Archives: Kit Reviews
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Special Hobby 1/32 scale T-33A Shooting Star
FineScale Modeler reviews Special Hobby’s 1/32 scale T-33A Shooting Star. The T-33A was the advanced jet training workhorse for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy in the late 1940s. Based on the F-80 Shooting Star, it was a reliable design that kept it in active duty roles with many air forces into the 1980s.…
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Zvezda 1/144 scale Ilyushin Il-62M
FineScale Modeler reviews Zvezda’s 1/144 scale Il-62M passenger airline plastic model kit. With room for nearly 200 passengers, the Il-62 was Aeroflot’s permier intercontinental jet from the mid-1960s through the 1980s. Many of the almost 300 built were sold to airlines in Soviet-aligned nations.
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Hasegawa 1/700 scale Akagi
FineScale Modeler reviews Hasegawa’s 1/700 scale Akagi aircraft carrier plastic model kit. Hasegawa’s new 1/700 scale Hasegawa Akagi is based on the ship’s appearance after its 1937-38 conversion to a single flight deck. It can be built as it appeared at the attack on Pearl Harbor or as it appeared at its sinking at the…
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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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Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale Salmson 2-A2
While it probably wouldn’t be Snoopy’s first choice for going to war, the Salmson 2-A2 was a very important aircraft to the fledgling U.S. Army Air Service in World War I. Wingnut Wings has acknowledged this importance by including a USAS boxing of its brand-new Salmson 2-A2 in 1/32 scale (along with the French boxing).…
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PlusModel U.S. Motor Grader
FineScale Modeler reviews PlusModel’s 1/35 scale resin model construction vehicle kit. Models of military construction equipment have been scarce, but PlusModel has released an all-resin kit of Caterpillar’s No. 12 Motor Grader. During World War II, the U.S. military used the grader in all theaters of operation for building runways, roads, and bases of operations.
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Moebius Models “Jonny Quest” Dragonfly
Premiering in prime time in 1964, “Jonny Quest” was one of cartoon giant Hanna-Barbera’s attempts to produce a realistic science-fiction adventure series — quite a change from the studio’s standard cartoons (“Tom & Jerry”) and comedic TV series (“The Flintstones”). The series followed Dr. Benton Quest, his son Jonny, Jonny’s best friend Hadji, and their…
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Eduard 1/48 scale SSW D.III
FineScale Modeler reviews Eduard’s 1/48 scale SSW D.III scale plastic model biplane kit. Many years ago, Eduard decided to make model kits instead of just supplying accessories for them. The first kit was a 1/48 scale Siemens-Schuckert SSW D.III, the quick-climbing, pugnacious World War I German fighter. A lot of kits later, Eduard returns to…
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Trumpeter 1/48 scale A-37A Dragonfly
FineScale Modeler reviews the Trumpeter 1/48 scale A-37A Dragonfly plastic model airplane kit. Developed from the T-37 trainer, the A-37 Dragonfly quietly assumed its role in the Vietnam War in close air support, night attack missions, and escorting helicopters, using its huge payloads to devastating effect.
