Engine Paint

Captured Heinkel, He 111H-20, Part 2

Underside

Supermarine Seafang F.MK.32

Front view

IDF M60A1 Magach 6B

Underside

WWII RAF Airfield

Finished

P-51B Mustang Deluxe Set

Special Hobby F-84F

F-84F Thunderstreak

Top Deck & Fuselage Painted

SPAD VII c.1(w/Skis)

Back end

Bad Medicine Dragster

Sprue G SH-60 helo

USS Freedom LCS-1

Finished Model

M1917 6-Ton Light Tank or FTS

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Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Set (3 kits) Limited Edition
Review Author
Keith Gervasi
Published on
Company
Hasegawa
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$129.99

History

(From the Hasegawa site) On December 7th, 1941, Japanese fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers devastated the US fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor. Militarily, it was a resounding success. Most of America's battleship force was either burning or on the bottom and the Japanese strike force was barely bloodied. On December 8th, Roosevelt gave his speech and asked for a declaration of war. An entire nation woke up on the 9th and went to war by the millions. Now, 75 years since the day, Hasegawa brings you a three-kit set of aircraft from the IJN Carrier Akagi.

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FFAR Rockets
Review Author
Rob Booth
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$7.95

Chances are, if you model aircraft in any of the major scales you are well familiar with Eduard. Their product range varies from simple photo-etched enhancement frets to multi-media kits, conversion sets, and accessories which are amongst the finest in the hobby. Their products may be purchased online through www.eduard.com. I have built a few of their kits, and have used many of their accessories over the years. I am even a card-carrying member of the Bunny Fighter Club, which provided me a carrot-themed 1/48 Mig-21 and allows me a modest discount when buying direct. Check the website, and it will make sense.

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F-14A/B Tomcat "Jolly Rogers" (2 kits) Limited Edition
Review Author
Jarrod Booth
Published on
Company
Hasegawa
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$129.99

The F-14 Tomcat is well known as a formidable, and versatile Fighter aircraft. It served faithfully, and saw action from 1974, until its retirement from the US Navy following its last deployment in 2006. Iran is the only other operator of the F14 Tomcat and is still in service.

In this package are two complete kits, and include decals for VF-84 Jolly Rogers aboard USS Nimitz in 1978, and VFA-103 Jolly Rogers aboard USS John F. Kennedy in 2004.

The large sturdy box features two nice color photos of each aircraft, and I referred to them several times while building and painting. All the grey plastic sprues for one aircraft and a photo etch fret are contained in one plastic bag. The clear parts are bagged separately. The main canopy in both bags had come loose, but no damage was found. Two squadron patches are included. These look fantastic displayed next to the finished models.

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Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien (Tony)
Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
Company
Tamiya
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$52.00

History Brief

Allied code named "TONY", the Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien was officially adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1943. It was different than its Japanese aircraft contemporaries, mainly because of its liquid-cooled Ha-40 engine in a slender fuselage with a long thin wing. Needless to say, it was and still remains an extremely attractive aircraft. Our subject featured an elongated nose to accommodate two 20mm cannons, plus it had 12.7mm wing mounted machine guns. With a production run of 1,360 units, it was the most produced Hien variant.

The Product

My sample arrived in the standard Tamiya box featuring attractive cover art. Inside I found an all new tool kit featuring a superb, highly accurate rendering. All parts are well packaged and free of flash and ejector marks.

The highlights according to Tamiya include;

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IJA Type 4 Light Tank “Ke-Nu”

Review Author
David Wrinkle
Published on
Company
Dragon Models
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$59.99

The IJA Type 4 “Ke-Nu” was designed and built during 1944 utilizing two existing IJA tank components. The designers mated surplus Type 97 Chi-Ha turrets left over from the Type 97 modernization program with obsolete Type 95 Ha-go tank chassis. In total 100 tanks were produced with this recipe. According to the Dragon Models website, this kit utilizes a brand new Type 97 Chi-Ha turret & antenna ring mated with the hull parts from their Type 95 Ha-Go hull. Dragon included updated glacis plate and upper hull parts to accurately represent the Ke-Nu. I hope to see Dragon produce a Type 97 sometime in the near future now that they have the Type 97 turret tooled.