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REVELL’S USAF @ 75 WITH F-89, F-16 AND F-117 Review Premium

REVELL’S USAF @ 75 WITH F-89, F-16 AND F-117

Chris Clifford

Revell's recent USAF 75th Anniversary Gift Set provides 1/72 F-89 Scorpion, F-117A Nighthawk and F-16C Block 50 'Viper' kits, plus acrylic paint, a brush and cement. Read our full review.

Chris Clifford
WORLD FIRST: 1/72 SAUNDERS-ROE SRA-1 FROM XTRAKIT Review Premium

WORLD FIRST: 1/72 SAUNDERS-ROE SRA-1 FROM XTRAKIT

Chris Clifford

The world's first injection-moulded styrene kit of the jet-powered Saunders-Roe SRA-1 flying boat has been released by Xtrakit, in 1/72 scale.

Chris Clifford
SPECIAL HOBBY’S FIAT FRECCIA RETURNS Review Premium

SPECIAL HOBBY’S FIAT FRECCIA RETURNS

Chris Clifford

Special Hobby's 'Finnish Aces' boxing of its 1/32 Fiat G.50 Freccia returns after a decade-long absence.

Chris Clifford
THIRD BUFFALO REISSUE FROM HOBBY 2000 Review Premium

THIRD BUFFALO REISSUE FROM HOBBY 2000

Chris Clifford

Hobby 2000 has again reissued Hasegawa's 1/72 Brewster Buffalo, this time in US Navy colours as F2A-1/ -2 airframes.

Chris Clifford
TWO-SEAT ‘SKOL’ VIGGEN FROM SPECIAL HOBBY Review Premium

TWO-SEAT ‘SKOL’ VIGGEN FROM SPECIAL HOBBY

Chris Clifford

Having released a 1/72 two-seat Viggen four years ago, as part of a dual kit/reference book package, Special Hobby has now issued the model on its own.

Chris Clifford
AIRFIX’S BOOMERANG COMES BACK! Review Premium

AIRFIX’S BOOMERANG COMES BACK!

Chris Clifford

Airfix's Vintage Classics range now has the 1/72 CA-13 Boomerang fighter in its ranks. A drop of nostalgia anyone?

Chris Clifford
REVELL APACHE HELICOPTER REISSUE Review Premium

REVELL APACHE HELICOPTER REISSUE

Chris Clifford

Revell has reissued its 1990 AH-64A Apache kit... which is actually Hasegawa tooling. Read our in-box review.

Chris Clifford
COLOURFUL BRÉGUET BIPLANE FROM KP Review Premium

COLOURFUL BRÉGUET BIPLANE FROM KP

Chris Clifford

If you're a biplane fan you may want to take the plunge with KP's new 1/72 Breguet Br 14 kits. See a review of the Br 14B here.

Chris Clifford
DOG SOLDIER: MONOGRAM B-24D REISSUED BY REVELL Review Premium

DOG SOLDIER: MONOGRAM B-24D REISSUED BY REVELL

Chris Clifford

Monogram's 1/48 Liberator bomber has been reissued as a B-24D by Revell. Read our full review of this classic tooling.

Chris Clifford
CAPRONI 313/314 REISSUED BY ITALERI Review Premium

CAPRONI 313/314 REISSUED BY ITALERI

Chris Clifford

Italeri has marked its 60th anniversary by reissuing several classic kits in limited-edition format. One of these is the 1/72 Caproni Ca 313/314.

Chris Clifford