IPMS Number
2209
Jim Pearsall
Reviews By Author
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Detail Set for the 1/72 Academy F/A-18APublished: November 30, 2021 The ContentsYou get a heavy duty envelope with 4 plastic sleeves inside. You get:
You also get 2 full pages of instructions, folded so that you have 8 separate half pages of… more |
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1973 - 2010 The Story of Matchbox KitsPublished: August 27, 2011 The AuthorThis book is the English translation from the French by Jennifer Meyniel and the author. I have to say that it is a very good translation, as the text is very readable. I finished this book in one evening, during the commercial breaks in a couple of favorite Tuesday evening TV shows. Mr. Carbonel has taken the time and trouble to track down many of the players in… more |
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The Supermarine Spitfire, Part 2: Griffon-PoweredPublished: August 18, 2011 This book answered a question that has nagged me for many years, since Frog first came out with their Spitfire 14 kit back in 1968. Why would Supermarine want to go away from the fabulous Merlin engine and try something new? Well, this book answered that question early on. The answer is 1700 hp for the Griffon vs 1030 hp for the Merlin. The contents are:
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F-16 Falcon EggsPublished: November 8, 2021 This is the third Hasegawa Egg Plane I’ve built, and Twobobs is certainly right in their decal description. Everyone probably has one of these in their stash, and finally someone has come out with interesting aftermarket markings for the Lawn Dart. They also describe the kit as whimsical (yep) and one to be built just for the fun of it, as no one has a good photo of the original aircraft.… more |
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J-20 PLA Stealth FighterPublished: November 18, 2021 The J-20 is a prototype of the Chinese fifth-generation fighter. It is called a stealth fighter, and it has many of the characteristics of a truly stealthy aircraft, including occluded intakes, an internal armament store, and radar-absorbent outer skin. As it is now configured, most experts say it isn’t truly stealthy as the engine exhausts are not low-observable technology for either IR or… more |
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Replacement Guns for the Mi-24 HindPublished: July 20, 2011 A while back I built the Zvezda 1/72 Mi-24 Hind. I got the opportunity to do this review and grabbed it, as I wouldn’t have to build the entire kit just to add the nose guns The package contains two guns. The kit gives options of two different guns in the nose turret. The one I used is the Yak-B 4 barrel Gatling-type gun, 12.7 mm. The other is a twin-barrel gun the G-Sh-30, a 30 mm… more |
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Hawker Tempest VPublished: May 24, 2022 The AircraftThe Tempest was a follow-on for the Hawker Hurricane and Typhoon. Through the Typhoon and Tempest development, Hawkers had problems with several new systems, and the Air Ministers were ready to scrap the new aircraft programs. One of the people who successfully argued for their retention and one of the problem solvers was Roland P. Beamont. The resulting aircraft… more |
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Big Ed Set for the F-16I SufaPublished: July 16, 2011 The ContentsYou get a heavy duty envelope with 4 plastic sleeves inside. You get:
You also get 2 full pages of instructions, folded so… more |
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Lockheed C-130HPublished: July 11, 2011 The AircraftIf you’ve never seen a C-130, and never had a ride in a Herk, you’ve probably been living under a rock somewhere. There are more than 40 variants, serving in 60 countries. The C-130 has been in service with the US Air Force for over 50 years, albeit with several different models and many improvements along the way. The StoryI served in… more |
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Douglas DC-7C, JALPublished: December 19, 2021 The AircraftThe post World War II airliner market was rather like the competition between bomber aircraft in the war. Better engines, sleeker designs, more load carrying capability, longer range, were all sought after by the various airline companies both in the US and overseas. TWA bought the Lockheed Constellation, which could carry about 100 passengers on transatlantic flights.… more |