Left Side

Messerschmitt Me 410 B-6 / R-2

Trailer right side

British Tank Churchill Mk.VII - Crocodile

Upper hull & suspension

British Nuffield Assault Tank A.T.3

Can you find the Air Bubble Now- Nope

XP-1937 Coastal Reconnaissance, Attack and Battery Scout - C.R.A.B.S.

Sprue for the DB 605A powered Spitfire

Spitfire Vb MesserSpit

Midship deck

USS Oriskany

Finished 3

Space Pirate Battleship Phantom Death Shadow

Right Side

OV-10A Bronco US Navy

T-34/76 side view

T-34/76 Factory 183

Underside of finished model

Junkers Ju87R-2/B-2 Stuka

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Revell 1/32 Fw 190A-8 Photoetch Set
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$16.95

Eduard Models has released a PE set to spruce up your Revell Fw-190A-8.

Typical of the Zoom line, this set consists of one fret, focused on the instrument panel and a few other cockpit details.

The instrument panel fret is pre-painted and would look very good with an open canopy. It will certainly enhance the looks of your Fw-190. The fret also includes all kind of switches, levers, oxygen regulator and rudder pedals.

Please note that this set does not include seatbelts. You can get them on the sets 33227 and 33179 (steel version, which are very nice to work with).

Given the small size of some of the parts, I will recommend this kit to modelers of all levels except the most novice. Highly recommended.

I would like to thank Eduard Models and IPMS/USA for the review sample.

Scale Military Modeller International, July 2019
Book Author(s)
SMMI
Review Author
Michael Reeves
Published on
Company
SAM Publications
MSRP
$3.32

One of my favorite start of the new month activities is to head to Barnes and Noble on a Friday afternoon and peruse the new model magazines. I usually only buy one or two each month, but it is part of my routine. Apparently though, my solitary habits aren’t enough to sustain the space on the shelves as my local shop isn’t stocking much as of late. So I was happy to see this sample of SMMI show up with another review. Here’s the breakdown of what’s inside:

T-34 Captured - looks at Robin Gilby’s 1/35 ICM Pz.Kpfw T-34-747(r) - more so an overview of the painting process with no real in-build photos...describes paint and weathering stages.

The Desert General - Modelers Masterclass article on Robin Gilby’s 1/35 Tamiya Leclerc Series II build- this one describes the actual build, but again- photos only represent the tank during the painting and weathering stages.

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Fieseler Fi 103 / V-1 'Hi-Tech'
Review Author
David Wrinkle
Published on
Company
Special Hobby
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$51.00

Based off of the 2018 tooling of the Fi-103, Special Hobby has recently released another kit with some welcome extras to allow the builder to display the V-1 on its handling dolly. This configuration would make for a really cool little vignette or diorama if the builder so desired. Rest assured, the kit can also be built in the flight configuration as well. J

Special Hobby has added 12 additional resin parts along with a few photoetch details. The resin parts are used to build the exposed Argus Pulsejet engine as well as one of three options for the nose of the airframe. The three nose options include a ground cover that was used to protect the nose of the aircraft, the normal nose, or what I believe to be some sort of guidance or detonation control or possibly other instrumentation mounted in the nose. As I planned to have the Fi-103 on the ground dolly I thought the cover made the most sense.

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JASDF T-1B Trainer
Review Author
Damon Blair
Published on
Company
Platz
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$29.00

The Fuji Heavy Industries T-1 series of aircraft was the first aircraft entirely designed and built in Japan following World War II. The T-1B has a Japanese-designed and built engine, which is the only change from its predecessor, the T-1A. Externally, there is no difference between the two models. The T-1A first flew on January 19th, 1958. A total of 66 aircraft (of both types) were produced, and the type was retired in March of 2006.

Platz’s T-1B kit faithfully reproduces Fuji’s T-1B and is molded in light grey plastic. There was no flash on my sample, and the panel lines are crisp and recessed into the plastic. One downfall of the kit is the instructions, which are in Japanese save for the aircraft information and step titles. However, you can easily follow them with the clear assembly drawings.

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OKB Chelomey 16KhA Priboy
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$13.50

Brengun has released a few different kits of the OKB Chelomey 16KhA Priboy in several scales. This is the latest version which is in 1/72 scale. This was a Winged missile based on the V-1 German flying bomb. Russia build various designs based on the V-1 from 1945. In 1947 the Russian government ordered this version to be used as air launched missiles and as target drones.

In the box is:

  • 1 light grey sprue
  • 1 decal sheet
  • 1 instruction booklet

The sprue is well molded with very little flash and great detail.

Construction

First is the construction of the pulse engines, these did not align very well.

The next stage is the fuselage joins need a little filing and you need to be careful lining it up correctly as there are no alignment pins.