Finished model of Panzer IV

Panzer IV Ausf. H Mid Production w/Zimmerit

Finishing touches on aircraft prior to painting.

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

Left front

Sopwith Triplane

p/e parts 2

DAF YPR-765 PRAT Royal Netherlands Army

Sprue

Heinkel He111 P-2

Completed 7

M1A2 SEP Abrams TUSK II

Front View

MV-22B Osprey

Tailcone

Shachak

Detail

Imperial Japanese Army Artillery Type 41 Mountain Gun "Infantry Regiment"

Completed Build

Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Ko/Hei Toryu (Nick) - Finishing the Build - Part 3

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F/A-18C (Revell) Photoetch
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$9.85

Brengun has been bringing out more and more stuff in 1/144 scale, kits, accessories and detail sets. This is darned good, because those of us who do “Braille scale” need more and more help. Many of the older kits are so lacking in detail that any addition would be SO welcome. And this is one of those detail sets.

So on to the adventure. The detail set is a single PE fret, approximately 3 ½ by 6 ½ inches. (9cm X 16.5cm). There is a single page instruction sheet which shows the Revell parts replaced by PE parts and the PE add-ons for some parts.

Box Top

Batman Stock Car
Review Author
Joe Porche
Published on
Company
Round 2 Models
Scale
1/25
MSRP
$28.99

AMT recently released the NASCAR Car of Tomorrow Racing Dreams Snap/it generic race car with some special markings attempting to appeal to the wider base of children modelers. The kit is simplified in its parts count and if the directions are followed a fairly simple build. Clippers, a file or sanding stick, hobby knife and screw driver are all that are needed to complete this kit. Painting is not necessary to complete the build.

Available options are limited to the choice of rear wing or spoiler. There are only one set of stickers with a few placement options. If you choose certain parts such as the containment seat, rims, dash board, chassis and drive train could use some detail painting. Unfortunately for the junior modeler there are no color options called out for, they will have to wing it. There is no under-hood detail or engine, a primary focal point for most race car models.

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Convair Deltas From Sea Dart to Hustler
Book Author(s)
Bill Yenne
Review Author
Hub Plott
Published on
Company
Specialty Press
MSRP
$32.95

The delta wing design configuration is synonymous with Convair. No other aircraft company had as many delta designs as they did. Convair designed America’s first jet with delta wings, first and only seaplane supersonic jet fighter as well as the phenomenal B-58 Hustler! This is a new paperback version of a book previously released in hardback.

The book is broken down into 20 chapters. The first two explain what delta wings are and the history of Convair and its predecessors. Chapter three covers the XF-92 which was the first US jet aircraft of Delta configuration. It covers the history of this aircraft and is accompanied with many photos several in color. The next five chapters are devoted to the F-102 Delta Dagger and cover it from inception through combat in Vietnam and on into use by the various Air National Guards.

Box Art

St. Chamond Late Type French Heavy Tank
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Takom
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$60.00

This is the first Takom kit I have built, and I must say I was most impressed once I opened the box and got into the build.

In the box is:

  • 8 sprues
  • 1 hull
  • 1 decal sheet
  • 1 instruction booklet

The sprues are well molded with very crisp details on all the parts with no flash. The plastic itself seemed very soft. The sprue lay out is a dream and makes it extremely easy to find parts as needed.

Construction

Construction starts with the upper Hull. This is very easy to assemble with few or no issues at all. My only personal comment is the total lack of interior detail, which would have added a lot to the kit, and allowed for the various hatches and doors to be built open. The machine gun and cannon sub-assemblies are built next, and do have a few fit issues that needed filling. Once the gun sub-assemblies are installed, the upper hull is set aside for now.

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Cross & Cockade International Autumn 2015 Volume 46/3
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Cross & Cockade International
MSRP
$41.13

The latest journal of Cross & Cockade International - Autumn 2015, features a color painting by Geoffrey Watson of the Vickers FB.19 A5227 on the cover. A5227 carried interesting armament in the form of two extra Lewis machine guns on the lower wing just inboard of the wing struts, bringing its total armament up to four machine guns. This issue also includes a separate A2 size sheet in color covering Ordnance Survey maps that are marked up with the location of WWI aviation interest sties in Ireland.

Cross & Cockade International is a non-profit UK based group known as the First World War Aviation Historical Society that publishes their journal four times a year. They also provide a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier. In fact, this issue includes some updates for that monograph in the Fabric section.