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Published: June 22, 2019
Company: HK Models Co.
Welcome back! Last time we had just completed the interior and internal framework, front end and cockpit of the big 1/32nd Scale HKM Lancaster Mk.IB. This second installment will bring the engines, wings, fuselage, bomb bay and wheel-wells together, leaving the final assembly and finish for the last segment of this three-part review.
Work is going along smoothly, with just a few… more |
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Published: March 31, 2019
Company: HK Models Co.
[This review is the first installment of a three-part series on building and finishing this impressive kit.]
Since 2012, newcomer Hong Kong Models (HKM) has been rolling out some of the most exciting big-scale aircraft kits to hit the market. Ever since the prolific company first released the B-25J Mitchell, modelers have been anxiously waiting for the next big-kit… more |
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Published: February 3, 2020
Company: AFV Club
According to ScaleMates.com, AFV Club has released no less than sixteen different kitting’s of the venerable British Centurion, five of which depict the various Israeli Defense Force (IDF) versions. The subject of this review is the Sho’t Kal Gimel Type II, which is identified on the box top as being from the time period of the 1982 Lebanon war (“Operation Peace for Galilee”). ‘Sho’t’… more |
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Published: November 13, 2018
Book Author(s): Michael Green
Company: Osprey Publishing
I’ve been waiting for a book like this for a long time – an inexpensive, comprehensive and readable book on US Armor in WWII. Prolific author Michael Green’s latest release covers just about everything that rolled on track and sported a big white star. While there are images of war in this volume, this book is more informative than sexy – perfectly suitable as a go-to resource for research, as… more |
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Published: November 7, 2018
Book Author(s): Dennis Oliver
Company: Pen and Sword Books Ltd
Dennis Oliver, in conjunction with Pen and Sword Books, has released another one of his very popular TankCraft series; this one covering the German Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer. Written specifically with the modeler in mind, Mr. Oliver has packed these handy books with enough combat history and technical data to be of interest to the non-modeler as well. Several of these populate my modeling… more |
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Published: February 3, 2020
Book Author(s): Alan Ranger
Company: Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books
Prolific military author Alan Ranger introduces his Camera On series with a book on the German 5-ton Sd.Kfz.6 Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen (“Medium Tractor”) utility halftrack. The Camera On series can best be described as photographic compilations, filled mostly with images recently made available from private collections.
The attractive, slightly oversized volume contains a short… more |
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Published: August 21, 2018
Company: CMK
Czech Master's out of Czechoslovakia continues to add to its list of quality aftermarket and modeling supply products; this time with packages of linked brass chain. Reviewed here are two sizes: 2.8mm (Coarse) and 1.8mm (Medium), suitable for 1/35thscale. The brass chain accepts blackening agent, such as A-West’s ‘Blacken It’, turning the chain from a bright, brass color to a darker color,… more |
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Published: July 24, 2018
Company: AFV Club
AFV Club has released the third version of Israeli’s rework of the venerable American M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH). This time around we meet the ‘Doher’, or ‘Galloper’ - an augmented boxing of their recent ‘Rochev Bet’ release. The M109A2 Doher was fielded in 1993, eventually replacing all of the earlier Rochev models in active service by 1997. After the active service units received… more |
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Published: April 5, 2018
Company: Tamiya
Tamiya has recently released their own boxing of the diminutive Goliath tracked mine. The kit comes complete with two mines and control boxes, tethered by steel wire to one of three highly detailed figures. Molded in crisp, yellow plastic, the contents of the box are typical of Tamiya kits, and the three figures are just about as good as it gets in terms of detail and craftsmanship.
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Published: January 22, 2018
Company: Italeri
The Italeri M32B-1 Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) Kit # 6547, originally released way back in 1980, was, at the time of release, still standing sentry duty as the only readily available injection-molded set of sprues for this Sherman-based Allied tank recovery vehicle. The model has gone through a number of updates and improvements since, culminating in what you see reviewed here. After all… more |
