Sprue 1

Mirage F1.B

wheels, tires, and hubs

Tecnokar Trailer with 20' Tank

Mig-21 Mascot - left-rear. Note the pressure suit.

Mig-21 Mascot

Completed Kit Left Rear

5IDF Shot'Kal Dalet with Battering Ram

Radio and Other Internals

Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII - Part 1 - Cockpit, Engines, and Fuselage

Close-up showing boat deck plank painting before parts added

IJN Mamiya Kanmusu

Finished Left

F-5 E/N Tiger II

Right rear

Short Sunderland Mk. I

Hull detail

German U-XXIII Coastal Submarine

Bomb rack

Junkers Ju-88A-10 (A-5 Trop) North Africa Limited

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Packaging

Modern NATO Fighter Pilot
Review Author
Andy Taylor
Published on
Company
Aerobonus
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$21.99

For some reason, model manufacturers have been omitting pilot figures from their kits. Many aftermarket producers have stepped in to fill the pilot seat void. Czech model manufacturer Aerobonus has a new tool release (2023) in its 1/32 Modern NATO Fighter Pilots, which the instructions state can be used for all 30 NATO member states). Like most pilot figures being released recently, this figure is standing but can easily be made to sit with some razor saw surgery.

This pilot is one of five in the AeroBonus 1:32 Modern NATO Pilots:

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USN/USMC F/A-18C & F/A-18D VX-9 Vampires Value Pack
Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
Company
DXM Decals
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$32.00

One of the newer suppliers for the IPMS-USA Review Corps is DXM Decals, the DXM stands for Double Excellent Models. While as the name implies, the company specializes in decals, they also produce detail parts and paint masks for airbrushing aircraft. The company produces their products for 1/72, 1/48, and 1/32 scale aircraft. The decals are printed by Cartograf, who is known for their quality work. Any modeler that has applied water-slide decals will have no issues with using this set.

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The Great War Aviation Society 2027 Calendar
Book Author(s)
Various artists assembled by Roger Tisdale
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
The Great War Aviation Society
MSRP
$18.00

The non-profit UK based group known as the Great War Aviation Society publishes their journal, Cross & Cockade International, four times a year. Issues are available in English as printed [Softbound, A4 (8.27” x 11.69”), 80 pages plus a centerfold, as well as digital copies (or both). A new magazine, Contact!, is now available in both print and digital download. Society also provides a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph, which I reviewed earlier for the IPMS-USA. This UK Journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front. The Great War Aviation Society also hosts a lecture series available through Zoom. If interested, you will need to register early as the call is limited in attendance. The Great War Aviation Society also is on Facebook and on X [Twitter].

Box Art

"Achtung! Sie fliegen!"
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$69.99

During the latter part of World War 2, as it lost its iron grip on the skies, Germany began to rely more and more on antiaircraft guns and weapons as its first line of defense against marauding Allied aircraft. What this meant in practical terms is that they had to range far and wide to find suitable vehicles to create mobile mounts for all sorts of weaponry, putting them on virtually anything that could move and handle the weight. Of course, eventually this expedient rigging became unsustainable, but not without cost to the allies.