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Hannants http://alpha.hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144178 Piper L-4 'Pleasure Flying' Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) Piper L-4J Grasshopper (J-3C-65), G-BCPJ (s/n 45-4466), various airfields, U.K.. 2002-11 2) Piper L-4J Grasshopper (J-3C-65), N68771 (s/n 45-55206), Chino Airport, California, U.S.A., autumn 1967 3) Piper L-4H Grasshopper (J-3C-65), OK-ZFB (s/n 45-4422), Gliding Centre of the Czechoslovak Aeroclub, Maresyev airfield H?rka, Nový Ji?ín, Czechoslovakia, 1949 4) Piper L-4H Grasshopper (J-3C-65), SP-AFS (s/n 44-80013), Polish Aero Club Warsaw, Goc?aw airport, Poland, autumn 1947 5) Piper L-4J Grasshopper (J-3C-65), PH-UCH (s/n 45-4508), Hilversum airfield, the Netherlands, autumn 1971 6) Piper L-4H Grasshopper (J-3C-65), OO-CIN (s/n 43-30527), Schaffen-Diest air?eld, Belgium, August 1988. Price:£18.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144178 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:51:30 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144177 Hawker Tempest Mk.V 'Fighter Aces' Description The Hawker Tempest Mk.V was the RAF’s last piston-engined fighter used in the WWII, attaining great success in destruction of the German V-1 flying bombs. Developed in late 1941 from the troublesome Typhoon interceptor, the prototype flew in September 1942. The first order was for 400 Tempests, produced as the Mk.V Series 1 (100 a/c by Hawker) and Series 2 (300 a/c by Gloster); the first aircraft were completed in mid-1943. A further two orders for Hawker-built Mk.V Srs.2 aeroplanes raised the total of the Tempests produced to 801. It was a single-seat monoplane aircraft, of all metal construction, powered by a Napier Sabre II engine. DH or Rotol four-bladed propellers were used. It featured a bubble canopy and a retractable undercarriage. The Srs.1 aircraft had four long-barrelled 20mm Hispano cannons in the wings, while the later Tempests had cannons without projecting barrels. The Srs.2 aircraft could also carry 45-gal drop tanks. In its later guise, the Tempest could perform as a fighter-bomber, carrying a wide variety of bombs up to 1000 lbs. From early 1945 it was cleared for rocket firing and combinations of 25lb or 60lb RP could be carried. Tempest Mk.Vs were delivered to the RAF and RNZAF squadrons between April 1944 and July 1945, ultimately equipping nine fighter units and one auxiliary squadron. During the advance of Allied forces into Germany, ground attacks, close-support sorties and pursuit of Luftwaffe aircraft were the main tasks of the Tempests. After VE-Day the Tempest Mk.Vs soldiered on with seven squadrons of BAFO in Germany, and the last units retained their aircraft until early 1948. Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ578, Sky US-I, No.56 Sq., flown by Flg Off J.J. Payton, Royal Air Force, Grimbergen airfield (B-60), Belgium, September 1944 2) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ762, Sky JJ-F, No.274 Sq., flown by Flt Lt D.C. Fairbanks, Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, October/November 1944 3) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ600, Sky SD-F, No.501 Sq., flown by Sq Ldr J. Berry, Royal Air Force, Bradwell Bay airfield, Essex, U.K., October 1944 4) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ667, Sky W2-D, No.80 Sq., flown by Flg/Off J.W. Garland, Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, December 1944 5) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV969, Sky SA-A, No.486 (NZ) Sq., flown by Sq Ldr W.E. Schrader (OC No.486 Sq.), Royal Air Force, Hopsten Air Base (B-112), Germany, April 1945 6) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), SN228, Sky EDM, No.122 Sq., flown by Wg Cdr E.D. Mackie (OC No.122 Wing), Royal Air Force, Fassberg Air Base (B-152), Germany, May 1945. Price:£17.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144177 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:50:19 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144124 de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI 'Amiens Prison Raid' Description Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), HX922, Sky EG-F, No.487 Sq., Operation ‘Ramrod 564?, flown by Gp Capt P.C. Pickard & Flt Lt J. Broadley, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Hunsdon airfield, Hertfordshire, 18 February 1944 2) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), LR333, Sky EG-R, No.487 Sq., Operation ‘Ramrod 564?, flown by W/C I.S. Smith & Flt Lt P.E. Barns, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Hunsdon airfield, Hertfordshire, 18 February 1944 3) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), MM410, Sky SB-U, No.464 Sq., Operation ‘Ramrod 564?, flown by F/O K.L. Monaghan & F/O A.W. Dean, Royal Australian Air Force, Hunsdon airfield, Hertfordshire, 18 February 1944 4) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.VI (Srs.II), LR403, Sky YH-U, No.21 Sq., Operation ‘Ramrod 564?, flown by Wg Cdr I.G. Dale & F/O E. Gabites, Royal