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TA-4 Skyhawk Israeli Air Force

Front Grill

"Supernatural" 1967 Chevy Impala

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Battleship USS Missouri BB-63, Part 1

Metal barrel and soft styrene mantlet work very well

Soviet T-64 Mod 1972

Completed model cockpit detail

MiG-21MF 'Soviet Air Force and Export'

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Ford GT40 Mk.II ’66, Part 2, Chassis

Painted components.

’69 Shelby GT500 Convertible

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Volvo S40 BTCC 1997 Brands Hatch Winner

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Gloster Gladiator Mk.1

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Sd. Kfz.7 8 Ton Type HL m11 1943 Production Half Track

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Panzer I & II – Blueprint for Blitzkrieg 1933-1941
Book Author(s)
Robert Jackson
Review Author
Tim Hortman
Published on
Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$22.95

Pen and Sword Publishers has added to their TankCraft Series. Volume Number 7 titled: Panzer I & II – Blueprint for Blitzkrieg 1933-1941 by Robert Jackson.

This softbound book is 64 pages. Included are some nicely done color profiles, many period wartime photographs, a summary of variants and some description of development, along with a section devoted to modeling the Panzer I & II.

The book starts with some background on German armor development but quickly gets into the Panzer I & II design and development. The variants of each model are discussed and photos of many of the examples are included. A separate section includes later war variants which used the Panzer I & II chassis for other vehicles. For example the Marder and Wespe. The book is well illustrated with some photographs I have not seen before. The color profiles were done just for this publication and are a nice touch for the book.

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Fw-190D-9 Propeller
Review Author
Mike Howard
Published on
Company
Quickboost
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$6.50

Quickboost, an Aires Resin division, continues to produce quick and simple resin upgrades for a wide variety of subjects. The detail parts are crisply cast and often add to or correct kit items.

This review covers replacement propeller blades for Hasegawa’s 1/32 Fw-190D-9. In overall dimensions, length and width, the kit and resin parts are very comparable with maybe .001 difference in length. The portion that differs is at the propeller base. The kit part starts to widen just a few millimeters from the base whereas the Quickboost parts taper more gradually and better match online profiles of the actual blades.

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MD3 Ground Power Unit
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Videoaviation
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$23.50

The MD-3 Ground Power unit is a portable generator designed to provide either DC or AC power to aircraft while on the ground. It is powered by a 180 hp Continental engine to drive its generators. Its initial design was for the B-47 aircraft but it can also be used for other cold war era planes such as F-84, F-86 through to F-4 Phantoms from 1960 to 1970, and this is by no means an exhaustive list.

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German Rocket V-2 /A4
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$25.59

The Missile

The V-2 was the first operational ballistic missile. It didn’t use an aiming system as such but was launched in the exact direction of the target. The engine was cut off when the missile was at the correct speed and altitude to allow it to coast to the target. The 2150-pound warhead could do a large amount of damage, and, unlike the V-1 there was no way to intercept a V-2. A V-2 was also the first vehicle to go into outer space, reaching an altitude of 100 km. (62 miles).

The V-2 was a “vengeance” weapon, to answer the Allied bombing of German cities. The main targets were London, Antwerp and Liege. Over 3000 V-2s were launched against these cities.

The Kit

This kit is mostly resin, with some PE details for the launch stand.

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Instrument of War: The German Army 1914-18

Book Author(s)
Dennis Showalter
Review Author
Gino Dykstra
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$16.00

There’s a sort of strange fascination within modeling circles for World War 1, which is hardly surprising. Taking place a hundred years ago now, it was a transitional period for the world at large on a number of levels – monarchies and ancient empires were crumbling, most of Europe was evolving sluggishly from a agricultural to an industrial base, and militarily, generals were still fighting 18th century wars with 20th century weapons.

Dennis Showalter delves into one major aspect of this war with intense academic furvor – the actions of the German high command and the ways and means of their decisions that hammered a generation of Germans and paved the way for the following war with a certain grim inevitability. If you’re looking for a light skimming over the topic of the German war machine for the First World War, this ain’t it.