Author: Walt Fink
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Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc (late)
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Options include: open or closed canopy, posable ailerons, narrow- and broad-chord rudders, large and small belly tanks, a choice of stores, and six marking options. The instructions include four-view color painting and marking illustrations plus a separate page for stencil placement. With PE parts, the…
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Trumpeter Su-24MR “Fencer-E”
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Trumpeter’s “Fencer-E” features an astounding amount of plastic: 370 parts on 28 sprues. Everything is packed separately in a partitioned box, with the clear sprue in its own padded polybag. The parts have outstanding recessed detail except, curiously, the external fuel tanks, which show raised…
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Airfix Avro Shackleton MR2
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. The kit provides a nice interior, including radar operator and crew stations — there’s even a map for the nav table — and two pilots. Sadly, most of this won’t be seen after the fuselage is assembled. But the cockpit looks appropriately busy when built…
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Airfix Heinkel He 111P-2
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Airfix’s new He 111 features fine recessed surface engraving, nice interior detail, and includes lots of additional parts for the cockpit, wheel wells, bomb bay, and the gunner’s cradle for the dorsal gun position.
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Eduard Fw 190A-8
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. This is one beautiful offering from Eduard! The surface detail on the injection-molded parts rates as some of the nicest I’ve ever seen. A fret of 36 optional pre-colored photo-etched (PE) parts can be used to enhance the model. There’s also a set of 13…
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Roden Bristol 175 Britannia
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/144 scale plastic model aircraft kit Crews affectionately called the Britannia (and its Canadian cousin, the CL-44) “The Whispering Giant.” Roden has done Bristol’s airliner proud. Featuring engraved detail, the kit’s gray parts look good generally, but molding consistency is a stumbling block.
