wooden box

Soviet Tank Crew at Rest - Special Edition

Bottom Assembly

Kawasaki KI45KAI Nick Limited Edition

Rear Picture

Russian Su-76 Self Propelled Gun

11

German 2 cm Flak 38 with Crew

Cockpit 1

XF10F-1 Jaguar

9

P-39Q Airacobra

Front of tunic

Polish Regiment Representative Officer

10

The Crew of "Stugna-P" Anti-Tank Complex

Cab right

US M915 Army Truck with Container Trailer

Shims for better fit

Tempest Mk. V

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Cockpit Details for the Revell Fw 109A-8/R11
Review Author
Rob Benson
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$26.95

Thank you to the Eduard Company for sending this detail set for review, it is always a pleasure to see what your new products bring to the scale modeling world. Thank you also to the IPMS Reviewer Corps staff members who do the hard work in getting us modeling products to review, the reviews posted, and the news spread to the world.

The photoetch frets arrived in excellent shape in an easily opened re-sealable plastic package with the distinctive Eduard knight logo. The frets are color-laminated for the instrument panels and relief-etched polished brass for other details. The parts are crisply executed. Color instruction sheets are included in the package, and Eduard has the same instruction sheets available for download on the product page. I really appreciate having the electronic PDF format to mark up on my computer, especially the ability to enlarge the details on my computer screen.

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Flaps for the Revell Fw 109A-8/R11
Review Author
Rob Benson
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$32.95

Thank you to the Eduard Company for sending this detail set for review, it is always a pleasure to see what your new products bring to the scale modeling world. Thank you also to the IPMS Reviewer Corps staff members who do the hard work in getting us modeling products to review, the reviews posted, and the news spread to the world.

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Seatbelts for the Revell Fw 109A-8/R11
Review Author
Rob Benson
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$7.95

Thank you to the Eduard Company for sending this detail set for review, it is always a pleasure to see what your new products bring to the scale-modeling world. Thank you also to the IPMS Reviewer Corps staff members who do the hard work in getting us modeling products to review, the reviews posted, and the news spread to the world.

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Franklin's Indians: Irish Motorcycle Racer Charles B. Franklin Designer of the Indian Scout and Chief
Book Author(s)
Harry V Sucher, Tim Pickering, Liam Diamond and Harry Havelin
Review Author
Ben Guenther
Published on
Company
Veloce Publishing
MSRP
$50.00

This book was first published by Panther Publishing in 2011 and Veloce Publishing Limited did a facsimile reprint in February 2018, this review is about the reprint. What we have is a biography of Charles B. Franklin, an electrical engineer, motorcycle racer, designer of Indian motorcycles and an overseer of the Indian Company racing teams. This book extensively covers the years from 1903 thru 1932 and with a wide geographic expanse well, from Ireland to Britain, then Europe and America with side excursions to Australia and back to Europe. A comprehensive account of his life and achievements to the sport of motorcycling has not been available until now.

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M16 Rifle Vietnam War
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$19.95

This is a Brassin resin set to make 8 American Vietnam War Era M16 rifles in 1/35 scale. This was the most common rifle used by the Americans and it comes in two variants (4 of each) plus 4 magazines.

The set contains the following sets:

  • 8 x resin M16 rifles (4 of each of the two variants)
  • 4 x resin magazines
  • 1 colored photoetch sheet
  • 1 instruction sheet

The resin parts are very clean and no flash. The resin base part is easy to remove. The photo etch parts form the straps for the rifles and comes in three parts each. There is also a mix of dark and light colored straps for variation.

The parts assemble very easily and give a very realistic rifle when complete. They are idea for adding to figures, as stowed equipment or for dioramas.

Summary

This is a great set for adding very detailed rifles to any model that needs it. I would recommend this set to everyone who has this kit.