Underside detail

MiG-21MF 'Soviet Air Force and Export'

Front Left

DO 217N-1

Finished Front

PanzerFunkwagen Sd.Kfz. 233 8 Rad 7.5cm

Commanders machine gun and turret detail

M36/M36B2 'Battle of the Bulge'

Nacelle repair

Lancaster Mk.1B - Part 3 of 3

Aft

"Q" Ship

Finished model

LST Landing Ship Tank

Trim

1940 Ford Fire Chief Car

Image 4

British FV510 Warrior TES(H) AIFV

Finished model

H-19 Rescue Helicopter

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Scale Aircraft Modelling, Vol. 36, Issue 4
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Modelling
MSRP
$7.55

Each issue of Scale Aircraft Modeling follows a basic design and format. There are usually two Feature Articles, an Aviation in Profile piece, industry news and a series of Compact Build Reviews.

The Feature articles for this issue covers a build of new H-K Models 1/32 Gloster Meteor and a 1/48 Wingman Models Latin American Kfir. The Meteor is from Jay Laverty and is Part 1 of a two part series. Part 1 covers the some issues with the kit and their easy fixes as well as preparation for the metallic finish and several hints and tips towards making it perfect.

The other Feature article is from Brian Wakeman and builds Wingman Models 1/48 Kfir. This is the Kinetic kit with the addition of lots of resin for cockpit, nose and a host of other parts. He finishes the kit in markings for Columbian Air Force with superb weathering.

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7.5cm PaK 40/4 auf RSO mit Allwetterverdeck
Review Author
Eric Christianson
Published on
Company
Dragon Models
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$52.99

Dragon Models has re-released their 7.5cm PaK 40/4 auf RSO/03 ‘Smart Kit’, originally shipped in 2010. This time, however, they’ve included an all-weather canvas cover (‘Allwetterverdeck’). The kit is the fourth DML release of their RSO series, and contains their popular 75mm PaK 40 main weapon used in several of their other their kits. The exquisitely-detailed tarpaulin cover is molded is DS plastic and comes as a single, rigid part. Other new parts include the seats and a newly molded PaK pedestal/mount. The main cargo deck has been replaced with one sporting much more detail, including individual ammunition lockers (nine in all), with one locker providing an option to be modeled open or closed. The track is Dragon’s individual-link Magic Track.

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J2M3 Raiden Gun Barrels
Review Author
Roger Rasor
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$6.50

Quickboost has added two different sets of gun barrels to their aftermarket parts line that are specifically designed to replace those in two different brands of 1:32 scale J2M3 Raiden kits. This set is to be used to replace parts in Hasegawa kits. The barrels are quite impressive. They have hollow openings, the detail is refined and crisp, and there are no injection molding seam lines for the modeler to eliminate.

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F6F-3 Hellcat W/Carrier Deck
Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
Company
Cyber-Hobby
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$41.00

History Brief

The F6F Hellcat, was a completely new design from Grumman for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The F6F Hellcat, a single-seat carrier-based fighter is credited with destroying a staggering 5,271 enemy aircraft. In all, some 4,402 F6F-3 carrier-borne fighters were produced up until April 1944 before it was replaced by the F6F-5. This type first flew on 3 October 1942 and it reached operational readiness the following February with VF-9 aboard USS Essex. The fighter’s standard armament was six .50-cal M2/AN Browning machine guns plus six High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) mounted under its wings , while later aircraft had three hard-point’s capable of carrying 900kg of bombs.

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Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.L Late Production w/Winterketten
Review Author
Bryan Krueger
Published on
Company
Dragon Models
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$49.95

Dragon's latest Panzer III represents the Panzerkampfwagen III Sd Kfz. 141/1 Ausf L "Late" production. This kit is a bit of a mix and match from earlier kits, most notably the 2010 Dragon Models 6606 PzIII Ausf N with Winterketten. It also shares a bit of pedigree with the 2011 release of the Cyber Hobby 6422 Pz III ausf L Vorpanzer which builds an "Early" version of the Ausf L.

As early as 1940, Hitler ordered the Pz III to be equipped with the 5 cm Kw.K. L60 but it wasn't until December 1941 that the weapon was finally fitted to the Pz III ausf J. The Pz III Ausf J with the extra armor (Vorpanzer) and the L60 gun evolved into the Pz III ausf L and earlier Ausf Js with these features were re-designated Ausf Ls. Production of the Ausf L ran from June to December 1942 with a total run of 653 vehicles.