Archives: Kit Reviews
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Tamiya M4A3E8 “Easy Eight” Sherman
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. Let’s get this out of the way: This kit should not be confused with Tamiya’s reboxed Asuka M4A3E8 kit released in 2014. Instead, this is an easy-to-build model of the late-war Sherman that shares a few parts with Tamiya’s M51; most of the parts beyond…
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Flyhawk 1/700 scale HMS Naiad
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic ship model kit. Flyhawk HMS Naiad is a unique combination of engineering and the art of camouflage for a specific era and. It’s a 1/700 scale kit with the detail of a 1/350 or 1/200 scale model!
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Academy 1/72 scale F-4J Phantom
FineScale Modeler builds the 1/72 scale plastic airplane model kit. A label on Academy’s 1/72 scale Phantom says, “Intuitive build, loads of details without having to glue.” Well, this isn’t your old-fashioned snap kit. It is, however, molded in four colors (gray, white, black, and clear), and all of the parts can be simply pressed…
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Meng 1/35 scale Leopard 1A5
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic tank model kit. Meng builds on its previous Leopard 1A3/A4 kit using new and updated parts to create this Leopard 1A5. The kit is cleanly molded with sharp features. Features include working tracks, photo-etched-metal and vinyl details, clear parts, and metallic film for mirrors.
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Kitty Hawk 1/32 scale F-86D Dog Sabre
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/32 scale plastic aircraft model kit. Kitty Hawk’s big F-86D Sabre Dog kit looks great just sitting in the box. You get seven sprues of light gray plastic and one in clear, as well as a photoetched-metal fret with seat belts.
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Revell Germany Fw 190F-8
FineScale Modeler reviews Revell Germany’s 1/32 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Cleanly molded in sky-blue plastic, Revell Germany’s all-new 1/32 scale Fw 190 is brimming with features: a complete BMW engine, two styles of drop tanks, bombs in three sizes, two types of canopies (blown and flat) in open and closed positions, posable landing gear options,…
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Trumpeter USS Texas, Hasegawa Ki 61 with Type 95 sedan, Roden Bristol Britannia, and Polar Lights Romulan Bird-of-Prey
FSM reviews four new plastic scale model kits
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MiniArt U.S. Army Bulldozer
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model bulldozer kit. The large box is chock-full of parts. Well molded, they show excellent detail, fine shapes to the point of being delicate, and minimal mold seams. A few parts were broken on the sprues in my kit, but I repaired them easily. The kit includes individual-link…
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Freedom Model Kits F-20A Tigershark
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Developed in the 1970s as an evolution of Northrop’s F-5E, the Tigershark was powered by a single GE F404, the engine used in pairs on the F-18. The improved fighter’s impressive performance featured speeds in excess of Mach 2 and a ceiling over 55,000 feet.
