Happy Third Anniversary, Des!
New things coming soon from Pheon......
1/32nd Scale Etched Brass
E32001 Details for the Felixstowe F.2A
Our first venture into etched parts production. Our aim is to only use photo etching to produce details which will suit the medium and which will improve the model’s scale appearance – no “brass for the sake of it”!
The Felixstowe parts comprise:
• Internal details for the upper longeron frames, replacing the moulded on cable run on the starboard side and the framework strengthening/joining brackets on both sides.
• New pilot’s electrical switch panel and separate switches
• Six Norman vane foresights for the kit’s Lewis guns
• Details to improve the bow-mounted Low Altitude Bombsight
• Engine bearer strut brackets and fittings
After removing the various moulded-on details, the painted etched brackets and fittings are added to the wood finished frames and struts to give a crisp scale appearance – much easier and more satisfying than trying to pick out the moulded detail. The modeller will need to add his own fine wire cables to the tray on the starboard side of the cockpit, but this is simply done using 0.2mm lead wire or similar material.
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The set, which includes a detailed instruction booklet, is priced at £10.75 plus P&P and can be pre-ordered from our website and should be available in the next couple of weeks. Photos of the etched parts in situ, coming soon.
1/32nd Scale Decals
32056 Hansa–Brandenburg W.12 (Early)
A set of three additional options for the early version of the H-B W.12, including Christiansen’s, of course:
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Price will be £7.75 plus P&P. Pre-order on the website at reduced price of £6.20 plus P&P can be made until end of April 2015. The decals will be available at the end of May. In print now.
32053 Airco DH.9
10 alternative markings for the Wingnut Wings DH.9, including five from the Independent Air Force, one from Mesopotamia, the Armee de l’Air Museum survivor, the famous one with the blue arrow from the 1919 Russian action, one of Murphy’s Afghan “deal” and one from post WWI Poland (serial only – simple checker boards to be masked and painted).
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The idea for this set was floated a while ago and we didn’t get a massive response but I’ve gone ahead with a strictly limited run – if for no other reasons that I have affection for the subject, a vague family connection with a DH9 pilot and RFC/RAF subjects haven’t been getting much love lately.
If you want a set I suggest that you reserve one via pre-order on the website. Price will be £13.75 plus P&P. Pre orders made before the end of April 2015 will get the set for £11.00, plus P&P. The decals will be available at the end of May. In print now.
32057 & 32058 Two Limited Edition 1/32nd scale decal sets for the Felixstowe F2A (Early version)
32057L and 32058L are markings for two colourful early type Felixstowe F.2A flyingboats, as in Wingnuts kit 32050 and the “Duellists” boxing, 32801.
32057L includes double-printed white diamonds which will give the effect of blue “Saltire” crosses, when applied to a blue-painted model – the double printing ensuring full opacity for the white diamonds. Also included in this set are a pair of brass-etched arms for the semaphore signalling device carried by N4300 of 230 Sqn., together with black or red stripe decals to be applied to the arms.
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32058L comprises an extensive selection of red decals to be applied over a white-painted hull. As with 32057L, they are carefully tailored to exactly fit the kit’s contours and will result in a stunning model of the 228 Sqn. original from 1918.
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These two sets are being produced in a numbered limited edition series and will never be re-printed.
Both come with the usual full colour side and plan views and a detailed booklet with full instructions for applying the decals and which kit part options to use (where known).
They are being offered exclusively to existing customers for the next two weeks, thereafter any remaining sets will be available to pre-order on the website. The decals will be available during June, both priced at £12.50 plus P&P. [/size]
Amendments and improvements:
• In Bruno Schmälling’s excellent Jasta 30 history he revealed that Otto Fuch’s cockerel in his fox and cockerel motif was red, not black. We have this correctly portrayed in the latest Jasta 30 decals but earlier we had produced decals for his Jasta 77b Albatros D.Va, included in Albatros sets in all three scale; 72013, 48019 and 32011 in which the cockerel was black. Reprinted decals with a red cockerel in all three scales will be available at the end of May and a note will go up on the website when they are ready. Please let us know via the website link if you have previously purchased the set and want these updated decals. The decals are free, but postage will be charged at cost, unless you are ordering something else at the same time.
• James Fahey revealed a printing defect in his review of the 48th scale Siemens Schuckert D.III decals (48037) on the “Fritzel” name. This is being reprinted at the same time as the cockerel above and will be sent post free to anyone who has already bought the set and included in the set for new orders. Please notify us, via the website link, if you want these.
Better definition profiles on the website:
http://www.pheondecals.com/