Left Side Finished

PanzerFunkwagen Sd.Kfz. 233 8 Rad 7.5cm

8

P-39Q Airacobra

Finished model

US Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin Helicopter

Right rear

S-2A Tracker

Finished Fuselage Left Front

A-4KU (AF-1) Skyhawk 'Brazilian Navy VF-1 15th Anniversary'

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Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor

Finished

British 2-Ton 4X2 Ambulance

Mr. Surfacer applied to wing and clear part gaps

J-3 'Cub Goes to War'

Flight deck

USS Intrepid - Part 4

Finished - Left Side

T-38A Talon

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M-ATV (1) M1240/M1277 US Air Force, Marines, Army, and National Guard
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
AOA Decals
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$15.50

AOA Decals has a good reputation for quality decals, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review another one of their newest releases, the M-ATV (1) M1240/M1277 US Air Force, Marines, Army, and National Guard (35-010). The decals come in two sheets, one consisting of stencils, and the other with markings for nine vehicles. The second decal sheet in the M-ATV series, M-ATV (2) M1240/M1277 US Army (MFO), Poland, Croatia, and Ukraine (35-011), was previously reviewed.

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F-16C 60 Years of Weasels
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Two Bobs Aviation Graphics
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$16.00

Two Bobs Aviation Graphics has provided the IPMS/USA Reviewer Corps with a wonderful waterslide decal set commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the very first Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) mission, which was flown during the Vietnam War in 1965. This project was code named “Wild Weasel.” This decal set captures the unique paint scheme applied to F-16C Fighting Falcons of the 20th Fighter Wing out of Shaw AFB in South Carolina.

The two F-16C Fighting Falcons markings are for:

F-35A Lightning II

F-35A Lightning II CTOL Version (Beast Mode)

Review Author
Jarrod Booth
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$130.00

The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning CTOL represents the “Conventional Takeoff & Landing” version of this versatile aircraft. “Beast Mode” hangs six pylons under the wings, transforming the aircraft into a devastating strike platform.

Italeri promotes this as a new mold kit and compared to images of their previous F-35C released several years ago, it appears to have far better detail in certain areas like the bomb bays and wheel wells. Sprue “K” (Two included) remained the same with most of the weapons, pylons and bomb bay door hinges.

The model was presented in Italeri’s standard lid and tray box. Two dark grey sprues were bagged together in each of three bags, as was the decal sheet. The two clear sprues were separated within one bag which was thoughtful. An instruction manual, photo etch fret and painting/masking guide completed the box contents.

ICM UH-60A

UH-60A Black Hawk and Crew

Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$89.00

ICM has provided this beautiful new release from the Black Hawk Range for review, in this 1/48 scale model of the UH-60A which was released earlier but this one comes with a three-man crew set. The crew set is also available as a separate kit (kt number 48130).

  • 15 x grey sprues
  • 1 clear sprue
  • One decal sheet
  • One instruction guide for the UN-60A
  • One instruction sheet for the crew

The detail quality is excellent in every way with this kit; crisp and detailed molding has become the norm for the ICM kits.

I repainted all the interior parts before commencing the build.

The assembly starts at the Interior stages 01 to 26. The only item in the interior assembly I need to point out is steps 19 to 26. This is the seats assembly and it’s a little tricky and you need to take care line up the supports. I also would have preferred colored decals to 3-D ones to improve the details of the instruments.