Aircraft reviews
ITALERI REISSUE OF FUJIMI ‘FISHBED’
Chris Clifford discovers that the Fujimi 1/72 MiG-21bis, reissued by Italeri, still stands up well after three decades.
NEW-TOOL: AERO 11 FROM SPECIAL HOBBY
Special Hobby has produced the world's first 1/72 styrene kit of the Aero Ab-11 biplane. Read our full review.
AIRFIX WHIRLWIND HELICOPTER RETURNS
Fans of Airfix's ongoing Vintage Classics range can now buy the firm's reissued 1/72 Westland Whirlwind HAS.22 helicopter kit.
REISSUED METEOR TRAINER FROM SPECIAL HOBBY
The original MPM Meteor T.7 has been re-released by Special Hobby, with three lovely new colour schemes. Read our full review.
F-80C REISSUED BY AIRFIX
Nostalgia and old kit rejuvenation go hand-in-hand with Airfix's original 1/72 F-80C Shooting Star... reissued in the firm's Vintage Classics range.
NEW-TOOL: 1/72 Ki-21-Ib FROM ICM
Fans of Japanese World War Two aircraft will be delighted with ICM's new-tool 1/72 Mitsubishi Ki-21-Ib 'Sally' bomber, reviewed here in full.
Arma Hobby's stunning new Airacobra arrives!
Polish model manufacturer Arma Hobby has just released a newly tooled 1/72 P-39Q Airacobra and it’s a miniature gem, as STU FONE reveals.
NEW TOOL: A AND A MODELS TWIN ‘109G
Ukraine's A and A Models has become the first manufacturer to produce a styrene 1/48 Bf 109Z-1 Zwilling. Read our full review.
AIRFIX’S BEAVER IS BACK!
Easily one of the most popular of Airfix's 1970s toolings, the 1/72 DHC Beaver is back as part of the Vintage Classic range... and it's reviewed in full here.
1/72 AIRCRAFT STARTER FROM ICM
Planning any 1/72 builds of Soviet-designed aircraft? If so, ICM's new APA-50M airfield mobile electric unit could be a fine accompaniment.