enough to get over mere bagatelles such as the canopy being too big for the fuselage, the wing sections warping so that there was a gap the width of the mersey tunnel between top and bottom leading edge, the butt joint tailplanes were no help at all and the rear of the fuselage still gives me the shivers thinking how lucky I was it isn't a resin kit the amount of sanding I had to do to get a massive step in the wing to rear fuselage reduced.. But I persevered, and eventually wrestled into some sort of shape a model that looked to me bore a passing resemblance to the box art. Actually, I am a little tired of these short run, awkward fitting models, and yearn for an Airfix, Revell, Eduard or Tamiya kit to make, which is why I am going for the Smer Su-25 Frogfoot in Ukrainian livery next. On to the IAR 80. I didn't know until a couple of years ago that Rumania had an aviation business, let alone it produced what looks like a well designed efficient fighter, the IAR 80. When I discovered that, I thought let's get one, and on impulse picked up this 1/72 Amodel kit from Hannants. I thought apart from the aerial being broken in half, the somewhat dodgy colour choices ( Humbrol dark brown and Mr Hobby IJA dark green) for the paintwork, a couple of seams that refused to fill and sand away, and the mistake with the undercarriage, given the fit issues and the truly awful instructions, it doesn't look too bad. The pitot was painted by masking the white for red stripes, the canopy was masked pretty well, though spoilt a bit by some glue fogging that crept in at the front when I put the aerial in the hole I'd drilled in the canopy. Gun barrels by Albion hobby, as was the pitot. Canopy masks from Yahu, as were the seatbelts, and the instrument panel. Which, you had to work out where the fuselage location for the IP was; I thought I had, but obviously didn't put enough glue there as the IP fell out. I used Mr Colour RLM 04 for the yellow bits, Windsor & Newton galleria gloss varnish to put the decals on, and Windsor & newton galleria satin finish for post decals. This wasn't a "Oh, just drop it in the bin" model, but a couple of times it came close. Several photos now follow of this fighter for your delectation.

My first entry for this GB will be the AModel DH60M Metal Moth. The DH 60M was introduced in 1928 for areas where a steel tube fuselage covered in fabric would be more rugged and easier to repair than the ply fuselage of earlier versions of the DH60. The RAF bought 135 between 1928 and 1931 for use as trainers, and several were also used as squadron 'hacks' The AModel kits is part of a series of different versions of the DH60. Different fuselages, wings and other parts have been tooled, and this particular version has an appropriate fuselage with stringers visible and wings with Handley Page slats. There is no PE and the overall feel of the kit is of a shortish run with fairly heavy attachments points. Detail looks pretty reasonable, and wing rib detail etc. I have an old 'Scale Models' from January 1978 that has quite a useful article with plans for the DH60 that I used to convert a Frog/Novo kit later that year. Stringers were from heat stretched sprue and the wings were thinned. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out. This is my 1978 effort, now sadly gone. The rigging is stretched sprue attached with PVA, and it was painted with Humbrol Metalcote Aluminium applied by brush. Few fancy metallics and not the range of decals we have today, not that at the time I could have afforded them anyway.

