Gun Bay Opened

F6F-5 Hellcat, Part 2

Wing Closeup

Horten Ho-229: Part 2 - Cockpit, Wheels and Wings

Completed model with Verlinden modification

Bf-109G-4 Profipack

Engine Deck

Pz.Kpfw.III.Ausf.L Late Production

Overhead

Messerschmitt Bf-109F-4

Top Side

Focke-Wulf 190V-1

Sample sprues

Me-163 Komet

Headlights

Mercedes Benz Actros MP4 Giga Space

Completed 3

V-Twin Custom Wild Chopper

Glacis plate

IDF Magach 3 - Smart Kit

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Panavia Tornado GR.1/IDS/ECR Landing Gear
Review Author
Mike Howard
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$12.95

SAC produces replacement metal landing gear for many aircraft kits in many different scales. The replacement gear can be a big help in larger, heavier kits that may require lots of weight in the nose area to allow them to sit correctly or for gear that is inherently fragile in its design.

This set is for the newer mold Revell of Germany Panavia Tornado kits (GR.1/IDC/ECR), a great kit by itself, with excellent detail and engineering. The SAC gear, for this application, gives the builder a comparable level of excellent detail (see the side-by-side photo of the assembled and painted parts and try to decide which is kit and which is SAC) and one less step in the assembly process of the main gear legs. The one detractor I found in using the SAC main gear legs is that the attachment block/peg was not properly molded on either gear leg, so proper alignment and location would be left to the Mk. 1 eyeball of the builder.

Package

F-4B Ejection Seats (Late)
Review Author
Chad Richmond
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95

As with most injection molded kits, the Academy F-4B ejection seats have no lap belts or shoulder harnesses, and are also very basic. The shape of the cushions is also very questionable. Eduard comes to the rescue with their Brassin line of products and gives us some very detailed ejection seats. There are five pieces of resin and a very busy photo etch seat for each of the two seats provided. The seats without any belts or harnesses are impressive. When you add all of the belts, handles, levers and wires to the seats, they are really quite nice.

Book cover

Polish Spitfire Aces
Book Author(s)
Wojtek Matusiak
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$22.95

Osprey Publishing continues to expand the Aircraft of the Aces series with the installment of Polish Spitfire Aces.

This book is well researched and has plenty of black and white pictures, including several images of aircrafts and their pilots.

The book is divided in the following sections

Box Top

1937 Chevy Coupe Stovebolt
Review Author
Bill Kluge
Published on
Company
Round 2 Models
Scale
1/25
MSRP
$25.99

It’s hard to believe that after more than fifty years of modeling, I’ve never built a car before now. But somewhere between “you’re never too old to learn” and “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, I found myself with my first car model. I’ve always liked the aesthetics of the 1930s, particularly where technology was applied. Vehicle designers were just starting to appreciate the value of aerodynamics, and automobiles of the mid-to-late 30s were showing that influence, with teardrop shapes replacing flat surfaces and hard angles. Compared to cars of just half a generation earlier, especially two-seater coupes, cars of the late 30s looked fast just sitting still. The ‘37 Chevy was a prime example.

Box Art

Lindberg Tabletop Navy - Two pack All American WWII Ships (U.S.S. Intrepid & U.S.S. North Carolina)
Review Author
Ron Bell
Published on
Company
Round 2 Models
Scale
1/1200
MSRP
$24.99

The Ships

U.S.S. Intrepid

Also known as The Fighting "I", the U.S.S. Intrepid is one of 24 Essex class aircraft carriers built during World War II. She participated in several campaigns in the Pacific, including The Battle of Leyte Gulf and participated in the Vietnam War. Modernized in the early 1950s, she became an antisubmarine carrier and served as the recovery ship for both a Project Mercury and Project Gemini space mission. Decommissioned in 1974, in 1982 Intrepid became the cornerstone of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.