Reviews
Model kit and tool reviews by our members and other curated sources…
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IPMS/USA Review – Landing Gear for Jaguar GR-1 (Airfix 1/48)
This set provides a sound basis for replacing the more delicate parts of the complex Jaguar’s landing gear. Designed for… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Mobius-TG Premium Series Conversion, Needle, Nozzle, and End Cap for 0.3mm
Packaging The Gaahleri conversion kit for the Mobius-TG Premium Series comes well-packed in a small hanger box for the needle,… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Bf-109K Landing Gear (Kotare)
Once again, IPMS/USA expresses our thanks to Ross at Scale Aircraft Conversions for providing one of his metal gear sets… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Air to Air Missiles, Development and Combat Across 80 Years, Volume 2: First Generation and Early Experience, 1944-1959
This is the second in a six-volume history of air-to-air missiles (AAM). In the first volume (see my review on… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Cross & Cockade International Spring 2026 Vol 57/1
The non-profit UK based group known as the Great War Aviation Society publishes their journal, Cross & Cockade International, four… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Hawker Typhoon Mk. 1b Landing Gear and Cannons (Revell)
For us, geriatric modelers fixed on detailing some of the venerable kits of our youth, Scale Aircraft Conversions can be… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Solomons Air War Volume 3 Guadalcanal: From the Brink November-December 1942
The title says it all. This book is a comprehensive look at air campaign over Guadalcanal from November to December… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – DDG-125 Jack H. Lucas with US Navy Arleigh Burke Class Flight III USS Jack Lucas DDG-125 Upgrade Kit
For a hobbyist like me, there’s nothing more exciting than opening the box from a new manufacturer. The anticipation of… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – The Modern British Army, Volume 2
This is volume 2 of this series, Vol. 1 of which focused on the process of how the current Royal… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – Gaahleri Mobius Premium Series Mobius-03 Airbrush
I make no claims to being an airbrushing expert. I own three brushes (an Iwata, an HP, and an inexpensive… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – A-4E/F/M Skyhawk 1:32 Landing Gear
This set replaces part of the landing gear in the Trumpeter A-4 Skyhawk kit #02266). The kit already includes metal… Read More
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IPMS/USA Review – FW 190A-5/6/7/8, D-9 Landing Gear
This is a simple metal upgrade for Hasegawa’s early 1980’s/90’s release 1/32 radial-engine FW-190 kits, and their “Dora FW-190 kit.”… Read More
