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LLLLLLLLLLLook very good and well done also , hi,hi,hi ..great face lift it does'nt show is age ...lol...way to go and looking forward to follow the next priority project !.. GO,GO,GOOO Yes it does ...I posted last week-end

Thanks JM! As of this evening, I’m calling this one complete! My Hasegawa 1/48 P-47D, backdated to a P-47C, started 15+ years and 4 houses ago… Proper multi angle view photos to come in the appropriate sub forum in a few days… if the site is still allowing posts… 🤔

With the IPMS forum closing on September 14, there is another military forum for model building that is pretty active. If you care to check it out it is www.usmilitariaforum.com

Hi, I would also like to shoutout David Willis who has been behind the scenes for the last several years handling the account registration requests. His work has been largely been un-recognized, but its been a great help... Eric

If I live to be 100, I will never understand why organizations make such decisions as this without any explanation at all. Managers never seem to learn that silence always encourages counterproductive speculations to fill the information void. If there is a good reason for this decision, there should be no reluctance to provide it. If it is for a bad reason, perhaps it shouldn’t be made in the first place! Nick Filippone

I agree with Ron. It would be nice to be provided with the general reasoning behind the decision.

I've read the minutes but no reason why is given. I'm not arguing, just asking.

Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company…

About the AuthorThe following is taken from the jacket cover. Jean Paul Pallud was born in France in 1949 and studied physics at Grenoble University, graduating as a physicist engineer. Specialising in the history of the Second World War,he has worked alongside After the Battle for over 43 years, his first submission to the magazine appearing in 1979 and his last in 2022. View the full review

The IPMS/USA Executive Board has decided to close the Forums during the July 20th, 2026 EBoard meeting. The Forums will be disabled on September 14, 2026, please wrap up any personal messages or discussions before that date. New user registrations have been disabled.

YAHOOOOOOOOOOO ! WWWWWWWWWait for me ....CHOPPERS ...That is quite something all these wheels ,SHIPS and COCONUTS....Just love it .. Thnaks for another very interesting tours.. I'm making another tour just to much funn to see all the work you have done .. Keep it up...GO,GO,GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The Westland Wessex was a British license-built version of the Sikorsky H-34 and in it’s HAS.3 anti-submarine version, was a capable hunter/killer and saw combat in the Falklands War, where one machine nicknamed ‘Humphrey’ seriously damaged the Argentine submarine Santa Fe, which subsequently had to be scuttled, and also rescued SAS troops from a glacier in bad weather after their helicopters had crashed. Italeri’s Wessex HAS.3 kit was released in 2013 and is a very nice kit, though it has a few issues and is lacking finesse in some areas. One such area is the mesh cover for the gearbox compartment. This compartment sits atop the Wessex’s distinctive ‘humpback,’ just under the rotor and rotor head. Quickboost labels this as an ‘engine grille,’ though as the Wessex’s engines are housed in the nose, this seems a little unlikely! View the full review

Hasegawa first released their 1/72 B-25J in 2003 and followed up thereafter with a B-25H, both released in various boxing’s since. This welcomed kit is likely the most accurate in this scale and yet it benefits from aftermarket details. Quickboost manufacture a closed cooling flap and open cooling flap version of the cowlings. This review focuses on the open cooling flap version. Since Eduard chose to release some limited edition 1/72 B-25s with interesting decal options, precut masks and photo etch details, these replacement cowlings will fit their 1/72 Angel of Mercy, Guns Bunny and Strafer kits. In the BoxCowling parts in pairs, consisting of cowls, cooling flap rings, carb intake scoops and mounting lugs, all indexed to fit exactly with the kit engine nacelles. View the full review

MMP was founded in 1996 by Roger Wallsgrove, to publish "Mushroom Model Magazine". This quarterly modelling magazine was developed from "Mushroom Monthly”, a club newsletter which ran from 1985 to 1995, achieving a world-wide reputation for quality articles, fearless and honest reviews, and a great sense of humor. From 1997 the magazine was produced in collaboration with Robert Peczkowski and Artur Juszczak (Stratus), which meant a big leap in print quality and design. MMP expanded into book publication in 1999 with Stratus, and since then they have built up a list of hard cover and soft cover titles on aircraft and aviation, naval, military vehicles, and military history. Stratus / MMPBooks are distributed in North America by Casemate Publications. Check out their Facebook page for additional information. This English language book, Hungarian Bomber Colours 1927-1945 Vol. View the full review

