Finished Model

Hurricane Mk.I "Fabric Wings"

Sorting screws

Harley Davidson FLSTFB Fat Boy Lo, Part 2 - Assembly

Finished Apache 3

U.S. Army AH-64D Block II "Late Version"

Aft

SKYMECHMAN TRENT 900 LED Turbofan Engine Model Building Kit Aircraft Engine for Kids

D Model: left rear view

F-105B and F-105D (Double Kit)

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Mercedes-Benz 600S

Nose turret

Short Sunderland Mk. I

Color Schemes 3

Avia B. 534 IV. Serie

Finished Okha Unfinished Betty

Yokosuka MXY7 OKHA Model 11

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MD3 Ground Power Unit

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Tru Color Paint Modern Radar Dispersering Paint
Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
Company
Tru-Color Paint
MSRP
$32.95

If you are looking for some unique paints that are solvent based for your latest U.S. Air Force F-22 or F-35, Tru Color Paints has released some Modern Radar Dispersers to help you. The paints have a metallic flake added that only appears once brushed or airbrushed onto the model. The paint is advertised as being able to be airbrushed out of the bottle at 28 to 35 psig, but I added about 30% of their thinner (product TCP-015) in order to airbrush at 18 psig, which is where I usually work, even at this pressure, the metal flakes seem to go everywhere.

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The Sterling Submachine Gun
Book Author(s)
Matthew Moss; Illustrators: Alan Gilliland, Adam Hook
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$20.00

Matthew Moss is a British author and historian specializing in small arms development, military history, and current defense affairs. Matthew has degrees from the Universities of Liverpool and Chester and has contributed to publications in both the United States and the United Kingdom. He runs the website Historical Firearms, a blog that explores the history, development, and use of firearms. He co-founded the Armourer’s Bench (or on Facebook) with Vic Tuff a multi-media exploration of historic small arms. Matthew has contributed to a number of print and online publications including magazines such as Small Arms Review, Popular Mechanics, The Armourer, History of War and Classic Arms & Militaria. This is his first book. He lives in Lancashire, UK.

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I.A.R. 81 BoPi "Dive Bomber"
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
Special Hobby
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$49.00

The IAR-80 is the best-known production fighter to come out of the Romanian plant during WW2 and has always had a certain fascination for me. Developed in the 1930s as the Rumanian Air Force was working valiantly to get into the arms race then taking place in Europe, the IAR-80 featured a license-built Gnome-Rhone 14K engine and some various bits and pieces purchased from other countries, including the machine gun armament. Despite the comparative lack of experience in such design work, the IAR-80 proved to be a relatively modern and well-thought-out design, although some fixes needed to be included during its design life, including external bracing for the rear fuselage, which had a tendency to twist during high-speed turns.

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F-104G Starfighter, Special Colors
Review Author
Robert Head
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$42.00

Short History

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, supersonic interceptor aircraft which later became widely used as an attack aircraft. It was originally developed by Lockheed for the United States Air Force (USAF), but was later produced by several other nations, seeing widespread service outside the United States. One of the Century Series of fighter aircraft, it was operated by the air forces of more than a dozen nations from 1958 to 2004. Its design team was led by Kelly Johnson, who contributed to the development of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lockheed U-2, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, and other Lockheed aircraft.

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B-25 "Desert Warrior" Decals
Review Author
David Wrinkle
Published on
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$9.00

Among my several favorite aircraft I have an affinity for the B-25 Mitchell in any form. So when Airfix announced the B-25C/D in 1/72 scale I put one on reserve at my local hobby shop and my plans are to start building at my local IPMS club modeling retreat this January. I planned on building the Desert Warrior scheme so this set will work out perfectly for me. Up until just a week or so ago I usually took for gospel that decal sheets were reasonably accurate…

Upon receiving the Lifelike decal sheet, I started doing a little research on the B-25 “Desert Warrior” that Airfix provides as one of two finishing choices in their new B-25C/D kit. My goal was to try and get to the bottom of the decal dilemma. The dilemma being why did Lifelike Decals release decals to correct some of the decals provided in the Airfix kit.