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Models by Hobbies in a Barn

Dear readers, Thank you for viewing the attached photos of my re-issued 1/35th scale Revell/Italeri M7 Priest. This is about the 3rd Priest I have build as I have another version of the British 25Lb’er Howitzer in desert scheme as one of the versions.  Also you can see the Academy M18 Hellcat and the Italeri Elephant. [...]

AK Interactive Catalog 2013

Just in from our friends at AK Interactive Products: Finally you can download for FREE our new AK Interactive catalog with all our last news and future releases. The catalog also include an extensive step by step of some of our products plus a lot of useful information.  54 full color pages in Spanish and [...]

Vintage Revell & Monogram Displays

Vintage Monogram Store Display

Last Saturday while at my local hobby shop, I met  with an interesting colleague model builder. Turns out that Mike Scott has made a hobby within the hobby. Mike recreates replicas of those hard to find and often expensive Revell and Monogram store displays. Remember when you used to get a model kit for a [...]

$2 Decals Blowout Sale at Squadron

squadron-decals-sale

This just in from Squadron. It is always good to spread the word among model kit builders. We managed to secure a few in 1/48 and 1/72 for pending projects we’ll be working on. ”That’s right! Only $2 each for all Aeromaster & Eagle Strike decals. Some have very limited quantities, so don’t delay. Start [...]

Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings from Model Kits Review.com

May your 2012 Christmas Season be filled with special moments, warmth and happiness…The joys of loved ones near…And may the blessings of the day last throughout the the new year. I personally want to thank our visitors, model kit builders from all over the world for this wonderful year. It has been a great year [...]

Duluth, MN 2012 Air Show

Tuskegee Airmen Mustang P-51

Here are some pictures of the latest Air Show that took place in Duluth, Minnesota. The weather was not entirely helpful that day, yet it kept the cheering crowd asking for more. It was a an awesome experience and the almost 6 hours drive (round trip) absolutely worthwhile. We did spend the whole weekend up [...]

1:48 Trumpeter F-100C

1:48 Trumpeter F-100C

Here is a glimpse of what’s going on my workbench. An F-100C from Trumpeter Models with resin seats from Legend.  There was a small widget before to announce what was under work, it was recently changed to the Coming Soon widget on the right side of the page.  Shortly after the change, my trip to [...]

New Academy 1:48 F-4B Phantom

New Academy-1/48 F-4 Phantom II

Yes, you are reading right. There’s a new treat to us from Academy Models in the shape of an all new tooled F-4B Phantom. One thing you can notice on the pictures below is the ”one piece” fuselage.  Judging by the tooling pictures, this is a similar approach to Tamiya’s 1/32 Phantom featured here last [...]

Airbrush Review site

Airbrush

And speaking of airbrushes, I am pleased to announce that we have added a new link on the ‘Must Visit‘ widget block on this site. Sites featured on this section are cherry picked for the great value of its contents which we consider a great help for model kit builders of all levels. My good [...]

Revell 1:32 Heinkel He 219

Pictures of the upcoming 1:32 Revell He 219

I’m not a big fan myself of being after or publishing rumors, unless there is concrete evidence that something is in the pipeline or very close to reach our hands. This time Revell of Germany provide us model kit builders with a teaser. Test shots from their upcoming 1/32 scale German Heinkel 219. Judging by [...]

Agape Models

Agape Model Forums

Here comes a brief story of a forums for model kit builders. This is community for model kit builders by model kit builders which I’m part of for sometime now. No matter what your hobby of choice is, chances are that there will be several community forums for you to choose from. Problem is, that [...]

Mig 29 AS Slovak Air Force Featured…

Combat A/C Magazine Cover Featuring a Mig 29 AS Slovak Air Force

For the month of March 2012, Combat Aircraft Magazine is featuring the beautiful Mig 29 AS with digital camouflage from the Slovak Air Force. The issue features beautiful pictures and a must read article. In case you didn’t know, our ‘Popular’ block on our index page has been featuring the Academy 1:48 Mig-29 AS Slovak [...]

Which model kit should I build next?

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Here is the chance to interact together with me. I am very eager to tackle these 3 model kits from Tamiya and Revell. My Tamiya 1/35 scale Abrams M1-A2 is begging for some company in our display case. The Tamiya Zero Fighter 52 (ZEKE) is not my first Japanese subject but it is in 1/32 [...]

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