A nice replacement part from Poland, this is a turned brass pitot tube for the F-101B. This one is listed to work on any 72nd F-101B kit.

The instructions show to cut the kit part at the tip of the nose, drill a .8mm hole, and then glue in the replacement part.

I have the old Matchbox kit of the Voodoo and it looks like I will need to glue on the kit pitot tube and then cut it to match the contours of the replacement part and drill the hole at that point.

The brass parts do not require any other clean up and look to be an outstanding replacement for the kit parts and will not break during handling. Highly recommended.

If you are a Phantom Phreak, the one thing you cannot get enough of is stencil data. The Phantom, no matter what service or nationality, seemed to be loaded with stencils. Most Hasegawa kits in 1/48 come with a fairly comprehensive set of stencils, though barely legible, incomplete, and they sometimes can be difficult to blend into the paint. If you have a slatted wing F-4E in your stash, then Afterburner Decals has come to the rescue with this very complete set of stencil data for those Phantoms painted in SEA camouflage and grey undersides.

Mushroom Model Publications keeps expanding its “Green Line” (dedicated to armored fighting vehicles) and its latest installment covers the Valentine family of tanks, from the design in the late 1930s through its operational use during WWII and other uses in post-war years, up to the 1960s.

The main sections of the book includes the development of the tank, technical description, description of each mark of the family, operational use, painting and markings, overseas use (Canada, New Zealand, India, USSR, among others), variants, and a walk-around.

I found the historical pictures to be very valuable from a modeling point of view, as they provide details on the markings of the tanks plus the environment in which they operated. The picture of the Malta Valentines (with their stone wall camouflage) is very unique.