underside of model

1982 Pontiac Firebird

Painted

T-6 Texan

Body

The Flintstone’s Flintmobile

Port Approaching

Battlestar Galactica (35th Anniversary Edition)

Bottom

Nakajima B6N1 Tenzan (Jill) Type 11 "601st Flying Group"

Whirlwind cockpit

Westland Whirlwind FB Mk.1

Fowler flap detail

Nakajima B6N1 Tenzan (Jill) Type 11 "601st Flying Group"

Completed side view

Garbage Truck

Cockpit From Front

Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII - Part 1 - Cockpit, Engines, and Fuselage

Wing sprues

A-36 Apache USAF

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Nakajima C6N1-S Night Fighter Saiun (Myrt) Limited Edition
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Hasegawa
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$64.99

Hasegawa has released this aircraft with components to make two Prototypes of the original developed reconnaissance aircraft modified for night fighter duty. One version with twin 20mm cannons and one with a single 30mm Cannon. There was only one of each built in June 1945 and both were used. There was no record of these being successful in service.

In the box is:

  • 6 x light grey sprues
  • 1 clear sprue
  • 1 decal sheet
  • 1 poly caps
  • Bag of metal parts (20mm Cannons)
  • 1 instruction booklet

While you get lots of sprues, you also get plenty of unused parts.

All the sprues are extremely well molded with very little flash and great detail; the decals allow you to finish the aircraft as the two variants different versions.

Package

H-21 Big Ed Set
Review Author
Rob Booth
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$59.95

My father, a retired career pilot and Colonel in the USAF, passes along a magazine he receives each month as a member of the Air Force Association. Several years ago, an article in one issue titled “Life on the Pine Tree Line” captivated me. The article details daily activities at a remote DEW-line radar site on Resolution Island, in far North Newfoundland, back in the 50s and 60s. In particular, photos of an H-21 Shawnee or “Flying Banana” as it is more commonly referred to in Artic Red conspicuity markings, caught my eye. Other aircraft and vehicles documented in the photos included a C-123, a TWA “Connie”, various cargo trucks and vehicles, and a small WWII utility vehicle known as a “Weasel”. Visions of a winter diorama scene began to take shape.

Front cover

Rolling Thunder 1965-68 - Johnson’s Air War Over Vietnam
Book Author(s)
Richard P. Hallion
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$20.00

Richard Paul Hallion was born in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 1948. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1970 with a B.A. and followed up with his Ph.D. in 1975, again from the University of Maryland. He was a curator of science and technology at the Smithsonian from 1974 to 1980. He has worked with the Air Force Flight Test (Edwards AFB), the Aeronautical Systems Division (Wright-Patterson AFB), the Army War College, and many other aeronautical institutions. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Royal Historical Society, and an Honorary Member of the Order of Daedalians who has flown as a mission observer in a wide range of military aircraft, including the Vietnam-era AH-1, Canberra, C-1, C-130, C-141, C-5, F-104, F-105, F-4, F-111, O-2, P-3, CH-46, SH-3, and UH-1.

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AH-64D Longbow Apache
Review Author
Ken Prager
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$33.00

The Boeing AH-64-D Longbow is a twin-turbo shaft attack helicopter with a nose mounted target acquisition and night vision systems which makes it incredibly destructive. Longbow-equipped Apaches can locate up to 256 targets simultaneously within 50 km; the fire control radar is able to crush the enemy beyond sight range.

Upon opening the box, I found there to be 4 sprue's - 3 grey and 1 clear. Also included were the instructions for five different markings and stencils plus a decal sheet. The first thing I always do is to remove the clear sprue and pour future over them. This will stop a lot of problems later. Inspecting the rest of the grey sprue's I found no sink holes on the outside of the parts, but there were a few on the inside that were not going to be seen at final display.

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USS Oriskany

Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/530
MSRP
$26.95

History

The Oriskany (CV34 ) was an Essex class carrier, laid down on May 1, 1944, and launched on October 13, 1945. She was too late for World War II, and construction was suspended in 1946. Construction was restarted in 1950. Oriskany was commissioned on September 25. 1950. She was built as a straight deck carrier, and served in the Korean War.

Oriskany went to San Francisco in 1956 for a complete refit. The wooden deck was removed and a new aluminum angled deck installed. The hydraulic catapults were replaced with more powerful steam catapults. Oriskany was recommissioned in 1959.

Oriskany served off Vietnam for six cruises. Her most famous pilot was Lt Cdr John McCain, who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, and was a POW until 1973. John McCain is now senator from Arizona.