Review Topic: Aircraft
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Airfix Ju 87B-1 Stuka
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Airfix recently released an early version of the Stuka, and it’s a honey of a kit. If you have built one of Airfix’s newer releases, everything from the box art to the blue-gray molded plastic, recessed detail, and instructions will look familiar.
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Roden 1/48 scale Heinkel He 51 with WIP gallery
FineScale Modeler reviews the Roden 1/48 scale plastic aircraft model kit. Roden’s Heinkel 51 includes markings for two Legion Condor planes, one in overall gray, the other gray and green. The molding is generally good, although some parts required a swipe or two with a sanding stick to square corners and refine mating surfaces.
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Merit International’s 1/24 scale Fokker Dr.1, Roden’s 1/35 scale Opel 3.6-47 omnibus, Trumpeter’s 1/700 scale USS Tennessee, and a special surprise
FSM reviews four new plastic scale model kits!
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Revell Germany C-54 Skymaster
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic aircraft model kit. There have been previous kits of the Skymaster in 1/72 scale, but Revell Germany’s new kit leaves them in the dust. Boasting 352 parts and a “Skill Level 5” on the box, the new C-54 is a masterpiece of detail. This initial release provides parts…
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Bronco Models Airspeed A.S.51 Horsa with WIP images
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Widespread deployment of unpowered aircraft by the major combatants marked World War II like no other conflict. The United Kingdom had several glider designs, but the Airspeed Horsa was the most common.
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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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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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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.
