#1 Engine

Halifax B III

Left Detail

Nashorn 8.8cm Pak43/1 auf Geshtzwagen III/IV (Sd.Kfz.164)

Holdback with Fuse Link

Navy Deck Crew (Modern Crew)

Right side

SPAD XIII c1 WWI French Fighter

Completed model

OKB Chelomey 16KhA Priboy Soviet Air Launched Missile

Finished

U.S. Airborne Scooter with Reel

Build 1

F-4E/F Phantom II

Mini heads

German Horch Kfz.15 “North African Campaign”

MD-3 and EF-18G

MD-3 USN Tow Tractor

Upper hull

Type 2 Ka-Mi Tank w/floating pontoon

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USAF Crew Chief - Marshalling
Review Author
Damon Blair
Published on
Company
Videoaviation
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$7.00

VideoAviation.com has come up with another wonderful diorama accessory with this new kit. One of the most important jobs that a crew chief has on the flight line is the safe taxying of aircraft from or to their parking spots. Modern United States Air Force (USAF) crew chiefs wear reflective vests to highlight their visibility to the aircraft’s pilot.

This is a four-piece resin kit, with both arms and the head molded separately. The figure comes molded in the “This Marshaller” pose, which is the very first signal that a pilot will get before any taxying or other aircraft movement happens.

Molding is fantastic, with just a minimum of seam lines to clean up. Most of these lines are cleverly hidden in the folds of the uniform, but there are a few that do stand out a bit – but a file makes quick work of them.

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USAF Crew Chief - Vietnam
Review Author
Damon Blair
Published on
Company
Videoaviation
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$16.00

United States Air Force (USAF) crew chiefs work tirelessly around -the clock to ensure aircraft are available for missions, especially in combat zones. VideoAviation.com has captured this spirit of “Can – do” with their latest offering.

The kit contains 12 parts for two figures and a Vietnam-era flight line fire bottle. The standing figure has doffed his shirt, something that would be quite understandable in the hot tropics combined with constant combat sorties, and aircraft that needed around-the-clock maintenance.

The fit of the parts is excellent, and seams clean up quickly and easily with files. My only problem with fit is with the standing figure, whose arms didn’t quite fit properly into place, and required just a touch of putty. My recommendation would be to dry-fit the figures into place on a diorama before gluing the arms into place.

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E.R. Engels II. LeRhone (with Skis)
Review Author
John Noack
Published on
Company
Omega Models
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$31.00

Designed and built by Russian engineer E.R. Engels, the Engels II was a parasol-winged monoplane flying boat first flown in 1917. Designed to fly using wing warping rather than ailerons, the aircraft was at one time the fastest flying boat in service. An egg-shaped pod held the fuel tank and structure for the 120 HP LeRhone rotary engine. Armament was a single, fixed 7.62mm machine gun mounted in the nose. The graceful parasol wings incorporated sharply downswept tips that served as floats.

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TF-104 Starfighter
Review Author
Jarrod Booth
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$152.00

The F-104 Starfighter was a single engine, single seat fighter that was operational from the mid-1950s through 2004. The TF-104 was a two-seat training version and did not carry the fuselage mounted cannon.

Italeri’s 1/32 scale TF-104 follows their nice F-104 from a few years ago. It comes packaged in a very large, sturdy box. All the parts sprues are individually wrapped and only a couple of parts were disconnected from the sprue. The clear parts and photo-etch fret were contained on one side of the box protected by a cardboard divider. Two very large decal sheets, an instruction manual plus a separate painting and decal manual were located at the bottom of the box.

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Jeffery Quad Ammunition Truck
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
Lukgraph
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$84.80

Kit Manufacturer

This is a high quality resin kit of the Jeffrey Quad 4 wheel drive truck produced by Lukgraph Models from Krakow, Poland. Lukgraph’s focus is on British and American aviation in the years between WWI and WWII. Lukgraph also produces the Jeffery-Poplavko armored car, and Nash-Quad Artillery truck in 1/35 scale; and the Nash-Quad Truck, and Nash-Quad Ammunition Truck in 1/48 scale. Lukgraph also makes a number of WWI aircraft kits in both 1/48 and 1/32 scales. The kits are available direct from Lukgraph, Victory Models, or KitLinx in the U.S., and several European suppliers.

The review sample was ordered direct from Lukgraph and included a nice personalized photo of a completed kit. The cost of the kit is $84.83 plus $11.31 shipping (85€ total).