British Officers

Published: February 3, 2020
Company: MiniArt

Mini-Art continues to expand its 1/35 line of figures this time with a 5-figure set of “British Officers”. One of the figures wears a kilt and the rest of the figures have gear for somewhat cold weather (coats, scarfs, etc).

You get two sprues for a total of 52 parts, plus a small printed out page with a parts map. There is no flash in the sprues and the mold lines are extremely faint… more

P-38 Lighting Aces 1942-43

Published: August 8, 2014
Book Author(s): John Stanaway
Company: Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing continues to expand the Aircraft of the Aces series with the installment of P-38 Lighting Aces 1942-43.

This book is well researched and has plenty of black and white pictures, including several images of aircrafts with very decorative nose-art or ‘teeth’ in the engine cowlings. All of the depicted aircraft have the Olive Drab over Neutral Gray camouflage… more

F9F Panther Units of the Korean War

Published: August 2, 2014
Book Author(s): Warren Thompson
Company: Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing keeps expanding its Combat Aircraft series with its latest book, F9F Panther Units of the Korean War. I personally think that the F9F Panther is among the most beautiful jets of the early era—together with the F-86 Sabre—so I might be a bit biased on this topic.

Clearly, from the beginning of the book you realize the author, Warren Thompson, is extremely well… more

Gator Glue

Published: July 13, 2014
Company: Gator Masks

Gator Masks had a happy accident. Gator glue ordered the wrong products when planning to make a batch of their regular “Gator Grip” glue and accidently made a thinner product, which like the original glue. Gator glue is water based and non-toxic. After testing the new thinner product, they decided to add this “happy accident” to the catalog as the “Thin Blend” version of the Gator glue. This… more

European Tram - Part 2

Published: February 10, 2020
Company: MiniArt

Part 2: Painting the Interior

This build has not completely stalled, despite the long hiatus since the last update.

I have been working on the painting of the interior and undercarriage and I have done some research as to what colors to use. The passenger cabin was left in natural wood color (mahogany maybe) with some varnish to protect the wood. The driver position was most… more

Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalbe (2nd Edition)

Published: June 9, 2014
Book Author(s): Robert Peczkowski
Company: Mushroom Model Publications - MMP Books

The Me-262 requires little if any introduction, however reference material for it is always sought after. This book is intended to cover all the marks and variants of the single seat “A” series, including some obscure prototypes.

The book is very logically broken down in a section that describes the technical characteristics of the airplane, the production blocks, and several tables… more

U.S. 2-1/2 Ton 6x6 Airfield Fuel Truck

Published: May 28, 2014
Company: Tamiya

Airplane modelers have been waiting for a 1/48 US Army Airfield truck for quite some time (I know I have). There were resin conversions available, but for all I know this is the first one in injected plastic and a Tamiya model nonetheless!

Upon opening the box you get to see six sprues molded in dark green, a small clear sprue, a bag with plastic hose and wire, and a small decal sheet… more

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Published: May 22, 2014
Company: Caracal Models

Caracal Models has released a sheet for the 1/48 Kitty Hawk F-35. This decal set includes two sheets with markings for 2 USMC, one 1 US Navy, 2 USAF and 1 RAF aircraft for a total of 6 airframes.

The options on this decal sheet are:

• F-35B BuNo 168059, VMFAT-501, US Marine Corps
• F-35B BuNo 168718, VMFA-121, US Marine Corps
• F-35B BF-05, VX-23 Strike Test… more

US Navy Albatross (Early Types - HU-16C & UF-1)

Published: May 21, 2014
Company: Caracal Models

Caracal Models has released a sheet for the 1/48 Trumpeter Albatross SA-16A. This decal set includes three sheets with markings for a total of 6 airframes.

The options on this decal sheet are:

• US Navy UF-1 Albatross, NAS Norfolk
• US Navy HU-16C Albatross, NASU Naha, Japan
• US Navy HU-16C Albatross, NASU Iwakuni, Japan
• US Navy UF-1 Albatross, US… more

Dropper (Glue Applicator)

Published: May 20, 2014
Company: Eduard

Eduard Models is releasing some very useful tools for the modelers, like this glue applicator, dropper or kapátko (probably in Czech as it is written in the package).

This photoetch fret has a total of 10 applicators. The “jaws” in the applicator comes in two sizes, small and smaller glue drop. The two sizes of drops make this tool useful for different scales or different applications… more