September 2010
- Grumman F-14D Tomcat 1/32
- Junkers J.I 1/32
- Fairey Firefly FR Mk I 1/48
- Niort 2010
- Lavotchkine La-5 1/48
- Saint Martin d'Oney 2010
- Westland Whirlwind Mk I 1/72
- Cesson-Sévigné 2010
- Les "Cigognes", 1912-1940
- Hawker Hurricane Mk I 1/32
- Bristol Brigand B.1 1/72
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXC 1/72
- Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX 1/72
- Chronologie des événements
- F-80 Shooting Star : chasseur-bombardier et photographe en Corée
- Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star (montage 1/72)
- F-94 Starfire (profils couleur)
- F-80 Shooting Star (profils couleur)
- MiG-15, YaK-18 et Tu-2 (profils couleur)
- Gloster Meteor F.8 (profils couleur)
- L'affirmation de l'hélicoptère
- Hélicoptères et aviation embarquée en Corée
- Sikorsky HRS-1 (montage 1/72)
- Pour 100 000 $ (MiG-15 en Corée)
- MiG-15 (profiles couleur)
- Mikoyan Gourevitch MiG-15bis (montage 1/72)
- F9F Panther, le jet de l'US Navy
- Grumman F9F Panther (profils couleur)
- Grumman F9F Panther (montage 1/48)
- L'US Navy en Corée (profils couleur)
- "MiG Madness", les Sabre en Corée
- North American F-86 Sabre (profils couleur 1)
- North American F-86 Sabre (profils couleur 2)
- F-86F Sabre (montage 1/32)
WM or Wing Masters. We had no particular pretensions when we chose the title for a new magazine about plastic model planes and their natural corollary, the history of military aviation of all periods. There was simply a need to go and revamp the specialised model press with a few simple ideas: modern graphical concepts with a lot of space for photographs, editorial dynamism with the pages left wide open for what’s going on in the modelling world, giving openings to new talent by working with a young and dynamic editorial team. As for the historic aspects of things, these were presented by means of articles illustrated by one of the best artists of the moment, Bruno Pautigny; these had to be within reach of everybody both in their form - thanks to great care taken in choosing and presenting the photographs - and in the editorial quality of their contents.
So, a few simple ideas …
In the first year after its creation, in 1997, WingMasters imposed itself as the leader in a niche which until then appeared to have been filled for some time! Further proof that some situations are never as fragile as those you think are there to stay. Since then WingMasters’ success has never looked back and its ever-increasing readership counts on the magazine to keep it informed of what’s going on in the model world, to dream that “one day I too will be able to do something like that …” and to be part of that great brotherhood of plastic modelling buffs, this marvellous hobby which mixes together modelling and history. Let’s come back for a moment to the main ideas which started WingMasters.
The model plane market had changed considerably over the last ten years or so: the once rustic and summarily detailed basic models had changed into true miniatures where attention to detail had been pushed to such a point that some thought they were now reserved only for the greatest specialists of super detailing: resin cockpits with authentic photo cut-outs, very detailed undercarriage, exposed engines and sometimes standardised hollow etching, etc. Just so many signs to show that model makers had crossed a threshold which the specialised press with its modern means had to pass on to its readers and thus in its own way, ensure the future of the hobby. This formula had already met with success in H & C’s other two magazines SteelMasters and Figurines. It was as simple as it was novel: a beautiful model, a good model maker, the use of modern building and painting processes, together with beautiful photographs where the backdrop was just as important as the composition itself. To that must be added the desire to reach as wide a public as possible thanks to the bi-monthly’s 84 full-colour pages and the care taken with the editorial work as always; and the bet was won, witness the loyalty of our readers since the first number came out.
Today …
In each number Wing Masters invites its readers to enter a miniature universe of excellence and dreams. The numerous letters received from readers prove how faithful they are; sometimes they are rather nostalgic, sometimes more adventurous; but they are always enthusiastic, acknowledging the high quality of the magazine which is the hallmark of our company, also recognised by our foreign colleagues. The themes dealt with every two months cover what’s going on in the model world, always with high quality realisations. From Spad, Albatros, Nieuport or Fokker biplanes from the Great War to the still living legends which the Messerschmitts, Spitfires, Mustangs or Dewoitine 520s from the Luftwaffe, RAF, USAF or from the Armée de l’Air, right through to the big combat jet family with the fabulous Dassault Mirage IIIC presented recently, without forgetting the F-14s and F-16s from the American arsenal, or the Tornadoes and other Euro-fighters; it is all to do with the adventure in the air of the 20th and 21st Centuries both civilian and military which we revisit for our all readers with our unfaltering enthusiasm and personal investment, even though this means that sometimes yours truly has to present some of his own work for public consumption and criticism. Apart from the model assembly which is made exclusively for the needs of the magazine by a team of modellers, one of whose features, unique in France, is that they come from a variety of countries, WingMasters is also:
Complete coverage of model, accessories and book news for the main scale sizes, from 1/114 for airliners to the 1/32 for the main aircraft of the world conflicts (Spitfire, P-47, P-51, Messerschmitt 109, Focke-Wulf 190, etc), without forgetting the more usual 1/72 and 1/48 scales.
