This is a little out of order but I was building side by side and wanted to get the base finished to hold him when is done as the T-800 will weigh around 17-18 pounds. With the base (which is steps 108 to 120), it comes pre-painted in a gray and rust and looks nice. Needless to say, I could not leave well enough alone. The base also includes the sound chip, the battery pack that supplies it and four colored spot lights. The base comes in four large plastic parts with many different parts to add to the top including a skull, bones, springs and various rock and metal bits. Underneath, there were four LED lights that will need assembled, a multipart battery pack and the wiring to power it all.

Images of War: Tanks and Armour at Leningrad 1941–1944 is a photographic military history by Ian Baxter, published by Pen & Sword Books⁠ as part of its long-running Images of War series. The book is a 144-page paperback containing roughly 150–200 black-and-white photographs, many of them rare or previously unpublished.

The book focuses on the armored warfare surrounding the Siege of Leningrad, beginning with the opening of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 and ending with the German retreat in early 1944. It concentrates primarily on the German side of the campaign, especially the armored units of Army Group North and their advance toward Leningrad.

Among the formations discussed are:

Images of War: Tanks and Armour at Kursk 1943 is a forthcoming entry in the long -running Images of War photographic-history series from Pen and Sword Military. It focuses on the German armored formations that participated in the Battle of Kursk during Operation Citadel in July 1943, widely regarded as the largest tank battle in history.

The book is written by Ian Baxter, a prolific historian specializing in German military history of the Second World War. Baxter has produced numerous illustrated campaign studies emphasizing archival photography, unit organization, and battlefield conditions.

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The emphasis is on:

Trumpeter has picked two great subjects for their June releases. We have colours, decals, sprue & CADs, showing features of them both in our preview...Read on... »

What’s Crack-a-Lack’n Modelgeeks! Welcome to Episode 126 of The Modelgeeks Podcast!  In this episode, the Modelgeeks give the usual run down on what's going on in their respective model worlds.  Nemo shares with the listeners that he will be featured on an upcoming MH-53E release from Furball-Aero design!  He also talks about the Red Pill 1/32 F-4B that finally landed in Southern Maryland.  May be the only one in Maryland! 

The Geeks run through the listener email and give a little insight to the LCS program (hint: it is funny!) The listeners share that the Spitfire episode by El Presidentè was a “cracker” of an episode! (see what we did there) lol.  We received a ton of pics focused on your finished builds and uploaded them to the Modelgeeks website.  Keep ‘em coming!  Nemo also gives a tip on how to successfully apply 1Man Army masks and how to produce excellent results. 

The topic for the Episode is “Are you a Builder or Collector?"   The geeks ask the question and give their thoughts on what they think and what it means to be either one.  The geeks give some pretty good explanations on which side of the coin you fall on and to keep it fun, no fence riding and you have to pick one or the other. 

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HI ! Here another project I have done in the past , of course it's scratch , You can view the WIP on this GOOGLE page : https://photos.app.goo.gl/1aQYVACsXQoBYDGB8 Enjoy ! Jmarc

AOA Decals has a good reputation for quality decals, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review another one of their newest releases, the M-ATV (1) M1240/M1277 US Air Force, Marines, Army, and National Guard (35-010). The decals come in two sheets, one consisting of stencils, and the other with markings for nine vehicles. The second decal sheet in the M-ATV series, M-ATV (2) M1240/M1277 US Army (MFO), Poland, Croatia, and Ukraine (35-011), was previously reviewed.

Two Bobs Aviation Graphics has provided the IPMS/USA Reviewer Corps with a wonderful waterslide decal set commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the very first Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) mission, which was flown during the Vietnam War in 1965. This project was code named “Wild Weasel.” This decal set captures the unique paint scheme applied to F-16C Fighting Falcons of the 20th Fighter Wing out of Shaw AFB in South Carolina.

The two F-16C Fighting Falcons markings are for:

In this episode the boys sit down with Scott Gentry and Barry Biediger to talk about the highly successful Rocky Mountain Expo, a new twist on how we gather and display our models in an expo.

I for one really got a lot out of this chat and I hope that you will be as inspired as I was.

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I've just started a D-7 bulldozer build from a MiniArt kit. At 1/35 scale I am amazed at the number of parts in the kit, especially the 8 sprues of track components. Suffice it to say that the tracks have given me fits. Instructions say to glue the cleats to the underside of the track plates but the tabs and holes are impossibly small. Some are so small they are not there at all. So I put together all of the cleats and connecting pins and will then glue on the track plates afterwards. Anybody out there who has built this kit I would love to hear from and any suggestions other than what I have described for assembly of the completed tracks.

