Ooma's Tuna Fishing Boat "Ryoufuku-maru #31"

Published: September 12, 2021
Company: Aoshima

Introduction

If you're looking to change things up a little from the armor or naval vessels or historical military aircraft kits you've been building, what about a tuna fishing boat for a change of pace? Aoshima of Japan is offering just such a kit with "Ryoufuku-maru #31". Tuna fishing is the main industry in the north of the island of Honshu, Japan and Aoshima offers this kit of… more

Star Trek Adversary Set

Published: June 20, 2012
Company: Round 2 Models

Introduction

Growing up building all genres of AMT/ERTL/MPC kits – cars to aircraft to space ships to monster figures – it was a sad day when ERTL reduced AMT to a shell of its former self. Being a particularly big Star Trek fan and with AMT being the only game in town for Star Trek models (before this “internet” thing became such a big deal), it was a sad time… more

Apollo 10 CSM + LM + LES

Published: September 7, 2021
Company: Dragon Models

Introduction

Apollo 10 was launched on May 18, 1969, and was the dress rehearsal for putting man on the moon. The flight took the command/service module (CSM [CSM-106]) “Charlie Brown” and the Lunar Module (LM [LM-4]) “Snoopy” to the moon, where the LM separated, descended and maneuvered to within 9 miles of the lunar surface. The mission of Apollo 10 was to demonstrate the… more

UH-60L Blackhawk

Published: September 15, 2021
Company: Dragon Models

Introduction

Many of us grew up building the many versions and scales of the utility helicopter of the time – the Bell UH-1 Iroquois of the "Huey" family. Those first flew in 1956 and over 16,000 of them were produced starting in 1960. "Utility" was the key word. They've been used for everything from search and rescue and medical evac to gunships and forward air control to fire… more

US Marine Aircraft, Armor, & Landing Craft in Ship Scale

Published: September 15, 2021
Company: Gallery Models

Stock Numbers / Products

• Item # 64003, U.S. MARINES Aircraft, $13.98
• Item # 64004, U.S. MARINES Armor Accessories, $11.98
• Item # 64005, USN LCAC Hovercraft, $11.98

Introduction

Gallery Models is a “brand” concept developed by MRC. Their motto is “Only Spectacular Kits” and their first release (early 2010), the 1/350 scale USS WASP (LHD-… more

Stealth Helicopter "Operation Geronimo"

Published: September 19, 2021
Company: Dragon Models

Introduction

Many of us were taken by surprise on May 2nd, 2011, when the President came on TV and announced Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been found and eliminated by a team of US Navy SEALs in a secret operation,"Neptune Spear." In the following days, after the dust had settled, we found that the mission had been accomplished at bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,… more

Bell X-1

Published: October 6, 2022
Company: Revell, Inc.

Introduction

1947 was a much simpler time but there were complex problems to be solved. 'Let's put a rocket motor in a small fuselage shaped like a 50 caliber bullet and see if we can maintain controlled flight, faster than the speed of sound'. Sounds simple enough.

Looking back now, the X-1 was simple in shape, power and design and we are still learning from those tests.… more

Leif Ericson Galactic Cruiser

Published: October 10, 2011
Company: Round 2 Models

Introduction

In 1968, in the first peak of the AMT Star Trek model series, AMT released the Leif Ericson Galactic Cruiser as a start to an intended line of original, AMT-designed sci-fi vehicles. Each ship was to have a story, including key characters. The ship was designed by Star Trek's Enterprise designer, Matt Jeffries. The Leif Ericson was a sci-fi modeler and fan-favorite even… more

USS Enterprise, Tholian Web Edition

Published: July 15, 2011
Company: Round 2 Models

Introduction

This release of the original AMT Enterprise commemorates the original TV series episode, "The Tholian Web". In that show, one of the Enterprise's sister ships, the U.S.S. Defiant, is captured by the use of an energy 'web', spun by the Tholians. While Kirk & his team investigate, the Tholians make their move to take the Enterprise as well.

My thanks go out to… more

F-111C RAAF "Special Edition"

Published: October 10, 2021
Company: Academy Models

Introduction

My thanks go out to MRC-Academy for providing this up-dated kit for review and to IPMS USA for letting me do the review. My apologies to Academy & IPMS for this review taking so long - I hate it when my job gets in the way of my hobbies but I had some issues at work for a while there.

In the Box

The box contains 7 gray and 1 clear sprues (including… more