Squadron, in partnership with MiniArt, released this boxing as a Limited Edition at the IPMS/USA Nationals in Hampton, VA. Utilizing the newly released P-47D-11 Razorback kit with new decals, Squadron has created a rather unique model. Having just built a Tamiya P-47D Razorback I was looking forward to building this kit to see how it stacked up. Packaged in a sturdy cardboard box with a colorful box art with two unique 405 Fighter Group aircraft, one in NMF and the other in OD and Neutral Grey. Let’s see what is in the box because that is what really matters.
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Kagero’s newest books are designed around the modeler. These small booklets are really nice. The cover is thick cardstock and contains 26 pages of information.
The pages have one or two large photos per page on high-gloss heavyweight paper. In addition to the thirteen great pages of photos, there are two full-color profiles inside and one on the back cover. There are six pages of line drawings starting with the G-3, G-5, and G-6 variants. The drawings are in 1/72nd and 1/48th scale.
In addition to the great photos, profiles, and line drawings is a decal sheet that features the Bf-109G-6 on the cover, which is also one of the four-view color profiles inside. The decals are in both 1/72nd and 1/48th scale.
Quality large photos, full color profiles, and line drawings, along with the decal sheet make this another great offering from Kagero. If you have a small budget, these are a good value for the money.
I am really enjoying the ICM acrylic paint sets I have added to my repertoire. This is a basic color set that lends itself to many uses, not just wargaming. The “DEEP” colors of red (ICM #1007), blue (1010), and yellow (1003) are very versatile. They are your 3 basic colors, but they are beautifully bright! I wanted to highlight how each of these 3 basic colors reacts with the common primer colors — black, grey, and white. On the black, I used deep red. It was basically a washout, requiring multiple coats to give smooth coverage. I would not recommend the black with these colors. I used the deep blue on the grey, and it was beautiful with just 1 coat. The color covered well and smoothly, and popped! Of course, I used the deep yellow on the white, as I always use yellow over whit (or pink) for the best coverage, and vibrancy of the color. I achieved a nice, smooth coverage after only 2 coats, which is almost unheard of when painting (especially brush painting) with yellow.
UMM-USA has provided the reviewer core with a riveting tool for 1/32nd and 1/35th scale models.
This is a single row rivet pounce wheel with a rivet pitch (distance between rivets) of 1.10 mm. Its main target use is for larger models of 1/32nd or 1/35th scale. The handle is made from a 3-D printer and the filament is colored white and black. An olive-green dot is colored into the handle and correlates to the size on the sheet packaging for 1.10 mm rivet pitch.
I used this tool on a plastic sheet and then darkened it with a weathering wash to bring out the divot locations. I also placed a steel ruler as reference to see the pitch distance between divots.
Conclusion
This is a neat tool to have which will add more detail to your builds by adding fastener/rivet detail to the surface of your larger scaled kit(s).
