1/48 Siai Marchetti S211

by Jeremy Neo, Hobby Icon in Singapore

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S211 is currently the main aircraft trainer in service with the Republic of Singapore Air Force. It has been relocated to Australia and we hardly see them in Singapore skies. In service with the RSAF for more than ten years, it was acquired to replace the noisy Lockheed T33 and BAC Strikemaster. Some of the S211 have been decommissioned due to expired airframe hours. That means we might have a new trainer in sight for the near future. Bae hawk??? I hope so, as some of our pilots are trained in Bae Hawk in Canada.

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This is a limited run die-cast model which comes in two version, fully painted/assembled and non-painted version in white (OOP).  It comes in with a clear display stand in a hard white box packaging. One of the major problem encountered with the first production run of the model is the canopy which is out of shape. The second run of this model will have a redesign canopy to correct the problem.

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Jeremy

Photos and text © by Jeremy Neo, Hobby Icon in Singapore