Aircraft reviews
SBS MODEL KITS MACCHI’S 1925 SCHNEIDER COMPETITOR
If you revel in building Schneider Trophy racing aircraft, SBS Model's new 1/72 Macchi M.33 from the 1925 event is an unmissable addition to your collection. It's a superbly detailed and well-fitting resin replica of the aircraft flown at Baltimore, USA, and also features PE, cast metal and clear resin parts. Find out more with our review.
NEW TWO-SEAT 1/72 ‘FOXBAT’ FROM ICM
"So ugly it's cool" is how you could describe the two-seat Foxbat, and modellers can now add the MiG-25PU interceptor trainer to their collections, courtesy of ICM's new 1/72 rendition. It's a stunning kit with fine detail all round.
ITALERI’S 1/72 RAF TYPHOON RETURNS
Italeri has re-released its 1/72 Eurofighter Typhoon, with new colour schemes. Here, CHRIS CLIFFORD reviews the kit and discusses how it stands up to other manufacturers' same-scale examples.
Zvezda expanded C-130 Hercules kit
Unused parts in the first release hinted that Zvezda was planning this ‘stretched’ version of its 1/72 Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
NATIONALIST SEAGULL
ICM’s ‘Guomindang’ (alternatively spelt Kuomintang and referring to the government that established the Republic of China Air Force – ROCAF) version of its 1/72 Polikarpov I-153 offers modellers a different take on the Soviet biplane fighter.
ROUND SPINNER 'SPITS
Polish firm Hobby 2000 is well-known for its re-boxings, which now include tweaked versions of the Revell 1/32 Spitfire.
'BEST OF' BOOM JET
Special Hobby’s 1/72 de Havilland Vampire arguably marked the firm’s departure from limited run to its ‘new’ era of superb offerings, and has now been re-issued.
TAME IMPALA
Despite having been tooled as long ago as 1981, ESCI’s 1/48 Aermacchi MB-326 is still a more than acceptable replica – hence its re-issuing by Italeri.
PLASTIC PEREKHVATCHIK
Here’s Eduard’s styrene-only Weekend Edition 1/72 MiG-21PFM (Perekhvatchik Forsirovannyy Modernizirovannyy – interceptor uprated modernised) – otherwise known as Fishbed-F.
PUGNATIOUS PERSUER
Having delighted modellers with a 1/48 P-43, it’s now the turn of 1/72 builders to celebrate; as with its larger cousin, the styrene parts are accompanied by a small photo-etched (PE) brass fret and a vinyl canopy mask set.