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Pz.Bef.Wg.III Ausf.J w/Schurzen

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F4D-1 Skyray Part 2 – The Build

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F6F-3 Hellcat "VF-27 USS Princeton"

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USN F-14A VF-2 "Bounty Hunters"

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Monty's Office Caravan

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SH-60B SeaHawk

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B-52 D/F

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1966 Chevelle Station Wagon

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Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II

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Scale Plans- MiG-21MF

Scale Plans No. 65 Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-21F
Book Author(s)
Darius Karnas
Review Author
James Kelley
Published on
Company
Casemate UK
MSRP
$11.96

Continuing in their Scale Plans series, MMP Books has released Scale Plans No. 65, covering the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF. Consisting of 6 pages, which are each a fold-out set of plans (Nerd Centerfolds, according to my wife) in both 1/72 and 1/48 scales. Opening each set of plans, the book now has 12 pages.

Each set of plans consists of:

Cover

Single No. 17 Supermarine Spitfire IIA
Book Author(s)
Robert Grudzien
Review Author
Brian R. Baker
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$11.99

This book is part of a series providing detailed information on a particular aircraft intended for scale modelers. It is not a historical account of the service life of the aircraft and does not provide a variety of color schemes for the type as by used by different units. It provides detailed six-view line drawings of the specific aircraft in three scales, plus black and white color photos of several complete aircraft (museum display survivors) and detailed photos of specific parts of the aircraft. Several drawings are included, including an excellent one of the instrument panel, and some drawings from maintenance manuals are includes.

Single No. 21 Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zero

Single No. 21 Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zero
Book Author(s)
Darias Karnas and Zygmunt Szeremeta
Review Author
Brian R. Baker
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$11.99

This book is part of a series of highly specialized coverages of specific World War II aircraft types and is intended for serious scale modelers who work in 1/72, 1/48, and 1/32 scale. This book covers the Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero 52 fighter and serves mainly as a reference for specific details of this particular aircraft type. There is little text other than the captions for photos and drawings, and only covers a few specific aircraft that have survived in museums throughout the world. In this case, the planes in the Imperial War Museum in England, and the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California are shown. The Chino airplane may still be flyable, and I recall seeing it flying years ago. One of the photos of it also shows the museum’s P-51D and North American O-47A in the background.

Box Art

Gloster Sea Gladiator Mk.II
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$69.99

The siege of Malta – a small island in the Mediterranean Sea – held by the British from 1940 to 1942 against the combined might of the German and Italian air and sea forces is one of the more memorable stories from World War 2. Directly on the route from Europe to North Africa, it was a thorn in the side of the Axis supply line to their forces duking it out for control of Libya and Algeria. They decided to reduce the island and its garrison as a threat, and Malta became the most bombed area of land in the entire war. Only a few fighters were on the island during the early months of the siege, and they were the already-obsolete Sea Gladiators of the Royal Navy. Totaling six in all, three of them became famous in military lore as “Faith, Hope and Charity”, fighting off incessant bombing by the Italian and German air forces and earning themselves a place in history.

Product Picture

Masking Sheets
Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
Company
AMMO by Mig Jimenez
MSRP
$8.20

As I sit writing this review, I cannot help but think that I should just be returning from seeing some of you at the IPMS Nationals in San Marcos. Well, hopefully there are better days ahead, and I do already have my hotel reservation set for Las Vegas next year. Like many of you, I have met some great folks over the years and look forward to seeing at least some of those folks again in the future, and meeting even more fellow modelers.

So how much can you really say about masking sheets? Well, this new set from Mig contains five sheets measuring 280 by 195mm or roughly 7-11/16 by 11-1/16 inches, which seems to be a pretty good value for the price. The sheets are yellow in color for the masking material with a slightly rough texture. I measure the masking material as 0.0035 inch or 0.08 mm in thickness with an adhesive similar to that used by Tamiya on their masking tapes as far as “stickiness” is concerned.