Author: Walt Fink
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Italeri Short Stirling Mk.IV
FineScale Modeler reviews Italeri’s 1/72 scale plastic aircraft kit. A big huzzah! to Italeri’s new Stirling. Molded in gray, its recessed panel line and rivet details are perhaps a little more pronounced than some modelers might prefer, but, happily, they are much moderated by a coat of paint.
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Airfix Dornier Do 17Z
FineScale Modeler reviews Airfix’s 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. My first impression of Airfix’s new 1/72 scale Dornier Do 17Z? In a word, details! Fine surface and interior details grace the fuselage halves, wings, and nacelles, but it’s the array of additional parts for the cockpit and bomb bay that put this kit a cut…
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Airfix 1/72 scale Supermarine Swift FR.5
FineScale Modeler reviews Airfix’s 1/72 scale Supermarine Swift FR.5 plastic model aircraft kit. The Supermarine Swift was a fallback option for the Royal Air Force in the event Hawker’s Hunter didn’t pan out. Problems with the Swift’s development led to one setback after another, but — like the Vigilante and Voodoo — the aircraft became…
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Revell Germany 1/72 scale F4U-1A Corsair
Revell Germany’s 1/72 scale F4U-1A Corsair plastic model kit has some unique features: A separate upper forward section to its three-piece fuselage eliminates the usual pesky middle seam through the fuel-tank filler. Separate oil-cooler intakes and gun ports eliminate seams through their centers as well. The wingtips are separate parts, suggesting a future reissue as…
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Zvezda 1/144 scale Airbus A320
FineScale Modeler reviews the Zvezda 1/144 scale Airbus A320 plastic model airliner kit. Two sets of engines are included. The busy, detailed instructions have main steps in numbered boxes, but also sidebars and sub steps for other assemblies along the way.
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Airfix 1/72 scale English Electric Lightning F.2A
Airfix’s new 1/72 scale tool of the iconic Lightning F.2A features beautiful detail, options for posable flaps, canopy, and speed brakes, and the inclusion of closed gear doors (though no display stand is supplied). An optional intake cover and pilot figure are included, as well as weighted tires and other small-but-welcome touches.
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RS Models 1/72 scale P-51H Mustang
RS Models’ new 1/72 scale P-51H Mustang plastic model kit is molded in gray styrene with resin detail parts; surface detail is well done with recessed panel lines. There are no locating pins or sockets except for the horizontal stabilizers and main gear struts and doors — small parts like the rockets and radio masts…
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Airfix 1/72 scale Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8
Airfix’s all-new Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 plastic scale model kit has beautiful recessed panel lines, excellent detail, options for a posable rudder, open or closed canopy, and retracted or extended landing gear. Add-on parts indicate other variants of Germany’s frontline World War II fighter may also be forthcoming from Airfix. Two canopies are supplied, the “blown”…
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Meng 1/72 scale Fiat G.91 light fighter-bomber
Meng’s 1/72 scale Fiat G.91R light fighter-bomber plastic model kit comes with optional parts and markings for a Luftwaffe machine, and a Frecce Tricolori aircraft as well, the most colorful versions are pretty well covered. A high-quality PVC Frecce Tricolori patch is included with the kit. The kit has beautiful surface detail, but the fit…