Archives: Kit Reviews
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Zvezda Su-33 “Flanker-D”
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit Don’t mistake this as a mere reissue of Zvezda’s earlier kit; it is a new tool. There are almost 250 parts with fine engraved panel lines and surface detail. You have several building options: open canopy and speed brake; wings and tail planes folded; or…
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Panda Hobby Marder I (SdKfz 135)
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit Seeking a more-potent self-propelled antitank weapon, and having acquired more than 300 French Tracteur Blindé 37L tractor/personnel carriers with the fall of France, the Germans fitted 170 of them with 75mm PaK 40 antitank guns. The new designation was SdKfz 135, the Lorraine Schlepper that…
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Academy USS Missouri
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic model ship kit The kit consists of eight sprues — five gray and one each in blue, red, and black — as well as several large individual parts. No flash mars the crisp moldings; the parts require only careful trimming and sanding of sprue attachments. The armament was…
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Tiger BMPT-72 Terminator II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit Most of the parts come in dark yellow styrene; tracks are in black plastic, and lights, vision blocks, and optics are molded in clear. Photo-etch (PE), metal cable, and vinyl poly caps finish out the parts. The moldings impressed me with sharp details. I had…
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Trumpeter ZSU-57-2
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit Trumpeter’s new ZSU-57-2 is a great kit of a fun subject. The hull comprises simple upper and lower halves, making a clean, fast build of the main body. The hull presented no fit problems, but the headlights were fiddly. The trouble-free road wheels and suspension…
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Revell Germany Eurofighter Typhoon
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit
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Revell Germany Me 262B-1/U-1 night fighter
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/32 scale plastic model aircraft kit
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IBG Models KTO Rosomak
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit, IBG Models KTO Rosomak The KTO Rosomaks are an 8-wheeled multipurpose family of vehicles similar to the German Boxer in operation with the Polish Army. The KTO stands for Kotowy Transporter Opancerzony, Polish for Wheeled Armored Carrier, and Rosomak means wolverine in Polish. This…
