Right front

Armored Half Track Multiple Gun Carriage

Piano Body Front

Piano

Cockpit detail

F-14A/B Tomcat "Jolly Rogers" (2 kits) Limited Edition

Front view

F/A-18E Super Hornet

Finished

P-51B Mustang Deluxe Set

Completed - left rear

1950 Oldsmobile Club Coupe

Left front

Spitfire Mk.VIII Profipack

Box contents

IM-99 BOMARC Ground–to–Air Guided Missile

Engine painted

Maschinen Krieger 44 Type Mk44 Ammoknights (Smartgun Equipment Type)

Completed front

’70 Plymouth HEMI Cuda

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Package

BIG ED Set for ICM HE-111H-3
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$97.95

IPMS/USA again thanks the Eduard team for sending us more of their prolific output targeted toward improving already great kits. Thanks to Phil and John for obtaining the sets for the team.

Eduard is a company that has truly come of age. They seem to go from one success to another, and there is not a part of their range I have not used or tried. In this case, I have the “BIG ED” set for the new ICM HE-111H3, and it fills a major niche.

Thanks to Eduard and the IPMS USA team for joining forces to make sure I have this set on my workbench!

In the “Big Ed” format, Eduard provides one each of the following photoetch frets:

Package

Mig-25 RBT Exhaust Nozzle
Review Author
Charles Landrum
Published on
Company
Amigo Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$27.65

Amigo Models is a relatively new company in Russia which has been producing resin aftermarket accessories for modern Russian aircraft in multiple scales. They are perhaps best known for detailed replacement exhaust nozzles. I first became aware of them when they offered a highly detailed replacement set of maneuverable nozzles for the Kittyhawk 1/48 Su-35.

Front Cover

Pacific Thunder - The US Navy’s Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943 - October 1944
Book Author(s)
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Review Author
Michael Reeves
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$18.00

Introduction

This book is a fascinating account of the Central Pacific campaign and one of the most stunning comebacks in naval history when in 14 months the US Navy went from the jaws of defeat at Pearl Harbor to the brink of victory in the Pacific. The book’s emphasis is on carrier operations and on the air groups of the various fighters and dive and torpedo bombers that were instrumental in sending the Japanese fleet to its watery grave and ensure an end to the Pacific Theater of Operations. The chapters include:

Packaging

Brimstone w/AGML III Rack
Review Author
Michael Novosad
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$14.95

History and Background (thanks to WikiPedia)

Brimstone is an air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA for Britain's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for "fire and forget" use against mass formations of enemy armour, using a millimetric wave (mmW) active radar homing seeker to ensure accuracy even against moving targets. Experience in Afghanistan led to the addition of laser guidance in the dual-mode Brimstone missile, allowing a "spotter" to pick out specific targets when friendly forces or civilians were in the area. The tandem shaped charge warhead is much more effective against modern tanks than older similar weapons such as the AGM-65G Maverick, while the small blast area minimises collateral damage. Three Brimstones are carried on a launcher that occupies a single weapon station, allowing a single aircraft to carry many missiles.

Product Picture

Wellington Mk. Ia/c Landing Flaps

Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$32.95

IPMS/USA again thanks the Eduard team for sending us more of their prolific output targeted toward improving already great kits. Thanks to Phil and John for obtaining the sets for the team…

This set for is for the Wellington Mk 1/b Flap and is the now-expected as a norm high-end upgrade to the 2018 release of the new-mold Airfix 1/72 Wellington 1a/c. I consider this an EXPERT level of detail, and I failed BUT read on…

I primer painted the unpainted fret, in retrospect, not smart, as the superglue tended to not bond the paint as well as the actual metal. I don’t have a good option here, as the glare and requirement to cover up the brass color will come up and require priming after the build. Sigh. Of course, if I had not kept having the tweezers wick up the superglue, then the problem would not be there. Maybe Gator glue would be a better option, as you can at least clean up a bit with water!