Without a long history lesson, I will say the Hindenburg has to be one of, if not THE, most famous of all the zeppelins that provided luxury air travel in the 1930s. Designed and built by the Zeppelin Company, LZ129 “Hindenburg” transported affluent passengers across the Atlantic on numerous trips in 1936, flying between Germany and Brazil, and between Germany and New York, all without incident. On the inaugural 1937 voyage to North America, upon arriving on May 6th in New York (well, actually New Jersey), Hindenburg burst into flames and went down in history. While not the absolute end to zeppelin passenger travel, this marked the beginning of the end for this chapter in aviation history. In 1975, Universal Pictures released “The Hindenburg”, a movie telling the story of that last flight, and to coincide with this, AMT released their 1/520th scale kit of the famous zeppelin.

A.M.D.G. Decals has now set its sights on the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt…releasing two new decal sets for Razorback and Bubbletop versions. The first, A48-005, provides markings for four P-47Ds from four different fighter groups flying in the European theater…and they provide everything needed in this set to decal each of the subjects. When I say everything, I do mean everything. The set includes two decal sheets and both are packed with about as much as possible. Check out the photo below to verify that.

Master Model is an aftermarket supplier that offers modelers the opportunity to add exceptional turned metal parts to their models. Generally, the sets are available for builders in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 scale. Therefore, the recent release of MiG-15 gun barrels and details for 1:72 and 1:48 scale kits suggested that a 1:32 scale version for Trumpeter and Hobbycraft kits might be inevitable. The expectation was realized with the release of set #MAS AM-32-068.

This set includes turned brass pieces that make up 37mm and 23mm gun barrels for a 1/32 scale MiG-15 and MiG-15bis and a turned aluminum antenna base and pitot tube to replace the kit parts. The photos below from Master Models’ website show the seven parts that make up these details and how the three-part barrel for the 37mm cannon goes together to make a faithful reproduction of the real thing.