1/48 scale models
1/48 scale is the ideal half-way house between ensuring really great detail, and finished models that aren't too big for display. The choice is myriad, with almost all major kit manufacturers producing quality items in this scale.
NIGHT-FIGHTING INTRUDER
Dornier’s Do 217 heavyweight night-fighter is receiving plenty of attention from ICM, which has followed the N-version with the earlier J-subtypes.
PROPELLER WASH
While intended to complement Special Hobby’s newly tooled Siebel Si 204, this figure, which is posed as if cleaning a propeller blade, would be suitable for any Argus engine-powered airframe.
DASSAULT 'BURNER'
Ukrainian firm RES/KIT has released this superb resin exhaust set intended for HobbyBoss 1/48 Mirage III offerings; it contains four cast components plus a small photo-etched metal fret containing two items.
AIRBORNE HOCKEY PUCKS
Adding accurate munitions to aircraft models is being made easier by Eduard’s Brassin offerings, including these CBU-97 sensor-fused weapons, which deploy hockey puck-shaped ‘skeet’ projectiles.
SPAD PUNCH
Turned brass cannon barrels are a real boon for any kit, as they feature much sharper detail than styrene equivalents, plus they are engineered to have hollow muzzles.
FLYING JUMP-STARTER
Licence-built in the UK by Blackburn and later Rolls-Royce, Turbomeca’s Palouste gas turbine engine supplied compressed air for starting jet engines and was built into wing-mountable pods to enable aircraft to operate away from their home base.
FLANKER 'BURNERS
Kinetic’s Flankers have received plenty of attention, and these gorgeous 3D-printed nozzles will add a finishing touch to any build.
FLOGGER OUTPUT
Having re-boxed Trumpeter’s 1/48 MiG-23 Flogger recently, Eduard has now produced a resin exhaust upgrade set for the kit as part of its Brassin range.
GROUND ATTACKER UPDATES
Trumpeter’s 1/48 MiG-27 offerings receive comprehensive photo-etched metal upgrades from Eduard in the form of this brass fret.
HIGH-SPEED PANEL
Eduard’s LööK range is a great way to incorporate maximum detail into a cockpit with minimal effort on the part of the modeller, and this set for Tamiya’s P-47M is no exception.