Aircraft review
NEW NOCTURNAL ‘MEATBOX’ FROM SPECIAL HOBBY
Special Hobby's recent 1/72 Meteor night-fighter Meteors are splendid kits, and now the company has added an NF.11 'RAF Squadrons' boxing to the family. It offers markings for four different airframes.
SILVER PERIOD TREASURE: AIRFIX’S BRISTOL BULLDOG
Biplane fans still only have Airfix's 1/72 1969 tooling to replicate the Bristol Bulldog in styrene. It's a product of its time, but has still have many plus points and can be made into a great model. Find out more via our detailed review, which also offers period photos.
Appraising Airfix’s Classic Charmer: the 1/72 Henschel Hs 123A-1
Many modellers will remember Airfix’s small-scale Henschel Hs 123, which first appeared in 1970. Having now returned to the range in Vintage Classics format, does this old favourite have the same styrene charm? JOHN FULLER reveals all…
VAUTOUR: SPECIAL HOBBY’S FRENCH BOMBER RETURNS
Special Hobby has re-released the original Azur 1/72 styrene tooling of the French Vautour jet bomber, with extra resin and photo-etched brass details. With a little TLC, great results can be achieved with this kit.
Examining Special Hobby's early-model Bf 109Es in 1/72
As part of its range of newly tooled 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, Special Hobby has released a pair of kits depicting the first ‘Emil’ subtype – the 7.92mm MG 17 machine gun-armed E-1. Discover more about these small-scale offerings in this review.
Revell down-sizes its Tornado ASSTA 3.1 to 1/72
Small-scale builders who rued Revell’s decision to release a Tornado Avionics System Software Tornado in Ada (ASSTA) 3.1 variant in 1/48 will rejoice at the firm’s downsized 1/72 version.
Eduard's 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.V Re-issue
Airfix Model World examines the contents of what appears to be a straightforward re-issue of Eduard’s 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 2 ProfiPACK.
1/72 BRITISH JAGUAR RETURNS
CHRIS CLIFFORD discusses the good and bad points of Italeri's re-issued 1/72 Jaguar GR.1/GR.3, which comes with new decals.
ICM adds crew to its 1/32 AH-1G Cobra
ICM has combined its newly tooled 1/32 AH-1G Cobra with a figure set – US Helicopter Pilots Vietnam War (32114) - find out more about this combined package here.
Eduard's 1/48 Sopwith Camel ProfiPACK has landed!
Having dazzled modellers with the limited-edition Camel & Co, Eduard has followed this with a ProfiPACK offering of the Bentley Rotary-powered Camel F.1, as used predominantly by the Royal Naval Air Service.