Enrico Toti Top

Enrico Toti Class Submarine, Modernized

PE to be used

F-4J Phantom Hypersonic Models Stabilator Upgrade, Part 3

Top front view

British 7ton Armored Car Mk.IV

Tail detail

Mitsubishi J2M5 Raiden (Jack) Type 33

Finished right

US Staff Car

Finished top

De Havilland Comet 4B

Finished Model

WWII British Army Mobile Chapel

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T-90A wTBS-86 Tank Dozer

Comparison to 1/48 Kit

Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII Wings, Cowlings and Things!, Part 3

Completed Model - Top

Marvel Comics The Amazing Spiderman Volkswagen Beetle

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North American Aviation P-51B/C & F-6C Mustang
Book Author(s)
Robert Pęczkowski; Illustrators: Artur Juszczak and Dariusz Karnas
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$39.00

This tome is the latest in the Yellow series of aircraft monographs. Originally in a smaller format, ~6.3” by 9.3”, the Yellow series seems to have migrated to the “Big Yellow” series in a new larger A4 (~8.25” x 11.625”) size. Lately, it seems that the “Big Yellow” series has become just the Yellow series, but has retained the larger A4 format.

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M551 Sheridan - Legends of Warfare Series
Book Author(s)
David Doyle
Review Author
Ben Morton
Published on
Company
David Doyle Books
MSRP
$19.99

In the introduction to one of David Doyle's latest offerings, he writes: The M551 Sheridan is often referred to as a light tank, but in actuality it was an armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle. The M551 was designed to be a lightweight, amphibious, air-dropable vehicle armed with a massive 152 mm gun that doubled as a rocket launcher. The gun launcher was designed to fire the MGM-51 Shillelagh antitank missile, or 152 mm conventional rounds with a combustible cartridge case. The vehicles saw extensive use in Vietnam, Operation Just Cause in Panama (where they saw their only combat air drop), and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Sheridan ended its service with the US Army masquerading as Soviet Bloc vehicles at the National Training Center.

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F-4 Phantom Stabilator Upgrade
Review Author
Michael Novosad
Published on
Company
Hypersonic Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$8.88

From the Website

Hypersonic Models are currently located in Sennan City, Osaka prefecture, Japan, and products are manufactured, packed and shipped from there. All items for sale here are original Hypersonic Models' products, we don't act as re-sellers for other brands' or companies' products

This is an upgrade set for Zoukei Mura Phantoms. With the kit, the stabilators can only be mounted in one position (neutral). With this set, you can set the stabilators in any one of three possible positions of your choice and improve the detail on the stabilator pivot cover plates as well. Also included are the reinforcement "fish" plates found on Air Force Phantom stabilators (not found in the ZM kits). Photos show how a "pitch up" and "pich down" position looks like before the PE cover plates are installed. Note this set does not make the stabilators movable, after all we modelers don't build "toys".. After the position is selected, everything has to be glued in place.

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Chieftain British Cold War Main Battle Tank

Book Author(s)
Robert Jackson
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$22.95

This is another book in the Tank Craft series which details tanks and also covers model kits and accessories to build the tanks covered in the book. This book covers the Chieftain a British Cold War main battle tank. The Chieftain was designed in the late 1950’s as the replacement for the successful Centurion tank. It was believed to be the best tank in service with the NATO allies during the 1960’s and 70’s.

I found this book contains so much detailed information and pictures of the Chieftain and its variants. The Profile pictures are a particular favorite and has given me a few great ideas of the color schemes for when I build my Takom and Tamiya Kits.

It covers the use of the tank during the Iran- Iraq war and the Gulf war.

The chapters on the different model builds and kits are of great interest and will provide a good resource when modelling this tank.

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Standard B "Liberty" with WWI US Infantry
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$79.99

This is the third release of ICM’s excellent kit of the Liberty B Truck. This release includes four figures of WWI soldiers that are extremely well sculpted and detailed.

Standard B Liberty WW1 US Army Truck

ICM‘s description of the truck: “The US Army Liberty Trucks produced at the end of the 1st World War were the first attempt in the world to create a standardized range of military vehicles, serially produced by several firms from standardized units.

The most famous were cars of Category B Series 1 with a capacity of 3 tons, which from the beginning of 1918 were produced by 15 American companies. They were hood trucks with an open cab equipped with a four-cylinder engine, a cardon drive of the rear axle with worm gear and cast tires.

Before the end of the war, 9452 Liberty Trucks were assembled, of which 7600 were sent to Europe.”