Interior

Batmobile: 1989 Movie

Decal

Miss Deal Funny Car

Close-up of engine

'30 Ford Model A Roadster 2'n1

Forward Engine detail

Do335 A-0 Pfeil - Fuselage and Wing Build, Part 2

Wall halves with styrene stiffeners 2

Diorama with Park Wall

Wing seam

TF-104 Starfighter

Left overhead view of wespe

German Self-Propelled Howitzer - Wespe "Italian Front"

RH side profile

Lockheed F-35B Lightning II

11 Top Rear

Su-27C Flanker, Part 2 - Painting and Finishing

USS New Jersey

USS New Jersey & USS Essex

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Resin wheels

F-14A Wheels Early
Review Author
James Corley
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$7.95

The amazing Tamiya Tomcat has yet another aftermarket item to dress it up: Early wheels fro Eduard.

The Eduard Brassin set for the F-14A Tomcat includes 8 resin parts and a sheet of paint masks.

The instructions are simple enough, as this is a fairly easy set to build (and illustrate). The 4 tires are molded onto pour plugs which make painting the wheels easy. The first step is to paint the nose gear and main hubs white. After a bit, one can mask off the nose gear hubs with the masks provided. The mask sheet gives you 8 masks for the wheels, but only the 4 for the nose gear are to be used. If you save them, you can reuse them on the kit gear and have masks for the main gear.

Once the masks are in place, then use your favorite tire color to paint the tires blacks.

Product packaging

Metal Landing Gear for Wingnut Wings 1/32 Sopwith Camel
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$17.95

Thanks to Ross at SAC for sending us improved metal landing gear for the new 1/32 Wingnut Wings Sopwith Camel, and thanks also to IPMS USA leadership for sending it to me.

This new set from SAC’s expansive line of white metal upgrades to the basic kit plastic is a must-have… The set consists of six parts: Two duplicate sets of main struts, one early and one late series strut, a spreader bar with axles in place, and a replacement tail strut for your Camel.

Not much to say here for installation; while building your kit install the SAC gear instead of the plastic. Paint, add the painted wheels, rig with your favorite wire simulator (or wire if you prefer), and you are done.

Product packaging

100R Rocket Launcher
Review Author
Rob Booth
Published on
Company
PJ Production
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$9.55

PJ Production is a Belgian firm that specializes in the creation and production of resin scale models and accessories aimed at modelers of military aircraft kits and aviation-related dioramas in 1/72nd, 1/48th and 1/32nd scale. Their lines include fine and accurately detailed cast resin replacement and supplemental parts for model kits in the most commonly produced scales.

PJ Productions has produced a resin JL 100R rocket launcher for use with aircraft armed with such types. An out-of-box evaluation (see photos) indicates two reproductions of the French-manufactured weapons that provide a realistic scale-detailed assembly fro mounting to your kit’s pylons. The panel detailing is extremely fine, with fore and end caps cast separately.

Box art

BMPT-72 Terminator 2
Review Author
Dan Brown
Published on
Company
Tiger Model
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$89.95

The original BMPT Terminator was designed to be a combat support vehicle for urban combat. It seems to have been conceived from combat experience gained in the first Chechen War and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The BMPT itself was built on a modernized T-72 chassis with the main armament consisting of four 9M120 Ataka missile launchers and two 30 mm 2A42 autocannons. The BMPT-72 Terminator 2 is the successor to the original BMPT Terminator 1 and like the original is built on the T-72 chassis. However, the BMPT-72 is only being built as a retrofit kit for export to countries that have old T-72s. This new kit from Tiger Models is the first kit of this very unique vehicle.

Package

Seatbelts Luftwaffe WWII Fighters STEEL
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$7.95

This set is another of Eduard’s new “Steel” seatbelt line. The set is advertised as being for World War II Luftwaffe fighters, but the fret is etched “Bf 109” and “Fw 190”, so it appears the set is intended for just these two aircraft. However, in looking at photographs of belts in other Luftwaffe fighters, I think they could be used for other aircraft as well.

The set includes four sets of lap-belts and shoulder harnesses, two for the Bf 109 and two for the FW 190. In looking at the belts closely, about the only difference I can see is the upper attachment point for the shoulder harnesses. As I did not have either a Bf 109 or a Fw 190 underway, I installed the Bf 109 set in a Hasegawa Me 262 and the Fw 190 in a Ta 152H that have been in the bench queens pile for a while.