Starboard elevator

USS Intrepid - Part 4

Engine Front

Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII - Part 1 - Cockpit, Engines, and Fuselage

Vinyl parts - 2

Leopard 2 A6/A6M

Interior 1

US M915 Army Truck with Container Trailer

Top Side of Top Wing

Albatros D.V

Right rear

German Heavy Generator Sd.Ah.24

Finished

de Havilland Comet Airliner

M-1 shim and PE

M-Class British Submarine

Finished

A-4M Skyhawk

Interior assembly

MH-60S "HSC-9 Tridents"

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Parts Packaging

Replacement British Naval Gunbarrels, 16", 6", and 4.7"
Review Author
Ron Bell
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/700
MSRP
$4.50
  • 16" - SM-700-033, $7.00 (9 barrels)
  • 6" - SM-700-034, $5.00 (12 barrels)
  • 4.7" - SM-700-035, $4.50 (16 barrels)

Master Models is a company in Poland that must employ elves, incredibly small tool and die makers, and/or people with exceptional eyesight. They make replacement gun barrels for aircraft and ship models out of brass, and some of these are incredibly small and all are exquisitely detailed. The subjects of this review were selected because they would enable a modeler to replace all the main weapon gun barrels on either a 1/700 HMS Nelson or Rodney. The 16" were only used on these ships, but the 6" and 4.7" could also be used on other Royal Navy ships with these weapons. For example, since 16 4.7" barrels come in a packet, you could replace all the main guns on up to 4 destroyers, depending on the class of the ships. Let me be clear, each caliber barrel packet is a separate item and is priced as such.

Cover

Mark IV vs. A7V Villers-Bretonneux 1918
Book Author(s)
David R. Higgins
Review Author
Howie Belkin
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$18.95

This volume of the Osprey Duel series follows the series format, comparing two combatant tanks against each other, and in this case focusing on the occasion of the first tank vs. tank battle in history that occurred on April 24, 1918. True to the format, rather than simply describe that historic battle, the author describes and compares both vehicles and the events that both led up to and followed the battle. In drawing perspective, Mr. Higgins reminds us that the Industrial Revolution had already altered warfare into an unimagined horror only writers of a new, ever popular genre, Science Fiction, dared dream. The Gatling gun already had decades of warfare by the time the Great War began in 1914, and had become obsolete then by the improvements of several other manufacturers including Maxim, Vickers, and Lewis. Machine guns turned the war into a grinding stalemate of attrition that baffled commanders on both sides.

Box Art

Soviet T-26 Light Infantry Tank Model 1931
Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
Company
Hobby Boss
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$46.99

History Brief

The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank, and was a development of the British Vickers 6-ton tank. Many consider it to be one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930’s. With more than 11,000 made, it was the most produced tank of its period.

The T-26 Served in many conflicts of the 1930’s and was used during World War 2. The tank served with the armies of Turkey, China, and Spain. In addition, the Finnish, German, Romanian, and Hungarian armies used captured T-26s.

Box Art

Bf-109E-1 Weekend Edition
Review Author
Tracy Palmer
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$24.95

This aircraft need little introduction, being one of the two major fighters of the German air force in World War 2. The Bf-109E-1 was the first of the Emil versions and lead to the F through K versions. The Emil was also the basis for the ill-fated carrier fighter for the Graf Zeppelin.