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VOLUME 16. ISSUE 183. OCTOBER 2020
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P.20 ME 410 IN DETAIL
The Editor takes a close-up look at two preserved
examples of the Me 410.
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P.24 A STING IN THE TAIL ฀ PART ONE
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Huw Morgan takes a flight of fancy with his
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GR.1 deployed to Akrotiri.
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This month’s round-up of all that’s new in the world of aircraft modelling...
BRONCO
http://cn-bronco.com
BRONCO 1:72 J-20 MIGHTY DRAGON STEALTH FIGHTER
AND 1:48 F-51D MUSTANG
In 2017, the Chinese J-20 became the third stealth
fighter to enter service, after the American F-22
(2005) and F-35 (2015). Currently 20 aircraft of
the first production batch are undergoing combat
training and evaluation with the Peoples Liberation
Army Air Force, 9th Air Brigade at the Wuhu Air Base
at Anhui. The PLAAF claim that the aircraft is an air
superiority fighter with precision strike capability,
however it is a very large aircraft similar in size to
the Russian Su-24M bomber, The J-20 or Mighty
Dragon, is manufactured by the Chengdu Aerospace
Corporation and made its first flight in January 2011.
Little information has been released on the aircraft’s
capabilities, but it is estimated that the speed will be
around Mach 2 or 2,230 kp/h, and a range of 6,000
Kilometers with the current WS-10B engines of
33,000 lbs thrust with reheat.
The J-20 has 6 x internal weapons bays for both
long and short range AAM’s, while other weapons
and fuel tank can be carried on 4 x external
hardpoints on the wings. Its possible use is as a long
range missile launching platform using its stealth
capability to avoid enemy defences.
The J-20 is scheduled to have up-rated Shenyang
WS-15 engines of greater thrust of up to 40,000 lbs
with reheat in the near future. The empty weight of
the aircraft is given as 19 tons and maximum loaded
weight of 37 tons. Weapons will include PL-10 short
rang AAM, PL -12 medium range AAM and PL-15
or PL-21 long range AAM’s, it is expected to carry
two of each type internally. It can also carry the LS-6
precision guided bomb for ground attack. So far 8
prototypes and 20 production aircraft are flying. In
August 2019 the PLAAF announced that the J-20
would become China’s primary fighter, beating
the rival FC-31. However its large size may prove
difficult for operations on the new Shandong Class
Aircraft Carrier, one of its intended roles.
Bronco has announced the future release of a
1:72 scale kit of this advanced type. We will have
more news in a coming issue.
Bronco has also announced the future release
of an F-51D Korean War version of their 1:48 scale
Mustang.
A nice selection of markings for USAF, South
Korean and Commonwealth subjects will be
included, as will the choice of Hamilton Standard
and Aeroproducts propellers, and a range of
ordnance.
Thanks to Bronco for the information and images
http://cn-bronco.com
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October 2020
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G.W.H. 1:48 SU-27UB FLANKER C
G.W.H. has sent the final box art and images of the sprues from their forthcoming 1:48 scale Su-27UB Flanker C.
This model should be available by the time this issue of MAI is published.
Thanks to G.W.H. for the images.

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