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Battleship USS Missouri BB-63, Part 1

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Nebelwerfer 41 Towed German Rocket Launcher

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EA-18G Growler

Finished Model - Top

USS New York LPD-21

Moebius' Iron Men

War Machine

Road and idler wheels molded on the lower hull

Stuart M3/M3A1/M3A3 Light Tank

Wing spar

B-25J Mitchell 'Glass Nose' - Part 2

Finished Model

Bf109E-1

Decals and Clear Sprue

British 2-Ton 4X2 Ambulance

Finished intake

F4D-1 Skyray Part 2 – The Build

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Packaging

Fairey Swordfish Mk. I/II Landing Gear (for 1/48 Tamiya)

Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$21.00

Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) has provided the IPMS reviewer corps with a set of 1/48 scale metal landing gear for Tamiya’s Fairey Swordfish Mk. I/II. These parts are drop-in replacements and provide more robust landing gear, given its metal properties.

In the Package

The metal pieces are packed in a clear blister container with cardboard backing. No instructions are provided.

Contact! Winter 2025

Contact! Winter 2025
Book Author(s)
N/A
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
The Great War Aviation Society
MSRP
$114.00

The non-profit UK-based group known as the Great War Aviation Society publishes A new magazine, Contact!, is now available in both print and digital download. The first two issues of Contact! are available for a free digital download on their website. Their journal, Cross & Cockade International, is also published four times a year. Issues are available in English as printed [Softbound, A4 (8.27” x 11.69”), 72 pages [including covers] as well as digital copies (or both). The Society also provides a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI-themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier for IPMS USA. This journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front. The Great War Aviation Society also hosts a lecture series available through Zoom. If interested, you will need to register early as the call is limited in attendance.

Box Art

MiG-21F-13 ProfiPACK
Review Author
Bill Kluge
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$84.95

This ProfiPACK edition of Eduard’s newest 1/48th scale MiG-21 contains decals and parts options for six aircraft: Finnish, North Vietnamese, Czech, United Arab Republic (Egyptian), Yugoslav, and East German. The 32-page, full-color instruction booklet distinguishes between the various options throughout the build process, depending on which nationality variant you choose to make. There is also an extensive, color PE sheet, and in some cases, there is the option between using PE parts or plastic with decals. Many of the PE parts are extremely small, and I chose not to use them all, even when there was no plastic replacement option (keep in mind that many of the plastic parts are extremely small, too). In addition, there’s a pre-cut masking sheet for the clear parts. Color callouts are for Gunze Aqueous and Mr. Color paints. I painted this example primarily with Tamiya lacquers, as well as some Model Master and Testors enamels.

Cover page

Cross & Cockade International Winter 2025
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
The Great War Aviation Society
MSRP
$114.00

The non-profit UK-based group known as the Great War Aviation Society publishes its journal, Cross & Cockade International, four times a year. Issues are available in English as printed [Softbound, A4 (8.27” x 11.69”), 80 pages plus centerfold] as well as digital copies (or both). A new magazine, Contact!, is now available in both print and digital download. The Society also provides a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier for IPMS USA. This Journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front. The Great War Aviation Society also hosts a lecture series available through Zoom. If interested, you will need to register early as the call is limited in attendance.