Painted

10.5cm StuH42 / 7.5cm StuG III Ausf G with Zimmeritt 2 in 1 Kit

Top-view MERDC camouflage

M60A2 Starship

Finished Model Left

Opel Blitzbus – Ludewig "Aero" 1937

Close-up bottom detail

SSW D.III

Finished Model - Tail

F-101A/C Voodoo

Figure with soft cap, front

USAAF Fighter Pilot WWII - 8th Army (European Battlefields)

Fuselage Details 2

Focke Wulf FW-190A-8

Front left right view

PB4Y-1 USN "Calvert and Coke" with Two Options

Tamiya Sprues

German Heavy Armored Car - Sd.Kfz.234/1 (w/2cm Gun)

Bomb Loadout

Bristol Beaufort Mk. I, Bombing Raid, (Part 2)

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BAe Systems Hawk 100 Pitot Tube
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$2.30

This set provides a replacement pitot tube for the Airfix BAe Systems Hawk 100 kit. As with all of Master Model’s replacement parts, this pitot tube is exquisitely made and show in the photos it is a big improvement over the kit pitot. It will be a welcome addition to your Hawk.

This will be the easiest add-on you ever make, as even though the instructions tell you to drill a hole for the replacement part, when I test fitted it to the kit, it just dropped into place without having to do anything to the mounting hole. All you need is some superglue gel and a few seconds to make sure the pitot tube is correctly oriented, and you are done, but watch your fingers as the pitot tube is very pointy.

Highly recommended! Thank you to Master Model for the review sample and to IPMS/USA for letting me review it.

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Handley Page Victor Pitot Tubes and Refueling Probe
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Master Model
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$4.00

This set provides replacements for the wingtip pitot tubes and the refueling probe tip for the Handley Page Victor. As with all of Master Model’s replacement parts, these are exquisitely made and will be a welcome addition to your Victor. I have the old Matchbox Victor kit, so I compared the replacement parts with the kit parts, and as the photos show, Master Model’s parts are head and shoulders above the kit parts.

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T-33A Shooting Star Landing Gear
Review Author
Timothy Gidcumb
Published on
Company
Scale Aircraft Conversions
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$16.95

Recently I was given the opportunity by IPMS USA to review Scale Aircraft Conversions adaption of the T-33A landing gear in white metal for the 1/48 Great Wall kit. The set contains the two main gear legs with the accompanying struts, a nose gear that incorporates the landing lights and the retraction strut and oleo scissor. A very nice addition to the set is the 20 gram forward fuselage ballast nose weight reproduced in metal. These are direct replacements for the parts that come in the Great Wall T-33A. Comparing the kit landing gear and the SAC landing gear side by side you will notice similarities between the two, but a little better detail in the SAC offering including brake lines. Overall this is highly recommended for stronger landing gear and added detail and is a great addition to the Great Wall kit. I would like to thank Scale Aircraft Conversions for another great offering in metal landing gear and IPMS USA for the opportunity to review this item.

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U.S Army Helicopter Pilot - Vietnam War 1960-1975
Review Author
Bill Kluge
Published on
Company
Aerobonus
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$11.00

Aerobonus continues its line of 1/48 Vietnam flight crew figures with this generic Army helicopter pilot in flight suit and gloves. He holds what must be cigarettes in his right hand (something no good 1960s era pilot would be without out on the flight line, right?), considering that one is minutely sticking up out of the pack. The arms are cast separately, as are the two different heads, one helmeted and one wearing a “cowboy” style hat (and both with a cigarette between their lips). This figure is noticeably shorter than other figures that I have - about half a head hight difference. The face (the same for both options) is also unlike others that I’ve seen.

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U.S. Drop Tank Caps
Review Author
Paul R. Brown
Published on
Company
Brengun
Scale
1/72
MSRP
$3.80

One of Brengun’s more recent releases is a photo-etch fret of drop tank gas caps for 1/72 US Navy aircraft. The set includes 5 different types of gas caps, with 9 of each type, so you can detail quite a large number of drop tanks with this set. The set does not include any instructions or information as to which gas caps go on what types of drop tanks, but from what I can tell from looking at the photo of some sample tanks with the caps installed on Brengun’s website. It appears that the caps are intended for World War II US Navy aircraft.