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The IPMS magazine, February 1969
NEW AND IN VIEW NEW AIRCRAFT KITS
FROG. For some little time now rumour has had it that Frog were revising and updating many of their older kits, and at the Brighton Toy Fair rumour became fact with the release of those described below. Retailing at 3/- each in a new clear plastic pack, complete with coloured dramatic art on the front and the now very popular Profile style drawings on the back of the display card, these will certainly catch the eye in any model shop display.
Each kit has had all traces of the original surface detail removed and replaced by fine and accurate new detail. Unfortunately, costs have prevented full corrections, and such refinements as cut-out wheel wells are still omitted. Cockpit canopies have received attention where necessary and are far better than in the original kits, while completely new markings and insignia are given, two alternatives being provided for each type as follows :-
Typhoon Ib F209F
- W/Cdr. R.T.P. Davidson's aircraft (Wing Leader 143 Wing 1944)
-245 Sqdn. R.A.F. 1944.
The very high standard of decals common to all Frog kits of recent months is maintained in these 'packaged' kits. All are matt or semi-gloss with excellent register, and the minute detailing, such as that on 'kill' markings or the MC 202 insignia, is clearly readable if one uses a magnifying glass.
It is to be hoped that other kits from the Frog range will be upgraded similarly as time goes by, and we look forward to these in due course.
The IPMS magazine, February 1969
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Hawker Typhoon F.B.IB
| F209F | 1968-1974 | J2(K) | 315000 | 2xRAF |
"Late version with bubble canopy. Surface re-engraved by AMT in 1968"
FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom
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NEW LAMPS FOR OLD
COMMENDABLE venture by Frog is the revision of many of their older kits of 1 :72 scale aircraft models, which have just been reissued in a new series in polythene bags. All the moulds have been 're-worked' very deftly to eliminate such features as etched markings positions which marred some of the older items, and add accurate new panel detail and other surface improvements. We reviewed the old Fw 190 which had been so treated a few months back. Now this kit also appears in the 'bagged' series together with all the following: Hurricane, Tempest V, Me 109F, Typhoon, P-47, Zero, Spitfire, Sea Fury, Fokker D21, MS 406, and Macchi MC 202. Big new feature is the provision of completely new, splendidly accurate and imaginative transfer sheets, each of which gives a choice of two sets of markings... the quality of the new markings being excellent. Fine details include walkway markings and stencilled maintenance instructions and the modest price of the kit, 3s, would not be unreasonable for the transfer sheet alone! Whichever markings the modeller uses, he gets a spare set of value for other models. The only improvement not possible, it seems, on the older Frog kiis is the etching out of the 'solid' wheel wells, though the average modeller can do this himself, or use solid black transfer sheet which is surprisingly effective.
C.O.E.
Airfix magazine 1969-06
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