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CR. 42AS WWII Italian Fighter-Bomber

Completed interior

Antonov An-2/An-2CX Colt

Front

Antonov An-2/An-2CX Colt

Tracks have been installed.

Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.M with Schurzen

Comparison with Ft-17

French Char 2C Super Heavy Tank

Getting into position

Carrier Deck Section

Completed figures

Desert Battle Series: Skull Clan – New Amazons. This is not the place for strangers!

Finished with other Zvezda 1/144 kits

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I

Finished Model

Cylon Raider

Finished, Front Left

T-34/76 Panzerkampfwagen 747(r)

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Detail Part

Ta-152 Interior Self Adhesive Set
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 19, 2012
Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$20.00

Often times, when building a model, I want to do nothing more that spruce up the cockpit area. That is where the Eduard Zoom sets come in.

The sets, such as this one, typically contain one fret of self-adhesive, pre-painted photo etch. The detail that is included on these pre-printed parts is absolutely fabulous. It is much better than anything I could ever paint, even on my best days. Besides the instrument panels, you also get the seatbelts and rudder pedals. You will need nothing else to make an award-winning cockpit.

Also included in this set is a clear acetate sheet with the gun sights printed on it.

Adding this set to your model will require nothing more than sanding some detail off and adding the photo etch. Simple, effective, and realistic looking. What more do you want in a detail set?

Highly recommended

Thanks to Eduard and IPMS/USA for the review copy.

Decal Packaging

P-51 Mustang Decals Part 2
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 19, 2012
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$20.75

Lifelike Decals always offers some unique decal options and this sheet is typical Lifelike quality. Designed for the Tamiya P-51D and the Trumpeter/Revell P-51B, these decals offer some very unique looking machines.

The instructions are on three sheets, two single-sided A4 sheets and one half-page. The single-sided sheets include the profiles and plan views, as well as the historical and research data. The smaller half-page sheet contains the stencil placement.

Lifelike Decals has used Cartograf out of Italy to print their decals. Cartograf printing is perfect, with even the smallest detail being picked out. The decals are thin, in perfect register, and with good color saturation. They also respond to setting solutions and conform to compound curves. There are three sheets of decals. The first one has all the markings, while the little sheet has the nose art. The other sheet contains the national markings and stencils.

Decal Packaging

P-51 Mustang Decals Part 1
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 19, 2012
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$20.75

Recommended for the exquisite 1/32nd Tamiya P-51D kit, Lifelike Decals’ latest decals are beautiful markings and options to rival those included in the kit.

Typical of Lifelike, there are four aircraft included on the sheets. The instructions are printed on two A4 single sided sheets and one half A4 sheet. The first one is the cover and the plan views. The inside sheet includes the historical data and the research used to determine markings. The smaller third sheet is a stencil sheet.

Decal Packaging

Nakajima Ki-44 Decals Part 3
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 19, 2012
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.50

Want a variety of marking and painting options for your Hasegawa Ki-44? Well, Lifelike Decals has exactly what you are looking for on this sheet. It features four aircraft in four distinct paint schemes and marking options.

The instructions are printed on two single-sided A4 sheets in full color. The first page is the cover and the back with the plan views of the subject aircraft. Interestingly, the second aircraft is not shown in the plan views. The other page includes the history and the research used to determine the markings. This is one of the things that Lifelike Decals does better than most manufacturers, in that they show you where they got the research and the logic behind the color call-outs. They don’t even pretend that they know all the answers but give you, the modeler, the information to do with as you please.

Decal Packaging

Nakajima Ki-44 Decals Part 2
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 19, 2012
Company
Lifelike Decals
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.50

This is the second decal sheet that Lifelike has released for the Hasegawa 1/48th scale Nakajima Ki-44 Tojo. This particular sheet is unique with the inclusion of a bunch of aircraft with kill markings on the sides.

The decals themselves are printed by Cartograf, so they are very thin and in perfect register. The decals are included on three sheets. The first and largest sheet contains everything but the kill markings. The second sheet is a small sheet that includes ‘scratched’ number ‘2’, which is perfectly executed, and the kill markings. To show you the level of attention to detail, there is a third sheet that is a correction sheet for the one set of kill markings that is finer and better executed than the previous sheet. Well done, Lifelike.