Archives: Kit Reviews
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AFV Club Husky Mk.III VMMD
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model vehicle kit. AFV Club’s Husky MK.III is a multimedia affair with 313 parts in dark yellow plastic, 13 clear parts for lights and windows, a small photo-etch (PE) fret, and vinyl electric cables and tires. The level of detail is excellent, with even the smallest items well-represented.…
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ICM Junkers Ju 88A-5
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. The kit comprises six sprues of light gray plastic and one clear sprue. All surface detail is engraved, consistent, and very fine — quality that is as good as it gets for an injection-molded kit. There was no flash on any of the parts. The…
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Trumpeter MT-LB
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. The MT-LB is one of the more obscure Soviet tracked vehicles but has seen a lot of use. A jack of all trades, the MT-LB has acted as an artillery tractor, armored personnel carrier, and weapons platform to name a few roles. Active in Soviet…
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IsraCast T-6 Texan II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. IsraCast’s resin kit provides a one-piece fuselage with cockpit floors, bulkheads, and consoles inside, and a one-piece wing with wheel wells molded in. Exterior detail is fine, but with soft recessed lines. Separate fuselage nose, fin, horizontal stabilizers, ejection seats, main wheels, choice of two…
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RS Models DFS 230
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) 230 is another addition to RS Models’ ever-growing 1/72 scale range. This glider was widely used for troop and cargo transport during World War II.
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Moebius Batman v Superman Batmobile
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/25 scale plastic model car kit. The latest cinematic chapter in the Batman saga — Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — means a new Batmobile. The Caped Crusader’s military-style Tumbler of the Dark Knight trilogy has been replaced with a lower, sleeker vehicle. It’s barely visible in the rainy gloom…
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GWH T-33A Shooting Star
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Essentially a stretched F-80 with a two-place cockpit, the T-33 was widely used by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and a multitude of foreign forces, not only as a trainer but also as a unit hack or transport, and even for ground attack on…
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Revell Germany HMCS Snowberry
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/144 scale plastic model ship kit, Revell Germany’s HMCS Snowberry. Unsung heroes of World War II, Flower-class corvettes took the battle to German U-boats while escorting North Atlantic convoys. Based on a commercial whaling ship, the 205′ vessels served in large numbers with British and Canadian navies. All of the parts…
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Meng M1A2 SEP Abrams TUSK I/TUSK II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit. Features include working tracks and suspension, posable hatches, optional stowage, clear vision blocks, lights, and optics, and markings for four American tanks in Iraq. The suspension’s working torsion bars installed easily, but the plastic lacks strength and some of the arms were weak. The…
