FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Developed in the 1970s as an evolution of Northrop’s F-5E, the Tigershark was powered by a single GE F404, the engine used in pairs on the F-18. The improved fighter’s impressive performance featured speeds in excess of Mach 2 and a ceiling over 55,000 feet.
FineScale Modeler reviews Freedom Model Kits’ 1/48 scale X-47B UCAS drone plastic model kit. Despite there being only two of them, the X-47B, like other drones, has been getting attention from kit makers. Platz released a 1/72 scale kit in 2012. Now, newcomer Freedom Model Kits hits the market with an ambitious 1/48 scale offering.