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Audi R8 LMS GT3 Spa 24 Hours ’15 with Detail Up Set

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Eduard FW 190D-13 Weekend Edition

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T-55 Mod. 1963 Interior Kit, Part 2

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Tim Flock’s 1956 Chrysler 300B

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Churchill Mk.IV AVRE

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F-4EJ KAI Phantom II Phantom Forever 2020

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Boeing 720 “Caesar’s Chariot”

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B-26B Marauder

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1970 Plymouth Duster Funny Car

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“Last Exile” Vanship w/Torpedo

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SE.5a Hispano Suiza
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$39.95

This is a new tooling from Eduard and the detail in the new sprues is great.

In the box is:

  • 2 x light grey sprues
  • 1 clear sprue
  • 1 large decal sheet
  • 1 mask sheet
  • 2 x photoetch detail set
  • 1 instruction booklet

The kit consists of 2 main sprues, the sprues are extremely well molded with no flash and great detail; the decals allow you to finish the aircraft in five different markings to choose from.

Construction

First is the construction of the interior which is well detailed. Photo Etch helps a lot to make this a very impressive cockpit. You have to be very careful assembling the interior side frames (parts B51 and B52. As if they are not correctly line up it will lead to issues when installed in the fuselage halves.

Next you add the cockpit assembly to the lower wing. Then the additional cockpit details now get added

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F-4E Phantom II
Review Author
Damon Blair
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$44.99

5068 McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft were built during its production run in the United States, with another 127 aircraft being built by Mitsubishi in Japan. This famous aircraft served with the United States Air Force (USAF), Navy, and Marine Corps, and in many allied countries over a thirty-year span. Later on, a group of retired USAF aircraft would go out in blazes of glory as they were used as full-scale aerial targets for missiles.

Italeri’s 1/48 scale F-4E is a faithful reproduction of the real thing and can be built into a nice showpiece. The model uses recessed panel lines, with the flight controls being a bit deeper than the panel lines. However, one problem that this model suffers from is the mold being designed to represent multiple variants of F-4s. There are extra parts for an RF-4 nose, and the cockpit suffers from simplicity, with the detail consisting of decals superimposed upon semi-accurate dial faces.

Packaging

Bf 109F2/F4 Photoetch Set for AZ Model
Review Author
Brian R. Baker
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$8.45

This PE sheet was designed to be used with the recent issue BF-109F by AZ Models. I took on this review with the understanding that because I didn’t have access to the AZ kit, I would use another BF-109F kit. Unfortunately, the only Bf-109F kit I had was an old Frog kit, so I used that. In reality, it didn’t turn out too badly, considering the antiquity of the Frog issue, sometime in the late sixties.

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Kawasaki Ki61-1 & Ki100-1 & Metal Figure Limited Edition
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Hasegawa
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$99.99

Hasegawa has re-issued their 1/48 Ki-61 and Ki-100 models as a ‘dual combo’ and it has included a 1/32 white metal figure of pilot ace Kobayashi. The pilot figure is broken down into body plus legs, with separate arms and head. Being a very bad figure painter, I decided to leave the figure alone. Notice the highly detailed face and the virtually non-existing mold line on it.

Upon opening the box you have two full 1/48 scale model with an estimated 125 parts between both models. There are actually 3 canopies, but only two will be used. You are also provided with a huge decal sheet with two options for the Ki-61 and one option for the Ki-100

Being a dual combo I decided to construct them in parallel and benefitting by painting the same subassemblies (using the same colors) at the same time.

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T-28C Trojan
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Kitty Hawk
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$78.00

Kitty Hawk Models continues their 1/32nd scale releases of the variants of the T-28 with a T-28C which is the Navy version of the trainer with shortened propeller blades. Kitty Hawks kit comes in five gray sprues of nicely engraved plastic with a clear sprue having the canopy and lights, a photoetch sheet for the seat belts and grills and a nice set of decals with markings for five airframes:

  • T-28C, US Navy, BuNo 140548 in yellow
  • T-28C, VF-84, US Navy
  • T-28C, VA-122, US Navy
  • T-28C, VT-5 No. 001
  • T-28C, US Navy Target Tug

Great schemes for colorful to working class! IPMS/USA was lucky enough to review the Kitty Hawk 1/32nd T-28B/D and the review is located here: T-28B/D review

I will concentrate on the highlights and differences of this build as all of Mr. Christenson’s note are still pretty much applicable to this version also.