Finished

X-15A-2 White Ablative Coating

Completed kit

U.S. Cougar 6x6 MRAP Vehicle

One of two highly-polished photoetch frets with detail parts.

De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk VI - Part 1

Sink marks

AH-6M/MH-6M Little Bird Night Stalkers

Cockpit to fuselage, spar, and wing center section 2

Il-2 Sturmovik Single Seat Ski Version

Base Coat On

F-14D Tomcat, Part 3 - The Finale

Right

Roland C.IIa Late

Aft-deck

German Z-32 Destroyer

Finished Bottom

F-4B Phantom, Part 2

Cockpit Floor

Blue Max Pfalz

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AC-40-137A Soviet Firetruck
Review Author
Ben Morton
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$83.00

There is an old proverb, or maybe it's an English idiom, that states:” give credit where credit is due.”

It is thought that Samuel Adams might have been the first to coin the phrase. Giving credit where due applies to the Ukrainian company, ICM Holding. Having persevered a 'commie invasion' of Eastern Ukraine, packing up their entire manufacturing facility and moving it to the Western Ukraine they also seem to get the most from a particular model kit’s mold, in this instance the Soviet Military truck ZiL-131.

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T-34 mod. 1940 Idler Wheel with Rubber Bandage
Review Author
Tim Wilding
Published on
Company
OKB Grigorov
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$15.00

The company OKB-Grigorov from Bulgaria has released idlers wheels for early T-34 tank models. These replacement idlers have the rubber bandage (solid tires) pressed onto the outside rim. Later models were only all metal.

There are six two-piece resin wheels included in the bag. The front and back of each idler are molded on one resin plug. The resin is dark gray and feels more like plastic. It is easy to cut the wheels off the plugs and sands up great with little resin dust. They supply six wheels, but you only need two per tank, so you will have enough for thee kits. I did not see any air bubbles or other molding errors on any part. Super glue works fine to join the two halves together and pant held fine to the surface without any cleaning beforehand. The idlers have a small pin on the back that might need to be altered depending on what kit you will be mounting them to.

I would like to thank OKB-Grigorov and IPMS for the chance to review these wheels.

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T-64 Early Idler Wheels
Review Author
Tim Wilding
Published on
Company
OKB Grigorov
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$15.00

The company OKB-Grigorov from Bulgaria has released early idlers wheels for early T-64 tank models.

There are six two-piece resin wheels included in the bag. The front and back of each idler are molded on one resin plug. The resin is dark gray and feels more like plastic. It is easy to cut the wheels off the plugs because of the thin attachment points and sands up great with little resin dust. They supply six wheels, but you only need two per tank, so you will have enough for thee kits. I did not see any air bubbles, but a few has small resin lines on one of the spokes that need to be removed. Super glue works fine to join the two halves together and pant held fine to the surface without any cleaning beforehand. The idlers have a small pin on the back that might need to be altered depending on what kit you will be mounting them to.

I would like to thank OKB-Grigorov and IPMS for the chance to review these wheels.

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B-52H Stratofortress
Review Author
Tom Pope
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$109.99

Introduction

In 2020, Italeri re-released their big 1/72nd scale B-52H Stratofortress as kit number 1442. This kit is a re-box of the B-52H kit #1262 from 2006 with new decals representing three different aircraft from around the 1979 - 1981 time frame. In 1980, Strategic Air Command (SAC) was still in charge of the nuclear bomber and ballistic missile forces, the B-52Hs had only been in service for 20 years and Boeing’s AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) were into full rate production. This new-old kit brings markings for three new versions of the B-52H for modeler’s that can’t get enough of this great old bird.

A sincere thank you to Italeri for re-issuing this kit in tribute to the mightiest and most recognized (most feared in many places) of military aircraft.

A4 Skyhawk

Douglas A-4 M/N/AR Skyhawk - Flying with Air Forces Around the World
Book Author(s)
Robert Pied, Nicolas Deboeck
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
HMH Publications
MSRP
$32.00

The Duke Hawkins series of books from HMH Publications are photo essays of specific planes ranging from Tornadoes to Typhoons to this book, the A-4 M/N/AR Skyhawk. The books are lavishly illustrated, in this case with over 300 beautifully done photographs of all types and details of the Skyhawk. This particular book deals with the A-4 from views such as Top Aces, Argentina, Brazil and Argentina and includes a stop on the Brazilian Aircraft Carrier Sao Paulo. This book series goes from front to back and top to bottom covering the Skyhawk with detail pictures.

Although not defined by chapters, the breakdown of this book is as follows: