Left Rear Top

'48 Ford Police Coupe 2'n1

Flash

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260/AM/M/W

Engine 1

1965 Plymouth Belvedere I

Painted 2

VEF Irbitis I-16

Finished Model

Gloster Meteor F.4

Front

2015 Corvette C7.R

Finished left

Lockheed C-140A JetStar

Osprey Tail and Spine

MV-22B Osprey

Left side masking

F-35C Lightning

Completed Model - Bottom

Salmson 2-A2 USAS

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"Sankas" WWII Wehrmacht Ambulance Trucks
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1:35
MSRP
$99.00

I suspect that most modelers are aware of the tendency of the German Army in World War Two to use just about any vehicle in their inventory as an ambulance. Mostly it was war-weary half-tracks or armored vehicles or trucks which had seen better days. Almost anything proved useful for transporting the wounded out of the battle area to where they could be aided more effectively.

ICM has done it again by supplying a combo kit of three ambulance trucks from the period. Happily, they’ve elected to provide three very distinctive vehicles for the set; a V3000 “Blitz” truck, a half-track Maultier based on a Ford design, and a Lastkraftwagen – a French truck design employed in some numbers by the Wehrmacht.

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Highway 32: 1982 Z/28 Camaro

Review Author
Doug Cole
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Company
Atlantis Model Company
Scale
1:32
MSRP
$24.99

After decades in the Monogram “tomb of doom” Atlantis has saved some of the Route 32 kits from the crypt and reissued them for us to enjoy once again. This model of the 1982 Z/28 Camaro was initially issued in 1982 and is now available as brand-new stock.

Back in the day, because these kits were relatively inexpensive and perfectly sized, many of these kits were primarily adapted to serve as slot car bodies. As fashionable as that was, they were also nicely detailed models when built with moderate detailing. If you collect a lot of models, or you’re concerned with space, 1:32 scale car models are only about 6” long but are good representations of the real thing.

The kit consists of 47 pieces for the single-purpose version of the 1982 Camaro Z/28. It is molded in color and includes a detailed one-piece body, interior, and engine, along with scripted rubber tires, chrome-plated and clear parts, instructions, and waterslide decals.

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Volvo S40 BTCC 1997 Brands Hatch Winner
Review Author
Paul Dunham
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1:24
MSRP
$35.92

NuNu of Macau in cooperation with Platz of Japan offers an interesting assortment of European and Asian racing cars in their range.A recent release and the subject of this review is their new Volvo S40 as raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) of 1997. The kit includes a body and six parts trees molded in white plastic, a tree of chrome parts, a tree of clear parts, soft rubber tires, polycaps, several sheets of decals, a sheet of window masks, a black and white instruction booklet, and a full-color decal placement guide. The parts and decals are protected in plastic bags.

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Studebaker US6-U5
Review Author
Michael Reeves
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$78.00

ICM continues to pump out new and interesting kits despite a war affecting all in the Ukraine, but especially in their home base in Kiev. This present reiteration of the original tooled Studebaker kit from 2007 (#35511) has new parts to make it into the U5 fuel truck specifically. This adds two tandem 375-gallon tanks with racks on the side to store a good number of 5-gallon Jerry cans. Let’s get into it…

What’s Inside the Box

You get six green plastic sprues- the four original sprues present in the earlier versions (A-D) and two copies of sprue E which contain the parts for the fuel tanks and their mounts, and the jerry cans. Sprue F is a clear sprue containing the windows, windshield, and headlight lenses. Decals include options for two nondescript schemes- one with a star and circle on the hood and one sans circle. No indication of where they were stationed but I suppose whenever fuel was needed to power machines of war would be fitting.

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Seafire FR Mk. 47 "The Last Royal Navy Propeller Fighter"
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Special Hobby
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$31.00

Special Hobby has provided the 1/72nd scale Supermarine Seafire FR Mk. 47 for review. Subtitle on this boxing is “The Last Royal Navy Propeller Fighter” and (per Wikipedia) it was the last Spitfire/Seafire variant to roll off the assembly line at Supermarine in January 1949.

Looking at Scalemates.com, the molds were produced back in 2012 and this 2024 boxing has new decal markings for No. 804 NAS, HMS Ocean (Mediterranean, 1949), No. 1833 NAS, RNAS Bramcote / HMS Gamecock (1953), and two (2) markings for No. 800 NAS, HMS Triumph (Korea 1950).

In The Box

The kit box is typical top opening with a nice illustration. All the sprues are packaged in a single clear plastic bag with the clear parts package individually bagged. A photo-etch sheet is also included to add extra detail for the cockpit, landing gear, and missile harnesses.