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Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo ’82 Rally of 1000

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Pz. Kpfw. V Panther Ausf. G "Last Production"

Tricky roof joint

Shed with Wooden Fence

Cockpit Closeup

Salmson 2-A2 USAS

Hull Pieces

Battlestar Galactica (35th Anniversary Edition)

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Lockheed C-140A JetStar

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MQ-1C UAV

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Ar-234C-3 with BT700 Anti-Shipping Torpedo

Port Side, High Levle

T-28D Trojan

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USN F-4J VF-96 'Showtime 100'

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The G.I. Collector's Guide - U.S. Army Service Forces Catalog, European Theater of Operations. Vol #2
Book Author(s)
Henri-Paul Enjames
Review Author
Orlando Reyes
Published on
December 3, 2023
Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$69.95

As the book title states this book is directed to the collector of U.S. Army Service Forces gear, focusing on the European Theater of Operations (ETO). The book is volume #2 of the series.

You will find everything that was used by the Gi's while in Europe! The book is divided into 24 sections with an Abbreviations section, as well as an Index.

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Top Drawings #131 Fiat G.55 Centauro
Book Author(s)
Aniruth Rao
Review Author
Orlando Reyes
Published on
December 3, 2023
Company
Kagero Publishing
MSRP
$21.95

This is #131 of the Top Drawings series describing the G.55. The book consists of a total of 16 plan views and 5 profiles of the aircraft. The book is written in English and Polish. The first page of the book has a small history of the aircraft in both languages. You will find a single page drawing for a 1/32 scale aircraft, 3 for 1/72 scale, and 11 for 1/48 scale. There are two drawings in which 1/48 and 1/24 are combined and one in which 1/72 and 1/48 are combined as well. The large 1/32 scale drawing is a single sheet added to the book. This drawing is provided in a two-sided single page. The backside of the drawing has profiles of the aircraft for the single seat fighter as well as the trainer version.

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H-21 Upgrade for Italeri Kit
Review Author
Rod Lees
Published on
December 3, 2023
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$12.99

THANKS to Brengun for providing more of their expansive line for us IPMS reviewers to address. For the Detail hounds, AMS, whatever among us, Brengun continues to provide really cool items for us to use. And this set holds great promise to upgrade the venerable 1/72 Italeri kit.

Notice I said 1/72. When I was digging through the “Review stash” to see where I could help, I saw this and thought “great, I can finally build the small version (Having the 1/48 model sitting in the box, I made a big assumption.

1/48 and 1/72 do not mathematically convert into equals. “why is this set of screens for the transmission and engine cooling intake too small when held up to the 1/48 model?”

Stupid reviewer. Brengun, I sincerely apologize, you don’t get one of my fantastic, non-sniper reviews with a kit involved, because I don’t have a 1/72 kit. I thought for some reason this was for the 1/48 kit when I agreed to do it.

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US Helicopter Pilots (1960s-1970s)
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
December 3, 2023
Company
ICM
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$23.99

ICM has produced some stellar helicopter kits, but the thing for me is finally we have good Vietnam era figures for helicopters. This is their first set of 1/35th scale, having made the change from 1/32nd to a more common 1/35th scale helicopters.

Packaged in a sturdy cardboard side opening box with a card stock covering, this set includes two sprues of light grey plastic that show no signs of flash or mis-molding. There are 41 parts molded with good detail. Four figures are included, along with four flight helmets. The instruction sheet is full color and shows you what the figure should look like when finished. It also has references to ICM paints. I did paint the figures mostly with the ICM paints which performed well, but I didn’t have all the colors needed in the set.

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Kagero Monographs #87: Eurofighter Typhoon

Book Author(s)
Salvador Mafe Huertes
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
December 3, 2023
Company
Kagero Publishing
MSRP
$37.00

This is the 87th book in the Kagero Monographs series covering aircraft in details photos and diagrams. This book covers the Eurofighter Typhoon. The book provides great detail drawings of the Typhoon, mainly from the Spanish Air Force with some coverage of the aircraft in sue with the Royal Air Force and the German Airforce.

I found the drawings in this book to be fascinating and very detailed, ideal for any modeler as reference materials. The photographs are extremely good and many I have never seen and provide great details for super detailing any scale model of the aircraft. The very details Spanish Air force chapter is extremely interesting. I would like to have seen more coverage of RAF use of the aircraft and squadron’s.

Along with the many photos there are outline drawings, schematics, and very nice profile drawings.

I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in the armor and a must for modelers.