Hungarian Armored Fighting Vehicles in the Second World War

Published: May 4, 2020
Book Author(s): Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez
Company: Pen & Sword

The coverage of WWII in print has been profound covering many aspects or the Untied States, Britain and Germany in the European theater. What hasn’t been covered as well is the remainder of the Axis powers and their contributions and participation in the conflict. Writer Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez aims to correct part of that with this book covering Hungarian Armor in WWII. The book covers… more

Detail & Scale F/A-18E & F/A-18F Super Hornet

Published: June 18, 2021
Book Author(s): Haagen Klaus and Bert Kinzey
Company: Detail & Scale, Inc.

Detail and Scale is an iconic brand in the aircraft modeling world. Bert Kinzey and friends have been putting out top quality aircraft books for decades and this latest release covering the F/A-18E & F/A-18F Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler is no exception. Also, this is version two as the original was released back in the early 2000’s. The book is available in two formats- traditional… more

P-47D-25 Cockpit Set

Published: May 2, 2020
Company: Eduard

Hasegawa’s 1/32nd scale P-47D-25 is a great kit with good fit and form but like most of Hasegawa’s kits, they leave some room for improvement. In this case, the cockpit is Ok OOB but Eduard has produced a single fret of colorized photoetch that will bump the cockpit to the next level.

Inside the package, you’ll find one fret of colorized photoetch with 40 parts that address… more

P-47D-25 Seatbelts

Published: April 30, 2020
Company: Eduard

Hasegawa’s 1/32^nd scale P-47D is a wonderful kit with great shape and like many Hasegawa kits is basic in some areas. One of those areas is seat belts. The cockpit opening is smallish, and the seat is prominent and there is no provision of any kind for a seat belt. Eduard to the rescue with set 33234, a seat of belts made specifically for the Hasegawa P-47D-25.

Inside the… more

North American B-25 Mitchell Decals, Part 4

Published: March 28, 2020
Company: Lifelike Decals

Lifelike Decals from Japan is one of those hidden gems people need to hear more about. With a large selection in the most popular scales, they have decals for WWII era planes from Japan, Europe and the US. This set covers Part 4 for the B-25C/D/J in 1/72 scale and is meant for the Airfix B-25C/D and Hasegawa B-25J. The first two markings are for the famous Air Apaches of the 345^th… more

North American B-25 Mitchell Decals, Part 2

Published: March 28, 2020
Company: Lifelike Decals

Lifelike Decals from Japan is one of those hidden gems people need to hear more about. With a large selection in the most popular scales, they have decals for WWII era planes from Japan, Europe and the US. This set covers Part 2 for the B-25C/D/J in 1/72 scale and is meant for the Airfix B-25C/D.

Inside the package, you’ll find three decal sheets with two being made by Microscale and… more

North American B-25 Mitchell Decals, Part 1

Published: March 28, 2020
Company: Lifelike Decals

Lifelike Decals from Japan is one of those hidden gems people need to hear more about. With a large selection in the most popular scales, they have decals for WWII era planes from Japan, Europe and the US. This set covers Part 1 for the B-25C/D/J in 1/72 scale and is meant for the Airfix B-25C/D or the Hasegawa B-25J Solid Nose Version.

Inside the package, there’s a lot! First, there… more

Super Bug- F/A-18E Hornet

Published: August 7, 2021
Company: Eduard

Eduard continues their upgrades to existing kits by giving the treatment to Hasegawa’s 1/48^th scale F/A-18E and calling it Super Bug! Inside the box, you get the wonderful Hasegawa F/A-18E Sprues which are excellent with fine panel lines, no flash and good detail. To give it the updates treatment, Eduard adds Brassin details including a resin seat and tires; a colorized PE fret is… more

Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII Wings, Cowlings and Things!, Part 3

Published: February 28, 2020
Company: Zoukei-Mura

In Part 2 of my build of Zoukei-Mura’s HS-129B-2, we got the wings and horizontal stabs on and prepped the kit for paint. I primed the plane and checked for flaws and (not surprisingly) there were several. I had to work on the cannon doors and a little bottom seam work. A quick sanding another round of primer and I wanted to give the instructions a last go over. Reviewing the detailed… more

Part 2 - Henschel Hs-129B-2/RIII Wings, Cowlings and Things!

Published: January 16, 2020
Company: Zoukei-Mura

In Part 2 of my build of Zoukei-Mura’s latest Release, the 1/32^nd scale Henschel Hs-129 B-2/RIII, we’ll get the wings and horizontal stabs on and get the kit ready for paint As a bit of background, the Hs-129 was a WWII version of the modern A-10 and was designed to and good at killing tanks. In Part 1, we built the engines cockpit and got the fuselage assembled. Let’s finish the… more