Clubs and Internet columns, the latter bringing choice documentation to complement the articles.
Numerous small-ads for buying and exchanging kits, documentation, accessories or getting in touch with other enthusiasts.
Plates of decals twice a year reserved exclusively for subscribers.
So don’t wait any longer, if you haven’t already come across WingMasters , welcome aboard for a endless flight through the marvellous world of model aircraft, a world which has never been so rich and varied, dynamic, talent-revealing, and presented by the makers of injected plastic, resin, photo cut-out or thermoformed models, small (like the numerous short–runs specialists), big, Far-Eastern or East-European.
Editor
Choice of readers WingMasters
- WingMasters Quarterlies N°7
- Le Japon déploie des ailes
- Chasseurs de l'US Navy
- Nakajima Ki-27 "Nate"
- A•chi D3A1 ("Val"È) - Montage
- Histoire : A•chi D3A1, le prédateur du Pacifique
- A•chi D3A1 à Pearl Harbor (profils couleur)
- Brewster Buffalo Mk I - Montage
- Histoire : Brewster F2A, le chasseur de la défaite
- Chasseurs et bombardiers alliés (profils couleur)
- Mitsubishi A6M2b Modèle 22 - Montage
- Histoire : Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen, le meilleur !
- Mitsubishi A6M2 à Pearl Harbor (profils couleur)
- Nakajima B5N2 ("Kate") à Pearl Harbor
- Seversky P-35 - Montage
- Histoire : P-35, l'ancêtre du Thunderbolt 50
- Chasseurs de l'USAAF (profils couleur)
- Nakajima Ki-43-I ("Oscar") - Montage
- Notice historique : Nakajima Ki-43-I
- Nakajima Ki-43-I (profils couleur)
- Bombardiers et torpilleurs de l'US Navy (profils couleur)
- Les hydravions du Pacifique (profils couleur)
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Montage
- Histoire : B-17, les Forteresses du Pacifique
- Chasseurs et bombardiers de la marine japonaise (profils couleur)
- Mitsubishi G4M1 ("Betty") - Montage
- Notice historique : Chasseurs et bombardiers de l'armée japonaise
- Chasseurs et bombardiers de l'armée japonaise (profils couleur)
- Glossaire et abréviations
- WingMasters Quarterlies N°6
- Histoire : La supériorité aérienne des Alliés
- Bombardiers brtitanniques (profils couleur)
- N.A. Mustang III - Montage
- Histoire : Les Mustang de la RAF
- Spitfire et Mustang de la RAF (profils couleur)
- Histoire : L'échec de la Luftwaffe
- Heinkel He 177A-5 Greif - Montage, Notice historique
- Bombardiers allemands (profils couleur)
- Waco CG-4A Haig - Montage, Notice historique
- Les troupes aéroportées alliées (profils couleur)
- Beaufighter et Mosquito de la RAF (profils couleur)
- Hawker Typhoon Ib - Montage
- Histoire : Typhoon, le maître du champ de bataille
- Les Typhoon de la 2nd TAF (profils couleur)
- Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8 - Montage, Notice historique
- Chasseurs de la Luftwaffe (profils couleur)
- Histoire : Libération sous les cocardes anglaises
- Pilotes français au combat (profils couleur)
- Douglas Bostoon III - Montage, Notice historique
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb - Montage
- Bombardier de l'USAAF (profils couleur)
- Republic P-47D Thunderbolt - Montage
- Chasseur de l'USAAF (profils couleur)
- Histoire : Thunderbolt, cheval de bataille de la 9th AF
- WingMasters Quarterlies N°1
- Histoire : de la "Drôle de Guerre" à la Campagne de France
- Morane Saulnier MS 406 - Montage, Histoire
- Curtiss H-75 - Montage, Histoire
- Camouflages et marques de l'Armée de l'Air, 1939-1942
