PE

RN R Class Submarines

Underside

Etendard IVP/IVM

Painted, left front

T-28B Trojan

VF-9 top

F6F-3 Hellcat "VF-27 USS Princeton"

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Hurricane Mk II D

Final rear left

Sd.Kfz. 179 Bergepanther Ausf A

Broken Rotor

AH-1G Cobra

Parts trees

Spad XIII (early)

Finished Model - Left Side

Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird

Cockpit assembly

Skandinavisk Aero Industri (SAI), SAI KZ II

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Package cover sheet

"Blacksheep/Bulldogs" "Gunship Harriers"
Review Author
Bill Schwarz
Published on
Company
Twobobs Aviation Graphics
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$13.00

This time up it’s the Twobobs Decals sheet 48-223 "Gunship Harriers". Though this sheet is 1/48th scale. I believe this is also available in 32nd scale as well as 72nd scale. Check their website as well. The sheet is printed beautifully by MicroScale. This time up it’s for two famous squadrons: VMA 214 "Black Sheep”, and VMA 223 “Bulldogs”.

The artwork is superb and the instruction sheet shows all views as well as pictures of the real aircraft. This sheet covers three birds. Two are from VMA 214, and one is from VMA 223. One of the Blacksheep birds has a splash of color. That is the black tail with white lettering and numbers. The stenciling is first rate too.

These decals respond well to all the major decal solvents. There should be no problems with this sheet and Twobobs’ Bob Sanchez and crew should be commended for prducing these great decals! Now I have to get my Harrier back on the table and get to work. My only problem is which sheet or which Harrier to do!

Box Art

KC-97G

Review Author
John King
Published on
Company
Minicraft Model Kits
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$21.99

Minicraft models has issued another boxing of their KC-97G. I believe this is the second boxing of this kit and is a slight improvement over the first release. The parts are unchanged, but this new boxing includes a gorgeous decal sheet with two different options (more on this later). The kit includes five sprues of light gray plastic and one sprue containing the clear parts, which consists of boomer’s pod and the cockpit windows/part of the front fuselage. No clear parts are provided for the side fuselage windows; black decals represent these windows.

Book front cover

B-17 Flying Fortress
Book Author(s)
David Doyle, with cover art by Don Greer, line Aat by Matheu Spraggins
Review Author
Perry Downen
Published on
Company
Squadron Products
MSRP
$16.95

The B-17 is most recognized bomber of WWII and certainly one of the most recognizable airplanes to ever fly. It was an effective weapons system particularly when accompanied by the P-51 Mustang. It dropped more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II and its survivability was much greater than most other planes of that time. This legendary aircraft has been the subject of many books. It is the subject of the latest offering from Squadron/Signal’s long list of In Action series.

This soft bound 8-1/4” X 11” book consists of 80 pages. The book contains approximately 200 photographs and drawings. The photographs are all period photographs and many are in color. Each photograph is accompanied by a block of text explaining what is depicted. The quality of these period photographs is exceptional.

Packaging

Tornado Exhaust Nozzles
Review Author
Bill Schwarz
Published on
Company
Aires Hobby Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$31.00

We just keep getting more and more great stuff from these guys. They are truly one of the best resin casters out there. Their attention to detail is magnificent and the prices are reasonable to boot. This time up is a look at the burner cans for the Hobby Boss Tornado's. They look more towards the ones on the GR/4s then the ones on the Fighter /Interceptor variant but I could be wrong.

There are 6 great cast parts. 3 of each make up the burner assemblies for the Tornadoes twin engines. The engraving is second to none and the fit of the resin parts is superb. Aires gives you a kind of instruction sheet with installation pics and a few notes. Most of you who buy these already know the deal so I won’t dwell on it. No photoetch is in the set, nor is it needed. Just read the simple instructions, then paint and pop them in.

Box Art

'72 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Review Author
Mike Hoekstra
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/25
MSRP
$22.95

My latest kit for review is the new Revell’s '72 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Upon opening the box, the first thing I noticed was the very clean molds. The mold seams on the body were scarce and very easy to clean up. Moving on, the kit gives a few different options to build the car. First off is the choice of an automatic or manual transmission (I'll be building the manual version) which also includes an extra set of floor pedals, different center consoles and shifter options.