Archives: Kit Reviews
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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.
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Revell Germany 1/24 scale Volkswagen T1 “Samba Bus”
It might be hard to find a more quintessentially ‘60s vehicle than the VW microbus. Revell Germany’s kit captures it well.
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Revell Germany 1/24 scale Trabant 601S
How quaint! Revell Germany’s fully detailed Trabant captures the boxy lines and clunky details of East Germany’s 23hp people mover perfectly.
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Xtrakit 1/72 scale Supermarine Scimitar F.1
Build Navy! Xtrakit’s 1/72 scale Scimitar fills a hole in many Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm collections. Supermarine’s tidy, single-seat jet fighter served from 1958 to 1969.
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Minicraft 1/144 scale E-3 Sentry AWACS
Just as Boeing modified the 707 airliner to create the E-3 Sentry for the U.S. Air Force, Minicraft added parts to its long-standing 707 kit to model the AWACS airframe.
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Valom 1/72 scale Bristol Brigand B.Mk.1
The Brigand replaced the Beaufighter as the Royal Air Force’s ground attack aircraft. The type served during the Malayan Emergency before being replaced by the Canberra.
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A guide to building ‘Star Wars’ model kits
You can build Bandai Star Wars model kits to rival the movie and TV filming miniatures
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Dragon 1/35 scale Ersatz M10
German attempts to disguise Panthers as American M10s met with some success at the Battle of the Bulge, and the vehicles remain popular modeling subjects.