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Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
January 4, 2021
Company
ICM
Scale
1/16
MSRP
$20.00

ICM has released a new tooled figure representing a British Female Police office in this case with the Special weapons squad as British Police are not normally armed.

In the box is;

  • 2 x light grey sprues
  • 1 black sprue
  • Plastic base part
  • 1 instruction sheet

All the sprues are extremely well molded with no little flash and great detail. The inclusion of a base with optional surfaces is a great addition to this kit!

Construction

The construction is very easy, and it assembles very well. You do need to do a little filling on some of the legs to torso joint but its minimal.

I really enjoyed building these and they look great as a team of individually.

Now for only moan about this kit is the lack of decals which would have been a great addition. I made my own Police patch and black and white patterns rather than try to paint them.

Book Author(s)
Stefan Draminski
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
January 26, 2022
Company
Kagero Publishing
MSRP
$24.95

The book provides great detail drawings of the Panzer III Ausf J, L, L and K. This was a German WWII Medium tank these versions were manufactured and used from 1939 to late 1942.

I found the drawings in this book to be fascinating and very detailed, ideal for any modeler as reference materials.

Along with the many outline drawings (in 1/48 & 1/72 scales in the main pages) there is also very nice profile drawings. There are loose scale drawings in 1/35 scale.

I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in the armor and a must for modellers.

Thanks go to Casemate Publishing for providing this book to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them

Book Author(s)
Alan Ranger
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
September 3, 2020
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$25.00

The “Camera On” series focuses on ‘lived in’ images of a specific subject. The subject in this case is 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37, but the real value of this book is the images of its crew, their uniforms -sometimes even in civilian clothes-, the locations where the pictures were taken, the equipment -and litter!- around the gun emplacement.

The book is divided in the following sections

  • Foreword, with high level description of the weapon and its history
  • 3.7 cm Flak 18
  • 3.7 cm Flak 36
  • Tun antiaerean Rheinmetall calibru 37 mm model 1939
  • 3.7 cm Flak 37

Each section has dozens of pictures, some of them show a close up of the weapon (with very good detail for your model), most of them show the crew around the weapon (with very high value for a vignette as it show all the ‘stuff’ around a gun emplacement).

Book Author(s)
Michael Green
Review Author
Bill Kluge
Published on
September 3, 2020
Company
Pen and Sword Books Ltd
MSRP
$22.95

This edition in the “Images of War” series provides a overview of U.S Marine Corps operations in Vietnam, from the initial deployment of a Marine Hawk anti-aircraft missile battery near DaNang in February, 1965, followed a month later by elements of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, to the final withdrawal of Marine ground troops in June, 1971. Marine air was finally withdrawn in September of 1972, with off shore Marine aircraft and security forces participating in the evacuation of Saigon in 1975 (the book’s photo coverage ends with the withdrawal of Marine ground forces).

The limited text is arranged chronologically in four chapters:

Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
September 3, 2020
Company
AMMO by Mig Jimenez
MSRP
$2.38

If reading this review feels a little like deja vu all over again, I previously reviewed five of the Shaders, and as four additional colors were still waiting for analysis, I volunteered to help out. Fortunately, I cannot plagiarize myself, so writing this was very easy indeed. Now go ahead and enjoy my assessment of some additional Shaders colors.