Review Topic: Aircraft
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Airfix 1/72 Curtiss Hawk 81-A-2
Airfix’s 1/72 scale P-40 Curtiss Warhawk is molded in gray plastic, and features separate castings for raised or lowered landing gear, alternate pitot tubes, opened and closed cowl flaps, a decent interior and pilot figure, and “weighted” tires for the main gear. It does a good job of capturing the complicated shapes of the forward…
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Trumpeter 1/72 scale FC-1 Fierce Dragon/JF-17 Thunder
Molded in light gray plastic, this model kit sports excellent surface scribing, a large number of finely detailed parts, and a photoetched-metal sheet for the exhaust, HUD, and seat harness.
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Airfix 1/48 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII
Easy construction, balanced with smart engineering and a good level of detail, will satisfy most modelers and give superdetailers a good start.
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Cyber-hobby 1/32 scale Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
Cyber-hobby’s big-scale model kit abounds with detail. The well appointed cockpit includes a nice instrument panel and controls, and the gear legs are modeled correctly as mounted to the fuselage frame rather than the wing. The Daimler-Benz engine and machine guns finish the front.
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Revell Germany 1/32 scale Arado Ar 196A-3
Big and detailed, this model kit includes a display stand as well as a detailed cockpit and all the parts you need to pose the wings folded or extended.
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Italeri 1/72 scale C-27J Spartan
Detail in this model kit’s cockpit and cargo area is outstanding, and you’ll actually be able to see a lot of it through the large windscreen.
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Roden 1/144 scale Douglas DC-7C
This is no weekend project, but there are roses among the thorns: thin trailing edges; nice main-wheel brake detail; and, most importantly, the model kit’s shape and dimensions are right on.
