NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Jun 8th

New from Eduard: Eduard June 2008 Release Information. ( read pdf flyer ). · OMG !!! The 1/48 Bf 110 C/D/E ROYAL CLASS is here !!!! · 1/48 P-400 Airacobra Weekender · 1/48 British Hellcat Mk.I/Mk.II Dual Combo (July) · Fokker DrI Dual Combo (August) · 1/48 Fw-190F-8 (August) · F6f Hellcat Royal Class !!! (September)

New from Model Rectifier Corporation: · Italeri #550746 1/24 Peterbuilt 378, MSRP: $69.00 Available (End of June) 2008.( read pdf flyer ) Model Rectifier Corporation is truly thrilled to announce the Limited Edition release of one of Italeri’s and US truck modelers most popular kits: The Peterbuilt 378 plastic kit in 1/24 scale. Due to the number of requests we had, Italeri produced this custom “378” kit especially for us. The meticulously sculpted heavy hauler is a virtual icon on our highways, built with many aerodynamic features to minimize drag. It has the “classic” Peterbuilt look, and spacious sleeper cab. Usually powered by a 350-500 hp Caterpillar engine, a Cummins or Detroit Diesel could be found in some units as well. Based on customer recommendations, Italeri gave us the features we wanted, so the kit comes “in the white” to be able to paint and decorate it as the modeler sees fit. A really nice decal set is included too. At 1/24 scale, this is an impressive kit, highly detailed with enough chrome plating to satisfy any “trucky”.

· Tristar #35038 1/35 Sturmpanzer IV (Early) Sd.Kfz.166 Brummbar, MSRP: $65.00 Available June 2008.( read pdf flyer ) Model Rectifier Corporation is set to release another exciting Tristar plastic model kit. The 1/35 scale Sturmpanzer IV (Early) Sd.Kfz.166 "Brummbar" contains new tooling to create this latest in Tristar’s impressive museum quality plastic model kit line. This is the Third of Tristar’s Panzer IV series. The kit includes new sprockets, idlers and new tooling of Tristar “snap-fit” 40cm individual track-links, plus a whole host of authentic, highest quality features.

· MRC is excited and privileged to announce its new marketing partnership with the Japanese plastic modeling giant, Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co., Ltd. The Aoshima line of plastic model kits consists of Science Fiction items, miniature to large scale plastic model cars, trucks, motorcycles, tanks, ships, waterline vessels & planes. We will be ready to begin product delivery in August 2008.

New from Stevens International: Trumpeter Oct 2008 Release Information. ( read pdf flyer ). · 1/35 Polish PT-76B Amphibious Tank · 1/72 Vickers Wellington GR.Mk XIV British Torpedo Bomber · 1/72 English Electric (BAC) Lightning F.2A/F.6 Fighter · 1/32 F6F-3N Hellcat Night Fighter · 1/144 Tu-16K-26 Badger G Soviet Twin-Engine Jet Bomber · 1/350 Russian Battlecruiser "Admiral Ushakov" · 1/700 USS San Francisco CA-38 Heavy Cruiser, 1944 · 1/72 US M26A1 Pershing Heavy Tank · 1/72 US T26E4 Pershing Heavy Tank

Quickboost Detail Sets · QB 48-166 1/48 P-400 Aircobra Gun Barrels, MSRP $7.00 The Hasegawa P-39/P-400 family of kits are the best versions of this maligned fighter plane. There are certain details that you just can't do with plastic. One of these limitations is molding gun barrels along with the other parts in a sprue comprised of halves. This causes, in the best cases, a small seam along the barrel, or a worse case of a misaligned out of round barrel devoid of detail. Resin allows you to mold the guns without the seam and never out of round. You can also add cooling vents and other details. These parts are molded in light grey resin with no bubbles and blemish free. The four gun barrel parts are drop in replacements for the kit parts. Just remove them from the pour blocks and add them to the kit. You get two wing guns, two cowl guns and a spinner gun. Everything you that you would need to up gun your model. · QB 48-168 1/48 Messerschmitt Me-410 Exhaust, MSRP $7.00 The 1/48th scale Pro-Modeler/Monogram Me-410 is a very nice kit but even a nice kit could use some help from resin. Quickboost provides four separate exhausts including the exhaust shield. The exhausts are molded in bubble free light grey resin. The exhausts are hollowed out and look great. The shields are nicely molded and are suitably thin. How they were able to mold the exhausts and the shields as one piece is beyond me. There is nothing to say bad about these little gems. Simply remove them from the pour stubs, sand and paint them, add a little bit of super glue and attach to the model. It is that simple. These will add a nice little bit of detail to your model with very little work. If you have never used resin before this is a very good way to try it. Both sets are highly recommended. Thanks to Quickboost for the review copy. You can obtain yours by visiting their website at www.quickboost.net or through your local hobby shop. Reviewed by Floyd S. Werner, Jr., IPMS #26266

May 26th

New from Model Rectifier Corporation: · 12 Italeri plastic model kits due to arrive by the end of June'08 ( read pdf flyer ).

