Cockpit

British Army AH-64D "Afghanistan"

Finished model

RF-5E Tigereye

Underside of JBD showing broken posts

Carrier Deck Section

Seat

Italian Light Civilian Car (Open Top)

Front without Hood

1965 Plymouth Belvedere I

Closeup of the gear.

Saab A32A Lansen

Photoetch

T-38A Talon 'Holloman AFB' (Premium Edition)

Finished

LVTH6A1 Fire Support Vehicle Cannon Teal

Cockpit assembly

Mitsubishi J2M2 Raiden "Jack" Type 21 'Tatsumaki Unit'

About to join halves

De Lorean - Back to the Future Part II

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Nazi Moonbase
Book Author(s)
Graeme Davis
Review Author
James Binder
Published on
June 11, 2016
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$18.00

The year is 1947, Operation High Jump is under way and will become a disaster. Admiral Byrd says it was due to weather and conditions in the Antarctic, but was it really? Could an attack by Nazi UFO craft have damaged and destroyed the High Jump fleet and aircraft? Did this cause the Nazi’s to then leave for an even more remote location to regroup and plan their ultimate revenge against the allies? That location…. The Moon!

Osprey Publishing brings us the new Osprey Adventures book “Nazi Moonbase”, written by Graeme Davis and illustrated by Darren Tan. This 80-page book gives an inside look at what the Nazi Moonbase is, what it’s made of, and how it got to be up there in the first place.

The book is broken down into chapters that delve into the beginnings of the Nazi space program to its present day status. Some of the chapters include

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If.5 Machinengewehrwagen 36

Review Author
Timothy Rentz
Published on
February 22, 2020
Company
Riich Models
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$67.00

The Kit

The kit contains four sprues for the wagon, plus sprues for two horses, and three soldiers molded in light grey plastic. The four tires for the wagon are molded in black plastic. Not sure why the separate color for the tires since they are hard plastic and the entire kit would be painted anyway. The kit also contains a metal chain, two frets of photo etch parts, nylon string for the tow cables and a decal sheet which includes markings for the vehicle and uniform patches for the figures. The parts had some minor flash, but not troubles with sink holes or ejector pin marks. The only exception is on the wagon sides above the seat for the drivers and the floor of the machinegun cart. There are some unavoidable ejector pin marks, but they are hidden by the seated figures so I chose not to fill them. The crispness of the detail on the parts could be sharper, but is still pretty good.

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37mm Flak 18 Barrels
Review Author
Jim Pearsall
Published on
June 9, 2016
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/144
MSRP
$6.95

The Ju-87G Stuka was the last of the line. There were some purpose-built G’s, but most of them were D models with the cannon pods added. The first use of the Ju-87G was at Kursk, but there were only a few, and they made no difference.

Master has turned out a pair of new barrels for the 37mm cannon. They are turned brass, and so are much more durable than the original barrels.

I was able to find only one 1/144 Ju-87G kit, Eduard’s. The Eduard kit is very good, I built one for a review back in 2014. So I used the new barrels on the “old” kit.

Prep

I removed the barrels from the underwing pods with a sprue nipper. I then used a #11 blade to form a depression in the front of the pod to use as a pilot hole. The spot is quite small, and small drills have a bad habit of slipping off.

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Russian Su-76 Self Propelled Gun
Review Author
Andrew Birkbeck
Published on
June 9, 2016
Company
Tamiya
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$53.00

Background

Prior to the start of World War Two, the armed forces of the Soviet Union were lacking in any sort of self propelled artillery. Following the invasion of the Soviet Union by German forces in 1941, Soviet forces suffered massive loses of military material. Hand in hand with these losses came the forced uprooting of many of their key military production plants eastwards, away from the advancing German armies. But these plants were soon up and running again, and with heroic efforts on the part of the workers and plant managers, were soon churning out replacement vehicles in an attempt to cover the initial losses.

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Sea Harrier FRS.1 Interior Set

Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
June 9, 2016
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95

This is a great photoetch set for the Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS.1Kit. This set adds a lot of extra detail to the interior of the kit and makes a great kit even better.

The photo etch parts are for the:

  • Cockpit side panels
  • Instrument panel and various control details
  • Seat belts
  • Canopy guides
  • Main cabin floor details
  • HUD parts.

In the Packet is:

  • 1 photoetch sheet
  • 1 colored photoetch sheet
  • 1 clear plastic printer sheet
  • 1 Instruction sheet

Summary

The added detail to the seat is impressive and really fills out a very plain vanilla seat. This is yet another great Photoetch set. The side panels really make the color pop as well as the multipart instrument panel.