Finished Lysander, Front Left

Lysander Mk. III Profipack

Finished nose 1

Tupolev Tu-144D Charger

Backhoe Attachment

HMEE-1 (High Mobility Engineer Excavator)

Assembly

Normandy Street

Deck sprue overview

German Z-32 Destroyer

Exposed Engine and Tropical Filter

Bristol Beaufort Mk.1A (With Tropical Filters)

Lower construction

De Lorean - Back to the Future Part II

Front Compartment Detail

B-17E, F, and Early G: Part 1 - First Look and Interior

Interior Parts Sprue

Marvel Comics The Amazing Spiderman Volkswagen Beetle

Completed model

’37 Ford Coupe Street Rod

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F/A-18 Resin Update Set
Review Author
John King
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$4.95

The Revell of Germany 1/144th F/A-18C has been on the market since 2005. It’s a great little 1/144th scale jet. The Korean company ACE has re-boxed the Revell kit in recent years, but the plastic is all the same. Although it’s a nice representation of the Legacy Hornet, the Revell F-18 could benefit from some upgrades. Brengun has recently release a small resin set to improve the Revell kit.

Included in this resin set are: new landing gear doors, main wheels, leading edge extension (LEX) fences, ejection seat, new burner cans, a plethora of generic antennas, and a vac-formed canopy. The resin parts are nicely molded. I found two tiny pin holes on one of the main wheels. The vac-formed canopy is crystal clear. However, on my example there was a small blemish in the windscreen.

Front Cover

Fouga Magister
Book Author(s)
Tine Soetaert
Review Author
Hub Plott
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$31.50

This book takes a look at one of the most famous French training aircraft of all time. There is a brief history of its development and use and then the book moves into an extreme detail photo essay.

The book begins with the type’s development including the explanation for why all Magisters built were done with out ejection seats. We are provided with scale drawings in both 1/72 and 1/48 as well. There is a brief overview of all the variants of the design before going into the production of the aircraft and coverage of all nations that used the Magister. This section is accompanied by 40 color profiles of these various users. Want to see what a Ugandan or El Salvadorian Magister looked like? They are here.

The bulk of the book, approximately 70 pages gives the reader an in-depth walkaround and detail photo essay. Virtually every panel and door has been opened and the contents documented. If you would like to super-detail your model, this book is for you.

Mask Sheet

Mark V Spitfire AGM Masks
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Res-Im
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$5.43

Res-IM has made a masking set for the Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb. The kit has the following markings:

  • Spitfire Mk.V, EN821, 243 Sqn, SN-M
  • Spitfire Mk.V, BL479, 316 Sqn, SZ-X
  • Spitfire Mk.V, AGM, Fighter Command Hq, flown by Wing Commander A.G. Malan

This masking set is die cut vinyl masks and provides the markings wing and fuselage roundels, the fuselage letters for the sides, the tail flashes in two styles and also the EN codes for one set of markings. The masks are very flexible and cut well.

Box cover

Stinson Reliant SR-9
Review Author
Ron Verburg
Published on
Company
Round 2 Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.99

History

The Stinson Reliant was a popular single-engine, four to five seat, high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan. The Reliant is a three-place high-wing fixed tail wheel land monoplane powered with a variety of radial engines.1,327 Reliants of all types were made from 1933 to 1941, in different models, from SR-1 to SR-10. The final commercial model, the Stinson Reliant SR-10, was introduced in 1938.

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Venturas in Canada 3
Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
Company
Aviaeology
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$11.15

Aviaeology’s Venturas in Canada 3 provides complete decal markings for eight individual late-production Ventura GR.Vs in Royal Canadian Air Force, Western Air Command service in the last two years of WWII. An 8-page black & white documentation/instruction booklet is supplied in the set describing the subjects in great detail and providing painting and decal application instructions based on photographs of the actual aircraft. It’s worth noting that several of the Venturas in this set were featured on the silver screen during the filming of the movie Son of Lassie at RCAF Station Patricia Bay in 1944.