A new set of winter-weighted US Infantrymen tank riders from MiniArt. We have art & sprues (& some history on who sat where) in our preview...Read on... »

Hobby Boss’ 1/700 Type 094 Jin Class SSBN is composed of 18 injection molded styrene parts, 1 photo-etch part and a small decal sheet. One painting example is offered in full color. Assembly is broken down into two steps. Step one brings the hull halves and conning tower parts together. Step adds the conning tower to the upper hull, adds the photo-etch screw and places the supports of the display stand. Overall a very simple model.

ICM has been releasing quality kits, figure sets, and recently paints to support their vast library of releases. This one is a rebox of the original 2021 Leyland Retriever General Service Truck (Kit # 35602), but adds a figure set of Montgomery himself with three of his staff. It also has decal schemes for three versions of the same caravan: one sand-color scheme based in North Africa in 1942, a two-tone camo scheme for Tripoli in 1943, and the one I decided on, an all-dark green based in Germany in the spring of 1945.

What’s Inside the Box

You get thirteen light gray and three clear sprues, as well as seven vinyl tires and a small PE fret for the front grill. An additional sprue is inside for the four figures. Details are pretty crisp and there are a lot of interior details for the latrine and office area.

ICM continues to be prolific with both kits and paint sets. The Acrylic Paint Set for WWII French Armored Vehicles continues this trend and consists of six 12ml wide mouthed paint bottles. The front packaging includes a presentation of a FCM 36 light infantry tank. The back shows three left-profile views of a Panhard 178 AMD-35 (Kit No. 35373), two FCM 36 (Kit No. 3573) in two different camouflage schemes, and with color callouts.

The colors include:

• Olive Green (No. 1068)
• Green 4BO (No. 1073)
• Deep Brown (No. 1008)
• Buff (No. 1041)
• Dark Rust (No. 1051)
• Gun Metal (No. 1027)

Painting instructions are on the side of the packaging, stating

ICM continues to be prolific with both kits and paint sets. The Acrylic Paint Set for US Armored Vehicles 1990-2000s continues this trend and consists of six 12ml wide mouthed paint bottles. The front packaging includes a presentation of a M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The back shows two M2 Bradley IFVs (Kit No. 72912) with color callouts for MERDC (Mobility Equipment Research & Development Center) Snow, Trees & Shrubs and Summer Verdant.

Two Bobs Aviation Graphics are well known for their attention to detail, color accuracy, instructions and graphics, and quality. This latest decal set is no exception. The F-15A Fightin’ 49ers decal set comes with two decal sheets in a protective Ziploc sleeve (6”x 10”) and one-page glossy color instructions (17”x11”) that folds into a four-page booklet.

Included on the instructions, and their webpage (https://www.twobobs.net/contents/en-us/p57778_48-289-F-15A-Fightin'-49ers.html), is a brief history of the 49th Fighter Wing:

ICM continues to be prolific with both kits and paint sets. The Acrylic Paint Set for WWII French Armored Vehicles continues this trend and consists of six 12ml wide mouthed paint bottles. The front packaging includes a presentation of a FCM 36 light infantry tank. The back shows three left-profile views of a Panhard 178 AMD-35 (Kit No. 35373), two FCM 36 (Kit No. 3573) in two different camouflage schemes, and with color callouts.

The colors include:

• Olive Green (No. 1068)
• Green 4BO (No. 1073)
• Deep Brown (No. 1008)
• Buff (No. 1041)
• Dark Rust (No. 1051)
• Gun Metal (No. 1027)

Painting instructions are on the side of the packaging, stating

ICM continues to be prolific with both kits and paint sets. The Acrylic Paint Set for US Armored Vehicles 1990-2000s continues this trend and consists of six 12ml wide mouthed paint bottles. The front packaging includes a presentation of a M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The back shows two M2 Bradley IFVs (Kit No. 72912) with color callouts for MERDC (Mobility Equipment Research & Development Center) Snow, Trees & Shrubs and Summer Verdant.

History

The Island of Malta is strategically located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, halfway between Africa and Italy, as well as Egypt and Gibraltar. During WWII, the British felt it vital to hold onto the island as a base for both the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to conduct offensive missions. Despite this, the island was poorly garrisoned during the early part of the War, as the British forces were spread thin across Europe as well as defending the homeland from a potential German invasion. All that could be spared for aerial defense was a handful of Gloster Sea Gladiators, left in storage by the Royal Navy and hastily brought out by the RAF in 1940.

Philip Birtles is a name well-known in the British preservation movement, being a leading light with the DeHavilland Aviation Museum, and the author of numerous books about British military aviation. This new book from Fonthill Media draws heavily from Birtles’ photo collection to bring together a photographic survey of RAF combat jets, from 1945 to the present. Starting with the Gloster Meteor and DeHavilland Vampire, the book charts all types right up to the RAF’s new F-35B, all the photos being reproduced in full color. Each type is also subject to a short historical summary of the type’s development and RAF service.

