Finished model

British Holland Class Submarine

Forward Fuselage 1

ADF F-CK-ID Ching-Kuo IDF - Indigenous Defense Fighter

Intake

F-4J Phantom II United States Marine Corp

Rear Gear bay

P-39 Q/N Airacobra

Rear right view

MAD MAX 2 The Road Warrior Interceptor

5 Meng vinyl oil piping

Ford GT40 Mk.II ’66, Part 3, Engine

Left side

Focke Wulf FW 190D-10

Close up of nose and nose gear

F-4J Rockin Rhino

Finished 1

Universal Fuel Tank Trailer

Completed 4

M114A1 155mm Howitzer (Vietnam)

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Package

Bf109E Instrument Panel Mask

Review Author
Mike Van Schoonhoven
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/4
MSRP
$8.90

When Eduard released the Bf109E Instrument they also released a mask to go along with it. Unfortunately the only way to purchase this mask is through Eduard's store and you have to be a member of the Bunny Fighter Club.

Now when it comes to masking a model you could take and make your own mask with one of the many medias available, or you can purchase a ready to use mask for that specific model and cut your masking time in about half. The mask for the Instrument panel helps in several difficult areas. One of the areas that the really comes in handy is for some of the raised details on the instrument panel that have to be painted. Another very helpful part of the mask is for molded on bolt heads. It makes painting these a breeze. You can follow the link above for a better idea of what is included or Eduard has a great article on building the instrument panel which includes a breakdown of the mask. The article can be found by following this link:

Box

Boeing 720 “Caesar’s Chariot”
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Roden
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$35.99

The Aircraft

The Boeing 720 was a direct development of the highly successful 707. The 720 had a shorter fuselage and was narrower, making it more cost effective for airlines on the shorter runs. 720s were profitable for Boeing because the development work had all been done with the 707. There were two basic versions of the 720, 720A and 720B. The A had P & W JT-3C turbojet engines, the B had JT-3D turbofans. Many As were upgraded to Bs through changing the engines. 720s were built from 1958 to 1967.

The 720 in this kit was a 720B N7224U, owned by Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas Nevada. The aircraft was called “Caesar’s Chariot”. It was leased to the rock group Led Zeppelin for their 1977 North American concert tour. The plane had a special paint job, with Zeppelin’s “Swan Song” album logo on the tail.

Product Picture

Kawasaki Ki-100 Otsu Part 1
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$13.00

Lifelike has produced this set of decals for he recent RS Models Ki-100 kit. They can also be used for the FineMolds kit but the producer does not that there might need to be some modification.

In the package, there is one decal sheet which covers the five aircraft. The decals are printed by Cartograf and beautiful, in register and colorful. Also included is the sheet with five full color profiles of the aircraft and their histories and information which is wonderfully researched. Last is a page indicating the paint colors and also the stencil placement and reference sources.

The planes covered are:

Cover

Ki-84 Hayate Part 2
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$13.00

Lifelike Decals continues its superb line of 1/72 decals with 5 options for the Hasegawa kit. The decals are perfectly in register and are printed by Cartograf. The instruction sheets are superb being full color and having side profiles of all five aircraft. There is also a very thoroughly research paint scheme and stencil instructions.

The five aircraft represent the following:

Box Art

L1500S LLG WWII German Light Fire Truck
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$53.99

This wonderful ICM kit has been kindly furnished by MMD Squadron for IPMS review.

When Hitler came to power in 1933, all fire services came under the newly created Fire Protection Police (Feuerschutz-polizei) as an arm of the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei), commanded by Heinrich Himmler. The fire equipment color changed from red to Polizei dark green. After the war, fire-fighting equipment was changed again to red. The L1500S truck was produced between 1941 and 1944 during World War II for use by the German Fire Police.

ICM also will be producing another version of the Fire Truck, L1500S LF 8, kit# 35527, and MiniArt has announced a similar kit, #35171, German Fire Truck L1500S AF8 with TSA Trailer.