Review Topic: Aircraft
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Cyber-hobby 1/72 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver
Cyber-hobby’s 1/72 scale Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver plastic model kit features several options for construction and display, including folding wings, posable turtledeck, flight controls, bomb-bay doors, flaps, and dive brakes.
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Italeri 1/48 scale Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Italeri’s 1/48 scale Hawker Hurrican Mk.I plastic model kit comprises 97 gray and 12 clear injection-molded sytrene parts, eight photoetched-metal parts, and a comprehensive decal sheet for six different schemes. There is also a nice reference booklet.
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Roden 1/144 Douglas C-124A Globemaster II
Although not the first kit of the Globemaster II in 1/144 scale, this is the first injection molded plastic model C-124. Roden’s release is of the initial production version, the C-124A, although it looks as if there will be later versions to come, judging by the wingtip heater pods (no, they aren’t tip tanks) and…
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Tamiya 1/48 scale Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik
Inside the box of Tamiya’s 1/48 scale Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik plastic model are 166 crisply molded parts, paint masks, and poly caps. Tamiya captures the plane’s look perfectly with parts that have a surgical fit.
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Trumpeter 1/32 scale Junkers Ju 87B-2 Stuka
Trumpeter’s new 1/32 scale Ju 87B-2 Stuka plastic model kit includes a complete engine, plenty of ordnance, full cockpit detail, vinyl tires, and wing-gun detail.
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Airfix 1/48 scale Westland Lynx
Airfix has really done a spectacular job with its newly tooled 1/48 scale Westland Lynx Mk.88A/HMA8/Mk.90B. The plastic model kit comprises six sprues: one clear, five molded in light blue styrene. You can build three different versions: counter-piracy, air/sea rescue, and anti-surface warfare. There are three sets of Cartograf decals, too: German navy, Royal Navy,…
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Great Wall Hobby 1/48 scale TBD-1 Devastator
Great Wall Hobby’s 1/48 scale TBD-1 Devastator is an impressive model with beautiful surface detail, decals, a 12-page instruction booklet, and precut masks. It is not, however, for the faint of heart.
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Airfix 1/72 scale Fairey Swordfish Mk.I
Airfix’s 1/72 scale Fairey Swordfish Mk.I plastic model kit is first-rate, with excellent detail, a choice of wing configuration, and different weapon options. Though not overly complicated, construction is involved.
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ICM 1/144 scale Tupolev Tu-144
ICM’s 1/144 scale Tu-144 plastic model kit represents the first six production aircraft. Molded in slightly soft, medium-gray plastic, the parts show fine, recessed panel lines. The fuselage is molded in halves. The upper wings include the full leading and trailing edges, so they are scale thin. Two clear parts of the cockpit window incorporate…
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Eduard 1/48 scale Bf 109E-1
Eduard’s 1/48 scale Bf 109E-1 plastic model kit is modled in olive and clear styrene, with finely engraved panel lines and rivets. Also included are two sheets of photoetched metal and precut self-adhesive canopy masks. The decals, printed by Cartograf, are in perfect register.