F-14A Detailed Landing Gear

Published: May 8, 2024
Company: Detail & Wonder

Detail and Wonder has issued a replacement and highly detailed landing gear set for Tamiya’s 1/48^th F-14A. The set includes a complete set of wheels, both main and nose along with separate hubs. a bag of metal supports and three 3D Printed landing gear- left, right and nose gear.

To start, the instructions are wonderful and coded. The main parts are 3D printed. If you have… more

Kriegsmarine U-Boat U-96

Published: May 8, 2024
Company: Neverland Hobby

Neverland Hobby has been involved in the plastic model hobby for a while and have jumped into the pond with there first release, a 1/144 Kriegsmarine U-Boat U-96. As a bit of background, U-96 was a Type VIIC version of the U Boat which sunk 27 ships and was it self sunk in port by allied bombs. It is known for having the markings of a laughing swordfish.

Looking at the kit, there… more

F-14 Seamless Intakes

Published: May 7, 2024
Company: Fab Scale

From Fab Scale comes a really nice addition to the 1/48^th Tamiya F-14, a 3D printed set of intakes that are in white.

Inside the nice package are left and right intakes still attached to eh printing sprues. The packaging is great as it is firm and makes sure there is no damage to the parts.

Prep is simple, I used sprue nippers to cut off the printing supports. I sanded… more

Army of Ice

Published: May 7, 2024
Company: ICM

Army of Ice includes three figures from the Game of Thrones universe including the Night King, the Great Other and a Wight. The set is three separate kits and each includes a base. The kits are molded in gray styrene with clear weapons for the Night King and Great Other. The Night King is 17 parts; the Wight is 17 parts and the Great Other is 15 parts. Also included are instruction sheets with… more

Lockheed F-35B Lightning II

Published: March 13, 2024
Company: Tamiya America

Tamiya follows it 1/48^th F-35A Lightning kit with a new and very updated 1/48^th F-35B. I have been lucky enough to review both. The F-35A Review is here: https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/review/f-35a-lightning-ii-4

For this review, I will focus on the differences between the two kits.… more

Russian 9P149 Launching Vehicle w/9K114 Shturm-S

Published: March 11, 2024
Company: Trumpeter

The 9P149 is a tank destroyer of Soviet origin and in this example, it is a vehicle carrying radio guided anti-tank system designated 9K114 Shturm which uses the 9M114 Kokon (Cocoon) missile. Same missile as used by the Mi-24 helicopter.

The kit comes in standard gray plastic in 15 gray sprues, two clear sprues, decals and 2 photoetch frets. Total is 790 parts many of which are very tiny… more

HH-60J Jayhawk Conversion

Published: March 11, 2024
Company: Werners Wings

Floyd Werner and Werner Wings produces wonderful aftermarket and decals primarily (but not wholly) aimed at helicopters. That not surprising as that was what Floyd’s does- fly helicopters. This set consists of parts and decals to convert the Kitty Hawk 1/35^th scale HH-60H to the Coast Guard version of the HH-60J Jayhawk. Wait, Kitty Hawk is out of business! Zimi Models to the rescue… more

Heinkel He162 Volksjäger - From Drawing Board to Destruction: The Volksjäger

Published: March 9, 2024
Book Author(s): Robert Forsyth and Eddie J. Creek
Company: Classic Publications

The He-162 Volksjaeger has long been a popular model subject with great kits in all popular scales from Tamiya to Revell to Trimaster. It is an interesting plane and now we have an excellent book documenting the development to deployment to the end of the small jet fighter. Written by Robert Forsyth and Eddie J. Creek, this is a wonderful book with great profiles, pictures and information on… more

P-38J Decals

Published: November 28, 2023
Company: Iliad Design

Iliad Designs makes a bunch of decals with really great schemes in all the popular scales. The object of this set is the P-38J with several kits being available. I had a Tamiya kit looking for some markings so I jumped at the chance to review the decals.

Inside the package there is a single sheet of well printed decals with two full color instructions sheets with profiles of the plane… more

F-14A VF-41Black Aces Decals

Published: November 28, 2023
Company: HAD Models

HAD Models is a group out of the Budapest Hungary and specializes in decals and masking sets for aircraft kits in the all-major scales from 1/144 to 1/35. They range from WWII to modern era planes. This set is in 1/48th scale and covers F-14A’s from the VF-41 Black Aces. Markings are included for seven unique planes:

• Fast Eagle 106, BuNo 160398 from the Movie Final Countdown… more