Archives: Kit Reviews
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Tamiya M10
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. Tamiya’s M10 is the first all-new 1/35 scale kit of the U.S. tank destroyer in 15 years. The crisp parts feature great touches, such as a one-piece slide-molded barrel and three figures to crew the open-topped vehicle. Posable hatches have detail molded on the inner…
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Academy M1A2 Abrams
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. Academy’s all-new M1A2 uses no parts from the company’s older Abrams kits. Parts provide for one of three versions: M1A2 SEP V2, M1A2 Tusk, and M1A2 Tusk II. The tan plastic parts feature excellent detail, including beautiful nonskid texture on the hull and turret. A…
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IBG Models HMS Badsworth
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic model ship kit. The Royal Navy’s Hunt-class destroyer escorts, like HMS Badsworth, served from the East Indies to South Africa and Malta and escorted Murmansk convoys. The little ships could be built quickly and 86 were completed before the end of World War II. More than a dozen…
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Naval Fighteers No. 102: Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker and WF-2/E-1B Tracer — Part Two
By Doug Siegfried and Steve Ginter