MiniArt adds to their Mercedes 170V series with this Kfz.1 German Troop Carrier Type 170VK in 1/35th scale. We look at the art, CADs, features & real thing in our preview today...Read on... »

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I picked this up at Scale Model World. It's the 1980 release of the original 1971 kit. The Prince Henry has been called the first sports car as it was developed for a race in Germany sponsored by a Prince Henry. It proved to be so reliable with for the day excellent performance that Vauxhall decided to make a commercial version of it. The kit has all the limitations of a 70's kit, but went together surprisingly well. It's done almost OOTB here but I suppose if you wanted to you could add an engine as the chassis is pretty well detailed and could accept one relatively easily. The 'almost' reflects the fact that in all those years it sat on a shelf or was carted around by some vender only one small part, a headlight lens, got lost despite the box have two holes in the top. I replaced both headlights' lenses with ones made from clear acetate.

A new set of British Infantry in Normandy, 1944, from Alexander Zelenkov in 35th scale. Sold as a set of six or in singles, we look at them & the men that inspired them in our preview...Read on... »

Willie Ley was a sci-fi guy back in the 50's and he 'designed' many space vehicles for various sci-fi mags. He drew national attention and some of his "designs" made appearances on major media outlets such as Disney with his moon rocket, which became the center piece of Tomorrowland in Disneyland. This is the Atlantis re-release of his Orbital Rocket. The kit came in two versions differing only in the space plane. It also seems that Mr. Ley stole a march on Mr. Trump and created a "Space Force" way back then. The decals include markings for this and I incorporated them into my version of his rocket. I also used some markings from my spares drawer. The kit is tough to get together without gaps and seams as there are many "working" parts, such as removable fuel tanks, etc, so much putty and some shimming is required, but it is a prototypical 1950"s space ship model and looks kind of cool on the shelf. I painted it in what might appear to be a more 'modern' scheme.

I just finished up the Revell "Everything is Go! kit and I would really like to put an IndyCals capsule on it. I have one on the Revell 1/110 Mercury/Redstone that I finished a few years ago. I really like the look of that capsule. IndyCals used Shapeways for their printer, and the capsule on the IndyCals site is still linked to Shapeways. I reached out to IndyCals, but have not received a response. Does anyone have one in their stash that they would like to sell or does anyone know of a new 3D print that's available? Thanks!

When ICM started to release its family of B-26 models and variants, it was well received by modelers the world over as the old Monogram’s kit was released in 1978, 47 years ago. And at some point, they were going to release Flak Bait and they did and I jumped on the opportunity to review it. A little background on Flak Bait- it was given the name by its first pilot, James Farrell who adapted the nick name from his dog, flea bait. It then ran 202 bombing missions over France, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium and survived the war intact and holds the record for number of bombing missions survived. And not one crew member was killed during that time and only one was injured even though it landed on one engine twice, lost its electrical and hydraulic systems twice and ended up with over 1000 holes that needed patched.

A test build of what looks like Airscale's final rendering of the 32nd-scale Typhoon has just been posted and it sure looks great. We have details on the kit, along with the artwork poster & other details in our preview...Read on... »

This latest kit is an offering from Fantastic Plastic. It is the Alpha & Omega Doomsday Missile seen at the end of the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes. In the first "Planet of the Apes" sequel, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (1970), the stranded human astronauts find a community of mutant humans living in the ruined subway system of the former New York City. Their ancestors having survived the nuclear apocalypse that destroyed the surface world, they reverently worship one of the last remaining artifacts of that bygone time -- a "Doomsday Bomb" bearing the ominous "Alpha-Omega" symbol. The kit is 12 parts in 1:24th scale. It looks much taller than it's 12" height. It is all 3D printed with all the attachment points cleaned off, but I gave it a light sanding anyway. It's not often that you get a garage kit. Leave all the parts in the box, shake it and it builds itself. This IS one of those kits. According to FP, it's a simple mock-ICBM (albeit it scaled down for filming purposes) with added fuselage texture and a pair of fins, the missile also has a weird hook on its upper body, its only function that of an easy point where the invading ape army can latch their ropes and bring the doomsday weapon crashing to the ground. Looking at the missile and the hook, there's no way it would last 10 minutes before I accidentally break it off, so into the parts box it went. And in one day the model was done. Next I started looking at the painting. The instructions says it's a golden color. But looking at the screen grabs of the movie (image above), it looked more to me like a silver or chrome with some orange tarnish on it. Since it's my model that's the way I'm going. I got out my trusted Rustoleum Chrome paint and gave it a shot. Looks great. I left it for a few days for the chrome to cure, and then hit with with a thinned sepia wash. That did little to nothing, So I decided to give in a little and added a mist coat of a gold from Vallejo. Adding a little more at the bottom I was happy with the result. while I was letting this last paint coat cure, I had to address the decals. FP uses an excellent printer, but being so thin, it needs a coat of Microscale's Decal Film. While the decal film is drying, I decided it's a good time to take break and think about the base. The kit comes with a small diameter 3D printed base, but I was thinking more of something like the set in the film. Check back for that soon. Thanks for looking.