Completed 4

USS Los Angeles Class Submarine SSN-688/VLS/688I (3 in 1)

Complete-from-left-above

1913 Ford Model T Roadster

Left view

U.S. M-107 Self-Propelled Gun

Back right

Dingo Mk II

Interior installed

Kawasaki OH-6J Cayuse

The Finished Cart In Action

Shopping Cart

Interior with photo-etch parts (not included in kit)

Fokker Dr.1 Weekend Edition

Wing fold structure

Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Bomber Model 11 Limited Edition

Left Side

M-48A1

Base cycle left

1988 Honda NSR 250R Motorcycle

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Product Package

Detail-Up Parts Series for 1/48th F-14 Tomcat
Review Author
Bob LaBouy
Published on
Company
Tamiya
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$12.49

Tamiya’s Product Description

“This Detail-Up set can be used for Item 61114, 61118, and 61122. The set is very useful to give more detail to your model Tamiya F-14 model kits

  • A stainless-steel alpha probe on the radome facilitates further rigidity and realism. (2pcs. included)
  • Photo-etched parts are included to depict seatbelts and rear-view mirrors.
  • Includes two types of seatbelts to depict the F-14A and F-14D (two for each).

This is Tamiya’s simple add-on kit for the recently issued F-14A Late Model Tomcat.”

Product Package

Yak-9: Slogans in Combat
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
Foxbot
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$20.60

Russian aircraft are really starting to take-off. Pun intended. With the release of new kits out of the Ukraine we are seeing an influx of well-engineered kits from Zvezda and AMK. One thing that always struck me as ‘cool’ about VVS aircraft was the slogans painted on the sides of them. American aircraft had pinup nose art, but the patriotic slogans of the Russian aircraft have always resonated with me. The problem is what do you do when you find one that you like. Usually, you have to go to the bland ones instead or whatever is in the box. Not anymore. Thanks to Foxbot you now have options.

Product

F-15 Eagle Mid-Life/Late Wheel Set
Review Author
Michael Novosad
Published on
Company
Phase Hanger
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$10.00

Provider Background

From the website - Mike Reeves has been an aircraft nut his entire life. It all started when he was a kid growing up in Phoenix, Arizona watching the Blue Angels flying their A-4 Skyhawks practicing for their air shows at Deer Valley Airport from the roof of his house after school. When he got to meet the Blues pilots he was hooked and his love of military aircraft began. He served in the USAF and spent a lot of time in and around fighter jets both in the CONUS and abroad in Germany.

His love of the hobby began at a very young age when he would watch his dad and brother build models at the kitchen table at their home in Michigan. His dad and brother built cars and trucks but Mike always wanted to build airplanes. His first model was a Revell 1/72 Blue Angels F-4 Diamond set! Testors tube glue and sloppy paint work started the journey through the hobby that continues today.

Front Cover

Mitsubishi A6M Reisen Zero Vol. II
Book Author(s)
Dariusz Paduch
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Kagero Publishing
MSRP
$28.95

Based in Central Europe Kagero Publishing House is the biggest publisher and exporter of English-written publications about military history, releasing nearly 60 titles every year. Kagero was founded in 1995, and began by delivering military titles in Polish. Their success led Kagero to start releasing books in English in 1998. Authors from Poland, Canada, USA, Australia and Great Britain, who were invited to write for Kagero, gave a beginning to a new range of products, which have put them in a position of one of the most recognized publishers on the market. Kagero has released more than 550 publications. Kagero is managed by Damian Majsak and his wife Joanna.

Visit Kagero On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casematepub

Product Package

Fuel Drums
Review Author
Blaine Singleton
Published on
Company
Hauler
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$11.39

Hauler is known as a supplier of high-quality detail parts for aircraft, as well as other subjects. Once painted the fuel barrels provide a very nice addition to any diorama.

Package Contents

2 sets of resin containing the fuel barrels, with each set containing 6 barrels.

Instructions

The barrels are molded in resin and there are no instructions contained or needed in the kit.

Painting

The first thing I did was to wash the resin barrels in soapy water to remove any residue that may be on the pieces.

I decided for ease of handling that I would leave the barrels on their resin sprue.

I started painting the barrels by first applying Stynlreyz, light gray. I then decided that I would “paint” the barrels with AK weathering pencils.