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AIM-9X Missiles

Review Author

Rod Lees

Published on

June 9, 2011

Company

Zactomodels

Scale

1/32

MSRP

$20.25

Thanks once again to Chris for providing IPMS USA more of his excellent products; in this case, a brace of modern snakes!

The AIM-9X program has been yet another joint effort (Navy/AF) intended to provide better weapons to our warfighters. The AIM-9 series is one of the more effective close-in weapons; it’s notoriously accurate, and usually does the job better than radar guided weapons. Of course, you are in a knife fight at this point if you must use these missiles, so effective and accurate are both pluses. The AIM-9X is the latest generation Sidewinder; it is tied in to helmet-cuing sight technology, and goes where the pilot is looking. It’s an excellent follow-on to the AIM -9L (Lima) and -9M (Mike)… both which have extremely successful history as lethal close-in air-to-air weapons.

German Z-39 Destroyer, Smart Kit

Review Author

Scott Hollingshead

Published on

June 8, 2011

Company

Dragon Models

Scale

1/350

MSRP

$62.99

The Z-39 was the fifteenth, and final ship of the Zerstorer 1936A-class (known to the Allies as the Norvik-class) built by Germany during the Second World War. The Z-39 had her keel laid in 1940; launched on August 5, 1941; commissioned on August 21, 1943, and survived the war to and taken by Great Britain. The ship was given to the United States Navy, was renamed DD-939, and was used for testing until she was given to France in 1948. The French used the ship for spare parts for other destroyers until finally scrapped in 1964. Displacing just over 3600 metric tons fully loaded, the ship had a length of 127 meters, a width of 12 meters, a draught of 4.65 meters, and she was powered by two geared turbines that allowed a maximum speed of 37 ½ knots. Armament for the Z-39 consisted of 150 mm, 37 mm, and 20 mm guns, 533 mm torpedo tubes, mines, and depth charge launchers.

8" Self Propelled

Review Author

John Lyons

Published on

June 8, 2011

Company

Revell, Inc.

Scale

1/32

MSRP

$29.95

Editor's note: This kit is a re-release of the Renwal kit of the late '50's. It set a standard in its day.

Short History

Right after WWII the US Army looked hard at its experience and decided it wanted most of its artillery to be armored and provided with overhead protection for future combat.

6 NEW PRODUCTS FROM SCALE AIRCRAFT CONVERSIONS

Review Author

Ed Kinney

Published on

June 6, 2011

Company

Scale Aircraft Conversions

Scale

See text

MSRP

$0.00

32-052	A-4 Skyhawk	Trumpeter 1/32^nd	MSRP $14.95
48-135	TA-152	Hobby Boss 1/48^th	MSRP $14.95
48-136	TBF/TBM	Hobby Boss1/48^th	MSRP $14.95
72-031	TU-160 Blackjack	Trumpeter 1/72^nd	MSRP $14.95
72-032	Lancaster	Revell 1/72^nd	MSRP $16.95
72-033	Heinkel HE-111	Hasegawa 1/72^nd	MSRP $16.95

Our friend, Ross McMIllen, has never been one to rest on his laurels and for the month of June, 2011, he has given us 6 new offerings.

Me-109 Exhausts and P-38 Turbo Supercharger Covers

Review Author

Ed Kinney

Published on

June 6, 2011

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