Nicely Molded Railings
Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank
Cockpit details
Sopwith Camel F.1
Left-Rear
Churchill Mk III "Fitted for Wading" Operation Jubilee, Dieppe, France 1942
Wing assembly
DC-9-50
Assembled and painted
Wooden Wheelbarrow
M901 complete left front
M901 Launching Station & AN/MPQ-53 Radar set of MIM-104 Patriot SAM System (PAC-2)
Side view
U.S. Moon Ship
Tank detail
Italian Tanks & Semoventi M-13/40 M-14/41 M-40/41
Tracks
Pz.Kpfw.III (5cm) (T) Ausf.G
Top rear
LAV-25 Piranha
Tail gear and well
F4U-1 Corsair, Part 3 – The Finale
Engine 6
Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB, Part 1
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Imperial Japanese Naval Heavy Cruiser Tone
Review Author
Greg Wise
Published on
January 24, 2011
Company
Fujimi
Scale
1/700
MSRP
$39.95

Introduction

Hello IPMS members. Today I have the all-new tooling IJN heavy cruiser Tone as she appeared during the Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944. Fujimi has been burning the midnight oil and has released several newly tooled and retooled 1/700 scale WW2 Japanese ships for 2011

History Brief

After doing a little online research I discovered that there were two Japanese cruisers bearing the name Tone. The first (1907) a “protected cruiser” participated in the World War 1 Siege of Tsingtao, a German controlled port in China. The vessel was stricken in 1931and sunk as an aircraft target in1933.

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Modelling the 21st Century
Book Author(s)
Editor/co-Publisher: Michael G. Reccia; Art Editor/co-Publisher: David Openshaw
Review Author
Scott T. Adams Sr.
Published on
January 24, 2011
Company
Sci-fi and Fantasy Modeller
MSRP
$22.15

CALLING ALL THUNDERBIRDS! CALLING ALL THUNDERBIRDS! I must admit that I vaguely remember the Thunderbirds show, but if you do or are just a fan of Gerry Anderson shows you will love this book. The 3rd volume in the series it comes in at 100 pages with 9 different models. The models are as follows:

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Bf-109 Late Versions-Camouflage and Markings
Book Author(s)
Krzysztof W. Wotowski
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 24, 2011
Company
Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
MSRP
$32.00

I love late war 109s so this book was right up my alley. This book is printed in MMP’s White series which is an A4 sized softbound book with 112 pages.

The book focuses on late war 109s starting with the Bf-109G-5/AS to the K-4. The book starts off with a discussion of the tail units used on 109s. I found the differences very interesting and easily understood. Then a small section on late war Erla Haube canopy is discussed. A discussion of the colors and a color chart is next and especially helpful is the callout for CMYK and RGB colors. The first thing I noticed was the great drawings and color profiles. Gunther’s Speck G-5/AS is particularly striking.

One benefit of the larger format book is that 1/48th scale drawings are provided for each version. This will prove invaluable to the modeler.

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Mustang Aces of the 357th Fighter Group
Book Author(s)
Chris Bucholtz
Review Author
Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Published on
January 24, 2011
Company
Osprey Publishing
MSRP
$22.95

Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces series continues to be a great resource for the modeler and historian. This edition is no different. Written by noted historian, researcher, fellow modeler and editor of the IPMS/USA Journal, Chris Bucholtz, this soft bound book features 96 pages of information, stories, black and white photographs, and color profiles, featuring such noted pilots as Chuck Yeager, Bud Anderson, Kit Carson, and John England to name a few. The 357th featured some of the brightest colored Mustangs in the ETO.

The book follows the unit from its inception in 1942 with P-39s until the end of the war flying the latest P-51Ds. The unit produced 42 aces, more than any other unit in Europe, and it did this in just over a year of combat flying.