Some of the flash

P-2H Neptune JMSDF

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Chevrolet G7107 WWII Army Truck

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Nebelwerfer 41 Towed German Rocket Launcher

Tail Rotor

AH-64A ANG "South Carolina"

Interior assembly

MH-60S "HSC-9 Tridents"

Engine & Prop

AF-2S Guardian "Submarine Killer"

Cockpit installed

Spitfire Mk.IXc Early Version

Main gun closeup, right side

Pz. Beob.Wg.II Ausf.C

Sprue

Chinese Navy Type 052D Missile Destroyer Changsha

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Moskvitch 401-420A Soviet Passenger Car

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Box Art

Siebel Si204
Review Author
Keenan Chittester
Published on
Company
Special Hobby
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$68.00

The Siebel Si204D was a Luftwaffe training and liaison aircraft which first flew in May 1941. It possessed excellent flying characteristics and was very reliable, albeit not particularly attractive. I believe this is the first injection molded 1/48 kit of the type. MPM did a vacuform kit many years ago, and I have tried several times to obtain one, but with no luck. When I saw this offering listed amongst the available review kits, I jumped at the chance to review it.

Product Picture

Gunslinger Series Kit No. 3
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
Master Box Ltd
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$26.99

If you were ever a fan of the Saturday morning cowboy series back in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, or enjoyed the classic Sam Peckinpaw movies, this figure should be fairly familiar to you. Labeled as “Pedro Melgoza, bounty hunter”, the beautiful illustration on the box cover bears an unmistakable resemblance to Tom Selleck. As I’ve discussed before, Masterbox is unique in the modeling world for illustrating the products BEFORE sculpting them, and I believe this is a good example.

On opening the box, you find both our bounty hunter figure as well as a very nicely done mount with two complete heads for some variety in the choice of poses. Sorry to say, ladies, but the figure within does NOT resemble Tom Selleck, but appears much more a typical Bandito figure to my eye. The figure assembles quickly, with only the setting of the shotgun across the shoulders requiring a little finagling. No putty was required.

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P-51D Mustang "The 5th Air Force"
Review Author
Keith Gervasi
Published on
Company
Platz
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$12.00

History: The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and was originally developed in remarkable time of 102 days in response to a request from British Purchasing Commission. The first P-51s with Allison engines were not able to show stunned high performance. By replacing Allison Engines with Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines, P-51 became a high-performance aircraft and evolved into long-range bomber escort in European War and was rival for Japan Army in Pacific War. D-version of P-51s were produced in larger numbers than any other Mustang variants. The P-51D featured a bubble canopy for all-around visibility and was armed with six wing-mounted 12.7mm caliber machine guns. Wing racks allowed the carriage of drop tanks to extend range or bombs for ground attack.

Package

Fokker D.VII Landing Gear
Review Author
Brian R. Baker
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$11.95

This is a cast white metal conversion set for the Eduard, or actually any, 1/72 scale Fokker D.VII kit. The package I received contained four airfoil shaped spreader assemblies for the landing gear, and two sets each of the landing gear struts and tailskids.

Not having an Eduard kit available, I used an old Revell Fokker D.VII, and the unit fitted nicely. The spreader bar unit was a little roughly cast, but it was easy to sand it down to where is looked good. Not having an Eduard kit, I’m not sure why the unit needed replacement, as there isn’t really much to the gear, just the spreader and the two supporting “V” struts. The struts fit easily into the notches on the bar, but they need a little cleaning up, as there are two molding lines on each set of struts.

Paints Reviewed

Tru-Color Paints for Eduard P-400
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Tru-Color Paint
MSRP
$5.69

I have heard of Tru-Color Paints probably 18 month ago by now and since then I had the chance to review a few different colors and coats from them. They have an extensive line of railroad and car paints and they are continuously expanding their military line (aircraft, naval, armor).

This time, thanks to the kind support of Tru Paint to IPMS/USA I was able to use them for the review of an Eduard P-400 Profipack (model kit review elsewhere in this website). As I was doing a review of paints, I decided to go for a P-400 which was assembled from parts of different airplanes and sported a mix of USAAF and RAF colors.

This is not a specific set for the P-400 (Tru-Colors has a few packs of paints). It was more like I was able to “make my own” set of paints. Below is the list of paints I used in this review: