Review Topic: Aircraft
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Airfix 1/72 scale English Electric Lightning F.2A
Airfix’s new 1/72 scale tool of the iconic Lightning F.2A features beautiful detail, options for posable flaps, canopy, and speed brakes, and the inclusion of closed gear doors (though no display stand is supplied). An optional intake cover and pilot figure are included, as well as weighted tires and other small-but-welcome touches.
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Airfix 1/72 scale de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth
During World War II, the ubiquitous de Havilland Tiger Moth was to Royal Air Force pilots what the Stearman PT-17 was to American airmen — almost all fledgling pilots flew it during their initial training. Airfix has released a little gem of a plastic model kit with its 1/72 scale Tiger Moth. Molded in Airfix’s…
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Eduard 1/72 scale MiG-15bis
Eduard’s 1/23 scale MiG-15bis (second) plastic model kit features optional photoetched-metal interior pieces, masks for the clear parts, a posable canopy, and optional parts for some of the variants. There are markings for five aircraft: Cuban, East German, Egyptian, and two Soviet. In the cockpit, you have a choice of plastic pieces and decals or…
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Zvezda 1/72 scale Topol SS-25 “Sickle” mobile ICBM TEL
This is a review of the Zvezda 1/72 scale Topol SS-25 “Sickle” plastic model mobile ICBM TEL kit.
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RS Models 1/72 scale P-51H Mustang
RS Models’ new 1/72 scale P-51H Mustang plastic model kit is molded in gray styrene with resin detail parts; surface detail is well done with recessed panel lines. There are no locating pins or sockets except for the horizontal stabilizers and main gear struts and doors — small parts like the rockets and radio masts…
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Kitty Hawk 1/48 scale Saab JAS 39A/C Gripen
Kitty Hawk’s 1/48 scale Saab JAS 39A/C Gripen plastic model kit consists of almost 300 parts molded in gray styrene on 10 sprues, three of which are for ordnance. I’m amazed by how much is packed into the small box.
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Italeri 1/72 scale F-35A Lightning II
Italeri’s new 1/72 scale F-35A Lightning II plastic model kit should not be confused with its previous X-35 kit or with Fujimi’s F-35B STOVL version. Molded in Italeri’s standard soft gray styrene, the parts have good recessed and raised details. Wings are molded with the fuselage in upper and lower halves. These and the engine…
