Sink 2

Bathroom Accessories

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Magach 6B GAL

Aero 12c Bomb Cart

UN Navy Aero 12C Cart

Misc Image 5

Russian T-14 Armata MBT

Aft thrusters installed

Manned Research Submersible SHINKAI 6500 (Upgraded Thruster Version 2012)

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Crusader Mk.III with British Crew

Finished model of ’32 Ford Coupe

ZZ Top Eliminator

Finished Right Side

US Army LeTourneau CarryAll LS Scraper

Darker paint

USMC F-35B VMFA-121 "Green Knights"

Decals

Su-22M4

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Big Scale Hogs - A-10 Decals
Review Author
Dave Morrissette
Published on
Company
Speed Hunter Graphics
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$24.95

Speed Hunter Graphics is a part of the Reid Air Publications family and that means Jake Melampy whose owner as wells as chief cook and bottle washer. That’s a great thing for all of us who love the wonderful A-10 Thunderbolt II. I have had a love affair with this plane since I first saw one fly in an air show here in Cleve. Anything but sleek, it is a workmanlike flying tank whose appearance may be different but it also the last thing you would ever want to see if you are in an armored vehicle on the wrong side and it’s the best thing to see if you are looking for close air support.

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Hawker Hunter Pitot
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$3.20

Master Model of Poland produces small brass parts for detailing models, be they aircraft or ships. They have parts for aircraft in 1/32, 1/35, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, mostly pitot tubes, refueling probes, and gun barrels.

The pitot part is a very fine piece of brass. The piece is much finer than the kit part.

I didn’t have a 1/144 Hunter on the shelf, so this review required that I build the Revell Hunter. As long as I’m building it, I may as well do it as part of my “Suez 1956” project. That’s why the Hunter has those red and yellow stripes, negating any camouflage effect.

Pitot Installation

Once the kit was almost finished, I got out the Master Model pitot and took the pictures. It was an easy installation. Revell gives you a little notch at the wing tip, and the CA provides a bit of filler. I then painted the pitot silver. No drilling, just a bit of CA and accelerator.

Overall Evaluation

Highly recommended.

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Custom Cadillac Lowrider
Review Author
Jim Stepanek
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/25
MSRP
$24.95

Never built a lowrider and still haven’t. This looked a pretty cool kit and I didn’t have a land yacht in my collection

Engine

I have no idea about the size of the engine, but I remember Cadillacs used to have some huge displacement engines. The kit supplies only those parts for a stock build and those parts fit together very well.

Interior

Door panel and dash engraving was very crisp and easy to detail paint. Rear seat is molded in and the front seat a separate unit. Side panels are spate pieces which makes for easier painting. The interior is also flocked.

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F-104 C2 Ejection Seat
Review Author
Dan Brown
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95

With the recent releases of the special edition F-104 kits from Eduard in 1/48 using Hasegawa plastic, Eduard has released the F-104 C2 ejection seat as a separate kit. The Lockheed C2 ejection seat was the most commonly used ejection seat for the F-104 in US service. It is a downward firing rocket propelled ejection seat.

This seat set is very simple. It contains the main seat frame, two seat options, rails, a small photoetch set and a small decal set. As this is a drop in replacement seat for the kit seat the assembly is very straight forward. Everything in the kit replaces the equivalently parts in the F-104 kit. The first step in the assembly is to remove the three large resin parts from the casting blocks, using a razor saw for this step. If you are careful minimal clean up will be needed. After clean up, wash the parts to remove the mold release agent that is often on resin parts.

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F-104 C2 Ejection Seat
Review Author
Dan Brown
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95

With the recent releases of the special edition F-104 kits from Eduard in 1/48 using Hasegawa plastic, Eduard has released the F-104 C2 ejection seat as a separate kit. The Lockheed C2 ejection seat was the most commonly used ejection seat for the F-104 in US service. It is a downward firing rocket propelled ejection seat.

This seat set is very simple. It contains the main seat frame, two seat options, rails, a small photo etch set and a small decal set. As this is a drop in replacement seat for the kit seat the assembly is very straight forward. Everything in the kit replaces the equivalently parts in the F-104 kit. The first step in the assembly is to remove the three large resin parts from the casting blocks, use a razor saw for this step. If you are careful minimal clean will be needed. After clean up, wash the parts to remove the mold release agent that is often on resin parts.