Decals

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-7/Trop

Aft View

Gloster Javelin FAW 9/9R

Top view

B-17E, F, and Early G: Part II - The Finished Model

Front Profile

French Light Tank AMX-13

Wing assembly 1

De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VI: The Build - Part 1

right side profile of finished product

Hurricane MK IIc Trop

Overhead shot of interior

FT-17 French Light Tank

Aft deck

U.S.S. San Antonio LPD-17

Size comparison

World War Toons German Light Panzer 38 (T)

Cockpit & Engine Detail

Dornier Do17z

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Product package

BAE Warrior
Review Author
Marc K. Blackburn
Published on
Company
Airfix
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$34.99

Airfix continues its 1/48 line of military vehicles from Operation Herrick in Afghanistan. This new release is the warrior infantry fighting vehicle fitted with slat armor and jamming devices for IEDs. Like the American Bradley and the Russian BMP, the Warrior first entered service in 1984 and has been updated as time as gone on. Armed with a 30 mm cannon and a 7.62 mm machine gun, it carries seven fully armed infantry men. It has seen action in the last years of the Cold War, both Gulf wars, Afghanistan and peace keeping in Kosovo. The model presented here includes slat armor and electronic countermeasures to IEDs.

Packaging

HMS Dreadnought 12in and 12pdr Turned Metal Gun Barrels
Review Author
Christopher Martens
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/350
MSRP
$19.50

Master Model, maker of some amazingly detailed metal replacement parts, offers a new turned-metal barrel upgraded set for the 1/350 scale Zvezda kit of the HMS Dreadnought. The set consists of ten turned-aluminum 12in main gun barrels and twelve turned-brass 12-pounder secondary gun barrels. Both barrel sizes are spectacularly cut.

Using the Master Model barrels couldn’t be easier, as they feature a small mounting peg at the breech end of the barrels. Simply remove an existing kit barrel, drill a small hole in its place, and insert and secure the Master barrel’s mounting peg into the hole with a bit of CA glue.

Like many of the Master Model barrel sets, this set is not only limited to use with the HMS Dreadnought, as both the 12-inch and 12-pounder guns were found on many other British ships before and during WWI.

Product package

Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC – Hispano Mk.2 20mm Cannons
Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$8.50

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. Most builders who prefer to add aftermarket gun barrels, refueling probes, antennas and pitot tubes to their aircraft models are quite familiar with Master Model’s line of excellent detail parts.

Packaging

US Navy 16"/50 caliber Mark 7, 14"/45 caliber, and 5"/51 caliber Turned Metal Gun Barrels
Review Author
Christopher Martens
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/700
MSRP
$7.00

Master Model has turned out quite a few turned-metal parts in the last few years. They’ve recently sighted in on some common US Navy guns with three new turned-metal barrel upgrade sets as part of their Sea Master line of products:

  • SM-700-37- 1/700 USN 16in/50 Mark 7 barrels (9 pcs) - Iowa and Montana battleship classes- $7.00
  • SM-700-38 - 1/700 USN 14in/45 (12 pcs) - New York (B-34), Nevada (B-36) and Pennsylvania (B-38) classes - fits to USS Arizona model - $7.00
  • SM-700-39 - 1/700 USN 5in/51 (22 pcs) - many USN warships - fits to USS Arizona model - $5.50

Both the 16” and 14” barrel sets are an excellent replacement for kit parts. The barrels are hollow and the shapes appear dead on. The 5in/51 barrels are fantastic, but they will require a modeler of extreme skill and determination to use thanks to their small, but accurate, size in 1/700 scale.

Packaging

J2M Raiden Pitot Tube
Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$6.50

Quickboost has added a detailed pitot tube to their line of aftermarket parts that can be used to replace the one found in any 1/32 scale J2M Raiden kit. It has crisper and more refined detail than that found in any currently available kit. Anyone building a Raiden should be pleased with the delicate look of this detail part...so delicate that the review sample had a slightly warped curve in the thin tip (easily straightened after immersing it in hot water for a minute).