IPMS Number
36013
Ned Ricks
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B-25J Mitchell 'Shark Teeth' Limited EditionPublished: July 25, 2016 The short version -- I liked the kit. Hasegawa has engineered this kit well. Now, the details. HistoryThe final and most built series of the Mitchell, the B-25J looked less like earlier series, apart from the well-glazed bombardier's nose of nearly-identical appearance to the earliest B-25 subtypes. It had the forward dorsal turret and other armament… more |
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"Dog Fight Doubles" Bristol Beaufighter TF.X and Focke Wulf FW 190 A-8Published: March 3, 2016 The short version - I liked the kits. The new molds that the current Airfix products have shown are on display here. These were pleasing to build. Now, the details. HistoryThe pairing in the set is based upon an air battle that took place on the 9th of February 1945. A force of thirty one Bristol Beaufighter long range fighter bombers took… more |
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Taranto 1940 The Fleet Air Arm’s Precursor to Pearl HarborPublished: October 8, 2015 Many modelers have a general knowledge of the Royal Navy’s air attack on the Italian base at Taranto and its outcome but are sketchy on the finer points. So, you have bought one of the new, marvelously detailed kits of the Fairey Swordfish “String bag” and all the aftermarket goodies for it, but the last particulars are not clear in your head. This full-of-specifics history will tell you not… more |
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UH-1 Huey Gunship CrewPublished: August 27, 2015 HistoryThe Vietnam War was a helicopter war. Many of the most lasting images are of fleets of helicopters, mostly the ubiquitous UH-1 “Huey,” filling the sky. What would newsreel footage of that war be without a sound track of the “whup-whup-whup” of chopper blades? Among the many uses the UH-1 was put to was as an early version of the gunship, the ancestor of today’s Apache… more |
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Vietnam Helicopter Crew MemberPublished: August 14, 2015 HistoryIn the early 1960s, the US Army’s Howze Board recommended testing new forms of mobility to make the soldier “free from the tyranny of terrain.” The result was the 11th Air Assault Division, to be rechristened the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and sent to Vietnam in 1965. Rather than moving to combat by truck or by foot march, as in wars past, the Cav rode in helicopters… more |
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Vietnam Cavalry TrooperPublished: August 13, 2015 HistoryIn the early 1960s, the US Army’s Howze Board recommended testing new forms of mobility to make the soldier “free from the tyranny of terrain.” The result was the 11th Air Assault Division, to be rechristened the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and sent to Vietnam in 1965. One of the elements of the airmobile division was the Air Cav -- 1st Squadron (Air), 9th Cavalry,… more |
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Lewes and Evesham 1264-65Published: June 29, 2015 At the crescendo of the Second Barons' War were the battles of Lewes and Evesham. It was an era of high drama and intrigue, as tensions between crown and aristocracy had boiled over and a civil war erupted that would shape the future of English government. In this detailed study, Richard Brooks unravels the remarkable events at the battles of Lewes and Evesham, revealing the unusually tactical… more |
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Bristol Blenheim Mk IPublished: August 23, 2014 When the Airfix Bristol Blenheim Mk I showed up on the kits available for review, I quickly put my name in the hat for it. I had seen the results of a 1/48 scale kit and was eager to try my hand and add to my RAF Battle of Britain collection. A few paragraphs of history: The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that… more |
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US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45 - Pre-war ClassesPublished: June 2, 2014 Highlights from Osprey’s website: “Designed and produced under the regulations of the Washington Naval Treaty, the heavy cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans and Wichita classes were exercises in compromise. While they possessed very heavy armament – the Pensacolas, for example, carrying a main battery of ten 8” guns – this came at the cost of protection – armor was… more |
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S-61A Sea King “Antarctica Observation”Published: April 17, 2014 Previously, Cyber-Hobby released a 1/72 scale plastic kit of the American-designed Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopter. At first, this twin-engine SH-3 Sea King was used primarily for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) by the US Navy. Many other nations adopted the Sea King design, including Japan, where it was license-produced by Mitsubishi. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) widely used… more |