Trailer with drum

Pz.Kpfw.38(t) Ausf.S with Fuel Drum Trailer

Finished Model - Rear

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3

12

OV-10D Bronco

JASDF decals

T-33A Shooting Star and Cockpit Detail Set

Inner Rigging on Struts

SPAD VII c.1(w/Skis)

Underside

1940 Ford Fire Chief Car

10 on display

F-14D Tomcat

Prop Spinning

Phantom P-51D Mustang

Masking

P-47 Razorback

Molch Forward

K-Verbande Midget Submarines

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Fw 190A-4 Fuselage Guns
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$39.95

IPMS/USA thanks the Eduard team once again for sending us this simple, excellent set for the new Eduard FW-190 series. And thanks to Phil and John for obtaining the sets for the team…

This set consists of perfectly cast resin parts for the back of the engine, guns, cowl bits, plus a few bits of PE including parts for the armored windscreen and cowl latches. MUCH easier than scratchbuilding!

This upper fuselage gun bay set is a simplified version of the advanced set with the engine abbreviated, i.e. just the gun bay parts and engine mount war part of the set, not the whole engine; the accessory section the intake distributor tube are also provided Since I had built the entire “bigger” set earlier, I knew what to expect.

The gun bay was simpler, particularly with more lighting and my magnifier to hand. The next one of these will be perfect, I swear…

Cover

British Tank Churchill Mk.VII - Crocodile
Review Author
Andrew Birkbeck
Published on
Company
Tamiya
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$36.00

Background

The British Churchill tank was one of the most important tank designs introduced by the British after the start of the Second World War. Following the collapse of the French armies at the hands of the invading Germans utilizing Blitzkrieg tactics, British forces lost most of their front line military equipment in France in May 1940. The British reevaluated their previous views on the purposes and uses of tanks following these losses, and came up with more modern designs, the Churchill tank being a prime example. It was heavily armored, and with the introduction in 1943 of the Mk.VII, better armed, sporting as it did a 75mm main gun capable of firing both high explosive and armor piercing rounds. In preparation for the D-Day Invasion in June 1944, various “specialized” tanks were dreamed up, including a flame throwing version of the Churchill, named the Crocodile.

Packaging

Lighting T. Mk 4/5 Landing Gear
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$17.95

This is a white metal landing gear set is to for the Sword 1/48 English Electric Lighting T. Mk4/5 aircraft.

The white metal parts are good are have better defined details than the original kit parts. They are a very good replacement for the already well details kit parts. The advantage is these white metal parts will provide more strength and last longer than the kit parts.

The parts include the main two gear struts components that replaces part numbers 78, 79, 27, 57, 56, 60 and 61. The front strut parts which replaces part numbers 7, 84 and 59.

The parts are well cast; you do need to sand off the few cast seams and metal pour points. The parts were a perfect fit to the existing mount and were easy to assemble.

I recommend these parts are a great addition to an already extremely well detailed kit.

Thanks go to Scale Aircraft Conversions for providing this set to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them.

Packaging

Parabellum LMG 14/17 WWI Aircraft Machine Gun
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Aires Hobby Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$6.50

Quickboost has released two Parabellum WWI aircraft gun resin details sets, 48 813 (LMG-14) and 48 814 (LMG-14/17). The Parabellum 7.9mm caliber LMG 14/17 was an upgrade of the LMG-14, which itself was a redesign of the MG 08 (The MG 08 was an adaptation of the Maxim machine gun). The LMG 14 was used primarily in German bombers (i.e.: Gotha G.IV), reconnaissance aircraft (i.e.: Halberstadt CL.II), and zeppelins, although it did see some limited use early on with the Fokker Eindecker E.I prototypes. The LMG-14/17 featured a thinner air-cooling jacket, redesigned controls, and an added mounting rail for a telescopic sight. I have included a photograph comparison below of the LMG 14 vs the LMG 14/17 out of the Wingnut Wings 1/32 Junkers J.I kit for reference.