Machine Guns

LVT-4 Water Buffalo

Side Guns

Dawn of Justice Batmobile

Completed 11

V-Twin Custom Wild Chopper

3

A-20G Havoc

Cockpit - Comparison of Seat Belts

Bf-109G Royal Class

Image 2

F-5F ROC Aggressor

Finished

British Army Centurion Mk 1 Main Battle Tank

Aircraft on flight deck base, opposite.

F/A-18C US Navy, Swiss Air Force, Finnish Air Force & Topgun

Painted tracks with pencil in background showing scale.

Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.M with Schurzen

Zimmerit decal

Tiger-1 "Gruppe Ferhmann Essel 1945"

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Adam's Armour 2
Book Author(s)
Adam Wilder
Review Author
Dick Montgomery
Published on
Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$49.00

Mr. Wilder provides a series of YouTube video’s displaying some of the same techniques that are in Adam’s Armour 1 and 2. Both books, however, contain far more information than the videos. YouTube Link

These two publications are now available through Casemate and AFV Modeller Publications. Adam Wilder, a talented and gifted modeler, as well as an excellent writer, has authored “Adam’s Armour 1” and “Adam’s Armour 2”. This review focuses on “Adam’s Armour 2”.

“1” focuses on the construction of the model while “2” covers painting and finishing.

Reviewing the Table of Contents is an appropriate and enlightening place to start. While ten chapters were sufficient for Vol 1 “Construction”, Vol 2 contains 18 chapters.

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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark and EF-111A Raven
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Warpaint Books, Ltd.

Warpaint’s latest is their standard A4 format, softbound publication that is 88 pages (excluding covers) on the General Dynamics F-111 series. Featuring more than 180 photographs (most in color) along with 34 of Richard J. Caruana’s color profiles, and including the B-Centennial scheme on 68-0028/UH, an F-111E based at Upper Heyford, in June 1976. The color profiles are further enhanced with color scrap illustration of opposite sides of the fuselage as necessary to depict special markings. Nose art and other special markings are also presented enlarged to show off details. For the small scale fans, Richard J. Caruana also includes fold-out 1/72 scale plans.

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Scale Aircraft Modelling November 2015
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Modelling
MSRP
$6.81

Scale Aircraft Modelling's November 2015 issue comes to us with a cover featuring a nicely framed picture of a Beaufighter and promises scale plans and profiles as well as other articles. Inside, it delivers as promised or even more.

Tony Grand leads off the builds with Magna Models 1/72 Seamew kit. A resin model of an unusual plane and Mr. Grand shows how to polish it up by reinforcing parts, fixing flaws and showing how nice the kit can look with some attention and effort.

A real highlight for me was Francesco Pigoli’s build of Revell’s 1/72 F-22 Raptor. Mr. Pigoli used Eduard’s Raptor interior and a lot of scratchbuilding skills to detail wheel and armament wells, intake FOD guards and more. There are many more fixes and the end result with a great paint scheme is phenomenal.

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MD-3 Carrier Fire Tractor
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$11.55

Here’s another addition to that 1/144 carrier deck diorama/vignette you’ve wanted to do. This is the fire fighter version of the MD-3 Carrier Tow Tractor.

The Kit

You get two of everything except decals. And since you’re probably not going to do the same vehicle twice, that’s OK.

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2014 Corvette Stingray

Review Author
Doug Cole
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/25
MSRP
$22.95

Not only did they give the seventh version of the Corvette stunning looks, it has a matching performance clocking in at 0 to 60 mph in only 3.8 seconds. The new Stingray has everyone turning heads, and it’s still a great bargain for a personal luxury roadster.