Archives: Kit Reviews
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Tiger Model Panhard VBL
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armored car kit Developed in the 1980s, the French Panhard VBL is a small, all-wheel-drive amphibious armored car still in service with the French army today. Tiger Model has just released its second version of the VBL, this one sporting a Milan missile launcher. While the parts…
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Tiger Model Nagmachon
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit To make use of obsolete Centurion tanks, the Israeli Defense Force replaced the turrets with a casemate covered in reactive armor. The result was a unique, well-protected personnel carrier known as the Nagmachon. This kit of the early Nagmachon is Tiger’s second kit of the…
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Airfix P-40B Warhawk
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit Numerous manufacturers have recently released kits of the Warhawk, with Airfix’s P-40B being the latest. Inside the sturdy box are three sprues molded in medium gray plastic, and a fourth sprue holding crystal-clear parts. Panel lines and details are deep and well defined, and the…
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Wingsy Kits Mitsubishi A5M2b “Claude”
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit
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Takom’s King Tigers, Aoshima’s OH-1 Ninja, Zvezda’s Kruzenshtern, Italeri’s M113 ACAV, plus Eduard’s Harrier and The Sound of Silence
FSM video review of seven new plastic scale model kits.
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Trumpeter Chengdu J-10B aircraft
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/32 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Molded in Trumpeter’s standard gray plastic, the J-10B has beautiful surface and rivet detail as well as nicely detailed wheel wells. Cockpit detail comes in the form of decals and looks good. The kit provides only one marking option, however, there are a lot of…
