Aircraft reviews
ITALERI QUARTER-SCALE HAWK RETURNS
Italeri's 1/48 BAE Hawk T.1 has been re-released with new decals for four special schemes. RAF, Royal Navy and Finnish Air Force liveries are on offer with this kit.
PLATZ’S REMOTELY PILOTED 1/144 HELLCAT
If you've never been tempted by 1/144 scale, Platz Hobby's dual-kit Grumman Hellcats could well sway your thinking with their superb detail. This drone boxing offers especially attractive colour schemes.
SBS MODEL KITS MACCHI’S 1925 SCHNEIDER COMPETITOR
If you revel in building Schneider Trophy racing aircraft, SBS Model's new 1/72 Macchi M.33 from the 1925 event is an unmissable addition to your collection. It's a superbly detailed and well-fitting resin replica of the aircraft flown at Baltimore, USA, and also features PE, cast metal and clear resin parts. Find out more with our review.
NEW TWO-SEAT 1/72 ‘FOXBAT’ FROM ICM
"So ugly it's cool" is how you could describe the two-seat Foxbat, and modellers can now add the MiG-25PU interceptor trainer to their collections, courtesy of ICM's new 1/72 rendition. It's a stunning kit with fine detail all round.
ITALERI’S 1/72 RAF TYPHOON RETURNS
Italeri has re-released its 1/72 Eurofighter Typhoon, with new colour schemes. Here, CHRIS CLIFFORD reviews the kit and discusses how it stands up to other manufacturers' same-scale examples.
Zvezda expanded C-130 Hercules kit
Unused parts in the first release hinted that Zvezda was planning this ‘stretched’ version of its 1/72 Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
NATIONALIST SEAGULL
ICM’s ‘Guomindang’ (alternatively spelt Kuomintang and referring to the government that established the Republic of China Air Force – ROCAF) version of its 1/72 Polikarpov I-153 offers modellers a different take on the Soviet biplane fighter.
ROUND SPINNER 'SPITS
Polish firm Hobby 2000 is well-known for its re-boxings, which now include tweaked versions of the Revell 1/32 Spitfire.
'BEST OF' BOOM JET
Special Hobby’s 1/72 de Havilland Vampire arguably marked the firm’s departure from limited run to its ‘new’ era of superb offerings, and has now been re-issued.
TAME IMPALA
Despite having been tooled as long ago as 1981, ESCI’s 1/48 Aermacchi MB-326 is still a more than acceptable replica – hence its re-issuing by Italeri.