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Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48

Editor's note: Eduard M.A. has requested that the following information be included in this review: The product reviewed "..that it's actually prototype product, and that there might be differences/enhancements when compared to the final, publicly released deck.." The item as given was not intended for review. Oct. 10, 2011

The Product

This was presented to IPMS President Dick Montgomery by Eduard at the 2011 IPMS convention held in August in Omaha as a not yet released item to be submitted for review. I told Dick, “I will do my best to give a complete and honest review.”

The base appears to be made of some type of hard plastic with very nice engravings and has what looks to be a date ‘2001’ embossed on the hollowed backside. Measuring 11 5/8” x 15 5/8”, this thing is big. It depicts an elevator centered in the wooden deck. The coloring is eye-catching, to say the least, and looks great from a couple feet away.

Review Author
Ed Kinney
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
Various, see review

Well, here it is September already, and our busy beaver fellow IPMSer Ross McMillan follows through with 6 new releases, including one for the all-new Tamiya 1/32nd P-51D Mustang.
As always, crisply cast with only minimal flash and very little cleanup required. Many thanks for the review samples! Keep up the great work.

Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$34.95

The Contents

You get a heavy duty envelope with 4 plastic sleeves inside. You get:

  • 73355 PE, one self-adhesive mostly cockpit, and two really big PE frets for interior and exterior detail
  • CX257 Canopy and Wheel mask
  • 73008 Remove Before Flight Tags

You also get 2 full pages of instructions, folded so that you have 8 separate half pages of instructions, plus a half page instruction for the masks.

The Aircraft

The F/A-18 Hornet has been around for a while, and it looks to be almost as big a winner as its predecessor, the F-4 Phantom. One of the stories going around St. Louis in the 90s was that the plant wanted to build 5058 Hornets, one more than the production run for the Phantom. Well, the production line is still open, and they’re past 1100 now.

Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
Company
Cyber-Hobby
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$29.95

The Jagdpanzer IV was a tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis and built in three main variants. As one of the casemate-style turretlessJagdpanzer (hunting tank) designs, it was developed against the wishes of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a replacement for the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III). Guderian objected to the needless, in his eyes, diversion of resources from Panzer IV tank production, as the Stug III and Sturmgeschütz IV were still more than adequate for their role. After the Battle of Stalingrad in September 1942, the Wehrmacht arms bureau, the Waffenamt, called for a new standard for assault weapons: 100mm of armor to the front, 40–50mm on the sides, wider tracks, ground clearance of 50cm, top speed of 26 km/h, and the lowest possible firing positions. The new Panzerjager (tank hunter) design would be armed with the same 7.5cm gun as fitted to the Panther: the Pak 42 L/70.

Book Author(s)
Stephen Zalgoa, editor
Review Author
Marc K. Blackburn
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$25.95

One of the newer series of Osprey Publishing is the “Duel” series. As the name suggests, it provides an in-depth look at two pieces of equipment and compares and contrasts their capabilities in the context of a particular battle. To date, there are forty separate titles. Many of these concentrate on armor. Osprey has packaged five of these titles into one book: