Author: Paul Boyer
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Academy F/A-18F Super Hornet
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Surface detail comprises fine, shallow recessed panel lines and fasteners. The largest part incorporates the upper fuselage from just aft of the radome to where the exhaust nozzles are attached and includes the top of the wings. To this you simply press fit the bottom…
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Attack Squadron F2F-1
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Grumman’s portly F2F biplane fighter was a follow-up to its initial two-place FF-1/SF-1 fighter/scout. As such, the F2F was the first U.S. Navy single-seat carrier fighter with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear.
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IsraCast T-6 Texan II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. IsraCast’s resin kit provides a one-piece fuselage with cockpit floors, bulkheads, and consoles inside, and a one-piece wing with wheel wells molded in. Exterior detail is fine, but with soft recessed lines. Separate fuselage nose, fin, horizontal stabilizers, ejection seats, main wheels, choice of two…
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Grand Models T-6A Texan II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. The parts breakdown is similar: one-piece fuselage and one-piece wing. Differences are: metal weight cast into the nose that keeps the nose wheel grounded, and separate ailerons, rudder, and elevator. The well-detailed resin parts have minor flash on most mold-parting lines. The pour stubs on…
