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'EUROPE'S NUMBER ONE MODEL SHOPS' VOLUME 19 NUMBER 3 MAY 1997 ISSN 0956-1420, Published monthly by ‘Guideline Pubiztions, ‘382 Selbourne Rosa, Luton, Fave 01862 560731 Sales, marketing ang ‘0 13 Hunstanton Way, Ema atssam@mall Editorial ‘Church End Farm, School Lane, Subscription Department: ‘go ALM.Ltd, P.O. Box 10, ‘Sunderiand Sha 6SN Tal Fax? 0191 5100158 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor ‘Alan W. Hi Assistant editor ‘Andy Sheppard oe ‘352 Selbourne Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LUs BNU. ‘Tolophone: 01582 493332 {ave azn Street Torancs, CASOSOS, USA. ‘apna: i) 375626 Sm pry Paste a, tron de we. F170, 8 ew Moszass Tarte) 20870 fae ie) 280 Editorial ‘A FEW WORDS FOR THE OVER KEEN who is TOO KEENI. Th taka over. Inthe main ity of thet inorest sometimes ‘Modeling in wh vonings 9 weak wh sity looking att relaxation, For the there's nothing much todo aftr the evening meal and rather thn jaton there’ far more fun ta be found in carving Up plastic, There interest wanes and modeling is let for over @ month or 80 before ment of alot of other good things ‘only ane looks for therm. suppose | can sposk about this subject wth some authority as Ihave ler for over three quarters of my Io larting before World War 2 and progresssing rly postwar days ofthe heady files when the fist ru plastic kits caro onthe mer in ust how many siteraft models slmost all in T"72nd scala, Ihave mae over that period of time, sometimes look back on one or two that! found the greatest enjoyment out of and perience from 3° should not be so keen on the subjoct hat it almost huts and in model making. No Nobby is worth that arnount of intent. n'a vent exchange af Intonatcorrpondonce, gator, between various modes ‘on both sides ofthe Atlantic In which aperks have flown and tompars shortened. wish to have no twatepever as from the ‘been shown It does’t really matter nyway. Al an say is that, reading batwoen the lines, some of those wo wrote some of the remarks must srl be amongst the dats category of the over ken, my pushers Th sr of misander rnd Thave only mentioned tin pas ‘and abways. | hope, wil {agathern spiro riondly helpfulness one with bout the rights or wrong ofa colour scheme or 8 hermony should work We shout afte ‘wile, we do not spend the houseksoping down at the pub or at some disc. Modaling is met 0 be tuna lively challenge to manipulave sls and produces an end result about which the inde idual'can, in his own way, be jutiiably prow Contents Aiverat in Detal: Australian Defence Forces. By Gary Madwick 108 ‘Warpaint: Short Sturgeon. Anwork by Chris Bowley 10 ‘Tools and Techniques: Coping with canopies. By Julian Edwards 137 Market Place: New kis, decals and accessories reviewed “i Front cover: The Australian Defence Forces depend largely on their airto-air defence on the McDonnell Doug 6/18 Homet. This brightly coloured example is seen on one of tx secondary ‘oloe of over water rocanaisuance. 10711903 and 1994 the RAAF ‘ouflege ‘one aircraft in this dark grey scheme, seen here refuelling from ‘The Australian Army's Sikorsky Hawks are often used by the level prior to landing to Insert « platoon of troops in a remote for. [Resraian SAS fr raining. This scree non banking at tow ward tcatlon. (Gury MedgwiciTiw Aveion Workahon} ENCE FO * AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORGES GARY MADGWICK SURVEYS THE AIR ASSETS OF THE RAAF, RAN AND AAAC IN THE 1990s AMONGST the most modem and potent ‘Armed Forces of the 1990s in the Far Eastern Region are those of Australia. The ‘Australian Defence Forces (ADF) have developed a strtegy of ‘Defence in Depth’, ‘demanding that they have the forces capable ‘of meeting an adversary with a comprehen- sive range of military capabilites, both offensive and defensive, "No country in the region presently has the capability oF reason t carry out a major strike on Australian soil since none have a larger or better equipped force to launch such an attack. Even if intentions were to change, « long period of preperation would bbe necessary which could not be carried out in secret. There i the capability however to carry out low level actions, including intru- sion into sea and air space, harassing ait- craft, 3; remote areas and offshore resources, as Well as attacks in the lightly- populated northem installations and. infra- structure. Because the capability to launch these altacks exists, the ability to counter them is taken very seriously. For these ‘threats the Australian Defence Forces are continuously trained and equipped. The [ADE comprises the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army, the Royal ‘Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a ti-ser- ‘vice headguarters known as HQ ADE. All three operational elements have air assets 10 support their roles within the Australian Defence Policy as laid down in the 1987 ‘White Paper. ‘Since the Vietnam war, in which all three branches of the armed forces were actively involved, no further large seale action has been undertaken. However, Australian ‘armed forces have been involved in a num- ber of United Nations peace-keeping duties in the Middle East, South East Asia and also the 1991 Gulf War, DEFENCE STRATEGY ‘The Policy of ‘Defence in Depth’ has shaped the Armed Forces and its equipment capabil- ity to perform distinct roles: imelligence and surveillance; strike and interdiction of hos- tile forces in sea and air approaches; and and and inshore defence. Training is planned 0 as to prepare forthe most likely defence scenarios, and over the last few ‘years the Australian defence industry has ‘manufactured most ofthe day-to-day materi- ‘als required for combat operations together with local ‘Hi-tech’ equipment like the Homets, Black Hawk and Sea Hawk heli ‘copiers, submarines and surface warships. ‘New defence orders from abroad are to have 4 high proportion of local manufacture or assembly, British Aerospace, for example, expanding their Australian’ interests. for ‘greater influence in this part ofthe world, ‘The defence forces are the guardians of the peace and maintain a highly capable and professional military to protect territorial ‘boundaries, sea lanes, communications and trade, and, when necessary, to assist allies as they have done so valiantly in the last two World Wars. ‘These days Australia is closely allied 10 the US, which shares many defence facilities in Australia, and in any major war would anticipate considerable help from there as well as from other allies including Britain, ‘The ADF also have close military involve- reat inthe Five Powers Defence Agreement with Malaya, Singapore, New Zealand and Great Britain, and would also help to defend apoa New Guinea in the event of any threat as it was part of Australia until it gained Independence in 1975. 109