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1/48th Scale Aircraft model builder with a focus on WWII to (almost) present military aviation.
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This 1/48th Italeri SR-71A Blackbird kit was introduced by Italeri back in the early 1980s, and then re-offered by Testors a few years later. It is huge and typically recognizable, so will attract attention on the shelf, however the kit [...]
This 1/48th Trumpeter F9F-2 Panther is a good kit that will get you a nice display model, straight out of the box, without much hassle. I also bought one of the Hobbycraft kits and built it up as the photo-recon variant of the Panther in [...]
After a very long period without any decent representation (in injection mold) of the F-84G in 1/48th scale, we got two excellent examples about a year apart. The Tamiya F-84G was released in 1998 and ProModeler's example in 1999. Both [...]
The 1/48th Hobbycraft Hawk 75 kit is a decent budget model that builds up into a nice display aircraft. I was pleased with the end result and would recommend the kit to model makers of any skill. It is a simple build, if you want to leave [...]
The 1/48th Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair kit is considered to be one of the better fitting model kits around. It is typically reasonably priced, has good details, optional folded wings and dropped flaps, giving model makers excellent results [...]
I picked up this 1/48th F3D Skyknight kit after Squadron produced a limited reissue. It had been previously released under the Encore / Czech Model brand. You don't see a lot of these Skyknight kits built... there is a reason for that... [...]
This 1/48th scale F-5A Freedom Fighter release from Kinetic in 2012 (and later F-5B release) was a nice addition to the scale, as the type was underrepresented to date. Although not a quick build, with careful fitting and patience in [...]
Trimaster produced a series of 1/48 scale Luftwaffe subject kits, which had fine surface scribing and were highly detailed with metal parts and photo-etch. They were all notable kits, including this Me262 example.
Despite the fact that a [...]
Kinetic first released their 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye kit in 2009 and I would say it is still the best Hawkeye kit in any scale (if you have the room). The kit has been updated since its release with new parts and reissued. My build is of the [...]
There was a time, and a long time it was, that the 1/48 scale Hasegawa F-4 Phantom model kits reigned supreme. Most Phantom variants eventually got covered by Hasegawa and they produced the F-4S version around 1998. They have now been [...]
