Showing posts with label Hero Models. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hero Models. Show all posts

Thursday, June 17, 2021

1/144 Unionist 13-inch Coastal Mortar - Heroes Models

 


1/144 Unionist 13-inch Coastal Mortar - Heroes Models

Heroes Models have produced another excellent diorama (see also their SE Asia Buddhist Temple that would feature nicely in a 'Vietnam' era diorama 1-144-buddhist-temple-ruins)

This kit comes with a range of mixed media items, including a wooden mortar base and even metal ball bearing to act as your mortar shot'! 

The figures are well cast and will test your eyesight to paint the piping on the collars and cuffs of the period uniforms.

Note: The diorama picture includes mounts and bases not included in this kit, but demonstrate the quality and level of detail you can achieve in producing a vignette in this scale! 

A ready to assemble resin model in 1/144 scale to represent the 13-inch Coastal Mortar called “The Dictator” used during American Civil War.

8 resin pieces 

- Two Unionist artilleryman figures, with a barrel 

- Laser engraved wood base

- Four metal mortar shells

- Information, assembly and painting guide.


Price: 9,00€ + Shipping.

https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-the-dictator-unionist-13-inch-mortar/






The slight distortion on this image is due to my camera lens.

If you like the American Civil War period, keep an eye out for the forthcoming Mikr-Mir releases of the Iron Clad Monitor ships.


Review sample supplied by Heroes Models.

Sunday, April 07, 2019

1/144 USAF GSE (Ground Support Equipment) - Heroes Models



1/144 USAF GSE (Ground Support Equipment) - Heroes Models

Ground equipment carts used by USAF (and by other nation that use American airplanes like Greece or Iran) for thirty years (from late '60 to '90). The carts are selling singularly or as a bundle  and include decals, colourful instructions and wires for piping.


TTU-228E Hydraulic Test Stand 
https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-ttu-228e-hydraulic-test-stand/
6 Euro




MC-1A High-PressCompressor 
https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-mc-1a-high-pressure-compressor/
6 euro




M32C-10 Air conditioner 
https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-m32c-10-air-conditioner/
6 Euro





M32A-60A Generator Set 
https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-m32a-60a-generator-set/
6 Euro



USAF GSE Bundle Set 1
https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-ground-equipments-usaf/
18 Euro


other 1/144 product range
https://heroesmodels.it/shop/?filter_scale=1-144


Monday, January 14, 2019

1/144 A-7E Corsair | Desert Storm | RESIN KIT - Hero Models





1/144 A-7E Corsair | Desert Storm | RESIN KIT - Hero Models

Hero Models have been successfully producing a range of 1/144 decals, figures and upgrades for some time. Now for the first time they have expanded their range to include accessories for some to include their first completer 1/144 kit, which looks great.

The kit come as a ready to assemble resin model in 1/144 scale with clear resin canopy and canopy masks. Silk print waterslide decals for three planes used during operation Desert Storm are also provided.

Price: 25 Euro
Available: Now

Source: https://heroesmodels.it/shop/models/1-144-a-7e-corsair-desert-storm-resin-kit/


The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Its airframe design is a somewhat smaller version of the supersonic Vought F-8 Crusader. The Corsair II initially entered service with the United States Navy (USN) during the Vietnam War. It was later adopted by the United States Air Force (USAF), including the Air National Guard, to replace the Douglas A-1 Skyraider and North American F-100 Super Sabre. The aircraft was also exported to Greece in the 1970s, and to Portugal in the late 1980s.

While USAF A-7s stayed home in favor of A-10s, the USN deployed two of its last A-7E squadrons to Operation Desert Shield in August 1990 aboard USS John F. Kennedy, the only carrier of six deployed to Desert Storm to operate the A-7. The navy squadrons VA-46 and VA-72 made the last combat sorties of the A-7 in Operation Desert Storm flying from the Red Sea to targets throughout Iraq. The A-7 was used both day and night to attack a wide range of heavily defended deep interdiction targets in Iraq as well as "kill boxes" (geographically defined kill zones) in Kuwait, employing a variety of weapons including precision-guided munitions (PGMs), such as the TV-guided Walleye glide bomb, unguided general purpose bombs, and High Speed Anti-Radiation missiles (HARM).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II

Greece
Portugal
Thailand
United States Air Force
United States Air National Guard
United States Navy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTV_A-7_Corsair_II_operators