IA-58 Pucara FAA Colors Set

Published: December 8, 2021
Company: AMMO by Mig Jimenez

In the last year or so I have been able to try out the Ammo by Mig Jimenez paints and I’m very well impressed with them. They are sturdy and durable, nothing like other acrylic paints I have used before. When I had the opportunity to review another set of them, I jumped on it, as these paints are among the best acrylics I’ve ever used.

This particular set A.mig-7242, Pucara FAA includes… more

Metal barrel for ZiS-6 for KV-2/3/4/5

Published: October 23, 2021
Company: OKB Grigorov

OKB Grigorov specializes in resin, photoetch and turned metal barrel conversions for armor. One of their latest releases is metal barrel for the KV-2/3/4/5

This aftermarket set includes a barrel is made of turned metal with a hollow end. It will be perfect to enhance the looks of your model as the gun barrel tends to be a focal point of most armor models.

This set is well done… more

Turret for Pz.V Panther Panzerbeobachthungswagen

Published: October 23, 2021
Company: OKB Grigorov

OKB Grigorov specializes in resin, photoetch and turned metal barrel conversions for armor. One of their latest releases is the Turret for Pz.V Panther Panzerbeobachthungswagen/

This aftermarket set includes parts in grey resin, green resin, clear resin and photoetch. The gun barrel is casted in resin for this set. As you can see from the pictures, the casting of the parts is pretty… more

Turret for Pz.V Panther Ausf.F Rheinmetall proposal

Published: October 23, 2021
Company: OKB Grigorov

OKB Grigorov specializes in resin, photoetch and turned metal barrel conversions for armor. One of their latest releases is the Turret for Pz.V Panther Ausf.F Rheinmetall proposal.

This aftermarket set includes parts in grey resin, clear resin, photoetch and a turned metal gun barrel. As you can see from the pictures, the casting of the parts is pretty good, without any bubbles in the… more

Turret for Pz.VI Tiger H2

Published: October 23, 2021
Company: OKB Grigorov

OKB Grigorov specializes in resin, photoetch and turned metal barrel conversions for armor. One of their latest releases is the Turret for Pz.VI Tiger H2.

This aftermarket set includes parts in grey resin, photoetch while gun barrel is made of turned metal. As you can see from the pictures, the casting of the parts is pretty good, without any bubbles in the resin, although with some… more

Lifelike Decals Ki-27 – Part 6

Published: October 23, 2021
Company: Lifelike Decals

Lifelike Decals from Japan has released its 6^th installment in a series of Ki-27 “Nate”. You get a total of 8 aircraft, with 5 of them being of the Japanese “Gray Green” color, which the instructions suggest to replace by the German RLM 02.

One of the other three aircraft is painted in Japanese Dark Green over Gray-Green, the next one is… more

Grumman F-14 Tomcat in US Navy Service

Published: October 22, 2021
Book Author(s): Salvador Mafe Huertas
Company: Kagero Publishing

Kagero Publishers continues to expand its Monograph series with a book dedicated to the F-14 in US Navy Service (one of the only two users of the airframe)

The book is divided in the following sections

• Genesis of a thoroughbred
• Production and variants
• VF-154 “Black Knights”
• Pilot and RIO
• VF-32 “Swordsmen”, its last deployment with… more

All for One, One for All – The Argentine Navy during the Falklands/Malvinas

Published: September 12, 2021
Book Author(s): Dr Jorge Boveda
Company: Helion & Company

Helion & Company continues to expand its series “Latin America @ War”, with its 23^rd installment devoted to the Argentine Navy operations during the Falklands/Malvinas War.

The author is the son of an Argentine Navy officer, and himself was a cadet of the Argentinean Navy. As such, he can speak to the Argentine Navy culture like an “insider”, which provides insights… more

Ki-27 – Part 4

Published: September 12, 2021
Company: Lifelike Decals

Lifelike Decals from Japan has released its 4^th installment in a series of Ki-27 “Nate”. There are a total of 9 aircraft, with 7 of them being of the Japanese “Gray Green” color, which the instructions suggest to replacing with German RLM 02. The other two aircraft are painted in Japanese Dark Green over Gray-Green.

The decals provide squadron codes and fuselage art for all… more

Ki-27 – Part 5

Published: September 12, 2021
Company: Lifelike Decals

Lifelike Decals from Japan has released its 5^th installment in a series of Ki-27 “Nate”. You get a total of 8 aircraft, with 6 of them being of the Japanese “Gray Green” color, which the instructions suggest replacing with German RLM 02.

One of the other two aircraft is painted in Japanese Dark Green over Gray-Green, while the last one is an attractive disruptive camouflage… more