Finished

Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

Finished tank

OT-130 Flame Thrower Tank

Starboard

Battlestar Gallactica SD (Super-Deformed) Viper Mark 2

Rear

Bristol F.2B Fighter (ProfiPack edition)

Cockpit

F-104A/C

Interior

1969 Dodge Charger – Dukes of Hazzard General Lee – Snap Kit

Front 3/4 View

Messerschmitt Me 262B-1/U-1 Night Fighter

Interior

de Havilland Comet Airliner

Major components

Waffentrager 88mm PAK-43

Completed Carriage Side

75mm Pack Howitzer M1A1 & Gun Crew

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Package

F-14A Wheels and Tires (Early) BIG SIN for Tamiya

Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$64.95

Thanks once again to Eduard for providing a copy of one of their sets for IPMS USA to review;

They continue to support us and ask for feedback and it’s great to be a part of the process. Also, thanks to Dick “Monty” Montgomery and our fearless leader Dave Morrissette for ordering the set for the review.

From Eduard’s website, the following individual part number sets are included in this Big Sin Set; beside it are the title and Standard Retail costs, and then the overall “savings” of purchasing the “Big SIN” with all three smaller sets in it is at the bottom:

Front Cover

Shot Down and on The Run

Book Author(s)
Graham Pitchfork
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$15.00

Osprey Publishing has recently released a very interesting book covering the history of RAF and Commonwealth aircrews shot down behind enemy lines and their escape stories.

The book is neatly organized in the following chapters

  • The Escape and Evasion Organization
  • North-West Europe
  • Middle East and Mediterranean
  • The Far East

The first chapter describes the whole organization (MI-9) being setup in the early years of the war charged with establishing escape routes and networks for any personal behind enemy lines (not only for aircrews). In addition of setting up escape routes, this organization was in charge to develop escape aides, tools and supplies, which were part of an ‘escape kit’ provided to armed personnel. Some of the escape aids included miniature compasses, pictures of the themselves (for fake IDs, maps, et).

Box Art - Product

Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford Fusion
Review Author
Haylee Perdue
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/24
MSRP
$26.95

Kevin Harvick became a household name in 2001, when he was selected to replace the late Dale Earnhardt after the legend's fatal accident in the Daytona 500. He currently has 35 Monster Cup and 46 Xfinity Series victories, and has been piloting cars for Stewart-Haas Racing since 2014. This model kit, provided for review by Revell, is of Kevin's current “Freaky Fast” 2017 Ford Fusion stock car.

This kit is Skill Level 5, and is molded in white plastic with black vinyl tires and clear parts, which have pre-painted black frames. The kit includes water slide decals, which are excellent and very forgiving to use.

Inside the box, you will find two bags of white plastic parts, a bag which contains the body shell, chassis, tires, and metal axle pins, and a forth bag with the clear parts. The instructions and decal sheet round out the contents.

Box Art

World of Tanks KV-1/2
Review Author
Mike Lamm
Published on
Company
Italeri
Scale
1/56
MSRP
$29.99

Italeri recently started producing a line of 1/56 scale AFVs and figures. This might be an unusual scale for most model builders, but is a fairly common wargaming scale equivalent to the 28mm scale. The Soviet KV-1 tank kit is one of their newest kits that also promotes the on-line video game, World of Tanks®.

The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) series of heavy tanks came as a surprise to the German army at the start of Operation Barbarosa. The tanks proved to be nearly impenetrable to all the German anti-tank weapons, other than the 8.8cm gun. The KV series featured heavy armor, and strong weaponry, with the KV-1 fielding a 76mm gun, and the KV-2 fielding the 152mm howitzer. The Soviet tanks so outclassed their German counterparts, that there were instances where a single KV tank, with supporting infantry, was able to hold off entire German columns in the early part of the war.

Packaging

F-14A Cockpit Set
Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$44.95

Let me begin by stating that the folks at Tamiya did a fantastic job with their release of an F-14A last year in 1/48 scale. The all-new kit is one of, if not the best Tomcat in this scale, with the typical engineering that applies to everything Tamiya produces. With that being said, some modelers want to add just a little something more to their projects, and once again Eduard comes to our assistance with the release of a cockpit set for the Tamiya kit. Everything that you would want or need up front is contained in one package with both resin and photoetched parts being included. I would highly recommend this set to any modeler who feels the need to have the extra detail in their Tomcat’s cockpit.