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.
REVELL SILVER-DOPE SESQUIPLANE
Revell has reboxed Eduard’s 1/48 Nieuport 17 and added new decals depicting two Bailleul, France-deployed airframes of 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps.
BOSS BIRDS
Eduard’s Bf 109G-10 has been reworked to include a late-war oil cooler and supercharger intake on a modified Runner AB to accompany the other frames, plus the ProfiPACK-series’ usual photo-etched metal fret and canopy mask set.
TULSA-BUILT TWIN
This version of ICM’s 1/48 Douglas Invader depicts World War Two machinery with the designation A-26, as opposed to the B-26 classification applied from 1948 onwards.
ENHANCED ENDOWMENTS
PJ Production's set allows modellers to convert Airfix’s recent 1/48 Hawker Hunter F.6 to a Swiss F.58 airframe.
ROLLING REPLACEMENTS
These simple but well-cast wheels from Eduard’s Brassin range are replacements for the styrene components in its own 1/48 Bf 109F kits, offering both enhanced detail and simplified construction.
AS RARE AS...
Some wartime innovations are delightfully simple, and these 1/48 ‘Dragon’s Teeth’ anti-tank fortifications from Hauler are a fine example.
TARGET ACQUIRED
French aftermarket specialist L’Arsenal has released this 1/48 ATLIS II (Automatic Tracking and Laser Integration System) pod and CLB 504 mounting pylon for Dassault Mirage 2000 models.
FIGHTER COMMS
Eduard’s resin and photo-etched metal radio compartment is designed as a self-contained drop-in structure for Tamiya’s 1/48 Bf 109G-6.
GRIFFINS AND LIONS
Revell has re-boxed ICM’s impressive quarter-scale Heinkel He 111H-6 with a new set of decals, covering the Mediterranean and Russian theatres of operation.
PROTECTOR OF THE NILE
Andrew Terrell tackles Eduard’s classic 1/48 MiG-21MF, finishing it as a weather-worn Egyptian Air Force machine in this full build feature.