Aircraft reviews
ICM’s BARGAIN BRONCO
ICM's all-new 1/48 OV-10A Bronco will delight Vietnam War modellers. It offers splendid detail at a truly competitive price.
WICKED WILDCAT REWORKING
If you thought Airfix's 1/72 Grumman Wildcat was a great kit, wait until you see Arma Hobby's new F4U-4, which is a splendid option for more experienced modellers.
TARANGUS’ SAAB TUNNAN UPDATED
Swedish firm Tarangus has reworked its 1/72 SAAB J 29A/B tooling so we can now build the F-model Tunnan. Read CHRIS CLIFFORD's review.
ITALERI’S NATIVE AMERICAN ‘CHOPPER’
Italeri has re-released its 1/48 Bell OH-13 Sioux helicopter, with six new colour schemes.
TWO-SEATER MEATBOX
Special Hobby’s 1/72 two -seat Meteor T.7 makes a return in Azur FRROM packaging with new decals for French, Belgian and Israeli machines.
CANNON-TOTING HIND
Zvezda has revised its Mi-24V/VP (Hind-D/E) kit to produce the later Mi-24P Hind-F.
NOCTURNAL FALCON
If you’re inspired by AMW’s build of ICM’s 1/32 CR.42 but fancy a somewhat different representation, this night-fighter may be of interest.
STEALTHY HUNTER
Surprisingly, this is just the third iteration of Revell’s 2007-tooled 1/72 F-22A Raptor, which comprises five styrene runners – including a neat yellow-tinted translucent canopy frame – and these are unchanged from the original release, with munitions including AIM-9X and AIM-9M Sidewinder, AIM-120C AMRAAM, GBU-32 JDAM plus external fuel tanks.
SUPERIOR BIPLANE
Eduard’s splendid little Fokker D.VII (OAW) is re-released in Weekend Edition form, meaning there are just four styrene runners, with no aftermarket extras.
ARMED BANANA
Italeri’s recent 1/48 H-21C Shawnee features new parts allowing for a gunship variant of the ‘Flying Banana’ to be built.