UMM-USA has provided four versions of their Wooden Epoxy Stands: JH-S04 Wooden Epoxy Stand Durafix 12 & 180 MinutesJH-S05 Wooden Epoxy Stand BSI 5 & 10 MinutesJH-S06 Wooden Epoxy Stand BSI 20 & 30 MinutesJH-S07 Wooden Epoxy Stand BSI 15 & 130 MinutesThe stands are packaged unassembled; they are made up of 7 wooden pre-cut parts that slot together. They can be glued with either CA or White Glue. The instructions are printed on the packaging and are very straightforward. These are very useful when using Epoxy’s and help to keep them organized. The front and top parts have engravings showing the information for each epoxy. In conclusion these are handy for your work benches. Thanks go to UMM-USA for providing this kit to review and IPMS/USA for allowing me to review it for them. View the full review

The Westland Wessex HU.5 was a British commando/utility helicopter upgraded from the Sikorsky H-34. They were also used by the Royal Navy for SAR work and I was lucky enough to spend a week with our local SAR Flight at HMS Daedalus back in 1981 as part of a work experience programme. I was taken for a number of flights including one where I played the part of a ‘survivor’, being winched up and down from the cabin. Fun times! View the full review

Zoukei-Mura has graciously provided the IPMS Reviewer Corps with a first look at their brand new 1/32nd scale Kawasaki Ki-100-I Otsu Type 5 Fighter. Part 1 of this review looked at the box contents: Sprue-runners, decals, masks, and instructions. Part 1 can be viewed here: https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/review/kawasaki-ki-100-i-otsu-type-5-fighte… Assembly Process The instruction booklet is 75 pages of very well illustrated pictures and graphics of each step. One of the great things that impressed me about the instructions are the parts are properly named and this gives the functional operation use within the mechanical system of the airplane. Very informative and educational. View the full review

The origin of Pen & Sword Books is closely linked with its sister company, the Barnsley Chronicle; one of the UK's oldest provincial newspapers, established in 1858, and one of the few weeklies still in private ownership. The first books published by the company were in response to public demand following of a series of articles published in the newspaper: Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks told the story of crash sites in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, and a further weekly feature on the history of two Kitchener battalions, known as the Barnsley Pals, aroused a thirst for more information. Following on from the success of those books, a number of local history paperbacks were produced along with a series of battlefield guidebooks. Battleground Europe proved immediately successful, and the company made the decision to launch a book publishing arm of the group. View the full review

Modern soldiers today most likely wear body armor in combat to protect against bullets. That was not always the case as body armor designed to stop rounds really came about in the early 2000s. Prior to that flak jackets, designed to protect US airmen against shrapnel and explosives from German “flak” rounds, and evolved to protect US ground troops in Korea through the 1990s. Body armor hails back to antiquity and knights were the penultimate examples. View the full review

This is a good book if you want to understand the Israel-Palestine conflict. Author Bill Norton does an incredible job of stripping away the hyperbole and myths surrounding the current events of this conflict. I thought I knew more than the average person about modern Israel history: this book has changed my thinking. This book will challenge a lot of conventional thinking, and you will quickly realize that there is no one good side, the situation is murky, muddy, and messy. Both sides have valid points and excess abuses. The title alone is worth picking up the book and is even more impressive when it is laid out that Israel is in a conflict on seven fronts over a two (and now three) year span. The seven fronts include: View the full review

For some reason, model manufacturers have been omitting pilot figures from their kits. Many aftermarket producers have stepped in to fill the pilot seat void. Czech model manufacturer Aerobonus has a new tool release (2023) in its 1/32 Modern NATO Fighter Pilots, which the instructions state can be used for all 30 NATO member states). Like most pilot figures being released recently, this figure is standing but can easily be made to sit with some razor saw surgery. This pilot is one of five in the AeroBonus 1:32 Modern NATO Pilots: View the full review

Once again, I was able to finish three more ships this month. Fist up is the Pit Road 1/700 scale Liberty Ship AK-222 Livingston: Next is the Fujimi 1/700 scale JMSDF Chikugo: Next is the Tamiya 1/700 scale HMAS Vampire: That's all for now, thank you for looking in. Comments are welcome.

