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May 2021

Volume 27 Issue 5

DAVID FRANCIS,

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david@modelaircraftmag.com

ave you got a stash of kits that you

never thought you would build, well,

good news you may be glad that you

have them over the next few months!

Over the last year, many have discovered

or rediscovered the simple pleasure to be

had in sticking bits of plastic together to

produce a miniature representation of their

favourite aircraft, ship or perhaps tank!

Anyone who buys a specialist modelling

magazine will already be aware of how

immersive our hobby can be. I am sure I am

not the only one who goes into their modelling

space for a quick ten minutes of modelling

enjoyment only to emerge a couple of hours

later wondering how that much time has

passed, much to the amusement of my wife.

But this discovery of our hobby has a cost, sales

are booming around the world and in the UK the

demand for plastic kits and modelling tools and

equipment has not been this high since the last

century, and that statement really makes me feel old!

In fact, there is a danger that retailers both

online and on the high street will find it hard to

obtain kits, as many importers and distributors

are struggling to meet the demand for

everything from basic starter kits to advanced

models for the more experienced builders.

As I write this, they have just managed to free a

container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for just

one week. This led to major delays to hundreds of

bulk cargo carriers. The effects of this seemingly

small incident will have ramifications on worldwide

trade for months to come according to the experts.

This has highlighted how much we now rely on

these worldwide superhighways for so many

products and how vulnerable they are to disruption

and we already know that several manufacturers

have already had delays, adding months to the

release of long-awaited new tool kits purely because

they cannot get container space to put them in.

This is not the only event that may have an

affect on our hobby, a small fire in the Czech

Republic earlier this year, wiped out large amounts

of stored plastic kits from Eduard and though

production was not affected, that loss has had

an impact on their release program as well as

the stock of older kits to pass on to distributors.

In the United States, one of the largest Hobby

Companies and retailer, Squadron Signal of Texas

under whose ownership many famous brands

have fallen over the last 20 years ceased trading

and this loss will be felt by many modellers for

years to come, as everything from kits to decals

to reference books will become hard to find.

Also, dare I mention Brexit, whose effect

on the supply of modelling products from

Europe has not really been felt yet in the UK

but as shops reopen and demand for modelling

products increases may well also have an

impact on your future modelling projects.

So thank God for the stash, which until now has

mainly been used as an insulation material for the

loft, but may now actually become a source of

inspiration as you unearth that kit at the back of the

pile, that you had forgotten you had purchased a

few years ago. It may now be your best candidate

for a gold winning entry in the competition at Scale

ModelWorld Telford in the Autumn. (We hope!)

David Francis

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CONTENTS

FEATURES

QuickBuild – World

War One Hangar

Aviattic 1/32 Type A German World War

One Hanger by David Francis

North Vietnamese

Fighter

Grant Dalzell builds the 1/72 Eduard MiG-

21PFM ProfiPACK

Forlorn Fishpot

Snorre Sandviken builds an abandoned 1/48

Trumpeter Su-11

Thunderbolts Spad!

Graeme Pearson undertakes a mojo-

building project with the 1/48 Tamiya A1-H

Skyraider

An Exotic Viper

Jos Jansen builds the 1/48 Tamiya F-16C in

the marking of the Indonesian Air Force

Uruguayan Close Air

Support

Jezz Coleman builds the new 1/48 Kinetic IA

58 Pucara

Hunter, Killer

Huw Morgan completes his themed build

with the Bell AH-1W Super Cobra

Float On

Rob Dodewaard builds the 1/48 Special

Hobby He 115 B

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