Parts

Country House

Rear deck and pontoon

Type 2 Ka-Mi Tank w/floating pontoon

Completed 1

Nakajima Ki-84 Type 4 Hayate (Frank) Combo

Sample sprue 3

Soviet T-64 Mod 1972

Port Approaching

Battlestar Galactica (35th Anniversary Edition)

Finished 1

Messerschmitt Bf-110G-4 Weekend Kit

Multi-media materials include some non-traditional components. The screwdriver tip is on a stack of disc-like magnets in two sizes. The screws, nuts, and bolts are used in construction and the magnets are applied to the flame dampers on the exhaust pipes and the radiators. The screwdriver is 2 inches long.

De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VI - Part 1

Upper cockpit view

Sopwith Camel F.1

Image 4

S.W.A.T Team Figures

Finished model of FW-190

FW-190A-5

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US Navy Pilot WWII Pacific Theater
Review Author
Perry Downen
Published on
Company
Aerobonus
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$10.00

First things first. I want to thank Aires for supplying this Aerobonus item for review and IPMS/USA for allowing me to do the review.

Aires Aerobonus has release several pilot figures lately. This review covers their World War II U.S. Navy pilot. This particular subject is molded in the manner of a pilot operating in the Pacific Theater during WW II. He’s posed as if stepping onto a wing or standing in the cockpit with a foot on the side console or cockpit sill.

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US Navy Tow Bar (Modern)
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$8.00

Recently Brengun has released a series of interesting accessories in 1/72 scale, most aimed at those looking to add a little something different and to spruce up the display of our recent builds.

This set fits squarely in that category and provides a tow bar currently used by the US Navy on its carriers and other aviation ships. The tow bar is used to move or re-spot an aircraft or helicopter when its engines are not running. The tow bar is attached to the nose gear of the aircraft of the tail wheel of a helicopter and then hitched to a flight deck tractor so that the aircraft/helo can be moved around.

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Civilian Pilots
Review Author
David Horn
Published on
Company
PJ Production
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$4.90

Typically aftermarket figures, especially pilots tend to be for military aircraft. PJ Production has provided an option for those who wish to add a pilot to civilian type aircraft.

The product contains three figures of two different styles. All three are wearing headsets and dressed in dress clothes including a tie. One of the three is wearing sun glasses as well as two arm options. The other two do not have sun glasses and the left arm is attached with hand on the left leg. All three do not offer head options and are cast on the body. A very slight flash is on the figures which is simply brushed away and detail is nice and crisp.

Test fit is in the 1/72 Roden C-123 provider. Figure parts will need to be adjusted slightly too clear parts such is control column.

A big thanks to PJ Productions for providing these fine figures and to the IPMS USA for the chance to review them.

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US Military Pilot
Review Author
David Horn
Published on
Company
PJ Production
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$5.50

Many of the US fighter pilot figures are depicting older style safety equipment like helmets and oxygen masks. PJ production released a nice version of current military “fast jet” pilot with a Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) and Gentex MBU-20 oxygen mask.

The product contains a single pilot figure and is marketed to work with F-16 or F-18 aircraft but after test fitting, it can be used in the F-15 as well. As with most figures, there may be places that need to be altered. When test fitting, the legs would need to be separated slightly to fit around center instrument panel and knees bent to rest on the rudder pedals. Some seats may also require the torso to be adjusted to fit the seat but nothing to great, just small adjustments. With all the variations of kits out there, nothing is simply drop in fit.

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F-104G Seatbelts SUPERFABRIC
Review Author
Chris Smith
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$12.95

This set provides belts for the F-104G using the Mk. GQ7A ejection seat.

The F-104 also used a C2 ejection seat, and one is provided in the Hasegawa kit I used (stock #PT 20), but the seats are very different designs, and this set won’t work on the C2 seat. In general, the export versions of the F-104 used the Mk. GQ7A seat. I would consider this a “must have” since the base kit doesn’t provide any kind of harness for the GQ7A seat.