- Les insignes des Groupes de Chasse en Métropole. 10 mai 1940
- Bloch MB 152 - Montage, Histoire
- Dewoitine D.520 - Montage, Histoire
- Potez 631 - Montage, Histoire
- Les "oiseaux rares" (profils couleur)
- Reconnaissance et observation (profiles couleur 1ère partie)
- Uniformes et tenues de vol de l'Armée de l'Air, 1939-1942
- Lioré & Olivier LeO C.30 - Montage, Histoire
- Reconnaissance et observation (profils couleur 2e partie)
- Potez 63,11 - Montage, Histoire
- Renseignements pratiques (maquettes, peintures et bibliographie)
- WingMasters Quarterlies N°4
- Histoire : Chronique d'une bataille
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk I/II - Montage, Histoire, Profils couleur
- Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 - Montage, Profils couleur, Histoire
- Histoire : Gestion de la bataille
- Hawker Hurricane Mk I - Montage, Profils couleur, Histoire
- Bimoteurs de chasse anglais (profils couleur)
- Histoire : Camouflage et marques des chasseurs de la RAF (1939-1940)
- D'autres acteurs de la Bataille d'Angleterre
- Avro Anson, Lckheed Hudson (profils couleur)
- Messerschmitt Bf 110C - Montage, Histoire, Profils couleur
- Histoire : La bataille du Bomber Command
- Boulton Paul Defiant F Mk I et Westland Lysander (Profils couleur)
- La Regia Aeronautica (Profils couleur)
- FW 200C Condor et Dornier 17 (profils couleur)
- Histoire : Störangriff et Blitz
- Junkers Ju 88 (profils couleur)
- Heinkel He 111H - Montage, Histoire, Profils couleur
- Junkers Ju 97B "stuka" - Montage, Profils couleur, Histoire
- WingMasters Quarterlies N°9
- 1945, le crépuscule des aigles - Les derniers combats de la Luftwaffe
- Histoire :
Le Crépuscule des Focke Wulf
- Focke Wulf de la Jagdwaffe
(Profils couleur) - Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9
Montage 1/32 - Multimoteurs de l’USAAF
(Profils couleur) - Messerschmitt Bf 109
(Profils couleur) - Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8/R2
Montage 1/32 - Multimoteurs de la RAF
(Profils couleur) - Multimoteurs de la Luftwaffe
(Profils couleur) - Histoire :
Les Spitfire et la 2 TAF - Chasse et attaque au sol de la RAF
(Profils couleur) - Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV
Montage 1/48 - Lancaster et Halifax du Bomber Command
(Profils couleur) - Les as sur Mustang de l’USAAF
(Profils couleur) - Histoire :
Cocardes sur le Reich - Les Français au combat
(Profils couleur) - Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Montage 1/72 - Thunderbolt et Mustang de l’USAAF
(Profils couleur) - Histoire :
Étoiles rouges : La-5 et La-7 - Lavotchkine La-7
Montage 1/72 - La VVS au combat
(Profils couleur) - Messerschmitt Me 262A
Montage 1/48 - Histoire :
L’aube des jets - Me 262 Schwalbe et Ar 234 Blitz
(Profils couleur) - Gloster Meteor F Mk III
Montage 1/48 - Komet, Salamander et Zerstörer de la Luftwaffe 82
(Profils couleur) - B-17 et B-24 de l’USAAF 83
(Profils couleur)
- WingMasters Quarterlies N°3
- Histoire : Les FAFL : sous le signe de la croix de Lorraine
- Hurricane Mk II - Montage, Histoire
- Les premiers avions de FAFL (profils couleur)
- Spitfire (1ère partie)(profils couleur)
- Glenn Martin 167F - Montage, Histoire
- Liaison et reconnaissance (profils couleur)
- Bombardement (1ère partie)(profils couleur)
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ixc - Montage, Histoire
- Spitfire (2e partie)(profils couleur)
- Douglas Boston IV - Montage, Histoire, Bombardement (2e partie) Profils couleur
- Histoire : La reconstitution de l'Armée de l'Air
