Archives: Kit Reviews
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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.
