Archives: Kit Reviews
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ICM Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
FineScale Modeler reviews ICM’s 1/48 scale plastic transport aircraft kit. Derived from the classic Beechcraft Model 18, nicknamed Twin Beech, the C-45F, (later redesignated UC-45F) Expeditor served the U.S. Army Air Force as a military transport during and after World War II
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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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Wolfpack Designs T-2C Buckeye
FineScale Modeler reviews Wolfpack Designs’ 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. Finally a state-of-the-art kit of the Buckeye has come. Many of us have been holding on to the toylike Matchbox kit, but we can now pass those old kits to the kids and grandkids. Wolfpack’s new kit features a decent interior and recessed exterior detail.
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Orochi M3A3 Bradley CFV
FineScale Modeler reviews Orochi’s 1/35 scale plastic model fighting vehicle kit. Orochi offers two M3A3s: The Deluxe Edition includes a figure, a metal barrel for the 25mm cannon, and metal tracks. The Standard Edition I built doesn’t include those bells and whistles — but that doesn’t mean it lacks detail!
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Tamiya SOMUA S35
FineScale Modeler reviews Tamiya’s 1/35 scale plastic model tank kit. Tamiya’s much-anticipated all-new S35 fills a gap in any collection of important World War II armor models. Finally, the old Heller kit can be retired.
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OrangeModel F-35C Lightning II
FineScale Modeler reviews OrangeModel’s 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. The F-35C, made for U.S. Navy carrier duty, differs from the Lightning IIs in having a larger wing with folding outer panels and beefed-up landing gear for those punishing catapult launches and arrested landings. This is the first C kit available in 1/72 scale. Coming from…
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Revell Germany M48A2GA2
FineScale Modeler reviews Revell Germany’s 1/35 scale plastic model tank kit. The M48A2GA2, with its 105mm gun and new mantlet, a new commander’s cupola, and a spotlight and case mounted on the rear turret (among other changes), was the last German upgrade of the M48 before the Leopard II entered service.
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Revell Germany Saab JAS-39C Gripen
FineScale Modeler reviews Revell Germany’s 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. Revell Germany’s newest release represents the latest version of the Gripen and offers two marking choices: a colorful Czech aircraft decorated for the 2014 Tiger Meet, and a Swedish fighter that flew in a 2013 Air Force Red Flag exercise. Molded in light gray plastic,…
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AFV Club M60A1 Patton
FineScale Modeler reviews AFV Club’s 1/35 scale plastic model tank kit. AFV Club’s new-tool M60A1 is welcome and long overdue, as the other available kits date to the 1970s. Cleanly molded in dark olive plastic, this deluxe kit includes a turned-metal gun barrel, detailed driver’s compartment, fording trunk, vinyl mantlet covers, searchlight, and photoetched-metal detail parts.