Dear aviation modellers, today I present you with the largest model I have ever made! It is the M-50A (NATO code name Bounder) produced by the one and only Amodel. This was a very difficult kit for me to build due to the size and composition of its components (cast fiberglass resin fuselage and wings.) It required me to utilize new skills as a modeller - which is a great thing! I constructed a berth out of XPS foam to keep the aircraft elevated while gluing on the engines, and working on the bomber's underside while fully inverted was absolutely harrowing. You will notice fine pitting along the panel lines in some close-up pictures; I can only guess that I received a kit that was produced near the end of the tooling's lifespan, unfortunately. The liberal application of Mr. Surfacer 500 thick primer managed to minimize these blemishes. As @general melchett mentions in his very suave build of this monster from a ways back, the oleo of the front landing gear strut has to be reduced by about half, while maintaining the aircraft's nose-high attitude. But not only that - the length of the outrigger struts must also be lengthened by about 5-6mm each in order to touch the ground. This is a very intriguing design which was trialed at the height of the Cold War. It represents the last of the Soviet Union's supersonic strategic bombers which were designed for the purpose of striking the USA with nuclear weapons. First flying on 27 October 1959, the M-50A made a total of 19 successful flights before eventually being retired to the aircraft museum in Monino. Late in 1960, the USSR began to prioritize the development of ICBMs as the future primary means of waging nuclear war with the United States. Therefore, the project was abandoned, and the V.M. Myasishchev Experimental Design Bureau OKB-23 was closed. The long-range bomber force would instead be composed of the Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, which still had the ability of striking the United States over the north pole, albeit with much reduced performance and speed. If you would like to learn more about this aircraft, I recommend this website: https://oldmachinepress.com/2014/03/26/myasishchev-m-50-m-52-bounder/ It has excellent information about the developmental history and specifications of this silver beauty. Without further ado, here is the completed model! In this historical photo, it is towed by a ChTZ S-65 "Stalinets" agricultural tractor with cab.. From kit... to competition! It didn't win any prizes, but its completion is enough of a reward for me. Thanks for looking!

Amodel is to release a new variant from its 1/72nd Il-76 kit - ref. 72042 - Ilyushin Il-76MD "Candid" - Ukraine & Indian air forces. Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/ilyushin-il76md-india-ukraine-a-model-a-72042-190688.html V.P.

Next up from me will be this long term stash resident - Inside the flimsy box the majority of the kit is fibre glass With the rest injection moulded Should be fun..... Steve

Hello everyone! Here is my latest kit. It's Amodel's 1:144 Beriev Be-12 Tchaika "Mail". It represents "Yellow 55" of the Ukrainian Naval Aviation in the 1990s. Following the break-up of the USSR, Ukraine had 12 ASW Be-12s plus a SAR variant. In 2001, the survivors were all grounded and at least six were refurbished and returned to service in 2004. This short-run kit with etched parts was not easy but the end result was very satisfying. The instructions were not clear in places and had several errors. Checking with photos of the real thing was a must. I built it OOB and only added the wing probes, the radio wires and some intakes from stretched sprue. It was fully painted and varnished with brush Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome. Miguel

Hi everybody! Upcoming project will be another unusual soviet russian object, but this time a completely non-fictional one that actually flew. It's an Antonow An-71 AEW/tracking system based on a highly modified airframe of the Antonow An-72 series. This is in the box: 6 sprues of light grey styrene, 1 sprue with clear parts, 1 small PE fret, decals and instructions booklet. The eagle-eyed among you might already have spotted a tiny little amount of flash here and there. I think you know AModel kits, so I don't think that I have to tell you that this won't be an easy going build at all. This will be a slow, very slow build, I'm afraid. Well...I must be masochistic. The build will start soon, first I have to sort some real life things. Any thoughts, comments, encouragements will be very welcome! Thanks for looking.

