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Aircraft reviews

ALL-NEW 1/144 DOUGLAS DC-8 FROM X-SCALE Review Premium

ALL-NEW 1/144 DOUGLAS DC-8 FROM X-SCALE

Chris Clifford

Airliner fans will surely welcome the debut kit from Ukraine's X-Scale...a 1/144 Douglas DC-8-32 packed with fine detail.

Chris Clifford
NEW TOOL: KŌTARE 1/32 SPITFIRE MK.Ia (MID) Review Premium

NEW TOOLING REVIEW: KŌTARE 1/32 SPITFIRE MK.Ia (MID)

Chris Clifford

The hotly anticipated 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) from Kōtare is finally available. Read our full review.

Chris Clifford
NEW-TOOL VULTEE VANGUARD FROM DORA WINGS Review Premium

NEW-TOOL VULTEE VANGUARD FROM DORA WINGS

Chris Clifford

Dora Wings has filled a gap in the market with its new-tool 1/48 Vultee Vanguard, released with RAF and Swedish markings. Read a full review here.

Chris Clifford
TWIN-ENGINED SEASPRITE FROM CLEAR PROP Review Premium

TWIN-ENGINED SEASPRITE FROM CLEAR PROP

Chris Clifford

Having already produced a new-tool 1/72 Seasprite UH-2A/B helicopter, Ukraine's Clear Prop now also offers the twin-engined UH-2C, reviewed here.

Chris Clifford
SPECIAL HOBBY WIRRAWAY RETURNS Review Premium

SPECIAL HOBBY WIRRAWAY RETURNS

Chris Clifford

Special Hobby's 1/72 CAC Wirraway returns with new decals for smart new Royal Australian Air Force liveries.

Chris Clifford
NEW JUNKERS FLOATPLANE BY MASTER-X Review Premium

NEW JUNKERS FLOATPLANE BY MASTER-X

Chris Clifford

If waterborne aircraft attract your modelling attention, you'll surely want to build one of the new 1/72 resin Junkers Ju 46hi floatplanes from Master-X.

Chris Clifford
AIRFIX’S ‘THEN AND NOW’ SPITFIRE/F-35B COMBO STARTER SET Review Premium

AIRFIX’S ‘THEN AND NOW’ SPITFIRE/F-35B COMBO STARTER SET

Stu Fone

Airfix's latest 1/72 Starter Set combines the recent, simplified Spitfire Mk.Vc and new-tool Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II... with acrylics paints, two brushes and cement.

Stu Fone
TAKOM 135 NEW-TOOL AH-64 APACHE REVIEW Review Premium

TAKOM 1/35 NEW-TOOL AH-64 APACHE REVIEW

Stu Fone

Read our extensive in-box review of Takom's new-tool 1/35 AH-64 Apache, which is packed with fine detail.

Stu Fone
SUPERMODEL CR.32 REISSUED BY ITALERI Review Premium

SUPERMODEL CR.32 REISSUED BY ITALERI

Chris Clifford

A decade ago, Italeri improved Supermodel's 1/72 Fiat CR.32 and released it under its own packaging. The kit has now been reissued with stunning new colour schemes.

Chris Clifford
SPECIAL HOBBY HAVOC RE-RELEASE Review Premium

SPECIAL HOBBY HAVOC RE-RELEASE

Chris Clifford

Special Hobby has again reissued its 1/72 Havoc, this time as an A-20G strafer in a 'Low Altitude Raiders' boxing.

Chris Clifford