Nose putty 1

Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB, Part 2

Figure Sprue

American Gasoline Loaders (1910s)

More parts

F4D-1 Skyray Part 1

Underside detail

Do335 A-0 Pfeil - Fuselage and Wing Build, Part 2

Detail Parts

Spitfire Mk IXc Late, Part I - What's in the Box

Completed, Left Front

Bf-109F-4 Overtrees

Forward view

J-3 'Cub Goes to War'

Finished

10.5cm StuH42 / 7.5cm StuG III Ausf G with Zimmeritt 2 in 1 Kit

Decal sheet

KC-767J & E-767 AWACS – J.A.S.D.F.

Tank truck, top view

CMP C60L Water Truck

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Nuts and Bolts 1.6 mm, 2 mm, and 2.5 mm
Review Author
Joe Porche
Published on
Company
Squadron Products
Scale
1/35

Squadron has issued 1/35 resin sets for nuts and bolts to detail your armor and about any other kit needing nuts and bolts. The Three examples review here are:

  • 93505- 1.6mm Nuts and Bolts- $6.99
  • 93506- 2.0mm Nuts and Bolts- $9.99
  • 93507- 2.5mm Nuts and Bolts- $11.99

Each resin set contain 36 nuts with bolt tips and 36 bolt heads, 6 complete separate bolts and 6 separate nuts. There are 84 pieces per set all in blemish and pin hole free resin. Threads are so fine on the nut and bolt that they will actually thread together. Check pictures for proof!

The packaging draws reference to 1/35 scale but I am sure that these will look well in whatever scale you chose to use them. Just remember to scale your sizes.

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KC-135 Landing Gear

Review Author
Joe Porche
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$13.95

Scale Aircraft Conversions has released a set of white metal front and main gear for the Minicraft USAF KC-135E in 1/144th scale. This set includes a one part front gear strut and two 4 part main rear struts. These nine parts are direct replacements for kit parts # 12, 16, 17, 28, 29 and 36 times 4.

During my parts inspection I did discover that on the SAC main landing gear assemblies where the tires are mounted, two tire mounting pins are a rather short (see photo). Modelers of average experience should be able to overcome this deficiency by extending the mounting points with pins.

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Metal Landing Gear for Kitty Hawk TF-9J
Review Author
Rob Benson
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$16.95

Many thanks to Mr. Ross MacMillan of Scale Aircraft Conversions and the IPMS Reviewer Corps for allowing me to try this neat conversion and replacement set for the new Kitty Hawk TF-9J. I am delighted to report on another sweet add-on and upgrade.

The 7 white-metal parts arrived in a blister pack, backed by the distinctive SAC company logo. The heft of the parts is very noticeable. All parts are free of sprues with the exception of the main mount retractors and nose well equipment. The parts require very little buffing, cleanup and polishing. The TF-9J kit gear struts directly replace the SAC parts. The main mount parts and nose strut parts attached to the kit fuselage with no difficulty. Kit parts that are replaced by SAC parts are D4 and E31, 33, 34. No replacement is provided for D1, but no replacement appears to be needed.

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1978 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car
Review Author
Joe Staudt
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/24
MSRP
$22.99

In 1978, the Corvette was celebrating its 25th anniversary. In recognition of that milestone, it was name the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 race that year. Chevrolet released the car in a striking 2-tone silver and black paint scheme that had every motorhead drooling. I was a teen at the time, and I built MPC’s annual Corvette kit. It didn’t come with any of the striping or pace car decals, but I painted in that color combination anyway: it was that cool.

Revell has recently re-released its kit of that vehicle, and it was my good fortune to get hold of a copy of it to review. With all the proper decals for a true pace car, I could finally build the model the way I wanted to do it all those years ago.

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Stearman PT-17
Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$16.99

Revell surprised model builders earlier this year by announcing they would be releasing a new Stearman PT-17 in 1:48 scale. It didn’t take long for some of those on the Internet who delight in predicting things to rumor that Revell was just going to rebox the long-standing Lindberg kit. Well, the predictions were wrong. Revell has presented us with a very nice…let’s say, state-of-the-art kit that is definitely a new tooling and offers a very nice alternative to the Lindberg kit at a very reasonable retail price.