Author: Paul Boyer
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Fujimi 1/72 scale F-35B Lightning II
The clever alternate doors and engine open up a wide range of display ideas for this model kit, but the lack of some details will have some modelers putting in more time to enhance them.
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Airfix 1/72 Curtiss Hawk 81-A-2
Airfix’s 1/72 scale P-40 Curtiss Warhawk is molded in gray plastic, and features separate castings for raised or lowered landing gear, alternate pitot tubes, opened and closed cowl flaps, a decent interior and pilot figure, and “weighted” tires for the main gear. It does a good job of capturing the complicated shapes of the forward…
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Airfix 1/72 scale F-86F/E(M) Sabre
One can afford to buy several of these easy-to-assemble model kits and fix their shortcomings in short order.
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Revell Germany 1/72 scale B-17G Flying Fortress
The kit includes optional nose parts, including the bombardier’s glass, side windows, and astrodome. Detailed engines are also featured.
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Fujimi 1/72 scale F-22 Raptor
Underneath, Fujimi’s Raptor features detailed weapons bays with accurately hinged doors. The kit also includes removable engines with posable exhaust vanes and a dolly for display.
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Special Hobby 1/72 scale Twin Mustang F-82G
The finished model looks menacing in its gloss black night-fighter scheme.
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Twobobs 1/48 scale T-2C Buckeye
Supplanted in 2004 by the T-45, the Buckeye trained almost every U.S. Navy jet aviator.
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Trumpeter 1/32 scale Super Tomcat
Serving as the U.S. Navy’s first-line fighter from 1974 to 2006, Grumman’s Tomcat needs little introduction. Trumpeter’s first kit represents the D model Super Tomcat, the last production variant.
