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50 per person for tea, coffee and biscuits payable in the Argosy Centre but this will also include admission to the

2 For sat navs use CV3 4FR The meeting will be in the Argosy Centre which is the building next to the hangar and by the Canberra and Mystere in the photo - now out of date.. There will be a charge of 2.50 per person for tea, coffee and biscuits payable in the Argosy Centre but this will also include admission to the museum which is normally The museum also has a cafeteria. For further information, contact Chris Sayer on shedmodels@gmail.com Please come and join us

3 The main reason for this newsletter is to remind everyone about the 1/200 meeting in Coventry on the 14th October. I am very grateful to those who have already said they will be attending from considerable distances. Ron Crawford (and his wife Louise) of HBM models will be coming from Vermont, USA. Peter Krtina of Hai models is coming from Austria and Peter Jongbloed from the Netherlands. I hope many more will be joining them. Unfortunately, the aviation fair will not be on at the same time as us. It was so successful last year that they are using all the spaces, including the room we use, this year. It does mean it is easier to look round the museum and get a table in the cafe. When you arrive, say you are attending the meeting and you will not be required to pay the entrance fee to the museum. Please do pay the 2.50 for the refreshments in the meeting as it helps towards costs and is the only way to tell how many people attended. We aim to be set up and ready soon after 10am and start to pack up when it gets quiet which is soon after 2pm. Some of us have a long journey and want to be away before the Sunday evening rush. I hope that the following will be able to attend and take a table. Wojtek, who will unveil two exciting new models covering civil and military subjects. Martin Beacom hopes to attend, as does Paul Howard from Helmet. Geoff Noble has a number of finished models for sale and Martyn Redway and Steve hope to bring a new Korean War wargame. Aviation writer and photographer and Aeroplane Monthly columnist Denis Calvert should also be present. There will be a table available for others to use to display, sell and swop models. I do ask that if you do sell any models you make a contribution towards the considerable costs of holding the meeting. I hope to have kits ready of the models that Derek Barratt did not manage to produce. Four of the small models are being sold as a pairs to make the costs sensible. I have had these cast in resin to make them affordable and they have either metal undercarriage or carbon fibre reinforced resin ones. At the moment I have 15 sets of each model to make the exercise affordable. Some are already spoken for so don t delay. I will have more done if there is demand but this will take time. As I will have the pleasure of driving Ron and Louise to and from the meeting I will have less space in the car and so will NOT be bringing boxes of Shed Decals with me. I will be very happy to bring ordered decals if you contact me in advance. Similarly, if you wish for any older Shed Models, I will be happy to bring them to the meeting but will not be able to bring other supplies with me. Ron says he is looking forward to meeting you all. An inconsiderate neighbour has made so much water go on and under the shed of Shed Models that the floor and roof have rotted and I am having to replace it. This means I will not be able to have finished sample models on display. My airbrush is out of action for the duration of the change over. I will also try to sort out some of the other castings that Derek had accumulated but never got round to building. All the new models are of aircraft close to Derek s heart but may be less well known to some of us. The F101, F102, F104, F105, F106 and Ford Trimotor need no explanation. The Aerocar was a car that converted into a plane and was often photographed with Hollywood stars.

The Cosmic Wind was one of the tiny racing

One can still be seen in flying condition at

The Bellanca Air Cruiser was known as the

go into service but proved to be not very

The W34 can be made as wheeled or float and

There were many variations of the Dornier

4 The Cosmic Wind was one of the tiny racing planes. One can still be seen in flying condition at Duxford. The Bellanca Air Cruiser was known as the C27 Airbus in USAAF service where it had the blue and yellow colour scheme. The D1/J9 was the first all metal fighter to go into service but proved to be not very manoeuvrable. The W34 can be made as wheeled or float and was an important prewar transport. There were many variations of the Dornier Wal monoplane flying Boat. This one is the one used in Artic exploration. The Junkers J1 of 1915 was known as the Tin Donkey and was the first practical all metal aircraft.

Hustler Unfortunately, so far, there have been few requests for Hustler recasts so it is on hold at the moment. Dassault Mercure A number of people have asked if I would make a Dassault Mercure.

