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GORGEOUS GHIBLI: ITALERI’S NEW-TOOL AMX Review Premium

GORGEOUS GHIBLI: ITALERI’S NEW-TOOL AMX

Chris Clifford

Italeri has released its new-tool 1/72 AMX Ghibli fighter-bomber... and it might just be the firm's best-ever aircraft kit in this scale.

Chris Clifford
ITALERI 1/48 F/A-18F RE-RELEASE Review Premium

ITALERI 1/48 F/A-18F RE-RELEASE

Chris Clifford

Italeri's 1/48 F/A-18F Super Hornet has been re-released with stunning new decals... but the kit needs work to ensure an accurate replica.

Chris Clifford
REWORKED SEAFIRE 46 FROM SPECIAL HOBBY Review Premium

REWORKED SEAFIRE 46 FROM SPECIAL HOBBY

Chris Clifford

Special Hobby has reworked its 1/72 Seafire F.46 so you can now also portray the FR.46 fighter-recce variant.

Chris Clifford
AIRFIX BUFFALO AVAILABLE AGAIN Review Premium

AIRFIX BUFFALO AVAILABLE AGAIN

Chris Clifford

Airfix's Vintage Classics range now welcomes the 1/72 Brewster Buffalo, first tooled in 1972.

Chris Clifford
ICM’S NEW SINO-CENTRIC I-16 BOXING Review Premium

ICM’S NEW SINO-CENTRIC I-16 BOXING

Chris Clifford

ICM has now added three figures to its 1/32 Polikarpov I-16 Type 10, with Chinese markings. Read our full review of this useful package.

Chris Clifford
NEW FIRE-FIGHTING GUARDIAN FROM SPECIAL HOBBY Review Premium

NEW FIRE-FIGHTING GUARDIAN FROM SPECIAL HOBBY

Chris Clifford

Special Hobby has added new decals to its previous 1/48 Grumman Guardian kit, to produce a civilian fire-fighting version, with decals for three smart-looking airframes.

Chris Clifford
ITALERI’S 1/48 F-16 RETURNS WITH NEW DECALS Review Premium

ITALERI’S 1/48 F-16 RETURNS WITH NEW DECALS

Chris Clifford

If you can't quite stretch to Kinetic's new-tool 1/48 F-16, Italeri's reissued 'Viper' is a wallet-friendly alternative, which also offers a stunning decal sheet.

Chris Clifford
ACADEMY’S NEW 1/72 TOMCAT BOXING Review Premium

ACADEMY’S NEW 1/72 TOMCAT BOXING

Chris Clifford

Academy has added fresh decals to its new-tool 1/72 Tomcat parts, to provide a 'Jolly Rogers' F-14B boxing.

Chris Clifford
A&A MODELS NEW-TOOL 1/72 HAWK 200 Review Premium

A&A MODELS NEW-TOOL 1/72 HAWK 200

Chris Clifford

Modellers who have craved a 1/72 BAe Hawk 200 can now get cracking on the new 1/72 tooling from Ukraine's A&A Models.

Chris Clifford
ITALERI 1/48 SKYHAWK COMEBACK Review Premium

ITALERI 1/48 SKYHAWK COMEBACK

Chris Clifford

The ex-ESCI 1/48 A-4E/F/G tooling has been re-released by Italeri, with a stunning new decal sheet, but with a mix of raised and engraved panel lines, it's ripe for a rejuvenation project.

Chris Clifford