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IPMS/USA Reviews Search this site: Login Register Main Menu What's New Reviews Review Index Recent Reviews By Date Reviews Count By Author By Company Reviews Archive Guidelines IPMS/USA Websites IPMS/USA Home Forum Gallery Store By Modelers... For Modelers Welcome to the IPMS/USA Reviews site! Introduction: The primary organization of the IPMS/USA Review website is by IPMS/USA National Contest Class. Within each Class there are sub-menus by kits, decals, books, etc. The Miscellaneous Class is for items that are not class specific or that cross two or more classes. IPMS/USA Members: We encourage you to submit reviews, both here and to the Journal. To volunteer for membership in the IPMS/USA "Reviewers Corps" and submit your own reviews, please read the Guidelines For Submitting Product Reviews . Manufacturers, Publishers, and other Industry members: IPMS/USA is pleased to offer your company the opportunity for product reviews. All product reviews are performed by IPMS/USA members, and are posted in the publicly-accessible section of our website. With very few exceptions, we perform full build reviews of new kit releases, aftermarket products, and supplies. If you would care to provide product samples for review, please contact Phil Peterson, IPMS/USA 1st VP . To learn more about IPMS/USA, please see our About Us page . Read more Nicaragua 1961-1990: Volume 2: Contra War Published: February 26th, 2020 Miscellaneous Publications Reviewed by: Frank Landrus - IPMS# 35035 Company: Helion & Company David Francois, from France, earned his PhD in Contemporary History at the University of Burgundy and specialized in studying militant communism, its military history and relationship between politics and violence in contemporary history. In 2009, he co-authored the Guide des archives de l'Internationale communiste published by the French National Archives and the Maison des sciences de l'Homme in Dijon. He is regularly contributing articles for various French military history magazines and regular contributor to the French history website L'autre cote de la colline. Add new comment Read more Metallic Paints by Mission Models Published: February 26th, 2020 Miscellaneous Modeling Products Reviewed by: William O'Malley - IPMS# 46473 Company: Mission Models Mission Models Paint (MMP) has released some new metallic colors to add to their acrylic paint range. The colors reviewed with this release include. MMP paints include the following: Gun Metal MMM-010 Brass MMC-002 Gold MMC-003 Mission Models also provided Gloss White Base MMGWB-002, Grey Primer MMS-003, and MMS-007 Clear Primer. The Gloss White Base can be used as an alternative to Gloss Black Base under metallic colors to provide a lighter shade of the finish paint. Mission Models Clear is an interesting primer that can be tinted to match finish paints for a more uniform color coat. Blaine Singleton has provided a nice review of MMP's clear primer here . Add new comment Read more F-4J Phantom - Base Kit Construction, Part 1 Published: February 26th, 2020 Aircraft Kits Reviewed by: Michael Novosad - IPMS# 36721 Scale: 1/48 Company: Zoukei-Mura Brief History (Exerpts from Wikipedia) The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two-seat, twin engine, all-weather, long-range supersconic jet fighter-bomber and interceptor originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonald Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their air arms. The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including air-to-air missiles,air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was initially designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M16 Vulcan rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record. The F-4J was a variant for the United States Navy and Marines. Add new comment Read more KC-130 J Harvest Hawk Published: February 25th, 2020 Aircraft Details Reviewed by: David Horn - IPMS# 44962 Scale: 1/72 Company: Brengun Base Kit: Italeri C-130J Hercules kits Brengen produces a wide range of unique resin, photo-etch (PE)accessories and full kits in 1/32, 1/48, 1/72 and 1/144. This conversion set was previously produced by Attack Squadron (Arma Hobby) and that product line was sold to Brungen which now offers the C-130 product line many are familiar with. This resin set comes in a sturdy cardboard box containing a refueling pod (typical on KC-130's) but the remaining parts are unique to the Harvest Hawk (Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit) platform. These parts include a AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight System that blends into one of the wing fuel tanks, AN/ALQ-144 IRCM in the left and right rear sponson and the "special package" AGM-114 Hellfire missiles with the respective wing pylon and launch rails. Decals and photo etch for the missiles are also included. A single sheet instruction set clearly gives the modeler a good guide on modifications required on the kit and placement of parts however cross check references to aircraft photos available online. 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