We have CADs, info & art of MiniArt's latest "Blitz" – the early production 4x4 cargo truck, 3.6-6700A, in 1/35th scale – in our preview...Read on... »

Thanks to a few days of productivity, I managed to get a few models done for my armor collection. Unfortunately, some of these pics didn't turn out the best: my new camera lost the auto-focus function so I have to make do the best I can in getting things into focus. First is the Vespid Models German KF-51 Panther, the newest tank in the German Army. And now one of my newest tanks as well: Next is the Italeri Italian Ab-40 Autoblinda modified for railroad use: Next up, my Meng M2A3 Bradley with the BUSK III upgrade: Next is an ICM Russian ZiL 131 truck with a DShK machine gun mounted in the bed: Again apologies for the bad pic. This was the best of the ten or so attempts I made, yet this shot is better for some reason: Another ten or so attempts later and this is the best one of the bunch: Finally there is the ICM trailer that was described as being used for a mobile office, ambulance trailer, portable workshop, command trailer etc: Yes it looks like the roof is loose. It is. This is why the roof is loose, so I could show off this. I chose to make this a portable workshop by adding some resin factory equipment inide: And now we can show the truck and trailer together, even though they weren't necessarily paired like this. Still, it looks good! ' That's all for now. Maybe I'll get some other armor done this month but we'll see. For now, my apologies again for the pic quality; comments are welcome! Thanks for looking in!

Hi, I want to build a display with a 1/72 Wisconsin ANG KC-135R refueling a Wisconsin ANG F-16C. I have the 1/72 decals for the F-16, and am looking for the Wisconsin decals from the Caracal 72030 sheet. My other option is to build this display in 1/144 scale as I have the 1/144 KC-135R decals, but then need the 1/144 F-16 decals, which don't seem to exist. I've tried scaling up and scaling down the decals I have, but can't get a good sheet of either with the tools I have. Any advice or assistance is appreciated. Thanks!

To complement their earlier release of the Lancia Delta Integrales, Italeri are set to release the Lancia Delta HF 16V "Safari Rally 1991" in 1/12 scale. Markings, kit features & CADs in our preview...Read on... »

The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning CTOL represents the “Conventional Takeoff & Landing” version of this versatile aircraft. “Beast Mode” hangs six pylons under the wings, transforming the aircraft into a devastating strike platform.

Italeri promotes this as a new mold kit and compared to images of their previous F-35C released several years ago, it appears to have far better detail in certain areas like the bomb bays and wheel wells. Sprue “K” (Two included) remained the same with most of the weapons, pylons and bomb bay door hinges.

The model was presented in Italeri’s standard lid and tray box. Two dark grey sprues were bagged together in each of three bags, as was the decal sheet. The two clear sprues were separated within one bag which was thoughtful. An instruction manual, photo etch fret and painting/masking guide completed the box contents.

ICM has provided this beautiful new release from the Black Hawk Range for review, in this 1/48 scale model of the UH-60A which was released earlier but this one comes with a three-man crew set. The crew set is also available as a separate kit (kt number 48130).

• 15 x grey sprues
• 1 clear sprue
• One decal sheet
• One instruction guide for the UN-60A
• One instruction sheet for the crew

The detail quality is excellent in every way with this kit; crisp and detailed molding has become the norm for the ICM kits.

I repainted all the interior parts before commencing the build.

G'day benchers, Over the weekend of June 13 & 14 I attended the World Miniature Hobby Show in Penang Malaysia.

Managed to talk to a few people and hope you enjoy the report.

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Jensen is once again missing, as is TJ. JB, Grant and Scott are joined by Mark Bradley to talk about Workbenches and their impact on the quantity and quality of your work. We also talk about obstacles related to messy or crowded work areas. Scott gives an update on the Star Wars group build, and JB leads us in a new segment of events around the hobby and hobby adjacent space. 

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The Osprey was a navalized version of the Hawker Hart series. It was flown off of cruisers mainly. This is a detailed little kit but some of the parts, like the struts, are very fragile. It has a nice interior, which of course is hard to see. Everything fit pretty well if you were careful and did lots of dry fitting. The decals were very good except after dull coating there was some 'blush' on some so my bad on that. Amodel makes a float plane version of this a/c as well, which I have attempted, the but the directions for the float assembly are vague and the parts fragile and fiddly so it defeated me. This is my second attempt so I opted for wheels.

We look at MiniArt's repair car version of the Kfz.2/40 Mercedes Type 170VK. We look at the art, CADs, features real thing in our preview today...Read on... »