16 F-4EJ Finished 5

F-4EJ (Final Flight)

Engines

F-15C Eagle, 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

Sprue 3

Fw 190A-2 ProfiPack

T-34/76 aft end view

T-34/76 Factory 183

6

Ford GT40 Mk.II ’66, Part 1

Seat Belts

Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII Wings, Cowlings and Things!, Part 3

Sprues 4

Universal Carrier Mk.II

Piping detail

Horten Ho-229: Part 1 - Preview, Engines and Main Frame

Cockpit interior

Avia B.534 IV. serie

Cab closeup

ICM BM-13-16 on G7107 Base

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Package

Sea King AEW Radar Cover

Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Aires Hobby Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$12.00

First: Thanks to Aires for providing IPMS USA this really fantastic item to review! We appreciate your support; thanks also to IPMS USA leadership for allowing me to review this item.

This upgrade consists of two parts; the swing boom which sets the radome away from the aircraft, and the actual radome itself. A note about what this is; the Airborne Early Warning Sea Kings in the Royal Navy were a stop-gap measure to provide additional radar early warning to the RN fleet of impending low-level cruise missiles or fighters attacking the fleet during the Falklands/Malvinas war in 1982. Their intent was to stand off a distance from where the ships were and provide the outer net of warning.

Packaging

MiG-15/17 Step Ladder (Two Types)
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$4.50

This boarding ladder is one of those spiffy little accessories which can add a lot to the presentation of a model. In this case, it’s being added to an old Attack kit of a Pakistani Shenyang JJ-5 trainer (based on the MiG-17).

I cut the ladder itself loose from the PE sprue, and I also cut out the ladder pads. These are very tiny in 1/144, so be really careful.

I bent the sides of the ladder using a “high-tech” tool, namely a pair of “duckbill” pliers. The pliers have a decent grip and good straight sides. I took a photo of the ladder with one side bent, then the other. I spent a few minutes getting the sides trued up and made sure the ladder steps were square with the side rails.

Once the ladder was trued up, I applied a spot of thick CA to one of the ladder pads and touched the ladder top to the CA. I then trued up the pad with the ladder top. Same with the other ladder pad.

Packaging Artwork

White Knights - T-38A/AT-38B
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Furball Aero-Design
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$15.99

Wolfpack issued their 1/48 T-38 kit to nice reviews, and Furball Aero-Designs has issued a sheet of 11 mostly-white Talons. Included are 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" sheets in color with profiles of the planes as well as color call outs and decal placements. The last side has stencil placements with top and bottom shots. The decal sheet is the same size and is beautifully printed by Cartograf. Included are the stencils and marking for two aircraft.

The markings included are all USAF and are:

Front Cover

Hitler’s War: World War II as Portrayed by “Signal,” the International Nazi Propaganda Magazine

Book Author(s)
Jeremy Harwood
Review Author
Hub Plott
Published on
Company
Zenith Press
MSRP
$25.00

Signal was a propaganda publication by the German Wehrmacht stylized after Life magazine and published from 1940–1945. It was aimed at those in occupied, neutral, and allied countries, but it was never sold in Germany itself. Published in almost 30 languages, it was even available in the USA until December 1941! The magazine was kept under the control of the army and thus was independent of the Nazi Propaganda Ministry. This did not prevent it from being a propaganda laden publication. While it chronicled the conditions faced in combat by Germany and her allies, it also had a strong political message advocating for a “united Europe” under the “New Order” and for supporting the fight against the communists—even highlighting those former enemy combatants that chose to fight for the Nazis!

Packaging

U.S.A.F. Maintenance Crew - Farm Gate Operation Vietnam War 1965-1973
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Aerobonus
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$10.00

To start, my thanks to Aires for providing IPMS/USA with this figure to review! One of six in this review series, each shows a passion and dedication Aires have to providing the finest resin products. We appreciate your support, with the usual nod to IPMS/USA leadership for allowing me to review these figures.

Produced under the Aerobonus branch of Aires, this particular figure is a USAF maintainer in Vietnam with equipment appropriate for the 1965–1973 time period. The casting has outstanding detail and fidelity, and it consists of three resin parts (main body, left and right arms). The figure is wearing the “campaign” hat with the edges folded up, a standard issue set of two-piece fatigues, and a holstered .45-caliber pistol and cartridge belt. He is in a standing position, bent over as if picking up, or about to pick up, something like a box. Also included with the figure are painting instructions in color!