NEW TOOL: RODEN’S RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT

The secretive RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft has been newly kitted in 1/144 by Ukrainian firm Roden, in V/W format, as CHRIS CLIFFORD reports.

NEW-TOOL: RODEN’S RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT

Defying all logic, certain interesting aircraft types have been under-represented by kit manufacturers over the years… and a perfect example is the Boeing RC-135. While it appeared in 1/72 scale as an RC-135V from AMT/ERTL (based on the company’s KC-135), modellers who favour smaller scales had to rely on resin/metal conversions from the likes of the late Mel Bromley’s S&M Models, in 1/144.

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