Decal sheet

Russian YAK-130

Part detail

MiG-15 Profipack

Completed Kit

Tupolev TU-7 and PE-8

Right Side

OV-10A Bronco US Navy

Sprues

Ki-21-1b 'Sally' with Pilots and Ground Personnel

Top view

XB-35 Flying Wing

Completed aircraft, left-side photo

EA-18G Growler "USS Ronald Reagan CVW-5 CAG" Limited edition

Parts

Messerschmitt Bf-109E 'Royal Class'

Tail Detail

F-16CJ Block 50 Fighting Falcon

Painted

F-104A/C

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F-4J Phantom with Hypersonic Models Canopy Upgrade, Part 2
Review Author
Michael Novosad
Published on
Company
Zoukei-Mura
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$75.00

Aftemarket Accessories Used

Several months ago I had the opportunity to review the following Hypersonic Models aftermarket accessory set that I had originally planned to use on a Zoukei Mura F-4S Phantom. However with the opportunity to build and review the "J" version I decided now is the time to utilize this set. Since the Zoukei Mura Phantom has had its share of reviews I will focus my efforts on describing the modifications to the kit with the inclusion of the following Hypersonic Models accessory set into the build.

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Lebanese Civil War- Volume 1: Palestinian Diaspora, Syrian and Israeli Interventions, 1970-1978
Book Author(s)
Tom Cooper & Sergio Santana
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$29.95

Tom Cooper is an Austrian aerial warfare analyst and historian. Following a career in the worldwide transportation business – during which he established a network of contacts in the Middle East and Africa – he moved into narrow-focus analysis and writing on small, little-known air forces and conflicts, about which he has collected extensive archives. That resulted in specialization in such Middle Eastern air forces as of those of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, plus various African and Asian air forces. In addition to authoring and co-authoring about 50 books - including about three dozen titles for Helion’s @War series - and well over 1,000 articles, Cooper is a regular correspondent for multiple defense-related publications.

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M1296 Stryker Dragoon
Review Author
Blaine Singleton
Published on
Company
AFV Club
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$59.00

In the Box

Instructions

The instruction booklet was divided into 18 pages of clearly marked parts. The instructions contained 38 separate steps to complete the model. At the end of the instruction booklet there were painting and decal application illustrations.

Sprues

Contained in the box were 19 different model part sprues molded in olive green. Also contained in the kit, 8 rubber tires and a thread type tow cable.

Photo Etch

Two sheets of PE are included with the kit.

Clear Plastic

There were two clear sprues of parts for the kit, they were for light lenses and view ports on the top of the vehicle body.

Decal Sheet

The sheet was sparse with vehicle id numbers and stencils. The vehicle had very few areas for the application of decals. Application of the decals went easily, and the carrier film was not very thick.

Photoetch Set

Bf-109G-10 WNF Photoetch
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$9.95

The Eduard OVERTREE and Weekend Edition kits are really nice kits, but I think they benefit from having the pre-painted photoetch added to the model. I personally love the pre-painted photoetch. There is detail printed on them that I could never be able to replicate with a paint brush.

Packaged in the typical resealable package with a card stock protective backing is one fret of pre-painted PE. This single fret contains many essential interior parts, but the biggest impact would have to be from the seatbelts, shoulder harness and the instrument panel. Besides these key parts there are photoetch deflectors for the engine exhausts, as well as, some other panels and rudder pedals. These parts are all important. There are oil cooler faces as well. Personally, I don’t use them as I like the way that the kit parts look, but that is up to the modeler.

Package

MH-60L Masks
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$14.41

I hate to mask canopies and helicopters, especially transport ones, have plenty. I am a huge fan of pre-cut masks. Building the Kitty Hawk MH-60L was a lot of fun.

The Eduard masking set offers masks for the front windshield, overhead panels, pilot doors, window sliding doors, chin bubbles, cargo doors, and wheels. You also get masks for the landing lights. This is really a complete set which will help in making this kit.

The masking set comes in a typical resealable package with card stock inside, which protects the masks. The masks themselves are precisely cut from Kabuki tape. This is the best material for the compound curves. There are two sheets, the one is for the sliding cargo doors, and the other has masks for all the other pieces. You will have to add masking fluid to cover some areas but that is to be expected with the large expanses and compound curves.

The instructions are very helpful and show exactly how to use what and where.