Dragon has provided an excellent rendition of the famous Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM) in 1/48th scale. This kit can be viewed as a companion kit to Dragon’s #11008 LEM kit. Together, they make an awesome pair!

Dragon advertises that this kit is a “Delicate Apollo 11 CSM w/display stand.” While the appearance of the model gives one the impression that it is, indeed, “delicate,” in truth the model is rather robust. The manner in which the parts fit together lends considerable strength to the model and one need not be concerned for any “delicacy” issues during assembly.

Inarguably one of the greatest things since sliced bread is Eduard’s series of prepainted, self-adhesive photoetch detail sets. Their recent release for the Tamiya/Italeri Hurricane Mk I is certainly no exception.

Two frets of precisely engineered and etched media, accompanied by a small acetate sheet of gunsight glasses, capture a slew of detail enhancements for the cockpit, radiator, engine, main wheel well, and other areas.

As always, the cockpit detail is the crown jewel of the set. Instrument panel, gunsight frame, seat, side console, boarding door, and harness detail are magnificently and delicately captured. Colors are convincing and compliment Polly Scale British Interior Grey Green quite well. Fit of the PE to the styrene parts is, as usual, impeccable. Instructions are very clear and complete.

SAC’s recent release of their 1/48 Hurricane Mk I Landing Gear for the Italeri/Tamiya kit has been most timely and welcome. With over 40 years of modeling under my belly-eclipsed belt, it’s safe to say I’ve destroyed every set of injection-molded Hurricane landing gear I’ve ever built – and that’s quite a few. I was concerned about that with my latest Hurricane build – until this little set of jewels arrived in the mail.

Although nothing exotic, this set appears to be a recasting of the kit main gear struts and braces in fine white metal, and the tail wheel strut appears to be a net-new part. Detail is comparable to the kit originals, but the real value comes in the struts’ strength. Heading down the stretch during the build and photographing and handling for the review, I had no worries that the gear would hold its own against my oafish pawing – and I was right!

A welcome addition to the slew of aftermarket details for the Italeri/Tamiya Hurricane Mk I is Quickboost’s resin exhaust set.

Crisply and cleanly cast in fine tan resin, the exhausts feature open exhaust ports and fit perfectly to the kit Merlin.

I highly recommend this set for modelers of all skill levels who don’t want the hassle of opening up the exhaust ports.

Thanks to Aires and IPMS/USA for the review sample.

This bimonthly magazine is a must for modelers (and aviation enthusiasts) interested in World War One aircraft. The magazine is published by Albatros Productions Ltd. in the UK, which also publishes the great line of Windsock Datafiles and Specials.

The headline article in this issue covers an in-depth build of the Wingnut Wings kit of the Rumpler C.IV. The author of the article is the editor of the magazine, Ray Rimmel, and he displays an absolute love of the Rumpler C.IV. The article covers 12 pages and includes many little additions, both scratchbuilt and aftermarket, that Ray added to the kit to individualize the model to his preference. Some photos from the article are shown. The basic kit was reviewed in the Vol. 27/6 issue of the magazine which showed how magnificent the basic model can be built.