Rod Lees
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F-35A Landing Gear for TamiyaPublished: April 7, 2024 Detail and Wonder is a new aftermarket company; they currently list The F-35 (Tamiya), F-4 (Meng), and recently the F-16 heavyweight (for later F-16C variants, Tamiya and by default, Kinetic) as target improvements for their products, producing landing gear with integral Wheels/tires/struts, Exhaust Nozzles, and some intake/exhaust FOD (Foreign Object Damage) prevention plugs. The subject of… more |
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F-35A Afterburner Nozzle and Intake/Exhaust PlugsPublished: March 27, 2024 Detail and Wonder (D&W) is a new aftermarket company; They currently list The F-35, F-4, and recently the F-16 as target kit improvements for their products, (Tamiya F-35A, Meng F-4E, and Tamiya F-16, which means it will work on the Kinetic copy) producing landing gear with integral Wheels/tires/struts, Exhaust Nozzles, and some intake/exhaust FOD (Foreign Object Damage) prevention plugs.… more |
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AH-1G Cobra 'Over Vietnam with M-35 Gun System' (HI-TECH)Published: February 4, 2024 It has been an honor to review Special Hobby’s new AH-1G kit, and hereby express extreme thanks to them for providing IPMS USA with this new release. We continue to be fortunate with their ongoing support of the reviewer corps! Special Hobby continues to provide subjects avoided by others… as a business model, this ensures they continue to exist and thrive on the concept of “do what… more |
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H-21 Upgrade for Italeri KitPublished: December 3, 2023 THANKS to Brengun for providing more of their expansive line for us IPMS reviewers to address. For the Detail hounds, AMS, whatever among us, Brengun continues to provide really cool items for us to use. And this set holds great promise to upgrade the venerable 1/72 Italeri kit. Notice I said 1/72. When I was digging through the “Review stash” to see where I could help, I saw this and… more |
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F-18G GrowlerPublished: November 21, 2023 I opted to try this kit knowing full well it was Italeri plastic with Cartograph decals and Platz boxing - with their instructions. The box has a great image of a real F-18G on the front When you open the box you find gray plastic with clear for the canopy and taxi lights. Cartograph decals (yay!) and a very well-laid-out instruction manual from Platz. (yay!) The Italeri plastic was… more |
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F-14A VF-111 "Sundowners" DecalsPublished: November 8, 2023 Thanks to HAD (based in Budapest, Hungary) for sending IPMS/USA this decal sheet. This was the first time I have used their products and I was impressed. When I went to their website, I noticed the Digital Camo products as well. The web site lists many different decal sets for other aircraft and is worth visiting. The decals I volunteered to work are for the popular “Good Golly Miss… more |
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Nine Lives of the Flying Tiger (Asia at War series #43)Published: September 30, 2023 Here is the overview from Casemate’s website:
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Cross and Cockade, “the Journal of the Great War Aviation Society, Spring 2023 Vol. 54/1 MagazinePublished: July 15, 2023 First, I must express sincere appreciation to the editors of Cross and Cockade; IPMS USA sincerely appreciate your provision of a great read. I decided since I am closet WWI interest-type individual, (when Stationed in Germany I visited Verdun at least 10 times…) I might as well do some reading on “The Great War”. The society itself has developed a large following (based on people… more |
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A-24 BansheePublished: July 9, 2023 UP FRONT thanks to Brengun for sending us this Gem… This kit is a re-release of Brengun’s earlier Dauntless. The A-24 was used by the Army Air Force in several theaters of operation, and pretty well seems to have been as successful in operation there as in Blue water conflict. (Midway anyone?). Total time in work: 3 hours over a week including paint and decals. NO filler. The… more |
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Travis Air Force Based USAF’S Transport Superbase in actionPublished: May 11, 2023 First, thanks very much to Casemate Publishing for providing IPMS USA a copy of this well formatted and image-rich minigraph. We appreciate the opportunity to review this book! Travis AFB almost 30 years ago, (’93-‘]96) was one of my frequent TDY locations while overseeing the KC-10 fleet as the KC-10 Maintenance Chief for Air Mobility Command. Lots of great memories in working that… more |