Kne-Mida (In Scale) – IPMS Israel Magazine No. 40, 12/2004

SHOLEF – Israeli Self Propelled Gun – by Alon Koren & Ilan Wrshay 
                               
The need to compensate for the absolute quantity edge of the Arab armies artillery forces over the small size IDF force, dictated the need to develop "force multipliers" which be operated in small size structures, yet achieve high maneuverability and the ability to strike a target with the first round.

In this article, Alon & Ilan describes the design parameters behind this unique system, which combined a 45cal. 155m"m gun on a "Merkava" tank chassis, operated by a crew of 4 only.
In the absence of an available modification kit, Alon & Ilan suggest options for adapting items from various models, plus scratch building accessories for modeling this unique system.
Some color photos appear on page 24.


 p.4-6

Modeling the Yas'ur 2000 in IAF Service – by Ilan Askapa
                                                        
Ilan describes modeling the Yas'ur 2000 #040 from Revell's 1:48th CH-53G/GS.
Ilan explains step by step the stages of his work, detailing every paint color and scratch item added in the process.
Of importance is Ilan's detailed explanation for replacing the existing sand filters, with scaled drawings, accompanied with detailed photos.

Ilan points to the array of antennas and navigation lights, he added to the model.
A comprehensive color table gives all necessary data for painting & finishing this beautiful model.
Foe decaling the model, Ilan used ISRADECAL's IAF-4 & IAF-10 sheets.


 p.8-10

"Spice" & JADM Bombs at the "Knights of the North" sqn – by Ofer Zidon
                       
In the beginning of 01/04, Ofer was given the opportunity to review new munitions operated by this squadron for the benefit of our readers.

These two bombs share the same GPS guidance, while the Spice can adjust existing photos, stored internally, to the ground picture.
Explicit photos, plus brief painting explanation is included in this article.
The JDAM is shown on page no. 11, while the Rafael "Spice" is shown on 39


 p.11,39

C-130 in the Israeli and Arab Air Forces Service – by Ilan Wrshay 
                                          
Since its origin, the IAF has established a significant transport arm, which allowed transporting arm & equipment from the Czechoslovakia. The Six Day war emphasized the need for heavy transporters, and a request for purchasing this model, culminated by the arrival of the first two C-130H in 1971.

In this article, Ilan reviews the history of this model in the IAF service and surveys the various models in IAF service, purchase dates and quantities. The article describes the various modifications and installations which had been added along the years.

Comprehensive comparison tables sums the external variations between the various types of the model in IAF service, plus a detailed table describing each of the example, by the manufacturer, USAF & Israeli tail numbers. Many close-up photos describe these installations, as well as internal flight refueling systems.
Of note are 6 superb color profiles of the C-130, made by Ra'anan Weiss.

As for the our neighbors, two comprehensive tables, one for the Egyptian Air Force and the other for the Royal Jordanian Air Force are included in the article.

The article also surveys the existing models in the various scales, accessories kits by Cutting Edge & Eduard and Verlinden's Lock-On book. As for decaling, Ilan includes Sky Decals 1:72nd sheet 72011, 1:48th sheet 48012 & ISRADECAL's IAF-6 sheet of the Israeli transport A/C.


 p.12-29

Modeling an IAF camouflaged H-60L in 1:48th scale – by Shmuel Boyarski    
                         
Shmuel highly detailed description of his step-by step work appears in this article.
For this, Shmuel used the following kits: Revell's kit 04458, ISRACAST modification kit for the "Yanshuf 3" model & ISRADECALS's IAF-23 sheet.
A detailed explanation is given in order to assist the reader in the conversion to the specific IAF model.
Many tips and advices are included in order to achieve a splendid result, as shown by the photos of the actual helicopter and the scale model.


 p.30-31

Modeling a H-60L Blackhawk in IAF Service – by Ra'anan Weiss & Avshi Sagee

The Blackhawk, or "Yanshuf" as called by the IAF, began their service in 1994, with the arrival of 10 helicopters to the "Revolving Sword" sqn. These were followed in 1998 by 15 "L" model, Yanshf 2 examples and by 25 Yanshuf 3, in 2002/3.

The article describes the various installations and coloring of the three variants. It also reviews the various modification kits and decal sheets, as follows:
ISRADECAL, BLUE WATTER NAVY & CUTTING EDGE 1:48th conversion kits
COBRA & CMK 1:35th conversion kit.
ISRADECAL & SKYDECAL decal sheets.


 p.32-33

IPMS ISRAEL Model Show at the Israeli AF Museum in Hatzerim                                         

Enclosed, some photos taken during the recent IPMS ISRAEL show, held at Hatzerim.
Included are tables of the winners in the various categories.


 p.34-35

Doing It Wright – by Avshi Sagee 
                                                                                                 
In Avshi's view, one can divide building a model into three stages:

  1. building the structure and the armament – the engineering stage
  2. Painting the model and the adjacent parts- the expressionist stage.
  3. Finishing the model – the "office work" stage.

Each stage has tens of methods and techniques of how to do.
In his article, Avshi relates to various methods of implementing weathering, decaling, weather harms, paint peeling fuel liquids during the final "office work" stage of finishing one's model to the desired scheme.


 p.36-38

Straight from The Box  
                                                                                                                      
The article surveys the following new products:
Books:

  1. Fly With The Israeli Air Force, by Ofer Zidon & Shlomo Aloni.
  2. Israeli F-4 Phantom II Aces, by Shlomo Aloni (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 60).
  3. Israeli Mirage & Nesher Aces, by Shlomo Aloni (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 59).

New kits:

  1. Roden's OV-1A/JOV-1A Mohawk, in 1:48th scale.
  2. Italleri's Mirage IIE, in 1:48th scale.
  3. Tamiya's F-16CJ, in 1:32nd scale.
  4. ISRACAST's Israeli AF AH-64 Apache conversion kit, in 1:48th scale #48003.
  5. ISRACAST's 600 Gallon Fuel tanks conversion kit, in 1:48th scale #48004.
  6. ISRACAST's F-4 Outer Wing Pylons conversion kit, in 1:48th scale #48005.
  7. AirDoc – Germany's F-4 Inner Wing Pylons conversion kit, in 1:48th scale #48003.
  8. AirDoc – Germany's F-4 In-flight Refueling Boom conversion kit, in 1:48th scale #48007.
  9. AirDoc – Germany's F-4 Under Inlet Pylons conversion kit, in 1:48th scale #48008.

Decals:

  1. ISRADECAL’s IAF Mirage III 1:72nd scale decal sheet #IAF-34.
  2. ISRADECAL’s IAF Mirage III 1:48th scale decal sheet #IAF-33.
  3. ISRADECAL’s F-4/RF-4 1:72nd complete aircraft stencilles decal sheet #IAF-35 & IAF36.
  4. ISRADECAL’s F-4/RF-4 1:48th complete aircraft stencilles decal sheet #IAF-37 & IAF-38.
ISRADECAL’s F-4/RF-4 1:32nd complete aircraft stencilles decal sheet #IAF-39 & IAF 40.


 p.40-43

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