Misc vacuform 3

European Farmyard

Completed 4

Focke Wulf Fw-190A-9

Completed kit, left rear

Kawanishi E7K1 Type 94 Model 1 Recon Seaplane 'Izumo' w/Catapault

Head-on comparison of 2015 release (left), vs. 2005 release (right)

MiG-21F-13 Fishbed C

Cockpit

Messerschmitt Me 262B-1/U-1 Night Fighter

Cockpit Painted

Cessna 152

Road wheels

Leopard 2 A6/A6M

Complete 3

Kawasaki I-GO-1 Otsu Ki-148

Finished 3

“Last Exile” Vanship w/Torpedo

Completed kit right side

Churchill Mk.IV AVRE

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Warsaw Pact Weapons Set

Review Author
Robert Head
Published on
Company
Hauler
Scale
1/87
MSRP
$7.50

Hauler is an accessory company based in the Czech Republic that produces high quality photo-etched sets for AFVs, airplanes, cars, railway vehicles, and resin accessories for dioramas and resin kits.

The product I will be reviewing for you guys is the “Warsaw weapons”. For those of you who don’t know about the Warsaw pact, it was a Defense treaty and Mutual assistance regime created by the Soviet Union and 7 other nations that spanned close to 50 years. So as you would expect this photoetched set contains soviet era weaponry.

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Soviet Fighter Pilot with Ejection Seat for Su-27
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Aerobonus
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$14.99

Aires and Aerobonus fill another gap with a Soviet pilot in a K-36 ejection seat meant to be added to Trumpeters very large 1/32nd Su-27. The set includes five well-cast resin pieces - two arms, the head/helmet, the top of the ejection seat and the seat/pilot figure.

Preparation is simple, remove the parts from the casting blocks and add the top of the seat and the two arms. There were small amounts of putty at the arms- I used Squadron white putty smooth with lacquer thinner. The head can be kept separate for painting if you like, or glued in place.

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B-25B Doolittle Raid
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Academy Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$64.00

Academy has rereleased the Accurate Miniatures 1/48th scale B-25B in Doolittle Raid markings and it is a welcome sight as this kit was getting rarer as the days passed. Inside the box, you get all the plastic parts associated with the initial release as well as a decal sheet covering all 16 planes. The parts are well molded and even 12-15 years later, they are flash free and excellent. The clear parts are superb also.

I will forgo the history as most are well aware of the raid by Lt. Col. Doolittle and his pilots and there are many excellent references and even some fun movies referring to the raid. I have wanted to build this kit for a while ever since trading it off to a friend a while back and jumped at the opportunity to build it.

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Interstellar Ranger
Review Author
Phil Peterson
Published on
Company
Moebius Models
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$34.99

Interstellar came out in 2014 and was a decent movie about team of explorers who travel through a wormhole looking to find a new world to ensure humanity's survival. The ship the stars used was the Transgalactic Survey Craft, Ranger which was launched on top of a secret Saturn V rocket.

Moebius recently released a 72nd scale kit of the Ranger based on the full scale prop, miniatures and CGI files used in the movie. As 72nd is my preferred scale, I was interested. The kit has 42 parts molded in white plastic which include 38 for the 72nd scale ship and 4 bonus parts to make the top of the Saturn launch vehicle with 2 Rangers. The parts for this should fit either the Airfix or Revell 1/144th scale rockets.

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AIM-9J Sidewinder
Review Author
Robert Head
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$12.95

I am bringing you guys the AIM-9J Sidewinder in 1/48th scale from the Eduard Brassin line. I have not worked with Eduard’s resin line ever up to this point, and I can honestly say I'm impressed! The Sidewinder Missile does not need an introduction from me, seeing as they have been around for 60 long productive years, with the J model being used in the early 70’s as an Air Force production model.

These missiles come in a clear plastic package with multiple foam inserts to protect the product and keep them still.

There are a total of 28 resin pieces consisting of: 4 missile bodies, 1 resin block with the clear seeker heads, 4 blocks containing a set of fins per missile, and 1 block containing seeker head covers. There is one photo-etched fret and one decal sheet.