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.
Factory-applied data
This comprehensive pack from H-Model Decals provides modellers with stencil markings to apply to 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2s, F-4s and all G-variants from G-1 through G-6.
FLYING DOORMAN
Belgian manufacturer PJ Production has released this set of three 1/48 resin figures representing the crew of an American utility helicopter during the Vietnam war.
Britain’s Defender
Editor Stu Fone rediscovers the model desk with an aftermarket build of Airfix’s re-released 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Ia.
Iron Annie
Richard Spreckley uses Revell’s 1/48 kit of the Junkers Ju 52/3mg4e to build a quarter-scale model of a type that served in Libya, North Africa, during 1943.
SUPER TWEET
Trumpeter’s 1/48 Dragonfly receives a war-weary finish from Wayne Dippold, who builds it as a South Vietnamese Air Force airframe.
VIPER GEAR
Designed to fit Tamiya’s F-16C/N kit (61106), this two-fret set provides a wealth of extra detail.