ZPU_2 Right

Russian Light AA Gun Set

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WWII Military Patrol

Finished Instrument Panel

F-104G Cockpit

Left-rear, above

Flakpanzer T-34(r)

Front

MiG-21SMT Dual Combo

Finished model - front

Boulton Paul Defiant MK. 1

Left Side

Foose Design 2013 Challenger SRT8

Mast detail

USS Essex LHD-2

Pic

Wooden Gate - Round

Side

Mignet HM14 Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea)

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Package

: Wilde Sau, Episode Three: Until the Fall of the Empire, Limited Edition Dual Combo Kit of the Fw 190A-8 & Fw 190D-9 (Part 2: Fw 190A-8 Build)
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 2 of this kit review, and it will focus on the Fw 190A-8 airplane build.

Part 1 of this review looked at the box contents. It can be viewed here:

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

In the Box

Packaging

F-105D/G Thunderchief Landing Gear
Review Author
Chris Vandegrift
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$36.95

SAC has been a player in the aftermarket landing gear space for a long time now and is quite well known. You can count on the parts to fit and be representative of the kit you’re using them for. I happen to have this kit in my inventory, along with some resin upgrades for a conversion that will add some weight to it in the nose and tail. This SAC set appealed to me for that reason.

Packaging

Super Hornet USN F/A-18E & F/A-18F VFA-31/32/41/97/213
Review Author
Chris Vandegrift
Published on
Company
DXM Decals
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$24.00

Double Xcellent Model puts together a great package when they release a decal set. I’ve used their F-15 JASDF set for stencils in the past and was excited to try out a full set of DXM decals. Right off the bat, the instructions impress. Clear and colorful, as well as easy to read. This was the first of two sets I have to review and what caught me off-guard at first was trying to find the decal numbers on the sheet, fortunately DXM provides a second sheet in the pack that has the decal numbers in large white circles on it to use as a reference. There are no miscellaneous numbers to clear off the decal paper when you place them in water this way. This is a totally different approach in the decal world, and as a modeler, I can appreciate that.

Product

The World's 1st Automobile
Review Author
Doug Cole
Published on
Company
Teching World
Scale
1:8
MSRP
$300.00

Today, we take the ever-present automobile for granted, but as with all things, it too started with a vision and a pioneering inventor. As the legend has it, in 1885 Karl Benz produced the prototype of Benz Patent Motorwagen is widely recognized as the world’s first practical automobile. Patented in 1886, it was demonstrated on July 3, receiving enormous attention. He continued making improvements for years until his wife, Bertha, decided to take matters into her own hands, loaded up the kids and hijacked the car to prove the car’s practicality by driving to a nearby town. That demo was the foundation of the global automotive industry.