IPMS Number
46473
Bill O'Malley
Reviews By Author
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The Doolittle Raid, Images of AviationPublished: July 14, 2020 IntroductionOn 1 April 1942, less than four months after the world had been stunned by the attack upon Pearl Harbor, sixteen US aircraft took to the skies to exact retribution. Their objective was not merely to attack Japan, but to bomb its capital. The raid was more successful in its moral impact on shaking the Japanese sense of invulnerability than in its physical damage to the… more |
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Mission Models Pearl Paint ColorsPublished: May 8, 2020 Mission Models Paints Pearl Colors Mission Model Paints has released some beautiful new Pearl colors to their excellent line of acrylic paints. The Pearl colors have a translucent pearl-like depth and luster. MMP has also issued iridescent color paints that seem to change color when seen from different angles. The Pearl paints are like Mission Models other water-based acrylics… more |
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Iridescent Paints by Mission ModelsPublished: May 7, 2020 Mission Model Paints Iridescent ColorsMission Model Paints has added some beautiful iridescent colors to their excellent line of acrylic paints. These luminous paints seem to change color when seen from different angles. The iridescent paints have a silver base and produce a display of lustrous, prismatic, rainbow-like colors. MMP has also issued Pearl paint colors. The Pearl colors… more |
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Husky Mk. IIIPublished: May 2, 2020 Background (Wikipedia)The Husky VMMD (vehicle-mounted mine detection) family of vehicles are blast-survivable, mission-configurable, wheeled platforms employed by specialized route clearance teams operating in high-explosive threat areas. The Mk. III is the modern single-occupant Husky model. The platform is integrated with pulse induction metal detector panels and overpass tires… more |
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"Pave Hawk" HH-60G, Part 2 ExteriorPublished: August 31, 2021 "Pave Hawk" HH-60GThis the second part of the review of Kitty Hawk’s 1/35 "Pave Hawk" HH-60G. This review covers the engines, exterior, and armament of the Pave Hawk kit. Background on the Pave Hawk, description of the kit, contents, and interior assembly of the kit is reviewed separately: … more |
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MH-60L Black Hawk Landing Gear (KH)Published: March 4, 2020 This landing gear set by Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) is for the Kitty Hawk MH-60L Black Hawk kit, although it can be used on the Kitty Hawk HH-60G Pave Hawk as well. For this review I used the gear on the Pave Hawk version kit. Kit ContentsThe landing gear comes in SAC’s typical blister pack with some of the parts loose and some attached to a metal casting sprue. The… more |
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Medium Tank M3 Lee I TopdrawingsPublished: February 29, 2020 IntroductionM3 General Lee is an American medium tank from World War II era, also used by the British Army and known as Lee in the US, and in the United Kingdom as Grant. The M3 tank was created as a result of the need to replace the obsolete M2 tank, which did not match the WWII battlefield. The serial production began in August 1941. The M3 tank had many components from the M2… more |
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Metallic Paints by Mission ModelsPublished: November 18, 2021 Mission Models Paint (MMP) has released some new metallic colors to add to their acrylic paint range. The colors reviewed with this release include. MMP paints include the following:
Mission Models also provided Gloss White Base MMGWB-002, Grey Primer MMS-003, and MMS-007 Clear Primer. The Gloss… more |
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War PhotographerPublished: February 25, 2020 This book is PeKo Publishing’s second in the series of photo albums introducing rare wartime photos from battles, operations, vehicles, or complete photo albums from soldiers who fought in WWII. This volume 1.1 illustrates photos from an unidentified German Sturmartillerist of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung (Assault Gun Battalion) 191. The first volume in the series, 1.0, illustrated photos from… more |
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"Pave Hawk" HH-60G, Part 1 InteriorPublished: February 13, 2020 BackgroundMissionThe primary mission of the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is to conduct day or night personnel recovery operations into hostile environments to recover isolated personnel during war. The HH-60G is also tasked to perform military operations other than war, including civil search and rescue, medical evacuation, disaster response, humanitarian assistance,… more |