Completed Kit Front

5IDF Shot'Kal Dalet with Battering Ram

Right Side

T-54-1 Model 1947 Soviet Medium Tank

Power tower and other accessories

Street Section with Wall

T14 Left Front Quarter

T14 Armata - Object 148

Spine seam

USN F/A-18F VFA-2 Bounty Hunters

Sprue 11

Pz.Kpfw.III (5cm) (T) Ausf.G

Complete 5

Pz.Kpfw.IV L/70(A)

Instrument panels

Bf-109E-3 and Detail Sets

Close-up 3

Großer Hund Ausf. K KYKLOP Humanoid Unmanned Interceptor

Turret close-up

IDF Merkava Mk IIID

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Mosquito Airframe Stencil/Data Series

Review Author
Dick Montgomery
Published on
Company
Aviaeology
Scale
1/24
MSRP
$6.00

Please note that Aviaeology has a website that is currently under revision. Aviaeology requests that purchases be made through their eBay store.

For those who have purchased decals from Aviaeology before, you are already aware of the high quality of their products, and you are also aware of the excellent documentation that Aviaeology provides to its customers.

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RCAF Mosquitoes-Canadians in Fighter Command, #1
Review Author
Dick Montgomery
Published on
Company
Aviaeology
Scale
1/24
MSRP
$16.00

Please note that Aviaeology has a website that is currently under revision. Aviaeology requests that purchases be made through their eBay store.

For those who have purchased decals from Aviaeology before, you are already aware of the high quality of their products, and you are also aware of the excellent documentation that Aviaeology provides to its customers.

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T-50 ROKAF Advanced Trainer
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Academy Models
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$20.00

The Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 Golden Eagle Advanced Trainer is a new family of supersonic trainers and light attack aircraft developed by KAI and Lockheed Martin. It is the first supersonic aircraft developed by South Korea. The aircraft entered service with the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) in 2005 and has been ordered by several other nations such as Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Triple Ejection Racks (TER)
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$14.95

The BRU-42 triple ejector rack (TER) is a weapon suspension unit that attaches to an aircraft's main pylons to allow the carrying of three weapons instead of one on a single pylon. They have been around for a while and can carry multiple types of weapons. Many models have simplified representations of the TER in their kits. Eduard’s set comes with parts to make five separate TERs each is comprised of 2 shackles for the attachment and six sway braces and one central body. The total set is 45 resin parts, color instructions and a full set of decals containing all the markings needed.

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B-25 Seats with Safety Belts
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$8.50

Accurate Miniatures had a great run producing kits that stand up even to this day. Academy has the molds currently and has reissued the kit regularly including the 1/48 B-25B which I was lucky enough to review. The kits has wonderful detail but could use some details here and there. To address one area, Quickboost has come out with an excellent set of pilots chairs with molded in seat belts. These are cast in the usual crisp, bubble free gray resin. One really, really nice thing is that both seats are the same EXCEPT the seat belts are different which is a wonderful little detail.