Hobby Master releases for November 2016.

For November Hobby Master have some interesting releases. First up is a low-vis VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" F-14 Tomcat, Six Day War Egyptian MiG-21FL and "Starwarriors" EA-6B Prowler.

There's also a "Tophatters" 90th Anniversary F/A-18E Super Hornet, Canadian CF-101 Voodoo "Lynx One", a "Snipers" F-5E Tiger II and Tyndall based F-106 Delta Dart. From SkyMax we see a Zuikaku 'Val" diver bomber from the "Battle of the Coral Sea".

In 1/48 there's a JG 2 Fw 190A-4 flown by Herman Graf and P-51B "Short-Fuse Sallee".

Hobby Master releases for October 2016.

Hobby Master introduces a new tooling for October in the form of the F/A-18F, the first release being an VF-103 "Jolly Rogers" example.

Apart from the F/A-18F, there is a Tyndall F-22 Raptor, Syrian MiG-21FL, F-15C Demo Eagle, two VS-35 S-3B Trackers off the USS Abraham Lincoln and two TBM-3 Avengers from 1945.

In 1/48 Scale, F-4U-1 Corsair "Daphne C" and two Hawker Hurricanes, one flown by "Ginger" Lacey and the other by Douglas Bader.

Hobby Master releases for September 2016.

For September Hobby Master is virtually all out fast jet in 1/72 scale with only an "Iraqi Freedom" E-2C Hawkeye propeller driven aircraft.

Big news is F-14A Tomcat "Miss Molly" and F-4J "Showtime 112". Other highlights include a Lakenheath F-15E Strike Eagle from Afghanistan, 30th Anniversary RAAF F/A-18A Hornet, a couple of Air National Guard F-16Cs, "Snipers" F-5F Tiger II and T&E MiG-23MS.

In 1/48 there is a Spitfire FR.IX and P-51D "Glamorous Glen III".

Handley Page Halifax B.VII, PN230/EQ-V ‘Vicky The Vicious Virgin’, RAF No.408.

Shuttle on DAF has posted pictures of Corgi Halifax "Vicky The Vicious Virgin" on DAF.

Here are some photos of the production model. Overall it looks like all the feedback was implemented and I can spot only a couple of very small errors. 

The finish on my model is top notch and the colours look good. So I am very happy with the finished product - a lot of effort went into this on and I am glad Corgi managed to add such details as the additional aerials (including the Monica under the rear turret), bomb fusing rings, the correct exhausts and all the other feedback that made this a really nice release. 

Many thanks also to DCRanger and no4mkit for assisting with some good feedback.

 Shuttle

Corgi AA27502 RCAF Short Sunderland III 422 Squadron.

Shuttle posted some pictures of the new Corgi 1/72 RCAF Short Sunderland III on DAF.

Here are some better pictures. It is a 'hefty' model with some weight to it. The panel lines are typical Corgi and I do think the flash over emphasized this in the previous pictures. 

What is good is that all the feedback seems to have been implemented (a very short 'turn around' on this model). The rear turret does have a slight 'stagger' to the 4 x .303's but it could do with a tad more. 

For me the big difference is the lack of external aerials, instead having the nicely done wing blisters. The scheme is very striking and has been well executed.

 Shuttle