Assembly progress

Spitfire Mk.IXc Early Version

Completed Model

Bela Lugosi as Broadways Dracula Deluxe Kit

Finished model left front view

English Electric Canberra B(i).6/B.20

Assembly

Yak-9K WWII Soviet Fighter

Completed diorama

Herman Munster and Grandpa Munster

Rear

Mag Ach 1/2 Middle East War Series (50th Anniversary The Six-Day War)

Sprues

Mongoose Rail Dragster

Deck details 3

HMS Warspite, 1915 – complete build

Oblique view showing the crisp detail

Bird Houses

Recon Pod

Mirage F-1 CT/CR "Special Edition" with Tru-Color Paints

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Wilde Sau, Until the Fall of the Empire, Limited Edition Dual Combo Kit of the Fw 190A-8 & Fw 190D-9 (Part 3: Fw 190D-9 Build-Final)
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$99.00

Eduard has graciously provided the IPMS Reviewer Corps with their new Limited Edition dual combo kit: Wilde Sau, Episode Three: Until the Fall of the Empire. Featuring the Fw 190A-8 and Fw 190D-9 kits in 1/48th scale.

This is Part 3 of this kit review, and it will focus on the Fw 190D-9 airplane build.

Part 1 of this review looked at the box contents:

https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/review/wilde-sau-episode-three-until-fall-empire-limited-edition-dual-combo-kit-fw-190a-8-and-fw

Part 2 reviewed the Fw 190A-8 build:

https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/review/wilde-sau-episode-three-until-fall-e…

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Armed Forces of North Korea, Volume 4: Special Operations Force and Missile General Bureau
Book Author(s)
Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$37.95

From the Introduction -

Tuesday, 6:02AM (GMT+9), 29 August 2017

Residents on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, wake to an emergency alert on their phones. The morning dark is washed from their faces as blue-tinged screens alight. Sleepy-eyed, in bedrooms or on early commutes, they stare disbelievingly at the message as around them alarm sirens begin their unearthly wail:

Missile launch. Missile launch. A missile has been launched from North Korea. Evacuate to a building or underground.

Though the country had over the previous decades slowly grown accustomed to the menace periodically emerging from its walled-off resting ground on the upper Korean peninsula, 2017 had been a year unlike any other.

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Guided Missile Destroyer Escort U.S.S. Ramsey DEG 2
Review Author
Doug Hamilton
Published on
Company
Atlantis Model Company
Scale
1:311
MSRP
$24.99

The USS Ramsey had her keel laid on 4 February 1963 as a Destroyer Escort, designated originally as DEG -2. As the second keel of the Brooke (DEG 1) class of destroyer escort she carried armament of one 5” gun and an ASROC Launcher forward of the bridge. On her aft deck was a Tartar missile launcher, with two torpedo launchers both port and starboard amidships. Also carried was one Seasprite Helo for anti-submarine duty. She spent time on Yankee Station off the coast of Viet Nam, then finished her career designated FFG 2 on 1 September 1988 when decommissioned. Stricken from Navy lists in January 1992, she was later sunk as a target on 15 June 2000.

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CH-54A "Tarhe" Landing Gear with Weighted Wheels Set
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
Reskit
Scale
1:35
MSRP
$57.90

ResKit is a Ukrainian manufacturer of high-quality aftermarket accessories for scale plastic model kits, specializing in finely detailed resin and 3D‑printed parts. Despite operating in a country affected by war, ResKit continues to design, produce, and deliver aftermarket parts from Ukraine, demonstrating resilience and dedication to both the hobby and its customers. ResKit.

ResKit has provided several resin detail sets for the ICM Tarhe and Sky Crane helicopters, including this landing gear set. The kit contains two main landing gear with weighted tires and the nose gear and tire. The parts are 3-D printed resin with brass pieces for the actual struts. Using brass for the axles and struts will greatly increase the strength of the landing gear assembly. Height of the landing gear can be adjusted depending on the load or whether the aircraft is airborne. I plan to hang ICM‘s fire tank on the helicopter so the additional strength will be helpful.

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Star Trek Romulan Warfleet Dual Pack
Review Author
Paul Dunham
Published on
Company
Polar Lights
Scale
1/1000
MSRP
$39.99

Polar Lights’ Star Trek Romulan Warfleet Dual Pack includes two kits: a Romulan Bird-of-Prey as seen in the first season of Star Trek and a D-7 battlecruiser as seen in the third season of Star Trek. The D-7 battlecruiser can be finished as either a Romulan or Klingon ship. The small box comes stuffed with parts. The main components of the two ships are molded in metallic gray plastic. Each ship’s parts are individually bagged so if you are not building both at the same time, the other ship’s parts won’t be loose in the box. Clear parts are provided for the engine domes of the Bird-of-Prey. Red and green clear parts are provided for bridge lights for the D-7 cruiser. There are chrome-plated parts for various details of the D-7 cruiser. The chrome parts are separately bagged with tissue paper to protect them from scratches. There are two sheets of decals (one for each ship). The D-7 battlecruiser’s sheet includes alternate marking for a Klingon ship. Two display stands are included.