Left Side View

M983 HEMTT & M901 Launching Station w/MIM-104 Patriot SAM System [PAC-2]

Decals

P-40 E Warhawk "Claws and Teeth"

Wing fuel tank

Hs-129B-2 Winter Camouflage Limited Edition

Figure primed

The Game 'Triangle'

Finished model

Nieuport Ni-11 Weekend Edition

Finished rear view

Hurricane Mk. IIC

finishe cockpit installed

Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick) - Finished

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WWII Military Patrol

Top view

Project 661 Anchar (NATO reporting name Papa class)

Finished Mustang 10

North American P-51D Mustang

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Fokker D.VII (Fok) - Part 1
Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
Company
Wingnut Wings, Ltd
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$79.00

The Subject

The Fokker D.VII is one of the most recognized fighters of the Great War and has been chronicled so many times that it is unnecessary to spend a great deal of time describing it to this audience. Suffice it to say the legendary fighter was (and still is) widely considered to be the best German fighter aircraft of WWI. Almost 3,300 Fokker D.VIIs were built by three manufacturers (Fokker, Albatros & OAW) in the last year of the conflict and they were often the reason a number of German pilots achieved ‘Ace’ status. Before building any model of this iconic aircraft, I would encourage modelers to seek out and read some of the history of the Fokker D.VII to more fully appreciate the experience.

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F-104G Mask (Hasegawa)
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Res-Im
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$3.00

This is a masking set for the Hasegawa F-104G. The masks are cut from yellow tape, similar to Eduard masks and the set includes masks for all three sections of the Hasegawa F-104G as well as masks for each of the tires. There are three separate masks for the three windscreen panels and there are two masks for both of the other two sections of the canopy. As with Eduard’s masks, the masks for the larger portions of the canopy establish the borders or the canopy leaving an open section in the middle that will need to be filled with either liquid mask, scotch tape or some other materials to protect the center of the canopy section.

The set also includes masks for the wheel allowing the tires to be painted black, the masks applied and the for the wheel hubs to be painted. As with the mask for the larger portions of the canopy, the areas outside of mask will need to be covered with some other material to keep paint off of the rest of the wheel.

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MiG-19 PM (Farmer E) Missile Rails Nose Parts and Pitot Tube

Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$9.00

The MiG-19PM was designed as missile carrying aircraft, so the powerful cannons that had been carried by earlier versions of the MiG-19 were deleted. The MiG-19PM’s weapons were the early air-to-air missiles developed by the Soviet Union and were carried on four underwing pylons.

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A-37 Landing Gear
Review Author
Chad Richmond
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$14.95

Not too long ago, Trumpeter gave us a brand new, scribed 1/48th scale A-37 to play with and Scale Aircraft Conversions were not very far behind with a white metal landing gear to help support all of the added nose weight to prevent a tail sitter.

There are six total parts on two frets, with the nose gear being separate, The way they are cast makes cleanup of the parts much easier than the plastic kit parts. And, I must say they are every bit as clean and accurate as the kit parts. A cheap and welcome addition to the Trumpeter kit. I highly recommend this gear replacement.

My thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions and IPMS for the review sample.

PE Set

USS Hornet CV-8 Part 5 - AA Quad and 5 in. Guns
Review Author
Rick Bellanger
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/200
MSRP
$32.95

Eduard has come out with several photo etch sets for the 1/200 Scale, Merit, USS Hornet CV-8 (kit# 62001) and this is one of them. Part 5 provides detail parts to upgrade the 5 inch main guns and the Quad 1.1 inch guns.

For the 5 inchers, there are new man rails, gun sights, seats and elevation and training wheels. You also get new mount stands. For the 1.1 inchers you get detailing for the breeches, sights, seats and a new floor for the gun tub.

Assembly is straight forward but a tad fiddly. There are a bunch of tiny parts that need to be bent and shaped. The seats for the 1.1 inchers require several complex bends that took a while to get the correct shape. Some of the small parts are hard to hold and glue at the same time.