Aircraft reviews
ASSYMETRIC FIGHTER: SPITFIRE MK.IIA LR FROM KP
If you're in the market for a budget 1/72 Spitfire, KP's recent Mk.IIa (LR) is an ideal candidate... and it allows you to build a relatively rare sub-type.
IBG RE-BOXES TRUMPETER FULCRUM WITH UKRAINE MARKINGS
IBG Models' reissue of Trumpeter's 1/72 MiG-29UB two-seater has five different Ukrainian Air Force schemes.
ANNIVERSARY SEA HARRIER FROM ITALERI
Italeri has again reissued ESCI's original 1/72 Sea Harrier FRS.1... widely accepted as the best in this scale.
REVELL’S USAF @ 75 WITH F-89, F-16 AND F-117
Revell's recent USAF 75th Anniversary Gift Set provides 1/72 F-89 Scorpion, F-117A Nighthawk and F-16C Block 50 'Viper' kits, plus acrylic paint, a brush and cement. Read our full review.
WORLD FIRST: 1/72 SAUNDERS-ROE SRA-1 FROM XTRAKIT
The world's first injection-moulded styrene kit of the jet-powered Saunders-Roe SRA-1 flying boat has been released by Xtrakit, in 1/72 scale.
SPECIAL HOBBY’S FIAT FRECCIA RETURNS
Special Hobby's 'Finnish Aces' boxing of its 1/32 Fiat G.50 Freccia returns after a decade-long absence.
THIRD BUFFALO REISSUE FROM HOBBY 2000
Hobby 2000 has again reissued Hasegawa's 1/72 Brewster Buffalo, this time in US Navy colours as F2A-1/ -2 airframes.
TWO-SEAT ‘SKOL’ VIGGEN FROM SPECIAL HOBBY
Having released a 1/72 two-seat Viggen four years ago, as part of a dual kit/reference book package, Special Hobby has now issued the model on its own.
AIRFIX’S BOOMERANG COMES BACK!
Airfix's Vintage Classics range now has the 1/72 CA-13 Boomerang fighter in its ranks. A drop of nostalgia anyone?
REVELL APACHE HELICOPTER REISSUE
Revell has reissued its 1990 AH-64A Apache kit... which is actually Hasegawa tooling. Read our in-box review.