Right rear

ISU-152-2 155mm BL-10 Cannon 2 in 1

Engine

Fw-190A-7

As cargo

WWII Hungarian 20L Jerry Can & 200L Fuel Drum Set

Misc Image 8

48N6E of 5P85S TEL S-300PMU SA-10 Grumble

The fine Cartograf decals really dress up this distinctive-looking plane.

USN F2H-3 VF-41 "Black Aces"

Decent detail

Long Range Desert Group Patrol Car

Sprues used as handle to install small parts, later trimmed off.

UH-34D Seahorse Operation Deep Freeze

Sprue closeup

U.S. 101st Airborne Division Normandy 1944

Hispano cockpit

Se.5a Scout Royal Class: Dual Combo

Left shoulder area

Ma.K. Space Type Interceptor Unmanned Großer Hund ALTAIR

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Product Examples

Tamiya Masking Tape for Curves
Review Author
Timothy Gidcumb
Published on
Company
Tamiya

The MSRP for the tape products are: 5mm $6.50 and 12mm $11.50

Masking is a job that makes most modelers cringe but it is a task that at some point in your modeling career you will use. There are several different types of tapes out there that seem to do the task to a certain level but we can find complaints in all of them. I was given the opportunity to review 2 different sizes of Tamiya’s tape offering’s to allow you to mask curves on your model of choice. The tape is made out of a soft resin material, allowing the tape to adhere in a curved line while preventing paint from seeping into masked off areas.

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U-2/Po-2 Control Surfaces

Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Aires Hobby Models
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$14.00

Quickboost provides you with a product to replace your one-piece Po-2 horizontal tail surfaces with the capability of displaying the elevators in alternate position. Please note this set does not depict elevator tabs that are present on some aircraft. The packaging is the standard polyethylene bag secured to a header card with staples. There are no supplied instructions but then again, the three parts are a direct replacement for the kit’s horizontal tails surfaces.

Although this product is designed specifically for the ICM 1/48 kits (48251, 48252, and 48253) it should take zero- to minimal-modification effort to mount this set in the Admiral kits (4807, 4808, 4809), the Gavia kits (002/0399, 004/0600), the AZ Model kit (AZ4870), the Jadar-Model resin kit (48 001), or even the older Sierra Scale Models 48-46 vacuform kit.

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39M Csaba 20mm Barrel and Mantlet
Review Author
Mike Lamm
Published on
Company
SBS Model
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$10.50

Nicholas Straussler, a Hungarian designer living in Britain between the world wars, designed several armoured cars for Britain. He was eventually able to come to an agreement with the Weiss Manfred factory of Csepel, Budapest to produce armored vehicles for use in his home country. The most popular design, the Csaba, named for Attila the Hun’s son, was based on the Alvis AC2 armored car.

After successful trials, the Hungarian Army ordered approximately 100 vehicles in 1940. About 20 of these were used in combat, with the remaining vehicles seeing service as command or reconnaissance vehicles.

The Csaba had a 20 mm cannon and an 8 mm machine gun fixed on a centrally mounted turret, a crew of three, and was powered by a 90hp 8 cylinder Ford engine.

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KC-767J & E-767 AWACS – J.A.S.D.F.
Review Author
Jarrod Booth
Published on
Company
Hasegawa
Scale
1/200
MSRP
$52.99

Hasegawa continues their fantastic line of small scale airliner aircraft, with this release of the military Boeing KC-767J tanker and E-767 AWACS versions. I have built a number of their other civil airliners, and they are designed to build easily and fairly quickly, by all levels of modeler. I have included pictures of the instruction sheets that cover the history and details of these ex-airliner, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircraft.

The two kits come in Hasegawa’s standard sized box, and packaging. Inside are two clear plastic bags, each of which contain the individual model sprues, clear parts, large ballast screws, a stand and poly caps. Loose in the box are two sets of instructions and one good quality decal sheet. Each kit also includes the extra parts specific to the tanker and AWACS.

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F-14A Wheels Late (for Tamiya kit)
Review Author
Scott Hollingshead
Published on
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$7.95

One of the latest releases from Eduard in their rapidly expanding Brassin line are a set of late wheels intended for use on the new Tamiya F-14A (kit 61114). Consisting of eight resin parts along with a set of masks to aid in airbrushing the wheels and tires, the set can be used to dress up the appearance of the Tamiya kit, especially for modelers that like the representation of weight on their tires.

This set consists of resin main tires with separate inserts for the outer and inner wheels as well as front wheels, which are cast as single assemblies. The Tamiya kit provides main wheels that are molded as front and back halves, while the front wheels are molded as single pieces. Assembly and installation instructions are provided on the inside of a bi-folded sheet of paper that include the calling out of only two Gunze paint colors, Tire Black and White