Air Force, Hunsdon airfield, Hertfordshire, 18 February 1944. Price:£23.70 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144124 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:48:54 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144149 Re-released! Mil Mi-2 Hoplite 'Warsaw Pact' (2in1 = 2 kits in 1 box) (Soviet AF, Czechoslovak AF, Polish AF, East German AF) Designed by the Soviet Mil Design Bureau in late 1950s and exclusively produced in Poland by the WSK "PZL-Ã…Å¡widnik" factory, the Mi-2 was a small transport and utility helicopter. The Mil' s prototype first flew in 1961, while the first Ã…Å¡widnik-built example took to the air in November 1965. A number of specialised variants were evolved and produced (e.g., armed or chemical reconnaissance, anti-tank, command post, training, passenger/cargo, rescue/ambulance or agricultural). The Mi-2 was an all-metal helicopter powered by two Izotov/Klimov/PZL GTD-350 turboshaft engines mounted overhead. It featured a main cabin for one pilot and up to 8 passengers, fitted with a large windscreen and side windows. It had a fixed tricycle undercarriage and a tailskid. The engines drove a three-bladed main rotor while a two-bladed tail rotor was mounted on the angled tail boom. More than 5,400 helicopters of this type had been built by 1998 (in 113 production batches), with about a third in military guise originally for the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries. Later, many other air forces around the world also took delivery of these helicopters. The Mi-2s were supplied and flown by various civilian operators all over the world (including police), providing invaluable service and also ensuring ubiquitous presence of this type of aircraft in the last decades of the 20th century. Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) Mil Mi-2T Hoplite (WSK-built), Yellow 47 (c/n 514418095), 41st Independent Helicopter Sq., Western Group of Forces (WGF), VVS USSR (Soviet Air Force), Werneuchen Air Base, East Germany, 1990-93 2) Mil Mi-2U Hoplite (WSK-built), Yellow 33 (c/n 544945106), 41st Independent Helicopter Sq., Western Group of Forces (WGF), VVS USSR (Soviet Air Force), Werneuchen Air Base, East Germany, 1990-93 3) Mil Mi-2RCh Hoplite (WSK-built), White 9429 (c/n 519429105), 1st Command and Reconnaissance Sq. (1. lt vpz), Czechoslovak Air Force (vojenské letectvo ÄŒSLA), Plzeň-Lín? Air Base, Czechoslovakia, this a/c defected to West Germany on 4th March 1987 4) Mil Mi-2T Hoplite (WSK-built),White 2644 (c/n 562644112), 45th Experimental Aviation Sq. (45. Lotnicza Eskadra Docwiadczalna), Polish Air Force (Polskie Lotnictwo Wojskove), Warszawa-Modlin Air Base, seen at Gliwice Airport, Poland, 1989 5) Mil Mi-2T Hoplite (WSK-built), Black 384 (c/n 562634112), HG 34 Helicopter Regiment (Hubschraubergeschwader), East German Air Force (LSK/LV DDR " Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der DDR, Brandenburg-Briest Air Base, East Germany, 1981 Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 31 parts and three clear parts (the cockpit canopy and side windows). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.. Price:£17.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144149 Fri, 13 May 2022 09:17:50 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14498 Re-released! de Havilland Vampire FB.9 'Tropical Fighter-Bomber' (2in1 = 2 kits in 1 box) (RAF, RhAF) The de Havilland Vampire was a British jet fighter developed during WWII. It was the second jet, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF. It replaced wartime piston-engine fighters and was in front-line service until 1953. The Vampire FB Mk.9 was a tropicalised fighter-bomber variant based on the Vampire Mk.5, which was in production from 1951 to 1953. It was a single-seat monoplane aircraft, of a combined wood-and-metal construction, powered by a DH Goblin turbojet. It featured twin-boom tail configuration with two wing-root intakes, bubble canopy and was fitted with a non-ejection seat. It was equipped with four Hispano cannons mounted in the fuselage nose. A Godfrey air-conditioning unit was installed in the starboard wing root of the FB.9. Two external fuel tanks or 500lb bombs could be carried under the wings, while eight 3" RPs could be attached inboard of the booms. Almost 1,600 Vampires of Mk.I through to Mk.9 were manufactured (of which 347 were FB.9s), and another thousand of other Marks were built under licence in other countries. The Vampire FB.9 equipped a number RAF squadrons in the Middle East and the Far East. Some FB.9s were also loaned by the RAF to the RAAF in Malta and to the RNZAF in Cyprus and Malaya. In 1953-54 the Rhodesian Air Force acquired 16 Vampire FB.9 fighters, fitted with a more powerful Goblin engine. A further batch of 13 FB.9s was obtained from South Africa in the late 1960s. After almost 30 years of service, they were the last Vampires used on operations anywhere. Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, WX207, Yellow F, No.213 Sq., Royal Air Force, Deversoir Air Base (LG-209), Egypt, 1952 2) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, WR154, Black 54, No.8 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, Swinderby Air Base, 1957 3) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, Black WR110, Nos.75 & 76 Sq., No.78 Fighter Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, Ta Kali Air Base, Malta, 1952-54; de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, Black WR110, No.78 Fighter Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, during 'Exercise Coronet' acting within 'Fantasia' enemy forces, Wahn Air Base, Germany, 23 31 July 1953 4) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, Black R100 (ex-WX236), No.1 Sq., Rhodesian Air Force, Thornhill Air Station, early 1960s Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 31 parts and three clear parts (the cockpit canopy and position lights). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.. Price:£17.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14498 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:05:11 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14435 RE-RELEASED! Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC 'Coastal Patrol' The Bristol Beaufighter was a British heavy fighter, developed from the Beaufort torpedo bomber and its first prototype flew in July 1939. The first Beaufighter variants – the Mk.IF and Cs – were high performance fighters and long-range fighters, respectively, while the former Mark also became an efficient night-fighter, employing the then novel AI radar. The Beaufighter was a two-seat, twin engine, all-metal mid-wing cantilever monoplane, fitted with a retractable undercarriage. It was powered by two Hercules radial engines and the armament consisted of four cannons in the nose, four guns in the starboard wing and another two guns in the port wing. The Beaufighter Mk.VIF, introduced in 1942, was fitted with more powerful engines and its wing mounted guns could be replaced by additional fuel tanks to extend the aircraft's range. Like its predecessors, the Mk.VIF was produced for Fighter Command and the Mk.VIC for Coastal Command. Some 1,840 Mk.VI aircraft were produced and this type remained in service until the summer of 1944. The Beaufighter had a long career and served in almost all theatres of war during the WWII, at first as a night fighter, then as a fighter-bomber and eventually being used as a torpedo-bomber. Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, X8023, Red BQ-I, No.600 Sq., RAF, Predannack airfield, summer 1942 2) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, T5273, Grey H 'Benghazi Bus', No.46 Sq., RAF, Idku airfield (LG-229), Egypt, December 1942 3) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIC, X8035, Sky J, No.227 Sq., RAF, Luqa airfield, Malta, August 1942 4) Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF, X8005, Red EW-R, No.307 (Polish) Sq., RAF, Exeter airfield, late 1942 This injection-moulded kit contains 53 parts and six clear parts (cockpit canopies, position lights etc.). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.. Price:£19.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14435 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:24:18 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14410 RE-RELEASED! Mikoyan MiG-17PF/PFU Fresco D/E 'All-weather Fighter' E (USSR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Egypt) Developed from the successful MiG-15 jet in 1949, the MiG-17 constituted a marked improvement in transonic handling over the previous model. Both the clear weather interceptors (the MiG-17 and MiG-17F) and the all-weather fighters (the MiG-17PF and MiG-17PFU) were evolved in the USSR, with the total number reaching 10,500 examples including the licence-built machines in Poland and China. The MiG-17PF/PFU was a single-seat, radar-equipped all-metal monoplane powered by the afterburning VK-1F engine. Both variants were designed for all-weather interception, while the MiG-17PFU only carried missiles instead of guns. Except the Soviet Air Force, which was the sole operator of the MiG-17PFU, the MiG-17PFs served at least with ten other air forces worldwide. Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) MiG-17PFU Fresco E, Red 15, VVS USSR (Soviet Air Force), unknown air base, Soviet Central Asia, late 1950s 2) S-104 (MiG-17PF) Fresco D, Black IW-13, 1st Fighter Regiment (1. slp), Czechoslovak Air Force (vojenské letectvo ?SLA), ?eské Bud?jovice Air Base, 1956 3) MiG-17PF Fresco D, Red 401, 50th Fighter Regiment (50. HVE), Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Honvedseg Repülö Csapatai), Taszár Air Base, late 1950s 4) MiG-17PF Fresco D, Air Defence Air Regiment, United Arab Republic (Egypt) Air Force, unknown air base, during the Six Day War, June 1967 This injection-moulded kit contains 31 parts, one clear part (the cockpit canopy) and one resin part. A comprehensive decal sheet is included.. Price:£13.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14410 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:22:57 GMT