Belly of aircraft showing landing gear

JASDF F-15J

Finished - Left Front

sWS w/2cm Flakvierling 38 Halftrack

Right-front view

MIM-104F Patriot Surface to Air Missile System M901 Launching Station

Cockpit assembly

Bf-109F

Left side

A6M2b Zero Type 21 "Junyo Fighter Group"

SdKfz 247 Interior

Wehrmacht Armored Vehicles

House_Hole

Vosper MTB 74 with Crew (Part 1)

Engine bay

1957 Chevy Belair Convertible

Left rear

IL-2M & Panther D - Two-in-One Kit

Rear Quarter

Go-242B-2 Transport Glider

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German Albatros D.I - D.III WWI Paint Set
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Squadron Products
MSRP
$3.86

Originally founded in 1968, Squadron / Squadron Signal / MMD is back in business again after bankruptcy and are now based out of Ringgold, Georgia. Their web page was re-activated in January 2022 for plastic kits. A retail store was opened in 2025 at their Ringgold address and is open from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. They have invited The Chattanooga Scale Modelers Club to meet at their warehouse, which occurs on the third Monday of the month. If you can’t make it, be sure to check out their YouTube channel where Brandon and guests are live every Wednesday night. Brandon Lowe and his father, Russ Lowe, re-acquired the Squadron Tools Product Line and are now marketing them once again.

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P-47D/M Thunderbolt Landing Gear - Tamiya
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$17.00

Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) has provided the IPMS reviewer corps with a set of 1/48th scale metal landing gear for Tamiya’s P-47D/M Thunderbolt kits. These parts are drop-in replacements and provide a more robust landing gear set given its metal properties. This set is a replacement to the older 48050 release which now includes the tail wheel.

In the Package

The metal pieces are packaged in a clear blister package with cardboard backing. No instructions are provided.

Review Process

The metal landing gear set is used as drop-in replacements for the kit parts as noted:

  • Wing Gear: B20 & B21
  • Tail Gear: B10 & B11

The metal used is malleable and has some give to allow for any minor bending if needed. Also, seam lines will need to be cleaned up prior to painting just like the plastic kit parts.

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P-51 A/B/C, A-36, F-6A/B, Mk.1a Landing Gear (1/48th scale)
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$17.00

Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) has provided the IPMS reviewer corps with a set of 1/48th scale metal landing gear for Accurate Miniatures/Academy P-51 A/B/C, A-36, F-6A/B, Mk.1a kits. These parts are drop-in replacements and provide a more robust landing gear set given its metal properties.

In the Package

The metal pieces are packaged in a clear blister package with cardboard backing. No instructions are provided.

Review Process

The metal landing gear set is used as drop-in replacements for the kit parts as noted:

  • Wing Gear: 27L & 27R
  • Tail Gear: 22

The metal used is malleable and has some give to allow for any minor bending if needed. Also, seam lines will need to be cleaned up prior to painting just like the plastic kit parts.

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Panther Medium Tank: Heer and Waffen-SS Units: The Oder Front, Halbe and Berlin, 1945
Book Author(s)
Dennis Oliver
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Pen & Sword
MSRP
$29.99

TankCraft 49, Panther Medium Tank, German Army and Waffen-SS Units - Berlin, 1945 details the Panther tank, officially the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (Pz. Kpfw. V, Sd.KHz. (Sonderkraftfahrzeug) 171, during the defensive battles during the last two months of the war. As the author states in the Introduction,

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Tufts 2mm Moss
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Squadron
Scale
2mm
MSRP
$8.00

Originally founded in 1968, Squadron / Squadron Signal / MMD is back in business again after bankruptcy and are now based out of Ringgold, Georgia. Their web page was re-activated in January 2022 for plastic kits. A retail store was opened in 2025 at their Ringgold address and is open from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. They have invited The Chattanooga Scale Modelers Club to meet at their warehouse, which occurs on the third Monday of the month. If you can’t make it, be sure to check out their YouTube channel where Brandon and guests are live every Wednesday night. Brandon Lowe and his father, Russ Lowe, re-acquired the Squadron Tools Product Line and are now marketing them once again.