Aircraft reviews
ARMA’S STUNNING NEW MUSTANG
1/72 P-51B/C Mustang kits have come and gone, but Arma Hobby's all-new tooling tops the lot in terms of detail and accuracy.
LARGE-SCALE HELLDIVER
A 1/32 scale Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in styrene has been a long time coming, but it's now a reality courtesy of Czech firm Infinity Model.
RE-BADGED MESSERSCHMITT ‘109
Hobbycraft's original 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4 tooling has been re-issued by Italeri, with four new colour schemes.
FINE MOLDS’ NEW ‘CHARLIE’ PHANTOM
We've arguably never had it so good in terms of Phantom kits... and Fine Molds' new 1/72 F-4C is a fine example. CHRIS CLIFFORD reviews the contents.
BIG-NOSED FIGHTER
Special Hobby is gradually releasing the two-seat night-fighter Meteors and it’s latest is the Mk.14. Four styrene runners are common to previous variants, with new frames for the fuselage and clear parts – the latter captures the subtype’s ‘blown’ canopy accurately.
FANTASTIC FOXBAT
Having worked its way through the reconnaissance/strike Foxbat variants it was just a matter of time before ICM released the interceptor versions, with the first being a MiG-25PD Foxbat-E.
HEFTY TAIFUN
Large-scale modelling is undergoing something of a boom, so it’s no surprise Eduard was quick to release the 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf 108 that Striped Fighter didn’t manage to bring to the market.
GUN-TOTING PIRATE
Italeri’s splendid UH-34/Wessex kit returns with markings for US, French and German machines.
LITTLE DONKEY
Comprising just 13 components, Zvezda’s 1/144 Polikarpov I-16 is the ideal means of adding the ‘Ishak’ (Donkey) to wargaming fleets, a perfect rainy afternoon project or the simple basis for a painting and weathering challenge.
NOT QUITE NIGHT-FIGHTERS
Re-released for 2021 is Special Hobby’s 1/32 Heinkel He 100 in the same format as the initial iteration – the product code, parts and schemes are unchanged.