Review Topic: Aircraft
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Kinetic Sea Harrier FA2
FineScale Modeler reviews Kinetic’s 1/48 scale plastic model airplane kit. Kinetic’s brand-new Sea Harrier comprises 271 parts, including two sprues dedicates to ordnance, photoetched-metal wing fences, and a crystal-clear canopy. Markings for 28 aircraft from five squadrons are provided.
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Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/48 scale plastic model aircraft kit. Less glamorous than the more modern and arguably prettier Spitfire, the Hurricane was the backbone of defense during the Battle of Britain. Numerically superior to the Spitfire, Hawker’s fighter was tough, shot down numerous Luftwaffe bombers, and helped stem the German tide.
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Airfix Jet Engine
FineScale Modeler reviews the plastic model aircraft jet engine kit. The parts are molded in colors that represent the kits’ parts and are sealed in their own bags. No gluing — everything either presses or screws together — or painting is required. However, I painted some parts to make them look less like plastic.
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ICM Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
FineScale Modeler reviews ICM’s 1/48 scale plastic transport aircraft kit. Derived from the classic Beechcraft Model 18, nicknamed Twin Beech, the C-45F, (later redesignated UC-45F) Expeditor served the U.S. Army Air Force as a military transport during and after World War II
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Italeri Short Stirling Mk.IV
FineScale Modeler reviews Italeri’s 1/72 scale plastic aircraft kit. A big huzzah! to Italeri’s new Stirling. Molded in gray, its recessed panel line and rivet details are perhaps a little more pronounced than some modelers might prefer, but, happily, they are much moderated by a coat of paint.
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Wolfpack Designs T-2C Buckeye
FineScale Modeler reviews Wolfpack Designs’ 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. Finally a state-of-the-art kit of the Buckeye has come. Many of us have been holding on to the toylike Matchbox kit, but we can now pass those old kits to the kids and grandkids. Wolfpack’s new kit features a decent interior and recessed exterior detail.
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OrangeModel F-35C Lightning II
FineScale Modeler reviews OrangeModel’s 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. The F-35C, made for U.S. Navy carrier duty, differs from the Lightning IIs in having a larger wing with folding outer panels and beefed-up landing gear for those punishing catapult launches and arrested landings. This is the first C kit available in 1/72 scale. Coming from…
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Revell Germany Saab JAS-39C Gripen
FineScale Modeler reviews Revell Germany’s 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit. Revell Germany’s newest release represents the latest version of the Gripen and offers two marking choices: a colorful Czech aircraft decorated for the 2014 Tiger Meet, and a Swedish fighter that flew in a 2013 Air Force Red Flag exercise. Molded in light gray plastic,…
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Kitty Hawk 1/48 scale F9F-8/-8P Cougar
FineScale Modeler reviews the Kitty Hawk 1/48 scale F9F-8/-8P Cougar scale plastic aircraft model. This is the first 1/48 scale injection-molded kit of Grumman’s swept-wing Cougar since … well, since forever. The Cougar was the principal carrier-borne fighter of the mid-1950s, paving the way between the straight-wing jets of the Korean War period (Panthers and…