Finished model - front

Boulton Paul Defiant MK. 1

Dogfight

Dogfight Double Gift Set: Nakajima B5N2 "Kate"/Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

Nose Wheel Bay

F-104G/S Starfighter

In the paint shop

Ju-88A-1 Bomber

Finished - Left Side

Denso Toyota 88C "1989 Le Mans" Limited Edition

Tires

HMEE-1 (High Mobility Engineer Excavator)

Facial closeup 2

The Bride of Frankenstein

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A-10C Thunderbolt II

Factory back

Ruined Factory with Base

Starboard Wing Exposed

Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB, Part 2

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Sea Harrier FRS.1
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$14.95

This is a great Photo Etch set for the Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS.1Kit cockpit. This set adds a lot of extra detail to the cockpit of the kit and makes a great kit even better.

The photo etch parts are for the:

  • Cockpit side panels
  • Instrument panel and various control details
  • Seat belts
  • HUD parts

In the packet is:

  • 1 colored photoetch sheet
  • 1 instruction sheet

Summary

This is yet another great Photo etch set. Is a must for the Kinetic Kit as it makes it into a great model with all additional interior details for this aircraft. I would suggest that if would be worth consider the large interior set product number 49769 as you get a lot more detail parts for a small premium in cost but well worth it.

Thanks go to Eduard for providing this set to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them.

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TankArt 1: German Armor, 3rd Edition
Book Author(s)
Mike Rinaldi
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Rinaldi Studio Press
MSRP
$49.00

This is the third edition of Michael Rinaldi’s first book on modeling techniques. It has been expanded from 208 pages in the first edition and 224 pages in the second edition to a whopping 288 pages of glossy, high grade paper. This 64 page increase over the second edition includes three additional chapters, two by Michael Rinaldi, and one by Lester Plaskitt. The chapter on figure painting by Marijn van Gils is no longer included, but figure modeling by Lester Plaskitt to go along with his Sd.Kfz 251/22 Drilling is included. This edition is touting a “Lay-Flat binding” that works quite well, allowing you to open to a particular section and have the book stay open, ‘flat’ as it were.

Package

Sea Harrier FRS.1 Mask Set

Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$9.95

This is a mask set for the Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS.1Kit. This set helps you save time masking the canopy by providing all you need pre-cut masks.

In the packet is:

  • 1 precut masking sheet
  • 1 instruction sheet

The masks are for the front windscreen, main canopy and the wheel hubs.

Summary

This is very good and time saving when it comes to masking which is perfect for this kit and really helps.

Thanks go to Eduard for providing this set to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them.

Package

Sea Harrier FRS.1 Exterior
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95

This is a great photoetch set for the Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS.1 kit. This set adds a lot of extra detail to the exterior and makes it look even better.

The photoetch parts are for the:

  • Wing details
  • Landing gear details
  • Various grilles
  • Landing gear bay details
  • Wing pylon details

In the Packet is:

  • 1 photoetch sheet
  • 1 instruction sheet

Summary

This is great photoetch set to bring a lot of additional details to this very good kit.

Thanks go to Eduard for providing this set to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them.

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Dragon Teeth
Review Author
Mike Lamm
Published on
Company
Hauler
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$14.00

Hauler produces photo-etched and resin upgrade sets for armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), airplanes, cars, railway vehicles, and dioramas. They also produce a few resin kits. Their products are in most of the common scale sizes, 1/72, 1/48, and 1/35, but they also produce a number of other items in common railroad hobbyist scales.

The kit for this review is a set of sharply cast resin Dragon Teeth. Dragon Teeth are those square concrete pyramids, most often associated with the Siegfried Line in Germany during World War II. However, these types of fortifications were used in many countries, other than Germany in World War II, and continued to be used today around the world. The idea behind these formations was to create an obstacle to slow the advance of enemy AFVs, or to channel those vehicles into prepared kill zones where anti-tank units waited in ambush.