Completed 3

British Forces Land Rover Twin Set

Red sprue

Q-Men JF-20 Mighty Dragon Q-Plane Series 01

Left front

TBM-3 Avenger from USS Bunker Hill

Left rear, Luftwaffe markngs

Ju 87B Super44 Dual Combo

In the process of gluing

M-109A2 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (DOHER)

Figures Painted Front View

US Pilots & Ground Personnel (Vietnam War)

Pioneer tools

IJA Type 4 Light Tank “Ke-Nu”

Above

ASF-X Shinden II "Ridgebacks" – Limited Edition

Hull Interior A

T-54-1 Model 1947 Soviet Medium Tank

Finished

X-15A-2 White Ablative Coating

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Moebius Batgirl
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Moebius Models
Scale
1/5
MSRP
$150.00

Moebius Models has been a great boon to modeling especially those who like Sci-Fi, Monsters and Super Heroes. A while back they started producing figures based on the 1966 version of Batman. Currently Batman (Adam West), Cat Women (Julie Newmar), The Riddler (Frank Gorshin), Robin (Burt Ward) and The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) have wonderfully detail kits out. To really celebrate these, Moebius has issued their Batgirl kit as a 1/5th scale resin kit. The kit represents the late Yvonne Craig in all here glory with the red wig and green contacts as she was on the 1966 series. The kit is made of resin and housed in a beautiful box with each part in an individual Styrofoam slot so there is no rubbing or issues with broken parts. The finished kit is 16” tall and there are great instructions and painting references. The kit was sculpted by Jeff Yagher and Tony Cipriano, two of the best out there today. A base and nameplate are also included.

Book cover

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Book Author(s)
Andy Renshaw and Andy Evans
Review Author
Phil Peterson
Published on
Company
SAM Publications
MSRP
$39.99

My first introduction to the Spad was a film strip (yes, I am that old) about an air rescue operation in Vietnam. Besides the Jolly Green Giants and the support Hercules there were these large, single engine prop planes loaded with munitions buzzing in to keep the enemy’s heads down. They used the call sign Sandy and from that point on I was hooked.

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Mirage Pilot, 1960’s
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
PJ Production
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$12.88

PJ Productions from Belgium makes great aftermarket and figures in resin for aircraft modelers in all scales. This set is a resin Mirage Pilot wearing of the 1960's wearing the white suit named "habit de lumière" and the Garneau helmet T312 or the high-altitude helmet EFA T12. The figure is designed to fit either the Mirage IIIC or early IIIE in 1/32nd scale.

Photoetch Set

Bf-109G-2 Upgrade Set
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95

Some things are just better in a scale thickness. Eduard has always provided some of the world leading photoetch. The Eduard 109s are some of the best kits out there of this iconic aircraft, but like other manufacturers, they are limited what they can do in plastic.

This fret of photo etch is designed to allow you to do a variety of options to improve your kit. The big things on the fret are the flaps and landing gear doors. Also included on the fret are the oil cooler exhaust, radio compartment, and lots of parts for the landing gear. Both the flaps and the landing gear doors are a very scaled thickness. The flaps will allow you to position your flaps in any position you so desire.

The radio compartment is a very nice addition if you want to open up the panel. It is interesting that this panel is slightly different than the one in the Brassin Radio Compartment set. This particular one has the area for the first aid kit. Which isn’t on the Brassin set.

Paint bottles

Acrylic Paint
Review Author
Bill O'Malley
Published on
Company
Mission Models
MSRP
$5.75

Mission Models has a new line of ‘airbrush ready’ acrylic paints. These paints are odorless, spray easily to a nice, hard, even finish, and have less ‘tip-drying’ than other acrylic paints. The paints come in 1 oz. dropper bottles to facilitate measuring and contain a BB to help mix the paint.

MMP paints include the following: