Archives: Kit Reviews
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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…
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Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5c Type 52 Zero
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/32 scale plastic model aircraft kit. By 1943, the Zero was being out-matched by U.S. Navy Hellcats and Corsairs, and Army Air Force’s P-38. Mitsubishi moved to make the Zero more competitive by developing the A6M5, which bolstered armament and pilot protection.
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Dragon M60 tank
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit. Dragon’s kit of an early M60 shares parts with Dragon’s M48 and M60A2. The molding has fine details and scale-correct casting texture on the hull and turret. Most of the kit is molded in Dragon’s usual light gray plastic, with the exception being the…
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Kinetic Super Étendard
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Kinetic’s all-new-tool 1/48 scale Super Étendard is molded in light gray plastic with more than 250 plastic parts on five sprues, one sprue of clear parts, and a small photo-etch (PE) sheet. The kit can be built either as a Super Étendard (SuE) or the…
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Soar Art 35.5cm M1 super heavy howitzer gun
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model gun kit. Developed by Rheinmetall before WWII, the massive gun could propel a 1,268-pound concrete-piercing shell 22,800 yards once every four minutes. Fewer than 10 were produced; they were used during the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Sevastopol, Leningrad, and the Warsaw Uprising.
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Roden M37 truck
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model truck kit. Ordered in 1949 to replace WC Dodge trucks used in World War II, the M37 Dodge ¾-ton truck was built in several variations, including ambulances, bomb trucks, and crash trucks, to mention a few. Roden’s M37 answers the call by many modelers for a kit.…
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Kinetic’s naval Flanker fighter jet
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Opening the box reveals 320-plus parts, molded in gray, with primo surface detail! Everything is recessed and true to scale. Parts like the single-piece molded missiles and exhaust nozzles are boxed separately. There are photo-etch (PE) parts and crystal-clear plastic that includes separate navigation lights.
