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Model Industry History V: Monogram, Finding more accurate reference data...and the AMT MiG-15
First, this is about MONOGRAM, not Revell-Monogram. Next, how models get made is mysterious for many of us, and can lead to criticism of a models accuracy. Sometimes, that leads to eating sausage made of crow. How did Monogram's designers get their da...
F-11F Tiger Design Process Continues
DB Model kit is continuing to perfect the design to creating a 1:48 scale Grumman F-11F with perhaps a 1:72 scale version to follow
New 1:24 Scale WWI Range
Lukgraph has started a new line of resin based WWI aircraft in 1:24 scale including two editions of the Albatros D.III and two editions of the Hanriot HD.1/HD.2
Publication: Spitfire Mk.IX Incoming
Stratus/ Mushroom Model Publications [MMP] is to publish a new book on the Spitfire Mk.IX in their Spotlight On series
P-40 Upgrade Test Print & Fit
Laminar Flow Design is preparing a detail set for the Hasegawa 1:32 scale P-40
Tomcat Undercarriage & Exhaust Detail Sets Released
RES/KIT has released 1:32 scale undercarriage and 1:48 scale jet nozzle detail sets for the F-14 Tomcat
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, Volume 2
Let us take a look at the KAGERO monograph NAKAJIMA KI-43 HAYABUSA, Volume II. This 80-page book features a good history of Ki-43 operations over many theaters during World War II, plenty of good photographs, and color artwork.
A-10C Test Sprues & Build
Great wall Hobby [GWH] has posted images on their Facebook page of the testing of sprues and the fit of parts for their forthcoming release of the A-10C Thunderbolt II [Warthog]
‘Diamondbacks’ & ‘Fighting Swordsmen’ Tomcats Planned
Fine Molds is releasing a new 1:72 scale F-14A Tomcat edition featuring marking options for the ‘Diamondbacks’ and ‘Fighting Swordsmen’ including a ‘MiG Killer’
Luftwaffe WWII Weapons and Accessories Set Released
AZ Model has released in 1:72 scale a German Luftwaffe WWII weapons and accessories set
Hanriot HD1/2 Pre-Orders Commence
Lukgraph is now taking pre-orders for the triple release of the 1:32 scale Hanriot HD1/2 including the floatplane version
E-2C Hawkeye 8 Prop Update Set
Wolfpack Design is releasing in September a Hamilton-Sundstrand NP2000 eight-blade propeller update set for the E-2C Hawkeye in 1:144 scale
Greek F-4E AUP Phantom IIs Camouflage Paint Masks set
DN Models have released a Hellenic Air Force Camouflage Paint Masks Set in 1/48th scale for the F-4E AUP Phantom II.
New Book: ‘The Avro Shackleton’ The Long-Serving ‘Growler’
Fonthill Media has published a new book ‘The Avro Shackleton’ The Long-Serving ‘Growler’ written by Jason Nicholas Moore
Model Industry History: Monogram's SR-71 and Their 5800-Series Aircraft Kits
Have you ever heard the old axiom "you never want to know how the sausage gets made"? How models get made is mysterious for many of us, and can lead to criticism of a models accuracy. Sometimes, that leads to eating sausage made of crow. How did Monog...