Completed figure

The Game 'O'

Finished model with SAC gear

Metal Landing Gear for P-51D

Instrument panels

T-38A Talon 'Holloman AFB' (Premium Edition)

Finished

B-26 C-50 Korean War "Glass Nose"

Fuselage parts

Mirage IIIE/O/R/RD/EE/EA

Finished 5

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

Rotor mast brass tube replacement, fits inside brass tube in fuselage.

UH-34D Seahorse Operation Deep Freeze

Side view

U.S. Moon Ship

Box art detail

US Coast Guard Cape-Class Patrol Boat

Right side

Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter

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Cross & Cockade International Summer 2018 Volume 49/2
Book Author(s)
Cross & Cockade International
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Cross & Cockade International
MSRP
$36.77

The latest journal of Cross & Cockade International - Summer 2018, features a front cover photograph of a 2F1 Camel taking off from the Firth of Forth. The inside and outside rear cover features a series of four photographs depicting the launching of a 2F1 Camel from a turret platform (Probably the HMS Barham). If you check out the web site link above, you can get additional sample pics of the current issue.

Cross & Cockade International is a non-profit UK based group known as the First World War Aviation Historical Society that publishes their journal four times a year. They also provide a free newsletter (sign up on their website) and occasionally publish WWI themed books like the Sopwith Dolphin monograph I reviewed earlier for IPMS USA. This Journal is the sister of the US Journal, Over The Front.

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F-14D Tomcat, Part 2 - Airframe and Weapon Construction
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Tamiya
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$124.00

In Part 1, we reviewed the changes that Tamiya did to the kit, built and assembled the cockpit/wheel wells, the wings were attached to the fuselage and the front of the fuselage was assembled. In this part, we’ll button up the fuselage and attach the nose, get the intakes installed and prepare the kit for primer/paint.

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The Spy Toolkit
Book Author(s)
The National Archive, Stephen Twigge
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$15.00

The Spy Tool Kit is a great book! It covers the tools and weapons used by secret operating agents working behind the lines for both sides (Axis and Allied) during WWII. It covers the organizations involved, the agents themselves and their training as well as all manner of description of their tasks and goals. All the pictures and devices shown in this book are derived from the National Archive where many of the items are contained.

The contents of the book are:

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Spotlight On: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Book Author(s)
Author & Illustrator: Marcelo Riberiro
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$28.00

Marcelo Riberiro’s biography is displayed on the rear cover below. He is a 41 year old Brazilian journalist who specializes in digital and content marketing. Marcelo began creating aircraft profiles as a hobby in 2003 and has continued to this day where it is now his ‘second’ job. His favorite subjects are Cold War era aircraft from the Vietnam War to Desert Storm.

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft that first flew on December 21, 1970. The Tomcat requirement came after the collapse of the General Dynamics F-111B for the United States Navy. Designed to incorporate the air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War, 712 F-14s were produced with the primary users being the US Navy and the Iran Air Force. The US Navy retired the F-14 on 09/22/06 while the Tomcat remains in service in the Iranian Air Force.

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Ford GT: Then and Now
Book Author(s)
Adrian Streather
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
Veloce Publishing
MSRP
$52.50

Veloce Publishing’s mission is to “provide books of the highest quality in terms of content, accuracy, presentation, subject range and reader satisfaction to discerning automotive enthusiasts around the world.” Ford GT: Then and Now fulfills this mission with a book full of large, clear, high quality photos printed on nice, semi-gloss paper.

Ford GT: Then and Now is a photographic history of the Ford GT, starting with the Lola forerunners to the original Ford GT MK I race car in 1964, and continues with the Ford MK II, through the MK IV and J car. The book was first published in June 2006 and this edition is a reprint from June 2017. Unfortunately, the book does not cover the third generation Ford GT currently raced by the Ford racing team in the IMSA GT Le Mans series.