Ten Tom's Corolla AE101

Published: May 4, 2019
Company: Hasegawa

The 1992 Japanese touring car championship season was the 8th edition of the series. The series was nine events long running April thru November, Finishing up at the Fuji International Speedway in Japan. the series was run under several different regulations during it's existence. The series included international categories such as group A and Super Touring which allowed both Japanese and foreign built cars. Tom's Toyota's were competing against the likes of BMW, Honda, Nissan, Isuzu. Most were factory sponsored and a few were not. There was still some serious competition. Tom's: Tachi Oiwa Motor Sports was founded in 1974 by Nobuide Tachi ad Kiyoshi Oiwa. The pair were able to use TRD with very good results in tuning and modifications to the car and a good long term R&D program… more

Hawker-Tempest Mk. II /V/VI Hawker Fury/Sea Fury Cannon Tips & Pitot Tube

Published: March 2, 2018
Company: Master Model

The Hawker Tempest was a WWII aircraft used mainly by the RAF although a few other country’s flew them. Primarily being used as ground attack aircraft it saw action in Operation Overlord and it was used to target railroads and Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground. The Tempest was an effective low-level fighter interceptor, even against the new Me-262 jet fighter. When the first 100 Hawker Tempest were built they were fitted with the long barrel 20mm Mark II. The rest of the production were built with the short barrel 20mm Mk V cannons carrying 800 round of ammo shooting at 200rpg.

Master Models from Poland has produced a replacement brass set of guns and pitot tube for this latter type of cannon Opening the package I found 4 barrels and one pitot tube. The detail of the pieces is… more

Hawker Tempest Mk.V early - Hispano 20mm Cannon Barrels in Fairings

Published: February 27, 2018
Company: Master Model

The Hawker Tempest was a British primarily used in the RAF in WWII. The Tempest is a derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, intended to address high altitude performance. The updated design had a new thinner laminar flow wing. Having diverged considerably from the Typhoon, the aircraft was renamed, Tempest. The plane proved to be one of the most powerful fighters of the war and the fastest single-engine propeller-driven fighters at low altitude. Entering the service in 1944 the Tempest was used as a low altitude interceptor, particularly against the V-1 flying bombs and as a ground support aircraft, in operation Market Garden ( D-Day). Later targeting the German rail infrastructure and Luftwaffe aircraft factories. The Tempest was effective in low-level interception role, including the M-… more

AH-64D Longbow Apache

Published: February 11, 2018
Company: Italeri

The Boeing AH-64-D Longbow is a twin-turbo shaft attack helicopter with a nose mounted target acquisition and night vision systems which makes it incredibly destructive. Longbow-equipped Apaches can locate up to 256 targets simultaneously within 50 km; the fire control radar is able to crush the enemy beyond sight range.

Upon opening the box, I found there to be 4 sprue's - 3 grey and 1 clear. Also included were the instructions for five different markings and stencils plus a decal sheet. The first thing I always do is to remove the clear sprue and pour future over them. This will stop a lot of problems later. Inspecting the rest of the grey sprue's I found no sink holes on the outside of the parts, but there were a few on the inside that were not going to be seen at final… more