5 Hustler Unfortunately, so far, there have been few requests for Hustler recasts so it is on hold at the moment. Dassault Mercure A number of people have asked if I would make a Dassault Mercure. I have said that I would go ahead if I had at least 20 orders with deposits paid. The kit would be between 40 and 60 according to the number ordered. I would have to ask for a deposit as I still have a stack of biplanes that people asked for but did not buy. If you are not familiar with the Mercure, think of it as the French 737. So far I have had 12 statements of intent. Let me know if you are interested. Frantisek Sazel has asked me to publicise his models. He makes resin models in the Wiking style and are often of little known types. He also does copies of Wikings. He does not have a computer so you will have to write to him at Frantisek Sazell Luzica OLOMOUC Czech Republic. Mention TOTS.

6 Airco DH 9a 18 Avro Bison II 20 Avro C30 Rota 15 Avro 504K 17 BAC TSR2 22 Beech 18 float 18 Beech 18 ski 17 Beech 18 wheel 17 Blackburn Blackburn 20 Boulton Paul Overstrand 25 Boulton Paul Sidestrand 25 Bristol Belvedere 20 Bristol Sycamore RAF 15 Bristol Sycamore BEA 15 Bristol 138a 22 Britten Norman Islander 19 Britten Norman Turbine Islander 19 Britten Norman Trislander 20 Coleman MB4 tug 5 DH Sea Vixen FAW1 Fleet 25 DH Sea Vixen FAW1 Special colours 25 DH Sea Vixen FAW2 Fleet 25 DH Sea Vixen FAW2 Special colours 25 English Electric P1A 15 Fairey Long Range Monoplane 22 Fairey Rotodyne 29 Fairey Rotodyne BEA 29 Fieseler Storch Fi Flying Flea 3 Fouga Magister 12 FMC B450 tug 5 GA Jindivik/Pika 12 Gloster Javelin 25 Hafner Rotabuggy 6 Handley Page O/100, O/ Hunting Leduc NA Mitchell B25B/C 19 NA Mitchell B25J 19 NA Mitchell B25H 19 NA T28 Trojan/Fennec 18 Percival Pembroke 20 Piper Cub wheel & float 15 Piper Super Cub wheel & float 15 RE8 18 Saunders Roe SR.A1 20 Saunders Roe SR Saunders Roe SR Scottish Aviation Pioneer 16 Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 20 Short SB4 Sherpa 12 Short SC1 12

7 Short Seamew 16 Short Sturgeon 19 Sikorsky Hoverfly 15 Sikorsky Hoverfly float 16 Sikorsky H34/S58 Choctaw 20 Sikorsky S55 early 18 Sikorsky S55 mid 18 Sikorsky S55 late 18 Sikorsky S55 float 19 Sikorsky S58T 20 Supermarine Spiteful/Seafang 15 Westland Walrus 20 Westland Whirlwind early 18 Westland Whirlwind mid 18 Westland Whirlwind BEA 18 Westland Whirlwind turbine 18 Westland HSS-1 Wessex 20 Westland Wessex early nose 20 Westland Wessex late node 20 Westland Welkin 18 NEW MODELS AW Meteor NF11/13 18 AW Meteor NF12 18 AW Meteor NF14 18 Hawker Hunter F6, FGA9 19 Supermarine Walrus 20 Short Shetland (resin and metal) S35 Mk 1 military version 39 S40 MkII civil version 39 Clear plastic stand for Shetland 2 Cessna Cessna O2 17 Convair Sea Dart 19 Douglas Skylancer 19 Saunders Roe SR.N1 Hovercraft 20 Sikorsky R5 17 Westland Dragonfly 17 BRISTOL BRABAZON (resin and metal) 78 Accessory packs Prop pack (20+ 2 to 5 blade props) 10 Weapons pack (60 approx assorted) 15 Undercarriage pack (90 approx assort) 20 Strut pack (small ones ideal for aerials) 10 Recently released Boeing B17E/F 27 Boeing B17G 27 Boeing PB-1W 27 Boeing SB DH 83 Fox Moth 20 DH 86A & B Express 25 Hawker Kestrel 20 Piaggio Pc7 and Bugatti 100P pair 25 Biplanes These will be produced as numbered limited editions of only 20 kits. Resin and metal or all metal. A few are still available to order. Decals and etched brass not included in kit Recently released Fairey Albacore R+M 20 Vickers Virginia R+M 25 Vickers Victoria R+M 25 Vickers Vildebeest R+M 20 Vickers Vincent R+M 20 Coming soon Airco DH16, Bristol F2B, Curtiss Jenny,Fairey IIF float, Fairey IIF wheel, Westland Wallace, Westland Wapiti float, Westland Wapiti wheeled. Postage 4 per kit UK, 6 rest of world. Multiple kits - postage at cost.

