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Kfir C2/C7

Side

M22 Locust Airborne Tank (T9E1)

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FJ-2 Fury

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AH-1G Cobra (Early Production)

T-4 Left Front

Eggplane F-2 & T-4 ADTW 60th Anniversary Combo

Side view of aircraft interior

Junkers Ju-88A-10 (A-5 Trop) North Africa Limited

Starboard side view of Missouri

USS Missouri BB-63

Sprues

German Military Bicycle, WWII era

Finished

I.A.R. 81 BoPi "Dive Bomber"

Fuselage and Tail Sprue

Salmson 2-A2 USAS

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Package

USAF Aggressors Blue Colors Set
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
December 20, 2020
Company
AMMO by Mig Jimenez
MSRP
$16.36

I have been using enamels for many years (decades) now. Enamel hobby paints are getting harder to find and there are the health considerations on enamels, so I have been exploring different acrylic options out there. I was excited to see the chance to review the AMMO products, as some of my modeling buddies had good things to say about them.

Reading the AMMO website, you learn that these paints are odorless, water soluble and non-toxic. All of those above make these paints interesting alternatives as non-toxicity is a great thing and odorless makes the rest of the family happy.

I have to say that I did find a very faint smell on these paints. It is not strong at all and it is not offensive nor headache-inducing as enamels or lacquers. The best I can describe the smell is ‘earthly’. A bit like mud or clay, from a pottery workshop.

Eduard Masking Set

F-14A Tomcat Masking Set
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
July 19, 2021
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$10.95

This set is designed for Academy’s new F-14A kit. The set provides masks not only for the canopy and the windscreen, but also for the tires or wheel hubs.

There are three parts to the windscreen mask, one for each side and the central panel. The main canopy has 4 parts for each section, two for each side. The instructions advise you to cover the rest of the canopy area with liquid masking, but I prefer to cut small strips out of the unused parts of the masking sheet and use these strips to mask off the rest of the canopy.

After masking the canopy and tacking it over the cockpit, I painted the canopy frames with flat black as this is the interior color of the Tomcat canopy. When this had dried, I then painted the canopy light gull grey when I painted the topside color as I was building an early Tomcat. After painting and decaling were complete, I removed the masks from the canopy sections and discovered a perfectly painted canopy.

Box Art

Magach 6B GAL
Review Author
Eric Christianson
Published on
December 19, 2020
Company
AFV Club
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$124.99

AFV Club has released yet another version of Israeli’s rework of the venerable American M60 Main Battle Tank. This time around we meet the ‘Magach 6B GAL’ – a version that, as far as I know, has only been reproduced in 1/35th scale with the help of an after-market Legend set. ‘Magach’, Hebrew for ‘battering ram’, has no less than six origins in Wikipedia, so I’ll let the reader decide where this moniker actually came from. Needless to say, these ‘re-wired’ M48 and M60 tanks proved to be equal to the task of filling the gap between earlier, British and WWII armor and the current Merkava armor types – the final conversion occurring in 2006.

Italeri Field Howitzer

15cm Field Howitzer/10.5cm Field Gun
Review Author
Mike Lamm
Published on
December 19, 2020
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$27.99

The 150 mm SFH18 Howitzer was widely deployed by the German army on all the key fronts during World War 2. Developed in secret, during the years limiting German rearmament under the conditions in the Treaty of Versailles, when Germany began their rearmament in 1933, it was a fully functioning design ready for immediate deployment. Interestingly enough, its first combat use was by the Chinese National Revolutionary Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The SFH18 had a simple and reliable design and a maximum range of 13.5 km. The gun and its limber could be separated and towed by horses, or more commonly by a half-track. A less common 105mm version was also developed and shared the same carriage as the 150mm version.

Brengun Dauntless Wheels

Dauntless Wheels
Review Author
Michael Novosad
Published on
March 12, 2021
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$7.75

Background

Brengun is known for its range of photo-etched sets and resin accessories for airplane models. They also produce model kits in 1/48th, 1/72nd and 1/144th scales. Brengun's product line includes several scales for resin accessories, photoetch, paint masks, and resin and plastic kits.

Their products are available directly from an e-shop or from distributors (list included on their web site). I checked the USA distributors as listed on the Brengun website but found none of them listed this product at the time of this review.