Completed 2

Soviet ML-20 152mm Howitzer Mod 1937 (Standard)

Right Side 2

Pz. Kpfw. V Panther Ausf. G "Last Production"

Back Wall

Shed

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Long Range Desert Group Patrol Car

Front

Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Model 3 Kate “Folding Wing”

Completed kit, front-left

Mitsubishi Ki-67 Heavy Bomber Hiryu "14th FR"

Sprue 3

Pz.Kpfw.III (5cm) (T) Ausf.G

Top View - From Nose

USMC F-4J Phantom II "VMFA-333 Fighting Shamrocks", Part 2

Front-left view of completed truck

Ford FD-100 Pickup

Finished model of SkipJack

SSN-585 "Skipjack" Submarine

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Cross & Cockade International Autumn 2019 Volume 50/3
Book Author(s)
Mick Davis, ed.
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Cross & Cockade International
MSRP
$36.46

The latest journal of Cross & Cockade International - Autumn 2019, features a front cover painting by W.E. Johns of a RNAS Bristol Scout D. W.E. Johns also contributes the back cover painting of a Bristol M1C flying high over the checkered landscape.

Cross & Cockade International is a non-profit UK based group known as the First World War Aviation Historical Society that publishes their journal four times a year. They also provide a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier for IPMS USA. This Journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front.

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Building the Wingnut Wings Hanover Cl. II
Book Author(s)
Ray Rimell
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Albatros Productions, Ltd.
MSRP
$61.99

Ray Rimell’s (Raymond Laurence Rimell) latest in the “Building the Wingnut Wings” series was originally intended to be a paired build with the Wingnut Wings Halberstadt Cl. II for a combined Albatros Special. The sheer volume of material saw that these two aircraft would be quickly separated (Building the Wingnut Wings Halberstadt Cl. II will be the next release in this series). The Cl.II was designed as a two-seat escort fighter to meet a 1917 requirement to protect reconnaissance aircraft. As the war progressed, the Cl.II saw an increasing role in ground attack. The first release by Wingnut Wings was in November 2012 (Sold Out on January 19, 2016) with a Cl.II late version (kit 32024). Wingnut Wings released the early service version on September 10, 2019 (kit 32079).

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Lancaster B Mk.III Dambusters - Part 2 of 3
Review Author
Chris Gibson
Published on
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$349.99

Welcome back to the second installment of the HK 1/32 Lancaster B MkIII Dambusters review.

Last time was cockpit and interior assembly and painting and fuselage assembly, also turret assembly and painting.

Part 2 will cover the bombay changes, engine assembly and painting and installation on the wings, wing and tail plane assembly and installation on the fuselage.

Bomb Bay

The bomb bay area is different on the dambusters edition of the Lancaster, it eliminates the bombay doors and replaces it with a cover and the structure for the spinning bomb. You have to reference the Dambuster instructions #27 & 28 to install that section. Everything went together well and I pre-painted everything flat black except the spinning bomb which is olive drab green.

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Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service
Book Author(s)
Robert M. Stitt
Review Author
Tim Hortman
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$53.00

Mushroom Model Publications (MMP Books) Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service [Second, Revised Edition] by Robert M. Stitt

This softbound book is 224 pages and includes a wealth of information for the aircraft enthusiast or model builder.

The back cover reads “Rejected as a bomber by the RAF, the B-17 was used extensively as a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft by Coastal Command. This book tells the fascination story of these operations, a vital but often overlooked part of the fight against the U-Boats. All the aircraft involved are listed, and the tedious but essential work of their crews described, including some epic encounters with enemy submarines. Fully illustrated with many wartime photographs and scale plans of the airframe modifications.” This is a great summary of what this fantastic book is all about.

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Photoetch Set for for M4A3E8 Easy Eight
Review Author
Dick Montgomery
Published on
Company
Brengun
Hauler
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$18.44

Hauler-Brengun is well known as a supplier of high-quality aftermarket detail parts for armor kits, as well as other subjects. As armor builders are aware, there can be many detail parts that are available to be added to the Sherman M4A, and Hauler has provided 60+ photoetch parts to “detail” the Tamiya 48th scale M4A.

The package containing this Hauler product is the standard clear plastic envelope, with a black card stock insert that adds some rigidity to the product while on the shelf. The product instructions are printed, front and back, on a piece of 5.25”x8.25” paper. All of the photoetch parts share the same parts runner.