Review Topic: Aircraft
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Kinetic 1/24 scale P-47D Thunderbolt
The most numerous of P-47 variants, the P-47D, is the subject of Kinetic’s sizable 1/24 scale Thunderbolt (20″ wingspan) plastic model kit. In the box are eight sprues of light gray plastic and a decal sheet with two sets of markings: one for the 405th Fighter Group based at Saint-Dizier, France, 1944; the other for…
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Special Hobby 1/72 scale AH-1G Cobra
FineScale Modeler reviews Special Hobby’s 1/72 scale Bell AH-1G Cobra helicopter plastic scale model kit. This appears to be a significant step up in quality for the Czech manufacturer, noted for its variety of short-run offerings. The parts are crisply molded with fine recessed details and flash-free tiny details.
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Freedom Model Kits 1/48 scale X-47B UCAS
FineScale Modeler reviews Freedom Model Kits’ 1/48 scale X-47B UCAS drone plastic model kit. Despite there being only two of them, the X-47B, like other drones, has been getting attention from kit makers. Platz released a 1/72 scale kit in 2012. Now, newcomer Freedom Model Kits hits the market with an ambitious 1/48 scale offering.
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Airfix 1/24 scale Typhoon Mk.Ib
FineScale Modeler reviews the Airfix 1/24 scale Typhoon Mk.Ib plastic model airplane kit. A big British brute in real life, the Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib has been released by Airfix in what seems to be a nearly full-scale replica, even though it’s 1/24 scale. The kit is a study in contrasts. The box is packed with…
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Trumpeter 1/48 scale F-106 Delta Dart
FineScale Modeler reviews Trumpeter’s 1/48 scale F-106 Delta Dart plastic model kit. This is only the second injection-molded kit of the F-106 in 1/48 scale; the first was the Monogram kit of the early 1980s. At the time, it was the state of the art. Trumpeter’s kit comes with nicely engraved panel lines in medium…
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AMK 1/48 scale L-29 Delfin
A new 1/48 scale jet kit manufacturer on the modeling scene is AvantGarde Model Kits (AMK) of China. Having been fortunate enough to see several Aero L-29 Delfíns fly at Oshkosh AirVenture in recent years, and having an interest in Soviet/Warsaw Pact-era aircraft, I was keen to see AMK’s kit.
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Hasegawa 1/72 scale F-35A Lightning II
Hasegawa’s F-35A Lightning II plastic model is the latest 1/72 scale release of that airplane on the market, after the Italeri and Academy kits. With detail typical of Hasegawa’s recent models, the kit features exquisite recessed surface detail molded in light gray plastic, decal options for two U.S. Air Force test aircraft, a nicely detailed…
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ICM Dornier 1/48 scale Do 215B-4
The ICM 1/48 scale Dornier Do 215B-4 plastic model airplane kit comes in a large, bright blue, top-opening box with artwork depicting one of the planes for which decals are included. The box sides have profiles of the same aircraft. Gray and clear sprues are bagged separately. In addition to the 20-page instruction booklet, a…
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Trumpeter 1/48 scale T-38A Talon
Larry Schramm built and reviewed a pair of 1/48 scale T-38 Talons: one from Trumpeter and one from Wolfpack. This is the Trumpeter review.
