Archives: Kit Reviews
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Academy F/A-18F Super Hornet
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Surface detail comprises fine, shallow recessed panel lines and fasteners. The largest part incorporates the upper fuselage from just aft of the radome to where the exhaust nozzles are attached and includes the top of the wings. To this you simply press fit the bottom…
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Takom Type 69-II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit Takom’s kit represents a Type 69-II in Iraqi service. Fine detail marks the gray plastic. Features include individual track links separated from the sprues, clear headlight lenses and periscopes, and two photo-etched (PE) frets. A nice touch is the inclusion of actual twisted wire…
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IBG Models’ KTO Rosomak, Revell Germany’s Flower-class corvette, HobbyBoss’ Hawk Mk. 127, & Takom’s Type 69
FSM reviews four new plastic scale model kits
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Tamiya’s F-14A
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. With its 1/48 scale F-14A Tomcat, Tamiya reaffirms its place at the pinnacle of the model-kit manufacturing industry. Inspection of the parts reveals clean, precise moldings with crisp, defined panel lines throughout — none too deep, too shallow, too wide, or too narrow. The only…
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Moebius The Penguin
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/8 scale plastic model figure kit. Until recently, you could not find any new kits of characters from the 1960s TV series Batman. I was a huge fan, so I was thrilled when Moebius started a line of 1/8 scale heroes and villains from the show. The realistic sculptures are striking…
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Kinetic F/A-18C Hornet
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Let’s get right to it: Kinetic’s new F/A-18C takes off with options galore. The kit provides bumps and antennas for almost any version you want to build, posable canopy and speed brake, extended or retracted flaps, a nice little boarding ladder, and folded or extended…
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Bronco Panzer III Ausf A
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. The first four versions of the PzKpfw III — Ausf A-D — were built in small numbers and were basically test vehicles, although some saw combat in Poland and Norway. Ausf A was unique with its coil-spring suspension and large road wheels.
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Attack Squadron F2F-1
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Grumman’s portly F2F biplane fighter was a follow-up to its initial two-place FF-1/SF-1 fighter/scout. As such, the F2F was the first U.S. Navy single-seat carrier fighter with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear.
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Arma Hobby PZL TS-11 Iskra “junior set”
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Arma Hobby has released a new injection-molded kit of the Iskra available in three different grades. This review is of the “junior” version, which is the most basic of the three, but still features plenty of detail, crisp moldings, and fine recessed panel lines. Clear…
