Turret detail

Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle

Ready for painting

Roman Gladiator

Weapons 2

Iomax Archangel with Archangel Weapons Set

Cockpit Fit

Iomax Archangel with Archangel Weapons Set

Sprue

Chinese Navy Type 052D Missile Destroyer Changsha

Chassis front wheel

Scania R730 Streamline

Sprue Y

ERA-3B Skywarrior, Part 1

Allison Left Side Exposed

Allison Prop Jet 501-D13 Engine

Closeup

F6F-3 Hellcat W/Carrier Deck

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Tank Crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Russian Pilot WWII
Review Author
Mike Lamm
Published on
Company
Aerobonus
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$10.00

Aires Hobby Models provides a variety of high quality resin products to upgrade, or correct, a variety of models in the most popular scales. They also have a line of crew and pilot figures in 1/72nd, 1/48th and 1/32nd scale. These figures are relatively inexpensive, and make a nice addition to an aircraft diorama, or to add a better since of scale to a finished model.

Aerobonus continues their series of pilot figures. This release is a 1/72nd version of a Russian pilot wearing an overcoat and parachute. The figure is posed standing wearing his flight gear, including headgear and a parachute, and holding his hands in a way that makes it look like he’s explaining something to someone.

The resin figure comes in four nicely cast pieces, with the arms, head, and body each molded separately on the pour stub. The flight suit, helmet, and parachute are nicely detailed, and the facial features are well done, especially for this scale.

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Do335 A-0 Pfeil - Fuselage and Wing Build, Part 2
Review Author
Chris Gibson
Published on
Company
Zoukei-Mura
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$185.00

The Build Part 2: Continuing with the build is the 2 Daimler-Benz DB603 inverted V-12 liquid cooled engines. It starts with the two halves of the block with molded in pistons and rods. There are two halves of each bank of pistons that all get put together, then the upper sections are glued to that and the top cap of the whole assembly to finish it off. The valve covers are next along with the front gear box and propeller shaft and also the rear engine accessory components which are very well detailed. Next is the ignition piping and wiring, some oil tubing and the supercharger, all well detailed. The engine mounts are next along with the exhaust pipes, shrouds, cooling fluid tanks and related tubing. There are many tubes and piping that must be put together in this step that must be painted and applied and again all go together very well. That was the front engine now you have to do it all over again for the rear engine.

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Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster and DC-4
Book Author(s)
Charles Stafrace; Illustrator: Richard J. Caruana
Review Author
Frank Landrus
Published on
Company
Guideline Publications
MSRP
$30.00

Warpaint’s latest is their standard A4 format softbound publication that is 92 pages (excluding covers) on the Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster and DC-4. I counted 213 photographs (141 in color) along with 34 of Richard J. Caruana’s color profiles. Richard J. Caruana also contributes the centerfold (eight A4 pages) that features nine line drawings, all in 1/72 scale.

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B-17 Pilot and Co-Pilot Seats
Review Author
Timothy Gidcumb
Published on
Company
RESIN2 Detail
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$8.99

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force, based at many airfields in central and southern England, and the Fifteenth Air Force, based in Italy, complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in the Combined Bomber Offensive to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for the invasion of France in 1944. The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific, early in World War II, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields.

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Ford Bronco (1st Generation)

Review Author
Doug Cole
Published on
Company
Revell
Scale
1/25
MSRP
$24.95

Modelers have waited a long time for a kit of the first generation Ford Bronco and Revell has finally done it! This kit can be built as a 1971 or 1973 version (an air cleaner option) with the included 289 V8 engine. With the help of Jeff Trapp’s Bronco Graveyard in Brighton, MI, Revell has made a faithful representation of the first Ford SUV. I’m pretty sure that we’ll be seeing other versions of this rugged 4X4 too.

This review covers the skill level 5 (ages 14 years and older) 2016 new tooling release of the Ford Bronco 1:25 Scale Model Kit #85-4320. There are 137 pieces molded in white, clear, and chrome, with metal axle pins, soft vinyl tires and waterslide decals. Finished dimensions are; L 6-3/8”, X W 2-3/4”, X H 2-13/16”.