Nice Fold Out in FSM

I imagine we all make mistakes....

Putting together these special issues are pretty big projects I imagine-- and with the month-to-month deadlines as opposed to the whole year for their Great Scale issues it's difficult to put the same coverage on things-- but I definitely think they did better on the D-Day issue...course that was mainly one day

The Corsair was a different one-- but both of them were built by this same fellow. I am looking forward to seeing what he does with the Mustang!...

They also left out the P-61 as a Pacific campaign model. Overall I thought it was a ho-hum issue seeing as how Japanese observation tanks just don't get me all that inspired when it comes to model building. But then again that's just me. I think that only the surface was scratched with this issue and it left me wishing more planes could have been featured. I liked the article about the Japanese jet but, again, I wish more information could have been provided. Normally FSM does a great job with providing a little bio on the subject being modeled but not so much in this case.

There were two (!) reviews dedicated to Shermans?!?! And the 9' USS Mo and the 1/16 metal Corsair with all working parts really didn't relate to most builders of average or even above average skills. Didn't FSM already show the all-metal Corsair in a previous issue? I never build armor but I always read the articles because they often have helpful tips which can be applied to other subjects. The article on the battleship and the large metal Corsair, well, there wasn't much there I to which I could relate.

I really hate to say this but this might be the very first issue of FSM that I'll probably give away or leave in a doctor's office somewhere. Again, I hate to say this but I don't think I'll miss it.

Eric

I like the issue overall-- but noticed the SBD-5 didn't make the cut on their model list I know the Helldiver was the replacement for the Dauntless-- but they served throughout the war as well....but again-- overall a great issue!

But the FSM staff should bow their heads for not recognizing the Aleutian Campaign!
One little dot and an arrow at the wrong island (Japan got Attu and Kiska in the feint in June!) and missed the fact that Dutch Harbor was actually bombed.
The major base in the Aleutians for the US was on Adak island and both sides fought the weather more than each other.
The Aleutian Campaign also gave us the first Zero to examine and fly.
Again, history is reduced to: if it isn't a "popular" battle, it didn't happen.

Don