Today I can show two more helicopters I finished this month. The first one is the Mach 2 1/72 scale SM-1/300 helicopter: It's rather crude, but it's the best I can do with a Mach 2 kit. They truly define "short run" kits! And next is the Revell 1/72 scale US Coat Guard HH-65 Dauphin, my first Coast Guard helicopter: I did my best with this too, but it seems lately, I'm not achieving the best quality that I can. I'm guessing it's because of some of the health issues I'm going through. At least I'm still building though. Thank you for looking in, comments are welcome.

Thanks to having a lot of time lately, I have managed to get enough done for a new tour. So, all aboard the trams for another tour of the facilities. We start in the Hangar where this first bay has more work done on the SM-1/300 helicopter. This is a civilian version of the Mi-1 that was produced in Poland I believe. Anyway, with all the construction done, it was time to paint it: This is almost ready for decals. In the next bay, we continued work on the US Coast Guard HH-65 Dauphin. All the fuselage parts are assembled except for clear parts, the landing gear is installed and the main rotor is finished: Next up we masked off the tail and painted the white stripe: Masking came off and the clear parts were added. This looks pretty good: Final shot of this fully assembled and waiting for decals: Moving on to the next bay, we have a Blackburn Shark that I found in the stash with an open box. So, hoping that I could build it before parts went missing from the open box, I got started on it: I managed to get this far before realizing how many vital parts had already fallen out of the box: So this is where this will stay until I find all the missing parts or find another kit to cannibalize. Moving on to the next bay, we got a lot of work completed on various sub-assemblies for the AN-225 Mirya. First off the interior landing gear bay doors were finished up. Here's the one: They were then installed on the main landing gear bay assembly. Finally after much frustration, headache, and extreme difficulty, the main landing gear bay was completed: Later I tried dry-fitting this into the fuselage to see what adjustments needed to be made. A lot it seems: After much carving, sanding, refining, carving again, sanding, and 17 dry-fits later, this finally sits more or less as it should. It is flush at least: Yes there's gaps, but they can be easily filled. Moving on, we got the wheels and main landing gear painted up: With that all done, it was time for the forward landing gear to be completed. The main struts were finally installed on the interior support: Later, the wheels were added and the whole thing painted: While that was all drying, I built the tail cones for the tail and added them to it: That tail is now ready for more paint and to be installed on the fuselage. Finally, the last sub-assembly to be done was the cockpit. I got most of it assembled: Later this got paint: Finally, I was able to add the instrument panel decals to this: I don't know how much of that will be seen when this is all closed up, but It sure looks good now. That's as far as I got on this so far. It's coming together quite well so far. Moving on, we go to the Shipyards where we got a good bit of work done. In the first slip here we have the Liberty Ship getting it's paint on before getting the last of the detail parts installed and decals applied: In the second slip the HMAS Vampire got the same. One gun went missing so later found a replacement for it: In the third slip, we had gotten the Skipjack more-or-less completed, with one vital part still missing, but I felt it was time to get the rigging started anyway: That is about a third of the way done. Moving on to the next slip we have the SS Clermont's interior works all painted up: Later they were installed and the main deck, rudder and deck houses added: Then the railings, masts and additional parts were added: Almost all the final details were then installed and now this is ready for rigging: In this last slip, we got the last of the detail parts on the PT-73 and started some preliminary painting: Later the remainder of the paint was done: This is coming along, now to paint the crew and get them installed. No work was done in the Motor Pool, so we move on to the back nine to see some additional progress on the bombed out house. This is being built so my armies can practice urban warfare. This got some basic painting done on the brickwork first: Later the basic paint was added to the rest of the house: Now to dirty this up with some washes and weathering powders. I should be done with this fairly soon. And that concludes this tour of the facilities here, I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the tour and comments are always welcome.