Stencil guide

Focke Wulf Fw-190A-8

Hull Assembly

Centurion Mk. 3 Korean War

Finished

Ghostbusters Ecto-1

Finished Model - Top Front

USAF KC-135E

Completed 2

M114A1 155mm Howitzer (Vietnam)

Misc Image 8

The Game (Icon of a Square)

Color guide

USN F-4J VF-84 "Jolly Rogers"

Right side

F-14A Tomcat “Iranian Air Force” Limited Edition

3

IDF M60A1 Magach 6b

Decal prepped

Shachak

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The Auster in British Military and Foreign Air Arm Service
Review Author
Paul Bradley
Published on
Company
Guideline Publications
MSRP
$22.00

Auster Aircraft started in 1938 as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) license building the eponymous US manufacturer’s light aircraft. During WWII, the company built over 1,600 high-wing Taylorcraft Auster air observation aircraft for the British armed forces, and in 1946, changed their name to Auster Aircraft. Based at Rearsby Aerodrome in Leicestershire, the company continued to develop incrementally the basic high-wing monoplane design, eventually building a total of over 3,800 aircraft for both military and civilian usage worldwide. Auster Aircraft was bought out by the new BEAGLE company in 1960.

Product Package

SBD-3 Dauntless Canopy Vacform (Brengun Kit)
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$5.45

One other little detail Brengun does well is VACFORM canopies for their models. In this case, you get two types of canopy closed or open.

Use a REALLY new #11 blade, ceramic since the old style won’t do anything but bend. Use your favorite cementing method. I use blue-light clear cement, it works great and doesn’t cloud the plastic.

I painted the canopy with acrylic, and then used a toothpick to clean up the old man brush painting squiggles… it worked great. and the new canopy was better than the two-scale feet thick model original, the better to show off the detail I could not paint into place.

Brush painting the model seemed best (for me) and I didn’t have too many problems. Glosscoat, decals, and install the prop and spinner.

Highly recommended for future surgeons, and Brengun once again succeeds! Thanks again Brengun for the review items!

Brengun SBD Dauntless PE Set

SBD-3 Dauntless Exterior (Brengun Kit)
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$12.43

Think SMALL. Then realize PE really does a good job of upgrading one of these kits.

Thanks to BRENGUN for providing (once again) a couple of great upgrades for our use. IPMS USA Sincerely appreciates your support!

The subject of this review is the 24 part PE upgrade set for Brengun’s own SBD-3, along with engine, main bomb, four wheel/tire assemblies, and a challenge to the small builder’s eyesight. I had the basic kit, in a moment of insanity thinking “nice size”. Then I realized it was really small. Almost too small. But Brengun, being experts at this figured out a solution.

That solution being an upgrade set for their own kit!

PE flaps/dive brakes, resin bomb body and PE details for same, Wheels and tires for both land and sea (A-24 and SBD) versions, and a detailed engine.

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Yakovlev Yak-9P
Book Author(s)
Robert Panek and Krzysztor Wotowski
Review Author
Andrew Manriquez
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$10.16

The MMP Single Series books are a collection of books that focus on an individual subject. These books include line drawings, period detail pictures and color panels showing sample camouflage and markings. The 30th book in the series covers the Yakovlev Yak-9P.

The Yak-9P was the last and most advanced version of the Yak-9s being produced in 1946. At this time, the manufacturing of high strength aluminum alloys had been established in the Soviet Union, simplifying aircraft manufacturing and increasing service life. Unlike the previous model it incorporated all metal wings with elliptical tips.

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US Helicopter Pilots (Vietnam War)
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$25.00

Figures from the Vietnam War are few and far between, especially helicopter crew. With the ICM release of the 1/32nd scale AH-1G they have released a kit of THREE Vietnam helicopter crewmembers.

Packed inside a typical sturdy box are three plastic sprue of light grey plastic that features the parts for the three figures. Two of the sprues are the same with both APH-5 and SPH-4 helmets, mic booms and ear cups. This is a nice feature because the helmets can be used without the figures to spruce up any model. The plastic is very crisp and the figures, especially the faces, are very well done. The assembly and paint instructions are printed on high quality paper with color callouts in ICMs paint range, as well as, Revell and Tamiya.