Archives: Kit Reviews
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Scale Modeling Essentials: Rearming a Staghound Mk.III
Rationalizing building a model the way I like it — then making the modification
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Trumpeter 1/35 scale M1117 Guardian ASV
Designed by Cadillac Gage, makers of the M706 of Vietnam service, the M1117 provides patrolling troops more protection than up-armored Humvees.
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Zvezda 1/144 scale Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Carrying more than 200 passengers, the 787-8 is designed to replace the 767 for long flights.
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Trumpeter 1/32 scale Super Tomcat
Serving as the U.S. Navy’s first-line fighter from 1974 to 2006, Grumman’s Tomcat needs little introduction. Trumpeter’s first kit represents the D model Super Tomcat, the last production variant.
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Two scales: Trumpeter F-100C Super Sabres in 1/72 and 1/48 scale
Trumpeter has followed its big 1/32 F-100 with some smaller “Huns” in 1/48 and 1/72 scales. The first variant issued in these popular scales is the fighter-bomber F-100C. Trumpeter recognized the key differences between the C model and the more numerous D version – a different wing without landing flaps, and a different fin. This…
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ICM 1/35 scale BM-13-16N Katyusha
ICM has released a BM-13-16N Multi-ple Launch Rocket System vehicle, nicknamed Katyusha, based on its 1/35 scale Studebaker 6 x 6 cargo truck.
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Trumpeter 1/35 scale T-62 Mod. 1962
The T-62 started life as an up-gunned version of the Soviet Union’s T-55. The newer tank’s 115mm main gun was the first smooth-bore cannon mounted on any tank.
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ICM 1/72 scale Type XXVIIB “Seehund”
At less than 7″ long, ICM’s Type XXVIIB U-boat isn’t as big as Revell’s 1/72 Type VII or Gato-class submarines, but it still makes a grand model – and takes up a lot less shelf room, too!
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Airfix 1/72 scale Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX
As Airfix continues to recover from its 2006 bankruptcy, it is introducing a line of new 1/72 scale aircraft, including this Griffon-engined photo-reconnaisance Spitfire.
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Tamiya 1/32 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX
There have been many kits of Supermarine’s iconic fighter, but few with as much detail and neat engineering as offered in Tamiya’s new 1/32 scale model.