Archives: Kit Reviews
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Freedom Model Kits 1/48 scale X-47B UCAS
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.
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HobbyBoss 1/35 scale Renault R35
FineScale Modeler reviews HobbyBoss’ 1/35 scale Renault R35 plastic model tank. HobbyBoss has released its kit of this important French tank with link-and-length tracks, posable hatches for the driver, commander, and engine compartment that reveal interiors featuring the engine plus driver and commander stations.
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Dragon MBT70/KPz 70
The MBT70 was a joint project between the U.S. and West Germany. Development started in the early 1960s, but, by the end of the decade, cost overruns and philosophical differences cancelled the project. Nevertheless, many of the vehicle’s features would be seen in later designs, such as the M1 Abrams and the Leopard 2. Three…
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Tamiya 1/700 scale USS Saratoga (CV-3)
FineScale Modeler reviews the Tamiya 1/700 scale USS Saratoga (CV-3) plastic model kit. The kit comprises a two-piece slide-mold, waterlined asymmetrical hull; five medium-gray styrene sprues; one slab of ballast metal; and a sheet of deck decals. The molding has fine detail throughout with no flash or sink marks. The parts count is less daunting…
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Meng 1/35 scale T-90 tank dozer
FineScale Modeler reviews the Meng 1/35 scale T-90 tank dozer plastic model kit. Believe me when I say Meng’s T-90 lives up to the hype. The box is jammed with beautifully molded plastic parts free of flash and ejector-pin marks. This release includes the option to fit the TBS-86 ’dozer blade to the bow.
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Airfix 1/24 scale Typhoon Mk.Ib
FineScale Modeler reviews the Airfix 1/24 scale Typhoon Mk.Ib plastic model airplane kit. A big British brute in real life, the Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib has been released by Airfix in what seems to be a nearly full-scale replica, even though it’s 1/24 scale. The kit is a study in contrasts. The box is packed with…
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Trumpeter 1/48 scale F-106 Delta Dart
FineScale Modeler reviews Trumpeter’s 1/48 scale F-106 Delta Dart plastic model kit. This is only the second injection-molded kit of the F-106 in 1/48 scale; the first was the Monogram kit of the early 1980s. At the time, it was the state of the art. Trumpeter’s kit comes with nicely engraved panel lines in medium…
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Tamiya 1/35 scale Toyota AB Phaeton
FineScale Modeler reviews Tamiya’s 1/35 scale Toyota AB Phaeton plastic car model kit. Toyota is well known today for its luxury and value cars. But few people know that during World War II the company produced vehicles for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Zvezda 1/35 scale Panther Ausf D
FineScale Modeler reviews the Zvezda 1/35 scale Panther Ausf D plastic model tank kit. Developed in response to the Soviet T-34, the Panther offered the best combination of firepower, protection, and mobility of any German tank in World War II. Its Achilles heel was its reliability and complexity compared with the T-34 and M4 Sherman.
