Reviews of scale model kits, products and publications.
Welcome to all ,
First and foremost be strong we can beat the pandemic , best time for us modelers to spend this hour to finish our unbuild kits. Anyhow this is an unboxing of the Five Star brand resin naval figures which I will be using in my[...]
The 361st Fighter Group and “Lou IV”:
The 361st Fighter Group, comprising the 374th, 375th and 376th Fighter Squadrons, came into existence on February 10, 1943 at Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia. The unit was formed with trained personnel fro[...]
HISTORY
As the Cold War deepened, the Soviet Navy underwent expansion. The most important aspect of that in the 1950s was the Sverdlov-class cruisers; classed as light cruisers, they were fast and well-armed. Like the German "pocket battleships[...]
Just arrived an hour ago from Ukraine. $65 delivered via eBay.
I've long thought the DH88 Comet was one of the best-looking 1930s airplanes, and have wanted a 1/48 kit for a long time. Finally, Mikro-Mir delivers!
Looking through what's in the[...]
Well, it must be a great show that survives a poor host.
101 members, 85 topics, and way more than 2,000 posts!
Despite (or perhaps because of) my absence recently - this Group has been an outstanding success in terms of bringing the c[...]
So after several attempts finally got it too post. So lets end 2019. It was rather an ambitious plan to build at least 12 models several in Group Builds others just to add variety and planned before any GB's. I was able to actually start[...]
Since model-building is sort of half-work/half-play for me, I end up doing more models than most. These aren't all the models built, but they are the models I liked for various reasons...
Airfix: I guess if you build four of a kit, it means you[...]
So, I got an e-mail from my friend Scott Zuiback over at "rebelalpha" on eBay that his Modelsvit shipment had arrived, so I hot-footed it over to the store and picked this puppy up. For those of you who do business with Scott, he's already sold [...]
With the new ICM new mold B-26B now in our hot little hands. Though overshadowed by the P-38 released about the same time. Still it was an anticipated and long awaited release that a lot of WWII model builders have waited for. I built the M[...]
History:
Among the criticisms leveled by pilots against the P-51B Mustang was the limited visibility from the cockpit with the “coffin lid” canopy, and the tendency for the guns to jam due to their placement at an angle inside the wing, forcin[...]