8 The latest resin and metal models available are Aero Commander 20 Cessna Bobcat/Crane 20 EE Lightning T4 /T5 20 Lockheed L133 Starjet 20 Rockwell XFV Douglas DC5 25 Short Sealand 20 Derek Barratt s Metalmodel series that he did not produce. Resin with some small metal parts. Bellanca Air Cruiser 20 Cosmic Wind and Taylor Aerocar 25 Dornier Wal 20 F101 Voodoo 20 F102 Delta Dagger 20 F104 Starfighter 20 F105 Thunderchief 20 F106 Delta Dart 20 Ford Trimotor 20 Junkers D1 and Junkers J1 25 Junkers W34 20 Zvezda Ju 52/3 plastic kit with 10 either BA/BEA or LOT decals

13 Cloudbreak Models June /200 scale white metal model kits Miles Martinet TT1 Not available at present Hawker Henley TT De Havilland 89 Dragon Rapide, RAF/ RN and many civil schemes DHC-3 Otter (Can.Pacific/USN/US Army decals) Percival Mew Gull, G-AEXF, Alex Henshaw Cape record E.E.Canberra kit, full set of RAF decals Antonov AN2 kit, Aeroflot Arctic Polar decals or Polish AF SEPECAT Jaguar Kit contains extensive variety of stores Grumman Goose, British Guiana Airways, USN, USCG, Bahamas Airways Lockheed L10 Electra, British Airways Ltd. and other civil airlines schemes Lockheed L14 Super Electra, British Airways Ltd., LOT Polish Airlines, TCA De Havilland 114 Heron Series 1 (fixed u/c) Dan-Air, BEA, Morton, Jersey De Havilland 114 Heron Series 2, RAF, RN, various civil schemes Hawker Siddeley 125 Series Hawker Siddeley Dominie T Mk Cloudbreak Models now have available a limited quantity of Avro 748 kits Hawker Siddeley Andover C1 rubber tyres, photo-etched aerial fret and varied decal selection, including: RAF camo, 32 Sqn, UK Open Skies, RNZAF Grumman Albatross HU-16A - varied decal selection, including: USCG white/orange, USCG silver, USAF Korean silver, Italian Air Force silver E.E.Canberra model adapted to take different noses Available: T.11/19, B 6 (Mod) long and short nose and T Canberra Resin with metal parts - will make most versions except PR Saro Princess Resin with metal parts, retracted or lowered floats, static or flying propellers, detailed beaching gear, rubber tyres, clear Perspex stand NEW! Boeing B-307B/C-75 Stratoliner Resin with metal parts, rubber tyres, decals include TWA, UAT/Aeromaritime, USAAF NEW! SE.161 Languedoc Resin with metal parts, rubber tyres, various marks, choice of Gnome Rhône or P & W engines, AF and LOT decals NEW! SE.161 Languedoc with Leduc 0.21 F-ZLAV For more information about any model, please contact me at w.benzinski@zen.co.uk For information and details of other producers, visit

14 And now a Shed Models Bobcat in Shed Decals LOT markings. Model make by Wojtek. And a beautiful F27 from Jean Pierre Cottu

15 For Wojtek s Cloudbreak models contact him on w.benzinski@zen.co.uk And for Shed Models and Decals contact me on shedmodels@gmail.com Happy modelling, I hope to see many of you at Coventry. Chris

Ford Trimotor. Junkers W34. Dornier Wal. Junkers J 1. Junkers D1. Taylor Aerocar

Ford Trimotor. Junkers W34. Dornier Wal. Junkers J 1. Junkers D1. Taylor Aerocar Thank you for your responses to my notice about the Data Protection Laws. I enjoyed reading your kind comments. Don t worry if you didn t respond as I should have said that all that is required is for