Finished

Justitia, Roman Goddess of Justice

Twin jet version

Ju EF-126/Ju EF-127 German Experimental Fighter Plane

Left-front view

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

Cockpit

Gloster Meteor F.4

Trailer white parts

Freightliner With Trailer

AB nozzle detail

Lockheed F-35A Lightning II

Left front

T-28B Trojan

Engine

’63 Corvette Sting Ray

Top view forward

Project 661 Anchar (NATO reporting name Papa class)

747 Wing Cutaway Filled & Sanded

NASA Space Shuttle "Discovery" w/747-100 SCA

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Kitsets packaging

Me-109 Exhausts and P-38 Turbo Supercharger Covers
Review Author
Ed Kinney
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$4.78

The seemingly never ending list of top quality aftermarket items from this company continues to grow even larger. It has become a foregone conclusion with these folks that excellence is alive and well at this company. As always, beautifully cast in flawless grey resin and are engineered as “drop in” parts to replace the kit items. Again many thanks to the Quickboost people and IPMS/USA for the review samples. Visit their website www.quickboost.net for these and other excellent products.

Highly recommended

Kitset packaging

P-40 Warhawk Pitot Tube and Antenna

Review Author
Mike Hinderliter
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$5.95

Here is another aircraft upgrade set from Quickboost. The latest addition is for the Academy P-40 Warhawk. It is up to their usual standards; molded in a grayish 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 light passes with my saw blade to make them fall away instead of launching into the air becoming snacks for the carpet monster.

I must admit that I was a little confused with this set because it comes with every antenna that a P-40 Warhawk ever had on it, so you can replace the existing one in the kit or make any other variation including the “football“ housed loop that some warbirds used. I looked through my reference library and found some great walk around photos of these antennas. My reference was from The Aero Series 3, Curtis P-40, Aero Publishers, Inc 1965.

Kitset packaging

P-40 Warhawk Undercarriage Covers

Review Author
Mike Hinderliter
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$5.95

Quickboost just keeps adding to their great line of quality resin aircraft accessories. The latest addition is for the Academy P-40 Warhawk. It is up to their usual standards; molded in grayish 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; they just popped right off of the mold block.

The doors that come in the Academy kit are okay but just lack the level of detail on the inside of the covers that the Quickboost covers have. The Quickboost covers are superior and add just that much more realism to the finished kit. The resin parts are very easy to install and can be used on any other brand kit that is similarly molded.

Box Art

Gloster GREBE and GAMECOCK
Book Author(s)
Tim Kershaw, Illustrated by Krzysztof W. Wolowski
Review Author
John Ratzenberger
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$39.00

Might as well get this over with right now - THE BEST MUSHROOM BOOK I HAVE READ!!!!

OK, I'll admit it - the Silver Wings era is my favorite, and in that, the Gamecock is high on my list - so I'm a bit prejudiced. But this book is much more than I expected - it is very well written, very well organized, and very well illustrated. The Grebe and Gamecock are 1920's aircraft; built in small quantities, never saw action - so there simply isn't that much around on them. The author has gone to great lengths to dig out that information and then cover it in a complete and well-organized manner.

Box Art

EASTERN REGION PEASANTS WWII ERA

Review Author
Roger Carrano
Published on
Company
Master Box Ltd
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$21.95

The Master Box Company just keeps turning out these very unique kits made exclusively for building dioramas and/or vignettes. They come out with the most peculiar subjects that will add that finishing touch to a diorama or base a diorama around one of these kits and then you realize how we ever got along without these kits. This time they have come out with the Eastern Region Peasants in the WWII era. When I opened the box I wasn't surprised at the great detail and preciseness of their clothes, facial expressions and other small items which adds to the realism but, in fact, I knew that these figures and such would be held to their high standards as always. The kit includes five figures depicting a family of peasants speaking to the youngest child. And as far as the price is concerned, the value can't be beat.