Author: Tom Foti
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Special Hobby 1/48 scale Supermarine Seafire Mk.III
FineScale Modeler reviews Special Hobby’s 1/48 scale Supermarine Seafire Mk.III plastic model airplane kit. The carrier version of the British Spitfire, the kit includes optional clipped wings, a photoetched-metal instrument panel, posable control surfaces, and photoetched-metal seat belts.
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Master Box 1/72 scale Mk.I “Male” British tank
Great Britain’s Mk.I Male was among the very first tracked, armored fighting vehicles, entering action in World War I at the Somme in 1916. Master Box’s kit of this historic vehicle is molded in soft plastic with one-piece tracks, movable cannon, and — not labeled on the box — a photoetched-metal fret for the grenade…
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HobbyBoss 1/35 scale Renault R35
FineScale Modeler reviews HobbyBoss’ 1/35 scale Renault R35 plastic model tank. HobbyBoss has released its kit of this important French tank with link-and-length tracks, posable hatches for the driver, commander, and engine compartment that reveal interiors featuring the engine plus driver and commander stations.
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AFV Club 1/35 scale M24 Chaffee
AFV Club has released a 1/35 scale Korean War-era M24 Chaffee plastic model tank. The kit has posable hatches, a metal barrel with recoil feature, and vinyl one-piece tracks with metal pins. Markings are supplied for four vehicles.
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Revell Germany 1/72 scale T-90
Gone are the days of minimalistic tanks with little more than armor, guns, and optical sights. The T-90, Russia’s premier tank features reactive armor, advanced sights, and missile jamming. Revell’s 1/72 scale kit features posable hatches, optional parts for three variants, four-piece tracks, and markings for one Indian and two Russian vehicles. Building the lower…
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Eduard 1/72 scale MiG-15bis
Eduard’s 1/23 scale MiG-15bis (second) plastic model kit features optional photoetched-metal interior pieces, masks for the clear parts, a posable canopy, and optional parts for some of the variants. There are markings for five aircraft: Cuban, East German, Egyptian, and two Soviet. In the cockpit, you have a choice of plastic pieces and decals or…
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Zvezda 1/72 scale Topol SS-25 “Sickle” mobile ICBM TEL
This is a review of the Zvezda 1/72 scale Topol SS-25 “Sickle” plastic model mobile ICBM TEL kit.