New from Stevens International / Vintage Fighter Series: · 1/24 P-47D Thunderbolts (Bubbletop), MSRP $159.95, available Summer'08 ( read pdf flyer ) . New from Eagle Editions: · Wings of the Black Cross Number Five; Fifth in a continuing series, it is written by Mark Proulx, illustrated by Terry Higgins, and includes rare images of Martin Drewes' Bf 110 plus more Bf 109s, Stukas, 190s, Me 262s for a total of 36 pages including eight full color profiles. ISBN 978-0-9794035-3-8, MSRP $17.95.

May 15th

New from Model Rectifier Corporation: · Easy Model 1/700 U-boats. Four new plastic, prebuilt display models of German WWII submarines based on the existing Easy Model submarine "fleet", will be available in June '08. MSRP $12.98 each. ( read pdf flyer ). · Easy Model 1/72 Me163 "Komet". Five new pre-painted, pre-built display models will be available in June '08. MSRP $14.98 each. · Easy Model 1/72 King Tiger II Tanks. Six new pre-painted, pre-built display models will be available in late June '08. MSRP $19.98 each. ( read pdf flyer ) · TriStar #35307, 1/35 20mm FLAK 38 (Early) Sd.Ah.51 / Waffen SS crew is a new tooling> MSRP $35.00, available mid-May '08 ( read pdf flyer ). Eduard May 2008 Release Information. ( read pdf flyer ). Trumpeter Sep 2008 Release Information., including the 1/16th M16 !!! ( read pdf flyer ). OzMods announces a new run of its ever popular 1/48 DHC-4 Caribou. This is a limited run reissue, with a massive 20 decal/paint schemes options. The decals are printed on FOUR x A4 sheets! A 24-page full colour booklet provides markings and colours for 20 individual RAAF aircraft from all eras of the aircraft's service - additional options are available if modellers have references (individual aircraft numbers can be made up with the decals provided). Anniversary aircraft are included. The decals printed for this special reissue will not be printed again. Once this run is sold, no more will be available with these decals! When originally released, this kit set new standards as one of the world's most comprehensive 'multi-media' aircraft construction kits. 18 major vacform components (by Falcon of New Zealand), 95 superb injected resin and 16 cast metal parts. The kit contains complete assembly guides and instructions, photo references, general information, paint and decal scheme plans as described above, and three-view drawings are also included. Kit features detailed cockpit and flight deck, wheel wells, plus detail parts for flap hinge covers, aerials, etc. Price - Aus$165.00 They can be purchased from: OZMODS SCALE MODELS PO Box 5077, Alexandra Hills, QLD 4161, Australia. Phone, within Australia: (07) 3824 7000 Phone, International: Your access code + 61 + 7 + 3824 7000 Email: ozmods@bigpond.net.au Web Site: www.ozmods-kits.com Eduard Express Mask EX 233 for the Tamiya 1/48 F-16CJ Block 50; MSRP $7.95. Not much to say about these masks that haven't been said before concerning Eduard's 'kabuki' masks. Accept no substitutes; don't mask your canopies without one. Or, if you must, use the Tamiya tape which seems to be what these are made of. You would think this is a plain set of masks - stick them on, paint and remove, but, Eduard being Eduard, there is a little more available if you choose. The package contains two sets of canopy masks. I figured this out by looking on the reverse of the instruction sheet. Ha. First, you mask the inside of the canopy, spray the interior color, then spray the 'rubber color'. I like the Czech better: "barva gumy". Sounds like rubber. Then you can mask and spray the outside colors. Being the simple-minded modeler that I am, this confused me for a while but then I figured out it was to show, from the outside, a trace of interior color and the rubber lining. Thanks to Eduard for the review sample. Michael Scott, IPMS 43177

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