Luftwaffe Cockpit Placards

Published: July 4, 2020
Company: Airscale Model Aircraft Enhancements

The latest release from Airscale is a sheet of decals to replicate 1/48^thscale Luftwaffe cockpit placards. The cockpit placards are on a single sheet of film. These are typical of the rest of Airscale’s releases. High quality decals printed by Fantasy Workshop.

Included on this set are General Warnings, Notices, Manufacturers Data Plates, Primary Instructions and Radio… more

IAB-500 Imitation Aerial Bomb with BD3-23N Pylon

Published: July 11, 2011
Company: Aires Hobby Models

This is one big bomb or imitation bomb. Its construction is typical Soviet design. Molded perfectly in light grey resin the bomb itself is a two piece affair with a nose cone and tail section. Also included in this set is an exquisitely molded bomb rack. The rack is a piece of art with sway brace arms molded in place. How they molded it and got it to cast is beyond me.

Decals are… more

UB-16-57 Soviet Rocket Launchers

Published: July 11, 2011
Company: Aires Hobby Models

Aerobonus is a new sub-division of Aires that seems to concentrate on the armament of former Soviet Union aircraft. This set contains two rocket pods cast in light grey resin that are perfectly formed with no blemishes or bubbles anywhere. The rocket pods are easy enough to assemble as there are only two pieces to each pod, the front and aerodynamic rear fairing.

Also included are… more

UB-32 Soviet Rocket Launchers

Published: July 11, 2011
Company: Aires Hobby Models

Aerobonus’ latest release is the ‘big’ rocket pod used on a variety of aircraft. For me this rocket pod usually mounted on the Mi-24 Hind helicopter. It was also used on the Mig-21, Mig-23, Mig-27, and Mi-8/17.

Perfectly cast in light grey resin, with no bubbles or imperfections, these rocket pods are beautiful. The tip and the openings are beautiful renderings. The pods are cast in… more

Bf-109K-4

Published: July 10, 2011
Company: Academy Models

The Kit

Academy provides you with six sprues of light grey plastic and two small clear plastic. The sprues are the same ones that were issued by Hobbycraft, but there is a difference. The difference is the inclusion of three additional items, two cowl guns and a pitot tube made out of turned brass. These items are little gems of work. The guns have hollowed out ends and look perfect… more

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka M.G. Drum Magazines

Published: July 10, 2011
Company: Quickboost

There are limitations to plastic molding that resin doesn’t have to worry about. Such is the case of the Italeri MG Magazine Drums. The kit items are nice but they lack the subtle detail on the sides and the handles. Well Quickboost recognized this and has provided us with two sets of magazines. The magazines have the detail perfectly rendered.

Perfectly molded in light grey resin these… more

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka Exhaust

Published: July 10, 2011
Company: Quickboost

The new Italeri Ju-87 Stuka is a great example of this airplane. The exhausts are like most kit exhausts molded solid. I can’t thin the ends out to save my life. Thank God for Quickboost.

The exhausts are molded in light grey resin with realistic weld lines and hollowed out ends. These exhausts are typical of all of Quickboost exhausts in that they are drop in replacements for the kit… more

Focke-Wulf Ta-154 Exhaust

Published: July 10, 2011
Company: Quickboost

The Dragon/Revell Ta-154 Moskito is a twin engine aircraft that just begs for detail. One of the easiest things that can be done is to upgrade the exhausts. Now I don’t know about you but I suck at hollowing out exhaust stacks. I can’t even imagine doing it on 24 of them as least not what I would claim as my work.

Molded in light grey resin these exhausts are perfectly formed with… more

Focke-Wulf Ta-154 Undercarriage Covers

Published: July 10, 2011
Company: Quickboost

The Ta-154 Moskito kits from Dragon and Revell are really nice kits of this airplane. The kit undercarriage is just solid pieces of plastic. Quickboost has improved on the kit parts by thinning out the undercarriage doors and adding detail to them.

Perfectly molded in light grey resin the set includes the seven doors that are direct replacements for the kit item. Using them couldn’t be… more

HH-60H Rescue Hawk

Published: July 10, 2011
Company: Skunk Models Workshop

Skunkworks is a brand name from Lucky Models. They have released some really unique sets in the past including weapons sets, Navy deck tractors, and UAVs. This is one the first of their new helicopters, the HH-60H Rescue Hawk. The Rescue Hawk is a development of the SH-60F Seahawk designed to retrieve downed aviators behind enemy lines.

The kit comes in a colorful end opening box with… more