Hello dear colleagues! Today I want to show you my first non-civil aircraft in my standard scale. What can I say about C-130? Some people says that it's most beauty-looking plane. But in my opinion it looks ridiculous, short and fat fuselage looks strange enough. But anyway, it has own charm, especially in old schemes with naked duralumin body. And I think the most popular military cargo plane will be a good replenishment for my collection. Hercules was produced in many different modifications, the most famous of them is monstrous AC-130 Spectre, the flying artillery battery. Also, C-130 is the biggest plane ever landed and taken off from aircraft carrier. The kit from Amodel was purchased about half a year ago, but for long time I didn't dare to start with it. I've read a lot of negative reviews about this kit. OK, it's short-run technology. How we say in Russia, swearing removed And I have to say that this proverb describes progress of building the model good enough. There was no one connection that didn't need many time, sanding paper and putty to get it acceptable-looking. Usually I spend much more time for paint-works, but when you have a deal with Amodel, you have to be ready to spend some days before you will take airbrush in your hand. On the picture there are two engines from left side - one before and another after correction of them. Also kit has incorrect geometry, when I've placed the wing over fuselage, I've discovered that there is a big fail with engines. They were inclined down. After saying some kind words to Amodel manufacturers, I disconnected engines and took putty and sanding paper again... Taking stock of building progress, there was very long and complicated work to get something looking like Hercules from that sadly-looking plastic pieces, that you can find in the box. BTW Amodel writes in their instruction that "Kit destined only for skilled modellers". I think it's something like disclaimer of responsibility. Paint work was easy enough after finally getting assembled model. First I've used black Decorix primer from the balloon. Then I masked nose and areas behind engines and painted the plane with Tamiya X-11. Then I tried (not very successfully) to imitate panel effect on the fuselage and wing-edge. Red colour for tail was mixed from red and orange Master-Acrylic paints. First, I had an idea to paint the whole plane in metallic, like it is pointed in instruction. But discovering hundreds of C-130 photos, I've found one with red tail and metallic body. It was C-130A from one US museum. I liked this scheme very much and decided to paint my model in something like that prototype. And here I've to say that there is no any real prototype of my model. It only can be named collective fashion of Hercules from the Golden Era of 1960's, with fantastic design of cars, fascinatingly-looking planes and time of Elvis Presley 🤟 Decal from Amodel matches all the (un)quality of the kit. Though it was covered with lacquer, anyway it has crumbled. So it was "US air force' stencils for fuselage. But after it had crumbled, I had to content only with "USAF" instead of correct stencil. Big "S" letter on the upper part of the wing had crumbled as well, but fortunately there was another one in reserve. I"ve used Pledge Future prior and after decals. Also I've applied gray and deep-gray wash from Pacific-88 to get effect of old and exhausted plane. Finally, I've covered model with Master-Acrylic matte lacquer. Summary, what can I say about the model. I haven't create a masterpiece, sure, and there are a lot of mistakes. Painting is not very pretty-looking as well, especially on the photos. But I wanted to get Hercules in 1/144 on the shelve, and I've got it. Will I build Amodel kits in the future? I don't think so. But never ever say "never" and maybe some time I'll want to get another one special plane and the model will be non-alternative.. May be. Wish all of you modelling inspiration! Respects, tMikha.

Amodel is to release 1/72nd Antonov An-14 "Clod" kits. - ref. 72224 - Antonov An-14 "Clod" Sources: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/antonov-an14-nato-code-clod-a-model-72224-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=188557 https://modelsua.com/an-14-clod-red-aeroflot-1-72-amodel-72224 https://www.hobby.dn.ua/en/amodel-amo-72224-antonov-aeroflot-red-p-106135.html - ref. 72379 - Antonov An-14 "Clod" Sources: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/antonov-an14-nato-code-clod-a-model-72379-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=188558 https://modelsua.com/an-14-clod-blue-aeroflot-1-72-amodel-72379 https://www.hobby.dn.ua/en/amodel-amo-72379-antonov-aeroflot-blue-p-106136.html - ref. 72383 - Antonov An-14 "Clod" Sources: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/antonov-an14-nato-code-clod-a-model-72383-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=188561 https://modelsua.com/an-14-clod-military-ddr-ussr-1-72-amodel-72383 https://www.hobby.dn.ua/en/amodel-amo-72383-antonov-ussr-gdr-airforces-p-106137.html V.P.

Amodel is to release a 1/72nd Raduga P-15/P-15M Termit Soviet anti-ship missile kit - ref. NA72015 Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/p15--p15m-termit-a-model-amdlna72015-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=188563 Box art V.P.

This is a model I finished at the beginning of the year, but only just got around to photographing it. The model is one of AModel's short run kits of less common subjects and was issued in a number of versions. It is not a kit for the beginner, despite the low parts count, as it needs a fair amount of clean up and fettling to make sure the parts fit. I added some detail from scratch in the cockpit and stuff like control horns to replace the kit blobs. A seat and better Vickers gun was sourced from my boxes of Aeroclub and PE bits I have accumulated of the years. Paints are from a set by MIG Ammo acrylics, and kit decals were used. The Aircraft may have been in PC12 or PC10 according to JM Bruce in the Windsock DataFile and I went with PC12 for a bit of a change. Rigging is Uschii van der Rosten thread with 1 mm Nickel Silver wire from Albion Alloys for the control runs