- Bell P-39Q Airacobra - Montage, Histoire, Profils couleur
- Histoire : Les principales unités des FAFL et de l'Armée de l'Air (1940-1945)
- Yakovlev Yak-3 - Montage, Histoire
- Histoire : Du GC No 3 au "Normandie Niemen" - Profil couleur
- Republic P47-D Thunderbolt - Montage, Histoire, Profils couleur
- Histoire : Les forces aériennes de l'Atlantique - Profils couleur
- Transport (profils couleur)
- Uniformes des FAFL et de l'Armée de l'Air
- Hawker Tempest IV - Montage, Histoire
- Reconnaissance (profils couleur)
- WingMasters N°1
November 1997
- Hawker Tempest V (Eduard)
- Short Sunderland V (Sinifer)
- Mitsubishi J2M6 Raiden "Jack" (Hasegawa)
- Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 (Tamiya)
- Douglas A-1H Skyraider (Hasegawa)
- Douglas A-1H Skyraider
- La Luftwaffe, de la Pologne à la Drôle de guerre
- Les Ju 88 du GB 1/31 Aunis
- Aichi M6A1 Seiran (Tamiya)
- Beaufighter VI (Tamiya)
- P-40C (Hobbycraft)
- Me 262A-1 (Czech Model)
- Me 109G-6 (Hasegawa)
- Me 109G -14 (Hasegawa)
- SBD-3 Dauntless (Accurate)
- SBD-5 Dauntless (Accurate)
- Pfalz D III (Eduard)
- SB2C Helldiver (ProModeller)
- Yak 9DD-T-K (ICM)
- Tupolev Tu 2 (ICM)
- LaGG 3 Type 66 (Dako)
- Yak 28 Firebar (Firefox)
- D.520 (Hasegawa)
- Hurricane IIc (Academy)
- F-51D Mustang (Italeri)
- A10A Thunderbolt II (Italeri)
- Me 109G-10 (Revell)
- Me 410A2 (Revell)
- Westland Whirlwind Mk I (Airfix)
- Avro Shackleton MR3 (Revell)
- Me 262A-1 (Revell)
- Mitsubishi F1M2 Pete (Fujimi)
- SA 321 Super Frelon (Mach 2)
- P-63C Kingcobra (Toko)
- Laté 298 (Azur)
- Fokker G-1 (MPM)
- IL-2M3 (Toko)
- Potez XXV A2 (Hit Kit)
- WingMasters N°7
November 1998
- Douglas A-1H Skyraider (Tamiya)
- English Electric Lightning F.6 (Airfix)
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX (Hasegawa)
- Focke Wulf FW 190A-4 (Revell)
- Panavia Tornado F.3 (Hasegawa)
- McDonnell F-4B Phantom II (Hasegawa)
- EE/BAC Lightning
- La 8th Army Air Force 1942-1943
- Les Skyraider de l'US Navy
- Sauvez Bat 21B !
- EE/BAC Lightning
- Coin du débutant 2 (les peintures)
- Les différents types d'ailes du Spitfire
- F-84G Thunderjet (Tamiya)
- Heinkel 100D (MiPM)
- F4U-1D Corsair (Tamiya)
- F-8 Crusader (Monogram)
- IDF Fighter (Zhengdefu)
- SNCASO Trident II (JMGT)
- Rogozarski IK-3 (Classic Resin Air.)
- Me 210A (Italeri)
- Loire 46 (Azur)
- Spitfire 21 (Eduard)
- Beaufighter Mk VI (Hasegawa)
- Mitsubishi XF-2A/FS-X (Hasegawa)
- Il-2m3 Stormovik (Eduard)
- Macchi M.5 (Pegasus)
- Sauders Roe SRA/1 (Panet Models)
- Fairchid M-62/PT-19A (MPM)
- Tornado GR1 (Revell)
- Ki-84 Franck (Doyusha)
- A6M2 Zero type 21 (Doyusha)
- WingMasters N°13
November 1999
- Rafale Marine (Revell)
- Latécoère 298 B (Sinifer)
- Lioré & Olivier LeO 451 (POMK)
- Mirage 2000C RDI (Heller)
- Dassault MD 450 Ouragan (JMGT)
- SEPECAT Jaguar A (Italeri)
- NA F-100D Super Sabre (Italeri)
- Bloch MB 155 (Azur)
- Alouette II (Revell)
- SEPECAT Jaguar A
- L'aviation française en Indochine
- Les Huns de l'Armée de l'Air
- Bloch 152 sur la Meuse
- MD 450 Ouragan
- Aviatik Berg D1 (Flashback)
- D. 501 (Hi Tech)
- D. 510 (FM)
- Mosquito B IV/PR IV (Tamiya)
- Ta 154 A (Hasegawa/Revell)
- Boeing F4B-4 (Classic Air.)
- P-51H Mustang (Classic Air.)
- MiG 3 (ICM)
- P-51B Mustang (Academy)
- P-40M/N Warhawk (Academy)
- Mirage IIIB/D (High Planes M.)
- Tempest V (Academy)
- Me 109D (Sword)
- Heinkel 45 (AML)
- Yak 11 Mr Awesome (High Planes M.)
- A-37B Dragonfly (Academy)
- MB 155 (Azur)
