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Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
April 6, 2011
Company
Air Modeller
MSRP
$14.95

Contents:

  • Protecting the Motherland’s Airspace – modeling a 1/48 Chinese MiG-19s
  • Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 – building and detailing a 1/48 Classic Airframes kit
  • Vickers Wellington Mk.X Coastal Command – building and detailing the Trumpeter 1/48 kit
  • Scale Modelworld 2010 – photo feature
  • Fw 189A-2 – building the new Great Wall Hobby 1/48 kit
  • Air Born – New Product/Publication Releases
  • B-17G – building Revell of Germany’s 1/72 kit

This publication has become a premier showplace for some wonderful model aircraft. The publication’s cover banner “SHOWCASING THE VERY BEST IN SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELLING” is an accurate promise. Everything David Goudie said in his review of Issue Number 32 can be said of Issue Number 34. It is Quality…I’d go so far to declare it as High Quality.

Book Author(s)
Author: Richard Doherty, Illustrator: Henry Morshead
Review Author
Gary Telecsan
Published on
April 4, 2011
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$17.95

“This is #177 in the New Vanguard Series which explores the design, development, operation and history of the machinery of warfare through the ages.”

So says the tag line of Osprey’s advertising copy, and it is a fair description of the contents of this volume. The author, Richard Doherty, has a number of books to his credit, the most notable of which are about the reconnaissance corps which used the Humber car during the Second World War.

Review Author
Mike Hinderliter
Published on
November 11, 2021
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$5.95

Quickboost just keeps adding to their line of resin aircraft accessories. The latest addition is for the Tamiya Mosquito. It is up to their usual standards; molded in grey resin, smooth, seamless and bubble free. One thing of note is that they are really easy to remove from the mold block because of a nice perforation. It only took me a couple of minutes with my saw blade to remove them. Another plus is that the exhausts are bored out, which would be a real pain if you tried to do it on the kit part.

The exhausts that come in the Tamiya kit look alright and would make an acceptable model but the Quickboost replacements are superior because of how they are bored out which makes for more realism, especially in a photo. These exhausts are very easy to install, and they just fit right in.

Book Author(s)
David Doyle
Review Author
Ed Harm
Published on
April 2, 2011
Company
Squadron Signal Publications
MSRP
$18.95

From Vietnam to the present day, and many conflicts in between, the M108/M109 and its many variants have been the backbone of the Field Artillery’s axiom, “Shoot, Move, and Communicate.” It’s presence on any field of battle has provided the ground commander with unparalleled, timely fire support throughout many years, and continues to this day.

Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
April 2, 2011
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$7.00

Description:

1 pair of intake FOD covers designed for the Academy MiG-29A. And will also work on the Academy MiG-29UB (dual controlled two place trainer).

Inspection:

Packaging is the typical orange-labeled Quickboost clear envelope along with a piece of card stock and a simple instruction note sheet.