Sprue D

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1

Starboard side fwd

Ki-43 II Hayabusa

Boxes and personal gear

OQF 6 Pdr Anti-Tank Mk.IV on Carriage MK.III (Airborne) w/Crew

Parts 8

Spitfire Mk. VII/VIII

Right side

Universal Carrier Mk.1 w/Crew

Completed kit, front quarter

Ford Bronco (1st Generation)

Right Side Upper

1963 Corvette Split Window Coupe

Finished Model

Seafire FR Mk. 47 "The Last Royal Navy Propeller Fighter"

Finished Ship, Aft Missile Launchers

U.S.S. Springfield

Figure rears

WWII RAF Airfield

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Parts package

FW-190A-F Prop & Spinner VDM-9-12067A Metal Blades
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
Ultracast
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$12.25

How often have you wanted to build a FW-190A only to discover that your subject aircraft didn’t carry the ‘normal’ type of prop? It has happened to me a few times. You can either live with it, which I did at the time, or you can shelve that particular aircraft until the new props become available. Well that time has come courtesy of Ultracast.

Like most of Ultracast’s products, this set is packaged in a small zip lock bag on the cardboard backing. The resin is a light caramel colored with no blemishes anywhere. There are no pour blocks on the blades. There is a minimal amount of flash on the spinner and cooling fans. All of which will be cleaned up easily and quickly with a new blade.

Product Picture

WWII Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot Mid-Late War
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
Ultracast
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$12.25

If you’ve contemplated, built or painted any figures you will no doubt run across the name of Mike Good. He is the world’s best figure sculptor. He is well known for the perfect proportions, excellent faces and natural poses.

Mike’s latest work for Ultracast is a Mid-Late War Luftwaffe pilot. Packaged in the typical Ultracast style of a zip lock bag attached with a staple to a card stock backing. In this case the card stock carries a photo of the actual figure painted up from the front. This will be very helpful to the modeler.

Package

US Scooter - Fire Fighter
Review Author
Mike Van Schoonhoven
Published on
Company
Plusmodel
MSRP
$18.00

Aeroline over the past several months has released several different variants of the Cushman scooter. This version is the "Deluxe Auto-Glide" that was used for firefighting operations around airfields. The Fire Fighter version came with a sidecar and four CO fire extinguishers. This was one of the reasons that I wanted to the review of this model as I am a firefighter.

Box Top

Royal Navy Lynx Crew
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
PJ Production
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$18.75

Packaged in a sturdy cardboard box with the resin pieces protected inside a ziplock bag this offering from PJ Production is perfectly cast in creme colored resin with no defects noted. Three figures, one on each of the three ‘sprues’, these new figures from PJ Productions will make an attractive addition to the Airfix Sea Lynx kit.

Each figure is on a separate pour block with upper body and head, two arms and the lower half. The door observer has two separate legs. All the poses are as if the aircraft is in flight or ready for takeoff. The pilots are looking off to the side to clear the helicopter. The faces, which to me are essential to a good figure, are all nicely sculpted. The figures look to be of a good scale size.

Book Cover

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15
Book Author(s)
Dariusz Karnas
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$30.00

The latest installment of the Yellow Series from Mushroom Model Publications is devoted to the iconic Mig-15. This book clearly is written with the modeler in mind, as well over 100 pages are devoted to pictures, drawings or color profiles of the airplane.

The book is divided in the following sections

  • Introduction
  • Development
  • Development Versions
  • Series Productions of the Mig-15
  • Production in other countries
  • Detail photos
    • Fuselage
    • Wing
    • Cockpit and Canopy
    • Undercarriage
    • Engine
    • Armament
  • Color Profiles (69 of them)

The first few sections are concise in detail (mainly what was changed in each development version) and most of the versions have an associated 72nd scale line drawing, or at least those that had an external modification.