Gear for WNW RE.8

Published: April 7, 2020
Company: Scale Aircraft Conversions

Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) offers an extensive range of replacement landing gear parts for a wide variety of kits. I have some experience using SAC items to replace kit parts and I’ve found that the SAC items add strength to the model without sacrificing any of the detail found on the original parts.

As mentioned in other reviews, I tend to be a rather heavy-handed modeler and… more

Gear Replacement Set for Fe.2b

Published: April 7, 2020
Company: Scale Aircraft Conversions

Scale Aircraft Conversions offers a very large number of gear replacement sets for a wide variety of aircraft kits. This gear set is designed to replace the gear, and other parts, on the Wingnut Wings Fe.2b Late. Parts included in the SAC gear set are the axle, axle brackets, tail skid, and two control cable bars.

The SAC parts are packaged in a sturdy clear container with cardboard… more

American Armor in the Pacific

Published: March 30, 2020
Book Author(s): Mike Guardia
Company: Casemate UK

Overview as Found on the Website

This latest in the Casemate Illustrated series explores American armor during the Pacific Campaign of WWII, from 1942-45. During this period there were over twenty major tank battles and operations where tanks provided heavy support to infantry units. These operations include the battle of Tarawa and the Bougainville Campaign. Relying heavily on first… more

More Air National Guard Mustang Decals

Published: March 31, 2020
Company: Iliad Design

Iliad Design has a newly released set of decals for 1/48^th scale P-51D Mustangs in various National Guard markings. Upon receiving the decal set for review I contacted Iliad Design and asked if there was a specific P-51D kit for which the decals were designed to be used. I was informed that the decals could be used on any P-51D on the market. I bought an Airfix P-51D to use as the… more

The St. Mihiel Offensive

Published: March 24, 2020
Book Author(s): Maarten Otte
Company: Pen & Sword

The book in hand shows that it was published in January 2020 by Pen & Sword with an ISBN # 1526734958. Not being found on the Pen & Sword website, the Casemate website contained a page for this book with an ISBN # of 9781526734952.

Overview (as found on the website)

The St Mihiel Offensive, which took place between the 12th and 16th September 1918, was the first full… more

The Fall of Berlin

Published: March 16, 2020
Book Author(s): Ian Baxter
Company: Pen & Sword

Overview as found on the website: By March 1945, the Red Army had closed in on Berlin. Marshal Zhukov, with almost a million soldiers and 20,000 tanks and guns at his disposal, launched his assault of the Seelow Heights. While costly with 30,000 Russians killed, it brought the Russian Army to the gates of the capital.

On 20 April, Hitler's 56th birthday, Soviet artillery began a… more

MottleMaster Stencils

Published: February 25, 2020
Company: Masterpiece Models

Mottling the paint scheme on a model by hand can be difficult and rather time consuming. Keeping the paint at a consistent density, avoiding a semblance of a “pattern” in the layout of the mottling, and paying attention to panel lines are all issue that need attention when applying a “mottled” finish.

Masterpiece has addressed these issues with an easy-to-use set of templates. The… more

Bench-Mate Aircraft Jig for 72nd and 48th Scales

Published: February 10, 2020
Company: Masterpiece Models

Copied from the Masterpiece Models website, About Masterpiece Models, “Masterpiece Models manufactures and sells the highest quality resin assembly kits on the market today. Featuring kits for a variety of interests including WWII, Vietnam, Sci-fi, and aircraft bases. We have acquired the rights to a large selection of the Custom Dioramics line that are now available through us as resin… more

Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless

Published: January 18, 2020
Book Author(s): Dariusz Karnas, Artur Juszczak
Company: Casemate Publishers

The Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless publication was released on Nov 15, 2019, so it’s a new addition to the “Single” series published by MMP. This publication, by Dariusz Karnas and Artur Juszczak contains a series of excellent profile illustrations in both 1/72^nd and 1/48^th scales. Panel lines, access hatches, and other surface detail are clearly visible. For those who wish to… more

Photoetch Set for for M4A3E8 Easy Eight

Published: January 14, 2020
Company: Brengun, Hauler

Hauler-Brengun is well known as a supplier of high-quality aftermarket detail parts for armor kits, as well as other subjects. As armor builders are aware, there can be many detail parts that are available to be added to the Sherman M4A, and Hauler has provided 60+ photoetch parts to “detail” the Tamiya 48^th scale M4A.

The package containing this Hauler product is the… more