Right side

Flakpanzer IV Ausf.G Wirbelwind with Zimmerit

Truck & Gun

German 6x4 Towing Truck Kfz.69 with 3.7cm Pak

Starboard view

WWII YD72 USN Crane Barges I

Left side

S-2A Tracker

Image 4

Breguet Br.693AB.2 - French Ground-Attack Plane

Front suspension includes a complicated series of assemblies

Fiat 806 Grand Prix, Part 2

Completed

Gladiator

Front Wheel

Deal’s Glitter Bug

Finished 1

Warehouse Two Wheeled Hand Truck

Decals

Spitfire Mk. VI

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Polish Fighter Colors 1939-1947, Vol.1
Book Author(s)
Bartlomiej Belcarz, Robert Gretzyngier, Tomasz J. Kopański, Wojtek Matusiak, Marek Rogusz
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
February 3, 2020
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$69.00

The Polish Air Force during WWII fought in many fronts, under many different camouflage schemes and with a very large variety of aircraft.

This book covers the Polish Air Force, as an autonomous force in Poland, during 1939, and as an independent Air Force, integrated for operations with the French Air Force (1940) and the RAF mainly for the period 1940-1943.

For each main section –as described above- there is a chapter that describes the general strategic and tactical situation, the overall organization and coordination with French and British Air Forces, plus some high level description of the combat roles.

There is another chapter devoted to the general details of camouflage colors, scheme and markings, and later there are specific chapters for each airframe flown by Polish pilots.

Box Art

T-33A
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
August 17, 2016
Company
Great Wall Hobby
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$59.99

This is my first Great Wall Hobby kits and I was very curious to see if they are as good as I have read. Well from the moment I held the box you can see the box is high quality and that was just a taste of what was come. The kit inside the box looked great and very well molded and a super finish.

This is a kit of an early production version of the T-33A Shooting star and comes with markings to build a US, German and Spanish Air force machine

In the box is:

  • 10 x light grey sprues
  • 1 clear Sprue
  • 1 decal sheet
  • 1 instruction booklet
  • 1 revision instruction sheet (corrections to the instruction sheet)

All the sprues are extremely well molded and great detail; the instruction booklet is a fold out type and has a loose front sheet showing the Sprues

Product packaging

Bae Hawk 100 Series Pitot Tube
Review Author
Allan Murrell
Published on
August 16, 2016
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$3.99

The highly detailed all metal Pitot tube to replace any 1/32 Hawk 100 Kit part. I had the Kinetic Kit no 3206 in the stash so used it on that kit.

The Assembly is quick and easy. The final part once the plastic piece is replaced with the metal detail part looks so much better. I would recommend this for any 1/32 Hawk kit you may have in your stash.

Thanks go to Master Model for providing this super figure to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them

Product packaging

Etendard Landing Gear
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
August 16, 2016
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$16.95

Scale Aircraft Conversions specializes in white-metal replacement parts. Its line of replacement landing gear has been expanded to include a set for the 1/48 Kinetic Super Etendard.

The set includes 8 parts with the following breakdown: two main landing gear struts; a two part nose wheel, plus actuator arms; and a nose wheel fork. The parts are finely molded in white metal. These parts are drop-in replacements for the plastic parts.

I should say that these parts are more than just drop-in replacements. Many of the white metal parts actually are the equivalent to several plastic parts, so you have an easier job of assembling the landing gear, for instance, as you have fewer parts to deal with.

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German Horse Drawn Large Field Kitchen (w/figures)
Review Author
Pablo Bauleo
Published on
August 16, 2016
Company
Riich Models
Scale
1/35
MSRP
$66.00

Even if the German Army was known for their mechanized divisions, they had an incredible number of horses pulling wagons during WWII. This kit represents a horse drawn field kitchen. This is indeed a very valuable kit of an often ignored aspect of military: logistics support for a fighting army.

Upon opening the box you find 12 sprues, two photoetch frets, two 4-inch chains, a piece of thread and a small decal set. Actually it is hard to close the box once you have opened. That is a full meal of a field kitchen model! (pun intended).

Riich is reboxing and adding some sprues to their horse drawn wagon. There are a total of 19 steps for the assembly, but many of the steps include sub-steps, so it is over 100 total steps to fully assemble this kit. Instructions are very clear and well laid out.