Whirlwind cannon assembly

Westland Whirlwind FB Mk.1

Completed model, aft

MiG-21F-13 Fishbed C

Finished- Drivers Side

MB Military Vehicle

Finished

Russian K-4386 Typhoon-VDV Armored Vehicle

Finished trailer

Freightliner With Trailer

Sprue 3

Messerschmitt Bf-109F-4

Right side

Fw-190A-2 Jabo Bunny Fighter Club

Wheel Wells 1

CF-188A '20 Years of Service RCAF'

Close-up bottom detail

SSW D.III

ready for weathering

Sd.Kfz. 1381 Geschutzwagen 38 H fur s. JG.331

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MS A1 Over France

Morane Saulnier MS.A.I. "Over France"
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Kovozávody Prostějoy
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$15.00

From the Kovozávody Prostějov instructions,

Morane-Saulnier MS.A.1 (also Type A1) was a French parasol-wing fighter aircraft produced by Morane-Saulnier during World War I. A number of escadrilles were created to operate the AI, but by mid-May 1918, most of the aircraft were replaced by the SPAD XIII. After structural problems had been resolved, the aircraft were then relegated to use as advanced trainers, with new purpose built examples being designated MoS 30. Many were used post-war after having been surplussed off, as aerobatic aircraft, including one which was flown by Charles Nungesser.

Ansaldo SVA 10

Ansaldo S.V.A.10 "Italian Services"
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Kovozávody Prostějoy
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$17.50

I have long respected WWI era plane modelers. I respect 1/72 WWI era plane modelers even more. And now, I question my sanity after tackling this one. This is not a kit for a novice or even an uninterested intermediate modeler. With the right skill set and some other kits under your belt, and you want an Ansaldo S.V.A. 10, then this is your kit.

The Italian Ansaldo S.V.A. (Savoia-Verduzio-Ansaldo) was an interesting late WWI aircraft. Originally designed as a fighter, the S.V.A. 5 was determined to be inadequate for the role. However, its impressive speed, range and operational ceiling made it an excellent reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber. The S.V.A. 9 and 10 were essentially the same aircraft, with the former primarily an unarmed training aircraft, with its cockpit configured accordingly. The S.V.A. 10 was developed as a reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft that found success during the later stages of WWI and a successful export model in the post-war world.

Agroa SAS Jeep Pack 1

Jeep Willys SAS, Pack 1
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
Agora Models
Scale
1/8
MSRP
$1,737.00

Agora Models is a UK company based in London, England that specializes in high-quality large scale models. Agora has administrative offices in Tokyo Japan, North Carolina, US, and in the United Kingdom. The models are shipped from five warehouses around the globe. The first IPMS review sample SAS Jeep Pack 1 was sent from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., USA.

Agora ships its models in 12 monthly parts, called ‘Packs’, that can spread the cost and workload over a longer period. The cost of a model does not change as the Packs are delivered. Agora continues production of the kit as Packs are released and does not release the first Pack without assurances that they can produce all parts of the kit. After production is complete, all Packs of a particular kit can be purchased at one time.

Cover

Curtiss Kittyhawk’s in the Soviet Far North, 1941-1945 – Volume 2: Reconnaissance, Ground Support and Final Missions, 1944-1945
Book Author(s)
Andrey Latkin
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$29.95

Casemate Publishing is distributing the 51 installment of the “Europe At War” series. This book is devoted to the P-40 aircraft in the Soviet Far North (Murmansk to Kirkenes area) while in service with the Soviet Navy Aviation.

Finding details of western aircraft while in service with the Soviets is hard to come by. This book - together with the rest of the series devoted to the Kittyhawks in Soviet service- fills in a gap in historical documentation.

The author utilizes both Soviet sources and German sources and combine them to provide a comprehensive and well-balanced narrative of the events during 1944 in northern Scandinavia. By that year, the Kittyhawks in Soviet Service were being used in a fighter-bomber role rather than air-to-air, as covered in Volume 1.

Box Art

USMC UH-1Y Venom
Review Author
Pat Villarreal
Published on
Company
Academy Models
Scale
1:35
MSRP
$79.00

In the Box

The kit is a typical top opening box with 11 gray sprues, 1 clear parts sprue, 1 photo-etched (PE) sheet, and 1 die-cut masking sheet for the clear parts. Academy takes advantage of slide-molding to add more detail in raised rivet and recessed panel lines and the results are impressive. Also of note, sprue B & D comes from the AH-1Z Viper kit (Kit No: 12127) since in real life both helicopters use the same parts. For a list of unused parts, see page 14 in the bottom right of the instructions.

The box art is beautiful. For modelers who are wavering on owning this kit, it will help push them over the edge to build this Venom or add it to the collection.